'BEST CONTEMPORARY RECORDING' IN THE 2011 GRAMOPHONE AWARDS
The ceremony was held at London's Dorchester Hotel on 6 October and Harrison Birtwistle was there to accept the award in his inimitable style! Also present were the conductor Ryan Wigglesworth, the producer Andrew Keener, engineer Simon Eadon and representatives from The Hallé, NMC, Birtwistle's publisher Boosey & Hawkes, and his agent Rayfield Allied.
Watch Harry's acceptance speech here
The shortlists for the Gramophone Awards 2011, presented in association with Steinway & Sons, have been unveiled. From the many recordings issued over the past twelve months, 45 have emerged from the judging process as the contenders for the coveted Gramophone Recording of the Year and we are delighted to have three nominations. They are ...
Gramophone Awards Finalist - Song Category
Richard Rodney Bennett Songs before Sleep (NMC D155)
Sophie Daneman; Susan Bickley; Hulett; Iain Burnside
Gramophone Awards Finalist - Contemporary Category
Harrison Birtwistle Night's Black Bird (NMC D156)
Owen Slade; The Hallé; Ryan Wigglesworth
Gramophone Awards Finalist - Contemporary Category
David Matthews: Winter Passions (NMC D152)
Susan Bickley; Stephan Loges; The Nash Ensemble, Lionel Friend
For more information, and to read reviews of the top three discs in each category, visit the Gramophone website here
The results will be announced on October 6 following the Awards ceremony at the Dorchester Hotel.
We are delighted to announce that Peter Maxwell Davies's opera Taverner has been shortlisted for a 2010 Gramophone Award in the Opera category.
Having won a Gramophone Award in 2008 for Jonathan Harvey's Body Mandala and then in 2009 for The NMC Songbook, can we possibly make it three-in-a-row?
Fingers crossed!
