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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