Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Sonatas for fortepiano: Op. 10/2 in F major - Op. 27/2 in C sharp minor 'Moonlight' - Op. 27/1 in E flat major - Op. 31/2 in D minor 'Tempest' Performer: Yoko Kaneko fortepiano built by Christopher Clarke after Anton Walter Label: Anima

Composer: Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Title: The food of love • Details Performers: Paul Agnew tenor - Anne-Marie Lasla bass viol - Elizabeth Kenny theorbo & guitar - Blandine Rannou harpsichord & organ Label: Ambroisie

Composers: Anonymous 17th. Cent. Title: Cantate Contarini Details Performers: Marta Infante mezzo-soprano - Ars Atlántica - Manuel Vilas direction Label: Enchiriadis

Composer: Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677) Title: Virtuosissima Compositrice Details Performers: Cappella Mediterranea - Leonardo García Alarcón direction Label: Ambronay

Composers: Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) • and others Title: 'Quartetti fugati' Details Performers: Rincontro Label: Zig Zag territoires

Composer: Joseph Ruiz Samaniego (fl.1653-1670) Title: 'La vida es sueño...' Details Performers: Los Músicos de Su Alteza - Luis Antonio González direction Label: Alpha

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Works: English Suites BWV 806 - 811 Performer: Olga Martonova harpsichord Label: Caro Mitis

Composer: Nicola Matteis (c. 1650-c.1700) Title: 'False consonances of Melancholy' • Ayres for the violin Details Performers: Gli Incognito - Amandine Beyer violin & direction Label: Zig Zag territoires

Composers: Various Title: La voce di Orfeo Performers: Furio Zanasi baritone - Giulio Casati narrator - La Chimera - Eduardo Egüez direction Label: Naïve

Composer: John Jenkins (1592-1678) Title: The Pleasing Slumber • 'Aires for a Treble, Lyra, Base and Harpsecord' • Details Performers: Philippe Pierlot, Romina Lischka lyra & bass viol - Sophie Gent violin - François Guerrier harsichord & organ Label: Flora

Composer: Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Works: 4 Impromtus Op. 90 D 899 (1827)* - 4 Impromptus Op. 142 D 935 (1828)** Performer: Alexei Lubimov Fortepianos built by Matthias Müller (1810)* & Joseph Schantz (1830)** both restaured and prepared by Edwin Beunk, Enschede, The Netherlands Label: Zig Zag territoires

Composer: Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745) Work: Serenata 'Il Diamante', ZWV 177 Performers: Roberta Mameli soprano (Giunone) - Marie Fajtová soprano (Amore) - Gabriela Eibenová soprano (Venere) - Hana Blazíková soprano (Terra) - Kai Wessel alto (Imeneo) • Prague Baroque Soloists - Ensemble Inégal - Adam Viktora direction Label: Nibiru

CD of the Year

Composers: Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) - (Francesco Cavalli, Benedetto Ferrari, Francesco Sacrati and anon.) Work: Il Nerone, ossia L'incoronazione di Poppea Performers: Emanuela Galli Poppea - Roberta Mameli Nerone Josè Maria Lo Monaco Ottone - Xenia Meijer Ottavia Ian Honeyman Arnalta • La Venexiana - Claudio Cavina direction Label: Glossa

Musician of the Year

Nuria Rial soprano

Ensemble of the Year

Ricercar Consort Philippe Pierlot direction

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