Monday, February 9, 2009

Here's to the winners

The winners of the Grammy Awards were announced last night and here are the Classical winners!
The Winner for BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM is:
Kurt Weill: Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny - James Conlon, conductor; Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone & Audra McDonald; Fred Vogler, producer (Donnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich & Robert Wörle; Los Angeles Opera Chorus; Los Angeles Opera Orchestra) [EuroArts]

The winner of BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE is
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 - Bernard Haitink, conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra) [CSO Resound]

The Winner of BEST OPERA RECORDING is:
Kurt Weill: Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny - James Conlon, conductor; Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone & Audra McDonald; Fred Vogler, producer (Donnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich & Robert Wörle; Los Angeles Opera Orchestra; Los Angeles Opera Chorus) [EuroArts]


The Winner for BEST CHORAL PERFORMANCE is:
Stravinsky: Symphony Of Psalms - Sir Simon Rattle, conductor; Simon Halsey, chorus master (Berliner Philharmoniker; Rundfunkchor Berlin) Track from: Stravinsky: Symphonies [EMI Classics]

Winner of the BEST INSTRUMENTAL SOLOIST(s) PERFORMANCE (WITH ORCHESTRA) is: Schoenberg/Sibelius: Violin Concertos - Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Hilary Hahn (Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra) [Deutsche Grammophon]

Winner of the BEST INSTRUMENTAL SOLOIST PERFORMANCE (WITHOUT ORCHESTRA) is:
Piano Music Of Salonen, Stucky, & Lutoslawski - Gloria Cheng, pianist [Telarc]

Winner of the BEST CHAMBER MUSIC PERFORMANCE is:
Elliott Carter: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 5 - Pacifica Quartet [Naxos]

Winner of the BEST SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE is:
Spotless Rose: Hymns To The Virgin Mary - Charles Bruffy, conductor; Phoenix Chorale [Chandos]

Winner of the BEST CLASSICAL VOCAL PERFORMANCE is:
John Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan - Hila Plitmann, soprano (JoAnn Falletta; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra) [Naxos]
Winner of the BEST CLASSICAL CONTEMPORARY COMPOSITION is:
John Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems Of Bob Dylan - (JoAnn Falletta, conductor) [Naxos]

Winner of the BEST CLASSICAL CROSSOVER ALBUM is:
Simple Gifts - The King's Singers [Signum Records]

Winner of the BEST ENEGINGEERED RECORDING is:
Traditions And Transformations: Sounds Of Silk Road Chicago - David Frost, Tom Lazarus & Christopher Willis, engineers (Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Alan Gilbert, Silk Road Ensemble, Wu Man, Yo-Yo Ma & Chicago Symphony Orchestra) [CSO Resound]

The winner for PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, CLASSICAL is:
David Frost
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique (Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic)
Right Through The Bone — Julius Röntgen Chamber Music (ARC Ensemble)
Schubert: Sonata In D Maj.; Liszt: Don Juan Fantasy (Min Kwon)
Traditions And Transformations: Sounds Of Silk Road Chicago (Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Alan Gilbert, Yo-Yo Ma, Silk Road Ensemble, Wu Man & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

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