Not the Grammy Awards ...

Here for starters are four of the best new classical releases featured On An Overgrown Path in the last twelve months which didn't appear among the Grammy winners, or even the nominations coming to that.
* Douglas Boyd conducting the Manchester Camerata in Erwin Stein's chamber arrangement of Mahler's symphony No. 4 with soprano Kate Royal recorded for enterprising new label Avie which I wrote about in Magnificent Mahler-lite from Manchester

* And to show I do really love Naxos I nominate for a 'Not a Grammy Award' their excellent release of medieval sacred music from the Notre-Dame school featuring works by Leonin and Perotin. The performers are Tonus Peregrinus directed by Antony Pitts, and this noteworthy CD featured in both my Jerry Springer rebel grabs Gramophone accolade and Raindrops are falling on my chant articles. The good news is that although this disc didn't make the Grammys it is the only early music recording shortlisted for the 2006 BBC Music Magazine Awards.
* To complete the journey from medieval to modern there is another release featuring Antony Pitts (below), this time with him both as conductor and composer. Seven Letters is an always topical choral setting of St John’s damning indictment of the depravity of

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