The Edinburgh-based vocal group the Dunedin Consort yesterday hit the heights of their 11-year career when they won a coveted Gramophone Record of the Year award for their recording of Handel's Messiah.
The Dunedin's competition in the final three nominations for the Baroque Vocal category of the Classic fm Gramophone Awards featured the biggest hitters in the field: Sir John Eliot Gardiner and his Monteverdi Choir for their recording of Bach Cantatas, Volume 15, and Rinaldo Alessandrini's Concerto Italiano for their recording of Monteverdi Madrigals, which the group had performed to acclaim at this year's Edinburgh International Festival.
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Gramophone Award for Scottish group
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If I understand what I've read on the Gramophone site, the premise of this Herald article is incorrect -- the Messiah recording received an award in the "Baroque Vocal" category, but NOT the "Record of the Year," of which there is only one and it went to a disc of Brahms Piano Concertos. I'm perfectly willing to be proved wrong, but the Dunedin Consort doesn't even make the "Record of the Year" claim on their website.
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