Gramophone Awards, All Recordings of the Year

Special offer. Ravel, Debussy, Fauré - String Quartets

Quatuor Ebène

Presto Recording of the Week, 5th October 2009
Building a Library, March 2009, First Choice
Gramophone Magazine, December 2008, Editor's Choice
Gramophone Awards, 2009, Recording of the Year
Gramophone Awards, 2009, Winner - Chamber
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2009, Newcomer of the Year
Building a Library, January 2019, Also Recommended
Building a Library, March 2020, Recommended Recording

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Special offer. Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony

original 1913 version London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox

Presto Recording of the Week, 1st December 2008
Gramophone Awards, 2001, Recording of the Year
Gramophone Magazine, July 2001, Editor's Choice
Building a Library, November 2016, Also Recommended
Penguin Guide, Rosette

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Special offer. Britten: Peter Grimes

Stuart Skelton (Grimes), Erin Wall (Ellen), Roderick Williams (Balstrode), Susan Bickley (Auntie), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Mrs Sedley), Robert Murray (Bob Boles), James Gilchrist (Horace Adams), Marcus Farnsworth (Ned Keene) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner

Gramophone Magazine, October 2020, Recording of the Month
Presto Editor's Choice, September 2020
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
Opera, November 2020, Disc of the Month
The Times Records of the Year, 2020
Gramophone Awards, 2021, Winner - Opera
Gramophone Awards, 2021, Recording of the Year

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Dvorak: String Quartets Nos. 12 & 13

Pavel Haas Quartet

Presto Recording of the Week, 10th October 2011
Building a Library, April 2011, First Choice
BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, Disc of the month
Gramophone Awards, 2011, Recording of the Year

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Special offer. Schütz: Musicalische Exequien

Masato Suzuki (organ) Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier

Presto Recording of the Week, 1st October 2012
Gramophone Awards, 2012, Recording of the Year
Building A Library, December 2021, Also Recommended

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Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor

Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado

Presto Recording of the Week, 7th July 2014
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2015, Orchestral Award Winner
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2015, Orchestral Finalist
Gramophone Awards, 2015, Recording of the Year
Gramophone Awards, 2015, Winner - Orchestral
International Classical Music Awards, 2015, Winner - Symphonic Music

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Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for solo violin Op. 27

Hilary Hahn (violin)

Presto Recording of the Week, 21st July 2023
Gramophone Magazine, August 2023, Recording of the Month
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Winner - Solo Instrument
Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Solo Instrumental Recording of the Year
Gramophone Awards, 2024 Winners, Recording of the Year (and Instrumental)

Special offer. Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 5 & pieces for solo piano

Bertrand Chamayou (piano) Orchestre National de France, Emmanuel Krivine

Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
Presto Recording of the Week, 21st December 2018
Gramophone Awards, 2019, Recording of the Year

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Weinberg: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 21

Gidon Kremer (violin) Kremerata Baltica, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla

Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd May 2019
Record Review, 11th May 2019, Record of the Week
Gramophone Magazine, June 2019, Recording of the Month
Diapason d’Or, Summer Issue 2019
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2019
Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Orchestral Performance
International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Symphonic Music
The Times Records of the Year, 2019
Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Finalist - Orchestral
Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Conductor of the Year
Gramophone Awards, 2020, Recording of the Year

Igor Levit plays Bach, Beethoven, Rzewski

Igor Levit (piano)

Presto Recording of the Week, 16th October 2015
BBC Music Magazine, January 2016, Disc of the month
Gramophone Magazine, November 2015, Disc of the Month
Building a Library, June 2017, Also Recommended
Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2015
Gramophone Awards, 2016, Recording of the Year
Gramophone Awards, 2016, Winner - Instrumental

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Martin: Mass for Double Choir

Westminster Cathedral Choir, James O'Donnell

Building a Library, March 2005, Also Recommended
Gramophone Awards, 1998, Recording of the Year
Gramophone Awards, 1998, Winner - Choral
Penguin Guide, Rosette

The Romantic Piano Concerto 11 - Scharwenka & Sauer

Korngold: Die tote Stadt

Jonas Kaufmann (Paul), Marlis Petersen (Marietta), Andrej Filonczyk (Frank/Fritz), Jennifer Johnston (Brigitta), Mirjam Mesak (Juliette), Corinna Scheurle (Lucienne), Manuel Günther (Gaston/Victorin), Dean Power (Graf Albert), Bayerische Staatsoper, Kirill Petrenko, Simon Stone (director)

Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Critics' Choice 2021
Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd July 2021
Opera, October 2021, Disc of the Month
Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2021, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2021, DVD/Blu-ray of the Year
International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Winner - Video Performance
Opus Klassik, 2022, Winner - Opera
Gramophone Awards, 2022, Winner - Opera
Gramophone Awards, 2022, Recording of the Year

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Stephen Hough (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Foster

Gramophone Awards, 1996, Recording of the Year
Gramophone Awards, 1996, Winner - Concerto

Mahler: The Complete Symphonies

Arleen Augér (soprano - Symphony No. 2), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo -Symphony No. 2), Birgit Remmert (contralto - Symphony No. 3), Amanda Roocroft (soprano - Symphony No. 4), Christine Brewer (soprano), Soile Isokoski (soprano), Juliane Banse (mezzo-soprano), Birgit Remmert (mezzo-soprano), Jane Henschel (mezzo-soprano), Jon Villars (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) & John Relyea (bass) (Symphony No. 8) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (Symphonies Nos. 1-4, 6-8), Berliner Philharmoniker (Symphonies Nos. 5, 9 & 10), Sir Simon Rattle

Gramophone Awards, 1988, Recording of the Year
Gramophone Awards, 1988, Winner - Engineering
Gramophone Awards, 1988, Winner - Orchestral
Gramophone Awards, 2000, Recording of the Year
Grammy Awards, 43rd Awards (2000), Best Orchestral Performance
Building A Library, April 2022, Recommended Recording

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Byrd Edition Volume 13 - Infelix ego

The Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood

Presto Recording of the Week, 4th October 2010
Gramophone Magazine, April 2010, Editor's Choice
Gramophone Awards, 2010, Recording of the Year

Special offer. Beethoven - Complete Symphonies

Charlotte Margiono (soprano), Birgit Remmert (alto), Ridolf Schasching (tenor), Robert Holl (bass) Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, 100 Greatest Recordings
Building a Library, July 2005, Budget Choice
Gramophone Awards, 1992, Recording of the Year
Building a Library, January 2020, Also Recommended

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Bartók, Eötvös & Ligeti: Violin Concertos

Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Modern Peter Eötvös

Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd September 2013
BBC Music Magazine, February 2013, Orchestral Choice
Gramophone Magazine, December 2012, Editor's Choice
Gramophone Awards, 2013, Recording of the Year

Special offer. Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492

Simon Keenlyside (Count), Véronique Gens (Countess), Patrizia Ciofi (Susanna), Lorenzo Regazzo (Figaro), Angelika Kirchschlager (Cherubino), Marie McLaughlin (Marcellina) Collegium Vocale Gent, Concerto Köln, René Jacobs

Gramophone Magazine, May 2004, Editor's Choice
Gramophone Awards, 2004, Recording of the Year
Gramophone Awards, 2004, Winner - Opera
Grammy Awards, 47th Awards (2004), Best Opera Recording
Building A Library, April 2022, Recommended Recording

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Wagner: Parsifal

Peter Hofmann (Parsifal), Dunja Vejzovic (Kundry), Kurt Moll (Gurnemanz), José van Dam (Amfortas), Siegmund Nimsgern (Klingsor), Victor von Halem (Titurel), Hanna Schwarz (Alto Stimme) Berlin German Opera Chorus, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Gramophone Awards, 1981, Recording of the Year
Gramophone Awards, 1981, Winner - Opera
Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
Penguin Guide, Rosette

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Brahms: The Symphonies | Jewel-case version

Gewandhausorchester, Riccardo Chailly

Gramophone Magazine, October 2013, Disc of the Month
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2014, Orchestral Finalist
Gramophone Awards, 2014, Recording of the Year
Building a Library, April 2018, Also recommended

Special offer. Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos | Cadenzas by Andreas Staier

Janacek - The Operas

Elisabeth Söderström (Jenufa), Eva Randova (Kostelnicka), Petr Dvorsky (Steva), Vaclav Zitek (Sterek), Marie Mrazova (Starenka), Dalibor Jedlicka (Rychtar), Wieslaw Ochman (Laca), Lucia Popp (Karolka), Lucia Popp (Vixen), Eva Randová (Fox), Dalibor Jedliaka (Forester), Dalibor Jedlicka (Gorjancikov), Jaroslava Janská (Aljeja), Jiri Zahradnicek (Luka), Ivo Zidek (Skuratov), Elisabeth Söderström (Emilia Marty), Petr Dvorský (Albert Gregor), Vladimir Krejcik (Vítek), Anna Czaková (Kristina), Václav Zítek (Jaroslav Prus), Zdenek Svehla (Janek Prus), Dalibor Jedlicka (Dr Kolenatý), Jirí Joran (Strjník), Ivana Mixová (Poklízečka), Beno Blachut (Count Haukšendorf), Blanka Vitková (Komorná), Elisabeth Söderström (Katya), Petr Dvorsky (Boris), Nedezda Kniplová (Kabanicha), Vladimir Krejcik (Tichon), Libuse Márová (Varvara), Dalibor Jedlicka (Dikoj) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras

Gramophone Awards, 1984, Winner - Opera
Gramophone Awards, 1982/3, Winner - Opera
Gramophone Awards, 1980, Recording of the Year
Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
Gramophone Awards, 1977, Recording of the Year
Grammy Awards, 24th Awards (1981), Best Opera Recording

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Isabelle Faust (violin) Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini

Presto Recording of the Week, 28th October 2016
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Concerto
Gramophone Awards, 2017, Recording of the Year
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Finalist - Concerto

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Josquin: Missa Pange lingua & Missa La sol fa re mi

The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips

Gramophone Awards, 1987, Recording of the Year
Gramophone Awards, 1987, Winner - Early Music

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Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123

Mahler: Symphony No. 9

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Gramophone Awards, 1984, Winner - Orchestral
Gramophone Awards, 1984, Recording of the Year
Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s

2 Presto CDs: $19.00

Charlotte Margiono, Catherine Robbin, William Kendall, Alastair Miles Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner

Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, 100 Greatest Recordings
Gramophone Awards, 1991, Recording of the Year
Gramophone Awards, 1991, Winner - Choral

Bach Cantatas Volume 1 | Cantatas for the Feast of St. John the Baptist & Cantatas for the First Sunday after Trinity

Joanne Lunne, Wilke te Brummelstroete, Paul Agnew, Dietrich Henschel, Gillian Keith The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

Gramophone Magazine, March 2005, Disc of the Month
Gramophone Awards, 2005, Recording of the Year
Gramophone Awards, 2005, Winner - Baroque Vocal

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Haydn: Piano Trios

Beaux Arts Trio

Building a Library, March 2009, First Choice
Gramophone Awards, 1979, Recording of the Year
Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1970s
Penguin Guide, Rosette

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Special offer. Beethoven - Piano Sonatas Volume 4

Paul Lewis (piano)

Presto Recording of the Week, 7th April 2008
Gramophone Magazine, June 2008, Editor's Choice
Gramophone Awards, 2008, Recording of the Year
Gramophone Awards, 2008, Winner - Instrumental

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Bartók: String Quartets Nos. 1-6

Emerson String Quartet

Gramophone Awards, 1989, Recording of the Year
Grammy Awards, 32nd Awards (1989), Best Chamber Music Recording
Grammy Awards, 32nd Awards (1989), Classical Album of the Year

Debussy: Préludes - Books 1 & 2

Krystian Zimerman

Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, 100 Greatest Recordings
Gramophone Awards, 1994, Recording of the Year
Gramophone Awards, 1994, Winner - Instrumental

Special offer. Prokofiev & Shostakovich Violin Concertos No. 1

Maxim Vengerov (violin) London Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich

Gramophone Awards, 1995, Recording of the Year
Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Concerto

Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5

Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Luisi

Gramophone Magazine, February 2023, Editor's Choice
Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Orchestral
Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
Gramophone Awards, 2023 Winners, Recording of the Year and Orchestral Winner

Schumann - String Quartets Nos. 1 & 3

Zehetmair Quartet

Gramophone Magazine, June 2003, Disc of the Month
Gramophone Awards, 2003, Recording of the Year
Gramophone Awards, 2003, Winner - Chamber
Building a Library, January 2019, Also Recommended

CD: $19.00

Puccini: La fanciulla del West

Korngold: Die tote Stadt

Jonas Kaufmann (Paul), Marlis Petersen (Marietta), Andrej Filonczyk (Frank/Fritz), Jennifer Johnston (Brigitta), Mirjam Mesak (Juliette), Corinna Scheurle (Lucienne), Manuel Günther (Gaston/Victorin), Dean Power (Graf Albert), Bayerische Staatsoper, Kirill Petrenko, Simon Stone (director)

Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Critics' Choice 2021
Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd July 2021
Opera, October 2021, Disc of the Month
Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2021, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2021, DVD/Blu-ray of the Year
International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Video Performance
Opus Klassik, 2022, Winner - Opera
Gramophone Awards, 2022, Winner - Opera
Gramophone Awards, 2022, Recording of the Year

Blu-ray: $44.00

Carol Neblett (Minnie), Plácido Domingo (Dick Johnson), Sherrill Milnes (Jack Rance) Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Zubin Mehta

Gramophone Awards, 1978, Recording of the Year
Building a Library, December 2016, First Choice

Mahler: Symphony No. 10 in F sharp major

Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle

Gramophone Awards, 2000, Recording of the Year
Grammy Awards, 43rd Awards (2000), Best Orchestral Performance

Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor 'Tragic'

Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado

Gramophone Magazine, September 2005, Editor's Choice
Gramophone Awards, 2006, Recording of the Year
Gramophone Awards, 2006, Winner - Orchestral

Elgar: Violin Concerto & Introduction and Allegro

Nigel Kennedy (violin) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Gramophone Awards, 1985, Recording of the Year
Gramophone Awards, 1985, Winner - Concerto
Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s

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Mahler: Symphony No. 10 in F sharp major

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Building a Library, September 2000, First Choice
Building a Library, March 2011, First Choice
Gramophone Awards, 2000, Recording of the Year

Rossini: Il viaggio a Reims

Katia Ricciarelli (Madame Cortese), Lucia Valentini Terrani (Marchesa Melibea), Lella Cuberli (Contessa di Folleville), Cecilia Gasdia (Corinna), Eduardo Giménez (Cavalier Belfiore), Francisco Araiza (Conte di Libenskof), Samuel Ramey (Lord Sidney), Ruggero Raimondi (Don Profondo), Enzo Dara (Baron di Trombonok), Leo Nucci (Don Alvaro) Prague Philharmonic Choir, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado

Gramophone Awards, 1986, Recording of the Year
Penguin Guide, Rosette