I'm shocked, shocked to learn that publicity campaigns are conducted for these awards!

You may recall from a couple of years ago that Anastasia Khitruk's producer was urging us to contact Grammy Academy members and urge them to listen to and (if they liked what they heard) vote for the nominated recording of the Rozsa concertos.  His point was that in the tiny universe of classical music people (a drop in Grammy's nation), the "trick" was simply to be noticed. Nobody was going to know all the year's classical recordings; few classical division members even bother to vote for Grammys. But if the sympathetic members could be made aware of something they might like, then a small number of such votes might actually carry the day. I'm not endorsing this sort of thing as a critical test of artistic value. It's just the way of the world.

Same thing here. Some people in this community  will likely be interested in Steve's articles, and some of them may be enthusiastic enough to vote their approval in a poll -- once they are made aware of it. End of story.

I'm closing this thread, since it has nowhere useful to go.

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