Best Classical Album
(Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s) if other than the
Artist.)
a.. Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls
Lorin Maazel, conductor; John Adams & Lawrence Rock, producers
(Brooklyn Youth Chorus & New York Choral Artists; New York Philharmonic)
[Nonesuch Records]
b.. Britten: Peter Grimes
Sir Colin Davis, conductor; Jonathan Lemalu, Anthony Michaels-Moore,
James Rutherford, Janice Watson & Glenn Winslade; James Mallinson,
producer (Various Artists; London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony
Orchestra) [LSO Live]
c.. Carter: Symphony No. 1; Piano Concerto; Holiday Overture
Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor; Mark Wait, piano; Peter Newble,
producer (Nashville Symphony Orchestra) [Naxos]
d.. Higdon: City Scape; Concerto For Orchestra
Robert Spano, conductor; Elaine Martone, producer (Atlanta Symphony
Orchestra) [Telarc]
e.. Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro
Rene Jacobs, conductor; Patrizia Ciofi, Veronique Gens, Simon Keenlyside,
Angelika Kirchschlager & Lorenzo Regazzo; Martin Sauer, producer
(Various Artists; Concerto Koln) [Harmonia Mundi]
Best Orchestral Performance
(Award to the Conductor and to the Orchestra.)
a.. Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls
Lorin Maazel, conductor (Brooklyn Youth Chorus & New York Choral
Artists; New York Philharmonic) [Nonesuch Records]
b.. Bax: Symphony No. 7; Tintagel (Tone Poem)
David Lloyd-Jones, conductor (Royal Scottish National Orchestra)
[Naxos]
c.. Glazunov: Symphony No. 5; The Seasons, Op. 67 (Complete Ballet)
Jose Serebrier, conductor (Royal Scottish National Orchestra) [Warner
Classics]
d.. Higdon: City Scape; Concerto For Orchestra
Robert Spano, conductor (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra) [Telarc]
e.. Martinu: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4
Jiri Belohlavek, conductor (Czech Philharmonic Orchestra) [Supraphon]
Best Opera Recording
(Award to the Conductor, Album Producer(s) and Principal Soloists.)
a.. Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Emmanuelle Haim, conductor/harpsichord/organ; Ian Bostridge, Patrizia
Ciofi & Natalie Dessay; Daniel Zalay, producer (Various Artists;
European Voices; Le Concert D'Astree) [Virgin Classics]
b.. Montsalvatge: El Gato Con Botas
Antoni Ros Marba, conductor; Antonio Comas, Enric Martinez-Castignani,
Marisa Martins, Isabel Monar & Stefano Palatchi; Antoni Parera Fons,
producer (Orquestra Simfonica Del Gran Teatre Del Liceu) [Columna
Musica]
c.. Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro
Rene Jacobs, conductor; Patrizia Ciofi, Veronique Gens, Simon Keenlyside,
Angelika Kirchschlager & Lorenzo Regazzo; Martin Sauer, producer
(Various Artists; Concerto Koln) [Harmonia Mundi]
d.. Purcell: Dido And Aeneas
Emmanuelle Haim, harpsichord/conductor; Ian Bostridge & Susan Graham;
Daniel Zalay, producer (Various Artists; European Voices; Le Concert
D'Astree) [Virgin Classics]
e.. Scarlatti, A.: Griselda
Rene Jacobs, conductor; Dorothea Roschmann & Lawrence Zazzo; Martin
Sauer, producer (Various Artists; Akademie Fur Alte Musik, Berlin)
[Harmonia Mundi]
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.)
a.. Baltic Voices 2 (Sisask, Tulev, Schnittke, Etc.)
Paul Hillier, conductor (Estonian Philhamonic Chamber Choir)
[Harmonia Mundi]
b.. Berlioz: Requiem
Robert Spano, conductor; Norman Mackenzie, choir director (Frank
Lopardo, tenor; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus; Atlanta Symphony
Orchestra) [Telarc]
c.. Penderecki: St. Luke Passion
Antoni Wit, conductor; Henryk Wojnarowski, organ, chorus master (Jaroslaw
Malanowicz, organ & Romuald Tesarowicz, bass; Izabella Klosinska,
soprano, Krzysztof Kolberger, evangelist & Adam Kruszewski, baritone;
Warsaw Boys Choir & Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir; Warsaw National
Philharmonic Orchestra) [Naxos]
d.. Rachmaninov: Liturgy Of St. John Chrysostom
Stephen Cleobury, conductor (Choir Of King's College, Cambridge)
[EMI Classics]
e.. Silvestrov: Requiem For Larissa
Volodymyr Sirenko, conductor; Yevhen Savchuk, chorus master (National
Choir Of Ukraine "Dumka"; National Symphony Orchestra Of Ukraine) [ECM
New Series]
Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)
(Award to the Instrumental Soloist(s) and to the Conductor.)
a.. Berg/Britten: Violin Concertos
Paul Watkins, conductor; Daniel Hope, violin (BBC Symphony Orchestra)
[Warner Classics]
b.. Bliss: Piano Concerto
David Lloyd-Jones, conductor; Peter Donohoe, piano (Royal Scottish
National Orchestra) Track from: Bliss: Piano Concerto; Piano Sonata,
Etc. [Naxos]
c.. Carter: Piano Concerto
Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor; Mark Wait, piano (Nashville Symphony
Orchestra) Track from: Carter: Symphony No. 1; Piano Concerto [Naxos]
d.. Mansurian: "...And Then I Was In Time Again"
Christoph Poppen, conductor; Kim Kashkashian, viola (Munich Chamber
Orchestra) Track from: Monodia [ECM New Series]
e.. Previn: Violin Concerto "Anne-Sophie"/Bernstein: Serenade
Andre Previn, conductor; Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin (Boston Symphony
Orchestra & London Symphony Orchestra) [Deutsche Grammophon]
Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)
(Award to the Instrumental Soloist.)
a.. Aire Latino (Morel, Villa-Lobos, Ponce, Etc.)
David Russell, guitar
[Telarc]
b.. Debussy: Images; Etudes
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
[Warner Classics]
c.. Pletnev Plays Schumann (Etudes Symphoniques, Op. 13; Arabeske, Op. 18,
Etc.)
Mikhail Pletnev, piano
[Deutsche Grammophon]
d.. Shostakovich: Piano Works (Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 61; Five Preludes;
Nocturne, Etc.)
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
[Decca]
e.. Ysaye: Sonatas For Violin Solo, Op. 27
Thomas Zehetmair, violin
[ECM New Series]
Best Chamber Music Performance
(Award to the Artists.)
a.. Adams: Road Movies
Leila Josefowicz, violin & John Novacek, piano
Track from: Adams: Road Movies (Hallelujah Junction; China Gates, Etc.)
[Nonesuch Records]
b.. Bartok: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2, Etc.
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano & Christian Tetzlaff, violin [Virgin Classics]
c.. Bridge: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 3
Maggini Quartet [Naxos]
d.. Machaut: Motets
The Hilliard Ensemble [ECM New Series]
e.. Prokofiev (Arr. Pletnev): Cinderella - Suite For Two Pianos/Ravel:
Ma Mere L'Oye Martha Argerich, piano & Mikhail Pletnev, piano [Deutsche
Grammophon]
Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor)
(Award to the Ensemble (and to the Conductor.)
a.. Biber: Harmonia Artificiosa
Reinhard Goebel, conductor/violin/violino piccolo/viola d'amore; Musica
Antiqua Koln [Archiv Produktion]
b.. Carlos Chavez - Complete Chamber Music, Vol. 2
Jeff von der Schmidt, conductor; Southwest Chamber Music
[Cambria Master Recordings]
c.. Gibbons: With A Merrie Noyse (This Is The Record Of John; Almighty
And Everlasting God, Etc.) Bill Ives, conductor; Fretwork; The Cho.
Of Magdalen College, Oxford (Jonathan Hardy, organ) [Harmonia Mundi]
d.. Rameau: Dardanus; Le Temple De La Gloire
Jeanne Lamon, conductor; Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra [CBC Records]
e.. Wyner: The Mirror; Passover Offering, Etc.
James Guttman, double bass, Matthew Kirchner, tenor, Richard Lalli,
baritone, Carol Meyer, soprano, Robert Schulz, percussion, Daniel
Stepner, violin, Richard Stoltzman, clarinet/conductor, David Taylor,
cello, Ronald Thomas, cello & Carol Wincenc, flute (Yehudi Weyner,
speaker) [Naxos]
Best Classical Vocal Performance
(Award to the Vocal Soloist(s).)
a.. Grieg And Sibelius Songs
Karita Mattila, soprano (Sakari Oramo; City Of Birmingham Symphony
Orchestra) [Warner Classics]
b.. Handel: Arias (Theodora; La Lucrezia-Cantata; Serse)
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo soprano (Harry Bicket,
conductor/harpsichord/chamber organ, Phoebe Carrai, cello, Stephen
Stubbs, lute/baroque guitar & Margriet Tindemans, viola da gamba;
Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment) [Avie]
c.. Ives: Songs (The Things Our Fathers Loved; The Housatonic At
Stockbridge, Etc.) Susan Graham, mezzo soprano (Pierre-Laurent Aimard,
piano) Track from: Ives: Concord Sonata; Songs [Warner Classics]
d.. Marx: Orchestral Songs (Songs For High & Middle Voice; Verklartes
Jahr) Angela Maria Blasi, soprano & Stella Doufexis, mezzo soprano
(Steven Sloane; Bochum Symphony Orchestra) [ASV, Sanctuary Classics]
e.. A Romantic Songbook (Strauss, Schumann, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Etc.)
Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone (Justus Zeyen, piano)
[Deutsche Grammophon]
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.)
a.. Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls
John Adams (Lorin Maazel; Brooklyn Youth Chorus & New York Choral
Artists; New York Philharmonic) [Nonesuch Records; Publisher: Hendon
Music.]
b.. Higdon: Concerto For Orchestra
Jennifer Higdon (Robert Spano; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra) Track from:
Higdon: City Scape; Concerto For Orchestra [Telarc; Publisher: Lawdon
Press.]
c.. Mansurian: "...And Then I Was In Time Again"
Tigran Mansurian (Kim Kashkashian, viola; Christoph Poppen; Munich
Chamber Orchestra) Track from: Monodia [ECM New Series; Publisher: MP
Belaieff.]
d.. Previn: Violin Concerto "Anne-Sophie"
Andre Previn (Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Andre Previn; Boston Symphony
Orchestra) Track from: Previn: Violin Concerto/Bernstein: Serenade
[Deutsche Grammophon; Publisher: G. Schirmer.]
e.. Silvestrov: Requiem For Larissa
Valentin Silvestrov (Volodymyr Sirenko; Yevhen Savchuk; National Choir
Of Ukraine "Dumka"; National Symphony Orchestra Of Ukraine) [ECM New
Series; Publisher: MP Belaieff.]
Best Classical Crossover Album
(Award to the Artist(s) and/or to the Conductor.)
a.. Classic Meets Cuba (Mambozart; Preludio; Guten Abend, Etc.)
Cuba Percussion & Klazz Brothers [Sony Classical]
b.. East Meets West (Shankar, Ravel, Falla, Bartok, Etc.)
Daniel Hope, violin (Asok Chakraborty, tabla, Sebastian Knauer, piano
& lutheal, Gaurav Mazumdar, sitar & Gilda Sebastian, tanpura) [Warner
Classics]
c.. Korngold: The Adventures Of Robin Hood
William Stromberg, conductor (Moscow Symphony Orchestra) [Marco Polo]
d.. LAGQ's Guitar Heroes
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet [Telarc]
e.. Turnage-Scofield: Scorched
Hugh Wolff, conductor; Peter Erskine, drums, John Patitucci, electric
bass & John Scofield, guitar (HR Big Band; Radio Sinfonieorchester
Frankfurt) [Deutsche Grammophon]
Janos Gereben
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