2015 Grammy Nominees -- Classical

Many of this year's Grammy-nominated classical CDs are available from the University Libraries, either online via Naxos Music Library (log-in required from off-campus) or in the Music Collection (indicated by call number).  There are interesting selections in each category:

Best Orchestral Performance
Dutilleux: Symphony No. 1; Tout Un Monde Lointain; The Shadows Of Time / Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Seattle Symphony)  /  Label:  Seattle Symphony Media

Dvorak: Symphony No. 8; Janàcek: Symphonic Suite from Jenufa / Manfred Honeck, conductor (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)  / Label: Reference Recordings

Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7; Tapiola / Robert Spano, conductor (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra) / Label: ASO Media

Best Opera Recording 

Charpentier: La Descente D'Orphee Aus Enfers / Boston Early Music Festaval / Label: CPO

Milhaud: L'Orestie D'Eschyle / University of Michgan / Label: Naxos

Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie / William Christie, conductor / Glyndebourne Chorus & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment 
DVD Video 11931  (Educational Resources Collections)

Strauss: Elektra / Christian Thielemann, conductor / Staatskapelle Dresden / Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Compact Disc 22049

Best Choral Performance
Bach:  Matthäus-Passion / René Jacobs / Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin / Label:  Harmonia Mundi
Call Number:  Compact Disc 21799

The Sacred Spirit of Russia / Craig Hella Johnson, conductor
Call Number:  (still in processing)

Best Chamber Music
Martinu:  Cellos Sonatas Nos. 1-3; Sibelius Malinconia; Mustonen Cello Sonata / Steve Isserus & Olli Mustonen / Label:  Bis

Sing Thee Nowell / New York Polyphony / Label: Bis

Best Classical Instrumental Solo
All the Things You Are (Music for piano, left-hand) / Leon Fleisher / Label: Bridge Records
Compact Disc 21971

Dutilleux:  Symphony No. 1; Tout un monde lointain / Seattle Symphony, Xavier Phillips, cello / Label: Seattle Symphony Media

Play / Jason Vieaux, guitar / Label: Azica

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Douce France / Anne Sofie von Otter / Label: Naïve

Porpora: Arias / Philippe Jaroussky / Label: Erato
Compact Disc 21177

Schubert:  Die Schöne Müllerin / Florian Boesch / Label: Onyx

Stella di Napoli / Joyce DiDonato / Erato

Virtuoso Rossini Arias / Lawrence Brownlee / Delos

Best Classical Compendium
Britten to America (Radio & Theatre Music) / Label: NMC

Best Contemporary Classical Composition
John Luther Adams:  Become Ocean* / Seattle Symphony / Label: Cantaloupe
   *  Also awarded the 2013 Pulitzer Prize

Clyne: Prince of Clouds / Jennifer Koh & Jaime Laredo / Label: Cedille

Roberto Sierra: Sinfonía No. 4 / Label: Naxos