Grammy Month: Best Classical Album
Monday, January 04, 2010
January is Grammy month. Each week leading up to the awards ceremony on January 31, WQXR will spotlight one of the categories in which classical performances are nominated. This week's category: Best Classical Album.
Pieces from each of the albums nominated in the category will be played thoughtout the week on WQXR and streamed on WQXR.org.
Below you will find a list of the nominated albums. Which album would you vote for? Were any albums overlooked?
For more information about the Grammys, please visit the official Grammy Web site.
Best Classical Album
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Bernstein: Mass (Asher Edward Wulfman; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Morgan State University Choir & Peabody Children's Chorus) [Naxos]
Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10 (Laura Claycomb, Anthony Dean Griffey, Katarina Karnéus, Quinn Kelsey, James Morris, Yvonne Naef, Elza van den Heever & Erin Wall; San Francisco Symphony; Pacific Boychoir, San Francisco Girls Chorus & San Francisco Symphony Chorus) [SFS Media]
Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloé (Boston Symphony Orchestra; Tanglewood Festival Chorus) [BSO Classics]
Ravel: L'Enfant Et Les Sortilèges (Nashville Symphony Orchestra; Chattanooga Boys Choir, Chicago Symphony Chorus & Nashville Symphony Chorus) [Naxos]
Shostakovich: The Nose (Orchestra Of The Mariinsky Theatre; Chorus Of The Mariinsky Theatre) [Mariinsky]
Best Classical Vocal Performance
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 Bel Canto Spectacular:
Juan Diego Flórez (Daniel Oren; Daniella Barcellona, Patrizia Ciofi, Plácido Domingo, Mariusz Kwiecien, Anna Netrebko & Fernando Piqueras; Orquestra De La Comunitat Valenciana; Cor De La Generalitat Valenciana)
[Decca]
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 Recital At Ravinia:
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (Drew Minter; Peter Serkin)
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 Un Frisson Français
: Susan Graham (Malcom Martineau)
[Onyx Classics]
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 Verismo Arias:
Renée Fleming (Marco Armiliato; Jonas Kaufmann; Orchestra Sinfonica Di Milano Giuseppi Verdi; Coro Sinfonica Di Milano Giuseppi Verdi)
[Decca]
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Bach
: Anne Sofie von Otter (Lars Ulrik Mortensen; Anders J. Dahlin, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Tomas Medici & Karin Roman; Concerto Copenhagen)
[Deutsche Grammophon]
Best Small Ensemble Performance
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 Josquin: Missa Malheur Me BatPeter Phillips, conductor; Tallis Scholars
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 David Lang: The Little Match Girl PassionPaul Hillier, conductor; Ars Nova Copenhagen & Theatre Of Voices
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 Song Of SongsStile Antico (Alison Hill & Benedict Hymas)
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 Vivaldi: ConcertosDaniel Hope & Anne Sofie von Otter; Chamber Orchestra Of Europe (Kristian Bezuidenhout)
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Bach: Orchestral Suites For A Young Prince
Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)
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Caroline Goulding (Christopher O'Riley & Janine Randall): Caroline Goulding
Ursula Oppens: Oppens Plays Carter
Yuja Wang: Sonatas & Etudes
Sharon Isbin (Joan Baez & Mark O'Connor): Journey To The New World
Maria João Pires: Chopin
Comments [3]
I just adore Juan Diego Florez's voice! I vote for Bel Canto 100 x times....
Juan Diego Florez all the way the man keeps it real. Straight up, Grammys better show love for the Lord of the high C's.
I would vote for the Sharon Isbin album.
As far as being overlooked, I believe
Cornelius Dufallo's Dream Streets
should have been a contender.
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