The 2016 Grammys were awarded Monday in Los Angeles, and Stephen Paulus led the winners.

The Minnesota composer earned a posthumous nod for Best Contemporary Classical Composition (Prayers & Remembrances) as well as having his music featured on the Best Classical Compendium (Paulus: Three Places Of Enlightenment; Veil Of Tears & Grand Concerto, a Naxos recording conducted by Giancarlo Guerrero).

 

                                                                              

 

Paulus, who was from St. Paul, died from a massive stroke just six weeks after finnishing “Prayers and Remembrances.” He died in the fall of 2014. Paulus was 65-years-old and was Minnesota’s most prolific classical composer, writing opera, oratorio, symphonic pieces and choral selections. He created nearly 60 works for symphony or opera and close to 200 choral pieces. “Pilgrim’s Hymn,” his best-known choral work, was sung at the funerals of former Presidents Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford.

 

Composer Stephen Paulus

 

Best Orchestral Performance went to Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra for their recording of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 10.

 

                                                                

 

The Grammy for Best Opera Recording went to Seiji Ozawa's take on Ravel's L'Enfant Et Les Sortilèges and Shéhérazade.

 

                                                                                                                              

 

Charles Bruffy's recording of Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil took the prize for Best Choral Performance. Eighth Blackbird's Filament won Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance, and Augustin Hadelich's performance of Dutilleux's violin concerto L'arbre des songes took Best Classical Instrumental Solo. Best Classical Solo Vocal Album went to the Joyce DiDonato/Antonio Pappano collaboration Joyce & Tony — Live from Wigmore Hall.

Laura Karpman's Ask Your Mama won Best Engineered Album (Classical), and its producer Judith Sherman won Producer of the Year (Classical).

See Grammy.com for the complete list of winners.