11 Dec 2005
Grammy Award Nominees — Classical Vocal Music
The following are the nominees for the Grammy award in selected categories pertaining to classical vocal music.
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Best Opera Recording
(Award to the Conductor, Album Producer(s) and Principal Soloists.)
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.)
Best Classical Vocal Performance(Award to the Vocal Soloist(s).)
Source: Grammy.com
(Award to the Conductor, Album Producer(s) and Principal Soloists.)
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Britten: Death
In Venice Richard Hickox, conductor; Michael Chance, Philip Langridge and Alan Opie; Brian Couzens, producer (BBC Singers; City Of London Sinfonia) [Chandos Records Ltd] |
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Conradi:
Ariadne Paul O'Dette and Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Barbara Borden, Karina Gauvin, Ellen Hargis, Jan Kobow, Julian Podger, Marek Rzepka, James Taylor & Matthew White; Renate Wolter-Seevers, producer (Boston Early Music Festival Chorus; Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra) [CPO] |
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Strauss, R.:
Daphne Semyon Bychkov,conductor; Johan Botha, Renée Fleming, Anna Larsson, Michael Schade and Kwanchul Youn; Michael Haas, producer (West German Radio Symphony Orchestra (Köln)) [Decca] |
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Verdi:
Falstaff Sir Colin Davis, conductor; Carlos Alvarez, Bülent Bezdüz, Marina Domashenko, Jane Henschel, Ana Ibarra, Maria Josè Moreno & Michele Pertusi; James Mallinson,producer (London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra) [LSO Live] |
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Vivaldi:
Bajazet Fabio Biondi, conductor; Patrizia Ciofi, David Daniels, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Elina Garanca,Vivica Genaux & Marijana Mijanovic; Nicolas Bartholomée, producer (Europa Galante) [Virgin Classics] |
(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.)
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Bernstein:
Mass Kent Nagano, conductor; Simon Halsey & Kai-Uwe Jirka, choir directors; Richard Grant and Lynne Morrow, chorus masters (Julian Frischling & Jerry Hadley; Rundfunkchor Berlin, Staats-Und Domchor Berlin & Soloists Of The Pacific Mozart Ensemble; Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin) [Harmonia Mundi] |
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Bolcom: Songs
Of Innocence And Of Experience Leonard Slatkin,conductor; Jerry Blackstone, William Hammer, Jason Harris, Christopher Kiver, Carole Ott and Mary Alice Stollak, choir directors (Christine Brewer, Measha Brueggergosman, Ilana Davidson, Nmon Ford, Linda Hohenfeld, Joan Morris, Carmen Pelton, Marietta Simpson and Thomas Young; Michigan State University Children's Choir, University Of Michigan Chamber Choir, University Of Michigan Orpheus Singers, University Of Michigan University Choir and University Musical Society Choral Union; University Of Michigan School Of Music Symphony Orchestra) [Naxos] |
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Lauridsen: Lux
Aeterna Stephen Layton, conductor (Polyphony; Britten Sinfonia) [Hyperion] |
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Penderecki: A
Polish Requiem Antoni Wit, conductor; Henryk Wojnarowski, chorus master (Izabela Klosinska, Ryszard Minkiewicz, Piotr Nowacki & Jadwiga Rappé; Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir; Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra) [Naxos] |
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Schoenberg:
Accentus Laurence Equilbey, choir director (Jonathan Nott; Accentus; Ensemble Intercontemporain) [Naive] |
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Bach:
Cantatas Thomas Quasthoff (Rainer Kussmaul; Members Of The RIAS Chamber Choir; Berlin Baroque Soloists) [Deutsche Grammophon] |
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Bolcom:
Songs Carole Farley (William Bolcom) [Naxos] |
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Gounod -
Massenet: Arias RolandoVillazón (Evelino Pido; Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio France) [Virgin Classics] |
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Opera
Proibita Cecilia Bartoli (Marc Minkowski; Les Musiciens Du Louvre) [Decca] |
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Strauss:
Amor Natalie Dessay (Antonio Pappano; Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden) [Virgin Classics] |
Source: Grammy.com