Welsh bass baritone Bryn Terfel leads the nominations for the sixth annual Classical Brit Awards which were announced yesterday. Terfel's album ?Silent Noon' is up for Album Of The Year and Ensemble/ Orchestral Album Of The Year, while he himself is up against Colin Davis and Aled Jones for Male Artist Of The Year.
He also competes with Aled Jones in the public voted Album Of The Year category - Jones being nominated for ?The Christmas Album'. Other artists in the running for the album award include Duel, Katherine Jenkins, James Galway, Libera, Ludovico Einaudi, violinist Vanessa-Mae and The Sixteen/Harry Christophers.
The awards themselves take place on 25 May at London's Royal Albert Hall ? more info and full nominations list at http://classicalbrits.co.uk/