Classic BRIT Awards 2012 - nominations live blog
6 September 2012, 12:00 | Updated: 15 December 2016, 11:50
Get behind the scenes updates from one of the biggest nights in classical music, the Classic BRIT Awards 2012 launch. Join us for up-to-the-minute announcements as they happen - before the winners are announced in October.
Welcome to the Classic FM live blog! We'll be giving you live updates from the Classic BRIT Awards 2012 launch event at the Savoy Hotel in London. Keep refreshing the page to get our latest updates.
Be sure to join us here from 6.30pm for the latest news as we celebrate the achievements of this year's best classical artitsts.
7.19pm And it's all over! Barry McCann wishes the audience goodnight. "We look forward to welcoming you all at the Royal Albert Hall. Thank you, goodnight."
7.18pm What a beautiful voice, the whole audience are very impressed - there's a lot of well-deserved applause.
7.15pm "Would you please welcome the wonderfully talented (and, also, incredibly good looking!) Noah Stewart!" He's on stage now, singing 'Deep River'.
7.12pm Margherita thanks all the classical artists. "On behalf of all the team at Classic FM, if I could thank everyone in the room for giving the station such great music to play over the past 20 years. A massive thank you to you for making it possible."
7.11pm Classic FM have been honoured with our very own Classical BRIT Award! Darren Henley is on stage to collect the award, celebrating 20 years of the world's greatest music.
7.08pm
International Artist of the Year
Andrea Bocelli
Lifetime Achievement
John Williams
7.06pm
Classic FM Album of the Year
- André Rieu
And The Waltz Goes On
Decca - Andrea Bocelli
Concerto — One Night In Central Park
Decca - Band Of HM Royal Marines
Summon The Heroes
Decca - Band Of The Coldstream Guards
Pride Of The Nation
Decca - Craig Ogden
Summertime
Classic FM - Hayley Westenra
Paradiso
Decca - Laura Wright
The Last Rose
Decca - Miloš Karadaglić
The Guitar
Deutsche Grammophon - Noah Stewart
Noah
Decca - Russell Watson
Anthems
Sony Classical
7.05pm
Critics' Award
- Berlin Philharmonic/Rattle
Bruckner Symphony No.9
EMI Classics - Benjamin Grosvenor
Chopin/Liszt/Ravel
Decca - BBC Symphony Orchestra/Belohlavek
Martinu: The 6 Symphonies
Onyx
7.04pm
Classic BRITs Single of the Year
- Adiemus
Adiemus
Virgin - Royal Choral Society, BBC Concert Orchestra/Wordsworth
Jerusalem
Decca - Della Jones, Royal Choral Society, BBC Concert Orchestra/Wordsworth
Rule Britannia
Universal Classics - Ennio Morricone
Gabriel's Oboe (The Mission — OST)
EMI Music - Hans Zimmer
Time (Inception — OST)
Warner Music - Klaus Badelt
He's a Pirate (Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse Of The Black Pearl — OST)
Walt Disney Records/EMI Records - London Philharmonic Orchestra/Parry
Adagio for Strings (Barber)
X5 - Luciano Pavarotti
Nessun Dorma
Decca - Ludovico Einaudi
I Giorni
Decca - Military Wives/Gareth Malone
Wherever You Are
Decca
7.03pm
Composer
- Ennio Morricone
Paradiso
Decca - John Williams
War Horse/The Adventures Of TinTin
Sony Classical - Paul Mealor
A Tender Light
Decca
7.02pm
Mastercard's Breakthrough Artist of the Year Award
- Benjamin Grosvenor
Benjamin Grosvenor Plays Chopin, Liszt & Ravel
Decca - Miloš Karadaglić
Latino
Deutsche Grammophon - Noah Stewart
Noah
Decca
7.00pm
Male Artist:
- Andrea Bocelli
Concerto — One Night In Central Park
Decca - Lang Lang
Liszt — My Piano Hero
Sony Classical - Vasily Petrenko
Shostakovich/Symphony No. 1 & 3
Shostakovich/Symphony No. 6 & 12
Shostakovich/Symphony No. 2 & 15
Naxos
Rachmaninov/Piano Concertos 1 & 4
Avie
Rachmaninov/Symphony No. 3
EMI Classics
6.58pm The nominations are in!
Female Artist:
- Alison Balsom
Seraph
EMI Classics - Joyce DiDonato
Diva Divo — Opera Arias
Virgin Classics - Nicola Benedetti
Italia
Decca
6.56pm You can hear a pin drop here - what a beautiful performance.
6.50pm Amy Dickson's taken to the stage to perform Chopin's Nocturne No. 2 on the saxophone. Beautiful.
6.48pm Apparently this year "there will also be a surprise and unique collaboration performance..." - but it's all top secret for the time being!
6.45pm "One of the most recognisable and best-loved voices on British radio" - Margherita's on the stage to announce the nominations. "It's going to be a really, really special show this year."
6.40pm We're reminiscing about last year's Classic BRITs ceremony with a video. Music, photos, performances - it's all coming back to us! Alfie Boe's on the screen, singing 'One Day More', as we speak.
6.35pm Amore are singing on stage now. Fantastic!
6.30pm The lights are down low, the classical artists are all assembled - and we're ready to start! Drum roll please...
6.29pm A beautiful performance of 'Happy Birthday' from Amore - in honour of our 20th birthday! What a treat, thank you.
6.26pm And now it's Milos' turn to be interviewed. Have a look.
6.21pm Lucy's got Gareth Malone on the red carpet. "I always thought I would really miss the wives... but actually I've seen them at so many recent appearances!"
6.18pm Military Wives on the success of their single: "We can't get over it. We don't think we ever will."
6.15pm Milos is here! Looking unsurprisingly dapper in a silver jacket...
6.10pm Gareth Malone and Paul Mealor, both on the red carpet at once! Things are hotting up here at the Savoy.
6.05pm Laura's chin-wagging with our own Lucy Coward:"I got to meet the Queen a few times this year, so my feet haven't quite hit the ground yet!"
5.58pm And Laura Wright's on the red carpet in a long black dress. Lovely!
5.51pm Saxophonist Amy Dickson's here on the red carpet. And she's followed by Gareth Malone, who's just arrived in the building!
5.49pm "People are buying more classical albums than ever before, so it's a great time to be involved," said Margherita.
5.47pm Margherita Taylor's looking stunning on the red carpet - she's chatting to newsreader Lucy Coward.
5.42pm Amore are here! Classic FM's Lucy Coward is chatting to them on the red carpet.
5.33pm Anticipation is mounting, but we're being serenaded by some great classical tunes. At the moment it's Andrea Bocelli singing Schubert's 'Ave Maria'. Have a listen.
5.29pm One minute to go until some of the world's best classical artists arrive.
5.21pm Classic FM's Margherita Taylor has just arrived! She'll be on stage later this evening...
5pm We've just arrived at the Classic BRITS - and the Savoy Hotel is looking very pretty indeed!
