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grammy 2008 classical music
Here is the Grammy’s 2008 classical field (1):
Classical Album
(Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s) if other than the Artist.)
 

  • Cherubini: Missa Solemnis In E, Riccardo Muti, conductor; Wilhelm Meister, producer (Ildar Abdrazakov, Herbert Lippert, Marianna Pizzolato & Ruth Ziesak; Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks) [EMI Classics]
  • Grechaninov: Passion Week, Charles Bruffy, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Kansas City Chorale & Phoenix Bach Choir) [Chandos]
  • Homage: The Age Of The Diva, Renée Fleming; David Frost, producer (Valery Gergiev; Orchestra Of The Mariinsky Theatre) [Decca Records]
  • Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson; Dirk Sobotka, producer (James Levine; Boston Symphony Orchestra) [Nonesuch Records]
  • Tower: Made In America, Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Tim Handley, producer (Nashville Symphony) [Naxos]
    Orchestral Performance
    (Award to the Conductor and to the Orchestra.)
  • Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, Osmo Vänskä, conductor (Minnesota Orchestra) [BIS Records]
  • Shostakovich: The Golden Age, José Serebrier, conductor (Royal Scottish National Orchestra) [Naxos]
  • Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps, Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic) [Deutsche Grammophon]
  • Tower: Made In America, Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Tim Handley, producer (Nashville Symphony) [Naxos]
  • Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5, Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis, Serenade To Music, Robert Spano, conductor (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra) [Telarc]
    Opera Recording
    (Award to the Conductor, Album Producer(s) and Principal Soloists.)
  • 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) [Deutsche Grammophon]
  • Donizetti: Dom Sébastien, Roi De Portugal, Mark Elder, conductor; Carmelo Corrado Caruso, Giuseppe Filianoti (2), Vesselina Kasarova, Simon Keenlyside & Alastair Miles; Patric Schmid, producer (The Royal Opera Chorus; The Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden) [Opera Rara]
  • Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel, Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor; Rebecca Evans, Jane Henschel & Jennifer Larmore; Brian Couzens, producer (Sarah Coppen [Cuckoo], Diana Montague & Sarah Tynan; New London Children’s Choir; Philharmonia Orchestra) [Chandos Opera In English]
  • 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) [CPO]
  • 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) [Farao Classics]
    Choral Performance
    (Award to the Choral Conductor, and to the Orchestra Conductor if an Orchestra is on the recording, and to the Choral Director or Chorus Master if applicable.)
  • Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Simon Rattle, conductor; Simon Halsey, chorus master (Thomas Quasthoff & Dorothea Röschmann; Rundfunkchor Berlin; Berliner Philharmoniker) [EMI Classics]
  • 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) [EMI Classics]
  • Grechaninov: Passion Week, Charles Bruffy, conductor (Kansas City Chorale & Phoenix Bach Choir) [Chandos]
  • 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) [Naxos]
  • 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) [Haenssler Classic]
    Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)
    (Award to the Instrumental Soloist(s) and to the Conductor.)
  • Barber/Korngold/Walton: Violin Concertos, Bramwell Tovey, conductor; James Ehnes (Vancouver Symphony Orchestra) [CBC Records]
  • Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 4, Christoph Eschenbach, conductor; Lang Lang (Orchestre De Paris) [Deutsche Grammophon]
  • Nielsen: Clarinet & Flute Concertos, Simon Rattle, conductor; Sabine Meyer & Emmanuel Pahud (Berliner Philharmoniker) [EMI Classics]
  • Rózsa: Violin Concerto, Op. 24, Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor; Anastasia Khitruk (Russian Philharmonic Orchestra), Track from: Rózsa: Violin Concerto, Sinfonia concertante [Naxos]
  • Tchaikovsky/Saint-Saëns/Ginastera, Ari Rasilainen, conductor; Sol Gabetta (Münchner Rundfunkorchester) [RCA Red Seal]
    Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)
    (Award to the Instrumental Soloist.)
  • Beethoven Sonatas, Vol. 3, Garrick Ohlsson [Bridge Records, Inc.]
  • Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Marc-André Hamelin [Hyperion]
  • Louisiana - A Pianist’s Journey, Kenneth Boulton [Cambria Master Recordings]
  • Solo Piazzolla, Manuel Barrueco [Tonar]
  • 20th Century Piano Sonatas, Allison Brewster Franzetti [Naxos]
    Chamber Music Performance
    (Award to the Artists.)
  • On The Threshold Of Hope, Artists Of The Royal Conservatory Ensemble (Richard Margison, Joaquin Valdepeñas & Diane Werner) [RCA Red Seal] [Music of Mieczyslaw Weinberg]
  • Saint-Saëns/Poulenc/Devienne/Milhaud, Oleg Maisenberg & Sabine Meyer [EMI Classics]
  • Strange Imaginary Animals, Eighth Blackbird [Cedille Records]
  • Tchaikovsky: Three String Quartets, Souvenir De Florence, Ying Quartet (James Dunham & Paul Katz) [Telarc]
  • 30 Songs Of The Russian People, Joseph Banowetz & Alton Chung Ming Chan [bio towards end of excellent sleevenotes] Track from: Balakirev And Russian Folksong [Toccata Classics]
    Small Ensemble Performance
    (Award to the Ensemble (and to the Conductor.))
  • Bach: Brandenburg Concertos, Swiss Baroque Soloists [Naxos]
  • Bridges - Eddie Daniels Plays The Music Of Frank Proto, Frank Proto, conductor; Eddie Daniels; Ensemble Sans Frontière [Red Mark]
  • Mahler: Das Lied Von Der Erde, Kenneth Slowik, conductor; The Smithsonian Chamber Players & Santa Fe Pro Musica [Dorian Recordings/ Sono Luminus]
  • Music For Compline, Stile Antico [Harmonia Mundi]
  • Stravinsky: Apollo, Concerto In D; Prokofiev: 20 Visions Fugitives, Yuri Bashmet, conductor; Moscow Soloists [Onyx Classics]
    Classical Vocal Performance
    (Award to the Vocal Soloist(s).)
  • Gitano - Zarzuela Arias, Rolando Villazón (Plácido Domingo; Orquesta De La Comunidad De Madrid) [Virgin Classics]
  • Homage: The Age Of The Diva, Renée Fleming (Valery Gergiev; Orchestra Of The Mariinsky Theatre)[Decca Records]
  • Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (James Levine; Boston Symphony Orchestra) [Nonesuch Records]
  • Russian Album, Anna Netrebko (Valery Gergiev; Orchestra Of The Mariinsky Theatre) [Deutsche Grammophon]
  • Sea Pictures, Op. 37, Sarah Connolly (Simon Wright; Bournemouth Symphony Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra), Track from: Elgar: Sea Pictures [Naxos]
    Classical Contemporary Composition
    (A Composer’s Award. (For a contemporary classical composition composed within the last 25 years, and released for the first time during the Eligibility Year.)
  • Amargós: Northern Concerto, Joan Albert Amargós (Lan Shui, conductor; Danish National Symphony Orchestra/DR), Track from: Movements - Michala Petri Plays Amargós/Börtz/Stucky [OUR Recordings]
  • Chesky: Concerto For Bassoon And Orchestra, David Chesky (Rossen Gergov, conductor; Symphony Orchestra Of Norrlands Opera), Track from: Urban Concertos [Chesky Records]
  • Higdon: Zaka, Jennifer Higdon (Eighth Blackbird), Track from: Strange Imaginary Animals [Cedille Records]
  • Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs, Peter Lieberson (James Levine, conductor; Boston Symphony Orchestra) [Nonesuch]
  • Tower: Made In America, Joan Tower (Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Nashville Symphony Orchestra), Track from: Tower: Made In America [Naxos]
    Classical Crossover Album
    (Award to the Artist(s) and/or to the Conductor.)
  • The Jazz Album - Watch What Happens, Thomas Quasthoff [Deutsche Grammophon]
  • A Love Supreme: The Legacy Of John Coltrane, Turtle Island Quartet [Telarc]
  • Spirit Of The Season, Craig Jessop & Mack Wilberg, conductors (Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Orchestra At Temple Square) [Mormon Tabernacle Choir]
  • Whirled Chamber Music, Quartet San Francisco [Violinjazz Recordings]
  • Wolfgang’s Big Night Out, Brian Setzer [Wikipedia entry here] (The Brian Setzer Orchestra) [Surfdog Records](1) (#30 out of 31; categories 98-108 out of 110, “for recordings released during the Eligibility Year October 1, 2006 through September 30, 2007; more or less than 5 nominations in a category is the result of ties.”)(2) Link to comments on live performance
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    Welcome to AYPO's 43rd season! Join us at our upcoming concerts: Americana
    American Youth Philharmonic
    Luis Haza, conductor
    with Burnett Thompson, piano
    Sunday, February 17, 2008: 1:00 pm
    George Mason University Center for the Arts
    Music in Motion
    American Youth Symphonic Orchestra
    Carl J. Bianchi, conductor
    American Youth Concert Orchestra
    J.D. Anderson, conductor
    Sunday, February 24, 2008: 6:00 pm
    Kenmore Middle School, Arlington, Virginia
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