Laureates

Nomination: Opera

Laureate I Degree
Dmitri Kourliandski – Octavia. Trepanation
Authors: Dmitry Kourliandski, Boris Yukhananov
Performers: Questa Musica Ensemble, Sergey Malinin, Alexey Kokhanov, Arina Zvereva, Vasily Korostylev, Yuri Duvanov, Oleg Makarov
Sound engineer: Alexander Mikhlin
Producer: Sergey Krasin
Publisher: FANCYMUSIC

Laureate II Degree
Media Opera “Planet P”
Authors: Iraida Yusupova, Vera Pavlova
Performers: conductor Anastasia Braudo, soloists Natalya Pavlova, Pavel Bykov, Alisa Gitsba, ensemble of soloists of the orchestra “New Russia”
Sound engineer: Dmitry Misailov
Producer: Iraida Yusupova
Publisher: Iraida Yusupova

Laureate III Degree
Alexander Manotskov – 52
Authors: Alexander Manotskov, Lev Rubinstein
Performers: Victoria Artyukhova, Anna Vishnyakova, Elena Belkina, Alexander Zakharenko, Vladimir Rozanov, Elena Raskova
Sound engineers: Alexey Titov, Ruslan Zaypold
Producer: Sergey Krasin
Publisher: FANCYMUSIC

Nomination: Choral Works

Laureate I Degree
Russian Christmas. Russian choral music from lowercase singing to the 20th century
Authors: Vasily Titov, Vasily Gusev, Dmitry Bortnyansky, Sergei Rachmaninov, Sergei Taneyev, Georgy Sviridov, Igor Stravinsky, Galina Grigorieva, Alfred Schnittke, Nikolai Leontovich
Performers: Vocal Ensemble INTRADA, conductor Ekaterina Antonenko
Sound engineers: Maria Soboleva, Mikhail Spassky, Elena Sych
Producer: Evgeny Platonov
Publisher: Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory

Laureate II Degree
Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov: Choral music. Full collection of original choral compositions, arrangements of Russian folk songs
Author: Anatoly Lyadov
Performers: The Academy of Russian Music Chamber Choir, conductor Ivan Nikiforchin, Dmitry Korostelev, Alexey Shevchenko, Maria Uspenskaya, Yulia Likhacheva, Nika Ryabchinenko, Kirill Panfilov, Ksenia Abaimova
Sound engineer: Ilya Dontsov
Producers: Igor Prokhorov, Yuri Abdokov
Publisher: Toccata Classics

Laureate III Degree
Anthology of Contemporary Choral Music by Russian Composers. Volume 2. St. Petersburg. The works of S. Slonimsky
Author: Sergey Slonimsky
Performers: Tatiana Mineeva (soprano); Polina Shamaeva (mezzo-soprano); Andrey Bashkov (tenor); Dmitry Kuznetsov (bass); conductor – Lev Kontorovich, Symphony Orchestra of the Moscow Conservatory, Academic Bolshoi Choir “Masters of Choral Singing”, Chamber Choir of the Moscow Conservatory, Tula State Choir, chief conductor – Georgy Avgustinovich, chief choirmaster – Sergei Sidorenko, artistic director of choirs – Alexander Solovyov
Sound engineers: Svetlana Spasskaya, Ruslana Oreshnikova
Producer: Russian Union of Composers
Publisher: JSC “Firma Melodiya”

Nomination: Orchestral Music

Laureate I Degree
Reviving the legacy of Russian composers. Leonid Polovinkin
Author: Leonid Polovinkin
Performers: Radio Orpheus Symphony Orchestra, conductor Sergei Kondrashev; Olga Ionova (soprano)
Sound engineer: Alexander Volkov
Producer: Oksana Seryozhenko
Publisher: Russian State Music TV and Radio Center

Laureate II Degree
Mosolov – Symphony No. 5 & Harp Concerto
Author: Alexander Mosolov
Performers: Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Arnold (сonductor), Taylor Fleshman (harp)
Sound engineers: Maria Soboleva, Elena Sych
Producer: Max Gutbrod
Publisher: Naxos

Laureate III Degree
Alexander Sladkovsky, Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra – Tchaikovsky 2020
Author: Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Performers: State Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of Tatarstan conducted by Alexander Sladkovsky; soloists Boris Berezovsky, Miroslav Kultyshev, Maxim Mogilevsky, Alexander Malofeev, Boris Andrianov, Pavel Milyukov
Sound engineer: Pavel Lavrenenkov
Producer: Alexey Pilyugin
Publisher: Sony Music Entertainment Russia

Nomination: Chamber Vocal Music

Laureate I Degree
Sergei Rachmaninoff. Romances
Author: Sergei Rachmaninoff
Performers: Lyubov Petrova (soprano), Elena Savelyeva (piano)
Sound engineers: Mikhail Spassky, Elena Sych
Producer: Evgeny Platonov
Publisher: Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory

Laureate II Degree
Vsevolod P. Zaderatsky. Vocal cycle “Poem about a Russian soldier”
Author: Vsevolod P. Zaderatsky.
Performers: Vasily Sokolov, Valentina Zagadkina
Sound engineer: Ilya Karpov
Producers: Ekaterina Marova, Elena Udovitskaya
Publisher: Association (Union) “Musical Planet”

Laureate III Degree
Medtner: ‘Incantation’ Complete Songs Volume 1
Author: Nikolai Medtner
Performers: Ekaterina Levental, Frank Peters
Sound engineer: Frerik de Jong
Producers: Ekaterina Levental, Frank Peters
Publisher: Brilliant Classics

Nomination: Chamber instrumental music, ensemble

Laureate I Degree
Pavel Karmanov: Music for Alexey Lyubimov
Author: Pavel Karmanov
Performers: Alexey Lyubimov, OpensoundOrchestra
Sound engineer: Mikhail Spassky
Producer: Karina Abramyan
Publisher: JSC “Firma Melodiya”

Laureate II Degree
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra – White Balance
Authors: Nastasya Khrushcheva, Sergey Akhunov, Anatoly Korolev
Performer: Chamber Orchestra “Divertissement”
Sound engineer: Alexey Barashkin
Producer: Sergey Krasin
Publisher: FANCYMUSIC

Laureate III Degree
Yuri Butsko. Chamber works
Author: Yuri Butsko
Performers: Anna Savkina (violin), Evgeny Rumyantsev (cello), Yulia Kupriyanova (piano)
Sound engineer: Ruslana Oreshnikova
Producer: Evgeny Platonov
Publisher: Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory

Nomination: Chamber instrumental music, solo

Laureate I Degree
Sound Review 2/6
Authors: Sofia Gubaidulina, Edison Denisov, Arvo Pärt, Vladimir Martynov, Valentin Silvestrov, Nikolay Karetnikov, Alexander Vustin, Dmitry Smirnov, Vladimir Tarnopolsky
Performer: Mikhail Dubov
Sound engineer: Mikhail Spassky
Producer: Russian Union of Composers
Publisher: JSC “Firma Melodiya”

Laureate II Degree
Like Breath. Carillon improvisations
Author: Olesya Rostovskaya
Performer: Olesya Rostovskaya
Sound engineer: Alexey Pogarsky
Producer: Olesya Rostovskaya
Publisher: Creative Association “Artes Mirabiles”

Laureate III Degree
Balakirev Complete Piano Works 4: Scherzi and Other Works
Author: Mily Balakirev
Performer: Nicholas Walker
Sound engineer: Ben Connellan
Producer: Jeremy Hayes
Publisher: Naxos Grand Piano

Nomination: Restoration of Archival Audio Recordings

Laureate I Degree
Shostakovich plays Shostakovich (CD No. 4)
Author: Dmitry Shostakovich
Performers: Dmitry Shostakovich, David Oistrakh, Milos Sadlo, Beethoven Quartet
Sound engineer: Alexander Grossman (tracks 5-9)
Sound engineer-restorer: Nadezhda Radugina
Producer: JSC “Firma Melodiya”
Publisher: JSC “Firma Melodiya”

Laureate II Degree
Nikolay Karetnikov. Symphony No. 4
Author: Nikolay Karetnikov
Performers: State Symphony Orchestra of the USSR Ministry of Culture, conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Sound engineer: Igor Veprintsev
Sound engineer-restorer: Elena Barykina
Producer: JSC “Firma Melodiya”
Publisher: JSC “Firma Melodiya”

Laureate III Degree
Svyatoslav Richter in ensembles
Authors: Nikolay Myaskovsky, Dmitry Shostakovich
Performers: Svyatoslav Richter (piano), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello); Borodin Quartet: Rostislav Dubinsky (violin I), Yaroslav Alexandrov (violin II), Dmitry Shebalin (viola), Valentin Berlinsky (cello)
Sound engineer-restorer: Elena Doinikova
Producer: Evgeny Platonov
Publisher: Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory

Mixed nomination

Laureate I Degree
German Galynin. The first complete anthology of chamber orchestral scores and string ensembles
Author: German Galynin
Performers: Chamber Orchestra “Academy of Russian Music”, conductor Ivan Nikiforchin; Anastasia Latysheva, Arina Minaeva, Anastasia Benchich, Ksenia Kharitonova, Anna Shcherbakova
Sound engineer: Ilya Dontsov
Producers: Igor Prokhorov, Yuri Abdokov
Publisher: Toccata Classics

Laureate II Degree
The “Blue Bird” ballet based on the play by Maurice Maeterlinck
Authors: Ilya Sats, Efrem Podgaits
Performers: Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Moscow State Academic Children’s Musical Theater named after Natalia Sats, conductor Konstantin Khvatynets
Sound engineer: Maria Shokina
Producer: Moscow State Academic Children’s Musical Theater named after N.I. Sats
Publisher: Moscow State Academic Children’s Musical Theater named after N.I. Sats

Laureate III Degree
Sound Review 4/6
Authors: Natalia Prokopenko, Nikolay Popov, Anton Safronov, Elmir Nizamov, Alexey Sysoev, Alina Podzorova, Oleg Gudachev
Performer: Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble
Sound engineer: Mikhail Spassky
Producer: Russian Union of Composers
Publisher: JSC “Firma Melodiya”

Special prize of the studio complex CineLab

Byzantine Liturgy (Athos tradition of Byzantine chants)
Performer: Byzantine choir “Axion Estin” of the Nikolo-Malitsky monastery in Tver
Sound engineer: Pavel Timofeev
Producer: Anton Yakovlev
Publisher: ReachSound.Art

Special prize of Neumann company

Max Ananyev – Metaphor
Author: Maxim Ananiev
Performer: Maxim Ananiev
Sound engineer: Maxim Ananiev
Producer: Maxim Ananyev
Publisher: Max Ananyev