Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year

Annual award for the best classical music album in Canada

The Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year was introduced in 1977, as recognition each year for the best classical music album in Canada.[1] It was presented until the Juno Awards of 1985, when it was split into separate awards for Large Ensemble and Solo or Chamber Ensemble.

Winners and nominees

Year Winner(s) Album Nominees Ref.
1977 Anton Kuerti Beethoven - Vols. 1,2,& 3
  • Franck and Ravel — Hidetaro Suzuki & Zeyda Ruga-Suzuki
  • Franz Schubert & Johannes Brahms — Gisela Depkat
  • Liona — Liona Boyd
  • Plays J.S. Bach — Pierre Grandmaison
1978 Toronto Symphony Orchestra Three Borodin Symphonies
  • Mendelssoh Quartets Op. 12 & 13 — Orford String Quartet
  • Staryk Plays Kreisler — Steven Staryk and Jane Corwin
  • To Syngen & Pleye — The Toronto Consort
1979 Glenn Gould/Roxolana Roslak Hindemith; Das Marienleben
  • A Baroque Bouquet — Toronto Baroque Trio
  • First Lady of the Guitar — Liona Boyd
  • Janacek Taras Bulba — Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis
  • The Orford String Quartet — Orford String Quartet
1980 Judy Loman/R. Murray Schafer The Crown of Ariadne
1981 Arthur Ozolins Stravinsky - Chopin Ballads
1982 Montreal Symphony Orchestra/Charles Dutoit Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloe (Complete Ballet)
1983 Glenn Gould Bach: The Goldberg Variations
1984 Glenn Gould Brahms: Ballades Op. 10, Rhapsodies Op. 79
  • Andrew Davis Plays the Organ at Roy Thomson Hall — Andrew Davis
  • Brass in BerlinCanadian Brass
  • Sibelius: Symphony #2Toronto Symphony Orchestra with Andrew Davis
  • Viola Nouveau — Rivka Golani-Erdesz

References

  1. ^ "Juno Award winners" (search interface). Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
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1 Due to the rescheduling of the ceremony from late fall to early spring, no ceremony was held in 1988.