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] 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]

Brit Award for Classical Recording
1993 Winner Nigel Kennedy
Awarded forAchievement in Excellent Classical Recording
CountryUnited Kingdom (UK)
Presented byBritish Phonographic Industry (BPI)
First awarded1982
Last awarded1993
Currently held byNigel Kennedy (1993)
Most awardsSimon Rattle (6)
Most nominationsNigel Kennedy and Simon Rattle (2)
Websitewww.brits.co.uk

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 and 1990 winner Simon Rattle
Two-time winner Nigel Kennedy
Year Recipient Nominees
1982 Simon Rattle
1983 John Williams
1984 Kiri Te Kanawa
1985 Christopher Hogwood – The Four Seasons
1986 Nigel Kennedy
1987 Julian Lloyd Webber
1988 Vernon Handley
1989 Trevor Pinnock
1990 Simon Rattle
1991 Zubin Mehta
1992 Georg Solti
1993 Nigel Kennedy

Multiple nominations and awards

References
  1. "About the BPI". British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  2. "BRIT Awards". British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  3. "And the nominees are..." Brits.co.uk. British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Retrieved 22 February 2014.
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