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

Americana

Grégoire Maret, Romain Collin & Bill Frisell

Label: Act Jazz

31. Best Improvised Jazz Solo

HAPPENING: LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD

Gerald Clayton

Label: BLUE NOTE

TRILOGY 2

Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade

Label: CONCORD JAZZ

33. Best Jazz Instrumental Album

ON THE TENDER SPOT OF EVERY CALLOUSED MOMENT

Ambrose Akinmusire

Label: BLUE NOTE

HAPPENING: LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD

Gerald Clayton

Label: BLUE NOTE

TRILOGY 2

Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade

Label: CONCORD JAZZ

34. Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

MONK’ESTRA PLAYS JOHN BEASLEY

John Beasley

Label: MACK AVENUE RECORDS

35. Best Latin Jazz Album

TRANE’S DELIGHT

Poncho Sanchez

Label: CONCORD Records

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

HYNES: FIELDS

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

CONCURRENCE

Daníel Bjarnason, conductor (Iceland Symphony Orchestra)

Label: SONO LUMINUS

LUTOSłAWSKI: SYMPHONIES NOS. 2 & 3

Hannu Lintu, conductor (Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra)

Label: ONDINE

76. Best Opera Recording

FLOYD, C.: PRINCE OF PLAYERS

William Boggs, conductor; Keith Phares & Kate Royal; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra; Florentine Opera Chorus)

Label: REFERENCE RECORDINGS

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)

Label: NAXOS

77. Best Choral Performance

CARTHAGE

Donald Nally, conductor (The Crossing)

Label: NAVONA

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

KASTALSKY: REQUIEM

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

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)

Label: NAXOS

78. Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

CONTEMPORARY VOICES

Pacifica Quartet

Label: CEDILLE RECORDS

HEARNE, T.: PLACE

Ted Hearne, Steven Bradshaw, Sophia Byrd, Josephine Lee, Isaiah Robinson, Sol Ruiz, Ayanna Woods & Place Orchestra

Label: NEW AMSTERDAM RECORDS

HYNES: FIELDS

Devonté Hynes & Third Coast Percussion

Label: CEDILLE RECORDS

THE SCHUMANN QUARTETS

Dover Quartet

Label: AZICA RECORDS

80. Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

CLAIRIÈRES – SONGS BY LILI & NADIA BOULANGER

Nicholas Phan; Myra Huang, accompanist

Label: AVIE Records

FARINELLI

Cecilia Bartoli; Giovanni Antonini, conductor (Il Giardino Armonico)

Label: DECCA

A LAD’S LOVE

Brian Giebler; Steven McGhee, accompanist (Katie Hyun, Michael Katz, Jessica Meyer, Reginald Mobley & Ben Russell)

Label: BRIDGE RECORDS

SMYTH: THE PRISON

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

WOOLF, L.P.: FIRE AND FLOOD

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

FLOYD, C.: PRINCE OF PLAYERS

Carlisle Floyd, composer (William Boggs, Kate Royal, Keith Phares, Florentine Opera Chorus & Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra)

Label: REFERENCE RECORDINGS

HEARNE, T.: PLACE

Ted Hearne, composer (Ted Hearne, Steven Bradshaw, Sophia Byrd, Josephine Lee, Isaiah Robinson, Sol Ruiz, Ayanna Woods & Place Orchestra)

Label: NEW AMSTERDAM RECORDS

ROUSE: SYMPHONY NO. 5

Christopher Rouse, composer (Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)

Label: NAXOS


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