The BBC Music Magazine Awards 2019
We announce the winners of this year's BBC Music Magazine Awards
Recording of the Year
Johann Sebastian Bach
Works by JS Bach; transcriptions of Bach by Wilhelm Kempff, August Stradal, Ferrucio Busoni, Víkingur Ólafsson, Sergei Rachmaninov and Alexander Siloti
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Deutsche Grammophon 483 5022
Orchestral
Mahler
Symphony No. 1
Düsseldorf Symphony/Adám Fischer
Avi AVI8553390
Concerto
Rachmaninov
Piano Concertos Nos 2 and 4; excerpts from JS Bach’s Partita in E for solo violin, arr. Rachmaninov
Daniil Trifonov (piano); Philadelphia Orchestra/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Deutsche Grammophon 483 5335
Opera
Handel
Acis and Galatea
Lucy Crowe, Allan Clayton, Benjamin Hulett, Neal Davies, Jeremy Budd; Early Opera Company/Christian Curnyn
Chandos CHSA 0404(2)
Choral
A Rose Magnificat
Works by Leighton, Tallis, Warlock, White, MacMillan, Sheppard, Park, Wylkynson, Howells, Lane and Martin
Gabrieli Consort/Paul McCreesh
Signum SIGCD 536
Vocal
Schumann & Mahler: Lieder
Schumann: Liederkreis, Op. 39; Lieder und Gesänge aus Wilhelm Meister; Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Florian Boesch (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Linn CKD 511
Chamber
Debussy The Late Works
Isabelle Faust (violin), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Xavier de Maistre (harp), Antoine Tamestit (viola), Magali Mosnier (flute), Alexander Melnikov, Javier Perianes, Tanguy De Williencourt (piano)
Harmonia Mundi HMM 902303
Instrumental
JS Bach
Works by JS Bach; transcriptions of Bach by Wilhelm Kempff, August Stradal, Ferrucio Busoni, Víkingur Ólafsson, Sergei Rachmaninov and Alexander Siloti
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Deutsche Grammophon 483 5022
Jury Awards
Personality of the Year
Tasmin Little (violin)
Newcomer of the Year
Laura van der Heijden (cello)
1948
Works by Prokofiev, Shaporin, Myaskovsky and Lyadov
Laura van der Heijden (cello), Petr Limonov (piano)
Champs Hill Records CHRCD136
Premiere
Widmann Violin Concerto
Widmann Concerto; 24 Duets (selection); Hunt Quartet
Antoine Tamestit (viola); Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Daniel Harding; Marc Bouchkov (violin), Bruno Philippe (cello); Signum Quartet
Harmonia Mundi HMM 902268
DVD
Britten
Billy Budd
Jacques Imbrailo (Billy Budd), Toby Spence (Edward Fairfax Vere), Brindley Sherratt (John Claggart) et al; Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Real Madrid/Ivor Bolton; dir. Deborah Warner (Madrid, 2017)
BelAir Classiques BAC554
Authors
Freya Parr is BBC Music Magazine's Digital Editor and Staff Writer. She has also written for titles including the Guardian, Circus Journal, Frankie and Suitcase Magazine, and runs The Noiseletter, a fortnightly arts and culture publication. Freya's main areas of interest and research lie in 20th-century and contemporary music.
