Analekta wins 4 Fˆ©lix / Analekta rˆ©compensˆ©e par 4 Fˆ©lix
WEBSITE OF THE YEAR AS WELL AS ALBUM OF THE YEAR IN THE CATEGORIES "ORCHESTRA AND LARGE ENSEMBLE", "SOLOIST AND SMALL ENSEMBLE" AND "JAZZ CREATION"
Montreal, October 27, 2009 ’Äì Analekta is proud to announce that it has received 4 Fˆ©lix at the ADISQ Galas, held yesterday in Montreal, including "Website of the year". This brand new site, more convivial, has been entirely designed and programmed by the dynamic team at Motion in Design. Aiming to become the meeting ground for classical music lovers, the Website grants the possibility of accessing and listening to the complete catalogue in streaming. It also includes exclusive videos, the downloadable Analekta Radio and a blog. A forerunner in its domain, Analekta will soon initiate new and important developments that, without a doubt, will maintain analekta.com at the avant-garde of the Canadian musical industry.
Angˆ®le Dubeau & La PietˆÝ were recognized in the category "Classical Album of the Year: Orchestra and Large Ensemble" for the recording of Philip Glass: Portrait, unanimously acclaimed by critics. In addition, this recording has been nominated in the "Sound Recording and Mixing Award" category for the outstanding work of Carl Talbot, the official producer at Analekta. This Fˆ©lix is the eleventh won by Angˆ®le Dubeau for a recording on the Analekta label.
In the category "Album of the Year: Soloist and Small Ensemble", the first collaboration on disc of brothers Alain and David Lefˆ®vre, won a trophy. On this album, they performed sonatas by Cˆ©sar Franck and Guillaume Lekeu and presented the first recording of Andrˆ© Mathieu's Ballade-fantaisie. This Fˆ©lix is the sixth awarded to Alain Lefˆ®vre for his recordings.
Lorraine Desmarais ’Äì Big Band, the tenth recording in the career of Lorraine Desmarais, and the first produced with a big band, has, moreover, been recognized in the category "Jazz Album of the Year ’Äì Jazz Creation". Let's recall that two of the previous Lorraine Desmarais albums ’Äì including Jazz for Christmas, on the Analekta label ’Äì have previously won Fˆ©lix.
The label had received 11 nominations in 7 categories. With these three new awards, ANALEKTA confirms the unique position it holds in the Canadian music market and maintains its standing as one of the most important recording houses in Canada, all categories taken together. ANALEKTA wants to salute the talent of the nominated artists and the excellence of their performances.
¬´ SITE INTERNET DE L'ANNˆâE ¬ª ET ALBUM DE L'ANNˆâE DANS LES CATˆâGORIES ¬´ ORCHESTRE ET GRAND ENSEMBLE ¬ª, ¬´ SOLISTE ET PETIT ENSEMBLE ¬ª ET ¬´ JAZZ CRˆâATION ¬ª
Montrˆ©al, le 27 octobre 2009 ’Äì Analekta est fiˆ®re d'annoncer qu'elle s'est mˆ©ritˆ© 4 Fˆ©lix lors des galas de l'ADISQ tenus hier ˆÝ Montrˆ©al, dont celui de ¬´ Site Internet de l'annˆ©e ¬ª. Ce nouveau site, plus convivial, a ˆ©tˆ© entiˆ®rement redessinˆ© et programmˆ© par la dynamique ˆ©quipe de Motion in Design. Souhaitant devenir un vˆ©ritable rendez-vous des amateurs de musique classique, le site Internet permet l'ˆ©coute intˆ©grale des titres du catalogue en diffusion continue (streaming) et comprend notamment des vidˆ©os exclusives, la Radio Analekta (tˆ©lˆ©chargeable) et un blogue. Analekta poursuivra sur cette lancˆ©e avec de nouveaux dˆ©veloppements particuliˆ®rement importants annoncˆ©s trˆ®s bientˆ¥t, qui maintient analekta.com ˆÝ l'avant-garde de l'industrie musicale canadienne.
Philip Glass : Portrait, album d'Angˆ®le Dubeau & La PietˆÝ saluˆ© unanimement par la critique, a ˆ©tˆ© rˆ©compensˆ© dans la catˆ©gorie ¬´ Album de l'annˆ©e ’Äì Classique / Orchestre et grand ensemble ¬ª. Notons que ce mˆ�me enregistrement ˆ©tait nommˆ© dans la catˆ©gorie ¬´ Prise de son et mixage de l'annˆ©e ¬ª, pour le remarquable travail de Carl Talbot, rˆ©alisateur attitrˆ© d'Analekta. Ce Fˆ©lix est le onziˆ®me remportˆ© par un enregistrement d'Angˆ®le Dubeau sous ˆ©tiquette Analekta.
Dans la catˆ©gorie ¬´ Album de l'annˆ©e ’Äì Classique / Soliste et petit ensemble ¬ª, la premiˆ®re collaboration au disque des frˆ®res Alain et David Lefˆ®vre a remportˆ© le trophˆ©e. Les musiciens interprˆ®tent ici les sonates de Cˆ©sar Franck et de Guillaume Lekeu et prˆ©sentent un tout premier enregistrement de la Ballade-fantaisie d'Andrˆ© Mathieu. Ce Fˆ©lix est le sixiˆ®me ˆÝ rˆ©compenser un enregistrement d'Alain Lefˆ®vre.
Lorraine Desmarais ’Äì Big Band, dixiˆ®me enregistrement en carriˆ®re de Lorraine Desmarais et premier rˆ©alisˆ© avec un big band, a de plus ˆ©tˆ© reconnu dans la catˆ©gorie ¬´ Album de l'annˆ©e ’Äì Jazz crˆ©ation ¬ª. Rappelons que deux des albums prˆ©cˆ©dents de Lorraine Desmarais ’Äì dont Jazz pour Noˆ´l sous ˆ©tiquette Analekta ’Äì ont remportˆ© des Fˆ©lix au gala de l'ADISQ.
Rappelons que l'ˆ©tiquette avait reˆßu onze nominations dans sept catˆ©gories. Avec ces quatre nouveaux prix, ANALEKTA confirme la place unique qu'elle dˆ©tient sur le marchˆ© canadien de la musique et s'affirme comme l'une des plus importantes maisons de disques canadienne, tous genres confondus. ANALEKTA tient ˆÝ saluer le talent des artistes en nomination et la qualitˆ© de leurs interprˆ©tations.
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