Celebrate Forgotten Grammys: Part 1 Classical, Jazz, New Age, Spoken Word

Sunday was the Grammys and I was reminded that there are a whole bunch of awards which get forgotten in the shuffle but I wanted to know more about. This is part 1 of a series exploring some of these often over looked awards. In this part we will explore what is hot when it comes to classical, jazz, new age, and spoken word. 

Classical

Best Opera Recording: Glass: Akhnaten Karen Kamensek, conductor; J'Nai Bridges, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Zachary James & Dísella Lárusdóttir; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

Best Orchestral Performance: Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (Philadelphia Orchestra)

Best Choral Performance: Mahler: Symphony No. 8, 'Symphony Of A Thousand Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Grant Gershon, Robert Istad, Fernando Malvar-Ruiz & Luke McEndarfer, chorus masters (Leah Crocetto, Mihoko Fujimura, Ryan McKinny, Erin Morley, Tamara Mumford, Simon O'Neill, Morris Robinson & Tamara Wilson; Los Angeles Philharmonic; Los Angeles Children's Chorus, Los Angeles Master Chorale, National Children's Chorus & Pacific Chorale)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Beethoven: Cello Sonatas - Hope Amid Tears Yo-Yo Ma & Emanuel Ax

Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Alone Together Jennifer Koh 

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: Mythologies Sangeeta Kaur & Hila Plitmann (Virginie D'Avezac De Castera, Lili Haydn, Wouter Kellerman, Nadeem Majdalany, Eru Matsumoto & Emilio D. Miler) 

Best Classical Compendium: Women Warriors - The Voices Of Change Amy Andersson, conductor; Amy Andersson, Mark Mattson & Lolita Ritmanis, producers

Best Contemporary Classical Composition: Shaw: Narrow Sea Caroline Shaw, composer (Dawn Upshaw, Gilbert Kalish & Sō Percussion) 

Jazz

Best Improvised Jazz Solo "Humpty Dumpty (Set 2)" — Chick Corea, soloist

Best Jazz Vocal Album Songwrights Apothecary Lab — Esperanza Spalding

Best Jazz Instrumental Album Skyline — Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette & Gonzalo Rubalcaba

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album For Jimmy, Wes And Oliver — Christian McBride Big Band

Best Latin Jazz Album Mirror Mirror —Eliane Elias With Chick Corea and Chucho Valdés

New Age

Best New Age Album: Divine Tides — Stewart Copeland & Ricky Kej

Spoken Word

Best Spoken Word Album Carry On: Reflections For A New Generation From John Lewis (Don Cheadle)