Classical BRIT Awards 2010
TX: Coming soon to ITV1
The UK’s recorded music association, The BPI, announced the nominations for the
eleventh annual Classical BRIT Awards with NS&I. The May Fair Hotel played host
to the nominations launch and celebrated what has already become a commercially
successful year for classical music. The gathering of nominees and a specially
invited audience were given just a taste of what is to come with magnificent
performances from the Coldstream Guards, British violinist Jack Liebeck, French
quartet Quatuor Ebène and the evening’s host and queen of the night, Danielle De
Niese took to the stage with a unique performance of the aria ‘Da Tempeste’ from the
Italian opera Giulio Cesare.
The Classical BRIT Awards 2010 with NS&I takes place at the Royal Albert Hall
where the winners of the seven award categories will be announced and one of the
most loved sopranos of the past century, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa will close the show
as she is honoured with the Lifetime Achievement in Music award.
In true Classical BRITs style, the 2010 nominations reflect not only the talent and
precision of core classical artists, but also recognise the impact and popularity of
contemporary composers and crossover performers. Leading the nominations with
two apiece are Britain’s Got Talent star and holder of the fastest-selling solo classical
album in British chart history, Faryl Smith, conductor Antonio Pappano and composer
Howard Goodall.
Faryl Smith, who becomes the youngest artist to receive two Classical BRIT
nominations in the same year, released her debut album ‘Faryl’ in March 2009 when
she was still only 13 years old. Now aged 14 Faryl Smith receives nominations for
NS&I Album of the Year with debut ‘Faryl’, as well as Young British Classical
Performer or Group alongside British violinist Jack Liebeck and early music British
vocal ensemble Stile Antico.
British conductor and pianist Antonio Pappano receives two nominations for his work
as Male Artist of The Year nominee, he joins four time Classical BRIT winner Bryn
Terfel and ‘honorary scouser’ and Russian conductor Vasily Petrenko. Antonio
Pappano’s second nomination is the Critics’ Award, an award he won previously in
2006. Chosen by a panel of critics from the national media, they also singled out
Isabelle Faust & Alexander Melnikov for Beethoven Senatas and Scottish pianist
Steven Osborne with Rachmaninoff Preludes.
Following his Classical BRIT win for Composer of the Year last year, Howard Goodall
receives two nominations in 2010 for his Enchanted Voices album in both Album of
the Year and the Composer Of The Year category. Italian pianist Ludovico
Einaudi’s Nightbook and British composer, pianist and conductor Thomas Adès’ The
Tempest complete the Composer of the Year category.
Featuring three previous winners of Female Artist of the Year, the 2010 Female
Artist of the Year will be one of the most hotly contested categories on the night.
Romanian soprano Angela Gheorghiu (winner 2001), Russian soprano Anna
Netrebko (winner 2007 and 2008) and American conductor and violinist Marin Allsop
(winner 2005) all receive nominations for Female Artist of the Year.
Three big blockbuster movies will battle it out for Soundtrack of the Year. Star Trek
by Michael Giacchino, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by Alexandre Desplat
and Thomas Newman’s Revolutionary Road complete the nominations.
As previously announced, the NS&I Album of the Year which is compiled from the
10 biggest selling classical albums of 2009 will be voted for by listeners of Classic
FM and readers of Classic FM Magazine. Visitors to www.classicfm.com will be able
to vote for one of the 10 nominated artists including Music From The Vatican - Alma
Mater ft the voice of Pope Benedict XVI, Together – Blake, Camilla Kerslake –
Camilla Kerslake, Heroes – Coldstream Guards Band, Faryl – Faryl Smith, Voices of
the Valley – Memory Lane – Fron Male Voice Choir, Enchanted Voices – Howard
Goodall’s Enchanted Voices, Band of Brothers – Only Men Aloud, O Fortuna –
Rhydian and Harmony – The Priests.
The Classical BRIT Awards will be hosted for the third year running by Myleene
Klass and takes place at the Royal Albert Hall.
Co Chairmen of the Classical BRIT Awards Committee, Decca General Manager,
Mark Wilkinson and Avie Records Director Barry McCann commented, "As the
Classical BRIT Awards enters its second decade, it is pleasing to see the penetration
and popularity of classical music in the home is greater than ever. We are proud that
the 11th show continues to reward excellence, to support both developing and
established artists and to excite audiences with unique performances and
collaborations."
The Classical BRIT Awards were established in 2000 to recognise the outstanding
achievements of classical musicians and the growth of classical music sales in the
UK. The awards have proved their vital importance to the UK music industry with the
huge impact the event has on record sales of those artists performing, winning and
nominated.
The Classical BRIT Awards 2010 with NS&I will broadcast on ITV1.
The full list of nominations for The Classical BRITS 2010 are listed below.
Press contact: Sarah Banbury, Publicity Manager, Entertainment sarah.banbury@itv.com
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www.classicalbrits.co.uk
The Classical BRIT Awards 2010 Nominations
Nominations are from the Academy voting, except NS&I Album of the Year which is chosen
by Classic FM listeners and Classic FM Magazine readers; the Soundtrack of the Year Award
which is chosen by a panel from film and television and the winner of the Critics’ Award which
is chosen by a panel of critics from the national media.
Female Artist of the Year:
Angela Gheorghiu
Anna Netrebko
Marin Alsop
Puccini/Madama Butterfly (EMI Classics)
Bellini/I Capuleti e I Montecchi (Deutsche Grammophon)
Bernstein/Mass (Naxos)
Male Artist of the Year:
Antonio Pappano
Puccini/Madama Butterfly & Verdi/Messa da Requiem
Bryn Terfel
Vasily Petrenko
Composer of the Year:
Howard Goodall
Ludovico Einaudi
Thomas Ades
(EMI Classics)
Bad Boys (Deutsche Grammophon)
Shostakovich/Symphonies No: 11 and 5 & 9 (Naxos)
Tavener/Requiem (EMI Classics)
Enchanted Voices (Classic FM)
Nightbook (Decca)
The Tempest (EMI Classics)
Young British Classical Performer or Group:
Faryl Smith
Decca
Jack Liebeck
Sony Classics
Stile Antico
Harmonia Mundi
Soundtrack of the Year:
Alexandre Desplat
Michael Giacchino
Thomas Newman
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Concord)
Star Trek (Varese Sarabande)
Revolutionary Road (Nonesuch)
Critics’ Award:
Isabelle Faust & Alexander Melnikov
Beethoven Sonatas (Harmonia Mundi)
Steven Osborne
Rachmaninoff Preludes (Hyperion)
Roma Orchestra dell’ Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano,
Rolando Villazón, Anja Harteros, Sonja Ganassi & Rene Pape
Verdi: Messa da Requiem (EMI Classics)
NS&I Album of the Year:
Alma Mater ft the voice of Pope Benedict
Blake
Camilla Kerslake
Coldstream Guards Band
Faryl Smith
Fron Male Voice Choir
Howard Goodall’s Enchanted Voices
Only Men Aloud
Rhydian
The Priests
Lifetime Achievement In Music:
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
Notes to editors:
Music from the Vatican (Geffen)
Together (Blake Music)
Camilla Kerslake (Future Records)
Heroes (Decca)
Faryl (Decca)
Voices of the Valley – Memory Lane (Decca)
Enchanted Voices (Classic FM)
Band of Brothers (Decca)
O Fortuna (Syco Music)
Harmony (Epic)
The BRIT Trust
BRIT - British Record Industry Trust
NB: BRIT should always been written in capital letters
The BRIT (British Record Industry Trust) Awards is organised by the BPI – the British
recorded music industry association - which has over 400 record company members large
and small who between them account for in excess of 90% of UK recorded music sales.
The BRIT Awards’ events have raised more than £11.2 million for The BRIT Trust charity,
whose main beneficiaries are the BRIT School for Performing Arts & Technology
(http://www.brit.croydon.sch.uk) the only free performing arts school in the UK, NordoffRobbins Music Therapy (http://www.nordoff-robbins.org.uk) and other selected charities,
which match the mission criteria.
Over 8,000 young people have been given free education and the opportunity to enter the
BRIT School since its opening in 1991 and more than 10,000 children and adults have been
helped by the extraordinary music therapy work carried out by Nordoff-Robbins.
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