Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year – Small Ensemble explained
The Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year - Small Ensemble is an annual Canadian music award, presented by the Juno Awards to honour classical music recordings by small classical ensembles, such as chamber orchestras or collaborations between individual performers.
It was presented for the first time at the Juno Awards of 2022, as a split of the former category for Classical Album of the Year – Solo or Chamber Ensemble into separate awards for small ensembles and soloists. The category for Classical Album of the Year – Vocal or Choral Performance was also concurrently discontinued.
Winners and nominees
| Year | Winner | Album | Nominees | Ref. |
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| 2022 | Andrew Wan and Charles Richard-Hamelin | Beethoven: Sonates pour violon et piano / Violin Sonatas Nos. 1, 2, 3 & 5 | - Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà, Immersion
- ARC Ensemble, Klebanov: Chamber Works
- Collectif9, No Time for Chamber Music
- Standing Wave, 20C Remix
| [1] |
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| 2023 | Elinor Frey and Rosa Barocca, conducted by Claude Lapalme | Early Italian Cello Concertos | - ARC Ensemble, Hemsi: Chamber Works
- Andrew Balfour and Musica Intima, Nagamo
- Collectif9, Vagues et ombres
- Suzie LeBlanc, Marie Nadeau-Tremblay, Vincent Lauzer and Sylvain Bergeron, De la cour de Louis XIV à Shippagan! Chants traditionnels acadiens et airs de cour du XVIIe siècle
| [2] |
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| 2024 | Constantinople | Il Ponte di Leonardo | - Andrew Armstrong and James Ehnes, Mythes
- Les Barocudas, Basta parlare!
- Cheng² Duo, Portrait
- Angèle Dubeau and La Pietà Analekta, Portrait: Alex Baranowski
| [3] | |
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Notes and References
- Holly Gordon, "Here are all the 2022 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, May 14, 2022.
- Jenna Benchetrit and Arti Patel, "The Weeknd picks up 4 wins on Junos 2023 opening night". CBC News, March 11, 2023.
- https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/juno-awards-2024-full-list-winners-1.7149545 "Junos 2024: full list of winners"
