I got this from Primarily A Cappella:
Best Classical Crossover Album:
– Vocabularies – Bobby McFerrin
Best Choral Performance:-
Baltic Runes – Paul Hillier, conductor (Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir)
Best Traditional World Music Album:-
Grace – Soweto Gospel Choir
Pure Sounds – Gyuto Monks Of Tibet
Best Small Ensemble Performance:-
Ceremony And Devotion – Music For The Tudors Harry Christophers, conductor;
The Sixteen Victoria: Lamentations Of Jeremiah Peter Phillips, conductor;
The Tallis Scholars Whitacre, Eric: Choral Music Noel Edison, conductor;
Elora Festival Singers (Carol Bauman & Leslie De'Ath) Program notes by ACDA's Tim Sharp!
Best Engineered Album, Classical:- Vocabularies – Steve Miller, Allen Sides & Roger Treece, engineers (Bobby McFerrin)
Peter Fritz says
Richard Allen Roe says
I am wondering about the current American usage of the term
“a cappella.” I know that the college groups, which have been
around for decades, but only in this past decade has become very
popular, refer to themselves as “a cappella” groups. I guess this
is to distinguish themselves from other choral groups that sing
with instruments. But this list of Grammy nominees, with the
possible exception of Bobby McFerrin’s work, does not impress me as
the kind of ensemble we see on TV programs, such as NBC’s “Sing
Off.”
I have often wondered if colleagues who teach at small colleges,
where these “Sing-Off” ensembles are currently the rage, have
trouble recruiting for their choral program, due to competition for
singers from extra-curricular groups.
I doubt that any of the “a cappella” groups on on US TV could
handle the repertoire reflected on this list. Still, I guess the
term “a cappella” is not necessarily restricted to groups like
those listed among Grammy nominees.