CDA 2020 classical music GRAMMY predictions

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* 1. BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE (award goes to orchestra + conductor)

Bruckner: Symphony No. 9. Manfred Honeck, conductor (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)

Copland: Billy the Kid; Grohg. Leonard Slatkin, conductor (Detroit Symphony Orchestra)

Norman: Sustain. Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)

Transatlantic. Louis Langrée, conductor (Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)

Weinberg: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 21. Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, conductor (City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Kremerata Baltica)

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* 2. BEST OPERA RECORDING (award goes to conductor, album producers and principal soloists)

Benjamin: Lessons In Love & Violence. George Benjamin, conductor; Stéphane Degout, Barbara Hannigan, Peter Hoare & Gyula Orendt; James Whitbourn, producer (Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House)

Berg: Wozzeck. Marc Albrecht, conductor; Christopher Maltman & Eva-Maria Westbroek; François Roussillon, producer (Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra; Chorus Of Dutch National Opera)

Charpentier: Les Arts Florissants; Les Plaisirs De Versailles. Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Jesse Blumberg, Teresa Wakim & Virginia Warnken; Renate Wolter-Seevers, producer (Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble; Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble)

Picker: Fantastic Mr. Fox. Gil Rose, conductor; John Brancy, Andrew Craig Brown, Gabriel Preisser, Krista River & Edwin Vega; Gil Rose, producer (Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Boston Children's Chorus)

Wagner: Lohengrin. Christian Thielemann, conductor; Piotr Beczała, Anja Harteros, Tomasz Konieczny, Waltraud Meier & Georg Zeppenfeld; Eckhard Glauche, producer (Festspielorchester Bayreuth; Festspielchor Bayreuth)

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* 3. BEST CHORAL PERFORMANCE

Boyle: Voyages. Donald Nally, conductor (The Crossing)

Duruflé: Complete Choral Works. Robert Simpson, conductor (Ken Cowan; Houston Chamber Choir)

The Hope Of Loving. Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (Conspirare)

Sander: The Divine Liturgy Of St. John Chrysostom. Peter Jermihov, conductor (Evan Bravos, Vadim Gan, Kevin Keys, Glenn Miller & Daniel Shirley; PaTRAM Institute Singers)

Smith, K.: The Arc In The Sky. Donald Nally, conductor (The Crossing)

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* 4. BEST CHAMBER MUSIC / SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE

Cerrone: The Pieces That Fall To Earth. Christopher Rountree & Wild Up

Freedom & Faith. PUBLIQuartet

Perpetulum. Third Coast Percussion

Rachmaninoff - Hermitage Piano Trio. Hermitage Piano Trio

Shaw: Orange. Attacca Quartet

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* 5. BEST CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL SOLO

The Berlin Recital. Yuja Wang

Higdon: Harp Concerto. Yolanda Kondonassis; Ward Stare, conductor (The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra)

Marsalis: Violin Concerto; Fiddle Dance Suite. Nicola Benedetti; Cristian Măcelaru, conductor (Philadelphia Orchestra)

The Orchestral Organ. Jan Kraybill

Torke: Sky, Concerto For Violin. Tessa Lark; David Alan Miller, conductor (Albany Symphony)

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* 6. BEST CLASSICAL SOLO VOCAL ALBUM

The Edge Of Silence - Works For Voice By György Kurtág. Susan Narucki (Donald Berman, Curtis Macomber, Kathryn Schulmeister & Nicholas Tolle)

Himmelsmusik. Philippe Jaroussky & Céline Scheen; Christina Pluhar, conductor; L’Arpeggiata, ensemble (Jesús Rodil & Dingle Yandell)

Schumann: Liederkreis Op. 24, Kerner-Lieder Op. 35. Matthias Goerne; Leif Ove Andsnes, accompanist

Songplay. Joyce DiDonato; Chuck Israels, Jimmy Madison, Charlie Porter & Craig Terry, accompanists (Steve Barnett & Lautaro Greco)

A Te, O Cara. Stephen Costello; Constantine Orbelian, conductor (Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra)

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* 7. BEST CLASSICAL COMPENDIUM

American Originals 1918. John Morris Russell, conductor; Elaine Martone, producer

Leshnoff: Symphony No. 4 'Heichalos'; Guitar Concerto; Starburst. Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Tim Handley, producer

Meltzer: Songs And Structures. Paul Appleby & Natalia Katyukova; Silas Brown & Harold Meltzer, producers

The Poetry Of Places. Nadia Shpachenko; Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin, producers

Saariaho: True Fire; Trans; Ciel D'Hiver. Hannu Lintu, conductor; Laura Heikinheimo, producer

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* 8. BEST CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSITION

Bermel: Migration Series For Jazz Ensemble & Orchestra. Derek Bermel, composer (Derek Bermel, Ted Nash, David Alan Miller, Juilliard Jazz Orchestra & Albany Symphony Orchestra)

Higdon: Harp Concerto. Jennifer Higdon, composer (Yolanda Kondonassis, Ward Stare & The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra)

Marsalis: Violin Concerto In D Major. Wynton Marsalis, composer (Nicola Benedetti, Cristian Măcelaru & Philadelphia Orchestra)

Norman: Sustain. Andrew Norman, composer (Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic)

Shaw: Orange. Caroline Shaw, composer (Attacca Quartet)

Wolfe: Fire In My Mouth. Julia Wolfe, composer (Jaap Van Zweden, Francisco J. Núñez, Donald Nally, The Crossing, Young People's Chorus Of NY City & New York Philharmonic)