Monday, October 29, 2012

Award-winning Classical Music CDs

Winner, Chamber Music Category
Gramophone magazine recently announced its 2012 Classical Music Awards, identifying the year's best recordings  in various categories according to its specialists/critics in those areas.  From 750 recordings first nominated based on the magazine's own reviews, a winner and two runners-up were identified in the following categories:  Baroque Vocal, Baroque Instrumental, Chamber, Choral, Concerto, Contemporary, Early Music, Historic, Instrumental, Opera, Orchestral, Recital, and Solo Vocal.

Winner, Concerto Category
The library already owns several of the award-winning recordings and is acquiring more of them.  You can find the list of the winning CDs that are in our collection at this link:  Gramophone's Winners in LFL's Collection.  Some of the winning CDs are pictured here with links to them in our catalog.  You can also look for selections from them in our Freegal Music download service.  

The following special award recipients were also announced as listed below with links that will connect you to their works in our collection:

                              
                             Winner, Contemporary Category
Artist of the Year:  Joseph Calleja, tenor
Lifetime Achievement:  Claudio Abbado, conductor
Piano Award:  Murray Perahia
Young Artist of the Year:  Benjamin Grosvenor






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