Gramophone Awards, Handel (composer)

Joshua Ellicott (tenor), Sophie Bevan(soprano), Fflur Wyn (soprano), Mary Bevan (soprano), Jess Dandy (contralto), Hugo Hymas (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), Vitali Rozynko (bass-baritone) Dunedin Consort, John Butt

Hilary Cronin (soprano), Helen Charlston (mezzo), Alexander Chance, Nathan Mercieca (countertenors), Guy Cutting (tenor), Frederick Long, Edward Grint (bass-baritones), Irish Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Peter Whelan

Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh

Joyce DiDonato (Agrippina), Elsa Benoit (Poppea), Luca Pisaroni (Claudio), Franco Fagioli (Nerone), Jakub Józef Orliński (Ottone), Andrea Mastroni (Pallante), Carlo Vistoli (Narciso), Biagio Pizzuti (Lesbo), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Giunone) Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev

Michael Spyres (tenor), Il Pomo d’Oro, Francesco Corti

Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev

Kate Lindsey (mezzo-soprano), Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen

Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev

Christopher Purves (Saul), Sarah Connolly (David), Robert Murray (Jonathan), Elizabeth Atherton (Merab), Joélle Harvey (Michal), Mark Dobell (High Priest), Jeremy Budd (Witch of Endor) & Stuart Young (Ghost of Samuel) The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor) Il Pomo d’Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev

The Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr

The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

Max Emanuel Cenčić (Ottone), Lauren Snouffer (Teofane), Pavel Kudinov (Emireno), Ann Hallenberg (Gismonda), Xavier Sabata (Adalberto), Anna Starushkevych (Matilda) Il Pomo d’Oro, George Petrou

Joyce Didonato (mezzo-soprano), Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev

Anna Stéphany (Serse), Rosemary Joshua (Romilda), David Daniels (Arsamene), Hilary Summers (Amastre), Joélle Harvey (Atalanta), Andreas Wolf (Elviro), Brindley Sherratt (Ariodate) Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn

Danny Driver (piano)

Anna Prohaska (soprano) Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini

Philippe Jaroussky (Arsace), Karina Gauvin (Partenope), John Mark Ainsley (Emilio), Teresa Iervolino (Rosmira), Emöke Barath (Armindo), Luca Tittoto (Ormonte) Il Pomo d'Oro, Riccardo Minasi

Tim Mead (Flavio), Rosemary Joshua (Emilia), Iestyn Davies (Guido), Renata Pokupić (Vitige), Hilary Summers (Teodata), Thomas Walker (Ugone), Andrew Foster-Williams (Lotario) Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn

Christopher Purves (bass) Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen

Norma Burrowes (Galatea), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Acis), Martyn Hill (Damon), Willard White (Polyphemus) & Paul Elliot (Corydon) The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

Iestyn Davies (countertenor) Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen

Susan Hamilton (soprano), Annie Gill (mezzo), Clare Wilkinson (alto), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), Edward Caswell (bass) Dunedin Consort, John Butt

Rosemary Joshua, Emma Bell, Lawrence Zazzo, Jeremy Ovenden, Gidon Saks, Michael Slattery, Finnur Bjarnason & Henry Waddington RIAS-Kammerchor & Concerto Köln, René Jacobs

Avison Ensemble, Pavlo Beznosiuk (director)

Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Thomas E. Bauer (bass), Furio Zanasi (bass) & Fabio Bonizzoni (harpsichord & direction) La Risonanza

Susan Hamilton, Nicholas Mulroy, Thomas Hobbs, Nicholas Hurndall Smith & Matthew Brook Dunedin Consort & Players, John Butt

Pierre Hantaï (harpsichord)

The Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr (organ & direction)

Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen

Cecilia Bartoli (Almirena), David Daniels (Rinaldo), Bernarda Fink (Goffredo), Gerald Finley (Argante), Luba Orgonasova (Armida), Daniel Taylor (Eustazio), Bejun Mehta (A Christian Magician) Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood

Sarah Connolly (Cesare), Danielle de Niese (Cleopatra), Angelika Kirchschlager (Sesto), Christophe Dumaux (Tolomeo), Patricia Bardon (Cornelia), Christopher Maltman (Achilla) The Glyndebourne Chorus & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, William Christie (conductor) & David McVicar (stage director)

Murray Perahia (piano)

Lucy Crowe, Mary Bevan, London Early Opera, Bridget Cunningham

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano) & Roger Vignoles (piano)

Sophie Daneman (Galatea), Paul Agnew (Acis), Alan Ewing (Polyphemus), Francois Piolino (Tenor), David Le Monnier (Baritone), Andrew Sinclair (Tenor), Joseph Cornwell (Coridon) & Patricia Petibon (Damon) Les Arts Florissants, William Christie

Sandrine Piau, Amel Brahim-Djelloul (sopranos), Karine Deshayes, Lucile Richardot (mezzos), Les Paladins, Jérôme Corréas

Felicity Palmer, Margaret Marshall, Charles Brett, Richard Morton, Alastair Thompson, David Wilson-Johnson Monteverdi Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

Allan Clayton (tenor) & Mary Bevan (soprano) The Mozartists, The Choir of Classical Opera, Ian Page

Concerto Köln, René Jacobs

Maria Keohane (soprano), Benjamin Hulett (tenor), Julia Doyle (soprano), Andreas Wolf (bass) Cologne Chamber Choir, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann

Norma Burrowes (Galatea), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Acis), Martyn Hill (Damon), Willard White (Polyphemus) English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

James Galway (flute)

Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano) & Julius Drake (piano)

Paul Agnew, Brian Asawa, Laura Claycomb, Natalie Dessay, Véronique Gens, Juanita Lascarro, Marijana Mijanovic, Sara Mingardo, Anna Maria Panzarella, Patricia Petibon Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haim

Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord & director) & Maria Keohane (soprano) European Union Baroque Orchestra

Lorraine Hunt, Drew Minter, Jennifer Lane, Jeffrey Thomas, David Thomas Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan

Klara Ek (Berenice), Ingela Bohlin (Alessandro), Franco Fagioli (Demetrio), Romina Basso (Selene), Mary Ellen Nesi (Arsace), Vito Priante (Arsitobolo) & Zorzi Giustiniani (Fabio) Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis (direction)

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (Ariodante), Juliana Gondek (Ginevra), Jennifer Lane (Polinesso), Jörn Lindemann (Odoardo), Lisa Saffer (Dalinda), Nicolas Cavallier (Il Re di Scozia), Rufus Müller (Lurcanio) Freiburger Barockorchester, Nicholas McGegan

Derek Lee Ragin (Tamerlano), Nigel Robson (Bajazet), Nancy Argenta (Asteria), Michael Chance (Andronico), Jane Findlay (Irene), René Schirrer (Leone) English Baroque Soloists & Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

Felicity Palmer (soprano), Margaret Marshall (soprano), Norma Burrowes (soprano), Charles Brett (countertenor), John Angelo Messana (countertenor), Richard Morton (tenor), Alastair Thompson (tenor), Martyn Hill (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (bass), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Nicholas Kraemer (harpsichord), Malcolm Hicks (organ) & Michael Lewin (theorbo) Monteverdi Choir & Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

Joan Sutherland