The winners of the 2020 Classical Grammy Awards were announced in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 14, in a ceremony held before the televised show. The following are the winners in each category; click here for the complete nominees and winners. Best Orchestral Performance: “Ives: Complete Symphonies,” Gustavo Dudamel, conductor, Los Angeles Philharmonic. Best Contemporary Classical Composition: “Rouse: Symphony No. 5,” Christopher Rouse, composer; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor, Nashville Symphony. Best Classical Instrumental Solo: “Theofanidis: Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra,” Richard O’Neill; David Alan Miller, conductor, Albany Symphony. Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: “Smyth: The Prison,” Sarah Brailey and Dashon Burton; James Blachly, conductor, Experiential Chorus and Experiential Orchestra. Best Classical Compendium: “Michael Tilson Thomas: From the Diary of Anne Frank & Meditations on Rilke,” Isabel Leonard; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor, San Francisco Symphony; Jack Vad, producer. Best Choral Performance: “Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshua,” JoAnn Falletta, conductor; James K. Bass and Adam Luebke, chorus masters; James K. Bass, J’Nai Bridges, Timothy Fallon, Kenneth Overton, Hila Plitmann, and Matthew Worth; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus, and UCLA Chamber Singers. Best Opera Recording: “Gershwin: Porgy and Bess,” David Robertson, conductor; Frederick Ballentine, Angel Blue, Denyce Graves, Latonia Moore, and Eric Owens; David Frost, producer; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the Metropolitan Opera Chorus. Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: “Contemporary Voices,” Pacifica Quartet. Best Engineered Album, Classical: “Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, Babi Yar,” David Frost and Charlie Post, engineers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer; Riccardo Muti, conductor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Producer of the Year, Classical: David Frost.
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