Classical Recommendations
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Opus Klassik Awards 2026
23rd Jun 2026
Revealed in advance of October's ceremony at the Konzerthaus Berlin, the winners of this year's 'Deutscher Musikpreis' awards include Anna Lucia Richter, Andrè Schuen, Andris Nelsons and Alexander Malofeev.
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BBC Music Magazine Awards 2026: The Winners!
23rd Apr 2026
Exciting news from last night's glittering ceremony at Kings Place, including details of the well-deserved Recording of the Year and Personality of the Year Awards...
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Grammy Winners 2026
2nd Feb 2026
The classical winners from this year's ceremony included new works by Jake Heggie, Donnacha Dennehy and Gabriela Ortiz, and albums from Yo-Yo Ma, Amanda Forsythe and Sandbox Percussion.
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BBC Music Magazine Awards 2026: Shortlist
29th Jan 2026
The nominations are just in and voting is open...
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Royal Philharmonic Society Awards - The Shortlist for 2026
27th Jan 2026
The contenders for this year's Awards (announced yesterday) include conductors Ellie Slorach, Domingo Hindoyan and John Wilson, and composers Richard Causton, Bushra El-Turk and Mark-Anthony Turnage.
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Palmarès des Diapason d'Or 2025
21st Jan 2026
Following last week's gala concert from some of the victors, we revisit the complete list of winning recordings - including Monteverdi from Le Poème Harmonique, Smetana from Petr Popelka in Prague, and a portrait of Vítězslava Kaprálová.
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International Classical Music Awards 2026 - The Winners
14th Jan 2026
The results were announced yesterday, with winners including Jakub Hrůša, Stephen Kovacevich, Alice Sara Ott, and the Pavel Haas Quartet.
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Recordings of the Year 2025 - Our Top 10
4th Dec 2025
The winners revealed - ten fantastic recordings which really stood out from the crowd for us over the past twelve months, plus the results of our six special category awards...
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Classical Recordings of the Year - Finalists 2025
20th Nov 2025
The first meeting of the Presto Awards committee is over, and it's time to reveal the 100 recordings which have most impressed our editorial team this year...
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Grammy Nominations 2026
10th Nov 2025
The shortlist for next year's Awards was revealed on Friday - read on for full details of the contenders in the nine classical categories...
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Gramophone Awards 2025 - The Winners!
15th Oct 2025
Chris reports back from tonight's ceremony in London, with full details of the Recording of the Year, Artist of the Year, Lifetime Achievement and other special awards.
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International Opera Awards 2025 - The Shortlisted Recordings
18th Sep 2025
Lisette Oropesa, Huw Montague Rendall and Rosa Feola are among the artists in the running for the solo recital category, whilst new accounts of Salome, Dido & Aeneas and Carmen go head-to-head in the complete recording stakes...
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Gramophone Awards 2025 - The Finalists
12th Sep 2025
The three finalists in each of the eleven categories for this year's Awards (presented in partnership with Presto Music) were revealed this morning, with Jean-Guihen Queyras, Alexandre Kantorow, Huw Montague Rendall and Timothy Ridout among those in the running...
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Gramophone Awards 2025 - The Shortlist
29th Aug 2025
The six contenders in each of the eleven categories for this year's Awards (presented in partnership with Presto Music) were revealed this morning.
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Opus Klassik Awards 2025
26th Jun 2025
Revealed in advance of October's ceremony at the Konzerthaus Berlin, the winners of this year's 'Deutscher Musikpreis' awards include Abel Selaocoe, Emily D'Angelo, Joana Mallwitz and Seong-Jin Cho.
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BBC Music Magazine Awards 2025: The Winners!
23rd Apr 2025
A live update from tonight's ceremony at Kings Place, including details of the Recording of the Year and Personality of the Year Awards...
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Grammy Winners 2025
3rd Feb 2025
The classical winners from this year's ceremony included new works by Gabriela Ortiz, Caroline Shaw and the late Kaija Saariaho, and albums from Karen Slack & Michelle Cann, the Pittsburgh Symphony, and Víkingur Ólafsson.
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BBC Music Magazine Awards 2025: Shortlist
23rd Jan 2025
The nominations are just in and voting is open...
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Recordings of the Year 2024 - Our Top 10
5th Dec 2024
The winners revealed - ten fantastic recordings which really stood out from the crowd for us over the past twelve months, plus the results of our six special category awards...
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Recordings of the Year 2024 - Special Category Nominees
28th Nov 2024
In advance of the final verdicts next Thursday evening, we reveal the shortlists for our six special awards - including Archive Project, Debut Solo Album, and two separate categories of world premiere recordings.
