The 2009 Classical Grammy Winners

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)