The winners of the Grammy Awards were announced today and here are the winners of the Classical Division. (The complete list of Classical Nominees was posted here.) There's live-twittering from this year's Grammys, too, which is where I found them posted after 6pmEST.
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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]
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The winner of BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE is
* Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 - Bernard Haitink, conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra) [CSO Resound] (also available for MP3 download)
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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]
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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]
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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] I was sorry this didn't win "Best Album," too, but hey...
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Winner of the BEST INSTRUMENTAL SOLOIST PERFORMANCE (WITHOUT ORCHESTRA) is:
* Piano Music Of Salonen, Stucky, & Lutoslawski - Gloria Cheng, pianist [Telarc]
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Winner of the BEST CHAMBER MUSIC PERFORMANCE is:
* Elliott Carter: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 5 - Pacifica Quartet [Naxos] For more on the Pacifica Quartet and their performance of all of Carter's String Quartets, read this post.
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Winner of the BEST SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE is:
* Spotless Rose: Hymns To The Virgin Mary - Charles Bruffy, conductor; Phoenix Chorale [Chandos]
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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]
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Winner of the BEST CLASSICAL CONTEMPORARY COMPOSITION is:
* John Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems Of Bob Dylan - (JoAnn Falletta, conductor) [Naxos]
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And least but not last, winner of the BEST CLASSICAL CROSSOVER ALBUM is:
* Simple Gifts - The King's Singers [Signum Records]
yeah well, these labels need to make their money somehow...
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Other categories include the Best Engingeered Recording, where the winner 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]
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The Winner of Producer Of The Year, Classical is:
* David Frost
o Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique (Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic)
o Right Through The Bone — Julius Röntgen Chamber Music (ARC Ensemble)
o Schubert: Sonata In D Maj.; Liszt: Don Juan Fantasy (Min Kwon)
o Traditions And Transformations: Sounds Of Silk Road Chicago (Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Alan Gilbert, Yo-Yo Ma, Silk Road Ensemble, Wu Man & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
Sunday, February 08, 2009
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