-- MIDEM CLASSICAL AWARDS --

THE WINNERS 2010

EARLY MUSIC

Jerusalem, La Ville des deux Paix: La Paix Céleste et la Paix Terrestre; Montserrat Figueras, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Al-Darwish, Hesperion XXI, Jordi Savall; Alia Vox 7619986398631
(Supersonic im Pizzicato)

BAROQUE MUSIC

Georg Ph.Telemann: Brockes-Passion; Birgitte Christensen, Lydia Teuscher, Marie-Claude Chappuis, Daniel Behle, Donát Havár, Johannes Weisser, RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs;
Harmonia Mundi 794881910427
(***** im Pizzicato)

VOCAL RECITAL

Georg Fr. Handel: Between Heaven & Earth; Sandrine Piau, Accademia Bizantina, Stefano Montanari;
Naïve 709861304844
(Supersonic im Pizzicato)

CHORAL WORKS

Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Requiem for a Young Poet; Claudia Barainsky, David Pittman-Jennings, Lutz Lansemann, Michael Rotschopf, Jan Hage, João Rafael (Live Electronics), Philharmonic Choir Brno, Slovac Philharmonic Choir, EuropaChorAkademie, Eric Vloeimans Quintet, Holland Symfonia, Bernhard Kontarsky;
Cybele 809548010720
(Excellentia im Pizzicato)

SOLO INSTRUMENT

Nicolo Paganini - 24 Capricci; Thomas Zehetmair, violin;
ECM 028947633181
(Supersonic im Pizzicato)

CHAMBER MUSIC

Ravel, Debussy, Fauré: String Quartets; Quatuor Ebène;
Virgin Classics 5099951904524
(Supersonic im Pizzicato)

OPERA

Dmitri Shostakovich: The Nose; Vladislav Sulimsky, Alexei Tanovitski, Tatiana Kravtsova, Andrei Popov, Sergei Semishkur, Mariinsky Choir & Orchestra, Valery Gergiev;
Mariinsky 822231850120
(***** im Pizzicato)

CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

Olivier Messiaen: The Works for Orchestra; Roger Muraro, piano, Yvonne Naef, mezzo-soprano; SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Sylvain Cambreling;
Hänssler Classic 4010276020561
(***** im Pizzicato)

HISTORICAL

Friedrich Gulda: The Early Recordings; Friedrich Gulda, Klavier, RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Igor Markevitch;
Audite 4022143214041
(Supersonic im Pizzicato)

CONCERTOS

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concertos WoO4 & No. 2; Ronald Brautigam, Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Parrott;
BIS 7318599917924
(**** im Pizzicato)

SYMPHONIC WORKS

Gustav Mahler: Symphonie Nr. 9; Bamberger Symphoniker, Jonathan Nott;
Tudor 812973011620
(Supersonic im Pizzicato)

FIRST RECORDING

Henri-Joseph Rigel: Symphonies; Concerto Köln;
Berlin Classics 782124164324
(**** im Pizzicato)

DVD OPERA / BALLET

Piotr Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin; The Bolshoi Theatre Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra, Alexander Vedernikov;
Bel Air Classiques 3760115300460
(Supersonic im Pizzicato)

DVD CONCERTS

The King's Singers Live at the BBC Proms;
Signum Records 635212000595
(Supersonic im Pizzicato)

DVD DOCUMENTARIES

Celibidache - You don't do anything - you let it evolve; A film by Jan Schmidt-Garre; Arthaus Musik 9783941311268
(***** im Pizzicato)


SPECIAL MIDEM CLASSICAL AWARD
CHOPIN 2010



NEW RECORDINGS

Frédéric Chopin: 24 Préludes op. 28, Sonata No.3 in B minor, op.58
Nikolai Demidenko, piano
ONYX4036

BEST EVER

Frédéric Chopin: 14 Waltzes, Barcarolle, Nocturne in D flat, Mazurka in C sharp minor
Dinu Lipatti, piano
EMI/Angel 0724356695627


SPECIAL CATEGORIES


LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Mirella Freni

ARTIST OF THE YEAR – INSTRUMENTALIST

Angela Hewitt

ARTIST OF THE YEAR – VOCALIST

Elina Garanca
Christian Gerhaher

LABEL OF THE YEAR

Naïve

RECORDING OF THE YEAR

Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Requiem for a Young Poet; Claudia Barainsky, David Pittman-Jennings, Lutz Lansemann, Michael Rotschopf, Jan Hage, João Rafael (Live Electronics), Philharmonic Choir Brno, Slovac Philharmonic Choir, EuropaChorAkademie, Eric Vloeimans Quintet, Holland Symfonia, Bernhard Kontarsky; Cybele 809548010720
(Excellentia im Pizzicato)


OUTSTANDING YOUNG ARTIST (IAMA AWARD)

José Franch-Ballester, clarinet

JURY NOMINATION AWARD

J.S. Bach: Sonatas & Partitas
Viktoria Mullova
ONYX4040

CLASSICAL DOWNLOAD AWARD

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