The Gramophone Classical Music Awards are among the most prestigious in the classical music world. With the awards less than two months away, Gramophone has selected 45 albums out of thousands issued over the past year to contend for the Recording of the Year. Albums in every classical music genre are contenders and we offer most of them!
Have a look at the list and see if your favorites have made the cut. The titles listed in bold are the top vote-getters in each category.
Baroque Instrumental
| | Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: The Keyboard Concertos Wq 43 |
| | Handel: Concerti Grossi Op. 6 |
| | Georg Philipp Telemann: Musique de Table |
| | Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6 |
| | Vivaldi: 12 Concerti Op.4 'La Stravaganza' |
| | The Heart Trembles with Pleasure: Music for Lute by Sylvius |
Baroque Vocal
| | Handel: Flavio, re di Longobardi |
| | Jean-Baptiste Lully: Bellérophon |
 | Handel: Berenice |
| | Bach: Easter & Ascension Oratorios |
Chamber
| | Bartók, Grieg & Strauss: Violin Sonatas |
| | Beethoven: Violin Sonatas, Vol. 3 |
| | Dvorák: String Quartets, Opp. 106 & 96 "American" |
| | Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 18/1 & Op. 127 |
| | Bridge: Piano Quintet; Three Skecthes; Phantasie; Pensiero |
| | Walton: String Quartets |
Choral
| | Delius: Appalachia; The Song of the High Hills |
| | Elgar: The Kingdom |
| | James MacMillan: Visitatio Sepulchri |
| | Dvorak: Requiem; Symphony No. 8 |
| | Haydn: The Seven Last Words Of Our Saviour On The Cross |
| | Rossini: Stabat Mater |
Concerto
| | Bartok: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 3 |
| | Jean-Efflam Bavouzet plays works by Ravel, Debussy & Massenet |
| | The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 53 |
| | Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 |
| | Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 3 & 4 |
| | Ravel: Piano Concertos; Miroirs |
Contemporary
| | David Matthews: Winter Passions |
| | Music of Poul Ruders, Vol. 6 |
| | Reich: Double Sextet; 2x5 |
| | Jonathan Harvey: Speakings |
| | Part: Symphony No. 4 |
Early Music
| | Complete Consort Music: Phantasm |
| | Guerrero: Missa Congratulamini Mihi |
| | Schoendorff: The Complete Works |
| | A Worcester Ladymass |
Historic
| | Beethoven: String Trios |
| | Monteverdi: Coronation Of Poppea |
| | Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suites |
| | Genius Of Dino Ciani |
| | Live On Stage |
Instrumental
| | Brahms: Handel Variations |
 | Liszt: Harmonies du Soir |
| | Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music |
| | Études |
| | Schumann: Davidsbundlertanze & Fantasie |
Opera
| | Mozart: Die Zauberflöte |
| | Verdi: Otello |
| | Giordano: Fedora |
| | Rautavaara: Kaivos - The Mine |
| | Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos |
Orchestral
| | Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 |
| | Josef Suk: Asrael |
| | English Spring |
| | Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; Petrushka (1911) |
| | Mahler: Symphony No. 8 |
| | Bizet: Symphony in C; Jeux d'enfants; Roma |
Recital
| | Ne me refuse pas: French Opera Arias |
| | Diva Divo |
| | Great Strauss Scenes |
| | Lettere Amorose |
| | Caldara in Vienna: Forgotten Castrato Arias |
| | Bizet: Symphony in C; Jeux d'enfants; Roma |
Solo Vocal
| | Richard Rodney Bennett: Songs Before Sleep |
| | Britten: Songs & Proverbs of William Blake |
| | Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch |
| | Poesie: Richard Strauss Lieder |
| | George Butterworth: English Song Series, Vol. 20 |
by Craig Zeichner
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