The Gramophone Awards for the best classical music recordings of 2015 have been announced! However the Recording of the Year will be only revealed at the award ceremony on September 17. The winners of the 12 categories were chosen among 72 shortlisted recordings.
- Baroque Instrumental: JS Bach: Cello Suites, by David Watkin
- Baroque Vocal: Monteverdi: Vespri solenni per la festa di San Marco, by Concerto Italiano / Rinaldo Alessandrini
- Chamber: Smetana: String Quartets No 1, ‘From my life’ & 2, by Pavel Haas Quartet
- Choral: Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Sea Pictures, by Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar bass BBC SO and Chorus / Sir Andrew Davis
- Concerto: Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 4, by Maria João Pires and Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Daniel Harding
- Contemporary: Nørgård: Symphonies Nos 1 & 8, by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Sakari Oramo
- Early Music: ‘The Spy’s Choirbook’, by Alamire; English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble / David Skinner
- Instrumental: Bach: English Suites Nos 1, 3 & 5, by Piotr Anderszewski
- Opera: R Strauss: Elektra, by Orchestre de Paris / Esa-Pekka Salonen (DVD)
- Orchestral: Bruckner: Symphony No 9, by Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Claudio Abbado
- Recital: ‘A French Baroque Diva’, by Carolyn Sampson sop Ex Cathedra / Jeffrey Skidmore
- Solo Vocal: Schubert: ‘Nachtviolen’, by Christian Gerhaher bar Gerold Huber
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