The annual Gramophone Awards, a celebration of the classical music recording industry, took place on Wednesday, giving critics and listeners alike a chance to recognise the creative excellence of the last year.

The Choral award went to an unlikely winner – this frankly amazing program of John Cage choral works, recorded under lockdown by the Latvian Radio Choir and conductor Sigvards Klava for the consistently excellent Ondine label from Finland. If you have thought of Cage as an unapproachable musical figure then this extract – among many other pieces – should persuade you to think again: