Awards, Grammy Winners 2023

Since 1959, the Grammy Awards (presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences) have been one of the major events in the global record-industry year; held at the Crypto.com arena in Los Angeles last night, the ceremony featured live performances from artists including Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Lizzo, Harry Styles and Mary J. Blige.

Winners in the nine classical categories included Renée Fleming, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Kevin Puts and the cast of Terence Blanchard's extraordinary new opera Fire Shut Up in My Bones (headed by American baritone Will Liverman, who was nominated in the Solo Vocal category last year).

Best Orchestral Performance

Nominated

John Luther Adams: Sila - The Breath of the World The Crossing, JACK Quartet, University of Michigan Chamber Musicians, University of Michigan Percussion Ensemble

Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7-9 Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel

Eastman: Stay on It Wild Up, Christopher Rountree

John Williams: The Berlin Concert Berliner Philharmoniker, John Williams

Best Opera Recording

Terence Blanchard: Fire Shut Up in My Bones

Will Liverman (Charles), Latonia Moore (Billie), Angel Blue (Destiny/Loneliness/Greta), Walter Russell III (Char’es-Baby); The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

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Nominated

Aucoin: Eurydice Barry Banks, Nathan Berg, Joshua Hopkins, Erin Morley & Jakub Józef Orliński; The Metropolitan Opera, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Davis: X - The Life and Times of Malcolm X Davóne Tines (Malcolm X), Whitney Morrison (Louise/Betty), Ronnita Miller (Ella), Victor Robertson (Street), Joshua Conyers (Reginald); Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose

Best Choral Performance

Nominated

Bach: St. John Passion Nick Pritchard (Evangelist), William Thomas (Christus), Alex Ashworth (Pilatus), Julia Doyle (soprano), Alexander Chance (countertenor), Peter Davoren (tenor); English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Verdi Requiem: The Met Remembers 9/11 Ailyn Pérez (soprano), Michelle DeYoung (mezzo), Matthew Polenzani (tenor), Eric Owens (bass-baritone), The Metropolitan Opera, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

Nominated

Beethoven: Complete String Quartets, Volume 2 - The Middle Quartets Dover Quartet

Musical Remembrances Neave Trio

WHAT IS AMERICAN PUBLIQuartet, A’Lelia Bundles

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

Nominated

Michael Abels: Isolation Variation Hilary Hahn (violin)

Bach: The Art of Life Daniil Trifonov (piano)

Beethoven: Diabelli Variations Mitsuko Uchida (piano)

A Night in Upper Town - The Music of Zoran Krajacic Mak Grgić

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

Nominated

EDEN Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev

how do i find you Sasha Cooke (mezzo), Kirill Kuzmin (piano)

Okpebholo: Lord, How Come Me Here? Will Liverman (baritone), Paul Sánchez (piano), J'Nai Bridges (soprano), Leonardo Altino (cello), Caen Thomason-Redus (flute)

Stranger - Works For Tenor By Nico Muhly Nicholas Phan (tenor), Brooklyn Rider, The Knights, Reginald Mobley (countertenor), Lisa Kaplan, Colin Jacobsen, Eric Jacobsen (violin)

Best Classical Compendium

Kitt Wakeley: An Adoption Story

Starr Parodi, London Symphony

This title is not currently available from Presto Music, but can be purchased directly from Kitt Wakeley's website here.

Nominated

JP Jofre: Aspire London Symphony Orchestra, Enrico Fagone

A Concert for Ukraine Lise Davidsen, Elza van den Heever (sopranos), Jamie Barton (mezzo), Piotr Beczala (tenor), Vladyslav Buialskyi (baritone), Ryan Speedo Green (bass-baritone); Metropolitan Opera, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Christopher Tin: The Lost Birds Voces8, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

Nominated

Akiho: LIgNEouS Suite Dover Quartet, Ian Rosenbaum, Kristin Lee

Bermel: Intonations Derek Bermel (clarinet), Christopher Otto (violin), Wiek Hijmans (electric guitar), JACK Quartet

Gubaidulina: The Wrath of God Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons

Simon: Requiem For the Enslaved Carlos Simon (piano), MK Zulu (trumpet), Marco Pavé (spoken word)

Best Engineered Album (Classical)

Nominated

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 & Steven Stucky: Silent Spring Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck

Perspectives Third Coast Percussion, Flutronix

TUVAYHUN — Beatitudes for a Wounded World Anita Brevik, Nidarosdomens Jentekor, Trondheimsolistene

John Williams: Violin Concerto No. 2 & Selected Film Themes Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Boston Symphony Orchestra, John Williams