On February 13th, 2011, the following albums and producers were awared the coveted Grammy Award. View the classical nominees for the 2011 classical music Grammy Awards.
1. Best Engineered Album, Classical (Tie)
Naxos, (C) 2009 Naxos
Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina
Mark Donahue, John Hill & Dirk Sobotka, engineers
(Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony Orchestra)
[Naxos]
2. Best Engineered Album, Classical (Tie)
Quincy Porter: Complete Viola Works
Porter, Quincy: Complete Viola Works
Leslie Ann Jones, Kory Kruckenberg, Brandie Lane & David Sabee, engineers (Eliesha Nelson & John McLaughlin Williams)
[Dorian Sono Luminus]
3. Producer of the Year, Classical
David Frost
- Britten's Orchestra (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony)
- Chambers, Evan: The Old Burying Ground (Kenneth Kiesler & The University Of Michigan Symphony Orchestra)
- Dorman, Avner: Concertos For Mandolin, Piccolo, Piano And Concerto Grosso (Andrew Cyr, Eliran Avni, Mindy Kaufman, Avi Avital & Metropolis Ensemble)
- The 5 Browns In Hollywood (5 Browns)
- Mackey, Steven: Dreamhouse (Gil Rose, Rinde Eckert, Catch Electric Guitar Quartet, Synergy Vocals & Boston Modern Orchestra Project)
4. Best Classical Album
CSO Resound, (C) 2010 CSO Resound
Verdi Requiem
Riccardo Muti, conductor; Duain Wolfe, chorus master; Christopher Alder, producer; David Frost, Tom Lazarus & Christopher Willis, engineers/mixers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer
(Ildar Abdrazakov, Olga Borodina, Barbara Frittoli & Mario Zeffiri; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Chorus)
[CSO Resound]
5. Best Orchestral Performance
Naxos, (C) 2009 Naxos
Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor (Terrence Wilson; Nashville Symphony)
[Naxos]
6. Best Opera Recording
Saariaho: L'Amour De Loin
Saariaho: L'Amour De Loin
Kent Nagano, conductor; Daniel Belcher, Ekaterina Lekhina & Marie-Ange Todorovitch; Martin Sauer, producer
(Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; Rundfunkchor Berlin)
[Harmonia Mundi]
7. Best Choral Performance
CSO Resound, (C) 2010 CSO Resound
Verdi Requiem
Riccardo Muti, conductor; Duain Wolfe, chorus master
(Ildar Abdrazakov, Olga Borodina, Barbara Frittoli & Mario Zeffiri; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Chorus)
[CSO Resound]
8. Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos.24 & 23
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 24
Mitsuko Uchida
(The Cleveland Orchestra)
[Decca]
9. Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)
2010 Naxos
Messiaen: Livre Du Saint-Sacrement
Paul Jacobs
[Naxos]
