“The Takács Quartet won the disc of the year award at the inaugural BBC Music Awards, presented by the magazine yesterday in London. The Takács was honored for its three-disc recording of Beethoven’s late string quartets, the final installment in its complete Beethoven cycle. The set also won in the chamber music category… Conductor Paavo Järvi and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra won the orchestral award for a recording of Grieg’s Peer Gynt. A recording of Vivaldi’s Orlando Furioso led by Jean-Christophe Spinosi won the opera award; soloists included soprano Jennifer Larmore.”