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.
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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
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