Here Are Your Classical Music Grammy Nominees For 2019

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Grammy nominations were announced Friday morning, and while you are no doubt seeing news about Kendrick Lamar, Childish Gambino, and Janelle Monae, you’re probably not hearing much about the classical nominees.

The latter can be incredibly hard to find without a combo of scrolling and clicking. That’s where CapRadio comes in: We’ve decided to help you find your classical nominees a little bit more quickly.

There are a couple of composers with ties to the Bay Area who have received nominations. Mason Bates, at just 41 years old, is one of the most celebrated composers of his generation. Born in Richmond, Virginia, Bates moved to the Bay Area in 2001 in pursuit of his doctorate. He graduated from UC Berkley in 2008 with his Ph.D. in composition. His opera "The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs" has received three Grammy nods.

John Adams, another Bay Area transplant 30 years older than Bates, once again finds a release of his 2005 opera "Dr. Atomic" nominated in the Best Opera Recording category. The opera, which had its world premiere in San Francisco more than a decade ago, was nominated and won in 2012.

The San Francisco Symphony and conductor Michael Tilson Thomas were nominated for their recording of Robert Schumann’s complete symphonic works released by their in-house record label, SFS Media. The nomination marks their third consecutive nomination in the Best Orchestral Performance category. A victory would be their first since 2013.

Here are your classical nominees:

Performance

Best Orchestral Performance

• "Beethoven: Symphony No. 3; Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1"
  Manfred Honeck, conductor (Performed by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
• "Nielsen: Symphony No. 3 & Symphony No. 4"
  Thomas Dausgaard, conductor (Performed by the Seattle Symphony)
• "Ruggles, Stucky & Harbison: Orchestral Works"
  David Alan Miller, conductor (Performed by the National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic)
• "Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1-4"
  Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (Performed by the San Francisco Symphony)
• "Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11"Andris Nelsons, conductor (Performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra

 Best Opera Recording

• "Doctor Atomic"
  John Adams, conductor; Aubrey Allicock, Julia Bullock, Gerald Finley & Brindley Sherratt; Friedemann Engelbrecht, producer (Performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra; BBC Singers)
• "The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs"
  Michael Christie, conductor; Sasha Cooke, Jessica E. Jones, Edwards Parks, Garrett Sorenson & Wei Wu; Elizabeth Ostrow, producer (Performed by the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra)
• "Alceste"
  Christophe Rousset, conductor; Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro & Judith Van Wanroij; Maximilien Ciup, producer (Performed by Les Talens Lyriques; Choeur De Chambre De Namur)
• "Der Rosenkavalier"
  Sebastian Weigle, conductor; Renée Fleming, Elīna Garanča, Günther Groissböck & Erin Morley; David Frost, producer (Performed by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
• "Rigoletto"
  Constantine Orbelian, conductor; Francesco Demuro, Dmitri Hvorostovsky & Nadine Sierra; Vilius Keras & Aleksandra Keriene, producers (Performed by the Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra; the Men of the Kaunas State Choir)

Best Choral Performance

• "Teach Me Thy Statues"
  Vladimir Gorbik, conductor (Performed by Mikhail Davydov & Vladimir Krasov; PaTRAM Institute Male Choir)
• "Memory Eternal"
  Steven Fox, conductor (Performed by the Clarion Choir)
• "Zealot Canticles"
  Donald Nally, conductor (Performed by Doris Hall-Gulati, Rebecca Harris, Arlen Hlusko, Lorenzo Raval & Mandy Wolman; The Crossing)
• "The Bells"
  Mariss Jansons, conductor; Peter Dijkstra, chorus master (Performed by Oleg Dolgov, Alexey Markov & Tatiana Pavlovskaya; Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks)
• "Seven Words From the Cross"
  Matthew Guard, conductor (Performed by Skylark)

 Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

• "Landfall"
  Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet
• "Beethoven, Shostakovich & Bach"
  The Danish String Quartet
• "Blueprinting"
  Aizuri Quartet
• "The Rite of Spring Concerto for Two Pianos"
  Leif Ove Andsnes & Marc-André Hamelin
• "Visions and Variations"
  A Far Cry

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

• "Piano Concerto No. 2"
  Yuja Wang; Simon Rattle, conductor (Performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker)
• "The Mystery Sonatas"
  Christina Day Martinson; Martin Pearlman, conductor (Performed by the Boston Baroque)
• "Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46; Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26"
  Joshua Bell (Performed by the Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields)
• "Three Pieces in the Shape of a Square"
  Craig Morris
• "Violin Concerto"
  James Ehnes; Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Performed by the Seattle Symphony)

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

• "ARC"
  Anthony Roth Costanzo; Jonathan Cohen, conductor
• "The Handel Album"
  Philippe Jaroussky; Artaserse, ensemble
• "Mirages"
  Sabine Devieilhe; François-Xavier Roth, conductor
• "Winterreise"
  Randall Scarlata; Gilbert Kalish, accompanist
• "Songs of Orpheus — Monteverdi, Caccini, D'India & Landi"
  Karim Sulayman; Jeannette Sorrell, conductor; Apollo's Fire, ensembles

Best Classical Compendium

• "Piano Concerto 'Spiritualist'; Poems of Life; Glacier; Rush"
  JoAnn Falletta, conductor; Tim Handley, producer
• "Gold"
  The King's Singers; Nigel Short, producer
• "The John Adams Edition"
  Simon Rattle, conductor; Christoph Franke, producer
• "John Williams at the Movies"
  Jerry Junkin, conductor; Donald J. McKinney, producer
• "Piano Concerto; Oboe Concerto; Seranade to Music; Flos Campi"
  Peter Oundjian, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

• "The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs"
  Mason Bates, composer; Mark Campbell, librettist
• "Air Glow"
  Du Yun, composer
• "Great Scott"
  Jake Heggie, composer; Terrence McNally, librettist
• "Violin Concerto"
  Aaron Jay Kernis, composer
• "Vespers for Violin"
  Missy Mazzoli, composer