Good news post: Brit Award 2006 for Dario Marianelli...
Composer Dario Marianelli won the Brit Award 2006 for his Pride and Prejudice soundtrack.
Classical Brits 2006 winners
Contemporary music award
James MacMillan - Symphony no 3, Silence
Singer of the year
Andreas Scholl - Arias for Senesino
Soundtrack/musical theatre composer award
Dario Marianelli - Pride & Prejudice (performed by Jean-Yves Thibaudet and the English Chamber Orchestra)
Ensemble/orchestral album of the year
Takacs Quartet - Beethoven: The Late String Quartets
Critics' award
Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, Placido Domingo, Antonio Pappano -
Tristan and Isolde
Young British classical performer
Alison Balsom
Instrumentalist of the year
Leif Ove Andsnes - Rachmaninov Piano Concerto 1 & 2
Album of the year
Katherine Jenkins - Living A Dream
Lifetime achievement
Placido Domingo
Thank you, Maya, for drawing my attention to this wonderful news. I'd appreciate it if you'd post the source. I probably overlooked it, but I didn't find it anywhere. Thanks!