Instrumental nominations

Bach to the Future

Organ works by JS Bach

Olivier Latry (organ)

La Dolce Volta LDV69 Reviewed June 2019 Released three weeks before the devastating fire, this thrilling recital is as much a celebration of Notre Dame’s Cavaillé-coll as it is of Bach. With great artistry, Latry displays the instrument’s incredible sonic range, brings glorious Romantic excess to the G minor Fantasia and creates a compelling crescendo through the Passacaglia.

Ars Longa: old and new music for theorbo Works by Piccinini, James

Macmillan, Kapsperger, Benjamin Oliver, De Visée, Nico Muhly

Elizabeth Kenny (theorbo)

Linn CKD 603 Reviewed September 2019 This intoxicating take on ancient and modern is a tour de force. Kenny has inspired vital, new commissions, and when they’re woven into a programme with little-known Baroque gems, the five centuries that separate them fall away in a cascade of experimental harmonies and aching melodies.

Shostakovich

Piano Sonatas Nos 1 and 2; 24 Preludes; Nocturne from The Limped Stream Andrey Gugnin (piano)

Hyperion CDA68267 Reviewed Dec 2019 Moscow-trained Andrey Gugnin’s name will be seared into your brain after hearing his Shostakovich. The

Op. 34 Preludes are electrifying: mercurial brilliance, stunning articulation and an astonishing range of colour and dynamics. The ferocious energy and bleak, haunting poetry of the Sonatas is compelling. Shostakovich for the ages, utterly outstanding.