2015_in_classical_music

2015 in classical music

2015 in classical music

Overview of the events of 2015 in classical music

Quick Facts List of years in classical music ...

Events

New works

Opera

Albums

Deaths

Major awards

Grammy Awards

Juno Awards

Classical Albums of the Year:

Classical Composition of the Year: Brian Current – Airline Icarus (Naxos)

Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2015

  • Baroque Instrumental: JS Bach – Cello Suites; David Watkin, violoncello (Resonus)
  • Baroque Vocal: Monteverdi – Vespri solenni per la festa di San Marco; Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini (Naïve)
  • Chamber: Smetana – String Quartets Nos 1 & 2; Pavel Haas Quartet (Supraphon)
  • Choral: Elgar – The Dream of Gerontius/Sea Pictures; Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar, BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Sir Andrew Davis (Chandos)
  • Concerto: Beethoven – Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 4; Maria João Pires, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding (Onyx)
  • Contemporary: Per Nørgård – Symphonies Nos 1 & 8; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (Dacapo)
  • Early Music: 'The Spy's Choirbook'; Alamire, English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble, David Skinner (Obsidian)
  • Instrumental: JS Bach – English Suites Nos 1, 3 & 5; Piotr Anderszewski (Warner Classics)
  • Opera: Richard Strauss – Elektra; Evelyn Herlitzius, Waltraud Meier, Adrianne Pieczonka, Mikhail Petrenko, Tom Randle, Orchestre de Paris, Esa-Pekka Salonen; Stage director – Patrice Chéreau; Video director – Stéphane Metge (Bel Air Classique)
  • Orchestral: Bruckner – Symphony No 9; Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (Deutsche Grammophon)
  • Recital: 'A French Baroque Diva'; Carolyn Sampson, Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey Skidmore (Hyperion)
  • Solo Vocal: Schubert – 'Nachtviolen'; Christian Gerhaher, Gerold Huber (Sony Classical)
  • Recording of the Year: Bruckner – Symphony No 9; Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (Deutsche Grammophon)
  • Young Artist of the Year: Joseph Moog
  • Label of the Year: Channel Classics
  • Artist of the Year: Paavo Järvi
  • Lifetime Achievement Award: Bernard Haitink

British Composer Awards

  • Amateur or Young Performers: Kate Whitley – Alive
  • Choral: James Dillon – Stabat Mater dolorosa
  • Community or Educational Project: Stuart Hancock – Snapshot Songs
  • Contemporary Jazz Composition: Trish Clowes – The Fox, The Parakeet & The Chestnut
  • Large Chamber: Sinan Savaskan – Many stares (through semi-nocturnal Zeiss-Blink) – Module 30
  • Liturgical: Michael Finnissy – John the Baptist
  • Orchestral: Harrison Birtwistle – Responses: Sweet disorder and the carefully careless
  • Small Chamber: Julian Anderson – String Quartet No. 2
  • Solo or Duo: Michael Finnissy – Beat Generation Ballads
  • Sonic Art: Yann Seznec – Currents
  • Stage Works: Julian Anderson – Thebans
  • Wind Band or Brass Band: Rory Boyle – Muckle Flugga

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