Event date: Thursday 8th May, The Royal Albert Hall
Television broadcast: Thursday 15th May on ITV1
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Nominations are from the Academy voting, except NS&I Album of the Year which is chosen by Classic FM listeners and Classic FM Magazine readers; the Soundtrack of the Year Award which is chosen by a panel of experts from film and television and the winner of the Critics’ Award which is chosen by a panel of critics from the national media.

Male Artist of the Year
Alfie Boe – La Passione & Onward (EMI Classics)
Rolando Villazon – Duets & Gitano-Zarzuella Arias (Deutsche Grammophon & Virgin Classics)
Sir Colin Davis Elgar: Enigma Variations & Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 & Beethoven:Fidelio (LSO Live)

Female Artist of the Year
Angela Hewitt Rameau – Keyboard Suites (Hyperion)
Anna Netrebko – Duets & Opera (Deutsche Grammophon)
Natalie Clein Elgar – Cello Concerto (EMI Classics)

NS&I Album of the Year
Onward – Alfie Boe (EMI Classics)
Into Paradise – All Angels (UCJ)
Blake – Blake (UCJ)
The Carols Album – Choirboys (UCJ)
Voices of the Valley – Encore Fron Male Voice Choir (UCJ)
Cortes Gardar – Thor Cortes (Believer Music)
Treasure – Hayley Westenra (Decca)
Divenire – Ludovico Einaudi (Decca)
Amour – Natasha Marsh (EMI Classics)
Spirit of the Glen – Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (UCJ)

Young British Classical Performer or Group
Kate Royal (EMI Classics)
Lawrence Power (Hyperion)
Nicola Benedetti (Deutsche Grammophon)

Soundtrack of the Year
Atonement – Dario Marianelli (UCJ)
Blood Diamond – James Newton Howard (Varese Sarabande)
Elizabeth – The Golden Age Craig Armstrong/Ar Rahman (UCJ)

Critics’ Award
Janácek: The Makropulos Case
ENO Chorus and Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras BC (Chandos)
Janácek: Quartet No 1/Pavel Haas:Quartets Nos 1& 3 – Pavel Haas Quartet (Supraphon)
Bach: Cello Suites – Steven Isserlis (Hyperion)

Outstanding Achievement In Music
Andrew Lloyd Webber

Source:Classicalbrits.co.uk