The classical music nominees for the 2019 61st Annual Grammy Awards have been announced - including violinists James Ehnes, Joshua Bell and Laurie Anderson and the Kronos, Danish and Aizuri String Quartets.
The year’s Grammy Awards will be presented today at a special ceremony in Los Angeles's Microsoft Theatre.
The 2019 classical music nominees are:
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
- Laurie Anderson : Landfall - Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet
- Prism 1 Beethoven, Shostakovich & Bach - The Danish String Quartet
- Blueprinting - Aizuri Quartet
- Stravinsky : The Rite of String Concerto for Two Pianos - Leif Ove Andsnes & Marc-Andre Hamelin
- Vision and Variations - A Far Cry
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
- Bartok Piano Concerto No. 2 - Yuja Wang, Simon Rattle & Berlin Philharmonic
- Biber : The Mystery Sonatas - Christina Day Martinson, Martin Pearlman & Boston Baroque
- Bruch : Scottish Fantasy, Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor - Joshua Bell & The Academy of St. Martins in the Fields
- Glass : Three Pieces in the Shape of a Square - Craig Morris
- Kernis Violin Concerto - James Ehnes, Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
- Bates : The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs - Mason Bates, Mark Campbell, Michael Christie, Garrett Sorenson, Wei Wu, Sasha Cooke, Edwards Parks, Jessica E. Jones & Santa Fe Opera Orchestra
- Du Yun : Air Glow - Du Yun & International Contemporary Ensemble
- Heggie : Great Scott - Jake Heggie, Terrence McNally, Patrick Summers, Manuel Palazzo, Mark Hancock, Michael Mayes, Rodell Rosel, Kevin Burdette, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Nathan Gunn, Frederica von Stade, Ailyn Pérez, Joyce DiDonato & Dallas Opera Chorus & Orchestra
- Kernis Violin Concerto - Aaron Jay Kernis, James Ehnes, Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony
- Mazzoli : Vespers for Violin - Missy Mazzoli & Olivia De Prato
Best Orchestral Performance
- Beethoven Symphony No. 3, Strauss Horn Concerto No. 1 - Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony
- Nielsen Symphony No. 3 & 4 - Thomas Dausgaard & Seattle Symphony
- Ruggles, Stucky & Harbison Orchestral Works - David Alan Miller & National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic
- Schumann Symphonies No. 1-4 - Michael Tilson Thomas & San Francisco Symphony
- Shostakovich Symphonies No. 4 & 11 - Andris Nelsons & Boston Symphony
Best Opera Recording
- Adams: Doctor Atomic - John Adams, Aubrey Allicock, Julia Bullock, Gerald Finley, Brindley Sherratt Friedemann Engelbrecht, BBC Symphony Orchestra & BBC Singers
- Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs - Michael Christie, Sasha Cooke, Jessica E. Jones, Edwards Parks, Garrett Sorenson, Wei Wu and Elizabeth Ostrow & the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra
- Lully: Alceste - Christophe Rousset, Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Judith Van Wanroij, Maximilien Ciup, Les Talens Lyriques & Choeur De Chambre De Namur
- Strauss : Der Reosenkavalier - Sebastian Weigle, Renée Fleming, Elīna Garanča, Günther Groissböck, Erin Morley, David Frost, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Metropolitan Opera Chorus
- Verdi: Rigoletto - Constantine Orbelian, Francesco Demuro, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Nadine Sierra, Vilius Keras, Aleksandra Keriene, Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra & Men Of The Kaunas State Choir
Best Choral Performance
- Chesnokov : Teach Me Thy Statutes - Vladimir Gorbik, Mikhail Davydov, Vladimir Krasov & PaTRAM Institute Male Choir
- Kastalsky : Memory Eternal - Steven Fox & The Clarion Choir
- McLoskey : Zealot Canticles - Donald Nally, Doris Hall-Gulati, Rebecca Harris, Arlen Hlusko, Lorenzo Raval, Mandy Wolman & The Crossing)
- Rachmaninov : The Bells - Mariss Jansons, Peter Dijkstra, Oleg Dolgov, Alexey Markov, Tatiana Pavlovskaya, Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- Seven Words From the Cross - Matthew Guard & Skylark
Best Classical Compendium
- Fuch Piano Concerto ‘Spiritualist’, Poems of Life, Glacier, Rush - JoAnn Falletta & Tim Handely
- Gold - The King’s Singers & Nigel Short
- The John Adams Edition - Simon Rattle & Christoph Franke
- John Williams at the Movies - Jerry Junkin & Donald J. McKinney
- Vaughan Willians Piano Concerto, Oboe Concerto, Serenade to Music, Flos Campi - Peter Ondjian & Blanton Alspaugh
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
- ARC - Anthony Roth Costanzo, Jonathan Cohen & Les Violons Du Roy
- The Handel Album - Philippe Jaroussky & Artaserse
- Mirages - Sabine Devieilhe, François-Xavier Roth, Alexandre Tharaud, Marianne Crebassa, Jodie Devos & Les Siècles
- Schubert : Winterreise - Randall Scarlata & Gilbert Kalish
- Songs of Orpheus - Karim Sulayman; Jeannette Sorrell & Apollo’s Fire
In addition, director and producer Alison Chernick has been nominated for her documentary ‘Itzhak’ - in the ‘Best Music Film’ category.
