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  • Awards, Grammy Winners 2025

    The classical winners from this year's ceremony included new works by Gabriela Ortiz, Caroline Shaw and the late Kaija Saariaho, and albums from Karen Slack & Michelle Cann, the Pittsburgh Symphony, and Víkingur Ólafsson.

  • Awards, BBC Music Magazine Awards 2025: Shortlist

    by Chris O'Reilly

    The nominations are just in and voting is open...

  • Awards, Recordings of the Year 2024 - Our Top 10

    by Chris O'Reilly

    The winners revealed - ten fantastic recordings which really stood out from the crowd for us over the past twelve months, plus the results of our six special category awards...

  • Awards, Recordings of the Year 2024 - Special Category Nominees

    by Chris O'Reilly

    In advance of the final verdicts next Thursday evening, we reveal the shortlists for our six special awards - including Archive Project, Debut Solo Album, and two separate categories of world premiere recordings.

  • Awards, Classical Recordings of the Year - Finalists 2024

    by Chris O'Reilly

    The first meeting of the Presto Awards committee is over, and it's time to reveal the 100 recordings which have most impressed our editorial team this year...

  • Awards, Grammy Nominations 2025

    The shortlist for next year's Awards was revealed last week - read on for full details of the contenders in the nine classical categories.

  • Awards, Gramophone Awards 2024 - The Winners!

    by Chris O'Reilly

    Chris reports back from tonight's ceremony in London, with full details of the Recording of the Year, Artist of the Year, Lifetime Achievement and other special awards.

  • Awards, Gramophone Awards 2024 - The Finalists

    by Chris O'Reilly

    The three finalists in each of the eleven categories for this year's Awards (presented in partnership with Presto Music) were revealed this morning, with Jonathan Tetelman, Hilary Hahn, Yunchan Lim and Timothy Ridout among those in the running...

  • Awards, International Opera Awards 2024 - The Shortlisted Recordings

    Golda Schultz, Aigul Akhmetshina and Michael Spyres are among the artists in the running for the solo recital category, whilst rarities by Louise Bertin, Rued Langgaard and Giacomo Meyerbeer go head-to-head in the complete recording stakes...

  • Awards, Gramophone Awards 2024 - The Shortlist

    by Chris O'Reilly

    The six contenders in each of the eleven categories for this year's Awards (presented in partnership with Presto Music) were revealed on Friday.

  • Awards, Opus Klassik Awards 2024

    Revealed in advance of October's ceremony at the Konzerthaus Berlin, the winners of this year's 'Deutscher Musikpreis' awards include Anna Prohaska, Isabelle Faust, Reginald Mobley and Klaus Mäkelä.

  • Awards, BBC Music Magazine Awards 2024: The Winners!

    by Chris O'Reilly

    A live update from tonight's ceremony at Kings Place, including details of the Recording of the Year and Personality of the Year Awards...

  • Awards, Grammy Winners 2024

    The classical winners from this year's ceremony included new works by Thomas Adès, Terence Blanchard and Jessie Montgomery, and albums from Julia Bullock, Yuja Wang and Roomful of Teeth.

  • Awards, BBC Music Magazine Awards 2024: Shortlist

    The nominations are just in and voting is open...

  • Awards, Recordings of the Year 2023 - Our Top 10

    by Chris O'Reilly

    The winners revealed - ten fantastic recordings which really stood out from the crowd for us over the past twelve months, plus the results of our six special category awards...

  • Awards, Recordings of the Year 2023 - Special Category Nominees

    by Chris O'Reilly

    In advance of the final verdicts next Thursday evening, we reveal the shortlists for our six special awards - including Technical Achievement, Debut Solo Album, and two separate categories of world premiere recordings.

  • Awards, Classical Recordings of the Year - Finalists 2023

    by Chris O'Reilly

    The first meeting of the Presto Awards committee is over, and it's time to reveal the 100 recordings which have most impressed our editorial team this year...

  • Awards, Grammy Nominations 2024

    by Chris O'Reilly

    The shortlist for next year's Awards was revealed last week - read on for full details of the contenders in the nine classical categories.

  • Awards, International Opera Awards 2023 - The Shortlisted Recordings

    by Chris O'Reilly

    Javier Camarena, Cyrille Dubois and Lisette Oropesa are among the artists in the running for the solo recital category, whilst rarities by Mercadante, Dessau and Franck go head-to-head in the complete recording stakes...

  • Awards, Gramophone Awards 2023 - The Winners!

    by Chris O'Reilly

    Chris reports back from tonight's ceremony in London, with full details of the Recording of the Year, Artist of the Year, Lifetime Achievement and other special awards.