Over the course of the past decade, the French magazine Diapason's ‘palmarès’ (or 'Golden Tuning-Forks of the Year'!) have come to be regarded as France’s most prestigious accolades for recorded classical music. This year's ceremony took place at the Maison de la Radio last night and was broadcast live on France Musique, with performances by award-winners including Sandrine Piau, Pierre Hantaï and Vadym Kholodenko.
Full details of the winning recordings listed below!
Musique ancienne
Parle qui veut
Moralizing songs of the Middle Ages
Sollazzo Ensemble
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Musique baroque instrumentale
Pierre Hantaï, Aapo Häkkinen (harpsichords), Helsinki Baroque Orchestra
Available format: SACD
Christophe Rousset (harpsichord Ioannes Couchet du Musée des Instruments)
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Musique baroque vocale
Perpetual Night
17th-Century Ayres and Songs
Lucile Richardot (contralto), Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 24 bit)
Piano
Murray Perahia (piano)
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Vadym Kholodenko (piano)
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 88.2 kHz, 24 bit)
Musique de chambre
Es war einmal... (Once Upon a Time...)
Fairy Tales by Robert Schumann & Jörg Widmann
Jörg Widmann (clarinet), Tabea Zimmermann (viola) & Dénes Várjon (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Concerto
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Ensemble Resonanz, Riccardo Minasi
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 48 kHz, 24 bit)
Vilde Frang (violin), Erik Schumann (violin), Gabriel Le Magadure (violin), Roseanne Philippens (violin), Lawrence Power (viola), Lily Francis (viola), Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Jan-Erik Gustavsson (cello); Orchestre de Radio France, Mikko Franck
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Mélodie
Sandrine Piau (soprano), Susan Manoff (piano)
Available formats: CD + Book, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Lied
Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Gerold Huber (piano)
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 48 kHz, 24 bit)
Symphonique
Roderick Williams (baritone), BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Opéra
Jacques Imbrailo (Billy Budd), Toby Spence (Vere), Brindley Sherratt (Claggart), Thomas Oliemans (Redburn), David Soar (Flint), Torben Jürgens (Ratcliffe), Clive Bayley (Dansker), Duncan Rock (Donald), Francisco Vas (Squeak); Teatro Real Madrid, Ivor Bolton, Deborah Warner
Available format: 2 DVD Videos
Jacques Imbrailo (Billy Budd), Toby Spence (Vere), Brindley Sherratt (Claggart), Thomas Oliemans (Redburn), David Soar (Flint), Torben Jürgens (Ratcliffe), Clive Bayley (Dansker), Duncan Rock (Donald), Francisco Vas (Squeak); Teatro Real Madrid, Ivor Bolton, Deborah Warner
Available format: Blu-ray
Choral
The Norwegian Soloists’ Choir, Ensemble Allegria, Grete Pedersen
Available format: SACD
Jeune talent
Elsa Dreisig (soprano), Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie Pyrénées Méditerranée, Michael Schønwandt
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Archives
Artists include Martha Argerich, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Samson François, Renaud Capuçon, Natalie Dessay, André Cluytens, François-Xavier Roth, Jean Martinon, Michel Plasson, Kent Nagano and Carlo Maria Giulini
Available formats: 33 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
