THE AVOID LIKE DEATH AWARDS (ALDAs 2022)

ALDAs 2022 (Avoid Like Death Awards) Listen and weep: The White Scarf of Irredeemable Chutzpah Recipients: Sibelius: Symphonies (Mäkelä/Decca) Sibelius: Symphony No 5 (Celibidache/MP) The Scarlet Scarf of Shame Recipients: Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 8 and 9 (Jacobs/Harmonia Mundi) Schubert: Late String Quartets (Fitzwilliam Quartet/LINN) The Taupe Scarf of Turpitude Recipients: Martinu: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 (Norrington/SWR) Mahler: Symphony No. 4 (Roth/Harmonia Mundi) The Black Scarf of Lingering Stench Recipient: Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (Rattle/LSO) Stravinsky: Early Ballets (Rattle/LSO)