For your listening enjoyment, Boosey & Hawkes is pleased to highlight 2010 GRAMMY-winning recordings of works by Chick Corea, Benjamin Britten, Paquito D'Rivera, Sergei Prokofieff, Bohuslav Martinu, Leonard Bernstein, and John Adams, along with GRAMMY-nominated recordings of pieces by Alberto Ginastera, Belá Bartók, and Edgar Meyer.
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Chick Corea :: The Disguise & Hymn to Andromeda Five Peace Band — Live [Concord] Chick Corea & John McLaughlin Five Peace Band WINNER! Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group Corea's 15th GRAMMY Award!
Benjamin Britten :: Billy Budd Britten Billy Budd [Virgin Classics] Daniel Harding, conductor London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus WINNER! Best Opera Recording
Paquito D'Rivera :: Invitación al Danzón & Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs of Joy and Peace [Sony Classical] Yo-Yo Ma, Paquito D'Rivera, Edgar Meyer, and more WINNER! Best Classical Crossover Album WINNER! Producer of the Year, Classical (Steven Epstein)
John Adams :: Doctor Atomic Symphony Doctor Atomic Symphony: [Nonesuch] Steven Epstein, producer; David Robertson, conductor; Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra WINNER! Producer of the Year, Classical (Steven Epstein)
John Adams :: On the Transmigration of Souls Transmigration [Telarc] Michael Bishop, surround mix engineer; Robert Spano, conductor; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Choruses WINNER! Best Surround Sound Album
Sergei Prokofieff :: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3 [EMI Classics] Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor; Evgeny Kissin, piano Philharmonia Orchestra WINNER! Best Instrumental soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)
Leonard Bernstein :: Mass Bernstein: Mass [Naxos] Marin Alsop, conductor; Jubilant Sykes, celebrant Baltimore Symphony Orchestra WINNER! - Producer of the Year, Classical (Steven Epstein) Nominee - Best Classical Album
Bohuslav Martinu :: Three Madrigals Intimate Letters [Deutsche Grammophon] Emerson String Quartet WINNER! - Best Chamber Music Performance
Alberto Ginastera :: String Quartets Ginastera: String Quartets (Complete) [Naxos] Enso Quartet Nominee - Best Chamber Music Performance
Belá Bartók :: Solo Sonata for Violin Schumann / Bartók: The Berlin Recital [EMI Classics] Martha Argerich & Gidon Kremer Nominee - Best Chamber Music Performance
Paquito D'Rivera :: Borat In Syracuse Jazz-Clazz [Timba Records] Paquito D'Rivera Quintet Nominee - Best Instrumental Composition Nominee - Best Classical Crossover Album
Edgar Meyer :: Then Again The Melody of Rhythm [E1 Music] Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain & Edgar Meyer; Detroit Symphony Orchestra Nominee - Best Classical Crossover Album
Paquito D'Rivera :: Air on a G String (Bolero) Bach in Havana [Sony Classical] Tiempo Libre with Paquito D'Rivera Nominee - Best Tropical Latin Album
Britten's pacifist masterwork, combining war poetry by Wilfred Owen with the Latin Requiem Mass, is included in the Masterworks Library of full scores, ideal for conductors, students and music lovers.