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NOMINATIONS FOR THE MIDEM CLASSICAL AWARDS 2008
07/12/2007
For its fourth edition, the MIDEM Classical Awards will take place before a public audience on Wednesday 30 January 2008 at 7pm in the Debussy Theatre of the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, as part of the 42nd edition of MIDEM.
Record industry and music publishing professionals have submitted 562 recordings for this edition, representing 111 labels from 23 countries.
For this occasion, a prestigious international jury made up of the leading specialist magazines, radios and organisations, has come together to recognise the top artists and recordings of the year: Radio Classique and Le Monde de la Musique (France), Gramophone (United Kingdom, United States), Fono Forum, Radio MDR-Figaro/ARD and Klassik.com (Germany), Crescendo (Belgium), Pizzicato (Luxemburg), Musik & Theater (Switzerland), ORF (Austria), Musica (Italy), Scherzo (Spain), Gramofon (Hungary), Classic Radio (Finland), Gramophone China (China), the International Artist Managers’ Association (IAMA) and the International Music + Media Centre (IMZ) (Austria).
The awards ceremony will pay a special tribute to the celebrated German mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig, guest of honour at MIDEM Classique & Jazz 2008, who will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award. The American conductor David Zinman, whose career constitutes an outstanding oeuvre notable for the complete symphonies of Beethoven, will be presented with the Artist of the Year Award. The Swedish independent label BIS, founded by Robert Von Bahr and renowned for its catalogue of Scandinavian and contemporary music, will receive the Label of the Year Award.
The ceremony will include a performance by the Regional Cannes Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur Orchestra conducted by Philippe Bender, and will be hosted by Genie Godula and James Jolly. Several leading figures on the international musical scene will be present for the fourth edition of the MIDEM Classical Awards.
The strong presence of professionals from the classical sector during MIDEM, combined with the wish of jury members to encourage the distribution and promotion of the award winners, make the MIDEM Classical Awards an exceptional launch pad for all the winning artists.
For more information on MIDEM: http://www.midem.com/
Download photos of MIDEM Classical Awards artists from the site:
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Record industry and music publishing professionals have submitted 562 recordings for this edition, representing 111 labels from 23 countries.
For this occasion, a prestigious international jury made up of the leading specialist magazines, radios and organisations, has come together to recognise the top artists and recordings of the year: Radio Classique and Le Monde de la Musique (France), Gramophone (United Kingdom, United States), Fono Forum, Radio MDR-Figaro/ARD and Klassik.com (Germany), Crescendo (Belgium), Pizzicato (Luxemburg), Musik & Theater (Switzerland), ORF (Austria), Musica (Italy), Scherzo (Spain), Gramofon (Hungary), Classic Radio (Finland), Gramophone China (China), the International Artist Managers’ Association (IAMA) and the International Music + Media Centre (IMZ) (Austria).
The awards ceremony will pay a special tribute to the celebrated German mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig, guest of honour at MIDEM Classique & Jazz 2008, who will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award. The American conductor David Zinman, whose career constitutes an outstanding oeuvre notable for the complete symphonies of Beethoven, will be presented with the Artist of the Year Award. The Swedish independent label BIS, founded by Robert Von Bahr and renowned for its catalogue of Scandinavian and contemporary music, will receive the Label of the Year Award.
The ceremony will include a performance by the Regional Cannes Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur Orchestra conducted by Philippe Bender, and will be hosted by Genie Godula and James Jolly. Several leading figures on the international musical scene will be present for the fourth edition of the MIDEM Classical Awards.
The strong presence of professionals from the classical sector during MIDEM, combined with the wish of jury members to encourage the distribution and promotion of the award winners, make the MIDEM Classical Awards an exceptional launch pad for all the winning artists.
For more information on MIDEM: http://www.midem.com/
Download photos of MIDEM Classical Awards artists from the site:
http://www.reedmidem.com/v3/Press/DownloadZone/en
MIDEM CLASSICAL AWARDS 2008
GENERAL CATEGORIES – NOMINATIONS
EARLY MUSIC
- Christophorus Columbus: Paraísos Perdidos
Hespèrion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Figueras, Savall
Alia Vox AVSA 9850 A+B - Jenkins: Phantasm (Five-Part Consorts)
Dreyfus, Gillespie, Manson, Luolajan-Mikkola, Perkola
Avie AV 2120 - Los Impossibles
The King's Singers, L'Arpeggiata, Pluhar
Naïve V 5055
BAROQUE MUSIC
- Bach, C.P.E. : Symphonies & Concerto pour Violoncelle
Café Zimmermann
Alpha 107 - Bach: Mass in b Minor
Sampson, Nicholls, Blaze, Türk, Kooij,
Bach Collegium Japan, Suzuki
BIS SACD1701/02 - Handel: Messiah (Dublin Version)
Hamilton, Gill, Wilkinson, Mulroy, Brook,
Dunedin Consort & Players, Butt
Linn Records CKD 285
VOCAL RECITALS
- Strauss: Four Last Songs, Final Scenes Capriccio & Salome
Stemme, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House,
Covent Garden, Pappano
EMI Classics 94637879726 - Schubert: Schwanengesang
Güra, Berner
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901931 - Heroes: Vivaldi – Opera Arias
Jaroussky, Ensemble Matheus, Spinosi
Virgin Classics 9463634142
CHORAL WORKS
- Eric Ericson Chamber Choir: Henze, Shostakovich
Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Ericson
Caprice CAP 21773 - Schönberg: Gurrelieder
Diener, Naef, Smith, Siegel, Lukas, Schmidt, Chor des
Bayerischen Rundfunks, MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig,
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Gielen
Hänssler Classic SACD 93.198 - Schütz: Opus Ultimum (Psalm 100 & 119, Deutsches Magnificat)
Collegium Vocale Gent, Herreweghe
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901895.96
SOLO INSTRUMENT
- Scriabin: Étude, Sonata No. 2, Four Mazurkas, Nuances, Poème, etc.
Sudbin
BIS SACD1568 - Bach: Sonatas & Partitas for Violin Solo
Tetzlaff
Hänssler Classic CD 98.250 - Brahms: Klavierstücke op. 116 - 119
Angelich
Virgin Classics 9463793022
CHAMBER MUSIC
- Beethoven: The 10 Violin Sonatas
Cerovsek, Jumppanen
Claves CD 50-2610/12 - Asturiana: Songs from Spain and Argentina
Kashkashian, Levin
ECM New Series 1975 - Schumann / Brahms: Piano Quintets
Andsnes, Artemis Quartet
Virgin Classics 94639514328
OPERA
- Mozart: Don Giovanni
Weisser, Regazzo, Pendatchanska, Pasichnyk, Tarver, Im,
Borchev, Guerzoni,
RIAS Kammerchor, Freiburger Barockorchester, Jacobs
Harmonia Mundi HMC 801964.66 - Monteverdi: L’Orfeo
Piccinini, Zanasi, Simboli, Mingardo, Foresti, Abete, Dordolo,
Concerto Italiano, Alessandrini
Naïve OP 30439 AD 125 - Dvorak: Král a Uhlíř
Jenis, Mikuláš, Breedt, Ághová, Lehotsky, Schäfer, Prager Kammerchor,
WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Albrecht
Orfeo C 678062 H
CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
- Berio: Piano Music
Lucchesini
Avie 2104 - Penderecki: Capriccio, De Natura Sonoris II, Piano Concerto I
Piekutowska, Bilińska, The National Polish Radio Symphony
Orchestra Katowice, Penderecki
Dux 0582 - Tüür: Magma
Glennie, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Estonian
National Male Choir, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Järvi
Virgin Classics 9463857852
HISTORICAL
- Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri
Price, Miljakovic, Howells, Wright, Hollweg, Gaifa, Brendel,
Amis el Hage, Coro e Orchestra Sinfonica RAI di Roma, Giulini
Arts Music 43076-2 - Bruckner: Symphony No. 8
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Böhm
Audite 95.495 - Bruch / Pfitzner / Fortner: Violin Concertos
Taschner, SDR - Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, RIAS - Sinfonieorchester Berlin,
SWR - Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden, Müller-Kray, Kempe, Rosbaud
MDG 642 1443-2
CONCERTOS
- Beethoven: Violin Concerto, Kreutzersonate
Faust, Melnikov, The Prague Philharmonia, Bĕlohlávek
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901944 - Shostakovich: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 + 2
Khachatryan, Orchestre National de France, Masur
Naïve V 5025 - Sibelius / Lindberg: Violin Concertos
Batiashvili, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Oramo
Sony Classical 886971293623
SYMPHONIC WORKS
- Bartók: Kossuth, The Wooden Prince
Hungarian National Philharmonic, Kocsis
Hungaroton HSACD 32502 - Bruckner: Symphony No. 4
Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Abbado
Lucerne Festival 7640125120455 - Mahler: Symphony No. 5
San Francisco Symphony, Thomas
San Francisco Symphony 821936-0012-2
FIRST RECORDING
- Fux: La Grandezza della Musica Imperiale
Freiburger Barockorchester, von der Goltz
Carus 83.308 - Destouches: Callirhoé
D’Oustrac, Auvity, Fernandes, Perruche, Delaigue, Révidat,
Le Concert Spirituel, Niquet
Glossa GCD 921612 - Britten on Film: Coal Face, Night Mail, Rossini Suite,
The King’s Stamp, etc.
Beale, Carewe, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group,
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus,
Choir of King Edward’s School, Brabbins
NMC D 112
DVD: OPERA / BALLET
- Nederlands Dans Theater Celebrates Jiří Kylián
Nederlands Dans Theater
Arthaus Musik 102 099 - Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Westbroek, Ventris, Wilson, Vaneev, Poulson, Ludha, Kravets, Chorus of
De Nederlandse Opera, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Jansons, Kušej
Opus Arte OA 0965 D - Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Jerusalem, Kang, von Kannen, Evans, Brinkmann, Clark, Tomlinson, Finnie, Hölle, Elming,
Secunde, Svendén, Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Kupfer, Barenboim
Warner Classics 2564 62317-2
DVD: CONCERTS
- Kent Nagano conducts Classical Masterpieces
Mozart / Beethoven / Schumann / Brahms / Bruckner / Strauss
Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, Nagano
Arthaus Musik 101 425 - Barenboim on Beethoven
The Complete Piano Sonatas
Barenboim
EMI Classics 0946 3 68993 9 8 - Celibidache in Rehearsal & Performance
Strauss / Rimsky-Korsakov
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Kalafusz, Celibidache
EuroArts 2060368
DVD: DOCUMENTARIES
- Jacqueline du Pré: A Celebration
Du Pré, Zukerman, Perlman, Mehta, Barenboim, Fischer-Dieskau,
Ashkenazy, Barbirolli, etc.
Allegro Films A 07CN D - Nadia Boulanger: Mademoiselle
A Film by Bruno Monsaingeon
Idéale Audience DVD 5DM41 - Keeping Score: Revolutions in Music
Copland and the American Sound
San Francisco Symphony, Thomas
San Francisco Symphony 821936001691
CLASSICAL DOWNLOAD
- Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique / Sibelius – Finlandia, op. 26 /
Mozart – Symphony No. 35 KV 385 “Haffner”
Philharmonia Orchestra, Dutoit
Decca Concert Series / www.decca.com/deccaconcerts - Mozart – Piano Concertos Nos. 17 KV 453 and 18 KV 456,
Symphony No. 33 KV 319
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Aimard
DG Concerts D/D/D/4776436 /G/HD - Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Alsop
NPR Music / www.prx.org/pieces/17528
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