Grammy 2006

THE GRAMMY 2006 WINNERS: CLASSICAL MUSIC

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	Best Engineered Album, Classical (An Engineer's Award) Best Chamber Music Performance (Award to the Artists) Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets Da-Hong Seetoo, engineer (Emerson String Quartet) [Deutsche Grammophon]
	Producer Of The Year, Classical Tim Handley (A Producer's Award) Adams: Shaker Loops (Marin Alsop)
	Producer Of The Year, Classical Tim Handley (A Producer's Award) Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience (Leonard Slatkin, Christine Brewer & Joan Morris)
	Producer Of The Year, Classical Tim Handley (A Producer's Award) Brahms: Sym. No. 1 (Marin Alsop & London Philharmonic Orchestra)
	Producer Of The Year, Classical Tim Handley (A Producer's Award) Daugherty: Philadelphia Stories Marin Alsop & Evelyn Glennie
	Producer Of The Year, Classical Tim Handley (A Producer's Award) Glass: Symphonies Nos. 2 And 3 Marin Alsop & Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
	Best Classical Album (Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s) if other than the Artist.) 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.) 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.) Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Jerry Blackstone, William Hammer, Jason Harris, Christopher Kiver, Carole Ott & Mary Alice Stollak, choir directors (Christine Brewer, Measha Brueggergosman, Ilana Davidson, Nmon Ford, Linda Hohenfeld, Joan Morris, Carmen Pelton, Marietta Simpson & Thomas Young; Michigan State University Children's Choir, University Of Michigan Chamber Choir, University Of Michigan Orpheus Singers, University Of Michigan University Choir & University Musical Society Choral Union; University Of Michigan School Of Music Symphony Orchestra) [Naxos]
	Best Orchestral Performance (Award to the Conductor and to the Orchestra.) Shostakovich: Sym. No. 13 Mariss Jansons, conductor (Sergei Aleksashkin; Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks) [EMI Classics]
	Best Opera Recording (Award to the Conductor, Album Producer(s) and Principal Soloists.) Verdi: Falstaff Sir Colin Davis, conductor; Carlos Alvarez, Bülent Bezdüz, Marina Domashenko, Jane Henschel, Ana Ibarra, Maria Josè Moreno & Michele Pertusi; James Mallinson, producer (London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra) [LSO Live]
	Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra) (Award to the Instrumental Soloist(s) and to the Conductor.) Beethoven: Piano Cons. Nos. 2 & 3 Claudio Abbado, conductor; Martha Argerich (Mahler Chamber Orchestra) [Deutsche Grammophon]
	Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra) (Award to the Instrumental Soloist.) Scriabin, Medtner, Stravinsky Evgeny Kissin [BMG Classics RCA Red Seal]
	Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor) (Award to the Ensemble (and to the Conductor.) Boulez: Le Marteau Sans Maître, Dérive 1 & 2 Pierre Boulez, conductor; Hilary Summers; Ensemble Intercontemporain [Deutsche Grammophon]
	Best Classical Vocal Performance (Award to the Vocal Soloist(s)) Bach: Cantatas Thomas Quasthoff (Rainer Kussmaul; Members Of The RIAS Chamber Choir; Berlin Baroque Soloists) [Deutsche Grammophon]
	Best Classical Crossover Album (Award to the Artist(s) and/or to the Conductor.) 4 + Four Turtle Island String Quartet & Ying Quartet [Telarc]