Friday, February 26, 2010

Grammy Award winners for classical music 2009

Best Classical Album:  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];  label not @ Spotify

Best Orchestral Performance:  Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4; Bernard Haitink, conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra); [CSO Resound]; Spotify link not found

Best Opera Recording: 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];  label not @ Spotify

Best Choral Performance:  Symphony Of Psalms; Sir Simon Rattle, conductor; Simon Halsey, chorus master (Berliner Philharmoniker; Rundfunkchor Berlin); Track from: Stravinsky: Symphonies; [EMI Classics]; Spotify link

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (With Orchestra):  Schoenberg/Sibelius: Violin Concertos; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Hilary Hahn (Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra); [Deutsche Grammophon]; Spotify link

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (Without Orchestra):  Piano Music Of Salonen, Stucky, And Lutoslawski; Gloria Cheng; [Telarc]; Spotify link not found

Best Chamber Music Performance:  Carter, Elliott: String Quartets Nos. 1 And 5; Pacifica Quartet; [Naxos]; Spotify link not found

Best Small Ensemble Performance:  Spotless Rose: Hymns To The Virgin Mary; Charles Bruffy, conductor; Phoenix Chorale; [Chandos]; Spotify link not found

Best Classical Vocal Performance:  Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems Of Bob Dylan; Hila Plitmann (JoAnn Falletta; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra); [Naxos]; Spotify link

Best Classical Contemporary Composition:  Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems Of Bob Dylan; John Corigliano (JoAnn Falletta); Track from: Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems Of Bob Dylan
[Naxos]; Spotify link

Best Classical Crossover Album: Simple Gifts; The King's Singers; [Signum Records]; Spotify link

NB. Let me know if you can find the missing CDs (i.e., “Spotify link not found”).


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