BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, CLASSICAL
- Archetypes, Sérgio Assad, Clarice Assad & Third Coast Percussion
- Beethoven: Cello Sonatas – Hope Amid Tears, Yo-Yo Ma & Emanuel Ax
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, Manfred Honeck, Mendelssohn Choir Of Pittsburgh & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
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Chanticleer Sings Christmas, Chanticleer WINNER
- Mahler: Symphony No. 8, ‘Symphony of a Thousand,’ Gustavo Dudamel, Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, Luke McEndarfer, Robert Istad, Grant Gershon, Los Angeles Children’s Chorus, Los Angeles Master Chorale, National Children’s Chorus, Pacific Chorale & Los Angeles Philharmonic
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, CLASSICAL
- Blanton Alspaugh
- Steven Epstein
- David Frost
- Elaine Martone
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Judith Sherman WINNER
BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE
- Adams: My Father Knew Charles Ives; Harmonielehre, Nashville Symphony Orchestra
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
- Muhly: Throughline, San Francisco Symphony
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Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3, Philadelphia Orchestra, cond. Yannick Nézet-Séguin WINNER
- Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Scriabin: The Poem Of Ecstasy, Seattle Symphony Orchestra
BEST OPERA RECORDING ALBUM
- "Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle,” Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
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“Glass: Akhnaten,” The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus WINNER
- “Janáček: Cunning Little Vixen,” London Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Chorus & LSO Discovery Voices
- “Little: Soldier Songs,” The Opera Philadelphia Orchestra
- “Poulenc: Dialogues Des Carmélites,” The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, cond. Yannick Nézet-Séguin
BEST CHORAL PERFORMANCE
- It’s a Long Way, Jonas Budris, Carrie Cheron, Fiona Gillespie, Nathan Hodgson, Helen Karloski, Enrico Lagasca, Megan Roth, Alissa Ruth Suver & Dana Whiteside; Skylark Vocal Ensemble
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Mahler: Symphony No. 8, ‘Symphony of a Thousand,’ Leah
Crocetto, Mihoko Fujimura, Ryan McKinny, Erin Morley, Tamara Mumford,
Simon O’Neill, Morris Robinson & Tamara Wilson; Los Angeles
Philharmonic; Los Angeles Children’s Chorus, Los Angeles Master Chorale,
National Children’s Chorus & Pacific Chorale WINNER
- Rising w/ The Crossing, International Contemporary Ensemble & Quicksilver; The Crossing
- Schnittke: Choir Concerto; Three Sacred Hymns; Pärt: Seven Magnificat-antiphons, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
- Sheehan: Liturgy Of Saint John Chrysostom, Michael Hawes, Timothy Parsons & Jason Thoms; The Saint Tikhon Choir
- The Singing Guitar, Estelí Gomez; Austin Guitar Quartet, Douglas Harvey, Los Angeles Guitar Quartet & Texas Guitar Quartet; Conspirare
BEST CHAMBER MUSIC/SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
- Adams, John Luther: Lines Made By Walking, Jack Quartet
- Akiho: Seven Pillars, Sandbox Percussion
- Archetypes, Sérgio Assad, Clarice Assad & Third Coast Percussion
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Beethoven: Cello Sonatas – Hope Amid Tears, Yo-Yo Ma & Emanuel Ax WINNER
- Bruits, Imani Winds
BEST CLASSICAL INSTRUMENT SOLO
- “Alone Together,” Jennifer Koh WINNER
- “An American Mosaic,” Simone Dinnerstein
- “Bach: Sonatas & Partitas,” Augustin Hadelich
- “Beethoven & Brahms: Violin Concertos,” The Knights
- “Mak Bach,” Mak Grgić
- “Of Power,” Curtis Stewart
BEST CLASSICAL SOLO VOCAL ALBUM
- Confessions, Laura Strickling; Joy Schreier
- Dreams Of A New Day – Songs By Black Composers, Will Liverman; Paul Sánchez
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Mythologies, Sangeeta Kaur & Hila Plitmann (Virginie
D’avezac De Castera, Lili Haydn, Wouter Kellerman, Nadeem Majdalany, Eru
Matsumoto & Emilio D. Miler) WINNER
- Schubert: Winterreise, Joyce Didonato; Yannick Nézet-Séguin
- Unexpected Shadows, Jamie Barton; Jake Heggie (Matt Haimovitz)
BEST CLASSICAL COMPENDIUM ALBUM
- American Originals – A New World, A New Canon, Agave & Reginald L. Mobley; Geoffrey Silver, producer
- Berg: Violin Concerto; Seven Early Songs & Three Pieces for Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas, Conductor; Jack Vad, producer
- Cerrone: The Arching Path, Timo Andres & Ian Rosenbaum; Mike Tierney, producer
- Plays, Chick Corea; Chick Corea & Birnie Kirsh, producers
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Women Warriors – The Voices Of Change, Amy Andersson, Conductor; Amy Andersson, Mark Mattson & Lolita Ritmanis, producers WINNER
BEST CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSITION
- Akiho: Seven Pillars, Andy Akiho, composer (Sandbox Percussion)
- Andriessen: The Only One, Louis Andriessen, composer (Esa-pekka Salonen, Nora Fischer & Los Angeles Philharmonic)
- Assad, Clarice & Sérgio, Connors, Dillon, Martin & Skidmore: Archetypes, Clarice Assad, Sérgio Assad, Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin & David Skidmore, composers (Sérgio Assad, Clarice Assad & Third Coast Percussion)
- Batiste: Movement 11′, Jon Batiste, composer (Jon Batiste)
- Shaw: Narrow Sea, Caroline Shaw, composer (Dawn Upshaw, Gilbert Kalish & Sō Percussion) WINNER
