Gramophone's Orchestra of the Year Award is the only Gramophone Classical Music Award decided by public vote (vote here). The six orchestras nominated this year are:

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, Les Talens Lyriques, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and Sinfonia of London

This week, we focus on ...

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

An extraordinary account of Mahler’s Symphony No 6 conducted by Sir Simon Rattle scooped our Recording of the Month accolade in April – we believe this will occupy a revered place in the catalogue for years to come. This is an ensemble on astonishing form – though other recent issues of earlier recordings with Zubin Metha and Mariss Jansons remind us this is nothing new – in the broadest of symphonic repertoire, as the latest release of music by Helmut Lachenmann (6/24), or their accompaniment of Isabelle Faust in Britten’s Violin Concerto (5/24), so convincingly demonstrates.

➤ Vote for Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Vote for Gramophone's Orchestra of the Year 2024: