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EX MACHINA
ARTIST: DONALD SINTA QUARTET
Virtuosic to the core, the DSQ executes all seven pieces with infectious energy and conviction, which makes the performances seem all the more definitive.
— Textura
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Best Contemporary Classical Composition:
Black by Marc Mellits
Best Engineered Album, Classical:
Eric Wojahn
HER OWN WINGS
ARTIST: THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
...The warmth and clarity of the recording combined with these stunning and nuanced performances makes this a disc to treasure..."
— The Whole Note
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Best Contemporary Classical Composition:
Milagros by Gabriela Lena Frank
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Jesse Lewis
Producer Of The Year, Classical
Jesse Lewis
LIVE FROM NEW YORK, IT’S SYBARITE5
ARTIST: SYBARITE5
New York-based chamber quintet Sybarite5’s latest genre-bending album is irresistible
— Jason Victor Serious, Stereophile
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella:
Alabama by John Coltrane
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella:
Where have all the flowers gone? - Arrangement by Steve Metcalf
Best Contemporary Classical Composition:
NuPac Kanon & Jig by Brandon Ridenour
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Andrew Bove
Producer Of The Year, Classical
Louis Levitt
RING OUT
ARTIST: JESSICA MEYER
...knife-edge anticipation opens on to unexpected, often ecstatic musical realms, always with a personal touch and imaginatively written for the instruments.
— Laurence Vittes, Gramophone
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Best Contemporary Classical Composition:
Ring Out, Wild Bells (featuring Roomful of Teeth) by Jessica Meyer
Best Engineered Album, Classical: Ryan Streber, Charles Mueller, Jesse Lewis, Bruce Odland
Producer Of The Year, Classical
Jessica Meyer, Louis Levitt
FIVE THOUGHTS ON EVERYTHING
ARTIST: JOBINA TINNEMANS
She’s a brilliant avant-garde composer…
— Adam Walton, BBC Sounds
Best Instrumental, Contemporary
IF THE NIGHT GROWS DARK
ARTIST: CAMILLE ZAMORA
Throughout the impeccably engineered album, the two artists make magic with their honestly straight forward approach to the music.
— Rafael’s Music Notes
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Marlan Barry
Producer Of The Year, Classical
Camille Zamora, Marlon Barry, Kabir Sehgal
FORWARD MUSIC PROJECT 1.0
ARTIST: AMANDA GOOKIN
The joy of transmitting knowledge is perceptible
— Seth Colter Walls, The New York Times
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Dam Mwen Yo by Nathalie Joachim
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Garth MacAleavey and Mike Tierney
Producer Of The Year, Classical
Amanda Gookin, Louis Levitt
WALLS OF TIME
ARTIST: MIKE BLOCK
What sets this recording apart...is that Block is kind to the music and beyond that, he captures its spirit even in settings far removed from the originals.
— Rambles
Best Folk Album
STEP INTO THE VOID
ARTIST: MIKE BLOCK
I’ve rarely heard the Suite No 6 Prelude’s earthy lilt unfold to Block’s supple degree
— Jed Distler, Gramophone Magazine
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Dan Cardinal
Producer Of The Year, Classical
Mike Block, Michael Unterman, Louis Levitt
GUZO
ARTIST: MIKE BLOCK
GUZO, which combines elements of North African, Middle Eastern and Persian musical traditions, will be Block’s third album, in three different genres, in less than one year.
— Adriana Chavez, Vacancy
Best World Music Album
IT’S TIME TO DANCE