In October 2013, Jonathan Harvey’s “Wagner Dream” was awarded Charles Cros Academy’s prestigious award, the Coup de Cœur. A number of recordings are selected each year and honoured with the award for their “excellence of interpretation, talented new performers and daring or editorial courage.” (Faber website) Composed in 2006 and first performed in 2007, the recording selected for the Coup de Cœur prize is the Cypres / AMG recording of the Holland Festival performance in 2007, was directed by Martyn Brabbins and features the talents of Claire Booth and Gordon Gietz. It was released in 2012 and reviewed by the Guardian.