The Diapason d'Or (French for "Golden Tuning Fork") is a recommendation of outstanding (mostly) classical music recordings given by reviewers of Diapason magazine in France, broadly equivalent to "Editor's Choice", "Disc of the Month" in the British Gramophone magazine.
The Diapason d'Or de l'Année (; ) is a more prestigious award, decided by a jury comprising critics from Diapason and broadcasters from France Musique, and is comparable to the United Kingdom's Gramophone Awards, associated with the Gramophone magazine. __TOC__
Diapason d'Or de l'année 2007 Philippe Jaroussky: Vivaldi Opera Arias. Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Ensemble Matheus. Virgin Classics
Diapason d'Or de l'année 2008 Marc-André Hamelin: Charles-Valentin Alkan, Concerto for solo piano; Troisième recueil de chants. Hyperion Records Jean-Guihen Queyras J. S. Bach, Cello Suites. Harmonia Mundi Masaaki Suzuki: J. S. Bach, Mass in B minor, Peter Kooy, Carolyn Sampson, BIS Ensemble Pygmalion: J. S. Bach, Missae Breves, BWV 234 & 235. Alpha Rafał Blechacz: Chopin, Préludes. DG Pierre Hantaï: François Couperin, Pièces de clavecin. Mirare Jean-Efflam Bavouzet: Debussy Complete Works for Piano, Vol. 2. Chandos Jean-Guihen Queyras and Alexandre Tharaud: Debussy & Poulenc – Cello Sonatas. Harmonia Mundi Pierre-André Valade (conductor), Hugues Dufourt Le Cyprès Blanc Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Gérard Caussé (viola). Timpani Bruno Cocset, Luca Pianca, and Les Basses Réunies: Francesco Geminiani, Sonatas for violoncello with basso continuo. Alpha Jiří Bělohlávek: Janáček, The Excursions of Mr. Brouček, BBC Symphony Orchestra, DG Jerusalem Quartet: Schubert, Der Tod und das Mädchen. Harmonia Mundi Leif Segerstam: Sibelius, Kullervo. Soile Isokoski, Tommi Hakala, YL Male Voice Choir. Ondine. Mala Punica. Faventina: The liturgical music of Codex Faenza 117. Ambroisie Historical Marcelle Meyer: Complete EMI recordings 1925–1957, EMI Classics (France) Measha Brueggergosman: Surprise Cabaret Songs, DG DVD Patrice Chéreau (director) Janáček, From the House of the Dead cond. Pierre Boulez. DG
Diapason d'Or de l'Année 2009 Concerto Award – Thomas Zehetmair, Bernd Alois Zimmermann Canto Di Speranza WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln ECM 4766885 Jonas Kaufmann; "Romantic Arias" Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Marco Armiliato, Decca 4759966 Magdalena Kožená; Martinů : Julietta, Czech Philharmonic, Charles Mackerras Supraphon SU3994 Jerusalem Quartet; Haydn: Quartets op. 20 n°5, op. 33 n°3 "L'Oiseau" op. 76 n°5 Harmonia Mundi Bernard Haitink; Bruckner: Symphony No.8. Mozart: Symphonie N.38 Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden. Profil PH07057 Philippe Herreweghe; Lassus: Cantiones sacrae. Collegium Vocale Gent. Harmonia Mundi Nikolaus Harnoncourt; Joseph Haydn: The Seasons. DHM Alexandre Tharaud, piano; Satie: "Avant Dernières Pensées". Harmonia Mundi Viktoria Mullova and Giuliano Carmignola; Vivaldi: Concertos pour deux violons. Archiv Produktion. Opera Award – Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Vivaldi: La fida ninfa. soloists, Ensemble Matheus. Naïve OP30410 Mark Padmore, tenor; Britten: Songs. Roger Vignoles (piano). Harmonia Mundi Jordi Savall; "Jerusalem". Hesperion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Alia Vox AVSA9865 Iván Fischer; Mahler: Symphonie n° 4. Miah Persson (soprano), Budapest Festival Orchestra. Channel Classics CCSSA26109 Rachel Podger; Mozart: Sonates pour violon et clavier, Vol. VII et VIII. Gary Cooper (pianoforte and clavecin). Channel Classics CCSSA28109 Cecilia Bartoli; "Sacrificium". Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini. Decca 47815221 Project Award – Villa-Lobos; Chôros cycle. John Neschling, BIS
Diapason d'Or de l'Année 2010 Artist of the year Jonas Kaufmann; Schubert, Die schöne Müllerin, Helmut Deutsch, Decca Marc Minkowski; Haydn, London Symphonies, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble, Naïve Isabelle Faust; J. S. Bach, Violin sonatas and partitas, Harmonia Mundi Simon Trpčeski, Rachmaninov, Piano Concertos No.2 and 3, Vasily Petrenko, Avie Nelson Freire, Chopin, Nocturnes, Decca Pavel Haas Quartet, Prokofiev, Quartets, Supraphon Pražák Quartet, Shostakovich, Quartets, Evgeni Koroliov, Praga Philippe Jaroussky, J. C. Bach, Arias La dolce fiamma, Virgin Classics Sergio Azzolini, Vivaldi, Concertos for bassoon, L'aura soave, Naïve Christophe Rousset, Louis Couperin, Pièces de clavecin, Aparté Masaaki Suzuki, J. S. Bach, Motets, Bach Collegium Japan, BIS Contemporary – Thierry Pécou, Jaguar symphony, Ensemble Zellig, Harmonia Mundi Historical – Olivier Greif, Le rêve du monde, INA mémoire vive Debut – Vittorio Grigolo, The Italian Tenor, Sony Classics
Diapason d'Or de l'Année 2011
I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth: Striggio, Ecce beatam lucem. Missa Ecco si beato Giorno, Decca (CD). Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Wiener Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez: Szymanowski, Violin Concerto No. 1, Symphony No. 3. Deutsche Grammophon (CD). Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner: Bach, Cantates, vol. II et XIII. Soli Deo Gloria (CD). Café Zimmermann: Bach, Concerts pour plusieurs instruments, vol. V et VI. Alpha (CD). Amandine Beyer (violin): Bach, Sonates et Partitas. Zig Zag Territoires (CD). Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Okko Kamu: Sibelius, La Tempête, Le Barde, Tapiola. BIS (CD). Vadim Gluzman (violin), Andrew Litton: Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1, String Quintet. BIS (CD). Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano): Diva-Divo. EMI (CD). Stephen Hough (piano): Chopin, Valses. Hyperion (CD). Quatuor Diotima: Reich, Barber, Crumb, String Quartets. Naïve (CD). Ivry Gitlis (violin): Live Performances, Vol. 1. Doremi (CD). Young Talent: Julia Lezhneva (soprano): Rossini Airs d'opéras. Naïve. Diapason reader's choice and France Musique listeners: Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello): Le violoncelle parle. Harmonia Mundi. Jonas Kaufmann (Werther); Michel Plasson/Benoît Jacquot: Massenet, Werther. Decca (DVD). Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano); Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado: Mahler, Symphonie no 4, Rückert-Lieder. EuroArts (DVD). Karita Mattila (Katia); Jiri Belohlavek/Robert Carsen: Janáček, Katia Kabanova. Framusica (DVD).
Diapason d'Or de l'Année 2014 Musique symphonique: Schmitt: Le Petit Elfe Ferme-l'œil, Introït, récit et congé, Aline Martin (mezzo-soprano), Henri Demarquette (cello), Orchestre national de Lorraine, Jacques Mercier. Timpani (CD). Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39, 40 and 41. Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Frans Brüggen. Glossa (CD). Lied: Eisler: Ernste Gesänge, Lieder with piano, Sonata for piano op. 1, Matthias Goerne (baritone), Thomas Larcher (piano), Ensemble Resonanz. Harmonia Mundi (CD). Opéra: R. Strauss: Elektra, Evelyn Herlitzius, Waltraud Meier, Adrianne Pieczonka, Mikhail Petrenko, Tom Randle, Orchestre de Paris, Esa-Pekka Salonen. Bel Air (DVD ou Blu-ray). Piano: Busoni: Late Piano Music, Marc-André Hamelin (piano). Hyperion (3 CD). Récital lyrique: "Stella di Napoli", Pacini, Bellini, Rossini, Mercadante, Carafa, Donizetti, Valentini, Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Opéra National de Lyon Orchestra and Choir, Riccardo Minasi. Erato (CD). Opéra: Adams: Nixon in China, James Maddalena, Janis Kelly, Robert Brubaker, Kathleen Kim, Russell Braun, Richard Paul Fink, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Choir, John Adams. Nonesuch (DVD + Blu-ray). Oratorio: Bach: St Matthew Passion, Mark Padmore, Christian Gerhaher, Camilla Tilling, Magdalena Kožená, Topi Lehtipuu, Thomas Quasthoff, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle, Simon Halsey. BPHR (2 DVD ou 1 Blu-ray). Soliste instrumental: Ysaye: The Complete Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op 27; Sonata for Two Violins, Tedi Papavrami, Svetlin Roussev (violins). Zig-Zag Territoires (2 CD). Opéra: Wagner: Parsifal, Jonas Kaufmann, Peter Mattei, René Pape, Katarina Dalayman, Evgeny Nikitin, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Choir, Daniele Gatti. Sony (2 DVD ou 1 Blu-ray). Piano: "Dances", Benjamin Grosvenor (piano). Decca (CD). Musique baroque vocale: Rameau: "Le Grand Théâtre de l'amour", Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Samuel Boden (tenor), Aimery Lefèvre (baritone), Le Jeune Choeur de Paris, Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko. Erato (CD). Musique contemporaine: Benjamin: Written on Skin, Barbara Hannigan, Christopher Purves, Bejun Mehta, Victoria Simmonds, Allan Clayton, Covent Garden Orchestra, George Benjamin. Opus Arte (DVD ou Blu-ray). Musique symphonique : "Universe of Sound" Holst: The Planets, Talbot: Worlds, Stars, Systems, Infinity, Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen. Signum Vision (DVD). Musique ancienne: "Les Trésors de Claude le Jeune", Extraits du Livre de mélanges (1585), Huelgas Ensemble, Paul Van Nevel. DHM (CD). Musique baroque instrumentale: C.P.E. Bach: Concertos for cello and orchestra Wq 170 et 172. Sinfonia Wq 182. Trio Sonata Wq 161 "Sanguineus & Melancholicus", Ophélie Gaillard (cello), Pulcinella Orchestra. Aparté (CD). Projet artistique: "Refuge In Music, Terezin-Theresienstadt", Svenk, I. Weber, Dauber, Taube, Ullmann, Schulhoff, Roman, Haas, Berman and Bach. Documentaire de Dorothee Binding et Benedict Mirow. Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Daniel Hope (violin), Bepe Risenfors (accordion, contrabass, guitar), Bengt Forsberg (piano). DG (DVD). Rééditions: Maria Callas Remastered Edition. Warner (69 CD + 1 CD-rom).
Diapason d'Or de l'Année 2015 Artiste de l'année/Artist of the Year: Paavo Järvi, Schumann: Symphony No. 4 (2nd Version), Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Paavo Järvi. RCA (CD). Dutilleux: Métaboles, Sur le même accord, Symphony No. 1, Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Orchestre de Paris, Paavo Järvi. Erato (CD). Beethoven: Overtures, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Paavo Järvi. RCA (CD). Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 "Leningrad", Russian National Orchestra, Paavo Järvi. Pentatone (SACD). Baroque Instrumental: Boccherini: Cello Concerto, Quintet for guitar, Sextet with flute, Quintet with flute, Manuel Granatiero (flute), Marco Ceccato (cello), Francesco Romano (guitar), Accademia Ottoboni. Zig-Zag Territoires (CD). Caldara: Trio Sonatas, Amandine Beyer, Leila Schayegh (violins), Jonathan Pesek (cello), Jörg-Andreas Bötticher (harpsichord and organ), Matthias Spaeter (theorbo). Glossa (CD). Baroque Vocal: Delalande: Leçons de ténèbres, Miserere, Sophie Karthäuser, Ensemble Correspondances. HM (CD). Musique De Chambre: Brahms: Sonatas for Clarinet and Piano, Trio for clarinet, cello and piano, Raphaël Sévère (clarinet), Victor Julien-Laferrière (cello), Adam Laloum (piano). Mirare (CD). Berg: Lyric Suite, Mendelssohn : String Quartet op. 13. Tetzlaff Quartet. Avi-Music (CD). Récital Vocal: Julie Fuchs: "Yes!", Orchestre National de Lille, Samuel Jean. DG (CD). Musique Symphonique: Lutoslawski: Piano Concerto, Symphony No. 2, Krystian Zimerman (piano), Berlin Philharmonic, Simon Rattle. DG (CD) Opéra: Steffani: Niobe, regina di Tebe, Karina Gauvin, Philippe Jaroussky, Amanda Forsythe, Christian Immler..., Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs. Erato (3 CD). Verdi: Aida, Anja Harteros, Jonas Kaufmann, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Ludovic Tézier..., Choir and Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano. Warner (3 CD). Musique Chorale: Messiaen: "L'Amour et la Foi", Danish National Vocal Ensemble, Danish National Concert Choir, Danish National Chamber Orchestra, Marcus Creed. OUR Recordings (SACD). Musique Contemporaine: Rihm: Et Lux, Huelgas Ensemble, Minguet Quartet, Paul Van Nevel. ECM (CD). Réédition: Pierre Monteux: "The Complete RCA Album Collection". Sony (40 CD). DVD: "El Sistema at Salzburg Festival", Gershwin, Mahler, Bernstein..., National Children's Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, Simon Rattle... CMajor (DVD or Blu-ray). Jeune Talent/Young talent: Bach: Partita No. 4, Capriccio BWV 992, English Suite No. 1, Toccata BWV 911, Rémi Geniet (piano). Mirare (CD).
Diapason d'Or de l'Année 2016