Classical Grammy Award Winners 2014

 

BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE

Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4

Osmo Vänskä, conductor (Minnesota Orchestra)/ Label:BIS Records

 

BEST OPERA RECORDING

Adès: The Tempest

Thomas Adès, conductor; Simon Keenlyside, Isabel Leonard, Audrey Luna & Alan Oke; Jay David Saks, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)/ Label: Deutsche Grammophon

 

BEST CHORAL PERFORMANCE

Pärt: Adam’s Lament

Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor (Tui Hirv & Rainer Vilu; Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Sinfonietta Riga & Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; Latvian Radio Choir & Vox Clamantis)/Label:ECM New Series

 

BEST CHAMBER MUSIC/SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE

Roomful Of Teeth

Brad Wells & Roomful Of Teeth/ Label: New Amsterdam Records

 

BEST CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL SOLO

Corigliano: Conjurer – Concerto For Percussionist & String Orchestra

Evelyn Glennie; David Alan Miller, conductor (Albany Symphony)

Track from: Corigliano: Conjurer; Vocalise/ Label: Naxos

 

BEST CLASSICAL VOCAL SOLO

Winter Morning Walks

Dawn Upshaw (Maria Schneider; Jay Anderson, Frank Kimbrough & Scott Robinson; Australian Chamber Orchestra & St. Paul Chamber Orchestra)/Label: ArtistShare

 

BEST CLASSICAL COMPENDIUM

Hindemith: Violinkonzert; Symphonic Metamorphosis; Konzertmusik

Christoph Eschenbach, conductor/Label: Ondine

 

BEST CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSITION

Schneider, Maria: Winter Morning Walks

Maria Schneider, composer (Dawn Upshaw, Jay Anderson, Frank Kimbrough, Scott Robinson & Australian Chamber Orchestra)

Track from: Winter Morning Walks/Label: ArtistShare