2015 Classical Grammy Winners

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In case you missed the results from earlier this week, here are the winners of the Classical Grammy Awards for 2015
 
Best Orchestral Performance:  John Adams –

 City Noir, 

David Robertson, conductor, St. Louis Symphony/Label:

 Nonesuch
Best Opera Recording: 

Charpentier – La Descente D’Orphée Aux Enfers, 

Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble: Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble/

Label: CPO
 
Best Choral performance: The Sacred Spirit of Russia, 

Craig Hella Johnson, conductor , Conspirare/ 

Label: Harmonia Mundi
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: 

In 27 Pieces – The Hilary Hahn Encores,

Hilary Hahn & Cory Smythe/ Label

: Deutsche Grammophon
Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Play – 

Jason Vieaux, guitar/Label: 

Azica Records

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: 

Douce France – 

Anne Sofie Von Otter, mezzo-soprano; Bengt Forsberg, accompanist/Label:

 Naïve
Best Classical Compendium: 

Partch: Plectra & Percussion Dances – 

John Schneider, producer/Label:

 Bridge Records, Inc.
Best Contemporary Classical Composition: John Luther Adams- 

Become Ocean, 

John Luther Adams, composer/ Ludovic Morlot, conductor, Seattle Symphony/ Label:

 Cantaloupe Music

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