Как многие уже, наверное, читали в интернате (или слышали в новостях), объявлены лауреаты премии Грэмми за 2006 г.
Привожу только ту часть списка, которая имеет отношение к классической музыке (в квадратных скобках указано наименование фирмы, выпустившей данную запись):

I. В категории "Best Classical Album" (в этой номинации премия присуждается артисту и продюсеру альбома) финальный список номинантов был следующим:
·Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9
Bernard Haitink, conductor; James Mallinson, producer (London Symphony Orchestra)
[LSO Live]
·Lieberson: Rilke Songs, The Six Realms, Horn Concerto
David Starobin, producer (Justin Brown & Donald Palma; Michaela Fukacova, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson & William Purvis; Peter Serkin; The Odense Symphony Orchestra)
[Bridge Records, Inc.]
·Mahler: Symphony No. 7
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Andreas Neubronner, producer (San Francisco Symphony)
[San Francisco Symphony]
·Martha Argerich And Friends: Live From The Lugano Festival 2005
Martha Argerich And Friends; Ulrich Ruscher, producer
[EMI Classics]
·Mozart: La Clemenza Di Tito
Renе Jacobs, conductor; Marie-Claude Chappuis, Bernarda Fink, Sergio Foresti, Sunhae Im, Mark Padmore & Alexandrina Pendatchanska; Martin Sauer, producer (Freiburger Barockorchester)
[Harmonia Mundi]
Премия досталась записи симфонии № 7 Малера с Сан-Францисским симфоническим оркестром под управлением Майкла Тилсона Томаса

II. В категории "Best Orchestral Performance" (награждается дирижер и оркестр) на премию претендовали:
·Bax: Tone Poems
Vernon Handley, conductor (BBC Philharmonic)
[Chandos]
·Glazunov: Symphonies 4 & 7
Josй Serebrier, conductor (Royal Scottish National Orchestra)
[Warner Classics]
·Mahler: Symphony No. 6 In A Min.
Ivan Fischer, conductor (Budapest Festival Orchestra)
[Channel Classics]
·Mahler: Symphony No. 7
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)
[San Francisco Symphony]
·Prokofiev: The Complete Symphonies
Valery Gergiev, conductor (London Symphony Orchestra)
[Philips]
И здесь премия также досталась вышеупомянутой записи седьмой симфонии Малера.

Далее привожу списки претендентов в остальных номинациях, при этом записи, получившие премию, выделены жирным шрифтом:
III. Best Opera Recording
(Award to the Conductor, Album Producer(s) and Principal Soloists.)
·Bennett: The Mines Of Sulphur
Stewart Robertson, conductor; Brian Anderson, Dorothy Byrne, Beth Clayton, Kristopher Irmiter, Brandon Jovanovich, James Maddalena, Michael Todd Simpson & Caroline Worra; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra)
[Chandos]
·Golijov: Ainadamar: Fountain Of Tears
Robert Spano, conductor; Kelley O'Connor, Jessica Rivera & Dawn Upshaw; Valеrie Gross & Sid McLauchlan, producers (Women Of The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)
[Deutsche Grammophon]
·Mozart: La Clemenza Di Tito
Rene Jacobs, conductor; Marie-Claude Chappuis, Bernarda Fink, Sergio Foresti, Sunhae Im, Mark Padmore & Alexandrina Pendatchanska; Martin Sauer, producer (RIAS Kammerchor; Freiburger Barockorchester)
[Harmonia Mundi]
·Smetana: The Bartered Bride
Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor; Yvette Bonner, Paul Charles Clarke, Neal Davies, Susan Gritton, Kit Hesketh-Harvey, Yvonne Howard, Robin Leggate, Diana Montague, Geoffrey Moses, Timothy Robinson & Peter Rose; Brian Couzens, producer (The Royal Opera Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra)
[Chandos Opera In English]
·Verdi: La Traviata
Carlo Rizzi, conductor; Thomas Hampson, Anna Netrebko & Rolando Villazуn; Rainer Maillard, producer (Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor; Wiener Philharmoniker)
[Deutsche Grammophon]

IV. Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)
(Award to the Instrumental Soloist(s) and to the Conductor.)
·Brahms: The Piano Concertos
Riccardo Chailly, conductor; Nelson Freire (Gewandhausorchester)
[Decca]
·Henze: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 And 3
Christopher Lyndon-Gee, conductor; Peter Sheppard Skaerved (Saarbrьcken Radio Symphony Orchestra)
[Naxos]
·Messiaen: Oiseaux Exotiques (Exotic Birds)
John McLaughlin Williams, conductor; Angelin Chang, pianist (Cleveland Chamber Symphony)
[TNC]
·Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 1 & 2
Antonio Pappano, conductor; Leif Ove Andsnes (Berliner Philharmoniker)
[EMI Classics]
·Schmidt: Concertos
Ole Schmidt, conductor; Ulla Miilmann (Danish National Symphony Orchestra / DR)
[Dacapo Records]

V. Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)
(Award to the Instrumental Soloist.)
·Bach: The Sonatas And Partitas For Violin Solo
Gidon Kremer
[ECM New Series]
·Bacheler: The Bachelar's Delight
Paul O'Dette
[Harmonia Mundi]
·Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas, Vol. II
Andrбs Schiff
[ECM New Series]
·Chopin: Nocturnes
Maurizio Pollini
[Deutsche Grammophon]
·Primrose: Viola Transcriptions
Roberto Dнaz (Robert Koenig)
[Naxos]

VI. Best Chamber Music Performance
(Award to the Artists.)
·Chamber Works For Winds And Strings By Mozart
The Chicago Chamber Musicians
[Summit Records]
·Corigliano: Violin Sonata, Etude Fantasy
Andrew Russo (Corey Cerovsek & Steven Heyman)
[Black Box]
·Intimate Voices
Emerson String Quartet
[Deutsche Grammophon]
·Martha Argerich And Friends: Live From The Lugano Festival 2005
Martha Argerich And Friends
[EMI Classics]
·Shostakovich: Piano Trios 1 & 2, Seven Romances On Verses By Alexander Blok
Beaux Arts Trio
[Warner Classics]

VII. Best Small Ensemble Performance
(Award to the Ensemble (and to the Conductor.))
·Angel Dances
12 Cellists Of Berliner Philharmoniker
[EMI Classics]
·Ikon
Harry Christophers, conductor; The Sixteen
[Decca]
·Miguel De Cervantes — Don Quijote De La Mancha — Romances Y Mъsicas
Jordi Savall, conductor; Hespиrion XXI & La Capella Reial De Catalunya
[Alia Vox]
·Padilla: Sun Of Justice
Peter Rutenberg, conductor; Los Angeles Chamber Singers' Cappella
[RCM — Rubedo Canis Musica]
·Shostakovich/Sviridov/Vainberg: Chamber Symphonies
Yuri Bashmet; Moscow Soloists
[Onyx Classics]

VIII. Best Classical Vocal Performance
(Award to the Vocal Soloist(s).)
·Britten: Song Cycles
Ian Bostridge (Sir Simon Rattle; Radek Baborбk; Berliner Philharmoniker)
[EMI Classics]
·Canciones Argentinas
Bernarda Fink & Marcos Fink (Carmen Piazzini)
[Harmonia Mundi]
·Consider, My Soul
Thomas Quasthoff (Sebastian Weigle; Staatskapelle Dresden)
[Deutsche Grammophon]
·Rilke Songs
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (Peter Serkin)
[Bridge Records, Inc.]
·Songs Of Amy Beach
Patrick Mason (Joanne Polk)
[Bridge Records, Inc.]

IX. Best Classical Contemporary Composition
(A Composer's Award. (For a contemporary classical composition composed within the last 25 years, and released for the first time during the Eligibility Year.))
·Boston Concerto
Elliott Carter (Oliver Knussen)
Track from: The Music Of Elliott Carter, Vol. Seven
[Bridge Records, Inc.]
·Golijov: Ainadamar: Fountain Of Tears
Osvaldo Golijov (Robert Spano)
[Deutsche Grammophon]
·The Here And Now
Christopher Theofanidis (Robert Spano)
Track from: Del Tredici: Paul Revere's Ride; Theofanidis: The Here And Now; Bernstein: Lamentation
[Telarc]
·Paul Revere's Ride
David Del Tredici (Robert Spano)
Track from: Del Tredici: Paul Revere's Ride; Theofanidis: The Here And Now; Bernstein: Lamentation
[Telarc]
·A Scotch Bestiary
James MacMillan (James MacMillan)
Track from: MacMillan: A Scotch Bestiary, Piano Concerto No. 2
[Chandos]

X. Best Classical Crossover Album
(Award to the Artist(s) and/or to the Conductor.)
·The Film Music Of Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Rumon Gamba, conductor (BBC Philharmonic)
[Chandos]
·Invention & Alchemy
David Lockington, conductor; Deborah Henson-Conant (The Grand Rapids Symphony)
[Golden Cage Music]
·Lбtigo
Quartet San Francisco (John Santos)
[Violinjazz Recordings]
·Simple Gifts
Bryn Terfel (London Voices; London Symphony Orchestra)
[Deutsche Grammophon]
·Song Zu Ying: The Diva Goes To The Movies
Song Zu Ying (China National Symphony Orchestra)
[JB Audiophile]

Как видим несколько артистов из России (или из бывшего СССР ) попали в почетный список номинантов: Валерий Гергиев, Гидон Кремер, Юрий Башмет, Анна Нетребко, но в этот раз премия никому из них не досталась.

Можно еще добавить, что диск с названием "Intimate Voices", получивший награду в области камерной музыки включает записи следующих произведений в исполнении Эмерсон-квартета:
Edvard Grieg. Quartet for Strings in G minor, Op. 27
Carl Nielsen. At the bier of a young artist, FS 58
Jean Sibelius. Quartet for Strings in D minor, Op. 56 "Voces intimae"

Возможно, для кого-то будет небезынтересно узнать, что награда в номинации "Best Engineered Album, Classical" присуждена звукоинженеру Михаэлю Бишопу (Michael Bishop) за запись на фирме Telarc альбома, в котором представлены следующие произведения: Elgar: Enigma Variations; Britten: The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Four Sea Interludes (Paavo Jarvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)