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THE SCOOP | The Toronto Symphony Orchestra Wins A JUNO For Finest Classical Album (Massive Ensemble)


Gustavo Gimeno conducts the Toronto Symphony Orchestra with soloists pianist Marc-André Hamelin and French ondes Martenot participant Nathalie Neglect (Picture courtesy of the TSO)

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra has taken dwelling JUNO {hardware} for his or her album Turangalîla-Symphonie. Recorded stay in Roy Thomson Corridor, the album options Messiaen’s Turangalîla-Symphonie carried out by the TSO carried out by Gustavo Gimeno, with soloists Marc-André Hamelin and French ondes Martenot participant Nathalie Neglect.

The discharge was the primary within the TSO’s multi-year association with Harmonia Mundi data, and likewise the orchestra’s first recording with Gimeno as Music Director.

The win was introduced on the 54th Annual JUNO Awards Gala held in Vancouver, BC, on Saturday, March 29, 2025.

L-R: Inuk soprano and composer Deantha Edmonds (Photo courtesy of the artist); Montreal string ensemble collectif9 (Photo courtesy of the artists); mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo (Photo courtesy of the artist)
L-R: Inuk soprano and composer Deantha Edmonds (Picture courtesy of the artist); Montreal string ensemble collectif9 (Picture courtesy of the artists); mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo (Picture courtesy of the artist)

Classical JUNOs

There are 4 JUNO classes that pertain particularly to Western classical music.

The opposite albums and artists nominated for Classical album of the 12 months (giant ensemble) Embrace:

  • Ispiciwin, Luminous Voices
  • Alikeness, Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra Sinfonia, carried out by Mark Fewer that includes Aiyun
    Huang, Deantha Edmunds and Mark Fewer
  • Sibelius 2 & 5, Orchestre Métropolitain, carried out by Yannick Nézet-Séguin
  • Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande & Verklärte Nacht, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, carried out by Rafael Payare

Mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo’s album Freezing wins within the class Classical album of the 12 months (solo artist). The discharge blurs the traces between genres that embrace classical and folks music, together with works by Glass, Russell, Purcell, Newman, C. Livingston, R. Clarke, and others.

Different nominees for Classical album of the 12 months (solo artist):

  • Signature, Philip Glass, Angèle Dubeau
  • Messiaen, Barbara Hannigan
  • Butterfly Lightning Shakes the Earth, India Gailey
  • Williams Violin Concerto No. 1; Bernstein Serenade, James Ehnes

Montreal string ensemble collectif9 takes dwelling the statue Classical album of the 12 months (small ensemble) for his or her album Rituæls. With music that spans the centuries from the Center Ages to the twenty first century, the ensemble describes the discharge as “an inventive and non secular expertise”.

Different nominess for Classical album of the 12 months (small ensemble)”

  • Recognized To Dreamers: Black Voices in Canadian Artwork Tune, Canadian Artwork Tune Venture
  • East is East, Infusion Baroque
  • Marie Hubert: Fille du Roy, Karina Gauvin
  • Kevin Lau: Underneath a Veil of Stars, St. John–Mercer–Park Trio

Inuk soprano/composer Deantha Edmunds made historical past as the primary Indigenous lady to win the JUNO Award for Classical composition of the 12 months for her piece Angmalukisaa. The composition, whose title means “spherical” in Inuktut, is a track cycle that she recorded with Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra Sinfonia, carried out by Mark Fewer.

Different nominees for Classical composition of the 12 months:

  • The fog in our poise, Gabriel Dharmoo
  • L’écoute du perdu : III. « Voix jetées », Keiko Devaux
  • Darkish Flower, Linda Catlin Smith
  • String Quartet No. 4 “Bugs and Machines,” Vivian Fung

The JUNO Awards

The JUNO Awards have been hosted by singer Michael Bublé, and occurred over the weekend in Vancouver, with the printed on March 30 from Rogers Area.

The largest winner was pop star and Calgary native Tate McRae, who obtained 4 awards, together with Artist of the 12 months , Single of the 12 months for her track “Exes”, and each Album and Pop Album of the 12 months for her album Assume Later.

Congratulations to the TSO, and all the opposite winners and nominees.

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