Here's a straight list of the nominations for the 2009 Midem Awards, probably the most meaningful classical music awards there are, since they are neither gimmicky (Grammy) nor bought by advertising money (Gramophone, Klassik Echo et al.).
My would-be-choices are underlined wherever I've actually heard all three contenders or where I found a recording particularly striking on its own account.
Early Music
- Estampies & Danses Royales
Hesperion XXI, Jordi Savall
- Monteverdi - Quinto Libro dei Madrigali - 1605
La Venexiana
- Crystal Tears (John Dowland and His Contemporaries)
Andreas Scholl, Concerto di Viole, Julian Behr
Baroque Music
- Biber – Rosenkranz Sonaten (Complete Recording)
Riccardo Minasi, Bizzarrie Armoniche
- Schütz - Geistliche Chor-Music 1648
Dresdner Kammerchor, Cappella Sagittariana, Hans-Christoph Rademann
- Carestini - The Story of a Castrato
Philippe Jaroussky, Le Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm
Vocal Recitals
- Schubert – Die schöne Müllerin
Christoph Prégardien, Michael Gees
Challenge Records 608917229226
- Melancholie (Schumann - Various Lieder)
Christian Gerhaher, Gerold Huber (Review)
- Arie di Bravura (Mozart, Salieri, Righini)
Diana Damrau, Le Cercle de l'Harmonie, Jérémie Rhorer
Choral Works
- Handel - Messiah
Sampson, Wyn-Rogers, Padmore, Purves, The Sixteen, Christophers
- Ives – Psalms (Complete Recording)
Lustig, Pfeifer, Johannsen, Creed, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, Collegium Iuvenum, Mitglieder des Radio-Sinfonieorchesters Stuttgart des SWR
- Schumann – Das Paradies und die Peri
Röschmann, Hartelius, Martin, Fink, Strehl, Güra, Gerhaher, Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Harnoncourt
Solo Instrument
- Beethoven - Complete Works for Piano Solo, Vol. 6 (Appassionata, etc.)
Ronald Brautigam
- Debussy - Complete Works for Piano, Vol. 2
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
- Bach - Partitas 2, 3, 4
Murray Perahia
Chamber Music
- Beethoven - Complete Works for Piano and Cello
Antonio Meneses, Menahem Pressler
- Schumann - The Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 – 3
Carolin Widmann, Dénes Várjon (mini-review, interview forthcoming)
- Janacek - String Quartet No. 1 / Haas - String Quartets Nos. 1 + 3
Pavel Haas Quartet
Opera
- Sciarrino - Lohengrin
Alberti, Pousseur, Ensemble Risognanze, Ceccherini
- Janáček - The Excursions of Mr. Brouček
Vacik, Straka, Janál, Haan, Plech, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Bělohlávek
Deutsche Grammophon 28947773870
- Cherubini - Lodoïska
Soloviy, Pańko, Szlenkier, Kröner, Lhôte, Gierlach, Łukomski, Kowalski, Desoń, Smołka, Styszko, Deiber, Polish Radio Choir Kraków, Camerata Silesia, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Warsaw, Borowicz
Ludwig van Beethoven Association / Polskie Radio 5907812241858
Contemporary Music
- Kurtág: 80 - …Concertante, Zwiegespräch, Hipartita, etc.
Kikuchi, Hakii, G.Kurtág, M.Kurtág, Keller Quartet, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Kocsis
- Nono - Prometeo, Tragedia dell’ascolto
Hoffmann, Bair-Ivenz, Otto, Frenkel, Mayer, Schell, Dalal, Solistenchor Freiburg, Ensemble Recherche, Richard, Hirsch, Ryan
- Saariaho - Notes on Light, Orion, Mirage
Mattila, Karttunen, Orchestre de Paris, Eschenbach
Historical
- Beethoven - The Five Piano Concertos
Paul Badura-Skoda, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen
- Fritz Busch – His Complete Dresden Recordings (1923 – 1932)
Roselle, Schöffler, Tessmer, Sigmund, Pauly Dreesen, Staatskapelle Dresden, Busch
- Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.3 / Sibelius - Symphony No.5
Glenn Gould, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
Concertos
- Bartók - Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra / Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No.1 / Concerto for Viola and Orchestra
Stefanovich, Aimard, Thomas, Percy, Kremer, Bashmet, London Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Boulez
Deutsche Grammophon 28947774402
- Handel - Organ Concertos op. 4
Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr
Harmonia Mundi USA 93046744663
- Mozart - Piano Concertos, Vol.3 (KV 453 + 456)
Christian Zacharias, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Symphonic Works
- Mozart - Symphonies Nos. 38 – 41
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
- Mahler - Symphony No.4
Mojca Erdmann, Bamberger Symphoniker, Jonathan Nott
- Beethoven - Symphonies 1 - 9, Overtures
Kaappola, Kielland, Schäfer, Bauer, Anima Eterna, van Immerseel
Zig-Zag Territoires 3760009291683
First Recording
- Pickard - The Flight of Icarus, The Spindle of Necessity, Channel Firing
Lindberg, Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Brabbins
- Marais – Sémélé
Mercer, Tauran, Azzaretti, Thébault, Dahlin, Dolié, Abadie, Labonnette,
Le Concert Spirituel, Niquet
- Wellesz - String Quartets Nos. 3, 4, 6
Artis Quartett Wien
DVD: Opera / Ballet
- Busoni - Doktor Faust
Hampson, Groissböck, Kunde, Macias, Trattnigg, Zysset, Chorus and Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House, Jordan, Grüber, Arroyo, Dessecker, Breisach
- Adams - Doctor Atomic
Finley, Rivera, Owens, Fink, Maddalena, Glenn, Morris, Rabiner, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera, Renes, Sellars, Lobel, Ramicova
- Donizetti - La Fille du Régiment
Dessay, Flórez, Palmer, Corbelli, Maxwell, French, Secombe, Price, Blanchard, The Royal Opera Chorus, The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Campanella, Pelly, Thomas, Lough
DVD: Concerts
- Christa Ludwig - The Birthday Edition (Schubert, Mahler, Wolf, Strauss, Bernstein)
Christa Ludwig, Charles Spencer, Sánchez Lansch, Viller
- Lazar Berman - The 1988 Tokyo Recital (Schumann, Liszt, Wagner-Liszt, Schubert-Liszt, Rachmaninov)
Lazar Berman
- Mahler - Symphony No.3
Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Abbado, Beyer
DVD: Documentaries
- Itzhak Perlman - Virtuoso Violinist (Sarasate, Beethoven, etc.)
Perlman, Zukerman, Ashkenazy, Harrell, Canino, The Philharmonia Orchestra, Foster, etc.
- Herbert von Karajan - Maestro for the Screen
Herbert von Karajan, Wübbolt
- Martha Argerich - Evening Talks
Martha Argerich, Gachot
Idéale Audience/EuroArts 899132000657
Let's hope that Christoph Eschenbach, Renee Fleming, and the NSO bring Kaija Saariaho's 'Mirage' -- based upon poetry of Mexican healer María Sabína (1894-1985)-- to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall.
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