Grammys 2012 de Música Clásica

En negrita los ganadores para cada una de las categorías de los premios Grammy que se concedieron ayer en Los Ángeles.

Como curiosidad comentar que por primera un cantante lírico, Joyce DiDonato, participó en la ceremonia de entrega de premios interpretando Non più mesta de La Cenerentola de Rossini.

Joyce DiDonato, que también estaba nominada por la ópera Ercole sul Termadonte de Vivaldi, ganó un Grammy por su otra nominación el disco en solitario Diva Divo.

Best Orchestral Performance

• Brahms: Symphony No. 4. Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic) [Deutsche Grammaphon]
• Bowen: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2. Andrew Davis, conductor (BBC Philharmonic) [Chandos]
• Haydn: Symphonies 104, 88 & 101. Nicholas McGegan, conductor (Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra) [Philharmonia Baroque Productions]
• Henze: Symphonies Nos. 3-5. Marek Janowski, conductor (Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin) [Wergo]
• Martinu: The 6 Symphonies. Jirí Belohlávek, conductor (BBC Symphony Orchestra) [Onyx Classics]

Best Opera Recording

• Adams: Doctor Atomic. Alan Gilbert, conductor; Meredith Arwady, Sasha Cooke, Richard Paul Fink, Gerald Finley, Thomas Glenn & Eric Owens; Jay David Saks, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus)[Sony Classical]
• Britten: Billy Budd. Mark Elder, conductor; John Mark Ainsley, Phillip Ens, Jacques Imbrailo, Darren Jeffery, Iain Paterson & Matthew Rose; James Whitbourn, producer (London Philharmonic Orchestra; Glyndebourne Chorus) [Opus Arte]
• Rautavaara: Kaivos. Hannu Lintu, conductor; Jaakko Kortekangas, Hannu Niemelä, Johanna Rusanen-Kartano & Mati Turi; Seppo Siirala, producer (Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra; Kaivos Chorus) [Ondine]
• Verdi: La Traviata. Antonio Pappano, conductor; Joseph Calleja, Renée Fleming & Thomas Hampson; James Whitbourn, producer (Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Royal Opera Chorus) [Opus Arte]
• Vivaldi: Ercole Sul Termodonte. Fabio Biondi, conductor; Romina Basso, Patrizia Ciofi, Diana Damrau, Joyce DiDonato, Vivica Genaux, Philippe Jaroussky, Topi Lehtipuu & Rolando Villazón; Daniel Zalay, producer (Europa Galante; Coro Da Camera Santa Cecilia Di Borgo San Lorenzo) [Virgin Classics]

Best Choral Performance

• Light & Gold. Eric Whitacre, conductor (Christopher Glynn & Hila Plitmann; The King’s Singers, Laudibus, Pavão Quartet & The Eric Whitacre Singers) [Decca]
• Beyond All Mortal Dreams – American A Cappella. Stephen Layton, conductor (Choir Of Trinity College Cambridge) [Hyperion Records]
• Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45. Patrick Dupré Quigley, conductor; James K. Bass, chorus master (Justin Blackwell, Scott Allen Jarrett, Paul Max Tipton & Teresa Wakim; Professional Choral Institute & Seraphic Fire) [Seraphic Fire Media]
• Kind. Kjetil Almenning, conductor (Nidaros String Quartet; Ensemble 96) [2L (Lindberg Lyd)]
• The Natural World Of Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen. Paul Hillier, conductor (Ars Nova Copenhagen) [Dacapo Records]

Best Small Ensemble Performance

• Mackey: Lonely Motel – Music From Slide. Rinde Eckert & Steven Mackey; Eighth Blackbird [Cedille Records]
• Frank: Hilos. Gabriela Lena Frank; ALIAS Chamber Ensemble [Naxos]
• The Kingdoms Of Castille. Richard Savino, conductor; El Mundo [Sono Luminus]
• A Seraphic Fire Christmas. Patrick Dupré Quigley, conductor; Seraphic Fire [Seraphic Fire Media]
• Sound The Bells! The Bay Brass [Harmonia Mundi]

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

• Schwantner: Concerto For Percussion & Orchestra. Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Christopher Lamb (Nashville Symphony) [Naxos]
• Chinese Recorder Concertos – East Meets West. Lan Shui, conductor; Michala Petri (Copenhagen Philharmonic) [OUR Recordings]
• Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 In C Minor, Op. 18; Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini. Claudio Abbado, Yuja Wang (Mahler Chamber Orchestra) [Deutsche Grammaphon]
• Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4. Leif Ove Andsnes, Antonio Pappano (London Symphony Orchestra) [EMI Classics]
• Winging It – Piano Music Of John Corigliano. Ursula Oppens [Cedille Records]

Best Classical Vocal Solo

• Diva Divo. Joyce DiDonato (Kazushi Ono; Orchestre De L’Opéra National De Lyon; Choeur De L’Opéra National De Lyon) [Virgin Classics]
• Grieg/Thommessen: Veslemøy Synsk. Marianne Beate Kielland (Nils Anders Mortensen) [2L (Lindberg Lyd)]
• Handel: Cleopatra. Natalie Dessay (Emmanuelle Haïm; Le Concert D’Astrée) [Virgin Classics]
• Purcell: O Solitude. Andreas Scholl (Stefano Montanari; Christophe Dumaux; Accademia Bizantina) [Decca]
• Three Baroque Tenors. Ian Bostridge (Bernard Labadie; Mark Bennett, Andrew Clarke, Sophie Daneman, Alberto Grazzi, Jonathan Gunthorpe, Benjamin Hulett & Madeline Shaw; The English Concert) [EMI Classics]

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

• Aldridge, Robert: Elmer Gantry. Robert Aldridge & Herschel Garfein [Naxos]
• Crumb, George: The Ghosts Of Alhambra. George Crumb [Bridge Records, Inc.]
• Friedman, Jefferson: String Quartet No. 3. Jefferson Friedman [New Amsterdam Records]
• Mackey, Steven: Lonely Motel – Music From Slide. Steven Mackey [Cedille Records]
• Ruders, Poul: Piano Concerto No. 2. Poul Ruders [Bridge Records, Inc.]