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Grammy Award Winners, Classical Music, 2010, TAKE TWO

February 2, 2010 22:56

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Grammy Award Winners, 2009, Classical Music

February 1, 2010 13:44

The Grammy award winners for 2009 have just been announced. Here are some of the award winning classical music albums. For complete details, see the Grammy site. The nominees are interesting, and they are listed on the same site.

Best classical album: Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Best orchestral performance: Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloé, James Levine, Boston Symphony Orchestra

Best opera recording: Britten: Billy Budd, Daniel Harding, conductor; London Symphony Orchestra; Gentlemen of the London Symphony Chorus

Best instrumental soloist performance (without orchestra): Sharon Isbin (guitarist), Journey to the New World

Best classical vocal performance: Renee Fleming, Verismo Arias

Best classical contemporary composition: Higdon, Jennifer, Percussion Concerto

Best classical crossover album: Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs Of Joy And Peace, Yo Yo Ma

Best engineered album, classical: Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Best producer of the year, classical: Steven Epstein (5 recordings)

Best Chamber Music Prformace: Intimate Letters, Emerson String quartet

Best instrumental soloist(s) performance (with orchestra): Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor; Evgeny Kissin (Philharmonia Orchestra)

Best Choral Performance: Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

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