Best Classical Album
Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s) if other than the Artist.
Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10 Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Ragnar Bohlin, Kevin Fox & Susan McMane,
choir directors; Andreas Neubronner, producer; Peter Laenger, engineer/mixer; Andreas Neubronner, mastering engineer (Laura Claycomb,
Anthony Dean Griffey, Katarina Karnéus, Quinn Kelsey, James Morris, Yvonne Naef, Elza van den Heever & Erin Wall; San Francisco Symphony; Pacific Boychoir, San Francisco Girls Chorus & San Francisco Symphony Chorus)
[SFS Media]

Best Orchestral Performance
Award to the Conductor and to the Orchestra.
Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloé
James Levine, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra; Tanglewood Festival Chorus)
[BSO Classics]

Best Opera Recording Award to the Conductor, Album Producer(s) and Principal Soloists.
Britten: Billy Budd
Daniel Harding, conductor; Ian Bostridge, Neal Davies, Nathan Gunn, Jonathan Lemalu, Matthew Rose & Gidon Saks; John Fraser, producer (London
Symphony Orchestra; Gentlemen Of The London Symphony Chorus) [Virgin Classics]

Best Choral Performance
Award to the Choral Conductor, and to the Orchestra Conductor if an Orchestra is on the recording, and to the Choral Director or Chorus Master
if applicable.
Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Ragnar Bohlin, Kevin Fox & Susan McMane, choir directors (Laura Claycomb, Anthony Dean Griffey, Elza van den Heever,
Katarina Karnéus, Quinn Kelsey, James Morris, Yvonne Naef & Erin Wall; San Francisco Symphony; Pacific Boychoir, San Francisco Symphony Chorus & San Francisco Girls Chorus)
[SFS Media]

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (With Orchestra)
Award to the Instrumental Soloist(s) and to the Conductor.
Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor; Evgeny Kissin (Philharmonia Orchestra)
[EMI Classics]

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (Without Orchestra)
Award to the Instrumental Soloist.
Journey To The New World
Sharon Isbin (Joan Baez & Mark O'Connor)
[Sony Classical]
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ANON Mr. Drewry’s accorde. Le rossignol. DOWLAND Lord Willoughby’s Welcome
Home. JOHNSON Greensleeves. TRAD The Drunken

Sailor. Wild Mountain Thyme (arr. Flower). Wayfaring Stranger (arr. Barbosa-Lima).1 YORK Andecy. DUARTE Joan Baez Suite.

NILES Go ’way from my window (trans. Isbin).1 O’CONNOR (arr. O’Connor) Strings and Threads Suite2]

Best Chamber Music Performance
Award to the Artists.
Intimate Letters
Emerson String Quartet
[Deutsche Grammophon]
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JANÁCEK Quartet No. 1, “The Kreutzer Sonata”; No. 2, “Intimate Letters.”
MARTInu 3 Madrigals for Violin and Viola]

Best Small Ensemble Performance
Award to the Ensemble (and to the Conductor.)
Lang, David: The Little Match Girl Passion
Paul Hillier, conductor; Ars Nova Copenhagen & Theatre Of Voices
[Harmonia Mundi]

Best Classical Vocal Performance
Award to the Vocal Soloist(s).
Verismo Arias
Renée Fleming (Marco Armiliato; Jonas Kaufmann; Orchestra Sinfonica Di
Milano Giuseppi Verdi; Coro Sinfonica Di Milano

Giuseppi Verdi)
[Decca]
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PUCCINI Suor Angelica: Senza mamma, o bimbo. La bohème: Si, mi chiamano
Mimi; Addio! . . . Donde lieta usci. 2 Manon Lescaut: Sola, perduta,
abbandonata! Turandot: Tu, che de gel sei cinta. 3 La rondine: Denaro
nient’altro che denaro; 1 Ore dolci e divine; Bevo al tuo fresco sorriso. 4
MASCAGNI Iris: Un di era piccina. Lodoletta: Ah! Il suo nome! CATALANI La
Wally: Ne mai dunque avró pace? LEONCAVALLO La bohème: Musetta svaria sulla
bocca viva; Ma vi chetate!5 Zazà: Angioletto, il tuo nome?6 ZANDONAI
Conchita: Ier dalla fabbrica a Triana. CILÉA Gloria: O mia cuna fiorita.
GIORDANO Fedora: Tutto tramonta.7 Siberia: Nel suo amore]

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.) Award to the librettist, if applicable. Higdon, Jennifer: Percussion Concerto Jennifer Higdon (Marin Alsop)
[London Philharmonic Orchestra]

Best Engineered Album, Classical
An Engineer's Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.)
Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10
Peter Laenger, engineer (Michael Tilson Thomas & San Francisco Symphony)
[SFS Media]

Producer Of The Year, Classical
A Producer's Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.)
Steven Epstein

    * Adams: Doctor Atomic Symphony (David Robertson & Saint Louis Symphony
Orchestra)
    * Bernstein: Mass (Marin Alsop, Jubilant Sykes, Asher Edward Wulfman,
Morgan State University Choir, Peabody Children's Chorus & Baltimore
Symphony Orchestra)
    * Corigliano: A Dylan Thomas Trilogy (Leonard Slatkin, George Mabry,
Sir Thomas Allen, Nashville Symphony Chorus & Nashville Symphony Orchestra)
    * Fauré: Piano Quintets (Fine Arts Quartet & Cristina Oritz)
    * Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs Of Joy And Peace (Yo-Yo Ma & Various
Artists)

Best Surround Sound Album
For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only.
Transmigration
Michael Bishop, surround mix engineer; Michael Bishop, surround mastering engineer; Elaine Martone, surround producer

(Robert Spano, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Choruses)
[Telarc]
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Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 by Samuel Barber
Dooryard Bloom by Jennifer Higdon Elegy by John Corigliano
On the Transmigration of Souls by John Adams Agnus Dei, Op. 11 by Samuel Barber]