Midem Classical Awards.

Ya se ha publicado, en rueda de prensa en Cannes, el palmarés de la edición de 2010 de los premios Midem Classical Awards. Es el siguiente:

• EARLY MUSIC: Jérusalem, La Ville des deux Paix. Montserrat Figueras, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Al-Darwish, Hesperion XXI, Jordi Savall. Alia Vox 7619986398631.


• BAROQUE MUSIC: Telemann - Brockes-Passion. Birgitte Christensen, Lydia Teuscher, Marie-Claude Chappuis, Daniel Behle, Donát Havár, Johannes Weisser, RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs. Harmonia Mundi 794881910427.


• VOCAL RECITALS: Handel - Between Heaven & Earth. Sandrine Piau, Accademia Bizantina, Stefano Montanari. Naïve 709861304844.


• CHORAL WORKS: Zimmermann - Requiem for a Young Poet. Claudia Barainsky, David Pittman-Jennings, Lutz Lansemann, Michael Rotschopf, Jan Hage, João Rafael (Live Electronics), Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno, Slovac Philharmonic Choir, Europa Chor Akademie, Eric Vloeimans Quintet, Holland Symfonia, Bernhard Kontarsky. Cybele 809548010720.


• OPERA: Shostakovich - The Nose. Vladislav Sulimsky, Alexei Tanovitski, Tatiana Kravtsova, Andrei Popov, Sergei Semishkur, Mariinsky Orchestra and Chorus, Valery Gergiev. Mariinsky 822231850120.


• SOLO INSTRUMENT: Paganini - 24 Capricci. Thomas Zehetmair. ECM 028947633181.


• CHAMBER MUSIC: Ravel, Debussy, Fauré - String Quartets. Quatuor Ebène. Virgin Classics 5099951904524.


• CONCERTOS: Beethoven - Piano Concertos WoO4 & No. 2. Ronald Brautigam, Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Parrott. BIS 7318599917924.


• SYMPHONIC WORKS: Mahler - Symphonie No. 9. Bamberger Symphoniker, Jonathan Nott. Tudor 812973011620.


• CONTEMPORARY MUSIC: Messiaen - The Works for Orchestra. Roger Muraro, Yvonne Naef, Europa Chor Akademie, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Sylvain Cambreling. Hänssler Classic 4010276020561.


• FIRST RECORDING: Rigel - Symphonies. Concerto Köln. Berlin Classics 782124164324.


• HISTORICAL: Friedrich Gulda - The Early Recordings.Friedrich Gulda, Klavier, RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Igor Markevitch. Audite 4022143214041.


• DVD: OPERA / BALLET: Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin. Mariusz Kwiecien, Tatiana Monogarova, Margarita Mamsirova, Andrey Dunaev, Anatolij Kotscherga, The Bolshoi Theatre Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra, Dmitri Tcherniakov, Chloé Perlemutter, Alexander Vedernikov. Bel Air Classiques 3760115300460.


• DVD: CONCERTS: The King's Singers Live at the BBC Proms. Signum Records 63521000595.


• DVD: DOCUMENTARIES: Sergiu Celibidache - You don't do anything - You let it evolve
  A film by Jan Schmidt-Garre. Arthaus Musik 807280136593.


• SPECIAL MIDEM CLASSICAL AWARD CHOPIN 2010: NEW RECORDINGS: Frédéric Chopin: 24 Préludes op. 28, Sonata No.3 in B minor, op.58; Nikolai Demidenko, piano
  ONYX4036.


• SPECIAL MIDEM CLASSICAL AWARD CHOPIN 2010: BEST EVER: Frédéric Chopin: 14 Waltzes, Barcarolle, Nocturne in D flat, Mazurka in C sharp minor; Dinu Lipatti, piano; EMI/Angel 0724356695627.


• SPECIAL CATEGORIES: LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Mirella Freni.


• SPECIAL CATEGORIES: ARTIST OF THE YEAR – INSTRUMENTALIST: Angela Hewitt.


• SPECIAL CATEGORIES: ARTIST OF THE YEAR – VOCALIST: Elina Garanca, Christian Gerhaher.


• SPECIAL CATEGORIES: LABEL OF THE YEAR: Naïve.


• SPECIAL CATEGORIES: OUTSTANDING YOUNG ARTIST (IAMA AWARD): José Franch-Ballester, clarinet.


• SPECIAL CATEGORIES: JURY NOMINATION AWARD: J.S. Bach: Sonatas & Partitas
  Viktoria Mullova. ONYX4040.


• SPECIAL CATEGORIES: CLASSICAL DOWNLOAD AWARD: classicsonline.com.

¿Con cuál me quedo? A ver... Pues no puedo elegir uno. Savall, Piau, Mullova, Jacobs, Concerto Köln... Cualquiera de ellos me vale.

¿Con quién os dejo esta vez? También está la cosa difícil. Venga, con el Bach de Mullova:

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