Grammy Winners - 2008

Beethoven Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:34 pm

Best Classical Album

Tower: Made In America
Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Tim Handley, producer; Tim Handley, engineer/mixer (Nashville Symphony)
[Naxos]

Best Orchestral Performance

Tower: Made In America
Leonard Slatkin, conductor (Nashville Symphony)
[Naxos]

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)
[Chandos Opera In English]

Best Choral Performance

Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem
Simon Rattle, conductor; Simon Halsey, chorus master (Thomas Quasthoff & Dorothea Röschmann; Rundfunkchor Berlin; Berliner Philharmoniker)
[EMI Classics]

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)

Barber/Korngold/Walton: Violin Concertos
Bramwell Tovey, conductor; James Ehnes (Vancouver Symphony Orchestra)
[CBC Records]

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (without orchestra)

Beethoven Sonatas, Vol. 3
Garrick Ohlsson
[Bridge Records, Inc.]

Best Chamber Music Performance

Strange Imaginary Animals
Eighth Blackbird
[Cedille Records]

Best Vocal Performance

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (James Levine; Boston Symphony Orchestra)
[Nonesuch Records]