Sunday, February 8, 2009

Grammy winners -- classical

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]


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]


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]


Best Orchestral Performance

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4

Bernard Haitink, conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
[CSO Resound]

Best Choral Performance

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


Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)

Schoenberg/Sibelius: Violin Concertos
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Hilary Hahn (Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra)
[Deutsche Grammophon]


Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)

Piano Music Of Salonen, Stucky, And Lutoslawski

Gloria Cheng
[Telarc]


Best Chamber Music Performance

Carter, Elliott: String Quartets Nos. 1 And 5
Pacifica Quartet
[
Naxos]