Last Night’s Classical Grammy Winners

February 12, 2007

The results are in. I, for one, am thrilled beyond words that Lorraine Hunt Lieberson won Best Classical Vocal Performance. All the winners in classical categories are listed below. Reactions? Favorites? Disappointments? Share your comments. Best Engineered Album, Classical • Elgar: Enigma Variations; Britten: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Four Sea Interludes, Michael Bishop, engineer (Paavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra) Producer of The Year, Classical• Elaine Martone Best Classical Album• Mahler: Symphony No. 7, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Andreas Neubronner, producer (San Francisco Symphony) Best Orchestral Performance• • “Mahler: Symphony No. 7,” Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony) Best Opera Recording • “Golijov: Ainadamar: Fountain Of Tears,” Robert Spano, conductor; Kelley O’Connor & Dawn Upshaw; Valérie Gross & Sid McLauchlan, producers (Women Of The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra) Best Choral Performance • “Pärt: Da Pacem,” Paul Hillier, conductor (Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir) Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)• “Messiaen: Oiseaux Exotiques (Exotic Birds),” John McLaughlin Williams, conductor; Angelin Chang (Cleveland Chamber Symphony) Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra) • “Chopin: Nocturnes,” Maurizio Pollini Best Chamber Music Performance• Intimate Voices, Emerson String Quartet Best Small Ensemble Performance• “Padilla: Sun of Justice,” Peter Rutenberg, conductor; Los Angeles Chamber Singers’ Cappella Best Classical Vocal Performance• Rilke Songs, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (Peter Serkin) Best Classical Contemporary Composition • “Golijov: Ainadamar: Fountain of Tears,” Osvaldo Golijov (Robert Spano) Best Classical Crossover Album• Simple Gifts, Bryn Terfel (London Voices; London Symphony Orchestra)