BBC Music Magazine

Richard Morrison

Just to be clear, I have the highest regard for the pianist Imogen Cooper. As I have for the singers Bryn Terfel and Emma Kirkby and – while they were still with us – the conductors Charles Mackerras and Colin Davis. I just wonder why, when it comes to dishing out gongs and prizes, it’s always the same big names who are the recipients. Aren’t their mantelpieces packed with enough trophies? Among the thousands of classical

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