Watch the Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2022
In a special highlights show presented by Editor-in-Chief James Jolly – with exclusive live performances from some of the greatest classical musicians of our time – we reveal the winners of the 2022 Gramophone Classical Music Awards, including Lifetime Achievement, Orchestra of the Year and Recording of the Year.
The show premieres at 7pm BST on October 7 on our YouTube channel, on Medici.TV, and on Facebook
The Winners
We are pleased to reveal the winners of the 2022 Gramophone Classical Music Awards.
Select an Award-winner below to read full reviews of each of the winning albums and expert insights from our writers. You can explore further in the Awards 2022 issue of Gramophone magazine, available from October 5. Never miss an issue – subscribe to Gramophone today
Recording Categories
Opera & Recording of the Year
Korngold: Die tote Stadt (Sols; Bayerisches Staatsorchester / Kirill Petrenko)
Instrumental
Ysaÿe: Six Solo Violin Sonatas (James Ehnes)
Early Music
Josquin: ‘Baisiez Moy’ (Thélème / Jean-Christophe Groffe)
Orchestral
Mahler: Symphony No 7 (Bayerisches Staatsorchester / Kirill Petrenko)
Concerto
Piano
Beethoven: Diabelli Variations (Mitsuko Uchida)
Concept Album
Enargeia (Emily D'Angelo; Das Freie Orchester Berlin / Jarkko Riihimäki)
Contemporary
Chamber
’Round Midnight (Quatuor Ebène; Antoine Tamestit; Nicolas Altstaedt)
Choral
JS Bach: St Matthew Passion (Sols; Pygmalion / Raphaël Pichon)
Song
Rachmaninov: Songs – ‘Dissonance’ (Asmik Grigorian; Lukas Geniušas)
Voice & Ensemble
‘BariTenor’ (Michael Spyres; Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra / Marko Letonja)
Spatial Audio
Ravel: Orchestral Works (Sinfonia of London / John Wilson)
Special Awards
Label of the Year
Artist of the Year
Young Artist of the Year
Special Achievement
Mozart Momentum (Leif Ove Andsnes; Mahler Chamber Orchestra)
Lifetime Achievement
Orchestra of the Year
Gramophone Awards Archive

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