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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

THE GRAMOPHONE AWARDS - RECORD OF THE YEAR 1977-2007

The Classic FM Gramophone Awards - often referred to as "the Oscars of the classical music world" - continue to grow in stature and significance, and for 2007 Gramophone has announced a change in the awards process.

From the hundreds of recordings released between June 1 and May 31 the music industry is asked to nominate the discs it wishes to be considered for each Award. This long list is then voted on by panels of specialist critics to produce a short list of six discs per category (these are: Early Music, Baroque Vocal, Baroque Instrumental, Chamber, Choral, Concerto, Contemporary, DVD, Historic reissue, Historic archive, Instrumental, Opera, Orchestral, Recital and Vocal).

At the round two stage, Gramophone critics are asked to reduce these six to one winner in each category. The resulting discs will each receive a Classic FM Gramophone Award (this returns to the original method of making the awards).

Another round which takes into account the voting in the First Round as well as soliciting votes from a smaller panel of critics produces the Record of the Year.

At the Awards ceremony the following awards are presented.


  • 15 record awards: one of which will also be
  • The Record of the Year
  • Artist of the Year
  • Lifetime Achievement
  • Editor's Choice
  • Special Achievement
  • An Innovation Award (in association with Classic FM magazine)
  • Young Artist of the Year (for a musician aged under 30 on June 1)
  • Record Label of the Year

You can check out all of the award winners in the other categories and read their reviews by visiting Gramophone's website and browse through their extensive online database which you'll find here:




Collecting the Albums - During the proccess of collecting these recordings, I've noticed that a few of the original award winning records are no longer easily available. In such cases they have therefore been replaced with a newer release which of course features the very same recording as the original. Same same but different you know. All in all I have collected the albums and their scans from various sources. Most has been ripped and scanned by myself, some has been downloaded getting the music from somewhere and the scans from somewhere else. In other words, one big mix of material forming a great collection.

Available Scans - You'll find that you have the option to download the available scans separately. The links for the scans are found in the same text file as the links for the music itself. You will figure it out I'm sure. If you have better scans than the ones included here, you are strongly urged to upload those and share them with the AvaxHome community. This is particularly necessary with the 1978, 1982 and 1985 award winners.

Reporting Errors - Should you surprisingly find any kind of flaws, errors, typos or anything else about this project that is not amazingly accurate, sublimely beautiful or otherwise close to perfect, please let me know about it. Any kind of feedback is higly appreciated as long as it is kept in a friendly and patient tone of course.

Creating Mirrors - If any of you feel a strong need to create mirrors for the albums in this project I will have to ask you only to do so on filehosts other than Rapidshare and not to present the links to such mirrors in a comment but rather send them to me in a personal message. I will then build them into the main project info with proper credits to the uploader.

But enough said. Let's have a look at those albums shall we?!. And the winner is...




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1977

Janacek: Kata Kabanova [Decca 421 852-2] Sir Charles Mackerras & Wiener Philharmoniker
Classical, Opera | EAC APE+CUE | 2CD/563MB | Covers+Tracklist | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1978

Puccini: La Fanciulla del West [DG 419 640-2] Neblett, Domingo, Milnes, Mehta & Covent Garden Orchestra
Classical, Opera | EAC APE+CUE | 2CD/482MB | Covers | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1979

Haydn: Piano Trios [Philips 454 098-2] Beaux Arts Trio
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 9CD/2.63GB | Covers+Tracklist | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1980

Janacek: From the House of the Dead [Decca 430 375-2] Charles Mackerras & Wiener Philharmoniker
Classical, Opera | EAC APE+CUE | 2CD/564MB | Covers+Booklet | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1981

Wagner] Parsifal [DG 413 347-2] Herbert von Karajan & Berliner Philharmoniker
Classical, Opera | EAC APE+CUE | 4CD/990MB | Covers+Booklet | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1982-83

Tippett: Orchestral Works [Decca 470 196-2] Davis, Marriner, Snell, Cleobury, Solti
Classical | Ape (Single Tracks) dbPowerAMP | 2CD/671MB | Front Cover | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1984

Mahler: Symphony No.9 [DG 439 024-2] Herbert von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 2CD/349MB | Covers+Tracklist | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1985

Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor Op.61 [EMI 7 63395-2] Kennedy, Handley & London Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 1CD/174MB | Covers | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1986

Rossini: Il Viaggio A Reims [DG 415 498-2] Abbado & Prague Philharmonic Chorus, Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Classical, Opera | EAC APE+CUE | 2CD/541MB | Covers+Tracklist | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1987

Desprez: Missa Pange Lingua, Missa La sol fa re mi [Gimell CDGIM009] Peter Philips & The Tallis Scholars
Classical, Vocal | EAC APE+CUE | 1CD/239MB | Covers+Tracklist | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1988

Mahler: Symphony No.2 ''Resurrection'' [EMI 7479628] Baker, Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 2CD/303MB | Covers+Tracklist | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1989

Bartok: 6 String Quartets [DG 423 657-2] Emerson String Quartet
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 2CD/633MB | Cover+Booklet | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1990

Prokofiev: L'Amour des trois oranges [Virgin 0777 7595662 7] Nagano & Coeurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Classical, Opera | EAC APE+CUE | 2CD/482MB | Covers+Booklet | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1991

Beethoven: Missa Solemnis Op.123 [Archiv 4297792] Gardiner, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Classical, Vocal | EAC APE+CUE | 1CD/288MB | Covers | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year x1992

Beethoven: 9 Symphonies [Teldec 2292 46452-2] Nikolaus Harnoncourt & The Chamber Orchestre of Europe
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 5CD/1.41GB | Covers+Tracklist | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1993

Grieg: Songs [DG 437 521-2] Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg
Classical, Vocal | EAC APE+CUE | 1CD/222MB | Covers+Booklet | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1994

Debussy: Preludes [DG 435 773-2] Krystian Zimerman
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 2CD/206MB | Covers+Tracklist | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1995

Prokofiev & Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No.1 [Teldec 4509-98143-2] Rostropovich, Vengerov & LSO
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 1CD/276MB | Covers+Booklet | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1996

Scharwenka: Piano Concerto No.4 - Sauer; Piano concerto No.1 [Hyperion CDA66790] Foster, Hough & CBSO
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 1CD/266MB | Covers+Booklet | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1997

Puccini: La Rondine [EMI 5563382] Gheorghiu, Alagna, Antonia Pappano & London Symphony Orchestra
Classical, Opera | EAC APE+CUE | 2CD/458MB | Covers+Booklet | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1998

Martin: Mass for double choir - Pizzetti: Requiem [Hyperion CDA67017] O'Donnell & Westminster Cathedral Choir
Classical, Vocal | EAC APE+CUE | xCD/272MB | Covers+Booklet | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1999

Dvorak: Rusalka [Decca 4605682] Fleming, Heppner, Hawlata, Zajick, Mackerras, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical, Opera | EAC APE+CUE | 3CD/630MB | Covers+Booklet | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 2000

Mahler: Symphony No.10 [EMI 5569722] Simon Rattle & Berliner Philharmoniker
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 1CD/298MB | Covers+Tracklist | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 2001

Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony [Chandos 9902] Richard Hickox & London Symphony Orchestra
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 1CD/301MB | Covers+Booklet | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 2002

Saint-Saëns: The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 27 [Hyperion CDA67331][CD1] S.Hough, CBSO, S.Oramo
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 2CD/573MB | Cover+Booklet | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 2003

Schumann: String Quartets 1 & 3 [ECM 4721692] Zehetmair Quartet
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 1CD/218MB | Covers+Booklet | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 2004

Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro [HMC901818.20][CD1] Gens, Ciofi, Kirchschlager, Regazzo, René Jacobs & Concerto Köln
Classical, Oprea | EAC APE+CUE | 3CD/722MB | Covers+Tracklist | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 2005

Bach: Cantatas Vol.1 [SDG101] John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Solists
Classical, Vocal | EAC APE+CUE | 2CD/591MB | Covers+Booklet | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 2006

Mahler: Symphony No.6 [DG 477 557-3] Claudio Abbado & Berliner Philharmoniker
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 1CD/303MB | Covers+Tracklist | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 2007

Brahms: Piano Concertos [Decca 4757637] Nelson Freire, Riccardo Chailly & Gewandhaus Orchestra
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 2CD/385MB | Covers+Booklet | ftp2share.com

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