![](https://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1605000/images/_1609567_bartoliaward100.jpg) LONDON (AP) - Cecilia Bartoli was selected artist of the year by Gramophone and conductor Richard Hickox won both the record of the year and orchestral award. The ceremonies were held Friday at Barbican Hall. The annual awards, selected by the magazine's critics, are considered among the most prestigious in classical music. Hickox received both awards for his original manuscript recording of Vaughn Williams' "A London Symphony'' with the London Symphony Orchestra. Other winners include conductor/composer Pierre Boulez, who won the contemporary award for his "Sur incises'' and the concerto award for Schoenberg's piano concerto with Mitsuko Uchida and the Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor Antonio Pappano won the opera award for his recording of Massenet's "Manon'' with Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna and the Symphony Orchestra of Monnaie.
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