Gold Disc (chosen from Gramophone’s Records of the Year 1978-2007) - In Association with The Times

● Saint-Saëns: Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra

Stephen Hough piano / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo conductor

Label: Hyperion

Record of the Year

● Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Vol 4

Paul Lewis piano

Label: Harmonia Mundi

Lifetime Achievement – In Association with Passionato

● André Previn conductor

Special Achievement – In Association with BPI

● Sir Peter Moores

Label of the Year – In Association with KDG

● Hyperion

Artist of the Year

● Hilary Hahn violin

Young Artist of the Year

● Maxim Rysanov viola

Editor’s Choice

● Abel: Mr Abel’s Fine Airs

Susanne Heinrich viola da gamba

Label: Hyperion

Classic FM Innovation

● Tasmin Little, The Naked Violin

Baroque Instrumental

● Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

European Brandenburg Ensemble / Trevor Pinnock conductor

Label: Avie

Baroque Vocal – In Association with Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music 2009

● Monteverdi: Orfeo

La Venexiana / Claudio Cavina conductor

Label: Glossa

Chamber

● Brahms / Schumann: Piano Quintets

Artemis Quartet / Leif Ove Andsnes piano

Label: Virgin

Choral

● Haydn: The Creation

Gabrieli Consort and Players / Sandrine Piau, Miah Persson sopranos; Ruth Massey contralto; Mark Padmore tenor; Peter Harvey baritone; Neal Davies bass / Paul McCreesh conductor

Label: Archiv

Concerto

● Elgar: Violin Concerto

James Ehnes violin / Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis conductor

Label: Onyx

Contemporary

● Harvey: Body Mandala

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Anu Komsi soprano / Ilan Volkov conductor

Label: NMC

DVD

● Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro

David McVicar director / Antonio Pappano conductor / Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Label: Opus Arte

Early Music

● Nicholas Ludford: Missa benedicta et venerabilis

New College Choir / Edward Higginbottom conductor

Label: K617

Historic Archive

● Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 Dona Nobis Pacem

BBC Symphony Orchestra / BBC Symphony Chorus / Ralph Vaughan Williams conductor

Label: Somm

Historic Re-issue

● Sibelius: Songs

Kim Borg bass / Erik Werba piano

Label: Deutsche Grammophon

Instrumental – In Association with ICS (Independent Classical Specialists)

● Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Vol 4

Paul Lewis piano

Label: Harmonia Mundi

Opera – In Association with Rosenblatt Recitals

● Janáček: The Excursions of Mr Brouček

BBC Symphony Orchestra / Jiri Bělohlávek conductor

Label: Deutsche Grammophone

Orchestral

● Miaskovsky: Complete Symphonies

Russian Federation Symphony Orchestra / Evgeny Svetlanov conductor

Label: Warner Classics

Recital

● “Maria” - Music inspired by Maria Malibran

Cecilia Bartoli mezzo-soprano / Orchestra La Scintilla / Adam Fischer

Label: Decca

Solo Vocal

● Barber: Songs

Gerald Finley baritone / Julius Drake piano

Label: Hyperion

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