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BBC Music Magazine, 8 April 2014 |
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BBC Music Magazine Awards 2014 winners announced
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American cellist Alisa Weilerstein has won the BBC Music Magazine Recording
of the Year Award with her debut concerto disc, the Elgar and Carter Cello
Concertos, with the Berlin Staatskappelle and Daniel Barenboim, released on
the Decca label.
Voted for by the public and BBC Music Magazine’s
expert jury of critics, Weilerstein’s disc represents the very best of more
than 1,500 reviewed by BBC Music Magazine throughout 2013.
The 2014
BBC Music Magazine Awards jury commented: 'Weilerstein avoids nostalgia and
produces an account full of passion, grief and nobility of feeling…it's been
years since a new recording of Elgar's great concerto made this kind of
visceral impact. Significantly, it is the first time that Barenboim has
chosen to conduct a recording of Elgar’s famous Cello Concerto since his
legendary performances with Jacqueline du Pré.'
Other winners include
two landmark recordings of works by Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes was the
recipient of the Opera Award for the centenary production staged on
Aldeburgh beach last summer, while the War Requiem, recorded by Polish and
English forces under the direction of Paul McCreesh, took the Choral Award.
Pre-eminent Baroque violinist Rachel Podger won the Instrumental category
for her solo recital Guardian Angel, while the acclaimed German tenor, Jonas
Kaufmann, walked away with the Vocal Award for his disc of Wagner arias.
Riccardo Chailly’s recent performances of Brahms’s symphonies with the
Gewandhaus Orchestra drew rapturous reviews all over Europe, and won the
Orchestral category, while the vivacious French Quatuor Ebène scored their
second BBC Music Magazine Award in the Chamber category for quartets by
Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn.
Jury awards went to pianist Igor Levit
(Newcomer Award) for his breath-taking debut account of Beethoven’s late
piano sonatas that, according to the jury, 'stands comparison with the
greatest in the catalogue'. George Benjamin’s new opera Written on Skin,
sung by Barbara Hannigan, Christopher Purves and Bejun Mehta, won the
Premiere Award. The DVD Performance category was won by Jonathan Kent’s
production of Puccini’s Tosca sung by Bryn Terfel, Jonas Kaufmann and Angela
Gheorghiu with Antonio Pappano from the Royal Opera House, while The Genius
of Cavaillé-Coll, an epic exploration of the legendary French organ builder,
won the DVD Documentary Award.
A new App Award was launched this
year, recognising the achievements and the potential of this exciting new
format. BBC Music Magazine, which publishes digital editions for iPad,
iPhone, Kindle Fire and Android, presented this inaugural award to the
Touchpress/DG Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony app, which packs in a vast amount
of content, film, music and interactive engagement.
The Awards were
announced today at a ceremony that took place at Kings Place in London. It
was hosted by Oliver Condy and Radio 3’s In Tune presenter Sean Rafferty,
and attended by artists and representatives from across the classical music
industry, as well as 100 BBC Music Magazine readers. Performers included
Bryn Terfel, Rachel Podger and Igor Levit and presenters included soprano
Dame Anne Evans, actor Sam West and pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard.
(hier nur die betreffenden Kategorien)
VOCAL AWARD
Wagner: Arias from Lohengrin, Die Walküre, Tannhäuser; Wesendonck Lieder
(Decca) Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin/
Donald Runnicles
DVD (PERFORMANCE) Puccini: Tosca
(Warner) Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann, Bryn Terfel etc; Chorus and
Orchestra of Royal Opera House/Sir Antonio Pappano |
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