
Out of a gratifyingly rich year of excellent books, television and radio programmes about music, two highly contrasting endeavours stood out for their rigour and communicative energy. But, for its lovingly detailed scholarship and utterly engaging telling of a story, the jury made the award to Patrick Carnegy: Wagner and the Art of the Theatre.
Howard Goodall: How Music Works
(Tiger Aspect for Channel 4)
Gillian Moore chair
Marius Carboni
Barrie Gavin
Graeme Kay
Nouritza Matossian