{"id":49444,"date":"2017-11-28T17:42:48","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T22:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=49444"},"modified":"2017-11-28T18:33:41","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T23:33:41","slug":"the-scoop-the-tso-toronto-mendelssohn-choir-and-barbara-hannigan-nominated-for-grammy-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2017\/11\/28\/the-scoop-the-tso-toronto-mendelssohn-choir-and-barbara-hannigan-nominated-for-grammy-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Toronto Dominates Classical Music Nominees At The 60th Annual Grammy Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/grammy-2018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/grammy-2018.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/grammy-2018-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/grammy-2018-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The 60th annual Grammy Awards have announced the complete list of nominees.<\/p>\n<p>This year, three Toronto artists\/presenters represent the only Canadians nominated over the 10 classical music categories.<\/p>\n<p>Soprano <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2017\/11\/05\/interview-barbara-hannigan-queen-of-the-new\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Barbara Hannigan<\/strong><\/a> is nominated for in the\u00a0Best Classical Solo Vocal Album category for her 2017 album release, <em>Crazy Girl Crazy<\/em> featuring music by Gershwin, Berg &amp; Berio with Orchestra Ludwig.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Toronto Symphony Orchestra<\/strong> and <strong>Toronto Mendelssohn Choir<\/strong> are both nominated for last years recording of Handel\u2019s Messiah with Andrew Davis, (conductor) Noel Edison (chorus master) and soloists: Elizabeth DeShong, John Relyea, Andrew Staples &amp; Erin Wall. Readers can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2016\/12\/28\/record-keeping-sir-andrew-davis-messiah-tso\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read our review here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>TSO Messiah album producer, <strong>Blanton Alspaugh<\/strong>, also has a nod for producer of the year.<\/p>\n<p>This year the 2018 GRAMMY Awards will take place in New York\u2019s Madison Square Garden, making it the first time since 2003 that the ceremony is held outside of Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>The 60th Grammy Awards will air live on Jan. 28\u00a0on CBS.<\/p>\n<h3>CLASSICAL FIELD<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Best Orchestral Performance:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Concertos For Orchestra \u2014 Louis Langr\u00e9e, conductor (Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)<\/li>\n<li>Copland: Symphony No. 3; Three Latin American Sketches \u2014 Leonard Slatkin, conductor (Detroit Symphony Orchestra)<\/li>\n<li>Debussy: Images; Jeux &amp; La Plus Que Lente \u2014 Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)<\/li>\n<li>Mahler: Symphony No. 5 \u2014 Osmo V\u00e4nsk\u00e4, conductor (Minnesota Orchestra)<\/li>\n<li>Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio \u2014 Manfred Honeck, conductor (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Opera Recording<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Berg: Lulu \u2014 Lothar Koenigs, conductor; Daniel Brenna, Marlis Petersen &amp; Johan Reuter; Jay David Saks, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)<\/li>\n<li>Berg: Wozzeck \u2014 Hans Graf, conductor; Anne Schwanewilms &amp; Roman Trekel; Hans Graf, producer (Houston Symphony; Chorus Of Students And Alumni, Shepherd School Of Music, Rice University &amp; Houston Grand Opera Children\u2019s Chorus)<\/li>\n<li>Bizet: Les P\u00eacheurs De Perles \u2014 Gianandrea Noseda, conductor; Diana Damrau, Mariusz Kwiecie\u0144, Matthew Polenzani &amp; Nicolas Test\u00e9; Jay David Saks, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)<\/li>\n<li>Handel: Ottone \u2014 George Petrou, conductor; Max Emanuel Cencic &amp; Lauren Snouffer; Jacob H\u00e4ndel, producer (Il Pomo D\u2019Oro)<\/li>\n<li>Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel \u2014 Valery Gergiev, conductor; Vladimir Feliauer, Aida Garifullina &amp; Kira Loginova; Ilya Petrov, producer (Mariinsky Orchestra; Mariinsky Chorus)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Choral Performance<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bryars: The Fifth Century \u2014 Donald Nally, conductor (PRISM Quartet; The Crossing)<\/li>\n<li>Handel: Messiah \u2014 Andrew Davis, conductor; Noel Edison, chorus master (Elizabeth DeShong, John Relyea, Andrew Staples &amp; Erin Wall; Toronto Symphony Orchestra; Toronto Mendelssohn Choir)<\/li>\n<li>Mansurian: Requiem \u2014 Alexander Liebreich, conductor; Florian Helgath, chorus master (Anja Petersen &amp; Andrew Redmond; M\u00fcnchener Kammerorchester; RIAS Kammerchor)<\/li>\n<li>Music Of The Spheres \u2014 Nigel Short, conductor (Tenebrae)\u2028Tyberg: Masses \u2014 Brian A. Schmidt, conductor (Christopher Jacobson; South Dakota Chorale)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Chamber Music\/Small Ensemble Performance<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buxtehude: Trio Sonatas, Op. 1 \u2014 Arcangelo\u2028Death &amp; The Maiden \u2014 Patricia Kopatchinskaja &amp; The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra<\/li>\n<li>Divine Theatre \u2013 Sacred Motets By Giaches De Wert \u2014 Stile Antico\u2028Franck, Kurt\u00e1g, Previn &amp; Schumann \u2014 Joyce Yang &amp; Augustin Hadelich<\/li>\n<li>Martha Argerich &amp; Friends \u2013 Live From Lugano 2016 \u2014 Martha Argerich &amp; Various Artists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Classical Instrumental Solo<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bach: The French Suites \u2014 Murray Perahia<\/li>\n<li>Haydn: Cello Concertos \u2014 Steven Isserlis; Florian Donderer, conductor (The Deutsch Kammerphilharmonie Bremen)<\/li>\n<li>Levina: The Piano Concertos \u2014 Maria Lettberg; Ariane Matiakh, conductor (Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin)<\/li>\n<li>Shostakovich: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 &amp; 2 \u2014 Frank Peter Zimmermann; Alan Gilbert, conductor (NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester)<\/li>\n<li>Transcendental \u2014 Daniil Trifonov<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Classical Solo Vocal Album<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bach &amp; Telemann: Sacred Cantatas \u2014 Philippe Jaroussky; Petra M\u00fcllejans, conductor (Ann-Kathrin Br\u00fcggemann &amp; Juan de la Rubia; Freiburger Barockorchester)<\/li>\n<li>Crazy Girl Crazy \u2013 Music By Gershwin, Berg &amp; Berio \u2014 Barbara Hannigan (Orchestra Ludwig)<\/li>\n<li>Gods &amp; Monsters \u2014 Nicholas Phan; Myra Huang, accompanist\u2028In War &amp; Peace \u2013 Harmony Through Music \u2014 Joyce DiDonato; Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor (Il Pomo D\u2019Oro)<\/li>\n<li>Sviridov: Russia Cast Adrift \u2014 Dmitri Hvorostovsky; Constantine Orbelian, conductor (St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra &amp; Style Of Five Ensemble)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Classical Compendium<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Barbara \u2014 Alexandre Tharaud; C\u00e9cile Lenoir, producer<\/li>\n<li>Higdon: All Things Majestic, Viola Concerto &amp; Oboe Concerto \u2014 Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Tim Handley, producer<\/li>\n<li>Kurt\u00e1g: Complete Works For Ensemble &amp; Choir \u2014 Reinbert de Leeuw, conductor; Guido Tichelman, producer<\/li>\n<li>Les Routes De L\u2019Esclavage \u2014 Jordi Savall, conductor; Benjamin Bleton, producer<\/li>\n<li>Mademoiselle: Premi\u00e8re Audience \u2013 Unknown Music Of Nadia Boulanger \u2014 Lucy Mauro; Lucy Mauro, producer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Contemporary Classical Composition<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Danielpour: Songs Of Solitude \u2014 Richard Danielpour, composer (Thomas Hampson, Giancarlo Guerrero &amp; Nashville Symphony)<\/li>\n<li>Higdon: Viola Concerto \u2014 Jennifer Higdon, composer (Roberto D\u00edaz, Giancarlo Guerrero &amp; Nashville Symphony)<\/li>\n<li>Mansurian: Requiem \u2014 Tigran Mansurian, composer (Alexander Liebreich, Florian Helgath, RIAS Kammerchor &amp; M\u00fcnchener Kammerorchester)<\/li>\n<li>Schoenberg, Adam: Picture Studies \u2014 Adam Schoenberg, composer (Michael Stern &amp; Kansas City Symphony)\u2028Zhou Tian: Concerto For Orchestra \u2014 Zhou Tian, composer (Louis Langr\u00e9e &amp; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>PRODUCTION, CLASSICAL FIELD<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Best Engineered Album, Classical<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Danielpour: Songs Of Solitude &amp; War Songs \u2014 Gary Call, engineer (Thomas Hampson, Giancarlo Guerrero &amp; Nashville Symphony)<\/li>\n<li>Kleiberg: Mass For Modern Man \u2014 Morten Lindberg, engineer (Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Trondheim Vokalensemble &amp; Trondheim Symphony Orchestra)<\/li>\n<li>Schoenberg, Adam: American Symphony; Finding Rothko; Picture Studies \u2014 Keith O. Johnson &amp; Sean Royce Martin, engineers (Michael Stern &amp; Kansas City Symphony)<\/li>\n<li>Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio \u2014 Mark Donahue, engineer (Manfred Honeck &amp; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)<\/li>\n<li>Tyberg: Masses \u2014 John Newton, engineer; Jesse Brayman, mastering engineer (Brian A. Schmidt, Christopher Jacobson &amp; South Dakota Chorale)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Producer Of The Year, Classical<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Blanton Alspaugh<\/li>\n<li>Manfred Eicher<\/li>\n<li>*David Frost<\/li>\n<li>Morten Lindberg<\/li>\n<li>Judith Sherman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*Notes of interest:<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Classical music producer and engineer Morten Lindberg holds the record for most Grammy nominations without a win, with 21.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glenn Gould and\u00a0Leonard Bernstein are also nominated for Best Historical Album.<\/p>\n<p>Good luck to all the nominees!<\/p>\n<h3><b><i>#LUDWIGVAN<\/i><br \/>\n<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><i>Want more updates on Toronto-centric classical music news and reviews before anyone else finds out? 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