ARTISTS, ENGINEERS, PRODUCERS, AND COMPOSERS IN THE NAXOS OF AMERICA DISTRIBUTION FAMILY RECOGNIZED WITH 35 GRAMMY® NOMINATIONS
Franklin, TN 11-24-20- Nominations have been announced for the 63rd Annual GRAMMY® Awards by the Recording Academy. Artists, composers, engineers, and producers from Naxos, Act Jazz, Avie Records, Azica, BIS, Bridge Records, Cedille Records, Chandos, Concord Jazz, Concord Records, CSO Resound, Decca, Mack Avenue Records, Navona, New Amsterdam Records, Ondine, Pentatone, Reference Recordings, and Sono Luminus have earned 35 nominations. The awards ceremony will be airing live on January 31st, 2021, on CBS.
Naxos of America artists were recognized in 13 categories including: Best Contemporary Instrumental Album, Best Improvised Jazz Solo, Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album, Best Latin Jazz Album, Best Engineered Album, Classical, Best Orchestral Performance, Best Opera Recording, Best Choral Performance, Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance, Best Classical Solo Vocal Album, Best Classical Compendium, and Best Contemporary Classical Composition.
Naxos Music Group artists have been recognized with 8 nominations. Those include: Best Engineered Album, Classical: Richard Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshua, [JoAnn Falletta, conductor (James K. Bass, Adam Luebke, UCLA Chamber Singers, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra & Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus)]; Best Orchestral Performance: Witold Lutoslawski: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3, [Hannu Lintu, conductor (Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra)]; Best Opera Recording: Alexander von Zemlinsky: Der Zwerg [Donald Runnicles,conductor; David Butt Philip & Elena Tsallagova; Peter Ghirardini & Erwin Stürzer, producers (Orchestra Of The Deutsche Oper Berlin; Chorus Of The Deutsche Oper Berlin)]; Best Choral Performance: Richard Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshua, [JoAnn Falletta, conductor (James K. Bass, Adam Luebke, UCLA Chamber Singers, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra & Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus)], Alexander Kastalsky: Requiem for Fallen Brothers, [Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Charles Bruffy, Steven Fox & Benedict Sheehan, chorus masters (Joseph Charles Beutel & Anna Dennis; Orchestra Of St. Luke’s; Cathedral Choral Society, The Clarion Choir, Kansas City Chorale & The Saint Tikhon Choir)], and Paul Moravec: Sanctuary Road, [Kent Tritle, conductor (Joshua Blue, Raehann Bryce-Davis, Dashon Burton, Malcolm J. Merriweather & Laquita Mitchell; Oratorio Society Of New York Orchestra; Oratorio Society Of New York Chorus)]; and Best Contemporary Classical Composition: Richard Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshua, [JoAnn Falletta, conductor (James K. Bass, Adam Luebke, UCLA Chamber Singers, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra & Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus)], and Christopher Rouse: Symphony No. 5, [Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor (Nashville Symphony)].
For a third year in a row, all the nominees in the Producer of the Year – Classical category have a body of work that includes recordings from the Naxos of America distributed-label family.
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11. Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
31. Best Improvised Jazz Solo
33. Best Jazz Instrumental Album
34. Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
35. Best Latin Jazz Album
73. Best Engineered Album, Classical
DANIELPOUR: THE PASSION OF YESHUA
Bernd Gottinger, engineer (JoAnn Falletta, James K. Bass, Adam Luebke, UCLA Chamber Singers, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra & Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus)
Label: NAXOS
Kyle Pyke, engineer; Jesse Lewis & Kyle Pyke, mastering engineers (Devonté Hynes & Third Coast Percussion)
Label: CEDILLE RECORDS
SHOSTAKOVICH: SYMPHONY NO. 13, ‘BABI YAR’
David Frost & Charlie Post, engineers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer (Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
Label: CSO Resound (Chicago Symphony Orchestra) (CSO)
75. Best Orchestral Performance
ASPECTS OF AMERICA – PULITZER EDITION
Carlos Kalmar, conductor (Oregon Symphony)
Label: PENTATONE MUSIC
LUTOSłAWSKI: SYMPHONIES NOS. 2 & 3
Hannu Lintu, conductor (Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra)
Label: ONDINE
76. Best Opera Recording
William Boggs, conductor; Keith Phares & Kate Royal; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra; Florentine Opera Chorus)
Label: REFERENCE RECORDINGS
Donald Runnicles, conductor; David Butt Philip & Elena Tsallagova; Peter Ghirardini & Erwin Stürzer, producers (Orchestra Of The Deutsche Oper Berlin; Chorus Of The Deutsche Oper Berlin)
Label: NAXOS
77. Best Choral Performance
DANIELPOUR: THE PASSION OF YESHUAH
JoAnn Falletta, conductor; James K. Bass & Adam Luebke, chorus masters (James K. Bass, J’Nai Bridges, Timothy Fallon, Kenneth Overton, Hila Plitmann & Matthew Worth; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus & UCLA Chamber Singers)
Label: NAXOS
Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Charles Bruffy, Steven Fox & Benedict Sheehan, chorus masters (Joseph Charles Beutel & Anna Dennis; Orchestra Of St. Luke’s; Cathedral Choral Society, The Clarion Choir, Kansas City Chorale & The Saint Tikhon Choir)
Label: NAXOS
Kent Tritle, conductor (Joshua Blue, Raehann Bryce-Davis, Dashon Burton, Malcolm J. Merriweather & Laquita Mitchell; Oratorio Society Of New York Orchestra; Oratorio Society Of New York Chorus)
Label: NAXOS
78. Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Ted Hearne, Steven Bradshaw, Sophia Byrd, Josephine Lee, Isaiah Robinson, Sol Ruiz, Ayanna Woods & Place Orchestra
Label: NEW AMSTERDAM RECORDS
80. Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
CLAIRIÈRES – SONGS BY LILI & NADIA BOULANGER
Nicholas Phan; Myra Huang, accompanist
Label: AVIE Records
Brian Giebler; Steven McGhee, accompanist (Katie Hyun, Michael Katz, Jessica Meyer, Reginald Mobley & Ben Russell)
Label: BRIDGE RECORDS
Sarah Brailey & Dashon Burton; James Blachly, conductor (Experiential Chorus; Experiential Orchestra)
Label: CHANDOS
81. Best Classical Compendium
SAARIAHO: GRAAL THÉÂTRE; CIRCLE MAP; NEIGES; VERS TOI QUI ES SI LOIN
Clément Mao-Takacs, conductor; Hans Kipfer, producer
Label: BIS
SEREBRIER: SYMPHONIC BACH VARIATIONS; LAMENTS AND HALLELUJAHS; FLUTE CONCERTO
José Serebrier, conductor; Jens Braun, producer
Label: BIS
Matt Haimovitz; Julian Wachner, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer
Label: PENTATONE MUSIC
82. Best Contemporary Classical Composition
DANIELPOUR: THE PASSION OF YESHUA
Richard Danielpour, composer (JoAnn Falletta, James K. Bass, Adam Luebke, UCLA Chamber Singers, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra & Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus)
Label: NAXOS
Carlisle Floyd, composer (William Boggs, Kate Royal, Keith Phares, Florentine Opera Chorus & Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra)
Label: REFERENCE RECORDINGS
Ted Hearne, composer (Ted Hearne, Steven Bradshaw, Sophia Byrd, Josephine Lee, Isaiah Robinson, Sol Ruiz, Ayanna Woods & Place Orchestra)
Label: NEW AMSTERDAM RECORDS
Christopher Rouse, composer (Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)
Label: NAXOS
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