Classical Grammies 2023

Engineered Album, Classical

• WINNER: “Bates: Philharmonia Fantastique – The Making Of The Orchestra”
  Shawn Murphy, Charlie Post & Gary Rydstrom, engineers; Michael Romanowski, mastering engineer (Edwin Outwater & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
• “Beethoven: Symphony No. 6; Stucky: Silent Spring”
  Mark Donahue, engineer; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
• “Perspectives”
  Jonathan Lackey, Bill Maylone & Dan Nichols, engineers; Joe Lambert, mastering engineer (Third Coast Percussion)
• “Tuvayhun – Beatitudes For A Wounded World”
  Morten Lindberg, engineer; Morten Lindberg, mastering engineer (Anita Brevik, Nidarosdomens Jentekor & Trondheimsolistene)
• “Williams: Violin Concerto No. 2 & Selected Film Themes”
  Bernhard Güttler, Shawn Murphy & Nick Squire, engineers; Christoph Stickel, mastering engineer (Anne-Sophie Mutter, John Williams & Boston Symphony Orchestra)

Producer of the Year, Classical

• Jonathan Allen
• Christoph Franke
• James Ginsburg
• Elaine Martone
• WINNER: Judith Sherman

 

Orchestral Performance

• “Adams, John Luther: Sila – The Breath Of The World”
  Doug Perkins, conductor (Musicians Of The University Of Michigan Department Of Chamber Music & University Of Michigan Percussion Ensemble)
• “Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7-9″
  Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
• “Eastman: Stay On It”
  Christopher Rountree, conductor (Wild Up)
• “John Williams – The Berlin Concert”
  John Williams, conductor (Berliner Philharmoniker)
• WINNER: “Works By Florence Price, Jessie Montgomery, Valerie Coleman”
  Michael Repper, conductor (New York Youth Symphony)

Opera Recording

• “Aucoin: Eurydice”
  Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Barry Banks, Nathan Berg, Joshua Hopkins, Erin Morley & Jakub Józef Orliński; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
• WINNER: “Blanchard: Fire Shut Up In My Bones”
  Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Angel Blue, Will Liverman, Latonia Moore & Walter Russell III; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
• “Davis: X – The Life And Times Of Malcolm X”
  Gil Rose, conductor; Ronnita Miller, Whitney Morrison, Victor Robertson & Davóne Tines; Gil Rose, producer (Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Odyssey Opera Chorus)

 

Choral Performance

• “Bach: St. John Passion”
  John Eliot Gardiner, conductor (English Baroque Soloists; Monteverdi Choir)
• WINNER: “Born”
  Donald Nally, conductor (Dominic German, Maren Montalbano, Rebecca Myers & James Reese; The Crossing)
• “Verdi: Requiem – The Met Remembers 9/11″
  Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Donald Palumbo, chorus master (Michelle DeYoung, Eric Owens, Ailyn Pérez & Matthew Polenzani; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

• “Beethoven: Complete String Quartets, Volume 2 – The Middle Quartets”
  Dover Quartet
• “Musical Remembrances”
  Neave Trio
• “Perspectives”
  Third Coast Percussion
• WINNER: “Shaw: Evergreen”
  Attacca Quartet
• “What Is American”
  PUBLIQuartet

 Classical Instrumental Solo

    “Abels: Isolation Variation”
    Hilary Hahn
    “Bach: The Art Of Life”
    Daniil Trifonov
    “Beethoven: Diabelli Variations”
    Mitsuko Uchida
    WINNER: “Letters For The Future”
    Time For Three; Xian Zhang, conductor (The Philadelphia Orchestra)
    “A Night In Upper Town – The Music Of Zoran Krajacic”
    Mak Grgić

Classical Solo Vocal Album

    “Eden”
    Joyce DiDonato, soloist; Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor (Il Pomo D’Oro)
    “How Do I Find You”
    Sasha Cooke, soloist; Kirill Kuzmin, pianist
    “Okpebholo: Lord, How Come Me Here?”
    Will Liverman, soloist; Paul Sánchez, pianist (J’Nai Bridges & Caen Thomason-Redus)
    “Stranger – Works For Tenor By Nico Muhly”
    Nicholas Phan, soloist (Eric Jacobson; Brooklyn Rider & The Knights; Reginald Mobley)
    WINNER: “Voice Of Nature – The Anthropocene”
    Renée Fleming, soloist; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, pianist

Best Classical Compendium

• WINNER: “An Adoption Story”
  Starr Parodi & Kitt Wakeley; Jeff Fair, Starr Parodi & Kitt Wakeley, producers
• “Aspire”
  JP Jofre & Seunghee Lee; Enrico Fagone, conductor; Jonathan Allen, producer
• “A Concert For Ukraine”
  Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; David Frost, producer
• “The Lost Birds”
  Voces8; Barnaby Smith & Christopher Tin, conductors; Sean Patrick Flahaven & Christopher Tin, producers

Contemporary Classical Composition

• “Akiho: Ligneous Suite”
  Andy Akiho, composer (Ian Rosenbaum & Dover Quartet)
• “Bermel: Intonations”
  Derek Bermel, composer (Jack Quartet)
• “Gubaidulina: The Wrath Of God”
  Sofia Gubaidulina, composer (Andris Nelsons & Gewandhausorchester)
• WINNER: “Puts: Contact”
  Kevin Puts, composer (Xian Zhang, Time for Three & The Philadelphia Orchestra)
• “Simon: Requiem For The Enslaved”
  Carlos Simon, composer (Carlos Simon, MK Zulu, Marco Pavé & Hub New Music)