The winners of the BBC Music Magazine Awards 2014 will be announced on 8 April at a ceremony at Kings Place, London. Voting has now closed for this year's Awards.


'From ravishing Wagner to captivating Britten, this year's nominations are as fascinating and enticing as ever,' says Oliver Condy, BBC Music Magazine's editor, 'and the artistry is as exceptional as it's ever been.'

Our expert jury of critics chose 21 CDs in seven categories, whittled down from over 1,300 recordings reviewed by the magazine over the past year. As well as the Orchestral, Opera, Choral, Vocal, Instrumental and Chamber categories, this year sees the introduction of a new Concerto category to the line-up – thanks to the volume of first-class performances. Here are the nominations:

Orchestral

R Strauss Eine Alpensinfonie

São Paulo Symphony Orchestra/Frank Shipway

BIS BIS-1950 (hybrid CD/SACD)

Szymanowski Concert Overture; Symphonies Nos 2 & 4

Louis Lortie (piano); BBC Symphony Orchestra/Edward Gardner

Chandos CHSA 5115 (hybrid CD/SACD)

Brahms Symphonies Nos 1-4

Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig/Riccardo Chailly

Decca 478 5344

Concerto

Elgar & Carter Cello Concertos

Alisa Weilerstein (cello); Staatskapelle Berlin/Daniel Barenboim

Decca 478 2735

Hindemith Viola Works, Vol. 1

Tabea Zimmermann (viola); Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin/Hans Graf

Myrios Classics MYR 010 (hybrid CD/SACD)

Bartók Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2

Isabelle Faust (violin); Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Daniel Harding

Harmonia Mundi HMC 902146

Opera

Britten Peter Grimes

Alan Oke, Giselle Allen et al; Chorus of Opera North; Chorus of Guildhall School of Music & Drama; Britten-Pears Orchestra/Steuart Bedford

Signum Classics SIGCD 348

Britten The Rape of Lucretia

Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves; Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble/Oliver Knussen

Erato 602 6722

Romantische Arien

Arias by Wagner, Schubert, Schumann, Nicolai and Weber

Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Maximilian Schmitt (tenor); Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Daniel Harding

Sony Classical 88725422952

Vocal

Wagner Arias from Die Walküre, Siegfried, Tannhäuser, Meistersinger, Rienzi and more; Wesendonck Lieder

Jonas Kaufmann (tenor); Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin/Donald Runnicles

Decca 478 5189

Handel Finest Arias for Base Voice

Christopher Purves (bass); Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen

Hyperion CDA 67842

Eisler Ernste Gesänge plus other Lieder

Matthias Goerne (baritone), Thomas Larcher (piano); Ensemble Resonanz

Harmonia Mundi HMC 902134

Choral

Pärt Adam's Lament; plus other choral works

Latvian Radio Choir; Sinfonietta Riga; Vox Clamantis; Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Tallinn Chamber Orchestra/Tonu Kaljuste

ECM Records 476 4825

Petrassi Magnificat; Salmo IX

Sabina Cvilak (soprano); Coro Teatro Regio Torino/Claudio Feonglio; Orchestra Teatro Regio Torino/Ginanadrea Noseda

Chandos CHAN 10750

Britten War Requiem

Susan Gritton, John Mark Ainsley, Christopher Maltman, Wrocław Phil Choir; New College Choir trebles; Gabrieli Consort & Players/Paul McCreesh

Winged Lion/Signum SIGCD 340

Chamber

Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn Quartets

Quatuor Ebène

Erato 464 5462

Couperin Suites Nos 1 & 2 for viola de gamba and continuo; Concerts Nos 2 & 3 for two violas da gamba

Paolo Pandolfo, Amélie Chemin (viola da gamba), Thomas Boysen (theorbo), Markus Hünninger (harpsichord)

Glossa GCD 920414

Franck & Richard Strauss Violin Sonatas

Augustin Dumay (violin), Louis Lortie (piano)

Onyx ONYX 4096

Instrumental

JS Bach English Suites

Richard Egarr (harpsichord)

Harmonia Mundi HMU 907591.92

Mompou Piano Works

Arcadi Volodos (piano)

Sony Classical 88765433262


Guardian Angel

Works by JS Bach, Matteis, Tartini, Pisendel and Biber

Rachel Podger (violin)

Channel CCS SA 35513