Gramophone Awards 2005

Record of the Year

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Die Elenden sollen essen BWV 75 - no 7 chorale
Freue Dich Erloste Schar BWV 30 - no 5 aria
Freue Dich Erloste Schar BWV 30 - no. 1 chorus
O Ewigkeit du Donnerwort BWV 20 - no.1 chorus

Bach Cantatas Volume 1

Cantatas for the Feast of St. John the Baptist & Cantatas for the First Sunday after Trinity

Bach, J S:

Cantata BWV167 'Ihr Menschen, rühmet Gottes Liebe'

Cantata BWV7 'Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam'

Cantata BWV30 'Freue dich, erlöste Schar'

Cantata BWV75 'Die Elenden sollen essen'

Cantata BWV39 'Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot'

Cantata BWV20 'O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort'

Joanne Lunne, Wilke te Brummelstroete, Paul Agnew, Dietrich Henschel, Gillian Keith

The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

The first issue in the long-awaited series of live recordings, made on the artists’ Bach Cantata Pilgrimage of 2000. The cantatas were performed on the feast days for which they were written and this series will be the first to reflect those couplings. The 2CD set is sumptuously packaged in a beautiful case-bound book, with stunning cover photos by Steve McCurry, detailed programme notes adapted from John Eliot Gardiner’s Pilgrimage Journal, and full sung texts and translations.

Gramophone Awards 2005

Record of the Year

Gramophone Magazine

Disc of the Month - March 2005

SDG Gardiner Bach Cantatas - SDG101

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Other Finalists

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Arias by Gounod and Massenet

Gounod:

Faust - Quel trouble inconnu me pénètre... Salut, demeure chaste et pure

Roméo & Juliette - Salut tombeau...

Roméo & Juliette - L'amour, l'amour... Ah, lève-toi soleil

La Reine de Saba - Faiblesse de la race humaine

Polyeucte - Source délicieuse

Mireille - Mon cœur est plein d'un noir soucis... Anges du Paradis

Massenet:

Enfin Manon, nous voilà enfin seuls ensemble... En fermant les yeux (from Manon)

Natalie Dessay

Je suis seul, seul enfin... Ah fuyez douce image (from Manon)

Oui ce qu'elle m'ordonne... Lorsque l'enfant (from Wether)

Pourqoui me reveiller (from Werther)

Ah! Tout est bien fini... O souverain (from Le Cid)

Le Roi de Lahore - Voix qui me remplissez d'une ineffable ivresse

Grisélidis - Je suis l'oiseau

Roma - Je vais la voir!

Le Mage - Ah! Parais!

Rolando Villazon (tenor)

Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Evelino Pido

Gramophone Awards 2005

Record of the Year Finalist

Gramophone Magazine

Editor's Choice - May 2005

Virgin - 5457192

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Haydn - The Seasons (CD)

Haydn:

The Seasons

Marlis Petersen (soprano), Werner Güra (tenor) & Dietrich Henschel (baritone)

RIAS Kammerchor & Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs

Gramophone Awards 2005

Record of the Year Finalist

Gramophone Magazine

Editor's Choice - Awards Issue 2004

Building a Library

First Choice - March 2008

Harmonia Mundi - HMC901829/30

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Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 82 - 87 (the Paris Symphonies)

Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Gramophone Awards 2005

Record of the Year Finalist

Gramophone Magazine

Editor's Choice - August 2005

Deutsche HM - 82876606022

(CD - 3 discs)

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Beethoven - Late String Quartets

Beethoven:

String Quartet No. 11 in F minor Op. 95 'Serioso'

String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major, Op. 127

String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major, Op. 130

String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 131

String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132

Grosse Fuge in B flat major, Op. 133

String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135

Takács Quartet

"It is impossible to exaggerate the beauty of the tone-colours that these four musicians achieve... If late Beethoven is the Holy Grail of quartet playing, then the Takács Quartet has found it"
The Guardian concert review

Gramophone Awards 2005

Record of the Year Finalist

Decca - 4708492

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Berlioz: Les Troyens

Susan Graham, Gregory Kunde, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Renata Pokupic, Ludovic Tézier, Nicolas Testé

Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Monteverdi Choir, Choeur du Théâtre du Châtelet, John Eliot Gardiner, stage direction by Yannis Kokkos

Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish

Gramophone Awards 2005

Record of the Year Finalist

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Opus Arte - OA0900D

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Other Best of Category Winners

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Bartók:

Piano Concerto No. 1, BB 91, Sz. 83

Krystian Zimerman (piano)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Piano Concerto No. 2, BB 101, Sz. 95

Leif Ole Andsnes (piano)

Berliner Philharmoniker

Piano Concerto No. 3, BB 127, Sz. 119

Hélène Grimaud (piano)

London Symphony Orchestra

Pierre Boulez

“Boulez is arguably the most influential figure in the world of music today” The Guardian

Gramophone Awards 2005

Best of Category - Concerto

Gramophone Magazine

Editor's Choice - April 2005

DG - 4775330

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Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini

Gregory Kunde, Tenor (Benvenuto Cellini), Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano (Teresa), Joyce Di Donato, Mezzo-Soprano (Ascanio), Jean-Francois Lapointe, Baritone (Fieramosca), Laurent Naouri, Baritone (Balducci), Renaud Delaigue, Bass (Le Pape), Eeic Salha, Tenor (Francesco)

Orchestre National De France/Choeur De Radio France, John Nelson

Gramophone Awards 2005

Best of Category - Opera

Virgin - 5457062

(CD - 3 discs)

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Bloch, E: String Quartets 1-4

Griller String Quartet

Gramophone Awards 2005

Best of Category - Historic Reissue

Penguin Guide

Rosette Winner

Decca Original Masters - 4756071

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Beethoven:	An die ferne Geliebte (To the distant beloved), Op. 98
Schubert:	Schwanengesang, D957

Matthias Goerne and Alfred Brendel

(Live from Wigmore Hall)

Gramophone Awards 2005

Best of Category - Vocal

Gramophone Magazine

Disc of the Month - July 2005

Decca - 4756011

(CD)

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John Browne - Music from the Eton Choirbook

The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips

Gramophone Awards 2005

Best of Category - Early Music

Gramophone Magazine

Editor's Choice - June 2005

Gimell - CDGIM036

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Britten: Death in Venice

An opera in two acts

Philip Langridge (tenor), Alan Opie (baritone), Michael Chance (counter-tenor)

BBC Singers, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox

Gramophone Awards 2005

Best of Category - Opera

Gramophone Magazine

Editor's Choice - May 2005

Chandos - CHAN10280

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Annie Fischer

Beethoven:	Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight' 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C minor, WoO 80
Chopin:	Scherzo No. 3 in C sharp minor, Op. 39
Haydn:	Andante con variazioni in F minor, Hob.XVII:6
Kodály:	Dances of Marosszék
Mozart:	Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor, K457

Annie Fischer (piano)

Recorded 1958-71, part mono

“Every bar blazes with character and conviction...the direct simplicity that conceals a formidable art - a true Legend." (Gramophone)

Gramophone Awards 2005

Best of Category - Historic Reissue

BBC Legends - BBCL41662

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Foulds:

Three Mantras (from Avatara), Op. 61B

Lyra Celtica, Op. 50 (c. 1925)

Apotheosis, Op. 18 (1909)

Mirage, Op. 21 (1910)

Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano) & Daniel Hope (violin)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Youth Chorus, Sakari Oramo

“Daniel Hope is being talked of in some circles as the most important British string player since Jacqueline du Pré; [the Berg/Britten CD] showcases his astonishing skill”
Observer

Gramophone Awards 2005

Best of Category - Orchestral

Gramophone Magazine

Editor's Choice - Awards Issue 2004

Warner Classics - 2564615252

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