1997 Gramophone Awards

Updated September 9, 2022 | Infoplease Staff
Opera (Record of the Year)Puccini, La rondine, Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Inva Mula-Tchako, William Matteuzzi, Alberto Rinaldi, Patricia Biccire, Patrizia Ciofi, Monica Bacelli, Riccardo Simonetti, Toby Spence, Enrico Fissore, London Voices, London Symphony Orchestra / Antonio Pappano (EMI)
Baroque Non-VocalPurcell, Fantazias — three part, Z732-4; four part, Z735-43; five part,“ upon one note”, Z745. In Nomines—G minor, Z746; G minor, “Dorian”, Z747. Joanna Levine, Susanna Pell, Catherine Finnis; Phantasm (Laurence Dreyfus, Wendy Gillespie, Jonathan Manson, Markku Luolajan-Mikkola) (Simax)
Baroque VocalCaldara, Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo, Maria-Cristina Kiehr, Rosa Dominguez, Bernarda Fink, Andreas Scholl, Gerd Türk, Ulrich Messthaler, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis / René Jacobs (Harmonia Mundi)
ChamberRavel, Sonatas for Violin and Piano—1897; 1927. Tzigane. Pièce en forme de Habanera. Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré. Sonata for Violin and Cello. Kaddisch (trans. Garban) Chantal Juillet, Truls Mørk, Pascal Rogé (Decca)
ChoralHaydn, Die Schöpfung, Sylvia McNair, Donna Brown, Michael Schade, Rodney Gilfry, Gerald Finley, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv Produktion)
ConcertoSzymanowski, Concertos for Violin and Orchestra—No. 1, Op. 35; No. 2, Op. 61. Three Paganini Caprices, Op. 40. Romance in D, Op. 23. Thomas Zehetmair, Silke Avenhaus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (EMI)
ContemporaryLigeti, Etudes—Book 1; Book 2; Book 3. Musica ricercata, Pierre-Laurent Aimard (Sony Classical)
Early MusicOckeghem, Requiem. Fors seulement. Missa Fors seulement, Brumel, Du tout plongiet/Fors seulement, La Rue, Fors seulement. The Clerks' Group / Edward Wickham. (ASV Gaudeamus)
Early OperaRameau, Hippolyte et Aricie, Mark Padmore, Anne-Maria Panzarella, Lorraine Hunt, Laurent Naouri, Eirian James, Gaëlle Mechaly, Nathan Berg, Katalin Károlyi, Yann Beuron, François Piolino, Christopher Josey, Matthieu Lécroart, Bertrand Bontoux, Mireille Delunsch, Patricia Petibon, Les Arts Florissants / William Christie (Erato)
EngineeringDyson, The Canterbury Pilgrims. In Honour of the City. At the Tabard Inn, Yvonne Kenny, Robert Tear, Stephen Roberts, London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Richard Hickox (Chandos)
Film MusicHerrmann, Vertigo, Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Joel McNeely (Varèse Sarabande)
InstrumentalHandel, Keyboard Suites — F, HWV427; D minor, HWV428; E, HWV430. Chaconne in G, HWV435, D. Scarlatti Keyboard Sonatas — B minor, Kk27; D, Kk29; E, Kk206; A, Kk212; C sharp minor, Kk247; D, Kk491; A, Kk537. Murray Perahia (Sony Classical)
Music TheaterF. Loewe, My Fair Lady, Tinuke Olafimihan, Alec McCowen, Bob Hoskins, Michael Denison, Henry Wickham, Dulcie Gray, Barrie James, Michael Bauer, Jill Pert, chorus; National Symphony Orchestra / John Owen Edwards. (TER)
OrchestralSibelius, Symphonies — No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39; No. 4 in A minor, Op. 63. London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis (RCA Victor Red Seal )
Solo VocalSchumann, Complete Lieder, Volume 1. Das verlassene Mägdlein, Op. 64 No. 2. Melancholie, Op. 74 No. 6. Aufträge, Op. 77 No. 5. Op. 79 — No. 7a, Zigeunerliedchen I; No. 7b, Zigeunerliedchen II; No. 23, Er ist's!. Die Blume der Ergebung, Op. 83 No. 2. Röslein, Röslein!, Op. 89 No. 6. Sechs Gedichte und Requiem, Op. 90. Op. 96 — No. 1, Nachtlied; No. 3 Ihre Stimme. Lieder und Gesänge aus Wilhelm Meister, Op. 98a — No. 1, Kennst du das Land?; No. 3, Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt; No. 5, Heiss' mich nicht reden; No. 7, Singet nicht in Trauertönen; No. 9, So lasst mich scheinen. Sechs Gesänge, Op. 107. Warnung, Op. 119 No. 2. Die Meerfee, Op. 125 No. 1. Sängers Trost, Op. 127 No. 1. Mädchen-Schwermut, Op. 142 No. 3. Christine Schäfer, Graham Johnson (Hyperion)
VideoBerg, Lulu, Christine Schäfer, Wolfgang Schöne, David Kuebler, Kathryn Harries, Stephan Drakulich, Norman Bailey, Jonathan Veira, Donald Maxwell, Neil Jenkins, Patricia Bardon, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Andrew Davis (NVC Arts)
Britannia Music Members' AwardSomething Wonderful Bryn Terfel sings Rodgers and Hammerstein Bryn Terfel, Stephen Briggs, Keith Mills, Maurice Bowen, Stephen Dowson, Chorus of Opera North, English Northern Philharmonia / Paul Daniel. (DG)
Best-selling discAgnus Dei, New College Choir, Oxford; Capricorn / Edward Higginbottom (Erato)
Artist of the YearYo-Yo Ma
Young Artist of the YearIsabelle Faust
Lifetime AchievementMstislav Rostropovich

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