Brit Award for Classical Recording

Brit Award for Classical Recording
1993 Winner Nigel Kennedy
Awarded forAchievement in Excellent Classical Recording
CountryUnited Kingdom (UK)
Presented byBritish Phonographic Industry (BPI)
First award1982
Final award1993
Currently held byNigel Kennedy (1993)
Most awardsSimon Rattle (6)
Most nominationsJulian Lloyd Webber (3) Nigel Kennedy and Simon Rattle (2)
Websitewww.brits.co.uk

The Brit Award for Classical Recording was an award given by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), an organisation which represents record companies and artists in the United Kingdom.[1]

Criteria

The accolade used to be presented at the Brit Awards, an annual celebration of British and international music.[2] The winners and nominees are determined by the Brit Awards voting academy with over one-thousand members, which comprise record labels, publishers, managers, agents, media, and previous winners and nominees.[3]

History

The award was first presented in 1982 as "Classical Recording" which was won by Simon Rattle. The accolade has been defunct as of 1993.

New Zealand opera singer Kiri Te Kanawa became the only female winner in 1984. Only two other women were nominated for the award; Jane Glover for her recording of Violin Concerto by Richard Strauss and another violin concerto by Christopher Headington in 1992, and Cecilia Bartoli for her recording of Heroines by Giacomo Puccini in 1993. Te Kanawa was also one of only four non-British winners, along with Australian guitarist John Williams in 1983, Indian conductor Zubin Mehta for Carreras Domingo Pavarotti in Concert in 1991 and Hungarian-born conductor Georg Solti for his recording of Otello by Giuseppe Verdi in 1992, though Solti had been a British citizen since 1972. At least two musicians were nominated posthumously; Puccini in 1984, 60 years after his death, and Leonard Bernstein for his operetta Candide in 1992, two years after his death. The only musician nominated for two recordings in the same year was Colin Davis, who was nominated for his recordings of The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and The Turn of the Screw by Benjamin Britten in 1985.

Winners and nominees

Inaugural 1982 winner Simon Rattle
Two-time winner Nigel Kennedy
Kiri Te Kanawa was the only woman to win the award and one of only three female nominees overall
Year Recipient Nominees
1982 EnglandSimon Rattle
1983 AustraliaJohn Williams
1984 New ZealandKiri Te Kanawa
1985 EnglandChristopher Hogwood – The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)[4]
1986 EnglandNigel Kennedy-Violin Concerto (Elgar)[5]
1987 EnglandJulian Lloyd Webber - Elgar Cello Concerto
1988 EnglandVernon Handley-Symphony No. 5 (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
1989 EnglandTrevor Pinnock-Messiah (Handel)
1990 EnglandSimon Rattle-Porgy and Bess (George Gershwin)
1991 IndiaZubin Mehta-Carreras Domingo Pavarotti in Concert (various)
1992 Hungary/United KingdomGeorg Solti-Otello (Verdi)
1993 EnglandNigel Kennedy-Violin Concerto (Beethoven)[7]

Multiple nominations and awards

Nominations by country

Country Nominations First nomination Last nomination Artist/s
United Kingdom 40 1982 1993 Simon Rattle, Vernon Handley, Christopher Hogwood, Julian Lloyd Webber, Neville Marriner, Michael Tippett, Trevor Pinnock, Bryden Thomson, Colin Davis, Nigel Kennedy, Georg Solti, John Rutter, Andrew Davis, Roger Norrington, Jeffrey Tate, John Eliot Gardiner, Matthew Best, Oliver Knussen, Jane Glover, John Tavener
United States 6 1992 James Levine, André Previn, Philip Brunelle, Kent Nagano, Leonard Bernstein
Italy 5 1984 1993 Giacomo Puccini, Carlo Maria Giulini, Luciano Pavarotti, Riccardo Chailly, Cecilia Bartoli
Germany 2 1987 1989 André Previn
Hungary 1986 1992 Georg Solti
Australia 1 1983 John Williams
Austria 1993 Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Finland 1992 Osmo Vänskä
India 1991 Zubin Mehta
Latvia 1987 Mariss Jansons
New Zealand 1984 Kiri Te Kanawa
Poland 1993 Henryk Górecki
Spain 1983 Joaquín Rodrigo

References

  1. ^ "About the BPI". British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Archived from the original on 6 December 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  2. ^ "BRIT Awards". British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  3. ^ "And the nominees are..." Brits.co.uk. British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  4. ^ Christopher Hogwood wins Best British Classical Recording | BRIT Awards 1985
  5. ^ Nigel Kennedy wins Classical Recording presented by Sir George Sholty | BRIT Awards 1986
  6. ^ 1990 - Best British Classical Recording - Simon Rattle - BRITs on YouTube
  7. ^ Simply Red, Lennox top Brit Awards - Variety
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