ad tendo

ARTIST: SIMONE PORTER
BBC Music: ★★★★★
Porter is completely secure in the technical demands of the music, and also has an unerring sense of pacing, so that nothing outstays its welcome.
— BBC Music
Category
Eric Wojahn

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ADORATION

ARTIST: ALAN PIERSON, THE CHOIR OF TRINITY WALL STREET, SILVANA QUARTET
“Few operas arrive with such a fierce sense of purpose … MISSING is strongly anchored in well-drawn characters — in an entrancing and highly accomplished piece with a distinctive atmosphere resonating from an ancient, mystical world view.”
— Gramophone
Category
Stuff

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as we are

ARTIST: POIESIS QUARTET, NANCY MAULTSBY
”Their debut recording sees the four players completely confident in themselves and the music they’re performing.”
— Cleveland Classical
Category
Stuff

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AUDACITY (LIVE)

ARTIST: SHANE SHANAHAN
Audacity is a conversation…between the musicians on stage, between the musicians and the audience…all unique voices exchanging ideas and emotions.”
— Celtic Life International
Category
Stuff

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FIVE THOUGHTS ON EVERYTHING

ARTIST: JOBINA TINNEMANS
She’s a brilliant avant-garde composer…
— Adam Walton, BBC Sounds
Best Instrumental, Contemporary

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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IT’S TIME TO DANCE

ARTIST: MIKE BLOCK

Best Pop Vocal Album

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