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Richard Rodney Bennett´s The Mines of Sulphur Nominated for Best Opera Recording

Jan. 01, 2007

The nominations for this year’s Grammy Awards are out and we are proud to represent a number of works receiving nominations in several categories. Perhaps most notably, Sir Richard Rodney Bennett’s The Mines of Sulphur received the nomination for Best Opera Recording. Composed in 1965, The Mines of Sulphur has enjoyed recent success and critical acclaim since its revival at the Glimmerglass Opera in 2004 and subsequent New York City premiere at New York City Opera in 2005.

Hailed by the New York Times as, “an exciting addition to the discography of twentieth century opera”, this recording of the Glimmerglass production was selected as Best Classical Recording of 2005 by the French newspaper Le Monde. Remarking on the Glimmerglass revival of The Mines of Sulphur, Bennett said, “it was such a wonderful surprise to witness a new life for this work, and in such a marvelous production.” Allan Kozinn of the New York Times writes of its New York City Opera debut:

¨Sir Richard's music is perfectly suited to Cross' story… often his vocal lines soar, and they are supported by a vivid, lush and constantly moving orchestral score that tells listeners as much about the characters - and the supernatural undercurrents - as the arias.¨

The recording of Sir Richard Rodney Bennett’s The Mines of Sulphur performed by the Glimmerglass Opera is available on the Chandos label, catalogue number CHSA 5036(2).

Our remaining nominees are listed as follows:
Best Choral Performance: Pärt: Da Pacem, performed by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. Available on Harmonia Mundi, No. HMU 90740

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance: Henze’s 1st and 3rd Violin Concertos performed by the Saarbrücken Radio Symphony with soloist Peter Sheppard Skaerved on the recording: Henze: Violin Concertos Nos.1 and 3 / 5 ¨Night Pieces.¨ Available on Naxos, No. 8.557738.

Best Orchestral Performance: Mahler: Symphony No. 7, performed by the San Francisco Symphony. Available on the San Francisco Symphony record label.

Best Classical Album: Mahler: Symphony No. 7 performed by the San Francisco Symphony.

Best Engineered Classical Album: Mahler: Symphony No. 2 performed by Pierre Boulez and the Wiener Philharmoniker, and the Wiener Singverein. Wolf-Dieter Karwatky and Rainer Maillard, engineers. Available on Deutsche Grammophon, No. 477-600-4

Producer of the Year, Classical: Arvo Pärt’s Spiegel im Spiegel appears on the album Misterioso produced by Manfred Eicher. Available on ECM Records No. 8371959

Producer of the Year, Classical: Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue produced by Elaine Martone. Available on Telarc No. CD-83611.

Best Classical Crossover Album: The Film Music of Erich Wolfgang Korngold performed by the BBC Philharmonic. Available on Chandos No. CHAN 10336.

This year’s Grammy winners will be announced on Sunday, February 11 at 8 PM.

For more information on Richard Rodney Bennett, please visit www.universaledition.com.

If you would like to learn more about our nominated works and composers, please visit www.eamdllc.com, www.schott-music.com, and www.universaledition.com.

For more information on the Grammy Awards, visit www.grammy.com.

For more information on Glimmerglass Opera, visit www.glimmerglass.org.

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