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Kaufmann and Elīna Garanča is up against the DVD recording of
Janáček’s Káťa Kabanová featuring Corrine Winters and David Butt Philip,
as well as Bertin’s Fausto in another nomination for Les Talens Lyriques.
Two recordings of Bach feature in the Instrumental category –
organist Sietze de Vries’ DVD ‘Bach’s Missing Pages’, and Benjamin
Alard’s eighth volume of Bach’s complete works for keyboard. Violinist Hilary
Hahn completes the category with her recording of solo violin sonatas by
Ysaÿe.

Works by the late Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho recorded by Orchestre
Philharmonie de Radio France are nominated in
the Contemporary category (sponsored by PRS/PPL) with orchestral works
by Unsuk Chin from Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon
Rattle and Sakari Oramo, as well as Seppo Pohjola’s string quartets 5-7
from The New Helsinki Quartet. In the Early category, Les Arts
Florissants’ album of Italian madrigals by Schütz faces competition from Cut
Circle’s recording of Josquin’s motets and chansons and Cappella
Pratensis’ performance of Obrecht’s Missa Maria zart.

The winners will be announced at a glittering awards ceremony
on Wednesday 2 October at London’s De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms.
Other awards to be announced on the night include Artist of the
Year (sponsored by Classic FM), Young Artist of the Year (sponsored
by Classeek), Lifetime Achievement, Label of the Year, Concept
Album and Orchestra of the Year – the only award to be decided by public
vote.

Voting for Orchestra of the Year remains open until midnight on 8
September via the Gramophone website. The awards ceremony will also
feature exclusive performances from some of this year’s award winners and is
sponsored by Presto Music.

Martin Cullingford, Editor of Gramophone, said:

“This year’s shortlisted recordings reflect just what an extraordinarily exciting,
vibrant and creative sector classical music is today. It’s wonderful to see
albums by musicians whose achievements we’ve celebrated for a number of
years sitting side-by-side with some of the most thrilling and thoughtful artists
just beginning their recording careers. Every one of these superb recordings
more than justifies their place in our shortlist, and your time and attention as
a listener, and collectively they couldn’t offer a more impressive celebration of
everything that is most compelling about the art form.”

For more information on the Gramophone Classical Music Awards
2024, please visit: gramophone.co.uk/awards/gramophone-classical-
music-awards-2024