2013 CLASSICAL MUSIC GRAMMY WINNERS ANNOUNCED

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Here is a rundown of this year’s Grammy winners in classical music:

  • Best Orchestral Performance –Adams, Harmonielehre, Short Ride in a Fast Machine; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor, San Francisco Symphony (SFS Media)
  • Best Opera Recording – Wagner, Der Ring des Nibelungen; Hans-Peter König, Jay Hunter Morris, Bryn Terfel, Deborah Voigt, James Levine and Fabio Luisi, conductors, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus (Deutsche Grammophon)
  • Best Choral Performance – Life and Breath: Choral Works by René Clausen; Charles Bruffy, conductor, Kansas City Choral (Chandos)
  • Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance – Meanwhile; eighth blackbird (Cedille Records)
  • Best Classical Instrumental Solo – Kurtág and Ligeti: Music for Viola; Kim Kashkashian (ECM New Series)
  • Best Classical Vocal Solo – Poèmes; Renée Fleming, Alan Gilbert and Seiji Ozawa, conductors, Orchestre National de France and Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France (Decca Records)
  • Best Classical Compendium – Penderecki: Fonogrammi, Horn Concerto, Partita, “The Awakening of Jacob,” “Anaklasis;” Antoni Wit, conductor, Warsaw Philharmonic (Naxos)
  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition – Stephen Hartke, Meanwhile: Incidental Music to Imaginary Puppet Plays; eighth blackbird (Cedille Records)
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About Edward Reichel

Edward Reichel, author, writer and composer, has been covering the classical music scene in Utah since 1997. For many years he served as the primary music critic for the Deseret News. He has also written for a number of publications, including Chamber Music Magazine, OPERA Magazine, 15 Bytes, Park City Magazine and Salt Lake Magazine. He holds a Ph.D. in composition from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He can be reached at ed.reichel@gmail.com. Reichel Recommends is also on Twitter @ReichelArts.

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