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Volume 5, Number 1
Wednesday, January 9, 2002
IN THIS ISSUE: Starting off with a Bang
Awards are handed out, new releases line the shelves, and new friends are made all over the world. It looks to be a phenomenal year at Sony Classical.
CLASSICAL NEWS
CROSSOVER NEWS
SOUNDTRACK NEWS
COMING NEXT WEEK
CONTESTS
CLASSICAL NEWS
12 Grammy Nominations for Sony Classical!!
Congratulations to the following Sony Classical artists
and participants for their well-deserved Grammy
nominations:
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
Terence Blanchard - Let's Get Lost
Best Musical Show Album
The Producers
Best Score Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
Chocolat - music by Rachel Portman
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Planet of the Apes
Best Song Written For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
Jorge Calandrelli, Tan Dun, and James Schamus for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, "A Love Before Time"
Best Instrumental Composition
Tan Dun for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, "The Eternal Vow"
Best Instrumental Arrangement
Béla Fleck & Edgar Meyer for Perpetual Motion: Claude Debussy "Dr. Gradus Ad Parnassum"
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Richard King for West Side Story Suite
Best Classical Crossover Album
Joshua Bell: West Side Story Suite
Béla Fleck: Perpetual Motion
Best Long Form Music Video
Mel Brooks, Peter Gelb & Susan Froemke for Recording The Producers: A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks
Billboard "The Year In Music" 2001: Sony Classical wins 7 out of 11
It has been a spectacular year for Sony Classical
music! Billboard magazine has ranked
Sony Classical as the top musical contributor of
2001 in 7 out of their 11 categories!
Top Classical Crossover Artists
Charlotte Church
Top Classical Crossover Albums
Charlotte Church: Dream A Dream
Sony Classical also named as best in the following categories:
Top Classical Crossover Imprints
Top Classical Crossover Labels
Top Combined Classical Imprints
Top Combined Classical Labels
Top Combined Classical Distributors
NEW RELEASE: Il Trovatore - Salvatore Licitra
Salvatore Licitra is quickly becoming the most
acclaimed Italian tenor of his generation. Pick up his
new recording of Il Trovatore with Riccardo Muti
live from Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy, and
discover this new exciting tenor for yourself.
Visit the site.
Hilary Hahn's Tour Postcards: Germany and Belgium
"...the day we arrived in Brussels, Natalie and I
rehearsed in the large hall of the Brussels
Conservatory - the same hall where Eugene Ysaÿe,
the great Belgian violinist who taught my teacher,
Jascha Brodsky, used to give concerts. It was an
awe-inspiring experience to be on that stage and
think of that history..." Read more about Hilary Hahn's
adventures through Hannover, Hamburg, Berlin and
Brussels in her postcards from the road.
HilaryHahn.com
Classic Yo-Yo Radio Show
Listen to an exclusive interview with Yo-Yo Ma!!
Yo-YoMa.com
Mark O'Connor Updates
This coming weekend, Mark O'Connor and his
music will be featured on the American Routes
Winter program on Public Radio International.
Find out more information at AmericanRoutes.org.
One of Mark's 6 caprices on video can be viewed
on the classical Website Andante.
Click here to view it for free,
and also learn more about the entire collection of 6 at Mark-Oconnor.com.
"Transformation as Creative Process" is an exhibit
featured at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts. The exhibit takes a look at the
diverse meanings of transformation in musical
composition and performance, and features examples
such as variations on the "Star Spangled Banner",
specifically Mark O'Connor's version from the
Midnight on the Water album.
To learn more about the exhibit go here,
and for more information about the album featured,
go here.
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CROSSOVER NEWS
NEW RELEASE: My Life Belongs to You - Ronan Tynan
Ronan Tynan, one of the renowned Irish
Tenors, makes his solo debut with the
Release of My Life Belongs to You. Visit the
site to sample the album and learn more about
the amazing life of this Irish troubadour, who
performed several times during the 2001 World
Series.
"...his pure tenor...in 'God Bless America' (is)
one of the best recorded versions of the song
since Irving Berlin penned it."
-- New York Post, January 2002
Visit the site.
Billy Joel: Classical vs. Pop
If you missed it the first time, listen to Billy Joel's
in-depth interview with Susan Stamberg of NPR
where he discusses his love of classical music, his
heartbreaking composition for his daughter and
his thoughts on his struggles to be more than just
The Piano Man.
Listen to the Interview.
For more information on his best-selling
classical album Fantasies & Delusions,
visit his official site: BillyJoel.com.
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SOUNDTRACK NEWS
NEW RELEASE: Iris Soundtrack - Horner/Bell
Iris - a film about the passionate loves and life of
brilliant writer Iris Murdoch, features a gorgeous
score composed by Academy Award winner
James Horner (Titanic,
Enemy at the Gates) and
violin solos by Grammy-winning virtuoso Joshua Bell.
Sample it here: IrisSoundtrack.com.
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COMING NEXT WEEK
American Journey - The Official 2002 Winter Games Album - John Williams
The new album from John Williams features the
Official Theme of the 2002 Winter Olympics,
"Call of the Champions," 14 never-before-released
tracks, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and the Utah
Symphony. Come back next week to sample the
album, download the Ecard, and gain access to other
exclusive 2002 Winter Olympic information.
It Started with a Dream - Cy Coleman
Celebrate New York with the music of legendary
songwriter Cy Coleman. Coleman sings and plays
his greatest songs for the first time on CD! The album
features "Witchcraft," "The Best is Yet to Come," a
duet with Lillias White on "It Started with a
Dream," and an exclusive performance of "The Colors
of My Life" by Tony Bennett. Stay tuned for the
album site.
Cristal: Glass Music through the Ages - Linda Ronstadt
Co-produced and featuring ten-time Grammy winner
Linda Ronstadt, this album features everything from Irish
Lullabies to Mozart and Scarlatti all performed on glass
instruments. With Dennis James and the Emerson String
Quartet.
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CONTESTS
And the Winner is...
The winner of the ENTIRE Yo-Yo Ma CD collection
from Sony Classical, as well as several prizewinners,
has been selected. Is it you? Sony Classical will
be contacting the prize recipients shortly.
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