{"id":57431,"date":"2018-12-07T14:19:42","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T19:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=57431"},"modified":"2018-12-07T16:43:20","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T21:43:20","slug":"the-scoop-canadian-classical-music-represents-at-the-61st-grammy-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2018\/12\/07\/the-scoop-canadian-classical-music-represents-at-the-61st-grammy-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Canadian Classical Music Represents At The 61st Grammy Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/Grammy-nominations-2018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/Grammy-nominations-2018.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/Grammy-nominations-2018-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/Grammy-nominations-2018-768x400.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The 61st annual Grammy Awards have announced the complete list of nominees.<\/p>\n<p>This year, six Canadian artists and groups are nominated over the 10 classical music categories.<\/p>\n<p><strong>James Ehnes<\/strong> is nominated for in the\u00a0Best Classical Instrumental Solo category for his September 2018 album release,\u00a0Kernis: Violin Concerto, featuring the Seatle Symphony and conductor Ludovic Morlot.<\/p>\n<p>For Best Chamber Music\/Small Ensemble Performance, piano duo <strong>Marc-Andr\u00e9 Hamelin<\/strong> and Leif Ove Andsnes are strong contenders for their innovative take on Stravinsky\u2019s Rite of Spring Concerto Transcription for pianos.<\/p>\n<p>For the second year in a row, the <strong>Toronto Symphony Orchestra<\/strong> is nominated for their latest album of concertos by Vaughan Williams with Peter Oundjian in the Best Classical Compendium category. Readers can\u00a0read our review <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2018\/07\/30\/record-keeping-tsos-triumphant-vaughan-williams-is-first-class-music-making\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>TSO Vaughan Williams album producer,\u00a0<strong>Blanton Alspaugh<\/strong>, also has a nod for producer of the year (also for the second year in a row).<\/p>\n<p>Best Classical Solo Vocal Album honours <strong>Les Violons Du Roy<\/strong> (Anthony Roth Costanzo; Jonathan Cohen, conductor) for their album ARC, featuring composers Philip Glass, George Frideric Handel,\u00a0\u00a0David Byrne.<\/p>\n<p>In the best Opera Recording category,\u00a0baritone <strong>Gerald Finley<\/strong> is nominated alongside John Adams, Aubrey Allicock, Julia Bullock, Brindley Sherratt, Friedemann Engelbrecht, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers.<\/p>\n<p>This year the Grammy Awards will move back to the Staples Center in Los Angeles, after spending last year as New York\u2019s Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n<p>The 61st Grammy Awards will air live on February 10,\u00a02019\u00a0on CBS.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony will recognize the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year, which ran from October 1, 2017, to September 30, 2018.<\/p>\n<h3>CLASSICAL FIELD<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Best Orchestral Performance:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Beethoven: Symphony No. 3; Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1 \u2014 Manfred Honeck, conductor (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)<\/li>\n<li>Nielsen: Symphony No. 3 &amp; Symphony No. 4 \u2014 Thomas Dausgaard, conductor (Seattle Symphony)<\/li>\n<li>Ruggles, Stucky &amp; Harbison: Orchestral Works \u2014 David Alan Miller, conductor (National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic)<\/li>\n<li>Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1-4 \u2014 Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)<\/li>\n<li>Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 &amp; 11 \u2014 Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Opera Recording<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adams: Doctor Atomic \u2014 John Adams, conductor; Aubrey Allicock, Julia Bullock, Gerald Finley &amp; Brindley Sherratt; Friedemann Engelbrecht, producer (BBC Symphony Orchestra; BBC Singers)<\/li>\n<li>Bates: The (R)Evolution Of Steve Jobs \u2014\u00a0 Michael Christie, conductor; Sasha Cooke, Jessica E. Jones, Edwards Parks, Garrett Sorenson &amp; Wei Wu; Elizabeth Ostrow, producer (The Santa Fe Opera Orchestra)<\/li>\n<li>Lully: Alceste \u2014\u00a0 Christophe Rousset, conductor; Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro &amp; Judith Van Wanroij; Maximilien Ciup, producer (Les Talens Lyriques; Choeur De Chambre De Namur)<\/li>\n<li>Strauss, R.: Der Rosenkavalier \u2014 Sebastian Weigle, conductor; Ren\u00e9e Fleming, El\u012bna Garan\u010da, G\u00fcnther Groissb\u00f6ck &amp; Erin Morley; David Frost, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus)<\/li>\n<li>Verdi: Rigoletto \u2014 Constantine Orbelian, conductor; Francesco Demuro, Dmitri Hvorostovsky &amp; Nadine Sierra; Vilius Keras &amp; Aleksandra Keriene, producers (Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra; Men Of The Kaunas State Choir)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Choral Performance<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chesnokov: Teach Me Thy Statutes \u2014 Vladimir Gorbik, conductor (Mikhail Davydov &amp; Vladimir Krasov; PaTRAM Institute Male Choir)<\/li>\n<li>Kastalsky: Memory Eternal \u2014 Steven Fox, conductor (The Clarion Choir)<\/li>\n<li>Mcloskey: Zealot Canticles \u2014Donald Nally, conductor (Doris Hall-Gulati, Rebecca Harris, Arlen Hlusko, Lorenzo Raval &amp; Mandy Wolman; The Crossing)<\/li>\n<li>Rachmaninov: The Bells \u2014 Mariss Jansons, conductor; Peter Dijkstra, chorus master (Oleg Dolgov, Alexey Markov &amp; Tatiana Pavlovskaya; Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks)<\/li>\n<li>Seven Words From The Cross\u2014 Matthew Guard, conductor (Skylark)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Chamber Music\/Small Ensemble Performance<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anderson, Laurie: Landfall \u2014 Laurie Anderson &amp; Kronos Quartet<\/li>\n<li>Beethoven, Shostakovich &amp; Bach \u2014 The Danish String Quartet<\/li>\n<li>Blueprinting \u2014 Aizuri Quartet<\/li>\n<li>Stravinsky: The Rite Of Spring Concerto For Two Pianos \u2014 Leif Ove Andsnes &amp; Marc-Andr\u00e9 Hamelin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Classical Instrumental Solo<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bart\u00f3k: Piano Concerto No. 2 \u2014 Yuja Wang; Simon Rattle, conductor (Berliner Philharmoniker)<\/li>\n<li>Biber: The Mystery Sonatas \u2014 Christina Day Martinson; Martin Pearlman, conductor (Boston Baroque)<\/li>\n<li>Bruch: Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46; Violin Concerto No. 1 In G Minor, Op. 26 \u2014 Joshua Bell (The Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields)<\/li>\n<li>Glass: Three Pieces In The Shape Of A Square \u2014 Craig Morris<\/li>\n<li>Kernis: Violin Concerto \u2014 James Ehnes; Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Seattle Symphony)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Classical Solo Vocal Album<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Arc \u2014 Anthony Roth Costanzo; Jonathan Cohen, conductor (Les Violons Du Roy)<\/li>\n<li>The Handel Album \u2014 Philippe Jaroussky; Artaserse, ensemble<\/li>\n<li>Mirages \u2014 Sabine Devieilhe; Fran\u00e7ois-Xavier Roth, conductor (Alexandre Tharaud; Marianne Crebassa &amp; Jodie Devos; Les Si\u00e8cles)<\/li>\n<li>Schubert: Winterreise \u2014 Randall Scarlata; Gilbert Kalish, accompanist<\/li>\n<li>Songs Of Orpheus &#8211; Monteverdi, Caccini, D&#8217;india &amp; Landi \u2014 Karim Sulayman; Jeannette Sorrell, conductor; Apollo&#8217;s Fire, ensembles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Classical Compendium<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fuchs: Piano Concerto &#8216;Spiritualist&#8217;; Poems Of Life; Glacier; Rush \u2014 JoAnn Falletta, conductor; Tim Handley, producer<\/li>\n<li>Gold \u2014 The King&#8217;s Singers; Nigel Short, producer<\/li>\n<li>The John Adams Edition \u2014 Simon Rattle, conductor; Christoph Franke, producer<\/li>\n<li>John Williams At The Movies \u2014 Jerry Junkin, conductor; Donald J. McKinney, producer<\/li>\n<li>Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto; Oboe Concerto; Serenade To Music; Flos Campi \u2014 Peter Oundjian, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Contemporary Classical Composition<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bates: The (R)Evolution Of Steve Jobs\u2014 Mason Bates, composer; Mark Campbell, librettist (Michael Christie, Garrett Sorenson, Wei Wu, Sasha Cooke, Edwards Parks, Jessica E. Jones &amp; Santa Fe Opera Orchestra)<\/li>\n<li>Du Yun: Air Glow \u2014 Du Yun, composer (International Contemporary Ensemble)<\/li>\n<li>Heggie: Great Scott \u2014 Jake Heggie, composer; Terrence McNally, librettist (Patrick Summers, Manuel Palazzo, Mark Hancock, Michael Mayes, Rodell Rosel, Kevin Burdette, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Nathan Gunn, Frederica von Stade, Ailyn P\u00e9rez, Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Chorus &amp; Orchestra)<\/li>\n<li>Kernis: Violin Concerto \u2014 Aaron Jay Kernis, composer (James Ehnes, Ludovic Morlot &amp; Seattle Symphony)<\/li>\n<li>Mazzoli: Vespers For Violin \u2014 Missy Mazzoli, composer (Olivia De Prato)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>PRODUCTION, CLASSICAL FIELD<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Best Engineered Album, Classical<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bates: The (R)Evolution Of Steve Jobs \u2014 Mark Donahue &amp; Dirk Sobotka, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Michael Christie, Garrett Sorenson, Wei Wu, Sasha Cooke, Edwards Parks, Jessica E. Jones &amp; Santa Fe Opera Orchestra)<\/li>\n<li>Beethoven: Symphony No. 3; Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1 \u2014 Mark Donahue, engineer; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Manfred Honeck &amp; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)<\/li>\n<li>John Williams At The Movies \u2014 Keith O. Johnson &amp; Sean Royce Martin, engineers; Keith O. Johnson, mastering engineer (Jerry Junkin &amp; Dallas Winds)<\/li>\n<li>Liquid Melancholy &#8211; Clarinet Music Of James M. Stephenson \u2014 Bill Maylone &amp; Mary Mazurek, engineers; Bill Maylone, mastering engineer (John Bruce Yeh)<\/li>\n<li>Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 &amp; 11 \u2014 Shawn Murphy &amp; Nick Squire, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Andris Nelsons &amp; Boston Symphony Orchestra)<\/li>\n<li>Visions And Variations \u2014 Tom Caulfield, engineer; Jesse Lewis, mastering engineer (A Far Cry)<\/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>Good luck to all the nominees!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six Canadian classical music artists\/groups have been nominated for the 61st Annual Grammy Awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":57437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14761,5,39],"tags":[1401,5292,1666,1949,2061,3360],"yst_prominent_words":[25052,25055,25106,25096,6807,25102,25104,25093,25097,25103,25105,25095,25094,25101,25109,25098,6826,25110,25099,25100],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/Grammy-nominations-2018.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-eWj","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57431"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57431"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57440,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57431\/revisions\/57440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57431"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=57431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}