# 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.

## Criteria

The accolade used to be presented at the Brit Awards, an annual celebration of British and international music. 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.

## 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

| 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) | 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) | 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) |
| 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) | 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 |
| 3 | Julian Lloyd Webber |
| 3 | Trevor Pinnock |
| 2 | André Previn |
| 2 | Bryden Thomson |
| 2 | Christopher Hogwood |
| 2 | Colin Davis |
| 2 | Georg Solti |
| 2 | Jeffrey Tate |
| 2 | Vernon Handley |
Artists that received multiple awards :
| Awards | Artist |
| 2 | Nigel Kennedy |
| 2 | Simon Rattle |