Engineered Album, Classical
- WINNER: “Bates:
Philharmonia Fantastique – The Making Of The Orchestra”
Shawn Murphy, Charlie Post & Gary Rydstrom, engineers; Michael Romanowski, mastering engineer (Edwin Outwater & Chicago Symphony Orchestra) - “Beethoven: Symphony No. 6;
Stucky: Silent Spring”
Mark Donahue, engineer; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) - “Perspectives”
Jonathan Lackey, Bill Maylone & Dan Nichols, engineers; Joe Lambert, mastering engineer (Third Coast Percussion) - “Tuvayhun – Beatitudes For A
Wounded World”
Morten Lindberg, engineer; Morten Lindberg, mastering engineer (Anita Brevik, Nidarosdomens Jentekor & Trondheimsolistene) - “Williams: Violin Concerto No.
2 & Selected Film Themes”
Bernhard Güttler, Shawn Murphy & Nick Squire, engineers; Christoph Stickel, mastering engineer (Anne-Sophie Mutter, John Williams & Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Producer of the Year, Classical
- Jonathan Allen
- Christoph Franke
- James Ginsburg
- Elaine Martone
- WINNER: Judith Sherman
Orchestral Performance
- “Adams, John Luther: Sila – The
Breath Of The World”
Doug Perkins, conductor (Musicians Of The University Of Michigan Department Of Chamber Music & University Of Michigan Percussion Ensemble) - “Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7-9″
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic) - “Eastman: Stay On It”
Christopher Rountree, conductor (Wild Up) - “John Williams – The Berlin
Concert”
John Williams, conductor (Berliner Philharmoniker) - WINNER: “Works By Florence
Price, Jessie Montgomery, Valerie Coleman”
Michael Repper, conductor (New York Youth Symphony)
Opera Recording
- “Aucoin: Eurydice”
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Barry Banks, Nathan Berg, Joshua Hopkins, Erin Morley & Jakub Józef Orliński; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus) - WINNER: “Blanchard: Fire Shut
Up In My Bones”
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Angel Blue, Will Liverman, Latonia Moore & Walter Russell III; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus) - “Davis: X – The Life And Times
Of Malcolm X”
Gil Rose, conductor; Ronnita Miller, Whitney Morrison, Victor Robertson & Davóne Tines; Gil Rose, producer (Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Odyssey Opera Chorus)
Choral Performance
- “Bach: St. John Passion”
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor (English Baroque Soloists; Monteverdi Choir) - WINNER: “Born”
Donald Nally, conductor (Dominic German, Maren Montalbano, Rebecca Myers & James Reese; The Crossing) - “Verdi: Requiem – The Met
Remembers 9/11″
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Donald Palumbo, chorus master (Michelle DeYoung, Eric Owens, Ailyn Pérez & Matthew Polenzani; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
- “Beethoven: Complete String
Quartets, Volume 2 – The Middle Quartets”
Dover Quartet - “Musical Remembrances”
Neave Trio - “Perspectives”
Third Coast Percussion - WINNER: “Shaw: Evergreen”
Attacca Quartet - “What Is American”
PUBLIQuartet
Classical
Instrumental Solo
“Abels: Isolation Variation”
Hilary Hahn
“Bach: The Art Of Life”
Daniil Trifonov
“Beethoven: Diabelli Variations”
Mitsuko Uchida
WINNER: “Letters For The Future”
Time For Three; Xian Zhang, conductor (The Philadelphia
Orchestra)
“A Night In Upper Town – The Music Of Zoran Krajacic”
Mak Grgić
Classical Solo Vocal Album
“Eden”
Joyce DiDonato, soloist; Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor (Il
Pomo D’Oro)
“How Do I Find You”
Sasha Cooke, soloist; Kirill Kuzmin, pianist
“Okpebholo: Lord, How Come Me Here?”
Will Liverman, soloist; Paul Sánchez, pianist (J’Nai Bridges
& Caen Thomason-Redus)
“Stranger – Works For Tenor By Nico Muhly”
Nicholas Phan, soloist (Eric Jacobson; Brooklyn Rider &
The Knights; Reginald Mobley)
WINNER: “Voice Of Nature – The Anthropocene”
Renée Fleming, soloist; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, pianist
Best Classical Compendium
- WINNER: “An Adoption Story”
Starr Parodi & Kitt Wakeley; Jeff Fair, Starr Parodi & Kitt Wakeley, producers - “Aspire”
JP Jofre & Seunghee Lee; Enrico Fagone, conductor; Jonathan Allen, producer - “A Concert For Ukraine”
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; David Frost, producer - “The Lost Birds”
Voces8; Barnaby Smith & Christopher Tin, conductors; Sean Patrick Flahaven & Christopher Tin, producers
Contemporary Classical Composition
- “Akiho: Ligneous Suite”
Andy Akiho, composer (Ian Rosenbaum & Dover Quartet) - “Bermel: Intonations”
Derek Bermel, composer (Jack Quartet) - “Gubaidulina: The Wrath Of God”
Sofia Gubaidulina, composer (Andris Nelsons & Gewandhausorchester) - WINNER: “Puts: Contact”
Kevin Puts, composer (Xian Zhang, Time for Three & The Philadelphia Orchestra) - “Simon: Requiem For The
Enslaved”
Carlos Simon, composer (Carlos Simon, MK Zulu, Marco Pavé & Hub New Music)