Classical Music Grammy Nominees For 2019 Plus Winners

The Grammys are scheduled for Feb 10, 2019.  I have highlighted the winners.

Performance

Best Orchestral Performance

All from the USA.

• "Beethoven: Symphony No. 3; Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1"
  Manfred Honeck, conductor (Performed by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
• "Nielsen: Symphony No. 3 & Symphony No. 4"
  Thomas Dausgaard, conductor (Performed by the Seattle Symphony)
• "Ruggles, Stucky & Harbison: Orchestral Works"
  David Alan Miller, conductor (Performed by the National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic)
• "Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1-4"
  Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (Performed by the San Francisco Symphony)
• Winner:  "Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11"Andris Nelsons, conductor (Performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra

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 Best Opera Recording

From many places, many styles.

• John Adams, "Doctor Atomic"
  John Adams, conductor; Aubrey Allicock, Julia Bullock, Gerald Finley & Brindley Sherratt; Friedemann Engelbrecht, producer (Performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra; BBC Singers)  CD 
  
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• Winner:  Mason Bates, "The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs" Michael Christie, conductor; Sasha Cooke, Jessica E. Jones, Edwards Parks, Garrett Sorenson & Wei Wu; Elizabeth Ostrow, producer (Performed by the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra) CD
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• Lully, "Alceste"
  Christophe Rousset, conductor; Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro & Judith Van Wanroij; Maximilien Ciup, producer (Performed by Les Talens Lyriques; Choeur De Chambre De Namur) CD
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• Strauss, "Der Rosenkavalier"
  Sebastian Weigle, conductor; Renée Fleming, Elīna Garanča, Günther Groissböck & Erin Morley; David Frost, producer (Performed by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus) DVD
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• Verdi, "Rigoletto"
  Constantine Orbelian, conductor; Francesco Demuro, Dmitri Hvorostovsky & Nadine Sierra; Vilius Keras & Aleksandra Keriene, producers (Performed by the Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra; the Men of the Kaunas State Choir) CD
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Best Choral Performance

• Chesnokov's "Teach Me Thy Statues"
  Vladimir Gorbik, conductor (Performed by Mikhail Davydov & Vladimir Krasov; PaTRAM Institute Male Choir)
• Kastalsky's "Memory Eternal"
  Steven Fox, conductor (Performed by the Clarion Choir)
• Winner:  McLoskey's "Zealot Canticles"
  Donald Nally, conductor (Performed by Doris Hall-Gulati, Rebecca Harris, Arlen Hlusko, Lorenzo Raval & Mandy Wolman; The Crossing)
• Rachmaninov's "The Bells"
  Mariss Jansons, conductor; Peter Dijkstra, chorus master (Performed by Oleg Dolgov, Alexey Markov & Tatiana Pavlovskaya; Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks)
• "Seven Words From the Cross"
  Matthew Guard, conductor (Performed by Skylark)

 Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

• Winner:  "Landfall"
  Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet
• "Beethoven, Shostakovich & Bach"
  The Danish String Quartet
• "Blueprinting"
  Aizuri Quartet
• Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring Concerto for Two Pianos"
  Leif Ove Andsnes & Marc-André Hamelin
• "Visions and Variations"
  A Far Cry

 Best Classical Instrumental Solo

• Bartok's "Piano Concerto No. 2"
  Yuja Wang; Simon Rattle, conductor (Performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker)
• Biber's "The Mystery Sonatas"
  Christina Day Martinson; Martin Pearlman, conductor (Performed by the Boston Baroque)
• Bruch's "Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46; Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26"
  Joshua Bell (Performed by the Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields)
• Glass, "Three Pieces in the Shape of a Square"
  Craig Morris
• Winner:  Kernis' "Violin Concerto"
  James Ehnes; Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Performed by the Seattle Symphony)

 Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

Two of five are countertenors. None of the usual bunch.

• "ARC"
  Anthony Roth Costanzo; Jonathan Cohen, conductor
• "The Handel Album"
  Philippe Jaroussky; Artaserse, ensemble
• "Mirages"
  Sabine Devieilhe; François-Xavier Roth, conductor
• Schubert, "Winterreise"
  Randall Scarlata; Gilbert Kalish, accompanist
• Winner:  "Songs of Orpheus — Monteverdi, Caccini, D'India & Landi"
  Karim Sulayman; Jeannette Sorrell, conductor; Apollo's Fire, ensembles

 Best Classical Compendium

• Winner:  Fuchs, "Piano Concerto 'Spiritualist'; Poems of Life; Glacier; Rush"
  JoAnn Falletta, conductor; Tim Handley, producer
• "Gold"
  The King's Singers; Nigel Short, producer
• "The John Adams Edition"
  Simon Rattle, conductor; Christoph Franke, producer
• "John Williams at the Movies"
  Jerry Junkin, conductor; Donald J. McKinney, producer
• Williams' "Piano Concerto; Oboe Concerto; Seranade to Music; Flos Campi"
  Peter Oundjian, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer

 Best Contemporary Classical Composition

• "The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs"
  Mason Bates, composer; Mark Campbell, librettist
• "Air Glow"
  Du Yun, composer
• "Great Scott"
  Jake Heggie, composer; Terrence McNally, librettist
• Winner:  "Violin Concerto"
  Aaron Jay Kernis, composer
• "Vespers for Violin"
  Missy Mazzoli, composer

Production

Best Engineered Album, Classical

• "The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs"
  Mark Donahue & Dirk Sobotka, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Performed by Michael Christie, Garrett Sorenson, Wei Wu, Sasha Cooke, Edwards Parks, Jessica E. Jones & Santa Fe Opera Orchestra)

• "Beethoven: Symphony No. 3; Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1"
  Mark Donahue, engineer; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Performed by Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)

• "John Williams at the Movies"
  Keith O. Johnson & Sean Royce Martin, engineers; Keith O. Johnson, mastering engineer (Performed by Jerry Junkin & Dallas Winds)

• "Liquid Melancholy — Clarinet Music of James M. Stephenson"
  Bill Maylone & Mary Mazurek, engineers; Bill Maylone, mastering engineer (Performed by John Bruce Yeh)

• Winner:  "Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4& 11"
  Shawn Murphy & Nick Squire, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Performed by Andris Nelsons & Boston Symphony Orchestra)

• "Visions and Variations"
  Tom Caulfield, engineer; Jesse Lewis, mastering engineer (Performed by A Far Cry)

Producer Of The Year, Classical

• Winner:  Blanton Alspaugh
• David Frost
• Elizabeth Ostrow
• Judith Sherman
• Dirk Sobotka

Here is a post script due to the presence of Renee Fleming.

Best Musical Theater Album:

• Winner:  “The Band’s Visit” — Etai Benson, Adam Kantor, Katrina Lenk & Ari’el
  Stachel, principal soloists; Dean Sharenow & David
  Yazbek, producers; David Yazbek, composer & lyricist
  (Original Broadway Cast)

• “Carousel” — Renee Fleming, Alexander Gemignani, Joshua Henry,
  Lindsay Mendez & Jessie Mueller, principal soloists;
  Steven Epstein, producer (Richard Rodgers, composer;
  Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist) (2018 Broadway Cast)

• “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert” — Sara Bareilles, Alice Cooper, Ben Daniels, Brandon
  Victor Dixon, Erik Grönwall, Jin Ha, John Legend,
  Norm Lewis & Jason Tam, principal soloists; Harvey
  Mason, Jr., producer (Andrew Lloyd-Webber,
  composer; Tim Rice, lyricist) (Original Television Cast)

• “My Fair Lady” — Lauren Ambrose, Norbert Leo Butz & Harry
  Hadden-Paton, principal soloists; Andre Bishop, Van
  Dean, Hattie K. Jutagir, David Lai, Adam Siegel & Ted
  Sperling, producers (Frederick Loewe, composer; Alan
  Jay Lerner, lyricist) (2018 Broadway Cast)

• “Once On This Island” — Phillip Boykin, Merle Dandridge, Quentin Earl
  Darrington, Hailey Kilgore, Kenita R. Miller, Alex
  Newell, Isaac Powell & Lea Salonga, principal soloists;
  Lynn Ahrens, Hunter Arnold, Ken Davenport, Stephen
  Flaherty & Elliot Scheiner, producers (Stephen
  Flaherty, composer; Lynn Ahrens, lyricist) (New
  Broadway Cast)