Gramophone Awards
The Gramophone Awards - often called the Oscars of the classical music world - are the most significant honours bestowed on the classical record industry.
Now running annually in September you can view details of the most recent winners below, as well as browse through all winners going back to the very first awards in 1977.
Gramophone Recording of the Year 2026
Louis Couperin: The Complete Works
Jean Rondeau
Available format: 11 CDs
Gramophone Awards 2026 - Category Winners
All the winners at this year's Gramophone Awards have now been announced, including albums from Krystian Zimerman, Vilde Frang, George Benjamin, María Dueñas, Edward Gardner and Joana Mallwitz.
Gramophone Awards 2026 - Winning Recordings
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Special offer. Martinů: String Quartets Nos. 2-3-5-7
Pavel Haas Quartet
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th September 2025
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2025, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Winner - Chamber
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2025
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Gramophone Awards, 2026 Winner, Chamber
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Special offer. Bacewicz: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 | Symphony No. 2 - Piano Concerto - Concerto For Large Symphony Orchestra
Peter Donohoe (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th July 2025
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2025, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Gramophone Awards, 2026 Winner, Orchestral
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Special offer. Schubert: Four Hands
Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2026, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2026 Winner, Piano
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Special offer. Belle époque !
Adèle Charvet (mezzo-soprano), Florian Caroubi
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Gramophone Awards, 2026 Winner, Song
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Special offer. Ligeti: Violin Concerto - Concert Românesc - Piano Concerto
Isabelle Faust (violin), Martial Gauthier, Carole Roth, Robin Michael (cello), Jean-Frédéric Neuburger (piano), Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2025, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2026 Winner, Concerto
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Special offer. Huw Watkins: Fanfare; Symphony No. 2; Concerto For Orchestra
Hallé Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2026, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2026 Winner, Contemporary
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Special offer. Gluck Arias
Ann Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano), The Mozartists, Ian Page
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International Opera Awards, 2025, Winner - Solo Recording
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Gramophone Awards, 2026 Winner, Voice & Ensemble
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Special offer. Johann Ludwig Bach: The Leipzig Cantatas
Sebastian Myrus, Richard Resch (tenor), William Shelton, Flore Van Meerssche, Carine Tinney (soprano), Michael Mogl, Tabea Mitterbauer, Anna-Lena Elbert, Micha Matthäus, Tobias Knaus, Capella Sollertia, Johanna Soller
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2026, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2026 Winner, Choral
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Special offer. Stravagante pensiero: Gesualdo & Napoli
Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2025, Choral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2025, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2026 Winner, Early
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Special offer. Saariaho: Adriana Mater
Fleur Barron (Adriana), Axelle Fanyo (Refka), Nicholas Phan (Yonas), Christopher Purves (Tsargo), San Francisco Symphony & Chorus, Esa-Pekka Salonen
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Gramophone Awards, 2026 Winner, Opera
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Special offer. Louis Couperin: The Complete Works
Jean Rondeau (harpsichord)
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The Times, Best Classical Box Sets Christmas 2025
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2026, Winner - Solo Instrumental Recording
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Gramophone Awards, 2026 Winner, Instrumental
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Browse All Previous Winners: Gramophone Awards 1977-2025
Browse by Year: Gramophone Awards 1977-2025
Featured Composers: Gramophone Awards 1977-2026
- Sibelius
- Liszt
- Mendelssohn
- Birtwistle
- Strauss, R
- Mahler
- Monteverdi
- Brahms
- Stravinsky
- Massenet
- Mozart
- Britten
- Szymanowski
- Nielsen
- Bruckner
- Tchaikovsky
- Poulenc
- Chopin
- Vaughan Williams
- Prokofiev
- Debussy
- Verdi
- Puccini
- Donizetti
- Purcell
- Dvorak
- Vivaldi
- Rachmaninov
- Elgar
- Wagner
- Rameau
- Fauré
- Bach, C P E
- Ravel
- Gluck
- Bach, J S
- Rossini
- Gounod
- Bartók
- Schoenberg
- Grieg
- Beethoven
- Schubert
- Handel
- Berg
- Schumann
- Haydn
- Berlioz
- Shostakovich
- Janáček
- Bernstein
