Best Engineered Album:
Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10
Michael Tilson Thomas and San Francisco Symphony
Classical Producer of the Year:
Steven Epstein
Produced-
- 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 Classical Album:
Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10
Michael Tilson Thomas and San Francisco Symphony
Best Orchestral Performance:
James Levine conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
Opera Recording:
Britten: Billy Budd, London Symphony Orchestra; Gentlemen of the London Symphony Chorus;Daniel Harding, conductor; Ian Bostridge, Neal Davies, Nathan Gunn, Jonathan Lemalu, Matthew Rose & Gidon Saks; John Fraser, producer
Choral Performance:
Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10, Laura Claycomb, Anthony Dean Griffey, Elza van den Heever, Katarina Karnéus, Quinn Kelsey, James Morris, Yvonne Naef and Erin Wall; San Francisco Symphony; Pacific Boychoir, San Francisco Symphony Chorus and San Francisco Girls Chorus
Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (With Orchestra):
Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3, Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor; Evgeny Kissin,pianist; Philharmonia Orchestra
Instrumental Soloist Performance (Without Orchestra):
Journey to the New World, Sharon Isbin
Chamber Music Performance:
Intimate Letters, Emerson String Quartet
Small Ensemble Performance:
Lang, David: The Little Match Girl Passion, Ars Nova Copenhagen & Theatre of Voices
Classical Vocal Performance:
Renée Fleming, Verismo Arias
Classical Contemporary Composition:
Higdon, Jennifer: Percussion Concerto, Jennifer Higdon
Classical Crossover Album:
Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs of Joy and Peace, Yo-Yo Ma
Surround Sound Album:
Transmigration, Robert Spano, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Choruses
