The Recording Academy has announced the nominations for the 2025 Grammy Awards. The winning awards will be presented in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 2, 2025. The following are the nominations in the Classical category. Visit https://www.grammy.com/news/2025-grammys-nominations-full-winners-nominees-list for the complete list of 2025 nominees in all 94 categories.
Best Orchestral Performance (award to the conductor and the orchestra):
–“Adams: City Noir, Fearful Symmetries & Lola Montez Does The Spider Dance” — Marin Alsop, conductor (ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra)
–“Kodály: Háry János Suite; Summer Evening & Symphony In C Major” — JoAnn Falletta, conductor (Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra)
–“Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina” — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
–“Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Rakastava, & Lemminkäinen” — Susanna Mälkki, conductor (Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra)
–“Stravinsky: The Firebird” — Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)
Best Opera Recording (award to the conductor, album producer/s, and principal soloists, and to the composer and librettist (if applicable) of a world premiere Opera recording only):
–“Adams: Girls of The Golden West” — John Adams, conductor; Paul Appleby, Julia Bullock, Hye Jung Lee, Daniela Mack, Elliot Madore, Ryan McKinny & Davóne Tines; Dmitriy Lipay, producer (Los Angeles Philharmonic; Los Angeles Master Chorale)
–“Catán: Florencia En El Amazonas” — Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Mario Chang, Michael Chioldi, Greer Grimsley, Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Mattia Olivieri, Ailyn Pérez & Gabriella Reyes; David Frost, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
–“Moravec: The Shining” — Gerard Schwarz, conductor; Tristan Hallett, Kelly Kaduce & Edward Parks; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Kansas City Symphony; Lyric Opera of Kansas City Chorus)
–“Puts: The Hours” — Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Joyce DiDonato, Renée Fleming & Kelli O’Hara; David Frost, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
–“Saariaho: Adriana Mater” — Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Nicholas Phan & Christopher Purves; Jason O’Connell, producer (San Francisco Symphony; San Francisco Symphony Chorus; Timo Kurkikangas)
Best Choral Performance (award to the conductor, and to the choral director and/or chorus master where applicable and to the choral organization/ensemble):
–“Clear Voices in The Dark” — Matthew Guard, conductor (Carrie Cheron, Nathan Hodgson, Helen Karloski & Clare McNamara; Skylark Vocal Ensemble)
–“A Dream So Bright: Choral Music of Jake Runestad” — Eric Holtan, conductor (Jeffrey Biegel; True Concord Orchestra; True Concord Voices)
–“Handel: Israel in Egypt” — Jeannette Sorrell, conductor (Margaret Carpenter Haigh, Daniel Moody, Molly Netter, Jacob Perry & Edward Vogel; Apollo’s Fire; Apollo’s Singers)
–“Ochre” — Donald Nally, conductor (The Crossing)
–“Sheehan: Akathist” — Elaine Kelly, conductor; Melissa Attebury, Stephen Sands & Benedict Sheehan, chorus masters (Elizabeth Bates, Paul D’Arcy, Tynan Davis, Aine Hakamatsuka, Steven Hrycelak, Helen Karloski, Enrico Lagasca, Edmund Milly, Fotina Naumenko, Neil Netherly, Timothy Parsons, Stephen Sands, Miriam Sheehan & Pamela Terry; Novus NY; Artefact Ensemble, The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, Downtown Voices & Trinity Youth Chorus)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (award to the ensemble and conductor if applicable):
–“Adams, J.L.: Waves & Particles” — JACK Quartet
–“Beethoven For Three: Symphony No. 4 and Op. 97, ‘Archduke’ ” — Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos & Emanuel Ax
–“Cerrone: Beaufort Scales” — Beth Willer, Christopher Cerrone & Lorelei Ensemble
–“Home” — Miró Quartet
–“Rectangles and Circumstance” — Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion
Best Classical Instrumental Solo (award to the instrumental soloist/s and to the conductor when applicable):
–“Akiho: Longing” — Andy Akiho
–“Bach: Goldberg Variations” — Víkingur Ólafsson
–“Eastman: The Holy Presence of Joan D’Arc” — Seth Parker Woods; Christopher Rountree, conductor (Wild Up)
–“Entourer” — Mak Grgić (Ensemble Dissonance)
–“Julia Perry: Concerto for Violin & Orchestra” — Curtis Stewart; James Blachly, conductor (Experiential Orchestra)
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album (award to vocalist/s, collaborative artist/s (e.g., pianists, conductors), producer/s, and recording engineers/mixers with greater than 50% playing time of new material):
–“Beyond The Years – Unpublished Songs of Florence Price” — Karen Slack, soloist; Michelle Cann, pianist
–“A Change Is Gonna Come” — Nicholas Phan, soloist; Palaver Strings, ensembles
–“Newman: Bespoke Songs” — Fotina Naumenko, soloist; Marika Bournaki, pianist (Nadège Foofat; Julietta Curenton, Colin Davin, Mark Edwards, Nadia Pessoa, Timothy Roberts, Ryan Romine, Akemi Takayama, Karlyn Viña & Garrick Zoeter)
–“Show Me The Way” — Will Liverman, soloist; Jonathan King, pianist
–“Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder” — Joyce DiDonato, soloist; Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor (Il Pomo d’Oro)
Best Classical Compendium (award to the artist/s and to the album producer/s and engineer/s of over 50% playing time of the album, and to the composer and librettist (if applicable) with over 50% playing time of a world premiere recording only:
–“Akiho: BeLonging” — Andy Akiho & Imani Winds; Andy Akiho, Sean Dixon & Mark Dover, producers
–“American Counterpoints” — Curtis Stewart; James Blachly, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer
–“Foss: Symphony No. 1; Renaissance Concerto; Three American Pieces; Ode” — JoAnn Falletta, conductor; Bernd Gottinger, producer
–“Mythologies II” — Sangeeta Kaur, Omar Najmi, Hilá Plitmann, Robert Thies & Danaë Xanthe Vlasse; Michael Shapiro, conductor; Jeff Atmajian, Emilio D. Miler, Hai Nguyen, Robert Thies, Danaë Xanthe Vlasse & Kitt Wakeley, producers
–“Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina” — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Dmitriy Lipay, producer
Best Contemporary Classical Composition: A Composer’s Award. (For a contemporary classical composition composed within the last 25 years and released for the first time during the Eligibility Year.) Award to the librettist, if applicable.
–“Casarrubios: Seven For Solo Cello” — Andrea Casarrubios, composer (Andrea Casarrubios)
–“Coleman: Revelry” — Valerie Coleman, composer (Decoda)
–“Lang: Composition As Explanation” — David Lang, composer (Eighth Blackbird)
–“Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina” — Gabriela Ortiz, composer (Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale)
–“Saariaho: Adriana Mater” — Kaija Saariaho, composer (Esa-Pekka Salonen, Fleur Barron, Nicholas Phan, Christopher Purves, Axelle Fanyo, San Francisco Symphony Chorus & Orchestra)
Best Engineered Album, Classical: An Engineer’s Award (artists’ names appear in parentheses):
–“Adams: Girls of The Golden West” — Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, engineers; Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, mastering engineers (John Adams, Daniela Mack, Ryan McKinny, Paul Appleby, Hye Jung Lee, Elliot Madore, Julia Bullock, Davóne Tines, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale)
–“Andres: The Blind Banister” — Silas Brown, Doron Schachter & Michael Schwartz, engineers; Matt Colton, mastering engineer (Andrew Cyr, Inbal Segev & Metropolis Ensemble)
–“Bruckner: Symphony No. 7; Bates: Resurrexit” — Mark Donahue & John Newton, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
— “Clear Voices in The Dark” — Daniel Shores, engineer; Daniel Shores, mastering engineer (Matthew Guard & Skylark Vocal Ensemble)
— “Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina” — Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, engineers; Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, mastering engineers (Gustavo Dudamel, María Dueñas, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale)
Producer of the Year, Classical (artist names appear in parentheses):
–Erica Brenner: Biber: Mystery Sonatas (Alan Choo, Jeannette Sorrell & Apollo’s Fire); Handel: Israel In Egypt (Jeannette Sorrell, Apollo’s Singers & Apollo’s Fire); Mozart: Piano Sonatas, Vols. 5 & 6 (Orli Shaham); Songs For A Friend – A Tribute To Trumpeter Ryan Anthony (Various Artists); Sonic Alchemy (YuEun Kim, Mina Gajić & Coleman Itzkoff)
–Christoph Franke: Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies (Antonello Manacorda & Kammerakademie Potsdam); Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1, 5, 6 & 10 (Dénes Várjon & Antje Weithaas); Brahms, Viotti & Dvořák: Orchestral Works (Tanja Tetzlaff, Christian Tetzlaff, Paavo Järvi & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin); Mozart: Sinigaglia (Noah Bendix-Balgley); Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 (Kirill Petrenko & Berliner Philharmoniker); The Vienna Recital (Yuja Wang)
–Morten Lindberg: Mor (Karen Haugom Olsen & Nidaros Domkor); Pax (Nina T. Karlsen, Ensemble 96 & Current Saxophone Quartet); Sommerro: Borders (Nick Davies & Trondheim Symphony Orchestra); Dmitriy Lipay: Adams: Girls Of The Golden West (John Adams, Daniela Mack, Ryan McKinny, Paul Appleby, Hye Jung Lee, Elliot Madore, Julia Bullock, Davóne Tines, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale); Messiaen: Des Canyons Aux Étoiles… (Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony); Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina (Gustavo Dudamel, Gabriela Ortiz, María Dueñas, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Master Chorale)
–Elaine Martone: Bartók: String Quartet No.3; Suite From ‘The Miraculous Mandarin’ (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra); The Book Of Spells (Merian Ensemble); Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra); Divine Mischief (Julian Bliss, J. Eric Wilson & Baylor University Wind Ensemble); Joy! (John Morris Russell & Cincinnati Pops); Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra); Schubert: The Complete Impromptus (Gerardo Teissonnière); Stranger at Home (Shachar Israel); Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra)
–Dirk Sobotka: American Dreams (Louis Langrée & Cincinnati Symphony); Bruckner: Symphony No. 7; Bates: Resurrexit (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra); Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, ‘From The New World’; American Suite (Nathalie Stutzmann & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra); Radiance Untethered – The Choral Music of John Wykoff (Cameron F. Labarr & Missouri State University Chorale)
