On August 27 will reveal the 11 recordings, which have been voted the best in category. Three weeks later – on September 17 – one of those 11 will be named our Recording of the Year at an event in London that will also reveal our Artist of the Year, Young Artist of the Year, Label of the Year and the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Choosing just a single disc in each of the 11 categories is always difficult so to allow you to survey the field and come up with your own favourites, the  gathered togetherreviews of the six discs in each category in a special free digital magazine.

Click here to read all 66 reviews of the shortlisted discs.

The shortlist for the Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2013