Nominations Announced for BBC Music Magazine Awards 2022

 

The jury for this year included BBC Music Magazine reviews editor Michael Beek (chair), plus critics Andrew McGregor, Berta Joncus, George Hall, and Rebecca Franks. The prize-winning recordings will be announced on Thursday, April 28, along with the Recording of the Year and Personality of the Year.

The awards are broken up into nine categories, with three recordings each vying for the top prize:

 

Chamber

Ravel/Saint-Saëns

Piano Trios
Sitkovetsky Trio
BIS 

American Quintets

Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
Chandos 

The Mad Lover

Thomas Dunford (lute), Théotime Langlois de Swarte (violin)
Harmonia Mundi 

 

Orchestral

Florence Price: Symphonies Nos 1 & 3

Philadelphia Orchestra/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Deutsche Grammophon

Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos 4 & 6

London Symphony Orchestra/Antonio Pappano
LSO Live

Dutilleux: Le Loup

Sinfonia of London/John Wilson
Chandos 

 

Concerto

Bartók/Martinů

Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Bamberg Symphony Orchestra/Jakub Hrůša
BIS 

Plaisirs illuminés

Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Sol Gabetta (cello); Camerata Bern/Francisco Coll
Alpha Classics 

Beethoven: Piano Concertos

Krystian Zimerman (piano); London Symphony Orchestra/Simon Rattle
Deutsche Grammophon 

 

Choral

Dussek: Missa Solemnelle

Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr
AAM 

JS Bach: Cantatas, BWV 32, 82 & 106

Dunedin Consort/John Butt
Linn Records

Arvo Pärt/Schnittke: Choral Works

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Kaspars Putniņš
BIS

 

Opera

Handel: Ariodante

Cecilia Bartoli et al; Les Musiciens du Prince Monaco/Gianluca Capuano; dir. Christof Loy (Salzburg, 2017)
Unitel DVD

Handel: Rodelinda

Lucy Crowe, Iestyn Davies et al; The English Concert/Harry Bicket
Linn Records 

Philip Glass: Akhnaten

Anthony Roth Costanzo et al; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus/Karen Kamensek; dir. Phelim McDermott (NYC, 2019)
Orange Mountain Music DVD 

 

Instrumental

Paganini: 24 Caprices

Alina Ibragimova (violin)
Hyperion 

Busoni: Piano Works

Peter Donohoe (piano)
Chandos 

On DSCH

Works by Shostakovich and R Stevenson
Igor Levit (piano)
Sony Classical 

 

Vocal

Tiranno

Kate Lindsey (mezzo- soprano); Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen
Alpha Classics 

Phidylé

Kateřina Kněžíková (soprano); Janáček Philharmonic/Robert Jindra
Supraphon

Baritenor

Michael Spyres (baritone); Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg/Marko Letonja
Erato

 

Newcomer

Heart & Hereafter

Coleridge-Taylor Songs
Elizabeth Llewellyn (soprano)
Orchid Classics 

The Centre is Everywhere

Works by Edmund Finnis et al
Manchester Collective
Bedroom Community 

Passione

Tenor arias by Puccini, Tosti et al
Freddie De Tommaso (tenor)
Decca 

 

Premiere

The Jukebox Album

Works by Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Clarice Assad, Jesse Montgomery et al
Elena Urioste (violin), Tom Poster (piano)
Orchid Classics

Sebastian Fagerlund

Oceano etc
Meta4 String Quartet et al
BIS 

Louis Andriessen

The Only One
Nora Fischer (soprano); Los Angeles Philharmonic/Esa-Pekka Salonen
Nonesuch