Both the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Baltimore-based children's group, Milkshake, have been recognized by the Grammy's this year with nominations. The BSO has been nominated for a Grammy award for it's recording of Leonard Bernstein's Mass in the category of "Best Classical Album of the Year." Steven Epstein, who produced the album was also nominated in separate category.Meanwhile, Milkshake, has been nominated for a Grammy in the category, Best Musical Album for Children, for their album, "Great Day".
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" "... a solid recording, delicate when it needs to be but also displaying biting social commentary with power and authority. This will undoubtedly become a classic recording in terms of anyone's Bernstein music library." - Interchanging Idioms
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's recording of Leonard Bernstein's Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers, conducted by BSO Music Director Marin Alsop, has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of "Best Classical Album of the Year." Released on the Naxos label on August 25, 2009, this two-disc set was only the fourth audio recording ever produced of Mass. It received a second nomination in the category of "Producer of the Year, Classical" for Steven Epstein, who produced the Mass album."
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""It's refreshingly unexpected," said lead singer Lisa Mathews. "It just feels good that our peers think we're worth at least a nomination."
Released in August, the album, "Great Day," is Milkshake's fourth, and is in great company, Mathews said. Other nominees in the same category include albums by Ziggy Marley, Jonathan Sprout and Buck Howdy.
"We were up against some heavyweights," Mathews said.
With "Great Day," Milkshake aimed to make an album that appealed to tweens and toddlers alike. "I Want It," one of the dozen songs on "Great Day," is about materialism."
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