2021 Classical Music Grammy Award Nominees Announced

The 2021 classical music nominees are:

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

• "Adès: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra" - Kirill Gerstein; Thomas Adès, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
• "Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas" - Igor Levit
• "Bohemian Tales" - Augustin Hadelich; Jakub Hrůša, conductor (Charles Owen; Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks)
• "Destination Rachmaninov - Arrival" - Daniil Trifonov; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (The Philadelphia Orchestra)
• "Theofanidis: Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra" -
  Richard O'Neill; David Alan Miller, conductor (Albany Symphony)

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

• "Adès: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra" - Kirill Gerstein; Thomas Adès, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
• "Danielpour: The Passion Of Yeshua" - Richard Danielpour, composer (JoAnn Falletta, James K. Bass, Adam Luebke, UCLA Chamber Singers, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra & Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus)
• "Floyd, C.: Prince Of Players" - Carlisle Floyd, composer (William Boggs, Kate Royal, Keith Phares, Florentine Opera Chorus & Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra)
• "Hearne, T.: Place" - Ted Hearne, composer (Ted Hearne, Steven Bradshaw, Sophia Byrd, Josephine Lee, Isaiah Robinson, Sol Ruiz, Ayanna Woods & Place Orchestra)
• "Rouse: Symphony No. 5" - Christopher Rouse, composer (Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony

Best Orchestral Performance

• "Aspects Of America - Pulitzer Edition" - Carlos Kulmar, conductor (Oregon Symphony)
• "Concurrence" - Daníel Bjarnson, conductor (Iceland Symphony Orchestra)
• "Copland Symphony No. 3" - Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)
• "Ives: Complete Sonatas" - Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
• "Lutosławski: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3" - Hannu Lintu, conductor (Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Best Opera Recording

• "Dello Joio: The Trial At Rouen" - Gil Rose, conductor; Heather Buck & Stephen Powell; Gil Rose, producer (Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Odyssey Opera Chorus)
• "Floyd, C.: Prince Of Players" - William Boggs, conductor; Keith Phares & Kate Royal; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra; Florentine Opera Chorus)
• "Gershwin: Porgy And Bess" - David Robertson, conductor; Angel Blue & Eric Owens; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
• "Handel: Agrippina" - Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor; Joyce DiDonato; Daniel Zalay, producer (Il Pomo D'Oro)
• "Zemlinsky: Der Zwerg" - Donald Runnicles, conductor; David Butt Philip & Elena Tsallagova; Peter Ghirardini & Erwin Stürzer, producers (Orchestra Of The Deutsche Oper Berlin; Chorus Of The Deutsche Oper Berlin)

Best Choral Performance

• "Carthage" - Donald Nally, conductor (The Crossing)
• "Danielpour: The Passion Of Yeshuah" - JoAnn Falletta, conductor; James K. Bass & Adam Luebke, chorus masters (James K. Bass, J'Nai Bridges, Timothy Fallon, Kenneth Overton, Hila Plitmann & Matthew Worth; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus & UCLA Chamber Singers)
• "Kastalsky: Requiem" - Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Charles Bruffy, Steven Fox & Benedict Sheehan, chorus masters (Joseph Charles Beutel & Anna Dennis; Orchestra Of St. Luke's; Cathedral Choral Society, The Clarion Choir, Kansas City Chorale & The Saint Tikhon Choir)
• "Moravec: Sanctuary Road" - Kent Tritle, conductor (Joshua Blue, Raehann Bryce-Davis, Dashon Burton, Malcolm J. Merriweather & Laquita Mitchell; Oratorio Society Of New York Orchestra; Oratorio Society Of New York Chorus)
• "Once Upon A Time" - Matthew Guard, conductor (Sarah Walker; Skylark Vocal Ensemble)

Best Classical Compendium

• "Adès Conducts Adès" - Mark Stone & Christianne Stotijn; Thomas Adès, conductor; Nick Squire, producer
• "Saariaho: Graal Théâtre; Circle Map; Neiges; Vers toi qui es si loin" - Clément Mao-Takacs, conductor; Hans Kipfer, producer
• "Serebrier: Symphonic Bach Variations; Laments and Hallelujahs; Flute Concerto" - José Serebrier, conductor; Jens Braun, producer
• "Thomas, M.T.: From The Diary of Anne Frank & Meditations on Rilke" - Isabel Leonard; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Jack Vad, producer
• "Woolf, L.P.: Fire and Flood" - Matt Haimovitz; Julian Wachner, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

• "American Composers At Play - William Bolcom, Ricky Ian Gordon, Lori Laitman, John Musto Stephen Powell" - (Attacca Quartet, William Bolcom, Ricky Ian Gordon, Lori Laitman, John Musto, Charles Neidich & Jason Vieaux)
• "Clairières - Songs By Lili & Nadia Boulanger" - Nicholas Phan; Myra Huang, accompanist Farinelli Cecilia Bartoli; Giovanni Antonini, conductor (Il Giardino Armonico)
• "A Lad's Love" - Brian Giebler; Steven Mcghee, accompanist (katie Hyun, Michael Katz, Jessica Meyer, Reginald Mobley & Ben Russell)
• "Smyth: The Prison" - Sarah Brailey & Dashon Burton; James Blachly, conductor (Experiential Chorus; Experiential Orchestra)