The Classical Grammy Nominations for 2014

The Grammy nominations were released tonight – and yes, Virginia, there is a division for classical music! (Who knew?!) You won't find much coverage of them in the usual press, so here are the different categories and the various nominations in the Classical Music division.

For BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE:
Atterberg – Orchestral Works (Vol. 1) – Neeme Järvi, & the Gothenburg Symphony on Chandos
Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 1 – Esa-Pekka Salonen & the Los Angeles Philharmonic on Sony
Schumann: Symphony No. 2, Manfred Overture, Genoveva Overture – Claudio Abbado & Orchestra Mozart on DG
Sibelius: Symphonies No. 1 & 4 – Osmo Vänskä & the Minnesota Orchestra on Bis (take that, Minnesota Orchestra Board of Directors)
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring - Simon RFattle & the Berlin Philharmonic on EMI

for BEST OPERA PERFORMANCE:
Adès: The Tempest – Thomas Adès conducting, Simon Keenlyside &c, Metropolitan Opera on DG
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia – Oliver Knussen conducting, Ian Bostridge &c, Aldeburgh Festival on Virgin Classics
Kleiberg: David & Bathsheba – Tonu Kaljuste conducting, soloists, Trondheim Symphony on Lindberg Lyd
Vinci: Artaserse – Diego Fasolis, conducting, soloists, chorus & Concerto Köln on Virgin Classics
Wagner: The Ring of the Nibelung – Christian Thielemann conducting, Vienna State Opera & Orchestra on DG

for BEST CHORAL PERFORMANCE
Berlioz: Requiem – Colin Davis, conducting, Barry Banks, London Symphony & Choruses – on LSO Live
Palestrina: Volume 3 – Harry Christophers, conducting The Sixteen on Coro
Parry: Works for Chorus & Orchestra – Neeme Jarvi conducting BBC National Orchestra & Chorus of Wales on Chandos
Pärt: Adam's Lament – Tonu Kaljuste conducting the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Sinfonietta Riga & Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Latvian Radio Choir & Vox Clamantis on ECM New Series
Whitbourn: Annelies – James Jordan conducting Ariana Zukerman, the Lincoln Trio and Westminster Williamson Voices on Naxos

for BEST CHAMBER MUSIC or SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas – Leonidas Kavakos & Enrico Pace on Decca
Cage: The 10,000 Things – Vicki Ray, William Winant, Aron Kallay & Tom Peters on MicroFest Records
Duo – with Helene Grimaud & Sol Gabetta on DG
Roomful of Teeth – Brad Wells & Roomful of Teeth on New Amsterdam Records
Time Go by Turns – New York Polyphony on Bis Records

for BEST INSTRUMENTAL SOLO
Bartók, Eotvos & Ligeti – Patricia Kopatchinskaja with Peter Eotvos conducting Ensemble Modern & Frankfurt Radio Symphony on Naive
Corigliano: Conjurer – Concerto for Percussionist & String Orchestra – Evelyn Glennie, with David Alan Miller conducting the Albany Symphony on Naxos
The Edge of Light – Gloria Cheng and the Calder Quartet on Harmonia Mundi
Lindberg: Piano Concerto No. 2 – with Yefim Bronfman, Alan Gilbert conducting the New York Philharmonic on DaCapo Records
Salonen: Violin Concerto; Nyx – Leila Josefowicz, with Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting the Finnish Radio Symphony on DG
Schubert: Piano Sonatas D.845 & D.960 – Maria João Pires on DG

for BEST CLASSICAL VOCAL SOLO
Drama Queens with Joyce DiDonato, Alan Curtis conducting Il complesso barocco on Virgin Classics
Mission with Cecilia Bartoli, Diego Fasolis, Philippe Jaroussky and I barocchisti on Decca
Schubert: Winterreise with Christoph Pregardien and Michael Gees on Challenge
Wagner with Jonas Kauffman, Donald Runnicles conducting Chorus & Orchestra of the German Opera of Berlin on Decca
Winter Morning Walks with Dawn Upshaw, various conductors and ensembles on ArtistShare

for BEST CLASSICAL COMPENDIUM (listing only the conductors)
Hindemith: Violin Concerto, Symphonic Metamorphoses and Konzertmusik – Christoph Eschenbach conducting on Ondine
Holmboe: Concertos – Dima Slobodeniouk conducting on DaCapo Records
Tabakova: String Paths – with Maxim Rysanov on ECM New Series

for BEST CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSITION
Magnus Lindberg: Piano Concerto No. 2 – with Yefim Bronfman, Alan Gilbert & the New York Philharmonic on DaCapo Records
Arvo Pärt: Adam's Lament – with Tonu Kaljuste, the Latvian Radio Choir, Vox Clamantis & Sinfonietta Riga on ECM New Series
Esa-Pekka Salonen: Violin Concerto – with Leila Josefowicz, Esa-Pekka Salonen & the Finnish Radio Symphony on DG
Maria Schneider: Winter Morning Walks – with Dawn Upshaw & the Australian Chamber Orchestra on ArtistShare
Caroline Shaw: Partita for 8 Voices – with Brad Wells & Roomful of Teeth on New Amsterdam Records

Winners will be announced on January 26th, 2014.