announced.
Winners include the Boston Symphony Orchestra and conductor Andris Nelsons; the Phoenix Chorale and Kansas City Chorale under director Charles Bruffy; and contemporary ensemble Eighth Blackbird. Composer Stephen Paulus, who died in 2014, was also honored twice.
Check out the winners below, read the full list of nominees and compare the Grammy picks with CPR Classical's favorite releases of 2015.
Best Orchestral Performance
Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphony No. 10
Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Best Opera Recording
Ravel: L'Enfant Et Les Sortilèges; Shéhérazade
Seiji Ozawa, conductor; Isabel Leonard; Dominic Fyfe, producer (Saito Kinen Orchestra; SKF Matsumoto Chorus & SKF Matsumoto Children's Chorus)
Best Choral Performance
Charles Bruffy, conductor (Paul Davidson, Frank Fleschner, Toby Vaughn Kidd, Bryan Pinkall, Julia Scozzafava, Bryan Taylor & Joseph Warner; Kansas City Chorale & Phoenix Chorale)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
eighth blackbird
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Dutilleux: Violin Concerto, L'Arbre Des Songes
Augustin Hadelich; Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Seattle Symphony)
Track from: Dutilleux: Métaboles; L'Arbre Des Songes; Symphony No. 2, 'Le Double'
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Joyce & Tony - Live From Wigmore Hall
Joyce DiDonato; Antonio Pappano, accompanist
Best Classical Compendium
Paulus: Three Places Of Enlightenment; Veil Of Tears & Grand Concerto
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Tim Handley, producer
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Paulus: Prayers & Remembrances
Stephen Paulus, composer (Eric Holtan, True Concord Voices & Orchestra)
Track from: Paulus: Far In The Heavens
