Artists From Naxos and the Naxos of America Family of Distributed Labels Nominated for Three Latin Grammy(R) Awards

FRANKLIN, TN--(Marketwire - Sep 15, 2011) - Nominations for the 12th Annual Latin GRAMMY® Awards were announced today at a press conference at the Avalon in Hollywood, CA. Among them were artists and producers from three Naxos and Naxos of America distributed label recordings in the Best Classical Album category: José Serebrier's Naxos recording of his Symphony No. 1, performed by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and conducted by the composer himself (8559648; Phil Rowlands, producer), The Brazilian Guitar Quartet Plays Villa-Lobos on Delos which is performed and produced by the quartet (DE 3409), and Villa-Lobos Trio Plays Heitor Villa-Lobos, Astor Piazzolla and Lucio Bruno-Videla on the Oehms Classics label (OC 776; Markus Wallner, producer).

The Latin GRAMMY® Awards are set to be announced on November 10 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. The ceremony will be broadcast live on the Univision Network from 8 - 11 p.m. ET/PT (7 p.m. Central).

BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM NOMINATIONS

Serebrier: Symphony No. 1 / Nueve / Violin Concerto, "Winter"
Artists: Simon Callow, Gary Karr, Philippe Quint, Bournemouth Symphony and Chorus, José Serebrier
Producer: Phil Rowlands
Naxos 8559648
636943964828

Piazzolla, Bruno-Videla, Villa-Lobos
Artists: Villa-Lobos Trio
Producer: Markus Wallner
Oehms Classics OC 776
4260034867765

Brazilian Guitar Quartet plays Villa-Lobos
Artists and Producers: Brazilian Guitar Quartet
Delos DE 3409
013491340920

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