We are proud to announce that 22 Pentatone releases have been nominated for the 2024 International Classic Music Awards!
The finalists will be known by 11 December. The winners of the prestigious ICMA Awards will be revealed on 18 January 2024. The Award Ceremony and Gala concert will take place at the Palau de la Musica in Valencia on 12 April 2024, with the Orquesta de Valencia conducted by its artistic and musical director Alexander Liebreich.
Baroque Instrumental:
Handel Water & Fire – B’Rock Orchestra, Dmitry Sinkovsky
Vocal Music:
Anime Immortali – Franco Fagioli, Kammerorchester Basel, Daniel Bard
Signor Gaetano – Javier Camarena, Gli Originali, Riccardo Frizza
Remembering Tebaldi – Melody Moore, Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Lawrence Foster
Rachmaninoff & Tchaikovsky Romances – Piotr Beczala, Helmut Deutsch
Choral:
Rheinberger & Mendelssohn Choral works – Netherlands Radio Choir, Benjamin Goodson
Mendelssohn Choral Works – MDR Leipzig Radio Choiri, Philipp Ahmann
Haydn Stabat Mater – René Jacobs, Kammerorchester Basel, Kammerorchester Basel, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Kristina Hammarström, Birgitte Christensen
Opera:
Dido & Aeneas – La Nuova Musica, David Bates, Tim Mead, Fleur Barron, Matthew Brook, Nicky Spence
Un ballo in maschera – Freddie De Tommaso, Lester Lynch, Saioa Hernández, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo , Marek Janowski
Solo Instrument:
Resilience – Yulianna Avdeeva
Liszt Transcendental Etudes & Piano Sonata – Francesco Piemontesi
Chamber Music:
Metamorphosis Ligeti – Quatuor Diotima
Martinů Cello Sonatas – Johannes Moser, Andrei Korobeinikov
Concertos:
Bartók Piano Concertos – Pierre-Laurent Aimard, San Francisco Symphony, Esa-Pekka Salonen
Bruch & Korngold Violin Concertos – Arabella Steinbacher, Lawrence Foster, Orquestra Gulbenkian
Symphonic Music:
Mahler Symphony No. 2 – Czech Philharmonic, Semyon Bychkov
Mahler Symphony No. 5 – Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Rafael Payare
Mahler Symphony No. 1 – Czech Philharmonic, Semyon Bychkov
Contemporary:
The Folly of Desire – Brad Mehldau, Ian Bostridge
Assorted Programs:
Mozart “Paris” & “Haffner” Symphonies & Oboe Concerto – Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Bernhard Forck, Xenia Löffler
Premiere Recordings:
Hans Sommer Orchestral Songs – Benjamin Appl, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Guillermo García Calvo
