Following the unveiling of potential contenders for this year's Gramophone Awards on 1st August, the judges have whittled the list down still further, and we're pleased to announce details of the three discs which will be battling it out in each category.
The overall winners will be announced at 2pm UK time on 27th August (in advance of the 17th September Awards Ceremony at St John's Smith Square); we'll also have a special treat in store for you here on the Presto website, so be sure to check back in with us next Wednesday afternoon when our surprise will be revealed!
In the meantime, you can still browse the original shortlist in full here - sound-samples and video-clips available for many titles!
Baroque Instrumental
Mahan Esfahani
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Amandine Beyer (violin) Gli Incogniti
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Baroque Vocal
RIAS Kammerchor & Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Hans-Christoph Rademann
Available Formats: FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Anna Stéphany, David Daniels et al; Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn
Available Formats: 3 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Chamber
Steven Isserlis & Robert Levin
Available Formats: 2 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Isabelle Faust, Jean-Guihen Queyras and Alexander Melnikov
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Pavel Haas Quartet
Available Formats: 2 CDs, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Choral
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique & Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Stuttgart Southwest Radio Vocal Ensemble, Marcus Creed
Available Formats: FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Contemporary
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski, Ryan Wigglesworth
Available Formats: CD, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Barbara Hannigan, Bejun Mehta, Christopher Purves, Royal Opera House, George Benjamin; also available on Blu-ray
Available Format: DVD Video
Roderick Williams, BBC Singers & Nash Ensemble, Nicholas Kok
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Concerto
Isabelle Faust, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda
Available Formats: 2 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Augustin Hadelich, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
Available Format: CD
Early Music
La Compagnia del Madrigale
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Gallicantus, Gabriel Crouch
Available Formats: CD, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips
Available Formats: Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Instrumental
Igor Levit
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Marc-André Hamelin
Available Formats: 3 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Arcadi Volodos
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Opera
Bryan Hymel, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Anna Caterina Antonacci; Sir Antonio Pappano, Sir David McVicar; also available on Blu-ray
Available Format: 2 DVD Videos
Evgeny Nikitin, Ingela Brimberg, Sally Matthews; Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble, Marc Minkowski
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Orchestral
Gewandhausorchester, Riccardo Chailly
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Recital
Bejun Mehta, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Roberta Invernizzi, I Turchini, Antonio Florio
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Solo vocal
Gerald Finley, Julius Drake
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Jonas Kaufmann, Helmut Deutsch
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
