The Classical Grammies

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The Classical Grammies Feb 11, 2019 1:58:43 GMT

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Post by mikef6 on Feb 11, 2019 1:58:43 GMT

Not all Grammy awards are presented at the televised ceremony that is airing as I write this. Some categories like classical, folk, world music, etc. have the winning recordings simply announced by press release about the time the TV show is starting. Here is a list of the classical winners for 2018 (2019 ceremony):

(Personal note: I am happy that the Steve Jobs opera won. This work had its world premiere last summer at the world opera destination, The Santa Fe Opera Festival. I moved to New Mexico going on 4 years ago and consider this a home town win.)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

WINNER: Laurie Anderson : Landfall – Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet

• Prism 1 Beethoven, Shostakovich & Bach – The Danish String Quartet

• Blueprinting – Aizuri Quartet

• Stravinsky : The Rite of String Concerto for Two Pianos – Leif Ove Andsnes & Marc-Andre Hamelin

• Vision and Variations – A Far Cry

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

WINNER: Kernis Violin Concerto – James Ehnes, Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony

• Bartok Piano Concerto No. 2 – Yuja Wang, Simon Rattle & Berlin Philharmonic

• Biber : The Mystery Sonatas – Christina Day Martinson, Martin Pearlman & Boston Baroque

• Bruch : Scottish Fantasy, Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor – Joshua Bell & The Academy of St. Martins in the Fields

• Glass : Three Pieces in the Shape of a Square – Craig Morris

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

WINNER: Kernis Violin Concerto – Aaron Jay Kernis, James Ehnes, Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony

• Bates : The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs – Mason Bates, Mark Campbell, Michael Christie, Garrett Sorenson, Wei Wu, Sasha Cooke, Edwards Parks, Jessica E. Jones & Santa Fe Opera Orchestra

• Du Yun : Air Glow – Du Yun & International Contemporary Ensemble

• Heggie : Great Scott – Jake Heggie, Terrence McNally, Patrick Summers, Manuel Palazzo, Mark Hancock, Michael Mayes, Rodell Rosel, Kevin Burdette, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Nathan Gunn, Frederica von Stade, Ailyn Pérez, Joyce DiDonato & Dallas Opera Chorus & Orchestra

• Mazzoli : Vespers for Violin – Missy Mazzoli & Olivia De Prato

Best Orchestral Performance

WINNER: Shostakovich Symphonies No. 4 & 11 – Andris Nelsons & Boston Symphon

• Beethoven Symphony No. 3, Strauss Horn Concerto No. 1 – Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony

• Nielsen Symphony No. 3 & 4 – Thomas Dausgaard & Seattle Symphony

• Ruggles, Stucky & Harbison Orchestral Works – David Alan Miller & National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic

• Schumann Symphonies No. 1-4 – Michael Tilson Thomas & San Francisco Symphony

Best Opera Recording

WINNER: Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs – Michael Christie, Sasha Cooke, Jessica E. Jones, Edwards Parks, Garrett Sorenson, Wei Wu and Elizabeth Ostrow & the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra

• Adams: Doctor Atomic – John Adams, Aubrey Allicock, Julia Bullock, Gerald Finley, Brindley Sherratt Friedemann Engelbrecht, BBC Symphony Orchestra & BBC Singers

• Lully: Alceste – Christophe Rousset, Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Judith Van Wanroij, Maximilien Ciup, Les Talens Lyriques & Choeur De Chambre De Namur

• Strauss : Der Reosenkavalier – Sebastian Weigle, Renée Fleming, Elīna Garanča, Günther Groissböck, Erin Morley, David Frost, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Metropolitan Opera Chorus

• Verdi: Rigoletto – Constantine Orbelian, Francesco Demuro, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Nadine Sierra, Vilius Keras, Aleksandra Keriene, Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra & Men Of The Kaunas State Choir

Best Choral Performance

WINNER: McLoskey : Zealot Canticles – Donald Nally, Doris Hall-Gulati, Rebecca Harris, Arlen Hlusko, Lorenzo Raval, Mandy Wolman & The Crossing)

• Chesnokov : Teach Me Thy Statutes – Vladimir Gorbik, Mikhail Davydov, Vladimir Krasov & PaTRAM Institute Male Choir

• Kastalsky : Memory Eternal – Steven Fox & The Clarion Choir

• Rachmaninov : The Bells – Mariss Jansons, Peter Dijkstra, Oleg Dolgov, Alexey Markov, Tatiana Pavlovskaya, Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks

• Seven Words From the Cross – Matthew Guard & Skylark

Best Classical Compendium

WINNER: Fuchs: Piano Concerto ‘Spiritualist’, Poems of Life, Glacier, Rush – JoAnn Falletta & Tim Handely

• Gold – The King’s Singers & Nigel Short

• The John Adams Edition – Simon Rattle & Christoph Franke

• John Williams at the Movies – Jerry Junkin & Donald J. McKinney

• Vaughan Willians Piano Concerto, Oboe Concerto, Serenade to Music, Flos Campi – Peter Ondjian & Blanton Alspaugh

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

WINNER: Songs of Orpheus – Karim Sulayman; Jeannette Sorrell & Apollo’s Fire

• ARC – Anthony Roth Costanzo, Jonathan Cohen & Les Violons Du Roy

• The Handel Album – Philippe Jaroussky & Artaserse

• Mirages – Sabine Devieilhe, François-Xavier Roth, Alexandre Tharaud, Marianne Crebassa, Jodie Devos & Les Siècles

• Schubert : Winterreise – Randall Scarlata & Gilbert Kalish

Happy listening.

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The Classical Grammies Feb 13, 2019 23:36:41 GMT

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Post by thornberry on Feb 13, 2019 23:36:41 GMT

Do you take the Grammies seriously for classical music? This list gives me an opportunity to see what some of the new recordings there are out there, and I appreciate it, but I never took the Grammies seriously.

In the past it was always the same well-known artists who won. Today they seem to go for diversity and uniqueness. The winners seem carefully chosen to promote the music to new audiences. A straightforward recording doesn't have a chance, it always seems to have to have a unique concept to pique the audience.

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The Classical Grammies Feb 14, 2019 16:20:31 GMT

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Post by mikef6 on Feb 14, 2019 16:20:31 GMT

Feb 13, 2019 23:36:41 GMT thornberry said:

Do you take the Grammies seriously for classical music? This list gives me an opportunity to see what some of the new recordings there are out there, and I appreciate it, but I never took the Grammies seriously.

In the past it was always the same well-known artists who won. Today they seem to go for diversity and uniqueness. The winners seem carefully chosen to promote the music to new audiences. A straightforward recording doesn't have a chance, it always seems to have to have a unique concept to pique the audience.

This year, as I said in the O.P., I was interested in a recording that had regional significance for me but otherwise I try to post this every year just for others' information and to add something new to the classical music board.

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The Classical Grammies Feb 14, 2019 18:32:12 GMT mikef6 likes this

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Post by thornberry on Feb 14, 2019 18:32:12 GMT

Feb 14, 2019 16:20:31 GMT mikef6 said:

Feb 13, 2019 23:36:41 GMT thornberry said:

Do you take the Grammies seriously for classical music? This list gives me an opportunity to see what some of the new recordings there are out there, and I appreciate it, but I never took the Grammies seriously.

In the past it was always the same well-known artists who won. Today they seem to go for diversity and uniqueness. The winners seem carefully chosen to promote the music to new audiences. A straightforward recording doesn't have a chance, it always seems to have to have a unique concept to pique the audience.

This year, as I said in the O.P., I was interested in a recording that had regional significance for me but otherwise I try to post this every year just for others' information and to add something new to the classical music board.

The opera about Steve Jobs holds regional significance for you? You must be glad to see the win. It sounds like an interesting subject for an opera.

I am interested in the new "Winterreise" since I love that work. And Beethoven 3rd with the Strauss horn concerto. And one other recording has regional significance for me.

So thank you for posting this.