50th Grammy Awards - Classical Field

Classical Field

Best Classical Album

• Cherubini: Missa Solemnis in E
  • Riccardo Muti, conductor; Wilhelm Meister, producer (Ildar Abdrazakov, Herbert Lippert, Marianna Pizzolato & Ruth Ziesak; Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks)
• Grechaninov: Passion Week
  • Charles Bruffy, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Kansas City Chorale & Phoenix Bach Choir)
• Homage: The Age of the Diva
  • Renée Fleming; David Frost, producer (Valery Gergiev; Orchestra Of The Mariinsky Theatre)
• Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs
  • Lorraine Hunt Lieberson; Dirk Sobotka, producer (James Levine; Boston Symphony Orchestra)
• Tower: Made In America
  • Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Tim Handley, producer (Nashville Symphony)

Best Orchestra Performance

• "Beethoven: Symphony No. 9"
  • Osmo Vänskä, conductor (Minnesota Orchestra)
• "Shostakovich: The Golden Age"
  • José Serebrier, conductor (Royal Scottish National Orchestra)
• "Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps"
  • Esa–Pekka Salonen, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
• "Tower: Made in America"
  • Leonard Slatkin, conductor (Nashville Symphony)
• "Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5, Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis, Serenade to Music"
  • Robert Spano, conductor (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)

Best Opera Recording

• "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)
• "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)
• "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)
• "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)
• "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)

Best Choral Performance

• "Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem"
  • Simon Rattle, conductor; Simon Halsey, chorus master (Thomas Quasthoff & Dorothea Röschmann; Rundfunkchor Berlin; Berliner Philharmoniker)
• "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)
• "Grechaninov: Passion Week"
  • Charles Bruffy, conductor (Kansas City Chorale & Phoenix Bach Choir)
• "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)
• "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)

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)

• "Barber/Korngold/Walton: Violin Concertos"
  • Bramwell Tovey, conductor; James Ehnes (Vancouver Symphony Orchestra)
• "Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 4"
  • Christoph Eschenbach, conductor; Lang Lang (Orchestre De Paris)
• "Nielsen: Clarinet & Flute Concertos"
  • Simon Rattle, conductor; Sabine Meyer & Emmanuel Pahud (Berliner Philharmoniker)
• "Rózsa: Violin Concerto, Op. 24"
  • Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor; Anastasia Khitruk (Russian Philharmonic Orchestra)
• "Tchaikovsky/Saint-Saëns/Ginastera"
  • Ari Rasilainen, conductor; Sol Gabetta (Münchner Rundfunkorchester)

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)

• "Beethoven Sonatas, Vol. 3" – Garrick Ohlsson
• "Haydn: Piano Sonatas" – Marc-André Hamelin
• "Louisiana: A Pianist's Journey" – Kenneth Boulton
• "Solo Piazzolla" – Manuel Barrueco
• "20th Century Piano Sonatas" – Allison Brewster Franzetti

Best Chamber Music Performance

• "On the Threshold of Hope" – Artists Of The Royal Conservatory Ensemble (Richard Margison, Joaquin Valdepeñas & Diane Werner)
• "Saint-Saëns/Poulenc/Devienne/Milhaud" – Oleg Maisenberg & Sabine Meyer
• "Strange Imaginary Animals" – Eighth Blackbird
• "Tchaikovsky: Three String Quartets, Souvenir De Florence" – Ying Quartet (James Dunham & Paul Katz)
• "30 Songs of the Russian People" – Joseph Banowetz & Alton Chung Ming Chan

Best Small Ensemble Performance

• "Bach: Brandenburg Concertos" – Swiss Baroque Soloists
• "Bridges: Eddie Daniels Plays the Music of Frank Proto" – Frank Proto, conductor; Eddie Daniels; Ensemble Sans Frontière
• "Mahler: Das Lied Von Der Erde" – Kenneth Slowik, conductor; The Smithsonian Chamber Players & Santa Fe Pro Musica
• "Music for Compline" – Stile Antico
• "Stravinsky: Apollo, Concerto in D; Prokofiev: 20 Visions Fugitives" – Yuri Bashmet, conductor; Moscow Soloists

Best Classical Vocal Performance

• "Gitano: Zarzuela Arias"
  • Rolando Villazón (Plácido Domingo; Orquesta De La Comunidad De Madrid)
• "Homage: The Age of the Diva"
  • Renée Fleming (Valery Gergiev; Orchestra Of The Mariinsky Theatre)
• "Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs"
  • Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (James Levine; Boston Symphony Orchestra)
• "Russian Album"
  • Anna Netrebko (Valery Gergiev; Orchestra Of The Mariinsky Theatre)
• "Sea Pictures, Op. 37"
  • Sarah Connolly (Simon Wright; Bournemouth Symphony Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra)

Best Classical Contemporary Composition

• "Amargós: Northern Concerto"
  • Joan Albert Amargós (Lan Shui, conductor; Danish National Symphony Orchestra/DR)
• "Chesky: Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra"
  • David Chesky (Rossen Gergov, conductor; Symphony Orchestra Of Norrlands Opera)
• "Higdon: Zaka"
  • Jennifer Higdon (Eighth Blackbird)
• "Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs"
  • Peter Lieberson (James Levine, conductor; Boston Symphony Orchestra)
• "Made in America"
  • Joan Tower (Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Nashville Symphony Orchestra)

Best Classical Crossover Album

• The Jazz Album: Watch What Happens – Thomas Quasthoff
• A Love Supreme: The Legacy of John Coltrane – Turtle Island String Quartet
• Spirit of the Season – Craig Jessop & Mack Wilberg, conductors (Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Orchestra At Temple Square)
• Whirled Chamber Music – Quartet San Francisco
• Wolfgang's Big Night Out – Brian Setzer (The Brian Setzer Orchestra)