Gramophone Magazine’s Classical Music Awards 2011 – shortlists

Gramo­phone’s short­l­ists are out for this year’s awards. No real sur­prises, but then those Gramo­phone people have great taste! Here’s a sample:

Opera:

Die Zauber­flöte - René Jac­obs;  Akademie für Alte Musik

Ermi­one - David Parry; LPO

Verdi’s Otello - Colin Davis; LSO

Solo Vocal:

Richard Rod­ney Ben­nett, Songs before Sleep - Sophie Dane­man; Susan Bickley; Iain Burnside

Brit­ten, Songs & Pro­verbs of Wil­liam Blake - Ger­ald Fin­ley; Julius Drake

Wolf, Itali­en­isches Lieder­buch - Chris­toph Prégardien; Julia Kleiter

Recital:

“Né me refuse pas” French Opera Arias  - Marie-Nicole Lemieux

“Diva, Divo” Vari­ous - Joyce DiDonato

Ver­ismo Arias Vari­ous  - Jonas Kaufmann

DVD Per­form­ance:

Brit­ten, Death in Venice - Teatro La Fenice/Bruno Bartoletti

Mahler Sym­phony No 9 - Lucerne Fest­ival Orchestra/Claudio Abbado

Verdi, Don Carlo - Royal Opera House, Cov­ent Garden/ Ant­o­nio Pappano

and the award for which read­ers can cast their vote:

Artist of the Year:

con­duct­ors Andris Nel­sons, Gust­avo Dudamel and Iván Fischer

con­ductor and viol player Jordi Savall

pian­ists Mit­suko Uchida and Lang Lang

trum­peter Alison Balsom

viol­in­ist Alina Ibragimova

tenor Jonas Kaufmann

and the Ber­lin Phil­har­monic Orchestra.

Some­thing tells me it’s going to be Jonas Kaufmann’s year.

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