Cedille Records () is the

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of the Chicago Classical Recording Foundation.

History

In 1989, James Ginsburg, the son of

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, founded Cedille Records as a for-profit classical music recording company featuring Chicago-area musicians. Ginsburg's vision for Cedille was "to record local musicians overlooked by the major labels." Cedille is the only Chicago-based classical label since Mercury Living Presence in the 1950s. In 1994, Cedille was transformed into a not-for-profit record label under the umbrella of the Chicago Classical Recording Foundation. The label's releases included ''The Pulitzer Project'', an album featuring Chicago's

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which includes two world premier recordings: William Schuman's " A Free Song" (Pulitzer 1943) and Leo Sowerby's "

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" (Pulitzer 1946).

Awards and honors

Several CDs released on the label have won or been nominated for

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s. In 2004 ''Brahms & Joachim Violin Concertos'' was nominated for the

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and in 2005 ''Robert Kurka Symphonic Works'' was nominated in the same category. In 2008 the ensemble eighth blackbird won the

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for their album ''strange imaginary animals''. In the same year, Judith Sherman won the

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for her work with the label. ''strange imaginary animals'' was included among her production credits along with Jennifer Koh's album ''String Poetic'', which was nominated in the Best Chamber Music Performance category in the same year. In 2009, Ursula Oppens' album ''Oppens Plays Carter'' was nominated for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra) in 2009. Most of those nominated for Grammy Awards and an additional thirty-one albums released on the label have received Classics Today's highest rating, 10/10. The song "Nulla in Mundo Pax Sincera" from ''A Vivaldi Concert'' was featured in the documentary ''Pale Male'', an episode of the documentary series ''Nature'' on PBS.

Roster

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* Easley Blackwood, Jr. *

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* Kim Scholes * Rembrandt Chamber Players * Patrice Michaels * Georgia Mangos and Louise Mangos *

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* Vermeer Quartet * John Bruce Yeh * Chicago Chamber Musicians * Chicago Baroque Ensembles * Paul Freeman * Rachel Barton Pine * Czech National Symphony Orchestra *

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* Encore Chamber Orchestra * His Majestie's Clerkes * Patrick Sinozich * Alex Klein * Mary Stolper *

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* Chicago Pro Musica * Pacifica Quartet * Nancy Gustafson * Cathy Basrak *

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* Prague Chamber Chorus * Gaudete Brass Quintet * Michael Tree *

Jennifer Koh Jennifer Koh (born 1976) is an American violinist, born to Korean parents in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. Life and career Koh earned a B.A. in English Literature from Oberlin College, as well as a Performance Diploma from the attached Oberlin Conserva ...

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* New Budapest Orpheum Society * eighth blackbird * Amelia Trio * Recho Uchida * Jorge Federico Osorio * Mathieu Dufour * Charles Pickler * Gary Stucka *

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* Orion Ensemble * Elizabeth Buccheri * Cavatina Duo * Matthew Hagle * Trio Settecento * Biava Quartet * Lincoln Trio * William Ferris Chorale * Composer Festival Orchestra * Richard Young * Ricardo Castro *

Jennifer Larmore Jennifer Larmore (born June 21, 1958) is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer, particularly noted for her performances in coloratura and bel canto roles which she has performed in the world's major opera houses.Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Lau ...

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* Chicago a cappella * Ursula Oppens *

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* Baroque Band * Beethoven Project Trio *

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* Irina Nuzova * Kuang Hao-Huang * New Brandenburg Collegium

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Awards and honors

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