PARMA Recordings is honored to announce that OCHRE from The Crossing and Navona Records has won the GRAMMY® Award for Best Choral Performance at the 67th Annual GRAMMY® Awards. This prestigious recognition follows the album’s nomination in November 2024 and marks another milestone in the ongoing collaboration between The Crossing and PARMA Recordings’ Navona Records label.
Named Musical America’s 2024 Ensemble of The Year, The Crossing has released 18 albums with PARMA, beginning in 2009 with VESPERS. Four of The Crossing’s Navona Records releases have been nominated, and OCHRE comes as the second GRAMMY® award-winning album from the pair.
About OCHRE
Released in July 2024, OCHRE is a bold and timely artistic statement, featuring new works by three of today’s most visionary composers. The album showcases The Crossing’s fearless virtuosity, from the intricate textures of George Lewis, to the quiet, earth-inspired contemplation of Caroline Shaw, to Ayanna Woods’ powerful call for a better world.
Topical, timely, and forward-looking, these performances of the 24-voice ensemble led by conductor Donald Nally demonstrate why Gramophone recently observed the group’s ability to “sustain long lines, clarify layers of dense counterpoint and pinpoint the expressive intent of every detail, however minute or cataclysmic.”
Listen to OCHRE
Experience OCHRE and explore The Crossing’s full catalog on Navona Records: navonarecords.com/catalog/nv6643/#listen
