Brit Award for Classical Recording

The Brit Award for Classical Recording was an award given by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), an organisation which represents record companies and artists in the United Kingdom.^[1]

Brit Award for Classical Recording
1993 Winner Nigel Kennedy
Awarded for	Achievement in Excellent Classical Recording
Country	United Kingdom (UK)
Presented by	British Phonographic Industry (BPI)
First award	1982
Final award	1993
Currently held by	Nigel Kennedy (1993)
Most awards	Simon Rattle (6)
Most nominations	Julian Lloyd Webber (3) Nigel Kennedy and Simon Rattle (2)
Website	www.brits.co.uk

Criteria

The accolade used to be presented at the Brit Awards, an annual celebration of British and international music.^[2] The winners and nominees are determined by the Brit Awards voting academy with over one-thousand members, which comprise record labels, publishers, managers, agents, media, and previous winners and nominees.^[3]

History

The award was first presented in 1982 as awards as "Classical Recording" which were won by Simon Rattle. The accolade has been defunct as of 1993.

Winners and nominees

Inaugural 1982 winner Simon Rattle

Two-time winner Nigel Kennedy

Year	Recipient	Nominees
1982	Simon Rattle	James Levine Vernon Handley
1983	John Williams	Christopher Hogwood Joaquín Rodrigo Julian Lloyd Webber Neville Marriner Simon Rattle
1984	Kiri Te Kanawa	Giacomo Puccini Michael Tippett Simon Rattle Trevor Pinnock
1985	Christopher Hogwood – The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)[4]	Bryden Thomson – Symphony No. 4 (Arnold Bax) Carlo Maria Giulini – Il trovatore (Verdi) Colin Davis – The Magic Flute (Mozart) Colin Davis – The Turn of the Screw (Benjamin Britten)
1986	Nigel Kennedy-Violin Concerto (Elgar)[5]	Georg Solti-Messiah (Handel) John Rutter-Requiem (Fauré) Julian Lloyd Webber-Cello Concerto No. 1 (Haydn) Trevor Pinnock-Canon & Gigue (Pachelbel)
1987	Julian Lloyd Webber - Elgar Cello Concerto	André Previn Luciano Pavarotti Mariss Jansons Nigel Kennedy
1988	Vernon Handley-Symphony No. 5 (Ralph Vaughan Williams)	Andrew Davis-The Mask of Time (Michael Tippett) Bryden Thomson-Piano Concertos 1 & 2 (Hummel) Roger Norrington-Symphony No. 2 & 8 (Beethoven) Simon Rattle-Symphony No. 2 (Mahler)
1989	Trevor Pinnock-Messiah (Handel)	André Previn-Violin & Viola Concertos (Walton) Jeffrey Tate-Opera Arias (Mozart) Philip Brunelle-Paul Bunyan (Britten) Simon Rattle-Symphony No. 2 (Mahler)
1990	Simon Rattle-Porgy and Bess (George Gershwin)	Jeffrey Tate-Piano Concertos (Mozart) John Eliot Gardiner-St Matthew Passion (Bach) Nigel Kennedy-The Four Seasons (Vivaldi) Riccardo Chailly-Façade/Renard (William Walton/Igor Stravinsky)[6]
1991	Zubin Mehta-Carreras Domingo Pavarotti in Concert (various)	John Eliot Gardiner-Vespro della Beata Vergine (Claudio Monteverdi Kent Nagano-The Love of Three Oranges (Sergei Prokofiev) Matthew Best-Serenade to Music/Five Mystical Songs/Fantasia on Christmas Carols (Vaughan Williams) Oliver Knussen-The Prince of the Pagodas (Britten)
1992	Georg Solti-Otello (Verdi)	Jane Glover-Violin Concerto (Richard Strauss)/Violin Concerto (Christopher Headington) John Eliot Gardiner-Missa Solemnis (Beethoven) Leonard Bernstein-Candide (self) Osmo Vänskä-Violin Concerto (Jean Sibelius)
1993	Nigel Kennedy-Violin Concerto (Beethoven)[7]	Cecilia Bartoli-Heroines (Puccini) Henryk Górecki-Symphony No. 3 (self) John Tavener-The Protecting Veil (self) Nikolaus Harnoncourt-Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)

Multiple nominations and awards

Artists that received multiple nominations Nominations Artist 6 Simon Rattle 4 Nigel Kennedy 3 John Eliot Gardiner Julian Lloyd Webber Trevor Pinnock 2 André Previn Bryden Thomson Christopher Hogwood Colin Davis Georg Solti Jeffrey Tate Vernon Handley

Artists that received multiple awards Awards Artist 2 Nigel Kennedy Simon Rattle