Awards and commendations received for our recordings
The albums listed below are a great place to start if you are new to Linn Records or to classical and jazz music. You are ensured of an album that features virtuosic performances of appealing repertoire all recorded to the highest standard by our expert engineers.
If your preference is for classical music you will enjoy "Mozart Symphonies 38-41" by Sir Charles Mackerras and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra which was named Disc of the Year at the 2009 BBC Music Magazine awards, or an album by Palladians who are seven times winners of the prestigious Diapason d'Or Award. If you particularly enjoy jazz music you are sure to appreciate the vocal skills of Claire Martin who has won a staggering six awards at the BBC Jazz Awards. Frequently, reviewers also highlight the superb sound quality of Linn Records albums. Magnificat's "Tallis: Spem in alium" was awarded five stars by Audiophile Audition and is an excellent demonstration of the superior listening experience which can be achieved with surround sound.
Here are just some of the many Linn Records' albums that have been recommended by the critics...
Winner Disc of the Year Award 2009 - BBC Music Magazine Awards 2009
Winner Orchestral Award 2009 - BBC Music Magazine Awards 2009
"Mozart Symphonies 38-41"
Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras
Winner Baroque Vocal Album of the Year 2007 - Classic FM Gramophone Awards
"Messiah (Dublin Version, 1742)"
Dunedin Consort and Players / John Butt
Winner Critics' Award 2009 - Classical BRIT Awards 2009
"Mozart Symphonies 38-41"
Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras
Finalist Baroque Instrumental Album of the Year 2009 - Classic FM Gramophone Awards
"Henry Purcell: Ten Sonatas in Four Parts"
Retrospect Trio
Finalist Baroque Vocal Album of the Year 2009 - Classic FM Gramophone Awards
"Acis and Galatea (Original Cannons Performing Version 1718)"
Dunedin Consort
Finalist Solo Vocal Album of the Year 2008 - Classic FM Gramophone Awards
"On Wenlock Edge"
James Gilchrist / Fitzwilliam Quartet / Anna Tilbrook
Winner CD of the Year 2009 - Scottish Jazz Awards
"Dreamsville"
Carol Kidd
Palladians / Palladian Ensemble are seven times winners of the prestigious Diapason d'Or Award, winning in 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000 and twice in 2008.
Winning albums are: "An Excess Of Pleasure", "The Winged Lion", "The Sun King's Paradise", "Held By The Ears", "The London Collection: A Choice Collection / Held by the Ears", "The Venice Collection: An Excess of Pleasure / The Winged Lion" and "Les Saisons Amusantes".
Albums awarded a prestigious Editor's Choice include:
Albums named Building A Library: First Choice on BBC Radio 3's CD Review include:
"Buxtehude Membra Jesu Nostri" by The Sixteen
"Acis and Galatea (Original Cannons Performing Version 1718)" by Dunedin Consort
Albums named BBC Music Magazine Disc of the Month include:
"Mozart Symphonies 38-41" by Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras
"Handel Operatic Arias" by Emma Bell
"Lizst Sonata and Etudes" by George-Emmanuel Lazaridis
Albums named Outstanding by International Record Review include:
"Beethoven Piano Concertos 3, 4 & 5" by Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras
Albums named a Recommended recording by Gramophone include:
"JS Bach Matthew Passion (Final performing version, c. 1742)" by Dunedin Consort
"Mozart Symphonies 38-41" by Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras
Albums named a Choice recording by BBC Music Magazine include:
"John Ward: Consort music for five and six viols" by Phantasm
Winner Album of the Year 2008 - Le Monde de la Musique Choc de l'annee Awards
"Mozart Symphonies 38-41"
Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras
Winner Publisher's Choice Recording 2009 - StereoMojo Awards
"Mozart Symphonies 38-41"
Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras
Winner Blue Moon Award 2009 - sixmoons.com
"Mozart Symphonies 38-41"
Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras
Artists who have won a BBC Jazz Award (formerly the British Jazz Awards) include:
Claire Martin has won six awards including "Best Vocalist", "Vocalist of the Year" and "Rising Star".
Martin Taylor won the "Best Guitar" and "Best Small Group" awards for "Years Apart".
Ian Shaw was named "Best Jazz Vocalist "at the BBC Jazz Awards in 2007 and in 2004.
Albums named Best Recording of 2008 by High Fidelity (Poland) include:
"The Devil's Trill" by Palladians
"Garden of Early Delights" by Pamela Thorby and Andrew Lawrence-King
"JS Bach Matthew Passion (Final performing version, c. 1742)" by Dunedin Consort
Albums awarded a Opus d'Or by Opus HD include
"The Devil's Trill" by Palladians
"Acis and Galatea (Original Cannons Performing Version 1718)" by Dunedin Consort
"La Guitarra Espanola - The Music of Santiago de Murcia" by William Carter
Albums named a Recommended recording by AudioVideoHD include:
"Mozart Symphonies 38-41" by Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras
"JS Bach Matthew Passion (Final performing version, c. 1742)" by Dunedin Consort
"Acis and Galatea (Original Cannons Performing Version 1718)" by Dunedin Consort
"The Venice, Leipzeig, London and Versailles Collections" by Palladian Ensemble
Winner Album of the Year (Symphonic Works) - Midem Classical Awards 2009
"Mozart Symphonies 38-41"
Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras
Winner Baroque Music Award - Midem Classical Awards 2008
"Messiah (Dublin Version, 1742)"
Dunedin Consort and Players / John Butt
Albums awarded 10/10 from ClassicsToday.com include:
"Poulenc Concerto for Organ" by Gillian Weir
"Mungrel Stuff" by Concerto Caledonia
"Virtuoso in the Making - Biber" by Ricordo
"Brahms Violin Concerto and Hungarian Dances" by Scottish Chamber Orchestra
"Britten Les Illuminations" by Scottish Ensemble
"La Trompette Retrouvee" by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood
"Orlando Gibbons - The Woods So Wild" by John Toll
"Held By The Ears" by The Palladian Ensemble
"Prokofiev Violin Concerto" by Scottish Chamber Orchestra
"Henry Purcell: Ten Sonatas in Four Parts" by Retrospect Trio
"Shostakovich Symphony No. 11" by Royal Scottish National Orchestra
"Sibelius Theatre Music" by Scottish Chamber Orchestra
"Vivaldi Concerti" by Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Further Commendations include:
"Messiah (Dublin Version, 1742)" (Linn CKD 285) by the Dunedin Consort received the Baroque Vocal Album of the Year award at the Classic FM Gramophone Awards 2007 and the Baroque Music Award at the Midem Classical Awards 2008.
"Mozart Symphonies 38 - 41" (Linn CKD 308) by Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Sir Charles Mackerras was named 'Orchestral Disc of the Month' by BBC Music Magazine, 'Album of the Month' by Hifi News and 'Classical CD of the Week' by the Sunday Times.
"JS Bach Matthew Passion (Final performing version, c. 1742)" (Linn CKD 313) by the Dunedin Consort was named a 'Benchmark' recording and awarded five stars for both performance and sound by BBC Music Magazine, 'Disc of the Month' by Classic FM Magazine and a 'Recommended' recording by Gramophone.
"La Trompette Retrouvee" (Linn CKD 294) by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood was awarded 'Album of the Year' by the esteemed Polish audiophile publication High Fidelity.
"James MacMillan Tenebrae" (Linn CKD 301) by Cappella Nova was awarded Gramophone Editor's Choice in January 2008.
"Buxtehude Membra Jesu Nostri" by The Sixteen (Linn CKD 141) was named Gramophone Editor's Choice and the BBC Radio 3 Building a Library first choice.
"On Wenlock Edge" (Linn CKD 296) by James Gilchrist was awarded CD of the Week in both The Telegraph and The Observer. This is in addition to numerous excellent awards, including 5 stars from Classic FM Magazine who praised the performance of unforgettable energy.
"La Guitarra Espanola - The Music of Santiago de Murcia" (Linn CKD 288) by William Carter was awarded Gramophone Editor's Choice in July 2007 claiming the finest Baroque guitar playing you'll ever hear. The album also received the highest recommendation award from Opus d'Or.
Multichannel Record of the Year (soundstage!) for Benjamin Britten "Les Illuminations" (Linn CKD 226) with the Scottish Ensemble.
"Handel Operatic Arias" (Linn CKD 252) by Emma Bell was Gramophone Editor's Choice, Opera Disc of the Month in BBC Music Magazine, CD of the week - Sunday Telegraph, and 5 star reviews in Classic FM magazine, The Independent, The Herald and Audiophile.no
"Fiddler Tam" (Linn CKD 240) by Concerto Caledonia was awarded a prestigious Diapason Decouverte award
"Erlebach VI Sonate" (Linn CKD 270) by Rodolfo Richter was awarded five stars by The Sunday Herald. Entirely enchanting
"Geminiani Cello Sonatas" (Linn 251) by Alison McGillivray was awarded five stars by The Herald. An absolute gem
"Prokofiev Violin Concerto" (Linn CKD 219) by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra/ Swensen was awarded five stars by The Scotsman. A spectacular new disc
"Reminiscences" (Linn CKD 248) by Artur Pizarro was awarded five stars by The Glasgow Herald. Some of the finest Chopin playing on record.
"Shostakovich Symphony No 11" (Linn CKD 247) by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Lazarev was awarded five stars by the Daily Express. Thrilling and powerful
"Oh Fair To See" (Linn CKD 253) by James Gilchrist was named a ‘Benchmark Recording' and awarded five stars for both performance and sound by BBC Music Magazine. Compelling from the first note
"Dvorak Violin Concerto" (Linn CKD 241) by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra/ Swensen - 8 for Artistic Quality and 10 for Sound Quality - ClassicsToday.com. Linn's sonics are superb
"Lizst Sonata and Etudes" (Linn CKD 282) by George-Emmanuel Lazaridis was named 'Instrumental Disc of the Month' by BBC Music Magazine and awarded five stars by Classic FM Magazine who called it a Liszt release made in heaven.
"Tallis: Spem in alium" (Linn CKD 233) by Magnificat was Gramophone Editor's Choice and was awarded five stars by Audiophile Audition. An outstanding performance of Thomas Tallis's Spem in alium Gramophone.
"Dangerous Graces" (Linn CKD 169) by Musica Secreta was awarded a "Diapason Decouverte", given to recordings of historical significance
Palladians are seven times winners of the prestigious Diapason d'Or Award, winning in 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000 and twice in 2008. One of the best chamber ensembles currently in business The Gramophone.
"Years Apart" (Linn AKD 058) by Martin Taylor won the "Best Guitar" and "Best Small Group" awards at the British Jazz Awards. In 2007 Martin was awarded the BBC Radio 2's "Heart of Jazz" Award.
Ian Shaw was named "Best Jazz Vocalist "at the BBC Jazz Awards in 2007 and in 2004.
Barb Jungr was named as "Best International Artist" at the Backstage 'Bistro' Awards in New York and won a 2008 New York Nightlife Award.
"He never mentioned love" (AKD 295) by Claire Martin was named "CD of the Week" by The Sunday Post and received four stars reviews from Jazzwise, The Evening Standard, Mojo, The Observer, The Guardian and many more...
"Love Me Tender" (Linn AKD 255) by Barb Jungr was awarded four and a half stars by Audiophile Audition. Blows me away every time I listen to it.
"When Lights Are Low" (Linn AKD 260) by Claire Martin and Sir Richard Rodney Bennett was named "CD of the Week' by the Sunday Post, Scotland on Sunday and the Birmingham Post.
Claire Martin has won a staggering six awards at the BBC Jazz Awards (formerly the British Jazz Awards) including "Best Vocalist", "Vocalist of the Year" and "Rising Star". Talented and hip beyond her years New York Observer.