Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chief Conductor Sir Andrew Davis has been nominated for a Grammy, with his recording of Handel’s Messiah with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra on Chandos in the running for Best Choral Performance.

The recording, which saw Davis joined by soloists Elizabeth DeShong, John Relyea, Andrew Staples and Erin Wall (the latter of whom sung the title role in Davis’ performance of Massenet’s Thaïs with the MSO) and the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, is up against Donald Nally’s Bryars disc, Alexander Liebreich’s recording of Mansurian’s Requiem, Nigel Short’s Music of the Spheres with Tenebrae, and Brian A Schmidt’s recording of Tyberg’s Masses in the 60th iteration of the recording industry awards.

Davis’ Messiah, arranged for larger forces than Handel’s original, was described by Limelight’s Tony Way as “thoughtful and quirky”.

Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky, who died last week after a protracted battle with cancer, has received a posthumous nomination in the Best Classical Solo Vocal Album category, his recording of Georgy Sviridov’s Russia Cast Adrift up against mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato’s In War & Peace, tenor Nicholas Phan’s Gods & Monsters, soprano Barbara Hannigan’s Crazy Girl Crazy (featuring music by Gershwin, Berg and Berio) and countertenor Philippe Jaroussky’s recording of sacred...