2014 CLASSICAL MUSIC GRAMMY WINNERS

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Below is the list of winners in the 2014 classical music categories:

  • Best Engineered Album: Maria Schneider, Winter Morning Walks; David Frost, Brian Losch and Tim Martyn, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer; Dawn Upshaw, Australian Chamber Orchestra and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.
  • Producer of the Year: David Frost.
  • Best Orchestral Performance: Sibelius, Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4; Osmo Vänskä, conductor, Minnesota Orchestra.
  • Best Opera Recording: Adès, The Tempest; Simon Keenlyside, Isabel Leonard, Audrey Luna and Alan Oke; Thomas Adès, conductor, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus; Luisa Bricetti and Victoria Warivonchick, producers.
  • Best Choral Performance: Pärt, Adam’s Lament; Tui Hirv and Rainer Vilu; Tonu Kaljuste, conductor, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Sinfonietta Riga, Talinn Chamber Orchestra, Latvian Radio Choir and Vox Clamantis.
  • Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Roomful of Teeth, Brad Wells and Roomful of Teeth.
  • Best Instrumental Solo: Corigliano, Conjurer: Concerto for Percussionist and String Orchestra; Evelyn Glennie, Albany Symphony, David Alan Miller, conductor.
  • Best Vocal Solo: Maria Schneider, Winter Morning Walks; Jay Anderson, Frank Kimbrough, Scott Robinson and Dawn Upshaw, Australian Chamber Orchestra and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.
  • Best Compendium: Hindemith, Violinkonzert, Symphonic Metamorphosis, Konzertmusik; Midori, NDR Symphony, Christoph Eschenbach, conductor.
  • Best Contemporary Composition: Maria Schneider, Winter Morning Walks; Jay Anderson, Frank Kimbrough, Scott Robinson and Dawn Upshaw, Australian Chamber Orchestra and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.
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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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