The 2020 JUNO Award Nominations have been announced today, flooding social media with hopefuls expressing their appreciation for making the cut.
Spanning Classical’s four categories, the biggest story is the Montreal Symphony Orchestra’s two nominations in the Classical Album of the year/large ensemble category for Chopin: Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 with Charles Richard-Hamelin, and The John Adams Album. Jan Lisiecki with Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, National Arts Centre Orchestra, and Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal with Yannick Nézet-Séguin are also nominated.
The Solo/Chamber classical album of year nominees includes an eclectic list of both familiar names and rising young talent with James Ehnes, Marina Thibeault & Marie-Ève Scarfone, harpist Angela Schwarzkopf and Ensemble Paramirabo, as well as Montreal mainstays Quatuor Molinari.
Following last year’s nearly all-female dominated classical music composition category, the names remain oddly familiar: Ana Sokolović (last year’s winner), Bekah Simms and Vincent Ho (both nominated last year). The only two composers new to the category are Jared Miller, and Rose Bolton, each earning nods.
In the vocal category, the competition is particularly fierce with a mix of strong choirs and soloists: Chor Leoni Men’s Choir, Ottawa Bach Choir, Gerald Finley, Peter Barrett, Martha Guth, Allyson McHardy, Helen Becqué, and Philippe Sly with Le Chimera Project.
For a list of the complete nominations, visit here.
Classical Album of the Year: Solo or Chamber
• Angela Schwarzkopf, Detach
• Ensemble Paramirabo, Alone & Unalone
• James Ehnes, Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Op. 12
• Marina Thibeault and Marie-Ève Scarfone, Elles
• Quatuor Molinari, John Zorn: Cat O’Nine Tails, The Dead Man, Memento Mori & Kol Nidre
Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble
• Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra/Orchestre du Centre National Des Arts du Canada, conducted by Alexander Shelley, The Bound of our Dreams
• Jan Lisiecki with Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos
• Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Sibelius 1
• Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conducted by Kent Nagano, The John Adams Album
• Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conducted by Kent Nagano feat. Charles Richard-Hamelin, Chopin: Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral
• Chor Leoni Men’s Choir, When There is Peace: An Armistice Oratorio
• Gerald Finley, Schubert: Schwanengesang; Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge
• Ottawa Bach Choir, conducted by Lisette Canton, Handel: Dixit Dominus; Bach & Schutz: Motets
• Peter Barrett, Martha Guth, Allyson McHardy, Helen Becqué, Summer Night
• Philippe Sly with Le Chimera Project, Schubert: Winterreise
Classical Composition of the Year
• Ana Sokolović, Evta
• Bekah Simms, Everything is… Distorted
• Jared Miller, Under Sea, Above Sky
• Rose Bolton, The Coming of Sobs
• Vincent Ho, Kickin’ It 2.0
The music industry will celebrate its own at the awards ceremony scheduled for March 15 at SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, at 8 p.m. ET.
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