BBC Music Magazine has nominated the ACCENTUS Music recording of Claudio Abbado and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra performing Mahler’s 9th Symphony for its prestigious awards in the category "DVD". The winners are decided online by the public – Voting opens 13th January.

Having previously been described as “strongly recommended” by Gramophone Magazine, this DVD has already received widespread critical acclaim. In 2011, Andrew Clark in the Financial Times wrote “this DVD of last summer’s fabulously fluid performance with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra is an important release” and BBC Music Magazine reviewer David Nice wrote: “Finest concert DVD ever? I think so.”

To vote for the BBC Music Magazine Awards 2012 please click here: http://www.classical-music.com/awards2012

Voting ends 29th February 2012.

The ACCENTUS release of Claudio Abbado and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra playing Mahler’s 9^th Symphony is available for purchase on DVD and Blu-ray worldwide. For more information on this title please click here: Mahler 9