Mercury prize shortlists: why no classical music?

If the Mercury 2012 judges want to reward fresh and dynamic new music, why has classical music disappeared from the list?There's no classical on the Mercury shortlist this year; just another season in which the tumbleweeds turn for contemporary classical music at the industry's most prestigious gong, and in which a prize that's supposedly all about honouring music that "pushes music in fresh and dynamic directions" closes its ears to some of the most innovative music being written and recorded t...

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