The Oregon Symphony’s recording entitled “Music for a Time of War” has been nominated for two Grammy awards 1) for Best Orchestral Performance and 2) for Best Engineering Album, Classical. The album, released on the PentaTone label, contains music that was featured in the orchestra’s impressive concert under the direction of Carlos Kalmar at Carnegie Hall in May of 2011. Those pieces were
“Music for a Time of War” did very well in the classical Billboard charts and has received a number of favorable reviews. If it wins a Grammy award, the orchestra’s stock will surely go up and up and up.
The orchestra’s press release further notes that “Music for a Time of War” was “recorded in hybrid multichannel Super Audio CD format live in the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in May, 2011 by Boston-based Soundmirror. CD recording was engineered by Jesse Lewis and John Newton, with master engineer Jesse Brayman. The CD was also included in the Grammy nomination of Blanton Alspaugh for Producer of the Year, Classical.”
Here’s a screenshot from the Grammy web site that lists the Oregon Symphony and the fellow nominated orchestras and their recordings:
The orchestra’s principal percussionist, Niel DePonte, was nominated in 2003 for a Grammy for his performance in Tomas Svoboda’s “Percussion Concerto.”
James Bash writes articles for a variety of publications, including magazines such as Opera America, Open Spaces, Opera, MUSO, International Arts Manager, American Record Guide, Symphony, Opera Canada, and PSU Magazine. The newspapers include Crosscut, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The Oregonian, The Columbian, The Portland Tribune, The Register-Guard, and Willamette Week. James has also written a number of articles for the Oregon Arts Commission and contributed articles to the 2nd edition of the Grove Dictionary of American Music. James was a fellow to the 2008 NEA Journalism Institute for Classical Music and Opera. He is a member of the Music Critics Association of North America (mcana.org) and lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife, Kathy.
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