Naxos of America Celebrates GRAMMY(R) Nominations for 21 Labels in Its Distribution Family

FRANKLIN, TN--(Marketwired - Dec 5, 2014) - On December 5, 2014, artists, engineers, and composers from the Naxos of America distribution family were honored with 30 GRAMMY® nominations on 21 labels including: Naxos, 2L, ASO Media, Azica, BIS, Cantaloupe Music, Cedille, Chandos, CPO, CSO Resound, Delos, Erato, Haenssler Classic, Linn, Naïve, NMC, Opus Arte, Reference Recordings, Seattle Symphony Media, Sono Luminus, and Whaling City Sound. 

The honors for these artists appeared in the categories of: Best Improvised Jazz Solo, Best Engineered Album Classical, Best Orchestral Performance, Best Opera Recording, Best Choral Performance, Best Classical Instrumental Solo, Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance, Best Classical Solo Vocal Album, Best Contemporary Classical Composition, Best Classical Compendium, and Best Surround Sound Album.

The 57th Annual GRAMMY® Awards will be announced on February 8^th, 2015 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. A full list of Naxos of America nominees with album details will also be posted at https://www.facebook.com/NaxosUSA.

In addition to being an award-winning classical label, Naxos of America is the #1 independent classical music distributor in the U.S. and Canada. Specializing in state-of-the-art distribution, marketing and promotion, Naxos of America distributes nearly 50,000 titles on CD and DVD to traditional brick and mortar retail, as well as offering a comprehensive suite of services tailored to consumer direct fulfillment. Naxos of America is also the largest digital distributor of independent classical music, supplying a catalog of over 50,000 albums to hundreds of digital download and mobile outlets worldwide. Naxos of America offers marketing, e-marketing, publicity, e-publicity, physical and digital e-commerce services, licensing opportunities, streaming services, sales and customer service for all new releases and active catalog titles of Naxos Records and more than 400 distributed labels.