Classical
About Classical
Music Facts: Classical
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Classical music originated in Europe in the 6th century.
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Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Schubert, Stravinsky, Gershwin, and Shostakovich are among some of the most prominent classical composers.
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Famous classical GRAMMY winners include Leonard Bernstein, Georg Solti and Yo-Yo Ma.
Grammy Awards for Classical
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Best Orchestral Performance
Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie. Andris Nelsons
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Best Opera Recording
Heggie: Intelligence. Kwamé Ryan, Jamie Barton, J'Nai Bridges, Janai Brugger, Blanton Alspaugh
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Best Choral Performance
Ortiz: Yanga. Gustavo Dudamel, Grant Gershon
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Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos. Yo-Yo Ma, Andris Nelsons
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Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Dennehy: Land Of Winter. Alan Pierson, Alarm Will Sound
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Telemann: Ino - Opera Arias For Soprano. Amanda Forsythe, Robert Mealy, Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs
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Best Classical Compendium
Ortiz: Yanga. Gustavo Dudamel, Dmitriy Lipay
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Ortiz: Dzonot. Gabriela Ortiz
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Best Orchestral Performance
Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina. Gustavo Dudamel
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Best Opera Recording
Saariaho: Adriana Mater. Esa-Pekka Salonen, Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Nicholas Phan, Christopher Purves, Jason O'Connell
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Best Choral Performance
Ochre. Donald Nally
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Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Bach: Goldberg Variations. Víkingur Ólafsson
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Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Rectangles And Circumstance. Caroline Shaw, Sō Percussion
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Beyond The Years - Unpublished Songs Of Florence Price. Karen Slack, Michelle Cann
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Best Classical Compendium
Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina. Gustavo Dudamel, Dmitriy Lipay
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina. Gabriela Ortiz
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Best Orchestral Performance
Adès: Dante. Gustavo Dudamel
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Best Opera Recording
Blanchard: Champion. Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Ryan Speedo Green, Latonia Moore, Eric Owens, David Frost
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Best Choral Performance
Saariaho: Reconnaissance. Nils Schweckendiek
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Best Classical Instrumental Solo
The American Project. Yuja Wang, Teddy Abrams
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Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Rough Magic. Roomful Of Teeth
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Walking In The Dark. Julia Bullock, Christian Reif
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Best Classical Compendium
Passion For Bach And Coltrane. Silas Brown, Mark Dover
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Montgomery: Rounds. Jessie Montgomery
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Best Orchestral Performance
Works By Florence Price, Jessie Montgomery, Valerie Coleman. Michael Repper
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Best Opera Recording
Blanchard: Fire Shut Up In My Bones. Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Angel Blue, Will Liverman, Latonia Moore, Walter Russell III, David Frost
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Best Choral Performance
Born. Donald Nally
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Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Letters For The Future. Time For Three, Xian Zhang
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Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Shaw: Evergreen. Attacca Quartet
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Voice Of Nature - The Anthropocene. Renee Fleming, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
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Best Classical Compendium
An Adoption Story. Starr Parodi, Kitt Wakeley, Jeff Fair
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Puts: Contact. Kevin Puts
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Best Orchestral Performance
Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3. Yannick Nézet-Séguin
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Best Opera Recording
Glass: Akhnaten. Karen Kamensek, J'Nai Bridges, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Zachary James, Dísella Lárusdóttir, David Frost
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Best Choral Performance
Mahler: Symphony No. 8, 'Symphony Of A Thousand'. Gustavo Dudamel, Grant Gershon, Robert Istad, Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, Luke McEndarfer
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Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Alone Together. Jennifer Koh
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Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Beethoven: Cello Sonatas - Hope Amid Tears. Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Mythologies. Sangeeta Kaur, Hila Plitmann, Danaë Xanthe Vlasse
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Best Classical Compendium
Women Warriors - The Voices Of Change. Amy Andersson, Mark Mattson, Lolita Ritmanis
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Shaw: Narrow Sea. Caroline Shaw
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Best Orchestral Performance
Ives: Complete Symphonies. Gustavo Dudamel
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Best Opera Recording
Gershwin: Porgy And Bess. David Robertson, David Frost, Frederick Ballentine, Angel Blue, Denyce Graves, Latonia Moore, Eric Owens
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Best Choral Performance
Danielpour: The Passion Of Yeshua. James K. Bass, Adam Luebke, JoAnn Falletta
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Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Theofanidis: Concerto For Viola And Chamber Orchestra. Richard O'Neill, David Alan Miller
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Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Contemporary Voices. Pacifica Quartet, Simin Ganatra, Austin Hartman, Mark Holloway, Brandon Vamos
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Smyth: The Prison. Sarah Brailey, Dashon Burton
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Best Classical Compendium
Thomas, M.T.: From The Diary Of Anne Frank & Meditations On Rilke. Michael Tilson Thomas, Jack Vad
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Rouse: Symphony No. 5. Christopher Rouse
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Best Orchestral Performance
Norman: Sustain. Gustavo Dudamel
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Best Opera Recording
Picker: Fantastic Mr. Fox. Gil Rose, John Brancy, Andrew Craig Brown, Gabriel Preisser, Krista River, Edwin Vega
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Best Choral Performance
Duruflé: Complete Choral Works. Robert Simpson
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Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Marsalis: Violin Concerto; Fiddle Dance Suite. Nicola Benedetti, Cristian Măcelaru
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Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Shaw: Orange. Attacca Quartet
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Songplay. Joyce DiDonato, Chuck Israels, Jimmy Madison, Charlie Porter, Craig Terry
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Best Classical Compendium
The Poetry Of Places. Nadia Shpachenko, Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Higdon: Harp Concerto. Jennifer Higdon
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Best Orchestral Performance
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11. Andris Nelsons
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Best Opera Recording
Bates: The (R)evolution Of Steve Jobs. Michael Christie, Sasha Cooke, Jessica E. Jones, Edward Parks, Garrett Sorenson, Wei Wu, Elizabeth Ostrow
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Best Choral Performance
McLoskey: Zealot Canticles. Donald Nally
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Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Kernis: Violin Concerto. James Ehnes, Ludovic Morlot
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Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Anderson, Laurie: Landfall. Laurie Anderson, Kronos Quartet
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Songs Of Orpheus - Monteverdi, Caccini, D'India & Landi. Karim Sulayman, Jeannette Sorrell, Apollo's Fire
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Best Classical Compendium
Fuchs: Piano Concerto 'Spiritualist'; Poems Of Life; Glacier; Rush. JoAnn Falletta, Tim Handley
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Kernis: Violin Concerto. Aaron Jay Kernis
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Best Orchestral Performance
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio. Manfred Honeck
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Best Opera Recording
Berg: Wozzeck. Hans Graf, Brad Sayles, Anne Schwanewilms, Roman Trekel
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Best Choral Performance
Bryars: The Fifth Century. Donald Nally
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Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Transcendental. Daniil Trifonov
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Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Death & The Maiden. Patricia Kopatchinskaja, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Crazy Girl Crazy. Barbara Hannigan
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Best Classical Compendium
Higdon: All Things Majestic, Viola Concerto & Oboe Concerto. Giancarlo Guerrero, Tim Handley
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Viola Concerto. Jennifer Higdon
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Best Orchestral Performance
Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9. Andris Nelsons
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Best Opera Recording
Corigliano: The Ghosts Of Versailles. James Conlon, Blanton Alspaugh, Joshua Guerrero, Christopher Maltman, Lucas Meachem, Patricia Racette, Lucy Schaufer, Guanqun Yu
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Best Choral Performance
Penderecki Conducts Penderecki, Volume 1. Krzysztof Penderecki
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Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway. Zuill Bailey, Giancarlo Guerrero
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Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Steve Reich. Third Coast Percussion, Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, David Skidmore
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Schumann & Berg. Dorothea Röschmann
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Shakespeare Songs. Ian Bostridge
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Best Classical Compendium
Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway; American Gothic; Once Upon A Castle. Giancarlo Guerrero, Tim Handley
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway. Michael Daugherty
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Best Orchestral Performance
Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphony No. 10. Andris Nelsons
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Best Opera Recording
Ravel: L'Enfant Et Les Sortilèges; Shéhérazade. Seiji Ozawa, Dominic Fyfe, Isabel Leonard
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Best Choral Performance
Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil. Charles Bruffy
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Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Dutilleux: Violin Concerto, L'Arbre Des Songes. Augustin Hadelich, Ludovic Morlot
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Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Filament. Eighth Blackbird
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Joyce & Tony - Live From Wigmore Hall. Joyce DiDonato
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Best Classical Compendium
Paulus: Three Places Of Enlightenment; Veil Of Tears & Grand Concerto. Giancarlo Guerrero, Tim Handley
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Paulus: Prayers & Remembrances. Stephen Paulus
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Best Orchestral Performance
Adams, John: City Noir. David Robertson
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Best Opera Recording
Charpentier: La Descente D'Orphée Aux Enfers. Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs, Aaron Sheehan
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Best Choral Performance
The Sacred Spirit Of Russia. Craig Hella Johnson
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Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Play. Jason Vieaux
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Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
In 27 Pieces - The Hilary Hahn Encores. Hilary Hahn
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Douce France. Anne Sofie Von Otter
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Best Classical Compendium
Partch: Plectra & Percussion Dances. John Schneider
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Adams, John Luther: Become Ocean. John Luther Adams
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Best Orchestral Performance
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4. Osmo Vänskä
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Best Opera Recording
Adès: The Tempest. Thomas Adès, Jay David Saks, Simon Keenlyside, Isabel Leonard, Audrey Luna, Alan Oke
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Best Choral Performance
Pärt: Adam's Lament. Tonu Kaljuste
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Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Corigliano: Conjurer - Concerto For Percussionist & String Orchestra. Evelyn Glennie, David Alan Miller
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Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Roomful Of Teeth. Brad Wells, Roomful Of Teeth, Cameron Beauchamp, Dashon Burton, Martha Cluver, Eric Dudley, Estelí Gomez, Avery Griffin, Caroline Shaw, Virginia Warnken
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Winter Morning Walks. Dawn Upshaw
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Best Classical Compendium
Hindemith: Violinkonzert; Symphonic Metamorphosis; Konzertmusik. Christoph Eschenbach
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Schneider, Maria: Winter Morning Walks. Maria Schneider
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Best Orchestral Performance
Adams: Harmonielehre & Short Ride In A Fast Machine. Michael Tilson Thomas
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Best Opera Recording
Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen. James Levine, Fabio Luisi, Jay David Saks, Hans-Peter König, Jay Hunter Morris, Bryn Terfel, Deborah Voigt
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Best Choral Performance
Life & Breath - Choral Works By René Clausen. Charles Bruffy
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Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Kurtág & Ligeti: Music For Viola. Kim Kashkashian
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Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Meanwhile. Eighth Blackbird, Matt Albert, Matthew Duvall, Lisa Kaplan, Michael Maccaferri, Tim Munro, Nicholas Photinos
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Poèmes. Renee Fleming
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Best Classical Compendium
Penderecki: Fonogrammi; Horn Concerto; Partita; The Awakening Of Jacob; Anaklasis. Antoni Wit, Aleksandra Nagórko, Andrzej Sasin
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Hartke, Stephen: Meanwhile - Incidental Music To Imaginary Puppet Plays. Stephen Hartke
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Best Orchestral Performance
Brahms: Symphony No. 4. Gustavo Dudamel
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Best Opera Recording
Adams: Doctor Atomic. Alan Gilbert, Jay David Saks, Meredith Arwady, Sasha Cooke, Richard Paul Fink, Gerald Finley, Thomas Glenn, Eric Owens
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Best Choral Performance
Light & Gold. Eric Whitacre
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Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Schwantner: Concerto For Percussion & Orchestra. Christopher Lamb, Giancarlo Guerrero
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Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Mackey: Lonely Motel - Music From Slide. Eighth Blackbird, Matt Albert, Matthew Duvall, Lisa Kaplan, Michael Maccaferri, Tim Munro, Nicholas Photinos
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Diva Divo. Joyce DiDonato
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Aldridge, Robert: Elmer Gantry. Robert Aldridge, Herschel Garfein
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Classical Album
Verdi: Requiem. Duain Wolfe, Riccardo Muti, Chris Alder
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Best Orchestral Performance
Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina. Giancarlo Guerrero
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Best Opera Recording
Saariaho: L'Amour De Loin. Kent Nagano, Martin Sauer, Daniel Belcher, Ekaterina Lekhina, Marie-Ange Todorovitch
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Best Choral Performance
Verdi: Requiem. Duain Wolfe, Riccardo Muti
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 24. Mitsuko Uchida
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
Messiaen: Livre Du Saint-Sacrement. Paul Jacobs
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Chamber Music Performance
Ligeti: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2. Parker Quartet, Jessica Bodner, Daniel Chong, Karen Kim, Kee-Hyun Kim
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Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Dinastia Borja. Jordi Savall, Hesperion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Sacrificium. Cecilia Bartoli
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Daugherty, Michael: Deus Ex Machina. Michael Daugherty
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Classical Crossover
Tin, Christopher: Calling All Dawns. Lucas Richman
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Classical Album
Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10. Michael Tilson Thomas, Andreas Neubronner
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Best Orchestral Performance
Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloé. James Levine
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Best Opera Recording
Britten: Billy Budd. Daniel Harding, John Fraser, Ian Bostridge, Neal Davies, Nathan Gunn, Jonathan Lemalu, Matthew Rose, Gidon Saks
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Best Choral Performance
Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10. Michael Tilson Thomas
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3. Evgeny Kissin
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
Journey To The New World. Sharon Isbin
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Chamber Music Performance
Intimate Letters. Emerson String Quartet, Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel, Philip Setzer
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Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Lang, David: The Little Match Girl Passion. Paul Hillier, Ars Nova Copenhagen, Thomas Kiorbye, Theatre Of Voices
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Verismo Arias. Renee Fleming
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Higdon, Jennifer: Percussion Concerto. Jennifer Higdon
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Classical Crossover
Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs Of Joy And Peace. Yo-Yo Ma
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Classical Album
Weill: Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny. James Conlon, Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald, Fred Vogler
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Best Orchestral Performance
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4. Bernard Haitink
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Best Opera Recording
Weill: Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny. James Conlon, Fred Vogler, Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald
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Best Choral Performance
Symphony Of Psalms. Simon Halsey, Simon Rattle
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Schoenberg/Sibelius: Violin Concertos. Hilary Hahn
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
Piano Music Of Salonen, Stucky, And Lutoslawski. Gloria Cheng
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Chamber Music Performance
Carter, Elliott: String Quartets Nos. 1 And 5. Pacifica Quartet, Sibbi Bernhardsson, Simin Ganatra, Masumi Per Rostad, Brandon Vamos
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Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Spotless Rose: Hymns To The Virgin Mary. Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Chorale
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems Of Bob Dylan. Hila Plitmann
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems Of Bob Dylan. John Corigliano
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Classical Crossover
Simple Gifts. The King's Singers
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Classical Album
Tower: Made In America. Leonard Slatkin, Tim Handley
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Best Orchestral Performance
Tower: Made In America. Leonard Slatkin
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Best Opera Recording
Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel. Charles Mackerras, Brian Couzens, Rebecca Evans, Jane Henschel, Jennifer Larmore
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Best Choral Performance
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem. Simon Halsey, Simon Rattle
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Barber/Korngold/Walton: Violin Concertos. James Ehnes
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
Beethoven Sonatas, Vol. 3. Garrick Ohlsson
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Chamber Music Performance
Strange Imaginary Animals. Eighth Blackbird, Matt Albert, Molly Alicia Barth, Matthew Duvall, Lisa Kaplan, Michael Maccaferri, Nicholas Photinos
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Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Stravinsky: Apollo, Concerto In D; Prokofiev: 20 Visions Fugitives. Yuri Bashmet, Moscow Soloists
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs. Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Made In America. Joan Tower
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Classical Crossover
A Love Supreme: The Legacy Of John Coltrane. Turtle Island Quartet
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Classical Album
Mahler: Symphony No. 7. Michael Tilson Thomas, Andreas Neubronner
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Best Orchestral Performance
Mahler: Symphony No. 7. Michael Tilson Thomas
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Best Opera Recording
Golijov: Ainadamar: Fountain Of Tears. Robert Spano, Valerie Gross, Sid McLauchlan, Kelley O'Connor, Jessica Rivera, Dawn Upshaw
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Best Choral Performance
Pärt: Da Pacem. Paul Hillier
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Messiaen: Oiseaux Exotiques (Exotic Birds). Angelin Chang
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
Chopin: Nocturnes. Maurizio Pollini
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Chamber Music Performance
Intimate Voices. Emerson String Quartet, Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel, Philip Setzer
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Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Padilla: Sun Of Justice. Peter Rutenberg, Los Angeles Chamber Singers' Capella, Corey Carleton
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Rilke Songs. Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Golijov: Ainadamar: Fountain Of Tears. Osvaldo Golijov
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Classical Crossover
Simple Gifts. Bryn Terfel
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Classical Album
Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience. Leonard Slatkin, Tim Handley
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Best Orchestral Performance
Shostakovich: Sym. No. 13. Mariss Jansons
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Best Opera Recording
Verdi: Falstaff. Colin Davis, James Mallinson, Carlos Alvarez, Bulent Bezduz, Marina Domashenko, Jane Henschel, Ana Ibarra, Maria José Moreno, Michele Pertusi
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Best Choral Performance
Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience. Leonard Slatkin
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Beethoven: Piano Cons. Nos. 2 & 3. Martha Argerich
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
Scriabin, Medtner, Stravinsky. Evgeny Kissin
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Chamber Music Performance
Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets. Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel, Philip Setzer
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Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Boulez: Le Marteau Sans Maître, Dérive 1 & 2. Pierre Boulez, Ensemble InterContemporain, Odile Auboin, Vincent Bauer, Michel Cerutti, Samuel Favre, Marie-Therese Ghirardi, Emmanuelle Ophèle
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Bach: Cantatas. Thomas Quasthoff
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience. William Bolcom
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Classical Crossover
4 + Four. Turtle Island String Quartet, Ying Quartet
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Classical Album
Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls. Lorin Maazel, John Adams, Lawrence L. Rock
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Best Orchestral Performance
Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls. Lorin Maazel
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Best Opera Recording
Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro. René Jacobs, Martin Sauer, Patrizia Ciofi, Véronique Gens, Simon Keenlyside, Angelika Kirchschlager, Lorenzo Regazzo
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Best Choral Performance
Berlioz: Requiem. Robert Spano
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Previn: Violin Concerto "Anne-Sophie"/Bernstein: Serenade. Anne-Sophie Mutter
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
Aire Latino (Morel, Villa-Lobos, Ponce, Etc.). David Russell
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Chamber Music Performance
Prokofiev (Arr. Pletnev): Cinderella - Suite For Two Pianos/Ravel: Ma Mère L'Oye. Mikhail Pletnev & Martha Argerich
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Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Carlos Chávez - Complete Chamber Music, Vol. 2. Jeff Von Der Schmidt
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Ives: Songs (The Things Our Fathers Loved; The Housatonic At Stockbridge, Etc.). Susan Graham
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls. Lorin Maazel
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Classical Crossover
LAGQ's Guitar Heroes. Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
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Classical Album
Mahler: Symphony No. 3; Kindertotenlieder. Michael Tilson Thomas, Michelle DeYoung, Andreas Neubronner
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Best Orchestral Performance
Mahler: Symphony No. 3. Pierre Boulez
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Best Opera Recording
Janácek: Jenufa. Bernard Haitink, Wolfram Graul, Jerry Hadley, Karita Mattila, Eva Randova, Anja Silja, Jorma Silvasti
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Best Choral Performance
Sibelius: Cantatas. Tiia-Ester Loitme, Ants Soots, Paavo Järvi
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Britten: Violin Concerto/Walton: Viola Concerto. Maxim Vengerov
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
Haydn: Piano Sonatas Nos. 29, 31, 34, 35 & 49. Emanuel Ax
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Chamber Music Performance
Berg: Lyric Suite. Jennifer Culp, Hank Dutt, David Harrington, John Sherba
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Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Chávez: Suite For Double Quartet. Jeff Von Der Schmidt, Southwest Chamber Music
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Schubert: Lieder With Orchestra. Thomas Quasthoff, Anne Sofie von Otter
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Argento: Casa Guidi. Dominick Argento
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Classical Crossover
Obrigado Brazil. Yo-Yo Ma
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Classical Album
Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Sym. No. 1). Robert Spano, Norman Mackenzie, Thomas Moore
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Best Orchestral Performance
Mahler: Symphony No. 6. Michael Tilson Thomas
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Best Opera Recording
Wagner: Tannhäuser. Jane Eaglen, Thomas Hampson, Waltraud Meier, Rene Pape, Peter Seiffert, Daniel Barenboim, Christoph Classen
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Best Choral Performance
Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Sym. No. 1). Robert Spano
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Brahms/Stravinsky: Violin Concertos. Hilary Hahn
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
Chopin: Études, Op. 10 & Op. 25. Murray Perahia
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Chamber Music Performance
Beethoven: String Quartets ("Razumovsky" Op. 59, 1-3; "Harp" Op. 74). Edward Dusinberre, András Fejér, Károly Schranz, Roger Tapping
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Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Tavener: Lamentations & Praises. Joseph Jennings
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Bel Canto - Bellini, Donizetti & Rossini. Renée Fleming
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Tavener: Lamentations & Praises. John Tavener
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Classical Crossover
Previn Conducts Korngold - The Sea Hawk, Captain Blood, etc.. Andre Previn
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Classical Album
Berlioz: Les Troyens. Colin Davis, Michelle DeYoung, Ben Heppner, Petra Lang, Peter Mattei, Stephen Milling, Sara Mingardo, Kenneth Tarver, James Mallinson
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Best Orchestral Performance
Boulez Conducts Varèse - Amériques, Arcana, Déserts & Ionisation. Pierre Boulez
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Best Opera Recording
Berlioz: Les Troyens. Michelle DeYoung, Ben Heppner, Petra Lang, Peter Mattei, Stephen Milling, Sara Mingardo, Kenneth Tarver, Colin Davis, James Mallinson
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Best Choral Performance
Bach: St. Matthew Passion. Norbert Balatsch, Erwin Ortner, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Strauss Wind Concertos - Horn Concerto; Oboe Concerto. Daniel Barenboim, Dale Clevenger, Larry Combs, Alex Klein, David McGill
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
Britten Cello Suites (1-3). Truls Mork
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Chamber Music Performance
Haydn: The Complete String Quartets. Brian Dembow, Stephen J. Erdody, Kathleen Lenski, Steven Miller, Sara Parkins
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Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
After Mozart - Raskatov, Silvestrov & Schnittke. Gidon Kremer
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Dreams & Fables - Gluck Italian Arias: Tremo Fra' Dubbi Miei; Di Questa Cetra In Seno. Cecilia Bartoli
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Rouse: Concert De Gaudí For Guitar & Orchestra. Christopher Rouse
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Classical Crossover
Perpetual Motion - Scarlatti, Bach, Debussy, Chopin. Béla Fleck
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Classical Album
Shostakovich: The String Quartets. Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel, Philip Setzer, Da-Hong Seetoo, Max Wilcox
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Best Orchestral Performance
Mahler: Sym. No. 10. Simon Rattle
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Best Opera Recording
Busoni: Doktor Faust. Kim Begley, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich Henschel, Markus Hollop, Eva Jenis, Torsten Kerl, Kent Nagano, Martin Sauer
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Best Choral Performance
Penderecki: Credo. Helmuth Rilling
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Maw: Violin Concerto. Joshua Bell
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
Dreams Of A World - Works Of Lauro, Ruiz-Pipo & Duarte. Sharon Isbin
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Chamber Music Performance
Shostakovich: The String Quartets. Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel, Philip Setzer
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Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Shadow Dances - Stravinsky Miniatures, Tango, Suite No. 1 & Octet. Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
The Vivaldi Album - Dell'aura al sussurrar, Alma oppressa. Cecilia Bartoli
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Crumb: Star-Child. George Crumb
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Classical Crossover
Appalachian Journey. Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Mark O'Connor
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Classical Album
Stravinsky: Firebird; The Rite Of Spring; Perséphone. Michael Tilson Thomas, Andreas Neubronner
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Best Orchestral Performance
Stravinsky: Firebird; The Rite Of Spring; Perséphone. Michael Tilson Thomas
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Best Opera Recording
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress. Ian Bostridge, Bryn Terfel, Anne Sofie von Otter, Deborah York, John Eliot Gardiner, Nicholas Parker
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Best Choral Performance
Britten: War Requiem. Robert Shafer
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3/Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3. Martha Argerich
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
Shostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues, Op. 87. Vladimir Ashkenazy
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Chamber Music Performance
Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas (Nos. 1-3, Op. 12; Nos. 1-3, Op. 30; "Spring" Sonata). Anne-Sophie Mutter, Lambert Orkis
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Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Colors Of Love - Works Of Thomas, Stucky, Tavener & Rands. Joseph Jennings, conductor; Chanticleer
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Anne Sofie von Otter & Thomas Quasthoff
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Boulez: Répons. Pierre Boulez
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Classical Crossover
Schickele: Hornsmoke (Piano Concerto No. 2 In F Major "Ole"; Brass Calendar; Hornsmoke - A Horse Opera). Peter Schickele, Chestnut Brass Company
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Classical Album
Barber: Prayers Of Kierkegaard/Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem/Bartok: Cantata Profana. Robert Shaw, James Mallinson
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Best Orchestral Performance
Mahler: Symphony No. 9. Pierre Boulez
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Best Opera Recording
Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle. Jessye Norman, Laszlo Polgar, Pierre Boulez, Karl-August Naegler
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Best Choral Performance
Barber: Prayers Of Kierkegaard/Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem/Bartok: Cantata Profana. Robert Shaw
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Penderecki: Violin Concerto No. 2 "Metamorphosen". Anne-Sophie Mutter
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
Bach: English Suites Nos. 1, 3 & 6. Murray Perahia
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Chamber Music Performance
American Scenes - Works Of Copland, Previn, Barber & Gershwin. Andre Previn, Gil Shaham
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Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Reich: Music For 18 Musicians. Steve Reich & Musicians
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
The Beautiful Voice - Works Of Charpentier, Gounod, Massenet & Flotow. Renee Fleming
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Penderecki: Violin Concerto No. 2 "Metamorphosen". Krzysztof Penderecki
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Classical Crossover
Soul Of The Tango - The Music Of Astor Piazzolla. Yo-Yo Ma, Jorge Calandrelli
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Classical Album
Premieres - Cello Concertos (Works Of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse). Yo-Yo Ma, David Zinman, Steven Epstein
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Best Orchestral Performance
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Tristia. Pierre Boulez
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Best Opera Recording
Wagner: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg. Ben Heppner, Herbert Lippert, Karita Mattila, Alan Opie, Rene Pape, Jose Van Dam, Iris Vermillion, Georg Solti, Michael Woolcock
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Best Choral Performance
Adams: Harmonium/Rachmaninoff: The Bells. Robert Shaw
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Premieres - Cello Concertos (Works Of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse). Yo-Yo Ma
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
Bach: Suites For Solo Cello Nos. 1-6. Janos Starker
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Chamber Music Performance
Beethoven: The String Quartets. Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel, Philip Setzer
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Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Hindemith: Kammermusik No. 1 With Finale 1921, Op. 24 No. 1. Claudio Abbado, conductor
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
An Italian Songbook - Works Of Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini. Cecilia Bartoli
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Adams: El Dorado. John Adams
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Classical Album
Corigliano: Of Rage And Remembrance. Leonard Slatkin, Joanna Nickrenz
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Best Orchestral Performance
Prokofiev: Romeo And Juliet (Scenes From The Ballet). Michael Tilson Thomas
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Best Opera Recording
Britten: Peter Grimes. Philip Langridge, Alan Opie, Janice Watson, Richard Hickox, Brian Couzens
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Best Choral Performance
Walton: Belshazzar's Feast. Neville Creed, David Hill, Andrew Litton
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Bartók: The Three Piano Concertos. Yefim Bronfman
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
The Romantic Master - Works Of Saint-Saens, Handel. Earl Wild
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Chamber Music Performance
Corigliano: String Quartet. James Dunham, Paul Katz, William Preucil, Peter Salaff
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Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Boulez: ...Explosante-Fixe.... Pierre Boulez, conductor; Ensemble Intercontemporain
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Opera Arias - Works Of Mozart, Wagner, Borodin. Bryn Terfel
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Corigliano: String Quartet. John Corigliano
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Classical Album
Debussy: La Mer; Nocturnes; Jeux. Pierre Boulez, Karl-August Naegler
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Best Orchestral Performance
Debussy: La Mer. Pierre Boulez
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Best Opera Recording
Berlioz: Les Troyens. Gary Lakes, Francoise Pollet, Gino Quilico, Deborah Voigt, Charles Dutoit, Raymond Minshull
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Best Choral Performance
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem. Herbert Blomstedt
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
The American Album - Works Of Bernstein, Barber, Foss. Itzhak Perlman
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
Schubert: Piano Sonatas (B Flat Major And A Major). Radu Lupu
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Chamber Music Performance
Brahms/Beethoven/Mozart: Clarinet Trios. Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma, Richard Stoltzman
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
The Echoing Air - The Music Of Henry Purcell. Sylvia McNair
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Messiaen: Concert A Quatre. Olivier Messiaen
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Classical Album
Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra; Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12. Pierre Boulez, Karl-August Naegler
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Best Orchestral Performance
Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra: Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12. Pierre Boulez
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Best Opera Recording
Floyd: Susannah. Kenn Chester, Jerry Hadley, Samuel Ramey, Cheryl Studer, Kent Nagano, Martin Sauer
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Best Choral Performance
Berlioz: Messe Solennelle. John Eliot Gardiner, choral director
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
The New York Album - Works Of Albert, Bartok & Bloch. Yo-Yo Ma
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Nos. 32, 47, 53, 59. Emanuel Ax
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Chamber Music Performance
Beethoven/Mozart: Quintets (Chicago-Berlin). Daniel Barenboim, Dale Clevenger, Larry Combs, Daniele Damiano, Hansjorg Schellenberger
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
The Impatient Lover - Italian Songs By Beethoven, Schubert, Mozart. Cecilia Bartoli
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Albert: Cello Concerto. Stephen Albert
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Classical Album
Bartók: The Wooden Prince & Cantata Profana. Pierre Boulez, John Aler, John Tomlinson, Karl-August Naegler
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Best Orchestral Performance
Bartók: The Wooden Prince. Pierre Boulez
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Best Opera Recording
Handel: Semele. John Aler, Kathleen Battle, Michael Chance, Mark S. Doss, Marilyn Horne, Neil Mackie, Sylvia McNair, Samuel Ramey, John Nelson, Steven Paul
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Best Choral Performance
Bartók: Cantata Profana. Pierre Boulez
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Berg: Violin Concerto/Rihm: Time Chant. Anne-Sophie Mutter
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
Barber: The Complete Solo Piano Music. John Browning
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Chamber Music Performance
Ives: String Quartets Nos. 1, 2/Barber: String Quartet Op. 11 (American Originals). Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel, Philip Setzer
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
The Art Of Arleen Auger (Works Of Larsen, Purcell, Schumann, Mozart). Arleen Auger
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Carter: Violin Concerto. Elliott Carter
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Classical Album
Mahler: Symphony No. 9. Leonard Bernstein, Horst Dittberner
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Best Orchestral Performance
Mahler: Symphony No. 9. Leonard Bernstein
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Best Opera Recording
R. Strauss: Die Frau Ohne Schatten. Hildegard Behrens, Placido Domingo, Sumi Jo, Reinhild Runkel, Jose Van Dam, Julia Varady, Georg Solti, Christopher Raeburn, Stephen Trainor, Morten Winding
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Best Choral Performance
Orff: Carmina Burana. Herbert Blomstedt
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante/Tchaikovsky: Variations On A Rococo Theme. Yo-Yo Ma
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
Horowitz - Discovered Treasures (Chopin, Liszt, Scarlatti, Scriabin, Clementi). Vladimir Horowitz
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Chamber Music Performance
Brahms: Sonatas For Cello & Piano. Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Kathleen Battle At Carnegie Hall (Handel, Mozart, Liszt, Strauss, etc.). Kathleen Battle
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Barber: The Lovers. Samuel Barber
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Classical Album
Bernstein: Candide. Leonard Bernstein, June Anderson, Nicolai Gedda, Adolph Green, Jerry Hadley, Della Jones, Christa Ludwig, Kurt Ollmann, Hans Weber
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Best Orchestral Performance
Corigliano: Symphony No. 1. Daniel Barenboim
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Best Opera Recording
Wagner: Gotterdammerung. Hildegard Behrens, Reiner Goldberg, Matti Salminen, Hanna Schwarz, Cheryl Studer, Bernd Weikl, Ekkehard Wlaschiha, James Levine, Cord Garben
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Best Choral Performance
Bach: Mass In B Minor. Georg Solti
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Barber: Piano Concerto. John Browning
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
Granados: Goyescas; Allegro De Concierto; Danza Lenta. Alicia De Larrocha
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Chamber Music Performance
Brahms: Piano Quartets (Op. 25 & 26). Emanuel Ax, Jaime Laredo, Yo-Yo Ma, Isaac Stern
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
The Girl With Orange Lips (Falla, Ravel, etc.). Dawn Upshaw
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Corigliano: Symphony No. 1. John Corigliano
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Classical Album
Ives: Sym. No. 2; Gong On The Hook And Ladder; Central Park In The Dark; The Unanswered Question. Leonard Bernstein, Hans Weber
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Best Orchestral Performance
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 7. Leonard Bernstein
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Best Opera Recording
Wagner: Das Rheingold. Siegfried Jerusalem, Christa Ludwig, Kurt Moll, James Morris, Jan Hendrik Rootering, Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Heinz Zednik, James Levine, Cord Garben
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Best Choral Performance
Walton: Belshazzar's Feast/Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Missa Brevis. Robert Shaw
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 In A Minor/Glazunov: Violin Concerto In A Minor. Itzhak Perlman
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
The Last Recording. Vladimir Horowitz
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Chamber Music Performance
Brahms: The Three Violin Sonatas. Daniel Barenboim, Itzhak Perlman
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti In Concert. Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo & Luciano Pavarotti
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Bernstein: Arias & Barcarolles. Leonard Bernstein
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Classical Album
Bartók: 6 String Quartets. Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel, Philip Setzer, Wolf Erichson
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Best Orchestral Performance
Mahler: Symphony No. 3 In D Minor. Leonard Bernstein
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Best Opera Recording
Wagner: Die Walkuere. Hildegard Behrens, Gary Lakes, Christa Ludwig, Kurt Moll, James Morris, Jessye Norman, James Levine, Cord Garben
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Best Choral Performance
Britten: War Requiem. Robert Shaw
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Barber: Cello Concerto, Op. 22/Britten: Symphony For Cello And Orchestra, Op. 68. Yo-Yo Ma
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
Bach: English Suites. Andras Schiff
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Chamber Music Performance
Bartók: 6 String Quartets. Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel, Philip Setzer
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Knoxville - Summer Of 1915 (Music Of Barber, Menotti, Harbison, Stravinsky). Dawn Upshaw
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Reich: Different Trains. Steve Reich
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Classical Album
Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses. Robert Shaw, Robert Woods
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Best Orchestral Performance
Rorem: String Symphony; Sunday Morning; Eagles. Louis Lane, Robert Shaw
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Best Opera Recording
Wagner: Lohengrin. Placido Domingo, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Siegmund Nimsgern, Jessye Norman, Eva Randova, Hans Sotin, Georg Solti, Christopher Raeburn
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Best Choral Performance
Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses. Robert Shaw
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23. Vladimir Horowitz
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
Albeniz: Iberia, Navarra, Suite Espagnola. Alicia De Larrocha
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Chamber Music Performance
Bartók: Sonata For Two Pianos & Percussion. David Corkhill, Evelyn Glennie, Murray Perahia, Georg Solti
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Luciano Pavarotti In Concert. Luciano Pavarotti
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Adams: Nixon In China. John Adams
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Classical Album
Horowitz In Moscow. Vladimir Horowitz, Thomas Frost
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Best Orchestral Performance
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 In D Minor. Georg Solti
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Best Opera Recording
R. Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos. Agnes Baltsa, Kathleen Battle, Gary Lakes, Hermann Prey, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, James Levine, Cord Garben
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Best Choral Performance
Hindemith: When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloom'd. Robert Shaw
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 2 And 4. Itzhak Perlman
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
Horowitz In Moscow. Vladimir Horowitz
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Chamber Music Performance
Beethoven: The Complete Piano Trios. Vladimir Ashkenazy, Lynn Harrell, Itzhak Perlman
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Kathleen Battle - Salzburg Recital. Kathleen Battle
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Penderecki: Cello Concerto No. 2. Krzysztof Penderecki
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Classical Album
Horowitz - The Studio Recordings, New York 1985. Vladimir Horowitz, Thomas Frost
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Best Orchestral Performance
Liszt: A Faust Symphony. Georg Solti
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Best Opera Recording
Bernstein: Candide. James Billings, Joyce Castle, Maris Clement, David Eisler, Jack Harrold, John Lankston, Erie Mills, Scott Reeve, John Mauceri, Elizabeth Ostrow
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Best Choral Performance
Orff: Carmina Burana. James Levine
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Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (With Or Without Orchestra)
Horowitz - The Studio Recordings, New York 1985. Vladimir Horowitz, piano
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Chamber Music Performance
Beethoven: Cello And Piano Sonata No. 4 In C & Variations. Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Mozart: Kathleen Battle Sings Mozart. Kathleen Battle
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 3. Witold Lutoslawski
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Classical Album
Berlioz: Requiem. John Aler, Robert Shaw, Robert Woods
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Best Orchestral Performance
Faure: Pelleas Et Melisande. Robert Shaw
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Best Opera Recording
Schoenberg: Moses Und Aron. Philip Langridge, Franz Mazura, Georg Solti, James Mallinson
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Best Choral Performance
Berlioz: Requiem. Robert Shaw
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Elgar: Cello Concerto, Op. 85/Walton: Concerto For Cello & Orch.. Yo-Yo Ma
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
Ravel: Gaspard De La Nuit; Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte; Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales. Vladimir Ashkenazy
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Chamber Music Performance
Brahms: Cello And Piano Sonatas In E Minor And F. Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Berlioz: Requiem. John Aler, tenor
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Lloyd Webber: Requiem. Andrew Lloyd Webber
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Best New Classical Artist
Stravinsky: L' Histoire Du Soldat (The Soldier's Tale - Suite) - (also) - Walton: Façade (An Instrumental Suite In The Original Scoring). Chicago Pro Musica,chamber group
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Classical Album
Amadeus. Neville Marriner, John Strauss
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Best Orchestral Performance
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In B Flat. Leonard Slatkin
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Best Opera Recording
Bizet: Carmen. Placido Domingo, Faith Esham, Julia Migenes, Ruggero Raimondi, Lorin Maazel, Michel Glotz
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Best Choral Performance
Brahms: A German Requiem. James Levine
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Wynton Marsalis-Edita Gruberova-Handel, Purcell, Etc,. Wynton Marsalis
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
Bach: The Unaccompanied Cello Suites. Yo-Yo Ma
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Chamber Music Performance
Beethoven: The Late String Quartets. Earl Carlyss, Joel Krosnick, Robert Mann, Samuel Rhodes
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Ravel: Songs Of Maurice Ravel. Jose Van Dam, Jessye Norman & Heather Harper
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Barber: Antony And Cleopatra. Samuel Barber
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Classical Album
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 In D. Georg Solti, James Mallinson
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Best Orchestral Performance
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 In D. Georg Solti
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Best Opera Recording
Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro. Thomas Allen, Kurt Moll, Lucia Popp, Samuel Ramey, Kiri Te Kanawa, Frederica von Stade, Georg Solti, Christopher Raeburn
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Best Opera Recording
Verdi: La Traviata. Placido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil, Teresa Stratas, James Levine, Jay David Saks, Max Wilcox
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Best Choral Performance
Haydn: The Creation. Georg Solti
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto In E Flat/L. Mozart: Trumpet Concerto In D/Hummel: Trumpet Concerto In E Flat. Wynton Marsalis
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 12 & 13. Glenn Gould
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Chamber Music Performance
Brahms: Sonata For Cello And Piano In E Minor, Op. 38 And Sonata In F, Op. 99. Mstislav Rostropovich, Rudolf Serkin
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Leontyne Price & Marilyn Horne In Concert At The Met. Leontyne Price, Marilyn Horne
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Classical Album
Bach: The Goldberg Variations. Glenn Gould, Samuel H. Carter
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Best Orchestral Performance
Mahler: Sym. No. 7 In E Min. (Song Of The Night). James Levine
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Best Opera Recording
Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen. Jeannine Altmeyer, Hermann Becht, Peter Hofmann, Siegfried Jerusalem, Gwyneth Jones, Manfred Jung, Donald McIntyre, Matti Salminen, Ortrun Wenkel, Heinz Zednik, Pierre Boulez, Andrew Kazdin
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Best Choral Performance
Berlioz: La Damnation De Faust. Georg Solti
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Elgar: Violin Concerto In B Minor. Itzhak Perlman
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
Bach: The Goldberg Variations. Glenn Gould
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Chamber Music Performance
Brahms: The Sonatas For Clarinet & Piano, Op. 120. Richard Goode, Richard Stoltzman
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Verdi: Arias (Leontyne Price Sings Verdi). Leontyne Price
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Classical Album
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 In C Minor. Georg Solti, James Mallinson
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Best Orchestral Performance
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 In C Minor. Georg Solti
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Best Opera Recording
Janácek: From The House Of The Dead. Jiri Zahradnicek, Ivo Zidek, Vaclav Zitek, Charles Mackerras, James Mallinson
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Best Choral Performance
Haydn: The Creation. Neville Marriner
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration. Itzhak Perlman, Isaac Stern, Pinchas Zukerman
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
The Horowitz Concerts 1979/80. Vladimir Horowitz
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Chamber Music Performance
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio In A Minor. Vladimir Ashkenazy, Lynn Harrell, Itzhak Perlman
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Live From Lincoln Center - Sutherland/Horne/Pavarotti. Marilyn Horne, Joan Sutherland & Luciano Pavarotti
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Classical Album
Berg: Lulu (Complete Version). Pierre Boulez, Gunther Breest, Michael Horwath
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Best Orchestral Performance
Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 In A. Georg Solti
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Best Opera Recording
Berg: Lulu (Complete Version). Pierre Boulez, Gunther Breest, Michael Horwath
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Best Choral Performance
Mozart: Requiem. Norbert Balatsch, Carlo Maria Giulini
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Berg: Violin Concerto/Stravinsky: Violin Concerto In D. Itzhak Perlman
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Brahms: Violin And Cello Concerto In A Minor (Double Concerto). Itzhak Perlman, Mstislav Rostropovich
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
The Spanish Album. Itzhak Perlman
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Chamber Music Performance
Play Music For Two Violins (Moszkowski: Suite For Two Violins/Shostakovich: Duets/Prokofiev: Sonata For Two Violins). Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Prima Donna, Vol. 5 - Great Soprano Arias From Handel To Britten. Leontyne Price, soprano
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Classical Album
Brahms: Symphonies (1-4). Georg Solti, James Mallinson
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Best Orchestral Performance
Brahms: Symphonies (1-4). Georg Solti
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Best Opera Recording
Britten: Peter Grimes. Colin Davis, Vittorio Negri
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Best Choral Performance
Brahms: A German Requiem. Georg Solti
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Bartók: Piano Cons. Nos. 1 & 2. Maurizio Pollini
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
The Horowitz Concerts 1978/79. Vladimir Horowitz
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Chamber Music Performance
Copland: Appalachian Spring. Dennis Russell Davies
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
O Sole Mio - Favorite Neapolitan Songs. Luciano Pavarotti
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Classical Album
Brahms: Concerto For Violin In D. Carlo Maria Giulini, Itzhak Perlman, Christopher Bishop
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Best Orchestral Performance
Beethoven: Symphonies (9) (Complete). Herbert von Karajan
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Best Opera Recording
Lehar: The Merry Widow. Julius Rudel, John Coveney, George Sponhaltz
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Best Choral Performance
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis. Georg Solti
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Rachmaninoff: Con. No. 3 In D Minor For Piano (Horowitz Golden Jubilee). Vladimir Horowitz
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
The Horowitz Concerts 1977/78. Vladimir Horowitz
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Chamber Music Performance
Beethoven: Sonatas For Violin And Piano. Vladimir Ashkenazy, Itzhak Perlman
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Luciano Pavarotti - Hits From Lincoln Center. Luciano Pavarotti
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Classical Album
Concert Of The Century. Leonard Bernstein, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Vladimir Horowitz, Yehudi Menuhin, Mstislav Rostropovich, Isaac Stern, Lyndon Woodside, Thomas Frost
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Best Orchestral Performance
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 In D. Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
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Best Opera Recording
Gershwin: Porgy And Bess. John De Main, Thomas Z. Shepard
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Best Choral Performance
Verdi: Requiem. Georg Solti, conductor; Margaret Hillis, choral director (Various Artists)
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons. Itzhak Perlman
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 18 In E Flat/Schumann: Fantasiestucke, Op. 12. Artur Rubinstein
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Chamber Music Performance
Schoenberg: Quartets For Strings (Complete). Earl Carlyss, Joel Krosnick, Robert Mann, Samuel Rhodes
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Bach: Arias. Janet Baker
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Classical Album
Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos. Daniel Barenboim, Artur Rubinstein, Max Wilcox
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Best Orchestral Performance
Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra. Georg Solti, conductor
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Best Opera Recording
Gershwin: Porgy And Bess. Lorin Maazel, Michael Woolcock
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Best Choral Performance
Rachmaninoff: The Bells. Andre Previn, conductor; Arthur Oldham, choral director
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos. Artur Rubinstein
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
Horowitz Concerts 1975/76. Vladimir Horowitz
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Chamber Music Performance
The Art Of Courtly Love. David Munrow
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Herbert: Music Of Victor Herbert. Beverly Sills, soprano
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Classical Album
Beethoven: Symphonies (9) Complete. Georg Solti, Raymond Minshull
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Best Orchestral Performance
Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloe (Complete Ballet). Pierre Boulez, conductor
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Best Opera Recording
Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte. Colin Davis, Erik Smith
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Best Choral Performance
Orff: Carmina Burana. Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Robert Page, choral director
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Ravel: Concerto For Left Hand And Concerto For Piano In G/Faure: Fantaisie For Piano And Orchestra. Alicia De Larrocha
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
Bach: Sonatas And Partitas For Violin Unaccompanied. Nathan Milstein
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Chamber Music Performance
Schubert: Trios Nos. 1 In B Flat, Op. 99 And 2 In E Flat, Op. 100 (Piano Trios). Pierre Fournier, Artur Rubinstein, Henryk Szeryng
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Mahler: Kindertotenlieder. Janet Baker
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Classical Album
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique. Georg Solti, David Harvey
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Best Orchestral Performance
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique. Georg Solti, conductor
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Best Opera Recording
Puccini: La Boheme. Georg Solti, Richard Mohr
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Best Choral Performance
Berlioz: The Damnation Of Faust. Colin Davis, conductor
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1. David Oistrakh
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
Albeniz: Iberia. Alicia De Larrocha
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Chamber Music Performance
Brahms: Trios (Complete)/Schumann: Trio No. 1 In D Minor. Pierre Fournier, Artur Rubinstein, Henryk Szeryng
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Leontyne Price Sings Richard Strauss. Leontyne Price
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Classical Album
Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra. Pierre Boulez, Thomas Z. Shepard
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Best Orchestral Performance
Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra. Pierre Boulez, conductor
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Best Opera Recording
Bizet: Carmen. Leonard Bernstein, Tom Mowrey
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Best Choral Performance
Walton: Belshazzer's Feast. Andre Previn, conductor; Arthur Oldham, choral director
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Beethoven: Concerti (5) For Piano And Orchestra. Vladimir Ashkenazy
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
Scriabin: Horowitz Plays Scriabin. Vladimir Horowitz
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Chamber Music Performance
Joplin: The Red Back Book. Gunther Schuller
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Puccini: Heroines. Leontyne Price, soprano
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Classical Album
Mahler: Symphony No. 8 In E Flat (Symphony Of A Thousand). Georg Solti, David Harvey
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Best Orchestral Performance
Mahler: Symphony No. 7 In E Minor. Georg Solti, conductor
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Best Opera Recording
Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini. Colin Davis, Erik Smith
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Best Choral Performance
Mahler: Symphony No. 8 In E Flat (Symphony Of A Thousand). Georg Solti, conductor (Various Artists)
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 In B Flat. Artur Rubinstein
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
Horowitz Plays Chopin. Vladimir Horowitz
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Chamber Music Performance
Julian And John (Works By Lawes, Carulli, Albeniz, Granados). Julian Bream, John Christopher Williams
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Brahms: Die Schone Magelone. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone
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Classical Album
Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff (Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas). Vladimir Horowitz, Thomas Frost, Richard Killough
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Best Orchestral Performance
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 In D. Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
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Best Opera Recording
Verdi: Aida. Erich Leinsdorf, Richard Mohr
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Best Choral Performance
Berlioz: Requiem. Colin Davis, conductor
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Villa-Lobos: Concerto For Guitar. Julian Bream
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff (Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas). Vladimir Horowitz
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Chamber Music Performance
Debussy: Quartet In G Minor/Ravel: Quartet In F. Claus Adam, Earl Carlyss, Robert Mann, Samuel Rhodes
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Leontyne Price Sings Robert Schumann. Leontyne Price
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Classical Album
Berlioz: Les Troyens. Colin Davis, Erik Smith
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Best Orchestral Performance
Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps. Pierre Boulez, conductor
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Best Opera Recording
Berlioz: Les Troyens. Colin Davis, Erik Smith
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Best Choral Performance
Ives: New Music Of Charles Ives. Gregg Smith
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Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (With Or Without Orchestra)
Brahms: Double Concerto (Concerto In A Minor For Violin And Cello). David Oistrakh, violin; Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
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Chamber Music Performance
Beethoven: The Complete Piano Trios. Eugene Istomin, Leonard Rose, Isaac Stern
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Schubert: Lieder. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone
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Classical Album
Switched-On-Bach. Wendy Carlos, Rachel Elkind
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Best Orchestral Performance
Boulez Conducts Debussy, Vol. 2 "Images Pour Orchestre". Pierre Boulez, conductor
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Best Opera Recording
Wagner: Siegfried. Herbert von Karajan, Otto Gerdes
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Best Choral Performance
Berio: Sinfonia. Luciano Berio, conductor; Ward Swingle, choir master
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Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (With Or Without Orchestra)
Switched-On-Bach. Walter Carlos
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Chamber Music Performance
Gabrieli: Antiphonal Music Of Gabrieli. Chicago Brass Ensemble, Cleveland Brass Ensemble, Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Barber: Two Scenes From Antony And Cleopatra/Knoxville: Summer Of 1915. Leontyne Price, soprano
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Best Orchestral Performance
Boulez Conducts Debussy (La Mer; Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune; Jeux). Pierre Boulez, conductor
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Best Opera Recording
Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte. Erich Leinsdorf, Richard Mohr
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Best Choral Performance
The Glory Of Gabrieli. Gregg Smith
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Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (With Or Without Orchestra)
Horowitz On Television (Chopin, Scriabin, Scarlatti, Horowitz). Vladimir Horowitz, piano
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Chamber Music Performance
Glory Of Gabrieli Vol. II - Canzonas For Brass, Winds, Strings And Organ. E. Power Biggs, Vittorio Negri, Tarr Brass Ensemble
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Rossini: Rarities. Montserrat Caballe, soprano
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Classical Album
Berg: Wozzeck. Pierre Boulez, Thomas Z. Shepard
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Classical Album
Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Symphony Of A Thousand). Leonard Bernstein, John McClure
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Best Orchestral Performance
Stravinsky: Firebird And Petrouchka Suites. Igor Stravinsky, conductor
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Best Opera Recording
Berg: Wozzeck. Pierre Boulez, Thomas Z. Shepard
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Best Choral Performance
Mahler: Symphony No. 8 In E Flat Major (Symphony Of A Thousand). Leonard Bernstein, conductor (Various Artists)
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Best Choral Performance
Orff: Catulli Carmina. Eugene Ormandy, conductor; Robert Page, chorus director
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Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (With Or Without Orchestra)
Horowitz In Concert (Haydn, Schumann, Scriabin, Debussy, Mozart, Chopin). Vladimir Horowitz, piano
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Chamber Music Performance
West Meets East. Yehudi Menuhin, Ravi Shankar
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Prima Donna, Volume 2. Leontyne Price, soprano
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Classical Album
Ives: Symphony No. 1 In D Minor. Morton Gould, Howard Scott
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Best Orchestral Performance
Mahler: Symphony No. 6 In A Minor. Erich Leinsdorf, conductor
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Best Opera Recording
Wagner: Die Walkure. Georg Solti
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Best Choral Performance
Handel: Messiah. Robert Shaw
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Best Choral Performance
Ives: Music For Chorus. Gregg Smith
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Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (With Or Without Orchestra)
Baroque Guitar (Works Of Bach, Sanz, Weiss, Etc.). Julian Bream, guitar
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Chamber Music Performance
Boston Symphony Chamber Players - Works Of Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven, Fine, Copland, Carter, Piston. Boston Symphony Chamber Players
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Prima Donna (Works Of Barber, Purcell, Etc.). Leontyne Price, soprano
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Classical Album
Horowitz At Carnegie Hall - An Historic Return. Vladimir Horowitz, Thomas Frost
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Best Orchestral Performance
Ives: Symphony No. 4. Leopold Stokowski, conductor
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Best Opera Recording
Berg: Wozzeck. Karl Bohm
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Best Choral Performance
Stravinsky: Symphony Of Psalms/Poulenc: Gloria. Robert Shaw
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 In G. Artur Rubinstein
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
Horowitz At Carnegie Hall - An Historic Return. Vladimir Horowitz
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Chamber Music Performance
Bartók: The Six String Quartets - Nos. 1-6. Claus Adam, Isidore Cohen, Raphael Hillyer, Robert Mann
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Strauss: Salome (Dance Of The Seven Veils, Interlude, Final Scene)/The Egyptian Helen (Awakening Scene). Leontyne Price, soprano
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Ives: Symphony No. 4. Charles Ives
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Best New Classical Artist
Bach: Goldberg Variations. Peter Serkin, piano
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Classical Album
Bernstein: Symphony No. 3 "Kaddish". Leonard Bernstein
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Best Orchestral Performance
Mahler: Symphony No. 5/Berg: Wozzeck Excerpts. Erich Leinsdorf, conductor
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Best Opera Recording
Bizet: Carmen. Herbert von Karajan
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Best Choral Performance
Britten: A Ceremony Of Carols. Robert Shaw
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 In D. Isaac Stern
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
Vladimir Horowitz Plays Beethoven, Debussy, Chopin. Vladimir Horowitz
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Chamber Music Performance
Beethoven: Trio No. 1 In E Flat, Op. 1 #1. Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky
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Chamber Music Performance
It Was A Lover And His Lass. Noah Greenberg
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Berlioz: Nuits D'Ete (Song Cycle)/Falla: El Amor Brujo. Leontyne Price, soprano
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Barber: Piano Concerto. Samuel Barber
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Best New Classical Artist
The Age Of Bel Canto: Operatic Scenes (Boyngne, cond.). Marilyn Horne, mezzo soprano
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Classical Album
Britten: War Requiem. Benjamin Britten
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Best Orchestral Performance
Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra. Erich Leinsdorf, conductor
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Best Opera Recording
Puccini: Madama Butterfly. Erich Leinsdorf
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Best Choral Performance
Britten: War Requiem. Lord Benjamin Britten, conductor; David Willcocks & Edward Chapman, choral directors (Pears, Vishnevskaya, Fischer-Dieskau)
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 In B Flat Minor. Artur Rubinstein
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
The Sound Of Horowitz. Vladimir Horowitz
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Chamber Music Performance
Evening Of Elizabethan Music. Julian Bream
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Great Scenes From Gershwin's Porgy And Bess. Leontyne Price, soprano
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Britten: War Requiem. Benjamin Britten
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Best New Classical Artist
Liszt: Concerto No. 1 For Piano & Orchestra (Bernstein, cond.; N.Y. Philharmonic). Andre Watts, piano
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Classical Album
Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz. Vladimir Horowitz
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Best Orchestral Performance
Stravinsky: The Firebird Ballet. Igor Stravinsky, conductor
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Best Opera Recording
Verdi: Aida. Georg Solti
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Best Choral Performance
Bach: St. Matthew Passion. Otto Klemperer, conductor; Wilhelm Pitz, choir director
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Stravinsky: Violin Concerto In D. Isaac Stern
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz. Vladimir Horowitz
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Chamber Music Performance
The Heifetz-Piatigorsky Concerts With Primrose, Pennario And Guests. Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky, William Primrose
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Wagner: Gotterdamerung - Brunnhilde's Immolation Scene/Wesendonck Songs. Eileen Farrell, soprano
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Stravinsky: The Flood. Igor Stravinsky
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Classical Album
Stravinsky Conducts 1960: Le Sacre Du Printemps; Petrouchka. Igor Stravinsky
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Best Orchestral Performance
Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloe. Charles Munch, conductor
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Best Opera Recording
Puccini: Madame Butterfly. Gabriele Santini
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Best Choral Performance
Bach: B Minor Mass. Robert Shaw
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1. Isaac Stern
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
Reverie For Spanish Guitar. Laurindo Almeida
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Chamber Music Performance
Beethoven: Serenade, Op. 8/Kodaly: Duo For Violin And Cello, Op. 7. Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky, William Primrose
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
The Art Of The Prima Donna. Joan Sutherland, soprano
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Almeida: Discantus. Laurindo Almeida
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Stravinsky: Movements For Piano And Orchestra. Igor Stravinsky
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Best Orchestral Performance
Bartók: Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste. Fritz Reiner, conductor
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Best Opera Recording
Puccini: Turandot. Erich Leinsdorf
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Best Choral Performance
Handel: Messiah. Thomas Beecham, conductor
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 In B Flat. Sviatoslav Richter
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
The Spanish Guitars Of Laurindo Almeida. Laurindo Almeida
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Chamber Music Performance
Conversations With The Guitar. Laurindo Almeida
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
A Program Of Song - Leontyne Price Recital. Leontyne Price
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Copland: Orchestral Suite From Tender Land Suite. Aaron Copland
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Best Orchestral Performance
Debussy: Images For Orchestra. Charles Munch, conductor
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Best Classical Performance - Opera Cast Or Choral
Mozart: The Marriage Of Figaro. Erich Leinsdorf
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3. Van Cliburn
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
Beethoven: Sonatas No. 21 In C (Waldstein) And No. 18 In E Flat. Artur Rubinstein
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Chamber Music Performance
Beethoven: Sonatas No. 21 In C (Waldstein) And No. 18 In E Flat. Artur Rubinstein
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Bjoerling In Opera. Jussi Bjoerling, tenor
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Best Orchestral Performance
Gaiete Parisienne. Felix Slatkin, conductor
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Best Classical Performance - Opera Cast Or Choral
Virtuoso. Roger Wagner
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 In B Flat Minor, Op. 23. Van Cliburn
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Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr
Segovia Golden Jubilee. Andres Segovia
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Chamber Music Performance
Beethoven: Quartet 130. Alvin Dinkin, Paul Shure, Eleanor Aller Slatkin, Felix Slatkin
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Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Operatic Recital. Renata Tebaldi, soprano
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Dennehy: Land Of Winter
Telemann: Ino - Opera Arias For Soprano
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