I have to admit, I never am really good at these technical
categories, but from what I know I am gonna give it a go… Here are my picks and
predictions in the production categories for The 58th Annual Grammy
Awards.
Best
Engineered Album, Non-Classical
• Before This World
Dave O'Donnell, engineer; Ted Jensen, mastering engineer
(James Taylor)
[Concord Records]
• Currency Of Man
Maxime Le Guil, engineer; Bernie Grundman, mastering
engineer (Melody Gardot)
[Verve/Universal]
• Recreational Love
Greg Kurstin and Alex Pasco, engineers; Emily Lazar,
mastering engineer (The Bird And The Bee)
[Rostrum Records]
• Sound and Color
Shawn Everett, engineer; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer
(Alabama Shakes)
[ATO Records]
• Wallflower
Steve Price, Jochem van der Saag and Jorge Vivo,
engineers; Paul Blakemore, mastering engineer (Diana Krall)
[Verve Music Group/Universal]
My Pick: WALLFLOWER
My Prediction: SOUND AND COLOR
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Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
• Jeff Bhasker
• Ain't Gonna Drown (Elle King) (T)
• Burning Doves (Mikky Ekko) (T)
• Burning House (Cam) (T)
• Grand Romantic (Nate Ruess) (A)
• Last Damn Night (Elle King) (T)
• Never Let You Down (Woodkid Featuring Lykke Li) (T)
• Runaway Train (Cam) (T)
• Uptown Special (Mark Ronson) (A)
• Dave Cobb
• Delilah (Anderson East) (A)
• Little Neon Limelight (Houndmouth) (A)
• Smoke (A Thousand Horses) (S)
• Something More Than Free (Jason Isbell) (A)
• Southernality (A Thousand Horses) (A)
• 3 (Honeyhoney) (A)
• Traveller (Chris Stapleton) (A)
• Diplo
• B**** I'm Madonna (Madonna Featuring Nicki Minaj) (S)
• Doctor Pepper (Diplo Featuring CL, Riff Raff and OG
MacO) (S)
• Golden (Travie McCoy Featuring Sia) (S)
• Lean On (Major Lazer Featuring MØ and DJ Snake) (S)
• Peace Is The Mission (Major Lazer) (A)
• Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack Ü (Skrillex And Diplo)
(A)
• Where Are Ü Now (Skrillex And Diplo With Justin Bieber)
(T)
• Larry Klein
• Currency Of Man (Melody Gardot) (A)
• Freedom and Surrender (Lizz Wright) (A)
• Heartland (Indra Rios-Moore) (A)
• I'm Leaving You (Florence K) (A)
• Parker's Place (Parker Bent) (A)
• Speaking In Tongues (Luciana Souza) (A)
• Tenderness (JD Souther) (A)
• Blake Mills
• Sound and Color (Alabama Shakes) (A)
My Pick: Diplo
My Prediction: Blake Mills
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Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
• Berlin By Overnight (CFCF Remix)
CFCF, remixer (Daniel Hope)
Track from: Berlin By Overnight
[Deutsche Grammophon]
• Hold On (Fatum Remix)
Bill Hamel and Chad Newbold, remixers (JES, Shant, and
Clint Maximus)
[Intonenation Records]
• Runaway (U & I) (Kaskade Remix)
Ryan Raddon, remixer (Galantis)
Track from: Runaway (U&I) Remixes
[Big Beat/Atlantic]
• Say My Name (RAC Remix)
André Allen Anjos, remixer (Odesza Featuring Zyra)
Track from: Say My Name Remixes
[Counter Records]
• Uptown Funk (Dave Audé Remix)
Dave Audé, remixer (Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars)
[RCA Records]
My Pick & Prediction: UPTOWN FUNK
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Best Surround Sound Album
• Amdahl: Astrognosia and Aesop
Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg,
surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Ingar Heine
Bergby and Norwegian Radio Orchestra)
[2L (Lindberg Lyd)]
• Amused To Death
James Guthrie, surround mix engineer; James Guthrie and
Joel Plante, surround mastering engineers; James Guthrie, surround producer
(Roger Waters)
[Columbia/Legacy]
• Magnificat
Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg,
surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Øyvind Gimse,
Anita Brevik, Nidarosdomens Jentekor and Trondheimsolistene)
[2L (Lindberg Lyd)]
• Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7
Erdo Groot, surround mix engineer; Erdo Groot, surround
mastering engineer; Philip Traugott, surround producer (Paavo Järvi and Russian
National Orchestra)
[Pentatone]
• Spes
Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg,
surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Tove
Ramlo-Ystad and Cantus)
[2L (Lindberg Lyd)]
My Pick & Prediction: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7
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Best Engineered Album, Classical
• Ask Your Mama
Leslie Ann Jones, John Kilgore, Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum and
Justin Merrill, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer (George
Manahan and San Francisco Ballet Orchestra)
[Avie Records]
• Dutilleux: Métaboles; L'Arbre Des Songes; Symphony No. 2, 'Le Double'
Dmitriy Lipay, engineer; Alexander Lipay, mastering
engineer (Ludovic Morlot, Augustin Hadelich and Seattle Symphony)
[Seattle Symphony Media]
• Monteverdi: Il Ritorno D'Ulisse In Patria
Robert Friedrich, engineer; Michael Bishop, mastering
engineer (Martin Pearlman, Jennifer Rivera, Fernando Guimarães and Boston
Baroque)
[Linn Records]
• Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil
Beyong Joon Hwang and John Newton, engineers; Mark
Donahue, mastering engineer (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Chorale and Kansas City
Chorale)
[Chandos]
• Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, 'Organ'
Keith O. Johnson and Sean Royce Martin, engineers; Keith
O. Johnson, mastering engineer (Michael Stern and Kansas City Symphony)
[Reference Recordings]
My Pick &
Prediction: RACHMANINOFF: ALL-NIGHT VIGIL
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Producer Of The Year, Classical
• Blanton Alspaugh
• Hill: Symphony No. 4; Concertino Nos. 1 & 2;
Divertimento (Peter Bay, Anton Nel and Austin Symphony Orchestra)
• Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix
Chorale and Kansas City Chorale)
• Sacred Songs Of Life and Love (Brian A. Schmidt and
South Dakota Chorale)
• Spirit Of The American Range (Carlos Kalmar and The
Oregon Symphony)
• Tower: Violin Concerto; Stroke; Chamber Dance (Giancarlo
Guerrero, Cho-Liang Lin and Nashville Symphony)
• Manfred Eicher
• Franz Schubert (András Schiff)
• Galina Ustvolskaya (Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Markus
Hinterhäuser and Reto Bieri)
• Moore: Dances & Canons (Saskia Lankhoorn)
• Rihm: Et Lux (Paul Van Nevel, Minguet Quartet and
Huelgas Ensemble)
• Visions Fugitives (Anna Gourari)
• Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin
• Dances For Piano and Orchestra (Joel Fan, Christophe
Chagnard and Northwest Sinfonietta)
• Tempo Do Brasil (Marc Regnier)
• Woman At The New Piano (Nadia Shpachenko)
• Dan Merceruio
• Chapí: String Quartets 1 & 2 (Cuarteto
Latinoamericano)
• From Whence We Came (Ensemble Galilei)
• Gregson: Touch (Peter Gregson)
• In The Light Of Air - ICE Performs Anna Thorvaldsdottir
(International Contemporary Ensemble)
• Schumann (Ying Quartet)
• Scrapyard Exotica (Del Sol String Quartet)
• Stravinsky: Petrushka (Richard Scerbo and Inscape
Chamber Orchestra)
• What Artemisia Heard (El Mundo)
• ZOFO Plays Terry Riley (ZOFO)
• Judith Sherman
• Ask Your Mama (George Manahan and San Francisco Ballet
Orchestra)
• Fields: Double Cluster; Space Sciences (Jan Kučera,
Gloria Chuang and Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra)
• Liaisons - Re-Imagining Sondheim From The Piano (Anthony
de Mare)
• Montage - Great Film Composers and The Piano (Gloria
Cheng)
• Multitude, Solitude (Momenta Quartet)
• Of Color Braided All Desire - Music Of Eric Moe
(Christine Brandes, Brentano String Quartet, Dominic Donato, Jessica Meyer,
Karen Ouzounian, Manhattan String Quartet and Talujon)
• Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated!
(Ursula Oppens)
• Sirota: Parting The Veil - Works For Violin and Piano
(David Friend, Hyeyung Julie Yoon, Laurie Carney & Soyeon Kate Lee)
• Turina: Chamber Music For Strings and Piano (Lincoln
Trio)
My Pick: Judith Sherman
My Prediction: Blanton Alspaugh
THE 58TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS will be telecast
live on CBS, Monday February 15, 2016 at 8PM/EST – PM/PST. For everything GRAMMY, including a Full List
of this year’s Nominees visit their website at http://www.grammy.com/
