Grammy 2004 Winners: Classical Music

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THE GRAMMY 2004 WINNERS: CLASSICAL MUSIC

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	Best Engineered Album, Classical (An Engineer's Award) Best Classical Crossover Album (Award to the Artist(s) and/or to the Conductor) Obrigado Brazil (Yo-Yo Ma, cello) Richard King & Todd Whitelock, engineers [Sony Classical/ July 29, 2003/ # of Discs: 1]
	Producer Of The Year, Classical (A Producer's Award) Steven Epstein Mendelssohn/Bruch: Violin Concertos (Midori, violin) [Sony / August 26, 2003/ # of Discs: 1] Obrigado Brazil (Yo-Yo Ma, cello) [Sony Classical/ July 29, 2003/ # of Discs: 1 ] Paris La Belle Époque (Yo-Yo Ma, cello & Kathryn Stott, piano) [Sony/ April 29, 2003/ # of Discs: 1]
	Best Classical Album (Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s) if other than the Artist.) Mahler: Symphony No. 3; Kindertotenlieder Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Michelle DeYoung, mezzo soprano; Andreas Neubronner, producer (Vance George; Pacific Boychoir, San Francisco Girls Chorus & Women of the SFS Chorus; San Francisco Symphony) [SFS Media] [Delos Records/March 18, 2003/ # of Discs: 1]
	Best Orchestral Performance (Award to the Conductor and to the Orchestra.) Mahler: Symphony No. 3 Pierre Boulez, conductor (Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo soprano; Johannes Prinz & Gerald Wirth; Vienna Boys' Choir & Women's Chorus of the Vienna Singverein; Vienna Philharmonic) [Universal-Deutsche Grammophon / June 10, 2003/ # of Discs: 1]
	Best Opera Recording (Award to the Conductor, Album Producer(s) and Principal Soloists.) Janácek: Jenufa Bernard Haitink, conductor; Jerry Hadley, Karita Mattila, Eva Randová, Anja Silja & Jorma Silvasti; Wolfram Graul, producer (Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden) [Elektra/Asylum - Erato Disques- #45330 / December 17, 2024 / # of Discs: 2]
	Best Choral Performance (Award to the Choral Conductor, and to the Orchestra Conductor if an Orchestra is on the recording, and to the Choral Director or Chorus Master if applicable.) Sibelius: Cantatas Paavo Järvi, conductor; Tiia-Ester Loitme & Ants Soots, chorus masters (Ellerhein Girls' Choir & Estonian National Male Choir; Estonian National Symphony Orchestra) [Virgin Classics / July 8, 2024 / # of Discs: 1]
	Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra) (Award to the Instrumental Soloist(s) and to the Conductor.) Britten: Violin Concerto/Walton: Viola Concerto Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor; Maxim Vengerov, violin & viola (London Symphony Orchestra) [EMI Classics / April 8, 2024 / # of Discs: 1]
	Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra) (Award to the Instrumental Soloist.) Haydn: Piano Sonatas Nos. 29, 31, 34, 35 & 49 Emanuel Ax, piano [Sony Classical / April 15, 2024 / # of Discs: 1]
	Best Chamber Music Performance (Award to the Artists.) Berg: Lyric Suite Kronos Quartet & Dawn Upshaw, soprano [Nonesuch Records / August 19, 2024 / # of Discs: 1]
	Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor) (Award to the Ensemble (and to the Conductor.)) Chávez: Suite For Double Quartet Jeff von der Schmidt, conductor; Southwest Chamber Music Track from: Chávez: Complete Chamber Music, Vol. I [Cambria Master Recordings]
	Best Classical Vocal Performance (Award to the Vocal Soloist(s).) Schubert: Lieder With Orchestra Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone & Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo soprano (Claudio Abbado; Chamber Orchestra of Europe) [Universal - Deutsche Grammophon / April 8, 2024 / # of Discs: 1]
	Best Classical Contemporary Composition (A Composer's Award. (For a contemporary classical composition composed within the last 25 years, and released for the first time during the Eligibility Year.)) Argento: Casa Guidi Dominick Argento (Frederica von Stade, mezzo soprano; Eiji Oue; Minnesota Orchestra) Track from: Argento: Casa Guidi; Capriccio For Clarinet And Orchestra, Etc. [Reference Recordings / September 30, 2024 / # of Discs: 1]