Legendary Blues Artist John Hammond Jr. begins his Australian tour at Ruby's Lounge in Belgrave, Victoria on Thursday, November 3, 2011. John Hammond Jr. is a 2011 Blues Hall of fame inductee, Blues Music Award winner 2011, 2004, 2003 for best acoustic artist of the year, 2002 for Best Acoustic Album for his Tom Waits produced Wicked Grin and 1985 Grammy award winner, John Hammond Jr, is arguably the best exponent of acoustic blues guitar in the world. His music career spans nearly 50 years, has released over 30 albums, scoring a soundtrack along the way, (Little Big Man - starring Dustin Hoffman) and the freight train, that is John Hammond Jr., keeps barrelling along. “He's a great force of nature. John sounds like a big train coming. He chops them all down.” - Tom Waits Hammond has earned the respect of many blues legends like John Lee Hooker, Roosevelt Sykes, Duane Allman, Robbie Robertson, and Charlie Musselwhite, all of whom have contributed their musical talents to Hammond's records. He is the only musician to boast having Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton in his band at the same time - even if it was only for a short time. John plays solo and acoustic; a National Steel, Guild 12-String and Stubbs 6-String guitars and harmonica. “John Hammond is a master… a virtuoso, a conjurer… a modernist… he's in a very small circle of men with a guitar and a harmonica. Jimmy Reed, Howlin' Wolf, Bob Dylan. The guitar is an orchestra.” - T Bone Burnett
Multichannel Hybrid SACD John Hammond Rough & Tough  [SACD346] 
  RR-120SACD ~ BRITTEN'S ORCHESTRA Kansas City Symphony Michael Stern, conducting Received the Award in Category 94. Best Surround Sound Album. For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only. Producer David Frost also Received the Award in Category 96. Producer Of The Year, Classical
RR-120SACD ~ BRITTEN'S ORCHESTRA Kansas City Symphony Michael Stern, conducting Nominated in Category 94. Best Surround Sound Album. For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only. Producer David Frost has also been Nominated in Category 96. Producer Of The Year, Classical The Grammy® Awards will be anounced February 13, 2011 
 DSL-90911 ~ QUINCY PORTER: COMPLETE VIOLA WORKS Leslie Ann Jones, Kory Kruckenberg & David Sabee, engineers (Eliesha Nelson & John McLaughlin Williams) Nominated in Category 95. Best Engineered Album, Classical Category 101. Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra) Category 103. Best Chamber Music Performance 
DSL-92115 ~ MARC' ANTONIO E CLEOPATRA  DSL-92106 ~ 20th CENTURY HARP SONATAS Sarah Schuster Ericsson Nominated in Category 102. Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra) 
DSL-92116 ~ R GNATTALI: SOLO & CHAMBER WORKS FOR GUITAR The Grammy® Awards will be anounced February 13, 2011
Six of the CDs listed for Ledin & Ledin were released by Dorian / Sono-Luminus.  DSL-92101 • Dave Brubeck: Songs Of Praise (Lynne Morrow, Richard Grant, Quartet San Francisco & The Pacific Mozart Ensemble)  DSL-92102 • Cascade Of Roses: A Piano Bouquet DSL-92116 • Radames Gnattali: Solo and Chamber Works for Guitar (Marc Regnier)  DSL-92103 • If I Were a Bird: A Piano Aviary DSL-90911 • Quincy Porter: Complete Viola Works Viola Works (Eliesha Nelson & John McLaughlin Williams) DSL-92106 • 20th Century Harp Sonatas The Grammy® Awards will be anounced February 13, 2011 October 1, 2010, Melbourne 
Opus 3 artists The Swedish Jazz Kings, also known as The Tomas Örnberg Blue Five, accompanied by British trombone legend Roy Williams toured Australia during October and featured at the Wangaratta Jazz Festival.
Two of their most successful albums
 CD 22101 [ Hybrid SACD ] A Selection from Tomas Örnberg's Blue Five & The Swedish Jazz Kings CD 22013 
Conductor Sir Charles Mackerras dies at the age of 84.Born November 17, 1925; died July 14, 2010 Everyone at Linn Records is very sad at the news of the passing of Sir Charles Mackerras. Although it was known that he was ill, he took a very sudden turn for the worse and his death came as a shock, especially given his joie de vivre and love for life. Even at 84 he had immense personal charisma and endless energy. Although we had enjoyed his performances for many years before, Linn Records' professional association with Sir Charles began in 2002 with the recording of the Mozart Requiem with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. This was the beginning of a musical adventure everyone at Linn Records would all enjoy. December 7, 2009, New York
A recent Chesky Records release has been nominated for a GRAMMY® AWARD.The 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held on “GRAMMY Sunday,” January 31, 2010, at Staples Center in Los Angeles.  Rough & Tough (SACD 346) featuring John Hammond has been nominated in the Best Traditional Blues Album category 
Two recent releases from 2L Records have been nominated for a GRAMMY® AWARD.The 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held on “GRAMMY Sunday,” January 31, 2010, at Staples Center in Los Angeles. 
 FLUTE MYSTERY (2L58SABD) featuring the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy with soloists Emily & Catherine Beynon has been nominated in the Best Surround Sound Album category. TREBLE & BASS (2L59SACD) with Trondheim Symphony Orchestra and Marianne Thorsen envelope the listener in a Nordic mood of orchestral surround sound has also been nominated in the Best Surround Sound Album category. Both recordings feature music by Norwegian composers. October 3, 2009, London 
All at NMC Recordings are thrilled with the announcement that the “NMC Songbook” has been awarded the 2009 Classic FM Gramophone Award in the 'Contemporary' catagory. To mark its 20th Anniversary in 2009 NMC Recordings commissioned the NMC Songbook. Nearly 100 composers, ranging from the country's most highly regarded figures to the younger generation of emerging talents, have each written a song, loosely themed on 'Britain' and scored for single voice or duet and a range of accompanying instruments.
Linn Records is thrilled to announce that the shortlist has been announced for the 2009 Classic FM Gramophone Awards and there is success for two Linn artists: Dunedin Consort and Retrospect Trio.Gramophone considers this year's selection of recordings to be “one of the strongest of all.” 
 The Dunedin Consort have been shortlisted in the 'Baroque Vocal' category for “Acis and Galatea (Original Cannons Performing Version 1718).” CKD 319 Retrospect Trio are shortlisted in the 'Baroque Instrumental' category for their debut album “Henry Purcell: Ten Sonatas in Four Parts,” which marks the 350th birthday of Henry Purcell. CKD 332 The final selections will be announced in the Awards issue of Gramophone Magazine, on sale on early in October.
NMC Recordings is delighted to announce that the “NMC Songbook” has been shortlisted for the 2009 Classic FM Gramophone Award in the 'Contemporary' catagory.To mark its 20th Anniversary in 2009 NMC Recordings commissioned the NMC Songbook. Nearly 100 composers, ranging from the country's most highly regarded figures to the younger generation of emerging talents, have each written a song, loosely themed on 'Britain' and scored for single voice or duet and a range of accompanying instruments. 
ATMA Classique recording artist, conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, returned to Australia to conduct the Sydney Symphony Orchestra from August 12 until August 22, 2009. Maestro Nézet-Séguin and the SSO presentied 4 concerts of Haydn’s Military Symphony with Bruckner’s Third Symphony. Then they presented 3 concerts of Saint-Saëns' “Organ” Symphony with Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto. Maestro Nézet-Séguin, who is the Music Director of the Rotterdam Philharmonic, has a number of very popular recordings released on ATMA Classique, including Saint-Saëns' “Organ” Symphony 
 SACD2 2331 SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No.3 “Organ Symphony” + works by GUILMANT, VIERNE & WIDOR Philippe Bélanger, ORGUE | ORGAN Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand, Montréal SACD2 2512 
 SACD2 2514 BRUCKNER: Symphony N° 9 Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand, Montréal SACD2 2549 
 ACD2 2306 GUSTAV MAHLER: Symphony No. 4 Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand, Montréal, Karina Gauvin - SOPRANO ACD2 2294 
 ACD2 2324 KURT WEILL Diane Dufresne CHANTEUSE | SINGER, Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand, Montréal ACD2 2327 
 ACD2 2326 F. J. HAYDN: Arianna a Naxos and works by Mozart & Beethoven David DQ Lee - COUNTERTENOR, Yannick Nézet-Séguin - PIANO ACD2 2289
 ABC Classic FM selected Dorian / Sono-Luminus recording titled Adio España by popular early music ensemble The Baltimore Consort as the CD of The Week from July 13 until July 17, 2009. (DSL-90901)
Linn Records is thrilled to announce that 'Mozart Symphonies 38 - 41' by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Sir Charles Mackerras has won the Critics' Award at the 2009 Classical BRIT Awards. Whilst both Linn Records and the SCO celebrate their first nomination and win, the Classical BRIT Awards celebrate their 10th year.
 For the Critics' Award, which was decided by a panel of distinguished media figures, 'Mozart Symphonies 38 - 41' won against some exceptional competition. Sir Charles Mackerras was also nominated in the Male Artist of the Year category. As an independent record label this recognition is extremely valuable to Linn Records. Linn Records offers music lovers the ultimate musical experience: perfect sound and beautiful packaging combined with award-winning performances. The greatest care goes into the sound reproduction to recreate the live music experience in the comfort of your own home.
Congratulations to Linn Records, The Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Sir Charles Mackerras on being awarded the BBC Music Magazine Award 2009 for Best Orchestral Recording of the year.
 We are thrilled to report that Linn Records' acclaimed recording of Mozart Symphonies 38, 39, 40 & 41 featuring The Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras has been awarded the prize for best Orchestral Recording at the BBC Music Magazine Awards 2009. 
Virtuoso Canadian Viola da Gamba duo, Les Voix Humaines, visited Australia during April.
Congratulations to Linn Records, The Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Sir Charles Mackerras on winning a Midem Classical Award.
 We are thrilled to report that Linn Records' acclaimed recording of Mozart Symphonies 38, 39, 40 & 41 featuring The Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras has been awarded the prize for best Symphonic Works Award at the Midem Classical Awards 2009.
2L RECORDING DIVERTIMENTI HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR THREE GRAMMYTM AWARDS - (2L50SABD)- Best Surround Sound Album - Best Engineered Album - Best Small Ensemble Performance 
Recording producer and balance engineers Morten Lindberg and Hans Peter L'Orange have been nominated in the category for Best Surround Sound Album.Recording producer and balance engineers Morten Lindberg and Hans Peter L'Orange have also been nominated in the category for Best Engineered Album. Trondheim Solistene has been nominated in the category for Best Small Ensemble Performance. This is the first time a Norwegian CD has been nominated in three categories. Only two Norwegian performers - Leif Ove Andsnes and Truls Mørk - have been nominated before for GRAMMY awards, and only Truls Mørk has actually received one. The prize for best sound production in surround was awarded for the first time in 2006. 2L (Lindberg Lyd) was also in 2006 nominated for their Surround Sound work with IMMORTAL NYSTEDT (2L29SACD). The 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held on February 8, 2009, at Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast live in high-definition TV and 5.1 surround sound on CBS. 
“These GRAMMY nominations are a strong motivation for us to further explore the extreme possibilities of surround sound. There is no method available today to reproduce the exact perception of attending a live performance. That leaves us with the art of illusion when it comes to recording music. As recording engineers and producers we need to do exactly the same as any good musician; interpret the music and the composer's intentions and adapt to the media where we perform.” - Morten Lindberg.
DORIAN/SONO-LUMINUS RECORDING OF MUSIC WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY LUTE VIRTUOSO RON McFARLANE NOMINATED FOR A GRAMMYTM AWARD - (DSL-90701) 
“Dorian / Sono Luminus is very proud to announce that world renowned American lute player Ronn McFarlane has been nominated for a Grammy Award as announced by the Recording Academy. McFarlane’s album Indigo Road has been nominated in the Best Classical Crossover Album category.McFarlane has devoted himself to reviving the original tradition of lute composers where historically the lute player and the composer of music were one and the same by composing original, modern works for this age-old instrument. The 51st Annual Grammy Awards are to be held on February 8, 2009, at Staples Center in Los Angeles.” - Dan Shores, Sono Luminus 
FIRST IMPRESSION MUSIC RECORDING OF SOLO GUZHENG PLAYED BY WEI LI IS NOMINATED FOR A GRAMMYTM AWARD - (FIM K2 HD 076) 
FIM album Red Cliff Capriccio, featuring virtuoso guzheng soloist Wei Li has been nominated for a GRAMMYTM Award in the Best Instrumental Soloist Performance category.“I never thought that this year would be even more special for FIM. It is because one of our albums: 'Red Cliff Capriccio' (FIM K2 HD 076), a guzheng solo, has been given a 2009 Grammy Nomination for the Best Instrumental Soloist Performance! In other words, if we can win, we shall have our first Grammy Award! 
As it is, it is already a great honor and recognition to receive a Grammy Nomination, please share our joy. The result will be made known at the Grammy Awards Ceremony on February 8.”Winston Ma - First Impression Music
ABC Classic FM selected ATMA Classique recording Schubert: Winerreisse by young German tenor Christophe Prégardien with accordionist Joseph Petric and wind quintet Pentaèdre as CD of The Week from November 24 until November 30, 2008. (ACD2 2546)
ABC Classic FM selected Dorian/Sono Luminus recording titled Crazy by popular and controversial early music quartet I Furiosi as CD of The Week from November 17 until November 23, 2008. (DSL-90802)
NMC Recordings CD Body Mandala, music composed by Jonathan Harvey, has been selected
as the winner in the Contemporary Music section of the 2008 Classic FM - Gramophone Awards
Linn Records disc of James Gilchrist performing songs of Ralph Vaughan Williams titled On Wenlock Edge has been selected as a
finalist in the solo vocal catagory of The Classic FM - Gramophone Awards 2008
NMC Recordings CD Body Mandala, music composed by Jonathan Harvey, has been selected
as a finalist in the Contemporary Music section of the 2008 Classic FM - Gramophone Awards
Linn Records recording of the Dunedin Consort performing J.S. Bach's Matthew Passion has been selected by ABC Classic FM as CD of The Week beginning June 2
Four ATMA Classique recordings receive Juno Award® nominations.The Juno Awards are presented annually by The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) to recognize the best in the Canadian recording industry. ATMA Classique recordings and artists were nominated for four of the top honours, which will be announced at a gala event in Calgary on April 6, 2008. 
R. Murray Schafer's Letters from Mignon
La MerDebussy • Britten • Mercure Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal Yannick Nézet-Séguin SACD2 2549 Handel: Water Music 
Dietrich Buxtehude's cantata Membra Jesu nostri
Congratulations to Linn Records and the Dunedin Consort on winning a Midem Award.
We are thrilled to report that Linn Records' successful and celebrated recording of Handel's Messiah (Dublin Version, 1742) has been awarded the prize for best Baroque Music reording at the Midem Classical Awards 2008. 
Composer, Arranger, Producer and Record Label Executive, David Chesky has been nominated for a Grammy Award® in Category 107, Best Classical Contemporary Composition for the recording of his Concerto For Bassoon And Orchestra performed by the Symphony Orchestra Of Norrlands Opera conducted by Rossen Gergov. The nominated work is on the recent release from Chesky Records titled Urban Concertos (SACD326). This is a Composer's Award for a contemporary classical composition composed within the last 25 years, and released for the first time during the Eligibility Year. The 50th Grammy Award® winners will be announced in Hollywood on February 10, 2008.
Reference Recordings engineer Keith O. Johnson has been nominated for a Grammy Award® in Category 96, Best Engineered Album, Classical. The nomination is for his recent recording of Jerry Junkin conducting the Dallas Wind Symphony titled Garden Of Dreams. (RR-108CD) This is an Engineer's Award. The 50th Grammy Award® winners will be announced in Hollywood on February 10, 2008. 
The Dorian Recordings CD featuring The Smithsonian Chamber Players & Santa Fe Pro Musica conducted by Kenneth Slowik with John Elwes, tenor and Russel Braun, baritone performing Arnold Schönberg's chamber arrangement of Mahler's Das Lied Von Der Erde has been nominated for a Grammy Award® in Category 105, Best Small Ensemble Performance. (DOR-90322) This is an Award to The Ensemble and the Conductor. The 50th Grammy Award® winners will be announced in Hollywood on February 10, 2008.
Beginning on December 10, 2007 the new Baltimore Consort CD,Gut Wind and Wire, featured on ABC Classic FM as their CD of the Week. (DSL-90601)
Beginning on November 12, 2007 the new CD from Ronn McFarlane and ensemble, titled Indigo Road, featured on ABC Classic FM as their CD of the Week. (DSL-90701)
Success for the Dunedin Consort at the Gramophone Awards! Linn Records is thrilled to announce the Dunedin Consort's highly acclaimed recording, Messiah (CKD 285), has won the baroque vocal category at the Classic FM Gramophone Awards 2007. This is the first time the Dunedin Consort, and the first time Linn Records have been presented with this prestigious honour. Achieving the award in spite of such tough competition is a fantastic achievement both for the group and Linn Records. Following the album's release in November 2006 critics hailed it as “the Messiah of choice”, elevating this historically informed recording to monumental status. John Butt, director of the Dunedin Consort, said, “I'm absolutely delighted that this recording has been so well received. There was always a risk in trying to recreate something of the spirit of a specific performance, with some unusual versions and a balance of soloists and chorus quite unlike most recordings of Messiah. But we were exceptionally fortunate in having our very best performers and, of course, the superlative sound and production of Linn. In all, a tribute to all those supporters who thought it worth sponsoring this recording - their generous hunch has certainly paid off.” The Dunedin Consort recording of Bach's St Matthew Passion is due for release in Easter 2008. This recording promises to be as memorable as their version of Messiah.
BARB JUNGRFEATURE VOCALIST ON LINN RECORDS RETURNS TO AUSTRALIA After her very successful performances at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival in June, 2006 Barb Jungr returned to Australia for an East Coast tour. Barb appeared in - Sydney - Thursday 13 Sept at The Basement Blue Mountains - Friday 14 Sept at The Clarendon Adelaide - Saturday 15 Sept at The Space Melbourne - Tuesday 18 Sept at Manchester Lane Gold Coast - Friday 21 Sept at The Sound Lounge Brisbane - Saturday 22 Sept at Judith Wright Centre Coffs Harbour - Tuesday 25 at The Jetty Theatre Kincumber - Thursday 27 at Lizotte's Brunswick - Friday 28 at Don't Tell Tom Canberra - Saturday 29 at Tilley's Devine Café Sydney - Tuesday 02 Oct at The Basement There are six fine recordings on LINN RECORDS featuring the amazing talents of Ms. Jungr 
 Walking in the Sun AKD 283 Love Me Tender
AKD 255 
 Every Grain of Sand: Songs of Bob Dylan AKD 230 Waterloo Sunset
AKD 222 
 Chanson: The Space in Between AKD 129 Girl Talk
With - Mari Wilson & Claire Martin AKD 279
ATMA Classique recording artist, conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin returned to Australia to conduct the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. They presented Mahler's 6th Symphony on July 4, 5, 6 & 7.Maestro Nézet-Séguin was recently appointed as Music Director of the Rotterdam Philharmonic, beginning in the fall of 2008. Maestro Nézet-Séguin has a number of very popular recordings released on ATMA Classique, including a volume of Mahler.
ACD2 2306GUSTAV MAHLER: Symphony No. 4 Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand, Montréal, Karina Gauvin - SOPRANO ACD2 2294
 SACD2 2512 BRUCKNER: Symphony N° 7 Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand, Montréal ALCD2 1036
SACD2 2331SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No.3 “Organ Symphony” + works by GUILMANT, VIERNE & WIDOR Philippe Bélanger, ORGUE | ORGAN Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand, Montréal ACD2 2324
ACD2 2326 F. J. HAYDN: Arianna a Naxos and works by Mozart & Beethoven David DQ Lee - COUNTERTENOR, Yannick Nézet-Séguin - PIANO ACD2 2327 ACD2 2289 CONVERSATIONS Alain Trudel - TROMBONE, Yannick Nézet-Séguin - PIANO BUCH, KREISLER, GLIÈRE, BRAHMS …
ATMA Classique recording artist, Marc Destrubé, performed as guest director and soloist with the Australian Brandenburg OrchestraCity Recital Hall, Angel Place, Sydney at 7pm Fri 11, Sat 12, Wed 16, Fri 18, Sat 19 May & Matinee Saturday 19 May at 2pm Arriaga: Overture to the opera Los Esclavos Felices Mozart: Andante from Piano Concerto No 21 in C major, K467 Mendelssohn: Sinfonia No 7 in D minor Schubert: Rondo in A major, D 438 Beethoven: Symphony No 1 in C major, Op 21 
ACD2 2287HAYDN - Concertos G, C, A Marc Destrubé - VIOLON / VIOLIN Pacific Baroque Orchestra ACD2 2241
ATMA Classique recording recieves a Juno Award.  A Juno Award for best classical album by a solo performer or chamber ensemble to PIAZZOLLA featuring Les Violon du Roy conducted by Jean-Marie Zeitouni. SACD2 2399
ATMA Classique recording awarded a Diapason d'Or.
Volume IV of the Complete Concerts a deux violes esgales by Sainte-Colombe recorded by Les Voix humaines has been awarded a Diapason d'Or.
ACD2 2278
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