The 51st Annual Grammy Awards Nominations

Category 95

Best Surround Sound Album

(For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only.)

• Divertimenti

  Morten Lindberg & Hans Peter L'Orange, surround mix engineers; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Øyvind Gimse & TrondheimSolistene)

  [2L]



• MUSSORGSKY: PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION Pictures; NIGHT ON A BALD MOUNTAIN; PRELUDE TO KHOVANSHCHINA

  MICHAEL BISHOP, surround mix engineer; Michael Bishop, surround mastering engineer; ROBERT WOODS, surround producer (Paavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)

  [Telarc]



• Rheinberger: Sacred Choral Works

  John Newton, surround mix engineer; Jonathan Cooper & Mark Donahue, surround mastering engineers; Blanton Alspaugh, surround producer (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Bach Choir & Kansas City Chorale)

  [Chandos]



• Ringo 5.1 The Surround Sound Collection

  Bruce Sugar, surround mix engineer; Chris Bellman, surround mastering engineer; Bill Crowley, Ringo Starr & Bruce Sugar, surround producers (Ringo Starr)

  [Koch]



• Sensurround + B-Sides

  Toru Takayama, surround mix engineer; Ryuichi Tanaka & Yu Yamaguchi, surround mastering engineers; Keigo Oyamada, surround producer (Cornelius)

  [Everloving]

Category 96

Best Engineered Album, Classical

(An Engineer's Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.))

• Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

  Fred Vogler, engineer (Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic)

  [Deutsche Grammophon]



• Divertimenti

  Morten Lindberg & Hans Peter L'Orange, engineers (Øyvind Gimse & TrondheimSolistene)

  [2L (Lindberg Lyd)]



• Puccini: La Bohème

  Michael Bishop, engineer (Robert Spano & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus)

  [Telarc]



• Respighi: Church Windows, Brazilian Impressions, Rossiniana

  John Newton, engineer (JoAnn Falletta & Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra)

  [Naxos]



• TRADITIONS AND TRANSFORMATIONS: SOUNDS OF SILK RAOD CHICAGO

  David Frost, Tom Lazarus & Christopher Willis, engineers (Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Alan Gilbert, Silk Road Ensemble, Wu Man, Yo-Yo Ma & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

  [CSO Resound]

Category 97

Producer Of The Year, Classical

(A Producer's Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.))

• DAVID FROST
  




• Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique (Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic)
  


• Right Through The Bone - Julius Röntgen Chamber Music (ARC Ensemble)
  


• Schubert: Sonata In D Maj.; Liszt: Don Juan Fantasy (Min Kwon)
  


• Traditions And Transformations: Sounds Of Silk Road Chicago (Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Alan Gilbert, Yo-Yo Ma, Silk Road Ensemble, Wu Man & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

  
  





• David Groves
  




• Baroque (Gabriela Montero)
  


• Beethoven: Piano Sonatas (Jonathan Biss)
  


• Polish Spirit (Nigel Kennedy & Jacek Kaspszyk)
  


• Respighi: Roman Trilogy, Il Tramonto (Antonio Pappano)
  


• Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Martha Argerich)

  
  





• Judith Sherman
  




• Carter, Elliott: String Quartets Nos. 1 And 5 (Pacifica Quartet)
  


• Piano Music Of Salonen, Stucky And Lutoslawski (Gloria Cheng)
  


• Reich: Daniel Variations (Grant Gershon, Alan Pierson, Los Angeles Master Chorale & London Sinfonietta)
  


• Riley, Terry: The Cusp Of Magic (Kronos Quartet & Wu Man)
  


• String Poetic (Jennifer Koh & Reiko Uchida)

  
  





• Robert Woods
  




• Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition, Night On Bald Mountain, Prelude To Khovanshchina (Paavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)
  


• Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5, Lieutenant Kijé Suite (Paavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)
  


• Puccini: La Bohème (Robert Spano & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus)
  


• Ravel: Boléro (Erich Kunzel & Cincinnati Pops Orchestra)
  


• Revolutionary (Cameron Carpenter)

  
  





• Robina G. Young
  




• Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 18, Nos 1-6 (Tokyo String Quartet)
  


• Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 'Eroica' (Andrew Manze & Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra)
  


• Birds On Fire (Fretwork)
  


• Heavenly Harmonies (Stile Antico)
  


• Scattered Rhymes (Paul Hillier, Orlando Consort & The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir)

  
  

Category 98

Best Classical Album

(Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s) if other than the Artist.)

• Maria

  Cecilia Bartoli; Christopher Raeburn, producer; Wolf-Dieter Karwatky & Philip Siney, engineers/mixers (Adam Fischer; Orchestra La Scintilla)

  [Decca Records]



• O'Regan, Tarik: Threshold Of Night

  Craig Hella Johnson, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer; John Newton, engineer/mixer; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Company Of Strings; Company Of Voices & Conspirare)

  [Harmonia Mundi]



• Schoenberg/Sibelius: Violin Concertos

  Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Hilary Hahn; Sid McLauchlan & Arend Prohmann, producers; Stephan Flock, engineer/mixer (Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra)

  [Deutsche Grammophon]



• Spotless Rose: Hymns To The Virgin Mary

  Charles Bruffy, conductor; Phoenix Chorale; Blanton Alspaugh, producer; John Newton, engineer/mixer; Jonathan Cooper, mastering engineer

  [Chandos]



• WEILL: RISE AND FALL OF THE CITY OF THE MAHAGONNY

  James Conlon, conductor; Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone & Audra McDonald; Fred Vogler, producer (Donnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich & Robert Wörle; Los Angeles Opera Chorus; Los Angeles Opera Orchestra)

  [EuroArts]

Category 99

Best Orchestral Performance

(Award to the Conductor and to the Orchestra.)

• D'Indy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

  Rumon Gamba, conductor (Iceland Symphony Orchestra)

  [Chandos]



• Glazunov: Symphony No. 6, La Mer, Introduction And Dance From Salome

  José Serebrier, conductor (Royal Scottish National Orchestra)

  [Warner Classics & Jazz]



• Prokofiev: Scythian Suite, Op. 20

  Alan Gilbert, conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

  Track from: Traditions And Transformations: Sounds Of Silk Road Chicago

  [CSO Resound]



• SHOSTAKOVICH: SYMPHONY NO. 4

  BERNARD HAITNIK, conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

  [CSO Resound]



• Walden, Chris: Symphony No. 1, The Four Elements

  Chris Walden, conductor (Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra)

  [Origin Classical]

Category 100

Best Opera Recording

(Award to the Conductor, Album Producer(s) and Principal Soloists.)

• Dun, Tan: The First Emperor

  Tan Dun, conductor; Michelle DeYoung, Plácido Domingo, Elizabeth Futral, Paul Groves, Wu Hsing-Kuo & Hao Jiang Tian; Jay David Saks, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

  [EMI Classics]



• Lully: Psyché

  Paul O´Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Colin Balzer, Karina Gauvin, Carolyn Sampson & Aaron Sheehan; Renate Wolter-Seevers, producer (Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra; Boston Early Music Festival Chorus)

  [CPO]



• Monteverdi: L'Orfeo

  Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor; Sara Mingardo, Monica Piccinini, Anna Simboli & Furio Zanasi; Jean-Pierre Loisil, producer (Concerto Italiano)

  [Naive Classique]



• Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin

  Valery Gergiev, conductor; Renée Fleming, Dmitri Hvorostovsky & Ramón Vargas; Jay David Saks, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

  [Decca]



• WEILL: RISE AND FALL OF THE CITY OF MAHAGONNY

  James Conlon, conductor; Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone & Audra McDonald; Fred Vogler, producer (Donnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich & Robert Wörle; Los Angeles Opera Orchestra; Los Angeles Opera Chorus)

  [EuroArts]

Category 101

Best 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.)

• O'Regan, Tarik: Threshold Of Night

  Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (Company Of Strings; Company Of Voices & Conspirare)

  [Harmonia Mundi]



• Rheinberger: Sacred Choral Works

  Charles Bruffy, conductor (Kansas City Chorale & Phoenix Bach Choir)

  [Chandos]



• SYMPHONY OF PSALMS

  SIR SIMON RATTLE, conductor; SIMON HASLEY, chorus master (Berliner Philharmoniker; Rundfunkchor Berlin)

  Track from: Stravinsky: Symphonies

  [EMI Classics]



• Szymanowski, Karol: Stabat Mater

  Antoni Wit, conductor; Henryk Wojnarowski, chorus master (Jaroslaw Brek, Iwona Hossa & Ewa Marciniec; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra; Warsaw Philharmonic Choir)

  [Naxos]



• Tippett: A Child Of Our Time

  Colin Davis, conductor; Joseph Cullen, chorus master (Steve Davislim, Mihoko Fujimura, Matthew Rose & Indra Thomas; London Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Chorus)

  [LSO Live]

Category 102

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)

(Award to the Instrumental Soloist(s) and to the Conductor.)

• Bloch/Lees:Violin Concertos

  John McLaughlin Williams, conductor; Elmar Oliveira (National Symphony Orchestra Of Ukraine)

  [Artek]



• Harrison: Pipa Concerto

  Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor; Wu Man (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

  Track from: Traditions And Transformations: Sounds Of Silk Road Chicago

  [CSO Resound]



• Mozart: Piano Concertos 17 & 20

  Leif Ove Andsnes (Norwegian Chamber Orchestra)

  [EMI Classics]



• Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos 2 & 5

  Charles Dutoit, conductor; Jean-Yves Thibaudet (L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande)

  [Decca Records]



• SCHOENBERG /SIBELIUS: VIOLIN CONCERTOS

  ESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor; HILARY HAHN(Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra)

  [Deutsche Grammophon]

Category 103

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)

(Award to the Instrumental Soloist.)

• In A State Of Jazz

  Marc-André Hamelin

  [Hyperion]



• PIANO MUSIC OF SALONEN, STUCKY AND LUTO SLAWSKI

  GLORIA CHENG

  [Telarc]



• Red Cliff Capriccio

  Wei Li

  [First Impression Music]



• Revolutionary

  Cameron Carpenter

  [Telarc]



• Strange Toys

  Joan Jeanrenaud

  [Talking House Records]

Category 104

Best Chamber Music Performance

(Award to the Artists.)

• Brahms: String Quartet Op. 51, No. 2, Piano Quintet Op. 34

  Stephen Hough; Takács Quartet

  [Hyperion]



• CARTER, ELLIOT: STRING QUARTETS NOS. 1 AND 5

  Pacifica Quartet

  [Naxos]



• Folk Songs

  Trio Mediaeval

  [ECM New Series]



• Right Through The Bone - Julius Röntgen Chamber Music

  ARC Ensemble

  [RCA Red Seal]



• String Poetic

  Jennifer Koh & Reiko Uchida

  [Cedille Records]

Category 105

Best Small Ensemble Performance

(Award to the Ensemble (and to the Conductor.))

• Divertimenti

  Øyvind Gimse, conductor; TrondheimSolistene

  [2L (Lindberg Lyd)]



• Dun: Pipa Concerto; Hayashi: Viola Concerto; Takemitsu: Nostalgia

  Roman Balashov, conductor; Yuri Bashmet; Moscow Soloists (Wu Man)

  [Onyx Classics]



• Im Wunderschoenen Monat Mai

  Reinbert De Leeuw, conductor; Barbara Sukowa; Schoenberg Ensemble

  [Winter & Winter]



• Monk: Impermanence

  Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble

  [ECM New Series]



• SPOTLESS ROSE: HYMNS TO THE VIRGIN MARY

  CHARLES BRUFFY, conductor; PHONEIX CHORALE

  [Chandos]

Category 106

Best Classical Vocal Performance

(Award to the Vocal Soloist(s).)

• CORIGLIANO: MR. TAMBOURINE MAN: SEVEN POEMS OF BOB DYLAN

  HILA PLITMANN (JoAnn Falletta; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra)

  [Naxos]



• Fussell, Charles: Wilde

  Sanford Sylvan (Gil Rose; Boston Modern Orchestra Project)

  [BMOP/sound]



• Gomidas Songs

  Isabel Bayrakdarian (Eduard Topchjan; Serouj Kradjian; Chamber Players Of The Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra)

  [Nonesuch Records]



• Maria

  Cecilia Bartoli (Adam Fischer; Orchestra La Scintilla)

  [Decca Records]



• Terezín: Theresienstadt

  Anne Sofie Von Otter (Christian Gerhaher & Daniel Hope; Bengt Forsberg & Gerold Huber)

  [Deutsche Grammophon]

Category 107

Best 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.) Award to the librettist, if applicable.)

• Dalbavie: Concerto Pour Flûte

  Marc-André Dalbavie (Peter Eötvös)

  Track from: Dalbavie/Jarrell/Pintscher: Flute Concertos

  [EMI Classics]



• Gandolfi: The Garden Of Cosmic Speculation

  Michael Gandolfi (Robert Spano)

  [Telarc]



• MR. TAMBOURINE MAN: SEVEN POEMS OF BOB DYLAN

  JOHN CORIGLIANO (JoAnn Falletta)

  Track from: Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems Of Bob Dylan

  [Naxos]



• Violin Concerto No. 2

  George Tsontakis (Douglas Boyd)

  Track from: Tsontakis: Violin Concerto No. 2, Clair De Lune

  [Koch Int'l Clasiscs]



• Walden, Chris: Symphony No. 1, The Four Elements

  Chris Walden (Chris Walden)

  [Origin Classical]

Category 108

Best Classical Crossover Album

(Award to the Artist(s) and/or to the Conductor.)

• Baroque

  Gabriela Montero

  [EMI Classics]



• Indigo Road

  Ronn McFarlane

  [Dorian Sono Luminus]



• Olde School

  East Village Opera Company

  [Decca Records]



• The Othello Syndrome

  Uri Caine Ensemble

  [Winter & Winter]



• SIMPLE GIFTS

  THE KING'S SINGERS

  [Signum Records]

Category 109

Best Short Form Music Video

(For an individual track or single promotional clip. Award to the Artist and to the Video Director/Producer.)

• Honey

  Erykah Badu

  Erykah Badu & Mr. Roboto, video directors; Megan Gutman, video producer

  [Universal Motown]



• Who's Gonna Save My Soul

  Gnarls Barkley

  Christopher Milk, video director; Anne Johnson, video producer

  [Downtown/Atlantic]



• Another Way To Die

  Alicia Keys & Jack White

  PR Brown & MK12, video directors; Mick Ebeling, Sheira Rees-Davies & Jane Tredget, video producers

  [J Records]



• House Of Cards

  Radiohead

  James Frost, video director; Dawn Fanning, video producer

  [TBD Records]



• PORK AND BEANS

  WEEZER

  Mathew Cullen, video director; Bernard Rahill, video producer

  [DGC/Interscope]

Category 110

Best Long Form Music Video

(For video album packages consisting of more than one song or track. Award to the Artist and to the Video Director/Producer of at least 51% of the total playing time.)

• Where The Light Is - Live In Los Angeles

  John Mayer

  Danny Clinch, video director; Lindha Narvaez, video producer

  [Columbia]



• RUNNIN' DOWN A DREAM

  Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

  Peter Bogdanovich, video director; Skot Bright, video producer

  [Warner Bros.]



• Good Girl Gone Bad Live

  Rihanna

  Paul Caslin, video director; John Paveley, Ruth Paveley & Rupert Style, video producers

  [Def Jam/SRP Records/Mercury Music Group/Universal Music]



• Respect Yourself - The Stax Records Story

  (Various Artists)

  Robert Gordon & Morgan Neville, video directors; Mark Crosby, Robert Gordon & Morgan Neville, video producers

  [Stax/Tremolo Productions/Concord Music Group]



• Amazing Journey: The Story Of The Who

  The Who

  Paul Crowder & Murray Lerner, video directors; Murray Lerner, Robert Rosenberg & Nigel Sinclair, video producers

  [Universal Home Entertainment]