Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Archangelo, Bach Collegium Japan, Iestyn Davies and Joyce DiDonato were among the artists and ensembles announced as category winners in the 2017 Gramophone Classical Music Awards.
The 12 winning recordings will now compete for the coveted Recording of the Year prize, announced live at the London ceremony on 13 September alongside other special awards including the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Among the winners were former Gramophone Young Artist of the Year Isabelle Faust, who won the Concerto Award for her recording of Mozart's violin concertos with Giovanni Antonini and Il Giardino Armonico.
Antonini and Armonico also won the Orchestra award for their Haydn Symphonies: No 12; No 60, Il Distretto, No 70 recording.
Bach Collegium Japan and Masaaki Suzuki won the Choral category for their recording of Mozart’s C Minor Mass, which Gramophone ranked 'alongside the period-instrument benchmarks'.
The ceremony – which this year celebrates its 40th anniversary – will be broadcast live on medici.tv and will be available to watch back at ClassicFM.com.
To see the full list of winners, visit the Gramophone website.
The 12 winning recordings will now compete for the coveted Recording of the Year prize, announced live at the London ceremony on 13 September alongside other special awards including the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Among the winners were former Gramophone Young Artist of the Year Isabelle Faust, who won the Concerto Award for her recording of Mozart's violin concertos with Giovanni Antonini and Il Giardino Armonico.
Antonini and Armonico also won the Orchestra award for their Haydn Symphonies: No 12; No 60, Il Distretto, No 70 recording.
Bach Collegium Japan and Masaaki Suzuki won the Choral category for their recording of Mozart’s C Minor Mass, which Gramophone ranked 'alongside the period-instrument benchmarks'.
The ceremony – which this year celebrates its 40th anniversary – will be broadcast live on medici.tv and will be available to watch back at ClassicFM.com.
To see the full list of winners, visit the Gramophone website.
