As predicted by the Sage of Wilmington Del., all awards this year went to Sir Simon Rattle, just like last year, but being aware that this might be controversial, The Gramophone has published the following fake list of awards to deceive the gullible.

Recording of the Year (and Orchestral category-winner)

Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5
Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Luisi

Chamber

Mozart: String Quintets K515 & K516
Antoine Tamestit (viola), Quatuor Ebène

Choral

John Cage: Choral Works
Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Kļava

Concerto

Elgar: Viola Concerto & Bloch: Suite For Viola and Orchestra
Timothy Ridout (viola), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins

Contemporary

Lotta Wennäkoski: Sigla; Flounce; Sedecim
Sivan Magan (harp), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon

Early Music

Ludwig Daser: Polyphonic Masses
Huelgas-Ensemble, Paul Van Nevel

Instrumental

Bartók, Ligeti, Veress, Eötvös
Nurit Stark (violin/viola)

Opera

Tippett: The Midsummer Marriage
Robert Murray (Mark), Rachel Nicholls (Jenifer), Ashley Riches (King Fisher), Jennifer France (Bella), Toby Spence (Jack), Claire Barnett-Jones (Sosostris), Susan Bickley (She-Ancient), Joshua Bloom (He-Ancient); London Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus, Edward Gardner

Piano

Karol Szymanowski: Piano Works
Krystian Zimerman (piano)

Song

Fauré: Complete Songs
Cyrille Dubois (tenor), Tristan Raës (piano)

Voice & Ensemble

Rivales
Sandrine Piau (soprano), Véronique Gens (soprano), Le Concert de la Loge, Julien Chauvin

Concept album

Battle Cry: She Speaks
Helen Charlston (mezzo), Toby Carr (theorbo)

Artist of the Year -

Véronique Gens

Young Artist of the Year

Stella Chen

Lifetime Achievement

Dame Felicity Lott

Label of the Year

BIS

Spatial Audio

Wagner: Die Walküre

Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Hans Hotter (Wotan), Régine Crespin (Sieglinde), James King (Siegmund), Christa Ludwig (Fricka), Gottlob Frick (Hunding) Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti; remastering by Philip Siney

Orchestra of the Year

Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

On Friday, 6 October 2023 at 07:48:54 UTC+1, Andrew Clarke wrote:
> As predicted by the Sage of Wilmington Del., all awards this year went to Sir Simon Rattle, just like last year, but being aware that this might be controversial, The Gramophone has published the following fake list of awards to deceive the gullible.
> Chamber
> > Mozart: String Quintets K515 & K516
> Antoine Tamestit (viola), Quatuor Ebène
> > Concerto
> > Elgar: Viola Concerto & Bloch: Suite For Viola and Orchestra
> Timothy Ridout (viola), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
> > Instrumental
> > Bartók, Ligeti, Veress, Eötvös
> Nurit Stark (violin/viola)

Obviously chosen by a viola player......

On Friday, October 6, 2023 at 11:40:57 PM UTC+11, Andy Evans wrote:
> On Friday, 6 October 2023 at 07:48:54 UTC+1, Andrew Clarke wrote:
> > As predicted by the Sage of Wilmington Del., all awards this year went to Sir Simon Rattle, just like last year, but being aware that this might be controversial, The Gramophone has published the following fake list of awards to deceive the gullible.
> > Chamber
> > > Mozart: String Quintets K515 & K516
> > Antoine Tamestit (viola), Quatuor Ebène
> > > Concerto
> > > Elgar: Viola Concerto & Bloch: Suite For Viola and Orchestra
> > Timothy Ridout (viola), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
> > > Instrumental
> > > Bartók, Ligeti, Veress, Eötvös
> > Nurit Stark (violin/viola)
> Obviously chosen by a viola player......

All music critics are would-be viola players who failed the IQ test. Anyway, I suppose that this recording plus the Tippet could be seen as a bit of a boost for English music, but I was very pleased to see the acknowledgement of so many French musicians, especially Veronique Gens, whom I first encountered recording the Chants d' Auvergne for Naxos, many years ago.

Andrew Clarke
Canberra

On Friday, October 6, 2023 at 3:58:15 PM UTC+2, Andrew Clarke wrote:
>
> All music critics are would-be viola players who failed the IQ test.

That Elgar "viola concerto" is just the pour man's adaptation of the cello concerto.

I love the viola as an instrument, but I can't stand these maladaptations.

In article <625a32d9-4d58-4ae0-97f9-481df45d4919n@googlegroups.com>,
Andrew Clarke <andrewclarke437@gmail.com> wrote:
>Choral
>John Cage: Choral Works

Surprised to see this here, but I did add remarks on this worthwhile
recording to my Cage page -- back in '22 when it was released.

>Early Music
>Ludwig Daser: Polyphonic Masses
>Huelgas-Ensemble, Paul Van Nevel

I also reviewed this item, despite that it's later than my usual
era on the medieval side. So I agree it was worth noting, as a
"new" composer, who by the way has a new release this month on
Hyperion as well....

>Label of the Year
>BIS

Heh.

On Thursday, October 5, 2023 at 11:48:54 PM UTC-7, Andrew Clarke wrote:
>
> As predicted by the Sage of Wilmington Del.,
> all awards this year went to Sir Simon Rattle,
> just like last year, but being aware that this
> might be controversial, The Gramophone
> has published the following fake list of
> awards to deceive the gullible.

Completely ignoring as usual the world outside
that little medieval province known as Europe.

Nothing is more phoney than the Gramophoney.

dk