http://www.haenssler-classic.de Grammy Nominations 2003
Bach… and Beyond!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Hänssler Classic Receives SIX GrammyNominations!
Beverly Hills, California – USA. On Thursday, 4 December 2003,
the Nominees for the Music Industry’smost important award ceremony
were announced. Hänssler Classic is proud to accept SIX
nominationsfor recordings released earlier this year.
This year’s nominees include the critically acclaimed cycle of
the complete Beethoven Symphonies,recorded by Sir Roger Norrington
and SWR RSO, Stuttgart, a searing concert-performance of
Bartók’s“Bluebeard’s Castle”, recorded by soloists Cornelia
Kallisch and Péter Fried with the SWR RSO,Stuttgart conducted by
Peter Eötvös, the track, “Autumn in New York” from the album, “So
VeryRob”, performed by Rob McConnell and the SWR Big Band and the
debut recording of South Africanpianist, Petronel Malan, for her
recording “Transfigured Bach”.
All of these recordings have received enthusiastic critical
acclaim in the international press, withNorrington’s recording
Beethoven’s 9th Symphony previously receiving a nomination for
“BestOrchestral Performance, 18th/19th Century” from the Cannes
Classical Awards and Petronel Malan’sdebut receiving THREE Grammy
Nominations (Best Engineered Album Classical, – for Leslie
AnnJones, Producer Of The Year, Classical – for Marina and Victor
Ledin and Best Instrumental SoloistPerformance (without Orchestra)
– for Ms. Malan).
This year’s nominations follow previous year’s nominations for
the Golijov Pasion seguin San Marcos(TWO Nominations),
Gubaidulina’s St. John Passion, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio
(conducted byHelmuth Rilling) as well as the 2001 Grammy Winning
Recording of Penderecki’s Credo (Hänssler No.98.311), performed by
the Oregon Bach Festival Choir and Orchestra, under the direction
of HelmuthRilling.
The 46th Annual GRAMMY Awards will be presented in Los Angeles
at STAPLES Center onSunday, February 8, 2004. The show will be
broadcast on the CBS Television Network from 8 - 11:30p.m.
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Best OrchestralPerformance
Hänssler ProductNo. 93.089
6 CD Box Set
1. Best InstrumentalSoloist Performance(without Orchestra)
2. Best EngineeredAlbum,
Classical 3. Producer Of The Year,
Classical
Hänssler ProductNo. 98.424
Best OperaRecording
Hänssler ProductNo. 93.070
BestInstrumentalArrangement
Hänssler ProductNo. 93.107
