American music's "biggest night of the year" The 61st Grammy Awards - have been bestowed for 2018 composition, recording and performances across 84 different categories.
While most are paying attention to the popular music sections, Michelle Obama and red carpet fashion, the team at RNZ Concert has been focused on the classical music award winners.
Here's a taste, including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra and violinist James Ehnes.
Do you agree? What work from the past twelve months would you like to see celebrated?
Best Orchestral Performance
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11
Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Best Opera Recording
Bates: The (R)Evolution Of Steve Jobs
Michael Christie, conductor; Sasha Cooke, Jessica E. Jones, Edward Parks, Garrett Sorenson & Wei Wu; Elizabeth Ostrow, producer (The Santa Fe Opera Orchestra)
Best Choral Performance
McLoskey: Zealot Canticles
Donald Nally, conductor (Doris Hall-Gulati, Rebecca Harris, Arlen Hlusko, Lorenzo Raval & Mandy Wolman; The Crossing)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Anderson, Laurie: Landfall
Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
(For a contemporary classical composition composed within the last 25 years, and released for the first time during the Eligibility Year.)
Kernis: Violin Concerto
Aaron Jay Kernis, composer, James Ehnes, soloist, Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Seattle Symphony)
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Songs of Orpheus - Monteverdi, Caccini, D'India & Landi
Karim Sulayman: Jeannette Sorrell, conductor; Apollo's Fire, ensembles
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11
Shaun Murphy & Nick Squire, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Andris Nelsons & Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Best Classical Compendium
Fuchs: Piano Concerto 'Spiritualist'; Poems Of Life; Glacier; Rush
JoAnn Falletta, conductor; Tim Handley, producer
Producer of the Year, Classical
Blanton Alspaugh
