Winner: Oskar Bohme: Trumpet Concerto & Pieces
Matthias Hofs
2. Casta Diva
Operatic Arias transcribed for Trumpet
Matilda Lloyd
3. Loudmouthed Beauty
Concert Pieces for Bass Trombone
Clare Farr
A clear winner on the '4BR Solo CD of the Year' category with the sublime recording by Matthias Hofs of works by Oskar Bohme taking the honours with 8 first choice preferences from the panel.
The recording was a showcase of artistic brilliance, and the banding world can hear him perform live at the RNCM International Brass Band Festival in Manchester in January.
Matilda Lloyd's cultured operatic musicality also won many admirers on its release this year as it came a deserved runner-up, with Clare Farr's super bass trombone showcase 'Loudmouthed Beauty' in third.
Panel:
The Awards Panel consisted of: Iwan Fox (4BR Editor); Malcolm Wood; Paul Hindmarsh; Andrew Wainwright; Chris Thomas; Gordon Simpson; Annie Crookston; Steven Mead; Sarah Groarke-Booth; Alexander Zwann; Jess Tredrea; Tim Mutum; Katrina Marzella; Stein Skorpholm; Camila Soderstrom Tveit.
Past Winners:
2022: Keep the Music Playing (James Fountain)
2021: Resurrection (Prof David King)
2020: Eire Time (Gary Curtin)
2019: The Symphonic Euphonium II (David Childs)
2018: Life Force (Peter Moore)
2017: The Demonic Virtuoso (Owen Farr)
2016: Fantasy (Philip Cobb)
2015: Parallel Realities (David Thornton)
2014: The Symphonic Euphonium (David Childs)
2013: Stories of Life (Glenn Van Looy)
2012: Diamonds (Steven Mead)
2011: Dreaming of the Masters (Jens Lindemann)
2010: Moto Perpetuo (David Childs)
2009: Salt of the Earth (Les Neish)
2008: Audacious (Steven Mead)
2007: Eminence (Richard Marshall)
2006: The World of the Euphonium: Volume 5 (Steven Mead)
2005: Blaze (Richard Marshall)
2004: Legend (Peter Roberts)
2003: A Winter's Tale (Martin Winter)
