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List of Grammy Award winners - classical

LOS ANGELES
Sun Feb 10, 2008 9:01pm EST

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Following is a complete list of winners in the classical music field from the 50th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday.

BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, CLASSICAL

Grechaninov: Passion Week - John Newton, engineer (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Bach Choir & Kansas City Chorale)

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, CLASSICAL

Judith Sherman

BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM

Tower: Made In America - Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Tim Handley, producer (Nashville Symphony)

BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE

Tower: Made In America - Leonard Slatkin, conductor (Nashville Symphony)

BEST OPERA RECORDING

Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel - Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor; Rebecca Evans, Jane Henschel & Jennifer Larmore; Brian Couzens, producer (Sarah Coppen, Diana Montague & Sarah Tynan; New London Children's Choir; Philharmonia Orchestra)

BEST CHORAL PERFORMANCE

Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem - Simon Rattle, conductor; Simon Halsey, chorus master (Thomas Quasthoff & Dorothea Roeschmann; Rundfunkchor Berlin; Berliner Philharmoniker)

BEST INSTRUMENTAL SOLOIST(S) PERFORMANCE (WITH ORCHESTRA)

Barber/Korngold/Walton: Violin Concertos - Bramwell Tovey, conductor; James Ehnes (Vancouver Symphony Orchestra)

BEST INSTRUMENTAL SOLOIST PERFORMANCE (WITHOUT ORCHESTRA)

Beethoven Sonatas, Vol. 3 - Garrick Ohlsson

BEST CHAMBER MUSIC PERFORMANCE

Strange Imaginary Animals - Eighth Blackbird

BEST SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE

Stravinsky: Apollo, Concerto In D; Prokofiev: 20 Visions Fugitives - Yuri Bashmet, conductor; Moscow Soloists

BEST CLASSICAL VOCAL PERFORMANCE

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs - Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (James Levine; Boston Symphony Orchestra)

BEST CLASSICAL CONTEMPORARY COMPOSITION

Made In America - Joan Tower (Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Nashville Symphony Orchestra)

BEST CLASSICAL CROSSOVER ALBUM

A Love Supreme: The Legacy Of John Coltrane - Turtle Island Quartet

(Reporting by Dean Goodman)



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