Two Montreal SO Discs Ruled Un-Canadian By Junos

The recordings, under OSM music director Kent Nagano, are of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde (on Sony) and Unsuk Chin’s Violin Concerto (on the Montreal-based label Analekta); both use German soloists. Says a Juno spokesman, “We understand that the OSM is Canadian. But it was in the Soloist with Large Ensemble Accompaniment (category), so the focus is on the soloist. And the soloist, not being Canadian, can’t qualify.”