OUR CRITICS REVIEWED many wonderful recordings last year, some hotly anticipated, others taking us by surprise. Whether it was familiar repertoire from a much-loved artist or something brand new from a rising star, it all made for another memorable musical year. So we’re delighted to present the nominations for the BBC Music Magazine Awards 2024, as selected by our jury. The winners are up to you, though, so visit classical-music.com/awards and cast your votes. Voting closes at midnight on Friday 23 February, with the winners revealed at our Awards ceremony at London’s Kings Place on Thursday 18 April.
Orchestral nominations
Thomas Adès Dante
Los Angeles Philharmonic/Gustavo Dudamel
Nonesuch 7559790616
Reviewed June 2023
Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil took us on a trip to hell and back in this thrilling account of Thomas Adès’s three-movement epic, drawn from the music for his 2021 ballet based on Dante’s The Divine Comedy. Heady textures and great imagination abound in this live premiere recording.
Shostakovich Symphonies Nos 8-10
Berlin Philharmonic/Kirill Petrenko
Berlin Phil BPHR220421
Reviewed May 2023
‘Sample these performances at any point and you’d probably be powerfully impressed,’ said our
