Grammy Awards
11th February 2008

Tower: Made In America
Best Classical Album
Best Classical Contemporary Composition
Best Orchestral Performance
Nashville Symphony
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Naxos 8.559328
The disc of Peter Lieberson's song cycle Neruda Songs, sung by Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, received the Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Performance.
Lieberson: Neruda Songs
Best Classical Vocal Performance
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano
Boston Symphony Orchestra
James Levine, conductor
Nonesuch 79954-2
Eighth Blackbird's CD "strange imaginary animals, " which won for the ensemble and for Judith Sherman, the recording's producer, includes Steven Mackey's Indigenous Instruments.
Mackey: Indigenous Instruments
Best Chamber Music Performance
Producer Of The Year, Classical
Eighth Blackbird
Judith Sherman, producer
Cedille Records CDR 90000 094
Soloist James Ehnes and conductor Bramwell Tovey shared a performing Grammy for their CBC disc of Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto.
Barber: Violin Concerto
Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)
James Ehnes, violin
Bramwell Tovey, conductor
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
CBC Records 5241