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The Winners In Classical, Jazz, and More at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards!

The Grammy Awards were handed out Sunday at Madison Square Garden, and Philadelphia artists cleaned up! Here’s a rundown of this year’s best recordings in classical music, jazz, and more. 

* Philadelphia artists

CLASSICAL

  • Best Orchestral Performance: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio — Manfred Honeck, conductor (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
  • Best Opera Recording: Berg: Wozzeck/Graf, Houston Symphony — Hans Graf, conductor; Anne Schwanewilms & Roman Trekel; Hans Graf, producer (Houston Symphony; Chorus Of Students And Alumni, Shepherd School Of Music, Rice University & Houston Grand Opera Children’s Chorus)  
  • * Best Choral Performance: Gavin Bryars: The Fifth Century — Donald Nally, conductor (PRISM Quartet; The Crossing)
  • Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble: Death & The Maiden — Patricia Kopatchinskaja & The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
  • Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Transcendental— Daniil Trifonov
  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: Crazy Girl Crazy – Music By Gershwin, Berg & Berio — Barbara Hannigan (Orchestra Ludwig)
  • *Best Contemporary Classical Composition: Jennifer Higdon: Viola Concerto — Jennifer Higdon, composer (Roberto Díaz, Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)
  • *Best Classical Compendium:  Jennifer Higdon: All Things Majestic, Viola Concerto & Oboe Concerto — Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Tim Handley, producer

JAZZ

  • Best Improvised Jazz Solo: “Miles Beyond” — John McLaughlin, soloist
  • Best Jazz Vocal Album: Dreams And Daggers — Cécile McLorin Salvant
  • Best Jazz Instrumental Album: Rebirth — Billy Childs
  • *Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Bringin’ It — Christian McBride Big Band
  • Best Latin Jazz Album: Jazz Tango — Pablo Ziegler Trio

MUSICAL THEATER

  • *Best Musical Theater Album: Dear Evan Hansen — Ben Platt, principal soloist; Alex Lacamoire, Stacey Mindich, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, producers; Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

COMPOSING/ARRANGING

  • Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella: “Escapades For Alto Saxophone And Orchestra From Catch Me If You Can” — John Williams, arranger (John Williams)

HISTORICAL

  • Best Historical Album: Leonard Bernstein – The Composer — Robert Russ, compilation producer; Martin Kistner & Andreas K. Meyer, mastering engineers (Leonard Bernstein)

CLASSICAL PRODUCTION

  • Best Engineered Album, Classical: (An Engineer's Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.))  Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio,  Mark Donahue, engineer (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
  • Producer Of The Year, Classical – David Frost for numerous albums in 2017 including Verdi: Otello (*Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Günther Groissböck, Željko Lu?i?, Dimitri Pittas, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Sonya Yoncheva, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)