2023 Juno nominations in classical and jazz

The nominees for the 52nd Juno Awards were announced earlier this morning.

Returning to the Alberta capital for the first time in nearly two decades, the Juno Awards will be handed out on Monday, March 13, 2023. 

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (LARGE ENSEMBLE) 

• Clara – Robert – Johannes: Lyrical Echoes Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra
• Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 Ensemble Caprice, Ensemble Vocal Arts-Quebec, 
• Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen – Arvo Pärt: Symphonie No. 4, “Los Angeles” I Musici de Montréal
• Viola Borealis Orchestre de l’Agora, conducted by Nicolas Ellis, featuring Marina Thibeault 
• Radiant Dawn: Music for Advent and Christmas The Elora Singers

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SMALL ENSEMBLE)

• Nagamo Andrew Balfour and musica intima
• Hemsi: Chamber Works ARC Ensemble
• Vagues et ombres collectif9 
• Early Italian Cello Concertos Elinor Frey and Rosa Barocca
• De la cour de Louis XIV à Shippagan! Chants traditionnels acadiens et airs de cour du XVIIe siècle Suzie LeBlanc, Marie Nadeau-Tremblay, Vincent Lauzer, and Sylvain Bergeron

CLASSICAL COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR

• An Overall Augmented Sense of Well-being Anthony Tan
• Bestiary I & II Bekah Simms
• The Black Fish Keyan Emami
• Prayers for Ruins Nicole Lizée 
• Supervillain Études Vincent Ho 

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SOLO ARTIST)

• Winner of the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition Warsaw 2021 Bruce Liu 
• Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1 David Jalbert
• La Zingarella: Through Romany Songland Isabel Bayrakdarian
• Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin James Ehnes
• Fables Philip Chiu 

INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR

• Canadiana Canadian Brass
• Everything Was Forever Until It Was No More Esmerine
• Iguana Hard Rubber Orchestra 
• aubades Jean-Michel Blais 
• Lionheart Stephan Moccio 

VOCAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR

• Featuring Caity Gyorgy
• blue Diana Panton
• Venez donc chez moi Laura Anglade and Sam Kirmayer J
• Nikki By Starlight Nikki Yanofsky 
• The Ostara Project The Ostara Project 

JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SOLO) 

• Joy Ernesto Cervini 
• A Little Louder Now Lauren Falls
• El Tinajon Luis Deniz 
• Rumba Rafael Zaldivar 
• Kinds of Love Renee Rosnes

JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR (GROUP)

• Semantics Andrew Rathbun Quintet 
• Talk Memory BADBADNOTGOOD 
• The History of Us Carn Davidson 9 
• Desert Bloom Florian Hoefner Trio
• The Dragon’s Tail Mark Kelso & the Jazz Exiles