Cedille Records
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Cedille Records is the independent record label
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
of The
Chicago Classical Recording Foundation.
Company History
In 1989, James GinsburgJames Steven Ginsburg
James Steven Ginsburg is an American music producer. He is the founder, producer and president of Cedille Records, a classical label, which launched in 1989 when Ginsburg was a student at the University of Chicago.-Biography:...
founded Cedille Records, as a
for-profit classical music recording company featuring Chicago-area musicians. It was the first Chicago-based record label directed towards recording local musicians. Ginsburg's vision for Cedille was "to record
local musicians overlooked by the major labels." Cedille Records was,
and remains, the only Chicago-based classical label since Mercury Living Presence
Mercury Records
Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal...
in the 1950s. In 1994, Cedille Records was
transformed into a not-for-profit record label under the umbrella of
The Chicago Classical Recording Foundation. This switch has allowed the label
to pursue more large-scale projects .
Productions
Each year, Cedille Records develops between six and nine new projects. To date, CedilleRecords has released 125 original recordings and is scheduled to
release four more recordings in 2011. Most recently the label has
released "The Pulitzer Project" a CD featuring Chicago's Grant Park Symphony Orchestra
Grant Park Symphony Orchestra
The Grant Park Symphony Orchestra or simply the Grant Park Orchestra is a publicly sponsored symphony orchestra that provides free performances in the Grant Park Music Festival during the summer months in Millennium Park in Chicago, Illinois. Its sister organization is the Grant Park Chorus; the...
which includes two world premier recordings: William
Shuman's
William Schuman
William Howard Schuman was an American composer and music administrator.-Life:Born in Manhattan in New York City to Samuel and Rachel Schuman, Schuman was named after the twenty-seventh U.S. president, William Howard Taft, although his family preferred to call him Bill...
"A Free Song" (Pulitzer 1943) and Leo Sowerby's
Leo Sowerby
Leo Sowerby , American composer and church musician, was the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for music in 1946, and was often called the “Dean of American church music” in the early to mid 20th century.-Biography:...
"Canticle of the Sun" (Pulitzer 1946).
Recognition
Several CD's released on the label have won or been nominated for Grammy AwardsGrammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
. In 2004 Brahms & Joachim Violin Concertos was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical
Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical
The Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording, Classical has been awarded since 1959. The award had several minor name changes:*In 1959 the award was known as Best Engineered Record ...
and in 2005 Robert Kurka Symphonic Works was nominated in the same catetgory. In 2008 the ensemble eighth blackbird
Eighth blackbird
eighth blackbird is a Grammy Award-winning contemporary music sextet based in Chicago. The group derives its name from the eighth stanza of Wallace Stevens' poem Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird...
won the Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance has been awarded since 1959. The award has had several minor name changes:*From 1959 to 1960 the award was known as Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music ...
for their album strange imaginary animals released on Cedille. In the same year, Judith Sherman won the Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Classical
Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Classical
The Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Classical is an honor presented to record producers for quality classical music productions at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards...
for her work with the label. strange imaginary animals was included among her production credits along with Jennifer Koh's
Jennifer Koh
Jennifer Koh is an American violinist, born to Korean parents in Glen Ellyn, IL.Jennifer Koh earned a B.A. in English Literature from Oberlin College, as well as a Performance Diploma from the attached Oberlin Conservatory. She is also a graduate of the Curtis Institute and was silver medalist in...
album String Poetic, which was nominated in the Best Chamber Music Performance category in the same year. In 2009, Ursula Oppens'
Ursula Oppens
Ursula Oppens is an American classical pianist.-Biography:After earning her master's degree from the Juilliard School of Music, Oppens won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in 1968. This win led to her New York City debut at Carnegie Hall in 1969...
CD Oppens Plays Carter was nominated for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)
The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance was awarded from 1959 to 2011. From 1967 to 1971 and in 1987 the award was combined with the award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance and awarded as the Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or...
in 2009. Most of those nominated for Grammy Awards and and an additional 31 albums released on the label have received Classics Today's highest, 10/10, rating.
TV Credits
The song “Nulla in Mundo Pax Sincera” from Cedille's CD A Vivaldi Concert was featured in the documentary Pale Male, an episode of the documentary series "Nature" on PBS.Artists
Artists who have recorded with Cedille Records- Dmitry PapernoDmitry PapernoDmitry Paperno is a Ukrainian concert pianist.Paperno won 6th Prize in the 1955 International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition, and then recorded and performed widely under the Soviet regime. He attended the Moscow Conservatory where he studied under Alexander Goldenweiser. Paperno recordeded...
- Easley Blackwood Jr.Easley Blackwood Jr.Easley Blackwood, , is a professor of music, a concert pianist, a composer of music, some using unusual tunings, and the author of books on music theory, including his research into the properties of microtonal tunings and traditional harmony.Blackwood was born in Indianapolis, Indiana...
- David Schrader
- Kim Scholes
- Rembrandt Chamber Players
- Patrice Michaels
- Georgia and Louise Mangos
- Chicago Symphony OrchestraChicago Symphony OrchestraThe Chicago Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Chicago, Illinois. It is one of the five American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five". Founded in 1891, the Symphony makes its home at Orchestra Hall in Chicago and plays a summer season at the Ravinia Festival...
- Boston Symphony OrchestraBoston Symphony OrchestraThe Boston Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts. It is one of the five American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five". Founded in 1881, the BSO plays most of its concerts at Boston's Symphony Hall and in the summer performs at the Tanglewood Music Center...
- Vermeer QuartetVermeer QuartetThe Vermeer Quartet was a string quartet founded in 1969 at the Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont and active until 2007.With performances in practically every major city in North and South America, Europe, the Far East, and Australia, the Vermeer Quartet achieved an international stature as one of...
- John Bruce YehJohn Bruce YehJohn Bruce Yeh is the acting principal clarinetist and Eb clarinetist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Yeh joined the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1977. He started as solo bass clarinetist and two years later was appointed assistant principal and Eb clarinetist.-External links:*...
- Chicago Chamber Musicians
- Chicago Baroque Ensembles
- Paul Freeman (conductor)Paul Freeman (conductor)Paul Freeman is an African American conductor.Born in Richmond, Virginia, Freeman earned bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees from the Eastman School of Music. A Fulbright Scholarship enabled him to study for two years at the Berlin University of the Arts...
- Rachel Barton PineRachel Barton PineRachel Barton Pine is a violinist from Chicago. Considered a child prodigy at the violin, she started playing at the age of 3 and a half. She played at many renowned venues as a child and teenager...
- Czech National Symphony OrchestraCzech National Symphony OrchestraCzech National Symphony Orchestra is a symphony orchestra in Prague in the Czech Republic. It was established in 1993 by trumpet player Jan Hasenöhrl...
- Joyce CastleJoyce CastleJoyce Castle is an American mezzo-soprano who has had an active opera career for the last four decades. She earned degrees in music from The University of Kansas and the Eastman School of Music. She made her professional opera debut in 1970 at the San Francisco Opera as Siebel in Charles Gounod's...
- Chicago Opera TheaterChicago Opera TheaterThe Chicago Opera Theater is an opera company that was founded as the Chicago Opera Studio in 1974 by Alan Stone to give vocal students performance experience, although it has grown into a professional opera company...
- Encore Chamber Orchestra
- His Majestie's Clerkes
- Patrick Sinozich
- Alex KleinAlex KleinAlex Klein is an oboist who began his musical studies in his native Brazil at the age of nine, and made his solo orchestral debut the following year. At the age of eleven he was invited to join the Camerata Antigua, one of Brazil's foremost chamber ensembles...
- Mary Stolper
- Wendy WarnerWendy WarnerWendy Warner is a cellist from Chicago, Illinois. She performs both as a soloist with major orchestras and as a chamber musician around the world.-Career:...
- Chicago Pro Musica
- Pacifica QuartetPacifica QuartetThe Pacifica Quartet is an internationally recognized string quartet based in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, where they are faculty members at the University of Illinois. Its members are: Simin Ganatra, first violin; Sibbi Bernhardsson, second violin; Masumi Per Rostad, viola; and Brandon Vamos,...
- Nancy GustafsonNancy GustafsonNancy Gustafson is an American opera singer.She received her B.A. from Mount Holyoke College in 1978 and her M.Mus. from Northwestern University...
- Cathy BasrakCathy BasrakCathy Basrak is one of the most prominent young violists today. She was a winner of several important viola competitions such as the 1995 Primrose International Viola Competition, Irving M. Klein Competition, and others. Basrak studied with Michael Tree, Joseph de Pasquale, and Roland and Almita...
- Chicago SinfoniettaChicago SinfoniettaThe Chicago Sinfonietta is an American orchestra based in Chicago, Illinois. The stated mission of the orchestra is to "serve as a national model for inclusiveness and innovation in classical music" and to "help America become a true cultural democracy, in which everyone can share fully in its...
- Prague Chamber Chorus
- Michael TreeMichael TreeMichael Tree is an American violist, born in Newark, New Jersey.-Biography:Michael Tree's principal studies were with Efrem Zimbalist on violin and viola at the Curtis Institute of Music...
- Jennifer KohJennifer KohJennifer Koh is an American violinist, born to Korean parents in Glen Ellyn, IL.Jennifer Koh earned a B.A. in English Literature from Oberlin College, as well as a Performance Diploma from the attached Oberlin Conservatory. She is also a graduate of the Curtis Institute and was silver medalist in...
- Grant Park Orchestra
- New Budapest Orpheum Society
- eighth blackbirdEighth blackbirdeighth blackbird is a Grammy Award-winning contemporary music sextet based in Chicago. The group derives its name from the eighth stanza of Wallace Stevens' poem Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird...
- Amelia Trio
- Recho Uchida
- Jorge Federico Osorio
- Mathieu Dufour
- Charles Pickler
- Gary Stucka
- Scottish Chamber OrchestraScottish Chamber OrchestraThe Scottish Chamber Orchestra is Scotland's national chamber orchestra, based in Edinburgh. One of Scotland’s five National Performing Arts Companies, the SCO performs throughout Scotland, including annual tours of the Scottish Highlands and Islands and South of Scotland. The SCO appears...
- Orion Ensemble
- Elizabeth Buccheri
- Cavatina Duo
- Matthew Hagle
- Trio Settecento
- Biava Quartet
- Lincoln Trio
- William Ferris Chorale
- Composer Festival Orchestra
- Richard Young
- Ricardo CastroRicardo CastroRicardo Castro Herrera was a Mexican concert pianist and composer, considered the last romantic of the time of Porfirio Díaz.- Life :Castro's father, Vicente Castro, was a deputy congressman; his mother was María de Jesús Herrera...
- Jennifer LarmoreJennifer LarmoreJennifer Larmore is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer, noted for coloratura and bel canto.- Career :Jennifer Larmore is an American mezzo-soprano, well known for her versatility, natural beauty and stage craft...
- Royal Philharmonic OrchestraRoyal Philharmonic OrchestraThe Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is a British orchestra based in London. It tours widely, and is sometimes referred to as "Britain's national orchestra"...
- Chicago a cappellaChicago a cappella (ensemble)Based in Chicago, Illinois, Chicago a cappella is a classical vocal ensemble. The group is known for its performance of a wide range of musical styles, from medieval and Renaissance music to contemporary classical compositions, jazz, spirituals, and pop....
- Ursula OppensUrsula OppensUrsula Oppens is an American classical pianist.-Biography:After earning her master's degree from the Juilliard School of Music, Oppens won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in 1968. This win led to her New York City debut at Carnegie Hall in 1969...
- Chicago Children's ChoirChicago children's choirThe Chicago Children's Choir is a choir founded in 1956. It was founded in the neighborhood of Hyde Park in Chicago by the late Rev. Christopher Moore. The choir is located at the Cultural Center at 78 E. Washington Street...
- Baroque Band
- Beethoven Project TrioBeethoven Project TrioThe Beethoven Project Trio is a piano trio that was formed in Chicago in 2008. Its founding members are pianist George Lepauw, violinist Sang Mee Lee and cellist Wendy Warner...
- Jerome LowenthalJerome LowenthalJerome Lowenthal is an American classical pianist. He is a professor of piano at the Juilliard School in New York, where he was also chair of the piano department. Additionally, Lowenthal is on the faculty at Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California.He made his debut at 13 with the...
- Irina Nuzova
- Kuang Hao-Huang
- New Brandenburg Collegium