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Three vinyl records of different formats, from left to right: a 12 inch LP, a 10 inch LP, a 7 inch single. A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English ), a vinyl record (for later varieties only), or simply a record or vinyl is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed ...
The Grammys are the first of the Big Three networks ' major music awards held annually, [note 1] and are considered one of the four major annual American entertainment awards with the Academy Awards (for films), the Emmy Awards (for television), and the Tony Awards (for theater). The first Grammy Awards ceremony was held on May 4, 1959, [1] to ...
Box office. $701.8 million [3] It (titled on-screen as It Chapter One) is a 2017 American supernatural horror film directed by Andy Muschietti and written by Chase Palmer, Cary Fukunaga, and Gary Dauberman. It is the first of a two-part adaptation of the 1986 novel of the same name by Stephen King, primarily covering the first chronological ...
Sep 1, 2017 · The category-winners of this year's Gramophone Awards have just been announced: among those scooping an award are Matthias Goerne, Joyce DiDonato, Murray Perahia and Isabelle Faust. The overall Record of the Year will be announced on 13th September at the Awards Ceremony in London, as will the Lifetime Achievement Award and Artist of the Year.
- Artist of The Year - Vasily Petrenko
- Lifetime Achievement Award - Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
- Young Artist of The Year - Beatrice Rana
- Label of The Year - Signum Classics
- Special Achievement - Colin Matthews For NMC
- Anniversary Award - Classic FM
The principal conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra is already something of a Gramophone Awards veteran - after scooping the Orchestral Award in 2009 and 2011 for his Liverpool recordings of Tchaikovsky's Manfred and Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony, he featured twice in this year's nominations (his Tchaikovsky and Lalo with violinis...
The New Zealand-born lyric soprano won Artist of the Year at the 1982 Awards (the same year in which she was made a Dame), following a decade of outstanding performances and recordings of Mozart and Strauss roles in particular. It was as Strauss's Marschallin that she made her final operatic appearance in 2009 (though her cameo role in the Royal Op...
The 24 year old Italian pianist first came to international prominence in 2013, when she won the Silver Medal and the Audience Prize in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Two years later, she signed to Warner Classics, making her debut on the label with Antonio Pappano and the Santa Cecilia Orchestra in Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky Conce...
The Label of the Year accolade is a surprise twentieth-birthday present for Signum, a privately-owned boutique label with special interests in choral and contemporary repertoire; now numbering over 500 recordings, their catalogue includes the celebrated Winged Lion series (featuring Paul McCreesh and the Gabrieli Consort), the complete works of Tho...
The British composer Colin Matthews founded NMC Recordings in 1989 to bring contemporary classical music to a wider audience - the label grew out of his work with The Holst Foundation (which he set up in 1984 with Gustav Holst's daughter Imogen), and now runs to almost 300 releases, including a huge number of world premiere recordings. Much of Matt...
At 6AM on 7th September 1992, the UK’s first national commercial radio station made its debut on air (the first work broadcast was Handel's Zadok The Priest, which has since become a regular fixture in their annual Hall of Fame); Classic FM now attracts over 5 million listeners each week, thanks to their mission to 'make classical music a relevant ...
Gramophone has been the world’s leading authority on classical music since 1923. Every issue will enrich your classical music knowledge with in-depth interviews and features about composers past and present, plus established and new artists from across the globe. Gramophone is the magazine for the classical collector, as well for the enthusiast starting a voyage of discovery.
Jan 9, 2021 · In fact, the 78 RPM phonograph records were a big part of what made the Victor company’s business so lucrative — their now-antique record players created a huge new market for their discs. Throughout the era before radio, being able to play music (and comedy performances) whenever you wished on your own gramophone was a dream realized.
