Oops, I completely forgot to report on the Classical Brits on Friday, which is a terrible oversight. Though the winners haven't been posted on the BPI or the Classical Brits websites yet either, so we're not alone in being a bit slack on this.
Anyway, it was the Classical Brits in London last week, and the centre of the attention was Spanish tenor Placido Domingo who not only picked up a Lifetime Achievement Award, but was also a co-winner of the Critics Prize for his part in Royal Opera House's production of 'Tristan And Isolde'.
Other winners included Katherine Jenkins who took the Album Of The Year gong for the second year running, this time for 'Living A Dream'. She said she was "stunned" to win the award two years running, adding: "I didn't expect to win it last year, but to win two years in a row - I'm absolutely gobsmacked. I called my album 'Living A Dream' and that's exactly what I'm doing right now. I'm loving every minute of this."
The full list of winners runs thus:
Contemporary Music Award: James Macmillan - Symphony No 3, Silence
Singer Of The Year: Andreas Scholl - Arias For Senesino
Soundtrack/Musical Theatre Composer Award: Dario Marianelli - Pride & Prejudice (Performed By Jean-Yves Thibaudet And The English Chamber Orchestra)
Ensemble/Orchestral Album Of The Year: Takacs Quartet - Beethoven: The Late String Quartets
Critics' Award: Royal Opera House Chorus And Orchestra, Placido Domingo, Antonio Pappano - Tristan And Isolde
Young British Classical PerformerAlison Balsom
Instrumentalist Of The Year: Leif Ove Andsnes - Rachmaninov Piano Concerto 1 & 2
Album Of The Year: Katherine Jenkins - Living A Dream
Lifetime Achievement: Placido Domingo