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Gramophone Magazine’s Classical Music Awards 2011 – shortlists

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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

‘s Otello – ; 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:

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

“Diva, Divo” Various – 

Verismo Arias Various  – 

DVD Performance:

Britten, Death in Venice – Teatro /Bruno Bartoletti

Mahler Symphony No 9 – Lucerne Festival Orchestra/

Verdi, Don Carlo –  House, Covent Garden/

and the award for which readers can cast their vote:

Artist of the Year:

conductors Andris Nelsons, and Iván Fischer

conductor and viol player Jordi Savall

pianists Mitsuko Uchida and

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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Graham Spicer, aka 'Gramilano', is a writer, director and photographer based in Milan. He was a regular columnist for Opera Now magazine and wrote for the BBC until transferring to Italy. His articles have appeared in various publications from Woman's Weekly to Gay Times, and he wrote the Danza in Italia column for Dancing Times magazine. Graham was the historical advisor on Codice Carla, the 2023 documentary on Italian ballerina Carla Fracci.

Graham also works as a dance photographer, and his photos have appeared in many books, theatre programmes, and magazines, including Dancing Times, Dance Spirit and Ballet2000, as well as all the major Italian newspapers.

He is a member of the Dance Section of The Critics’ Circle.

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