FYC
BEST CLASSICAL SOLO VOCAL ALBUM
Natalie Raybould; Mikel Toms, conductor (Members of Brno Philharmonic Orchestra)
BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, CLASSICAL
Jaroslav Zouhar, engineer; David V.R. Bowles, mastering engineer (Natalie Raybould, Mikel Toms & Members Of The Brno Philharmonic Orchestra)
SYMON CLARKE—
SONGS FOR THE LAST ACT
BEST CHAMBER MUSIC/SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
David Abraham; Mikey Arbulu; Yijia Fang; Nave Graham; Scott Jackson; Hu Jianbing; Matthew Umphreys
BEST CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSITION
Falling Air, Douglas Knehans
BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, CLASSICAL
Adam Abeshouse, engineer (Nave Graham, Mikey Arbulu, David Abraham, Matthew Umphreys, Scott Jackson, Yijia Fang & Hu Jianbing)
“As the most electrifying piece on the program, [Knehans’s] Falling Air meets the requirement of sounding absolutely original and drawing in the listener with its immediate appeal. In addition the recorded sound is completely satisfying and realistic.”
Warmly recommended.” ****
FANFARE MAGAZINE (Huntley Dent)
KNEHANS-SMALDONE—
DOUBLE PORTRAIT
BEST OPERA RECORDING
Douglas Knehans; Antonis Pratsinakis; Judith Weusten
BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, CLASSICAL
Greg Gurr, engineer; Silas Brown, mastering engineer (Judith Weusten, Antonis Pratsinakis & Douglas Knehans)
“An astonishingly visceral Winterreise for the 21st century,… This is what contemporary opera should be like.”
FANFARE MAGAZINE (Colin Clarke)
DOUBLE GOLD MEDAL WINNER—GLOBAL MUSIC AWARDS