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48th Annual Grammy Music Awards

Classical Music Winners

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And the winner is...

Best Engineered Classical Album

  • Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets
    Da-Hong Seetoo, engineer (Emerson String Quartet) [Deutsche Grammophon]
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  • Producer Of The Year

  • Tim Handley
    -Adams: Shaker Loops (Marin Alsop)
    -Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience (Leonard Slatkin, Christine Brewer & Joan Morris)
    -Brahms: Sym. No. 1 (Marin Alsop & London Philharmonic Orchestra)
    -Daugherty: Philadelphia Stories (Marin Alsop & Evelyn Glennie)
    -Glass: Syms. Nos. 2 And 3 (Marin Alsop & Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra)
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  • Best Classical Album

  • Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience
    Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Jerry Blackstone, William Hammer, Jason Harris, Christopher Kiver, Carole Ott & Mary Alice Stollak, choir directors; Tim Handley, producer (Christine Brewer & Joan Morris; University Of Michigan School Of Music Symphony Orchestra) [Naxos]
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  • Best Orchestral Performance

  • Shostakovich: Sym. No. 13
    Mariss Jansons, conductor (Sergei Aleksashkin; Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks) [EMI Classics]
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  • Best Opera Recording

  • Verdi: Falstaff
    Sir Colin Davis, conductor; Carlos Alvarez, Bülent Bezdüz, Marina Domashenko, Jane Henschel, Ana Ibarra, Maria Josè Moreno & Michele Pertusi; James Mallinson, producer (London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra) [LSO Live]
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  • Best Choral Performance

  • Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience
    Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Jerry Blackstone, William Hammer, Jason Harris, Christopher Kiver, Carole Ott & Mary Alice Stollak, choir directors (Christine Brewer, Measha Brueggergosman, Ilana Davidson, Nmon Ford, Linda Hohenfeld, Joan Morris, Carmen Pelton, Marietta Simpson & Thomas Young; Michigan State University Children's Choir, University Of Michigan Chamber Choir, University Of Michigan Orpheus Singers, University Of Michigan University Choir & University Musical Society Choral Union; University Of Michigan School Of Music Symphony Orchestra) [Naxos]
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  • Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)

  • Beethoven Piano Cons. Nos. 2 & 3
    Claudio Abbado, conductor; Martha Argerich (Mahler Chamber Orchestra) [Deutsche Grammophon]
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  • Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)

  • Scriabin, Medtner, Stravinsky
    Evgeny Kissin [BMG Classics RCA Red Seal]
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  • Best Chamber Music Performance

  • Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets
    Emerson String Quartet [Deutsche Grammophon]
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  • Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor)

  • Boulez: Le Marteau Sans Maître, Dérive 1 & 2
    Pierre Boulez, conductor; Hilary Summers; Ensemble Intercontemporain [Deutsche Grammophon]
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  • Best Classical Vocal Performance

  • Bach: Cantatas
    Thomas Quasthoff (Rainer Kussmaul; Members Of The RIAS Chamber Choir; Berlin Baroque Soloists) [Deutsche Grammophon]
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  • Best Classical Contemporary Composition

  • Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience
    William Bolcom (Leonard Slatkin) [Naxos]
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  • Best Classical Crossover Album

  • 4 + Four
    Turtle Island String Quartet & Ying Quartet [Telarc]
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