GRAMMY Award Nominations Announced: Best Choral Performance

December 1, 2011

2011 GRAMMY Award Nominations were announced last night--view the complete list here. The awards show will air on February 12.

The Best Choral Performance nominees are as follows:

Beyond All Mortal Dreams - American A Cappella
Stephen Layton, conductor (Choir Of Trinity College Cambridge)
[Hyperion Records]

Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
Patrick Dupré Quigley, conductor; James K. Bass, chorus master (Justin Blackwell, Scott Allen Jarrett, Paul Max Tipton & Teresa Wakim; Professional Choral Institute & Seraphic Fire)
[Seraphic Fire Media]

Kind
Kjetil Almenning, conductor (Nidaros String Quartet; Ensemble 96)
[2L (Lindberg Lyd)]

Light & Gold
Eric Whitacre, conductor (Christopher Glynn & Hila Plitmann; The King's Singers, Laudibus, Pavão Quartet & The Eric Whitacre Singers)
[Decca]

The Natural World Of Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
Paul Hillier, conductor (Ars Nova Copenhagen)
[Dacapo Records]

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In addition to Best Choral Performance, Chorus America member Seraphic Fire was also nominated for a Best Small Ensemble Performance for their A Seraphic Fire Christmas album. Peter Rutenberg, the group's producer on its Ein Deutsches Requiem album, also received a nomination for Producer of the Year (Classical). Congrats!