Naxos of America Congratulates Delos Music and the Brazilian Guitar Quartet on Their Latin Grammy(R) Win for Best Classical Album

FRANKLIN, TN--(Marketwire - Nov 11, 2011) - Naxos of America is proud to announce that the Brazilian Guitar Quartet has garnered the 2011 Best Classical Album Latin GRAMMY® for its Delos recording Brazilian Guitar Quartet Plays Villa-Lobos. The Quartet (Everton Gloeden, Gustavo Costa, Tadeu do Amaral, and Luiz Mantovani) acted as artist and producer on the winning recording, which marks the first ever Latin GRAMMY® victory for the BGQ and the Delos label.

"It is wonderful to have this recognition for the BGQ, whose status in Brazil is iconic, both for their consummate arrangements and their dazzling performances. This is BQG's fifth recording with Delos and we consider each to be a masterpiece," said Carol Rosenberger, Delos Music General Director.

Praised by the Washington Post for their "seductive beauty" and "virtuosic gusto," the Brazilian Guitar Quartet (http://www.brazilianguitarquartet.com/) has established itself as one of world's leading guitar ensembles. The group's unique combination of regular six-string and extended-range eight-string guitars allows for the exploration of an original and unusual repertoire. In more than a decade of activity, the BGQ has performed more than 250 concerts in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia, often receiving ecstatic audience responses, garnering rave reviews, and meeting sold-out halls.

The 12th Annual Latin GRAMMY® Award winners were announced on November 10, 2011 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

Called "The Great American Label," Delos (http://delosmusic.com/) was formed in 1973 to give outstanding American artists and composers an international platform. Delos' many awards and honors include the 2001 Grammy for Sound Engineering. This project, the artists, composers, and all involved embody the very essence of Delos.

Headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee, a suburb of Nashville, Naxos of America (http://www.facebook.com/NaxosUSA) is the #1 independent classical music distributor in the U.S. Specializing in state-of-the-art distribution, marketing and promotion, Naxos of America distributes nearly 30,000 SKUs 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 30,000 albums to hundreds of digital download and mobile outlets worldwide.