Busy week for awards this one. As the Classical Brits announced their nominations this week, the BBC Music Magazine announced the winners of their classical awards. And the winners were as follows...
Public voted awards:
Disc Of The Year & Instrumental Award: Mitsuko Uchida - Beethoven Piano Sonatas (Philips)
Orchestral Award: Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana - Shostakovich Piano Concertos (EMI)
Opera Award: Concert D'Astree - Handel, Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (EMI/Virgin)
Chamber Award: Jerusalem Quartet - Shostakovich, Quartets 6, 8, 11 (HMC)
Choral Award: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - JS Bach, Cantatas Vol. 22 (Challenge)
Vocal Award: The English Concert - Handel, As Steals The Morn (HMU)
Jury awards:
Best Newcomer: David Fray - JS Bach, Partita 4 in D (EMI/Virgin)
Premiere Recording: Netherlands Chamber Choir - All Things Change (Winter & Winter)
Technical Excellence In Recording: Theatre of Voices - Stockhausen, Stimmung, Harmonia Mundi (Hybrid)
DVD (Documentary): Maxim Vengerov, Living The Dream (EMI)
DVD (Performance): Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala/Riccardo Muti - Poulenc, Dialogues des Carmélites (TDK)
Commenting on this year's awards, BBC Music Magazine editor Oliver Condy told CMU: "Since its launch in 2006, the BBC Music Magazine Awards has grown at an incredible rate. From the start, we intended the awards to help lift sales of classical recordings at a typically slow time of the year, but with more reader votes and online retail partners than ever before, we've been able to give a far bigger boost to the record industry than we ever anticipated. 2007 was a bumper year for truly outstanding recordings, and the landmark discs that make up this year's winners are essential additions to every classical collection".