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40th Annual Grammy® Awards Coverage

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Best Classical Album
Beethoven: The String Quartets - Emerson String Quartet; Eugene Drucker, Group Member; Lawrence Dutton, Group Member; David Finckel, Group Member; Philip Setzer, Group Member; Max Wilcox, producer
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Tristia - Pierre Boulez, conductor; Helmut Burk, producer (Gareth Morrell; The Cleveland Orch. Cho.; The Cleveland Orch.)
Brahms: The Four Symphonies; Academic Festival Overture, Etc. - Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor; James Mallinson, producer (Scottish Cham. Orch.)
Premieres - Cello Concertos (Works Of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse) - Yo-Yo Ma, violoncello; David Zinman, conductor; Steven Epstein, producer (Philadelphia Orch.)
Wagner: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg - Sir Georg Solti, conductor; Ben Heppner; Herbert Lippert; Karita Mattila; Alan Opie; Rene Pape; Jose van Dam; Iris Vermillion; Michael Woolcock, producer (Chicago Sym. Cho.; Chicago Sym. Orch.)

Best Orchestral Performance
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Tristia - Pierre Boulez, conductor (The Cleveland Orch. Cho.; The Cleveland Orch.)
Brahms: The Four Symphonies; Academic Festival Overture, Etc. - Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor (Scottish Cham. Orch.)
Korngold: Sym. In F Sharp, Op. 40 - Franz Welser-Most, conductor (The Philadelphia Orch.) Markevitch: Complete Orchestral Music, Vol. 1 (Le Nouvel Age; Sinfonietta In F; Cinema Ouverture) - Christopher Lyndon-Gee, conductor (Arnhem Phil. Orch.)
Shostakovich: The Dance Album (Moscow-Cheromushki; The Bolt, Etc.) - Riccardo Chailly, conductor (The Philadelphia Orch.)

Best Opera Recording
Braunfels: Die Vogel - Lothar Zagrosek, conductor; Matthias Gorne; Wolfgang Holzmair; Michael Kraus; Hellen Kwon; Endrik Wottrich; Morten Winding, producer; Michael Woolcock, producer (Rundfunkchor Berlin; Deutsches Sym.-Orch. Berlin)
Glinka: Ruslan And Lyudmila - Valery Gergiev, conductor; Gennady Bezzubenkov; Larissa Diadkova; Galina Gorchakova; Anna Netrebko; Vladimir Ognovienko; Stan Taal, producer (Kirov Cho., St. Petersburg; Kirov Orch., St. Petersburg)
Mozart: Don Giovanni - Sir Georg Solti, conductor; Renee Fleming; Ann Murray; Michele Pertusi; Bryn Terfel; Michael Woolcock, producer (London Voices; London Phil. Orch.)
Rameau: Hippolyte Et Aricie - William Christie, conductor; Lorraine Hunt; Eirian James; Laurent Naouri; Mark Padmore; Anna-Maria Panzarella; Martin Sauer, producer (Cho. Of Les Arts Florissants; Orch. Of Les Arts Florissants)
Wagner: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg - Sir Georg Solti, conductor; Ben Heppner; Herbert Lippert; Karita Mattila; Alan Opie; Rene Pape; Jose van Dam; Iris Vermillion; Michael Woolcock, producer (Chicago Sym. Cho.; Chicago Sym. Orch.)

Best Choral Performance
Adams: Harmonium/Rachmaninoff: The Bells - Robert Shaw, conductor (Karl Dent, tenor; Renee Fleming, soprano; Victor Ledbetter, baritone; Atlanta Sym. Orch. Cho.; Atlanta Sym. Orch.)
Bruckner: Messe No. 3 In F Min.; Te Deum - Franz Welser-Most, conductor; Balduin Sulzer, chorus master (Jane Eaglen, soprano; Alfred Muff, bass; Birgit Remmert, contralto; Deon van der Walt, tenor; Mozart Cho. Of Linz; The London Phil.)
Dyson: The Canterbury Pilgrims; Overture: At The Tabard Inn; In Honour Of The City - Richard Hickox, conductor; Malcolm Hicks, chorus master (Yvonne Kenny, soprano; Stephen Roberts, baritone; Robert Tear, tenor; London Sym. Cho.; London Sym. Orch.)
Haydn: The Creation - John Eliot Gardiner, conductor (Donna Brown, soprano; Gerald Finley, bass; Rodney Gilfry, bass; Sylvia McNair, soprano; Michael Schade, tenor; The English Baroque Soloists; The Monteverdi Cho.)
Paray: Mass For The 500th Anniversary Of The Death Of Joan Of Arc - James Paul, conductor; Christopher Bell, chorus master (Joseph Harris, tenor; Lorna Haywood, soprano; Jozik Koc, bass-baritone; Terry Patrick-Harris, mezzo soprano; Royal Scottish National Orch. Cho.; Royal Scottish National Orch.)

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)
Barber/Walton: Violin Concertos/Bloch: Baal Shem - Joshua Bell, violin; David Zinman, conductor (Baltimore Sym. Orch.)
Mozart: Piano Cons. Nos. 18 & 20 - Richard Goode, piano (Orpheus Cham. Orch.)
Premieres - Cello Concertos (Works Of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse) - Yo-Yo Ma, violoncello; David Zinman, conductor (Philadelphia Orch.)
Schwantner: Con. For Percussion And Orch. - Evelyn Glennie, percussion & marimba; Leonard Slatkin, conductor (National Sym. Orch.)
Tchaikovsky: Piano Con. No. 1 - Martha Argerich, piano; Claudio Abbado, conductor (Berliner Phil.)

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)
Bach: Suites For Solo Cello Nos. 1 - 6 - Janos Starker, cello
Ligeti: Works For Piano (Etudes; Musica Ricercata, Etc.) - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Murray Perahia Plays Handel And Scarlatti (Handel: Suite No. 5 In E Maj., Etc./Scarlatti: Son. In D Maj., Etc.) - Murray Perahia, piano
Schumann: Piano Son. No. 1; Fantasy In C - Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Volodos - Piano Transcriptions (Works Of Bizet, Liszt, Rachmaninoff-Volodos, Etc.) - Arcadi Volodos, piano

Best Chamber Music Performance
Beaux Arts Trio Plays Turina, Granados (Turina: Trio No. 1, Op. 35, Etc./Granados: Trio, Op. 50) - Beaux Arts Trio; Ida Kavafian, Group Member; Menahem Pressler, Group Member; Peter Wiley, Group Member
Beethoven: The String Quartets - Emerson String Quartet; Eugene Drucker, Group Member; Lawrence Dutton, Group Member; David Finckel, Group Member; Philip Setzer, Group Member
The Berlin Recital (Works Of Brahms, Debussy, Franck, Mozart) - Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Lambert Orkis, piano
Early Music - Lachryma Antiqua (Works Of Machaut, Tye, Lamb, Dowland, Etc.) - Kronos Quartet; Hank Dutt, Group Member; David Harrington, Group Member; Joan Jeanrenaud, Group Member; John Sherba, Group Member
Schubert/Boccherini: Quintets (Schubert: Quintet In C Maj./Boccherini: Quintet In E Maj.) - Jaime Laredo, viola; Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Sharon Robinson, cello; Isaac Stern, violin

Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor)
Adams: Chamber Symphony; Shaker Loops; Phrygian Gates For Solo Piano - Sian Edwards, conductor; Ensemble Modern
Chaconne (Works Of Blow, Corelli, Muffat, Etc.) - Reinhard Goebel, conductor; Musica Antiqua Koln Hindemith: Kammermusik No. 1 With Finale 1921, Op. 24 No. 1 - Claudio Abbado, conductor; Mbrs. Of The Berliner Phil.
Ockeghem: Missa De Plus En Plus, Etc./Binchois: Missa Au Travail Suis, Etc.) - Peter Phillips, conductor; The Tallis Scholars
Schein: The Fountains Of Israel - Sacred Madrigals (O Herr, Ich Bin Dein Knecht; Ich Lasse Dich Nicht, Etc.) - Philippe Herreweghe, conductor; Ens. Vocal Europeen
Shakespeare's Musick - Songs And Dances From Shakespeare's Plays (Works Of Byrd, Dowland, Holborne, Etc.) - Philip Pickett, conductor; Musicians Of The Globe

Best Classical Vocal Performance
An Italian Songbook (Works Of Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini) - Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo soprano (James Levine, piano)
La Bonne Chanson - Faure Chamber Songs (Works Of Ravel, Chausson, Etc.) - Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo soprano (Bengt Forsberg, piano)
Ligeti: Vocal Works (Nonsense Madrigals; Aventures; Der Sommer, Etc.) - Omar Ebrahim, baritone; Rosemary Hardy, soprano; Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano; Rose Taylor, contralto (The King's Singers; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Various Artists; Mbrs. Of The Philharmonia Orch.)
Mozart: Arias (Non So Piu, Cosa Son; Vedrai Carino; In Quali Eccessi, O Numi, Etc.) - Vesselina Kasarova, mezzo soprano (Sir Colin Davis, conductor; Staatskapelle Dresden)
Signatures - Great Opera Scenes (Porgi, Amor; Dove Sono; O Silver Moon, Etc.) - Renee Fleming, soprano (Sir Georg Solti, conductor; London Sym. Orch.)

Best Classical Contemporary Composition
Adams: El Dorado - John Adams, composer (Kent Nagano, conductor; The Halle Orch.)
Danielpour: Concerto For Orch. - Richard Danielpour, composer (David Zinman, conductor; Pittsburgh Sym. Orch.) Track from: Danielpour: Concerto For Orch.; Anima Mundi
Kernis: Second Symphony - Aaron Jay Kernis, composer (Hugh Wolff, conductor; City Of Birmingham Sym. Orch.) Track from: Kernis: Second Symphony; Musica Celestis, Etc.
Liebermann: Con. No. 2 For Piano And Orch., Op. 36 - Lowell Liebermann, composer (Stephen Hough, piano) Track from: Liebermann: Piano Concertos (Cons. Nos. 1 & 2; Six Pieces From Album For The Young)
Norgard: Sym. No. 5 - Per Norgard, composer (Leif Segerstam, conductor; Danish National Radio Sym. Orch.) Track from: Norgard: Syms. Nos. 4 & 5

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