Orchestras Canada

Congratulations to all of the nominees in the Juno Awards Classical categories this year – and particular kudos to the winners for 2012:

Classical Album of the Year:  Solo or Chamber Ensemble
Marc-André Hamelin, Liszt Piano Sonata (Hyperion)

Classical Album of the Year: Large ensemble or soloist(s) with large ensemble accompaniment
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal with Alexandre Da Costa, Fire and Blood (ATMA)

Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral Performance
Jane Archibald & the Orchestre symphonique Bienne, led by Thomas Rössner, Haydn Arias (Naxos)

Classical Composition of the Year
Derek Charke: Sepia Fragments (CMC/Naxos)

Early last week, the nominations for this year’s Juno Awards (to be presented in Ottawa, March 26-31) were announced. We were delighted to see so many Canadian orchestras – along with the soloists and composers who enliven their seasons – honoured in the assorted classical categories.

Our particular congratulations to the following nominees:

Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment:

Alexandre Da Costa/Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Acacia Classics*Universal
Daugherty : Fire and Blood
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Orchestre Métropolitain ATMA*Naxos
Bruckner 4
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Orchestre Métropolitain ATMA*Naxos
Florent Schmidt- La tragédie de salomé

Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral Performance:

Marie-Josée Lord; Orchestre Métropolitain; Giuseppe Pietraroia ATMA*Naxos
Marie-Josée Lord
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra & Daniel Taylor Analekta*Select
J.S. Bach: Cantatas 70 & 154; Concerto 1060; Orchestral Suite No. 2

Classical Composition of the Year:

Jeffrey Ryan Naxos
Equilateral (recorded by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Bramwell Tovey)

For a complete list of nominations, please visit junoawards.ca.

Earlier this week, the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for this year’s 40th Anniversary Juno Awards, to be presented in Toronto March 27. Once again, many of our members and friends were recognized. Here’s the round-up.

Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble

• Janina Fialkowska and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, led by Bramwell Tovey: Chopin Piano Concertos (ATMA*Naxos)
• Les Violons du Roy, led by Bernard Labadie: Bonbons (ATMA*Naxos)

Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral Performance

• Karina Gauvin (with Les Violons du Roy, led by Jean-Marie Zeitouni): Britten- Les Illuminations (ATMA*Naxos)

Classical Composition of the Year

• Nominations included the Centrediscs/CMC recording of Three Concerti by Larysa Kuzmenko.

Our hearty congratulations to the following classical music Juno Award winners for 2010

Classical Album of the Year, Solo or Chamber Ensemble: Joel Quarrington, Joel Quarrington: Garden Scene.
Classical Album of the Year, Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment: Alain Lefèvre andLondon Mozart Players, Mathieu, Shostakovich, Mendelssohn: Concertino & Concertos.
Classical Album of the Year, Vocal or Choral Performance: Adrianne Pieczonka, Adrianne Pieczonka sings Puccini.
Classical Composition of the Year: Marjan Mozetich, Lament in the Trampled Garden.

Hearty, if belated congratulations to the Orchestras Canada members whose recordings have been nominated for Juno Awards this year!  The nominations were announced March 3, and the awards will be presented during Juno week, April 12-18 in St. John’s, Newfoundland.

In the Classical Album of the Year, Large Ensemble or soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment category, we salute OC members
Les Violons du Roy – Bartok
Louis Lortie and Orchestre symphonique de Québec - Mendelssohn – Piano Concertos 1 & 2 – Symphony No. 5
National Youth Orchestra of Canada – Selections From the 2009 National Tour
Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Orchestre Métropolitain - Bruckner Symphony No. 8

In the Classical Album of the Year:  Solo or Chamber Ensemble, we honour
I Musici de Montreal – Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence, Quartet No. 1

And, in the Classical Composition of the Year category, we recognize the nomination of Rob Teehan‘s Dreams of Flying, recorded by the National Youth Orchestra of Canada.

For more information on the Juno Awards, you can visit the website here.