The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's recording of Vaughn Williams' A Sea Symphony (Symphony No. 1) was a big classical winner at the 45th annual Grammy Awards, taking three honors: for Best Classical Album, Best Choral Performance, and Best Engineered Album.

Led by American conductor Robert Spano, the disc helped the Cleveland-based Telarc label to another strong showing at the awards. Telarc's staff producer, Robert Woods, won the Producer of the Year award and the label had received seven nominations.

In winning the Best Album award, Spano's Vaughn Williams disc beat out strong competition from Renee Fleming's collection of arias by Bellini, Donizetti and Rossini on Decca, which won Best Classical Vocal Performance.

Teldec Classics' recording of John Taverner's Lamentations and Praises picked up awards for Best Small Ensemble Performance and Best Classical Contemporary Composition. Teldec also collected the Grammy for Best Opera Recording, which was awarded for Daniel Barenboim's recording of Tannhauser with the Staatkapelle Berlin.

The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra's performance of Mahler's Sixth Symphony under Michael Tilson Thomas on the SFS Media imprint won Best Orchestral Performance. Last year, another in-house label garnered a trophy: the London Symphony Orchestra's recording of Berlioz' Les Troyens on its LSO Live label won best album and best opera recording.

Still, audiences at Madison Square Garden were mostly wowed by jazz singer Norah Jones. She collected five Grammy awards after her debut album, Come Away With Me, sold more than 6 million copies this year. In an ironic twist, the 23-year-old singer said that she thought that the album, which won eight awards in total, would only appeal to jazz purists. Below is a complete list of classical winners:

Best-Engineered Classical Album: Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Sym. No. 1), Robert Spano, conductor; Norman Mackenzie, chorus director; Christine Goerke, soprano & Brett Polegato, baritone; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (Telarc)

Producer (Classical): Robert Woods

Classical Album: Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Symphony No. 1), Robert Spano, conductor; Thomas C. Moore, producer

Orchestral Album: Mahler: Symphony No. 6, San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (SFS Media)

Best Opera Recording: Wagner: Tannhäuser, Daniel Barenboim, conductor; Jane Eaglen, Thomas Hampson, Waltraud Meier, René Pape & Peter Seiffert; Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin; Staatskapelle Berlin (Teldec)

Choral Album: Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Symphony No. 1)

Solo Instrument With Orchestra: Brahms/Stravinsky: Violin Concertos, Hilary Hahn, violinist, with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Sir Neville Marriner, conductor (Sony Classical)

Solo Instrument Without Orchestra: Chopin: Études, Op. 10 and Op. 25, Murray Perahia, piano (Sony Classical)

Chamber Album: Beethoven: String Quartets, Takács Quartet (Decca)

Small Ensemble Performance: Tavener: Lamentations and Praises, Joseph Jennings, conductor; Chanticleer; the Handel and Haydn Society of Boston (Teldec)

Classical Vocal Performance: Bel Canto (Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini, etc.), Renée Fleming, soprano (Decca)

Classical Contemporary Composition: Lamentations and Praises, John Tavener (Teldec)

Classical Crossover Album: Previn Conducts Korngold, André Previn, conductor; the London Symphony Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon)