Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony's Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio and Michael Stern and the Kansas City Symphony's Adam Schoenberg: American Symphony; Finding Rothko; Picture Studies recordings have both received multiple 2018 GRAMMY® nominations!
Best Engineered Album, Classical
- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio – Mark Donahue, engineer (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
- Schoenberg, Adam: American Symphony; Finding Rothko; Picture Studies – Keith O. Johnson & Sean Royce Martin, engineers (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony)
Best Orchestral Performance
- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio – Manfred Honeck, conductor (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
- Picture Studies, Adam Schoenberg, composer (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony). Track from: Schoenberg, Adam: American Symphony; Finding Rothko; Picture Studies
And congratulations to David Frost, who produced the Michael Stern and Kansas City recording of Adam Schoenberg’s orchestral music and is a Producer of the Year, Classical nominee!
Reference Recordings
For 40 years, REFERENCE RECORDINGS has been one of the most innovative and respected independent labels in the music business. RR releases have been highly praised for their dedication to high quality sound in the service of great music. Founder Tam Henderson (1998 GRAMMY® nominee for Producer of the Year), was joined in 1978 by engineer Keith O. Johnson. Some 145 projects later, RR is still recording what many consider to be the finest-sounding classical, jazz and blues discs in the world. Reference Recordings are distributed in North America by Naxos USA, and internationally through a network of independent distributors listed at: www.referencerecordings.com
