Besides the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra's win for best chamber/small ensemble performance, here are the other 2018 Grammy winners for classical-related recordings, as presented Sunday by the Recording Academy:
Best score soundtrack for visual media: La La Land (Justin Hurwitz, composer)
Best arrangement, instrumental or a cappella: "Escapades for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra" from Catch Me If You Can (John Williams, arranger)
Best historical album: Leonard Bernstein — The Composer (Robert Russ, compilation producer; Martin Kistner & Andreas K. Meyer, mastering engineers)
Best engineered album, classical: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio (Mark Donahue, engineer; Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
Producer of the year, classical: David Frost for:
Alma Española (Isabel Leonard)
Amplified Soul (Gabriela Martinez)
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 6 (Jonathan Biss)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 (Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
Garden of Joys and Sorrows (Hat Trick Trio)
Laks: Chamber Works (ARC Ensemble)
Schoenberg, Adam: American Symphony; Finding Rothko; Picture Studies (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony)
Troika (Matt Haimovitz & Christopher O'Riley)
Verdi: Otello (Metropolitan Opera)
Best orchestral performance: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio (Manfred Honeck, conductor; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
Best opera recording: Berg: Wozzeck (Hans Graf, conductor; Anne Schwanewilms & Roman Trekel; Hans Graf & Brad Sayles, producers; with Houston Symphony; Chorus of Students and Alumni, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University & Houston Grand Opera Children's Chorus)
Best choral performance: Bryars: The Fifth Century (Donald Nally, conductor; with PRISM Quartet; The Crossing)
Best chamber music/small ensemble performance: Death and the Maiden (Patricia Kopatchinskaja and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra)
Best classical instrumental solo: "Transcendental," Daniil Trifonov
Best classical solo vocal album: Crazy Girl Crazy — Music by Gershwin, Berg and Berio; Barbara Hannigan (Orchestra Ludwig)
Best classical compendium: Higdon: All Things Majestic, Viola Concerto and Oboe Concerto (Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Tim Handley, producer)
Best contemporary classical composition: Viola Concerto; Jennifer Higdon, composer (Roberto Diaz, Giancarlo Guerrero and Nashville Symphony)
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