And the classical Grammy winners are…
mainBest Engineered Recording
Michael Bishop (Atlanta Symphony: Vaughan Williams)
Producer of the Year
Judith Sherman
Best Orchestral
John Adams – City Noir (St Louis Symphony)
Best Opera Recording
Charpentier: La Descente D’Orphée Aux Enfers
(Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble; Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble (Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Aaron Sheehan; Renate Wolter-Seevers, producer)
Best Choral Music Performance
Sacred Spirit of Russia
Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (Conspirare)
Best Chamber Music (Small Ensemble)
Hilary Hahn
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Jason Vieux
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album’
Douce France – Anne-Sophie von Otter
Best Classical Compendium
Partch: Plectra & Percussion Dances
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
John Luther Adams (Become Ocean)/ Seattle Symphony
Lifetime achievement: Pierre Boulez
Let’s add that the performance which won Michael Bishop the award for Best Engineered Recording was by the recently embattled Atlanta Symphony for its Vaughan Williams album. Bravi!
Brava, Anne Sofie, for another brilliant, genre-transcending album! And bravo, Bengt Forsberg, for another brilliant collaboration!
Add Pierre Boulez for lifetime achievement (or something like that).