2008 Grammys to Shimmer

January 23, 2008

Stars will gather at the 50th Annual Grammys after all. Striking Hollywood writers have decided not to picket the upcoming awards. In an email to its members, The Writers Guild, West stated its voters had decided not to picket the Grammys because members of the American Federation of Musicians “face many of the same issues concerning compensation in new media.” (Read the full article here.) Here’s a full listing of classical Grammy nominees: Best Classical Album (Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s) if other than the Artist.) Cherubini: Missa Solemnis In E Riccardo Muti, conductor; Wilhelm Meister, producer; Klemens Kamp, engineer/mixer (Ildar Abdrazakov, Herbert Lippert, Marianna Pizzolato & Ruth Ziesak; Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks) [EMI Classics] Grechaninov: Passion Week Charles Bruffy, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer; John Newton, engineer/mixer; Jonathan Cooper, mastering engineer (Kansas City Chorale & Phoenix Bach Choir) [Chandos] Homage: The Age Of The Diva Renée Fleming; David Frost, producer; Mike Hatch, Wolf-Dieter Karwatky & Richard King, engineers/mixers (Valery Gergiev; Orchestra Of The Mariinsky Theatre) [Decca Records] Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs Lorraine Hunt Lieberson; Dirk Sobotka, producer; Mark Donahue & John Newton, engineers/mixers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (James Levine; Boston Symphony Orchestra) [Nonesuch Records] Tower: Made In America Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Tim Handley, producer; Tim Handley, engineer/mixer (Nashville Symphony) [Naxos] Best Orchestral Performance (Award to the Conductor and to the Orchestra.) Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 Osmo Vänskä, conductor (Minnesota Orchestra) [BIS Records] Shostakovich: The Golden Age José Serebrier, conductor (Royal Scottish National Orchestra) [Naxos] Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic) [Deutsche Grammophon] Tower: Made In America Leonard Slatkin, conductor (Nashville Symphony) [Naxos] Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5, Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis, Serenade To Music Robert Spano, conductor (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra) [Telarc] Best Opera Recording (Award to the Conductor, Album Producer(s) and Principal Soloists.) Albéniz: Pepita Jiménez José De Eusebio, conductor; Enrique Baquerizo, Carlos Chausson, Plácido Domingo, Jane Henschel & Carol Vaness; Michael Haas, producer (Orquesta Y Coro De La Comunidad De Madrid) [Deutsche Grammophon] Donizetti: Dom Sébastien, Roi De Portugal Mark Elder, conductor; Carmelo Corrado Caruso, Giuseppe Filianoti, Vesselina Kasarova, Simon Keenlyside & Alastair Miles; Patric Schmid, producer (The Royal Opera Chorus; The Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden) [Opera Rara] Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor; Rebecca Evans, Jane Henschel & Jennifer Larmore; Brian Couzens, producer (Sarah Coppen, Diana Montague & Sarah Tynan; New London Children’s Choir; Philharmonia Orchestra) [Chandos Opera In English] Lully: Thésée Paul O´Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Howard Crook, Ellen Hargis, Laura Pudwell & Harry Van Der Kamp; Renate Wolter-Seevers, producer (Boston Early Music Festival Chorus; Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra) [CPO] Verdi: La Traviata Zubin Mehta, conductor; Piotr Beczala, Paolo Gavanelli & Anja Harteros; Andreas Caemmerer & Felix Gargerle, producers (Choir Of The Bavarian State Opera; Bavarian State Orchestra) [Farao Classics] Best Choral Performance (Award to the Choral Conductor, and to the Orchestra Conductor if an Orchestra is on the recording, and to the Choral Director or Chorus Master if applicable.) Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem Simon Rattle, conductor; Simon Halsey, chorus master (Thomas Quasthoff & Dorothea Röschmann; Rundfunkchor Berlin; Berliner Philharmoniker) [EMI Classics] Cherubini: Missa Solemnis In E Riccardo Muti, conductor; Peter Dijkstra, chorus master (Ildar Abdrazakov, Herbert Lippert, Marianna Pizzolato & Ruth Ziesak; Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks) [EMI Classics] Grechaninov: Passion Week Charles Bruffy, conductor (Kansas City Chorale & Phoenix Bach Choir) [Chandos] Penderecki: Symphony No. 7 ‘Seven Gates Of Jerusalem’ Antoni Wit, conductor; Henryk Wojnarowski, chorus master (Boris Carmeli, Ewa Marciniec, Aga Mikolaj, Wieslaw Ochman, Olga Pasichnyk & Romuald Tesarowicz; Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir; Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra) [Naxos] Schönberg: Gurrelieder Michael Gielen, conductor; Howard Arman & Michael Gläser, choir directors (Melanie Diener, Ralf Lukas, Yvonne Naef, Andreas Schmidt, Gerhard Siegel & Robert Dean Smith; Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks & MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig; SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden Und Freiburg) [Haenssler Classic] Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra) (Award to the Instrumental Soloist(s) and to the Conductor.) Barber/Korngold/Walton: Violin Concertos Bramwell Tovey, conductor; James Ehnes (Vancouver Symphony Orchestra) [CBC Records] Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 4 Christoph Eschenbach, conductor; Lang Lang (Orchestre De Paris) [Deutsche Grammophon] Nielsen: Clarinet & Flute Concertos Simon Rattle, conductor; Sabine Meyer & Emmanuel Pahud (Berliner Philharmoniker) [EMI Classics] Rózsa: Violin Concerto, Op. 24 Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor; Anastasia Khitruk (Russian Philharmonic Orchestra) Track from: Rózsa: Violin Concerto, Sinfonia Concertante [Naxos] Tchaikovsky/Saint-Saëns/Ginastera Ari Rasilainen, conductor; Sol Gabetta (Münchner Rundfunkorchester) [RCA Red Seal] Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra) (Award to the Instrumental Soloist.) Beethoven Sonatas, Vol. 3 Garrick Ohlsson [Bridge Records, Inc.] Haydn: Piano Sonatas Marc-André Hamelin [Hyperion] Louisiana – A Pianist’s Journey Kenneth Boulton [Cambria Master Recordings] Solo Piazzolla Manuel Barrueco [Tonar] 20th Century Piano Sonatas Allison Brewster Franzetti [Naxos] Best Chamber Music Performance (Award to the Artists.) On The Threshold Of Hope Artists Of The Royal Conservatory Ensemble (Richard Margison, Joaquin Valdepeñas & Diane Werner) [RCA Red Seal] Saint-Saëns/Poulenc/Devienne/Milhaud Oleg Maisenberg & Sabine Meyer [EMI Classics] Strange Imaginary Animals Eighth Blackbird [Cedille Records] Tchaikovsky: Three String Quartets, Souvenir De Florence Ying Quartet (James Dunham & Paul Katz) [Telarc] 30 Songs Of The Russian People Joseph Banowetz & Alton Chung Ming Chan Track from: Balakirev And Russian Folksong [Toccata Classics] Best Small Ensemble Performance (Award to the Ensemble (and to the Conductor.)) Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Swiss Baroque Soloists [Naxos] Bridges – Eddie Daniels Plays The Music Of Frank Proto Frank Proto, conductor; Eddie Daniels; Ensemble Sans Frontière [Red Mark] Mahler: Das Lied Von Der Erde Kenneth Slowik, conductor; The Smithsonian Chamber Players & Santa Fe Pro Musica [Dorian Recordings/ Sono Luminus] Music For Compline Stile Antico [Harmonia Mundi] Stravinsky: Apollo, Concerto In D; Prokofiev: 20 Visions Fugitives Yuri Bashmet, conductor; Moscow Soloists [Onyx Classics] Best Classical Vocal Performance (Award to the Vocal Soloist(s).) Gitano – Zarzuela Arias Rolando Villazón (Plácido Domingo; Orquesta De La Comunidad De Madrid) [Virgin Classics] Homage: The Age Of The Diva Renée Fleming (Valery Gergiev; Orchestra Of The Mariinsky Theatre) [Decca Records] Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (James Levine; Boston Symphony Orchestra) [Nonesuch Records] Russian Album Anna Netrebko (Valery Gergiev; Orchestra Of The Mariinsky Theatre) [Deutsche Grammophon] Sea Pictures, Op. 37 Sarah Connolly (Simon Wright; Bournemouth Symphony Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra) Track from: Elgar: Sea Pictures [Naxos] Best Classical Contemporary Composition (A Composer’s Award. (For a contemporary classical composition composed within the last 25 years, and released for the first time during the Eligibility Year.)) Amargós: Northern Concerto Joan Albert Amargós (Lan Shui, conductor; Danish National Symphony Orchestra/DR) Track from: Movements – Michala Petri Plays Amargós/Börtz/Stucky [OUR Recordings] Chesky: Concerto For Bassoon And Orchestra David Chesky (Rossen Gergov, conductor; Symphony Orchestra Of Norrlands Opera) Track from: Urban Concertos [Chesky Records] Higdon: Zaka Jennifer Higdon (Eighth Blackbird) Track from: Strange Imaginary Animals [Cedille Records] Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs Peter Lieberson (James Levine, conductor; Boston Symphony Orchestra) [Nonesuch] Made In America Joan Tower (Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Nashville Symphony Orchestra) Track from: Tower: Made In America [Naxos] Best Classical Crossover Album (Award to the Artist(s) and/or to the Conductor.) The Jazz Album – Watch What Happens Thomas Quasthoff [Deutsche Grammophon] A Love Supreme: The Legacy Of John Coltrane Turtle Island Quartet [Telarc] Spirit Of The Season Craig Jessop & Mack Wilberg, conductors (Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Orchestra At Temple Square) [Mormon Tabernacle Choir] Whirled Chamber Music Quartet San Francisco [Violinjazz Recordings] Wolfgang’s Big Night Out Brian Setzer (The Brian Setzer Orchestra) [Surfdog Records] Best Engineered Album, Classical (An Engineer’s Award. Artist names appear in parentheses.) Garden Of Dreams Keith O. Johnson, engineer (Jerry Junkin & Dallas Wind Symphony) [Reference Recordings] Grechaninov: Passion Week John Newton, engineer (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Bach Choir & Kansas City Chorale) [Chandos] Nielsen: Clarinet & Flute Concertos Arne Akselberg & Tobias Lehmann, engineers (Sabine Meyer, Emmanuel Pahud & Simon Rattle) [EMI Classics] Spirit Of The Season Bruce Leek, Fred Vogler & Trent Walker, engineers (Craig Jessop, Mack Wilberg & Mormon Tabernacle Choir) [Mormon Tabernacle Choir] Strauss: Don Juan, Death And Transfiguration Lawrence Rock, engineer (Lorin Maazel & New York Philharmonic) [Deutsche Grammophon] Producer Of The Year, Classical (A Producer’s Award. Artist names appear in parentheses.) Blanton Alspaugh • Eternal Rest: Mäntyjärvi, Ticheli, Martin, Clausen (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Bach Choir & Kansas City Chorale) • Grechaninov: Passion Week (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Bach Choir & Kansas City Chorale) • The Harrington String Quartet: Daniel McCarthy (The Harrington String Quartet) • Hartke: The Greater Good (Stewart Robertson & Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra) • Rider On The Plains: Cello Concertos By Virgil Thomson And Charles Fussell (Emmanuel Feldman) John Fraser • Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2, Scherzos (Simon Trpceski) • Great Handel (Ian Bostridge) • Kate Royal (Kate Royal) • Krommer/Spohr: Clarinet Concertos (Julian Bliss, Sabine Meyer & Kenneth Sillito) • Schubert: Piano Sonata D958, Lieder, Fragments (Leif Ove Andsnes & Ian Bostridge) Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin • Balakirev And Russian Folksong (Joseph Banowetz) • Louisiana – A Pianist’s Journey (Kenneth Boulton) • Piano Impromptus (Jungran Kim Khwarg) • 20th Century Piano Sonatas (Allison Brewster Franzetti) Judith Sherman • American Virtuosa: Tribute To Maud Powell (Rachel Barton Pine & Matthew Hagle) • From Barrelhouse To Broadway: The Musical Odyssey Of Joe Jordan (Rick Benjamin & The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra) • Górecki: String Quartet No. 3 ‘…Songs Are Sung’ (Kronos Quartet) • Strange Imaginary Animals (Eighth Blackbird) • Tchaikovsky: Three String Quartets, Souvenir De Florence (Ying Quartet) Robina G. Young • As Steals The Morn…Handel Arias & Scenes For Tenor (Mark Padmore, Andrew Manze & The English Concert) • Bach, CPE: Symphonies 1-4, Cello Concerto (Andrew Manze & The English Concert) • Brahms: Variations (Olga Kern) • Music For Compline (Stile Antico) • Stockhausen: Stimmung (Paul Hillier & Theatre Of Voices)