We are proud to announce that 15 PENTATONE releases have been nominated for the 2025 International Classic Music Awards!
The Award Ceremony and Gala concert will take place on 19 March 2025 in Düsseldorf, with the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker conducted by Principal Conductor and ICMA Lifetime Achievement recipient Adam Fischer. This years nominations are:
Baroque Vocal:
Pergolesi Stabat Mater, Vivaldi Nisi Dominus – Shira Patchornik, PRJCT Amsterdam
Vocal Music:
Czech Songs – Magdalena Kožená, Czech Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle
Choral:
Haydn die Schöpfung – Christiane Karg, Benjamin Bruns, Tareq Nazmi, Dresdner Philharmonie, Marek Janowski
Opera:
Handel Alcina – Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski, Magdalena Kožená, Erin Morley, Alois Mühlbacher, Anna Bonitatibus, Elizabeth DeShong, Valerio Contaldo, Alex Rosen
Zemlinksy Eine florentinische Tragödie – Ausrine Stundyte, John Lundgren, Nikolai Schukoff, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Marc Albrecht
Paul Moravec, Mark Campbell The Shining – Lyric Opera Of Kansas City, Gerard Schwarz
Solo Instrument:
Chopin Voyage – Yulianna Avdeeva
Schubert Ländler – Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Chamber Music:
Bruckner & Klose String Quartets – Quatuor Diotima
Concertos:
Mozart & Poulenc Double & Triple Piano Concertos – Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama, Karin Kei Nagano, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Kent Nagano
Symphonic Music:
Smetana Má Vlast – Czech Philharmonic, Semyon Bychkov
Schumann Symphonies – Dresdner Philharmonie, Marek Janowski
Dvořák Symphonies Nos. 7, 8, 9 – Czech Philharmonic, Semyon Bychkov
Contemporary:
Edmund Finnis Youth – Clare Hammond
Premiere Recordings:
Thomas de Hartmann Rediscovered – Joshua Bell, INSO-Lviv Symphony Orchestra, Dalia Stasevska, Matt Haimovitz, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies
