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Music Facts: Classical

  • Classical music originated in Europe in the 6th century. 

  • Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Schubert, Stravinsky, Gershwin, and Shostakovich are among some of the most prominent classical composers. 

  • Famous classical GRAMMY winners include Leonard Bernstein, Georg Solti and Yo-Yo Ma.

Grammy Awards for Classical

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie. Andris Nelsons

  • Best Opera Recording

    Heggie: Intelligence. Kwamé Ryan, Jamie Barton, J'Nai Bridges, Janai Brugger, Blanton Alspaugh

  • Best Choral Performance

    Ortiz: Yanga. Gustavo Dudamel, Grant Gershon

  • Best Classical Instrumental Solo

    Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos. Yo-Yo Ma, Andris Nelsons

  • Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

    Dennehy: Land Of Winter. Alan Pierson, Alarm Will Sound

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Telemann: Ino - Opera Arias For Soprano. Amanda Forsythe, Robert Mealy, Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs

  • Best Classical Compendium

    Ortiz: Yanga. Gustavo Dudamel, Dmitriy Lipay

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Ortiz: Dzonot. Gabriela Ortiz

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina. Gustavo Dudamel

  • Best Opera Recording

    Saariaho: Adriana Mater. Esa-Pekka Salonen, Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Nicholas Phan, Christopher Purves, Jason O'Connell

  • Best Choral Performance

    Ochre. Donald Nally

  • Best Classical Instrumental Solo

    Bach: Goldberg Variations. Víkingur Ólafsson

  • Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

    Rectangles And Circumstance. Caroline Shaw, Sō Percussion

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Beyond The Years - Unpublished Songs Of Florence Price. Karen Slack, Michelle Cann

  • Best Classical Compendium

    Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina. Gustavo Dudamel, Dmitriy Lipay

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina. Gabriela Ortiz

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Adès: Dante. Gustavo Dudamel

  • Best Opera Recording

    Blanchard: Champion. Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Ryan Speedo Green, Latonia Moore, Eric Owens, David Frost

  • Best Choral Performance

    Saariaho: Reconnaissance. Nils Schweckendiek

  • Best Classical Instrumental Solo

    The American Project. Yuja Wang, Teddy Abrams

  • Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

    Rough Magic. Roomful Of Teeth

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Walking In The Dark. Julia Bullock, Christian Reif

  • Best Classical Compendium

    Passion For Bach And Coltrane. Silas Brown, Mark Dover

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Montgomery: Rounds. Jessie Montgomery

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Works By Florence Price, Jessie Montgomery, Valerie Coleman. Michael Repper

  • Best Opera Recording

    Blanchard: Fire Shut Up In My Bones. Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Angel Blue, Will Liverman, Latonia Moore, Walter Russell III, David Frost

  • Best Choral Performance

    Born. Donald Nally

  • Best Classical Instrumental Solo

    Letters For The Future. Time For Three, Xian Zhang

  • Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

    Shaw: Evergreen. Attacca Quartet

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Voice Of Nature - The Anthropocene. Renee Fleming, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

  • Best Classical Compendium

    An Adoption Story. Starr Parodi, Kitt Wakeley, Jeff Fair

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Puts: Contact. Kevin Puts

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3. Yannick Nézet-Séguin

  • Best Opera Recording

    Glass: Akhnaten. Karen Kamensek, J'Nai Bridges, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Zachary James, Dísella Lárusdóttir, David Frost

  • Best Choral Performance

    Mahler: Symphony No. 8, 'Symphony Of A Thousand'. Gustavo Dudamel, Grant Gershon, Robert Istad, Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, Luke McEndarfer

  • Best Classical Instrumental Solo

    Alone Together. Jennifer Koh

  • Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

    Beethoven: Cello Sonatas - Hope Amid Tears. Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Mythologies. Sangeeta Kaur, Hila Plitmann, Danaë Xanthe Vlasse

  • Best Classical Compendium

    Women Warriors - The Voices Of Change. Amy Andersson, Mark Mattson, Lolita Ritmanis

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Shaw: Narrow Sea. Caroline Shaw

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Ives: Complete Symphonies. Gustavo Dudamel

  • Best Opera Recording

    Gershwin: Porgy And Bess. David Robertson, David Frost, Frederick Ballentine, Angel Blue, Denyce Graves, Latonia Moore, Eric Owens

  • Best Choral Performance

    Danielpour: The Passion Of Yeshua. James K. Bass, Adam Luebke, JoAnn Falletta

  • Best Classical Instrumental Solo

    Theofanidis: Concerto For Viola And Chamber Orchestra. Richard O'Neill, David Alan Miller

  • Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

    Contemporary Voices. Pacifica Quartet, Simin Ganatra, Austin Hartman, Mark Holloway, Brandon Vamos

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Smyth: The Prison. Sarah Brailey, Dashon Burton

  • Best Classical Compendium

    Thomas, M.T.: From The Diary Of Anne Frank & Meditations On Rilke. Michael Tilson Thomas, Jack Vad

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Rouse: Symphony No. 5. Christopher Rouse

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Norman: Sustain. Gustavo Dudamel

  • Best Opera Recording

    Picker: Fantastic Mr. Fox. Gil Rose, John Brancy, Andrew Craig Brown, Gabriel Preisser, Krista River, Edwin Vega

  • Best Choral Performance

    Duruflé: Complete Choral Works. Robert Simpson

  • Best Classical Instrumental Solo

    Marsalis: Violin Concerto; Fiddle Dance Suite. Nicola Benedetti, Cristian Măcelaru

  • Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

    Shaw: Orange. Attacca Quartet

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Songplay. Joyce DiDonato, Chuck Israels, Jimmy Madison, Charlie Porter, Craig Terry

  • Best Classical Compendium

    The Poetry Of Places. Nadia Shpachenko, Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Higdon: Harp Concerto. Jennifer Higdon

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11. Andris Nelsons

  • 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

  • Best Choral Performance

    McLoskey: Zealot Canticles. Donald Nally

  • Best Classical Instrumental Solo

    Kernis: Violin Concerto. James Ehnes, Ludovic Morlot

  • Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

    Anderson, Laurie: Landfall. Laurie Anderson, Kronos Quartet

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Songs Of Orpheus - Monteverdi, Caccini, D'India & Landi. Karim Sulayman, Jeannette Sorrell, Apollo's Fire

  • Best Classical Compendium

    Fuchs: Piano Concerto 'Spiritualist'; Poems Of Life; Glacier; Rush. JoAnn Falletta, Tim Handley

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Kernis: Violin Concerto. Aaron Jay Kernis

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio. Manfred Honeck

  • Best Opera Recording

    Berg: Wozzeck. Hans Graf, Brad Sayles, Anne Schwanewilms, Roman Trekel

  • Best Choral Performance

    Bryars: The Fifth Century. Donald Nally

  • Best Classical Instrumental Solo

    Transcendental. Daniil Trifonov

  • Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

    Death & The Maiden. Patricia Kopatchinskaja, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Crazy Girl Crazy. Barbara Hannigan

  • Best Classical Compendium

    Higdon: All Things Majestic, Viola Concerto & Oboe Concerto. Giancarlo Guerrero, Tim Handley

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Viola Concerto. Jennifer Higdon

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9. Andris Nelsons

  • Best Opera Recording

    Corigliano: The Ghosts Of Versailles. James Conlon, Blanton Alspaugh, Joshua Guerrero, Christopher Maltman, Lucas Meachem, Patricia Racette, Lucy Schaufer, Guanqun Yu

  • Best Choral Performance

    Penderecki Conducts Penderecki, Volume 1. Krzysztof Penderecki

  • Best Classical Instrumental Solo

    Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway. Zuill Bailey, Giancarlo Guerrero

  • Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

    Steve Reich. Third Coast Percussion, Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, David Skidmore

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Schumann & Berg. Dorothea Röschmann

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Shakespeare Songs. Ian Bostridge

  • Best Classical Compendium

    Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway; American Gothic; Once Upon A Castle. Giancarlo Guerrero, Tim Handley

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway. Michael Daugherty

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphony No. 10. Andris Nelsons

  • Best Opera Recording

    Ravel: L'Enfant Et Les Sortilèges; Shéhérazade. Seiji Ozawa, Dominic Fyfe, Isabel Leonard

  • Best Choral Performance

    Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil. Charles Bruffy

  • Best Classical Instrumental Solo

    Dutilleux: Violin Concerto, L'Arbre Des Songes. Augustin Hadelich, Ludovic Morlot

  • Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

    Filament. Eighth Blackbird

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Joyce & Tony - Live From Wigmore Hall. Joyce DiDonato

  • Best Classical Compendium

    Paulus: Three Places Of Enlightenment; Veil Of Tears & Grand Concerto. Giancarlo Guerrero, Tim Handley

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Paulus: Prayers & Remembrances. Stephen Paulus

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Adams, John: City Noir. David Robertson

  • Best Opera Recording

    Charpentier: La Descente D'Orphée Aux Enfers. Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs, Aaron Sheehan

  • Best Choral Performance

    The Sacred Spirit Of Russia. Craig Hella Johnson

  • Best Classical Instrumental Solo

    Play. Jason Vieaux

  • Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

    In 27 Pieces - The Hilary Hahn Encores. Hilary Hahn

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Douce France. Anne Sofie Von Otter

  • Best Classical Compendium

    Partch: Plectra & Percussion Dances. John Schneider

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Adams, John Luther: Become Ocean. John Luther Adams

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4. Osmo Vänskä

  • Best Opera Recording

    Adès: The Tempest. Thomas Adès, Jay David Saks, Simon Keenlyside, Isabel Leonard, Audrey Luna, Alan Oke

  • Best Choral Performance

    Pärt: Adam's Lament. Tonu Kaljuste

  • Best Classical Instrumental Solo

    Corigliano: Conjurer - Concerto For Percussionist & String Orchestra. Evelyn Glennie, David Alan Miller

  • 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

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Winter Morning Walks. Dawn Upshaw

  • Best Classical Compendium

    Hindemith: Violinkonzert; Symphonic Metamorphosis; Konzertmusik. Christoph Eschenbach

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Schneider, Maria: Winter Morning Walks. Maria Schneider

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Adams: Harmonielehre & Short Ride In A Fast Machine. Michael Tilson Thomas

  • 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

  • Best Choral Performance

    Life & Breath - Choral Works By René Clausen. Charles Bruffy

  • Best Classical Instrumental Solo

    Kurtág & Ligeti: Music For Viola. Kim Kashkashian

  • Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

    Meanwhile. Eighth Blackbird, Matt Albert, Matthew Duvall, Lisa Kaplan, Michael Maccaferri, Tim Munro, Nicholas Photinos

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Poèmes. Renee Fleming

  • Best Classical Compendium

    Penderecki: Fonogrammi; Horn Concerto; Partita; The Awakening Of Jacob; Anaklasis. Antoni Wit, Aleksandra Nagórko, Andrzej Sasin

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Hartke, Stephen: Meanwhile - Incidental Music To Imaginary Puppet Plays. Stephen Hartke

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Brahms: Symphony No. 4. Gustavo Dudamel

  • Best Opera Recording

    Adams: Doctor Atomic. Alan Gilbert, Jay David Saks, Meredith Arwady, Sasha Cooke, Richard Paul Fink, Gerald Finley, Thomas Glenn, Eric Owens

  • Best Choral Performance

    Light & Gold. Eric Whitacre

  • Best Classical Instrumental Solo

    Schwantner: Concerto For Percussion & Orchestra. Christopher Lamb, Giancarlo Guerrero

  • 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

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Diva Divo. Joyce DiDonato

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Aldridge, Robert: Elmer Gantry. Robert Aldridge, Herschel Garfein

  • Classical Album

    Verdi: Requiem. Duain Wolfe, Riccardo Muti, Chris Alder

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina. Giancarlo Guerrero

  • Best Opera Recording

    Saariaho: L'Amour De Loin. Kent Nagano, Martin Sauer, Daniel Belcher, Ekaterina Lekhina, Marie-Ange Todorovitch

  • Best Choral Performance

    Verdi: Requiem. Duain Wolfe, Riccardo Muti

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 24. Mitsuko Uchida

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    Messiaen: Livre Du Saint-Sacrement. Paul Jacobs

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Ligeti: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2. Parker Quartet, Jessica Bodner, Daniel Chong, Karen Kim, Kee-Hyun Kim

  • Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

    Dinastia Borja. Jordi Savall, Hesperion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Sacrificium. Cecilia Bartoli

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Daugherty, Michael: Deus Ex Machina. Michael Daugherty

  • Classical Crossover

    Tin, Christopher: Calling All Dawns. Lucas Richman

  • Classical Album

    Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10. Michael Tilson Thomas, Andreas Neubronner

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloé. James Levine

  • Best Opera Recording

    Britten: Billy Budd. Daniel Harding, John Fraser, Ian Bostridge, Neal Davies, Nathan Gunn, Jonathan Lemalu, Matthew Rose, Gidon Saks

  • Best Choral Performance

    Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10. Michael Tilson Thomas

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3. Evgeny Kissin

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    Journey To The New World. Sharon Isbin

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Intimate Letters. Emerson String Quartet, Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel, Philip Setzer

  • Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

    Lang, David: The Little Match Girl Passion. Paul Hillier, Ars Nova Copenhagen, Thomas Kiorbye, Theatre Of Voices

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Verismo Arias. Renee Fleming

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Higdon, Jennifer: Percussion Concerto. Jennifer Higdon

  • Classical Crossover

    Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs Of Joy And Peace. Yo-Yo Ma

  • Classical Album

    Weill: Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny. James Conlon, Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald, Fred Vogler

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4. Bernard Haitink

  • Best Opera Recording

    Weill: Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny. James Conlon, Fred Vogler, Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald

  • Best Choral Performance

    Symphony Of Psalms. Simon Halsey, Simon Rattle

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Schoenberg/Sibelius: Violin Concertos. Hilary Hahn

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    Piano Music Of Salonen, Stucky, And Lutoslawski. Gloria Cheng

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Carter, Elliott: String Quartets Nos. 1 And 5. Pacifica Quartet, Sibbi Bernhardsson, Simin Ganatra, Masumi Per Rostad, Brandon Vamos

  • Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

    Spotless Rose: Hymns To The Virgin Mary. Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Chorale

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems Of Bob Dylan. Hila Plitmann

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems Of Bob Dylan. John Corigliano

  • Classical Crossover

    Simple Gifts. The King's Singers

  • Classical Album

    Tower: Made In America. Leonard Slatkin, Tim Handley

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Tower: Made In America. Leonard Slatkin

  • Best Opera Recording

    Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel. Charles Mackerras, Brian Couzens, Rebecca Evans, Jane Henschel, Jennifer Larmore

  • Best Choral Performance

    Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem. Simon Halsey, Simon Rattle

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Barber/Korngold/Walton: Violin Concertos. James Ehnes

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    Beethoven Sonatas, Vol. 3. Garrick Ohlsson

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Strange Imaginary Animals. Eighth Blackbird, Matt Albert, Molly Alicia Barth, Matthew Duvall, Lisa Kaplan, Michael Maccaferri, Nicholas Photinos

  • Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

    Stravinsky: Apollo, Concerto In D; Prokofiev: 20 Visions Fugitives. Yuri Bashmet, Moscow Soloists

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs. Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Made In America. Joan Tower

  • Classical Crossover

    A Love Supreme: The Legacy Of John Coltrane. Turtle Island Quartet

  • Classical Album

    Mahler: Symphony No. 7. Michael Tilson Thomas, Andreas Neubronner

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Mahler: Symphony No. 7. Michael Tilson Thomas

  • Best Opera Recording

    Golijov: Ainadamar: Fountain Of Tears. Robert Spano, Valerie Gross, Sid McLauchlan, Kelley O'Connor, Jessica Rivera, Dawn Upshaw

  • Best Choral Performance

    Pärt: Da Pacem. Paul Hillier

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Messiaen: Oiseaux Exotiques (Exotic Birds). Angelin Chang

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    Chopin: Nocturnes. Maurizio Pollini

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Intimate Voices. Emerson String Quartet, Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel, Philip Setzer

  • Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

    Padilla: Sun Of Justice. Peter Rutenberg, Los Angeles Chamber Singers' Capella, Corey Carleton

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Rilke Songs. Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Golijov: Ainadamar: Fountain Of Tears. Osvaldo Golijov

  • Classical Crossover

    Simple Gifts. Bryn Terfel

  • Classical Album

    Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience. Leonard Slatkin, Tim Handley

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Shostakovich: Sym. No. 13. Mariss Jansons

  • Best Opera Recording

    Verdi: Falstaff. Colin Davis, James Mallinson, Carlos Alvarez, Bulent Bezduz, Marina Domashenko, Jane Henschel, Ana Ibarra, Maria José Moreno, Michele Pertusi

  • Best Choral Performance

    Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience. Leonard Slatkin

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Beethoven: Piano Cons. Nos. 2 & 3. Martha Argerich

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    Scriabin, Medtner, Stravinsky. Evgeny Kissin

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets. Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel, Philip Setzer

  • 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

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Bach: Cantatas. Thomas Quasthoff

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience. William Bolcom

  • Classical Crossover

    4 + Four. Turtle Island String Quartet, Ying Quartet

  • Classical Album

    Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls. Lorin Maazel, John Adams, Lawrence L. Rock

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls. Lorin Maazel

  • Best Opera Recording

    Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro. René Jacobs, Martin Sauer, Patrizia Ciofi, Véronique Gens, Simon Keenlyside, Angelika Kirchschlager, Lorenzo Regazzo

  • Best Choral Performance

    Berlioz: Requiem. Robert Spano

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Previn: Violin Concerto "Anne-Sophie"/Bernstein: Serenade. Anne-Sophie Mutter

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    Aire Latino (Morel, Villa-Lobos, Ponce, Etc.). David Russell

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Prokofiev (Arr. Pletnev): Cinderella - Suite For Two Pianos/Ravel: Ma Mère L'Oye. Mikhail Pletnev & Martha Argerich

  • Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

    Carlos Chávez - Complete Chamber Music, Vol. 2. Jeff Von Der Schmidt

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Ives: Songs (The Things Our Fathers Loved; The Housatonic At Stockbridge, Etc.). Susan Graham

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls. Lorin Maazel

  • Classical Crossover

    LAGQ's Guitar Heroes. Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

  • Classical Album

    Mahler: Symphony No. 3; Kindertotenlieder. Michael Tilson Thomas, Michelle DeYoung, Andreas Neubronner

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Mahler: Symphony No. 3. Pierre Boulez

  • Best Opera Recording

    Janácek: Jenufa. Bernard Haitink, Wolfram Graul, Jerry Hadley, Karita Mattila, Eva Randova, Anja Silja, Jorma Silvasti

  • Best Choral Performance

    Sibelius: Cantatas. Tiia-Ester Loitme, Ants Soots, Paavo Järvi

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Britten: Violin Concerto/Walton: Viola Concerto. Maxim Vengerov

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    Haydn: Piano Sonatas Nos. 29, 31, 34, 35 & 49. Emanuel Ax

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Berg: Lyric Suite. Jennifer Culp, Hank Dutt, David Harrington, John Sherba

  • Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

    Chávez: Suite For Double Quartet. Jeff Von Der Schmidt, Southwest Chamber Music

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Schubert: Lieder With Orchestra. Thomas Quasthoff, Anne Sofie von Otter

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Argento: Casa Guidi. Dominick Argento

  • Classical Crossover

    Obrigado Brazil. Yo-Yo Ma

  • Classical Album

    Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Sym. No. 1). Robert Spano, Norman Mackenzie, Thomas Moore

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Mahler: Symphony No. 6. Michael Tilson Thomas

  • Best Opera Recording

    Wagner: Tannhäuser. Jane Eaglen, Thomas Hampson, Waltraud Meier, Rene Pape, Peter Seiffert, Daniel Barenboim, Christoph Classen

  • Best Choral Performance

    Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Sym. No. 1). Robert Spano

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Brahms/Stravinsky: Violin Concertos. Hilary Hahn

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    Chopin: Études, Op. 10 & Op. 25. Murray Perahia

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Beethoven: String Quartets ("Razumovsky" Op. 59, 1-3; "Harp" Op. 74). Edward Dusinberre, András Fejér, Károly Schranz, Roger Tapping

  • Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

    Tavener: Lamentations & Praises. Joseph Jennings

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Bel Canto - Bellini, Donizetti & Rossini. Renée Fleming

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Tavener: Lamentations & Praises. John Tavener

  • Classical Crossover

    Previn Conducts Korngold - The Sea Hawk, Captain Blood, etc.. Andre Previn

  • Classical Album

    Berlioz: Les Troyens. Colin Davis, Michelle DeYoung, Ben Heppner, Petra Lang, Peter Mattei, Stephen Milling, Sara Mingardo, Kenneth Tarver, James Mallinson

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Boulez Conducts Varèse - Amériques, Arcana, Déserts & Ionisation. Pierre Boulez

  • Best Opera Recording

    Berlioz: Les Troyens. Michelle DeYoung, Ben Heppner, Petra Lang, Peter Mattei, Stephen Milling, Sara Mingardo, Kenneth Tarver, Colin Davis, James Mallinson

  • Best Choral Performance

    Bach: St. Matthew Passion. Norbert Balatsch, Erwin Ortner, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Strauss Wind Concertos - Horn Concerto; Oboe Concerto. Daniel Barenboim, Dale Clevenger, Larry Combs, Alex Klein, David McGill

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    Britten Cello Suites (1-3). Truls Mork

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Haydn: The Complete String Quartets. Brian Dembow, Stephen J. Erdody, Kathleen Lenski, Steven Miller, Sara Parkins

  • Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

    After Mozart - Raskatov, Silvestrov & Schnittke. Gidon Kremer

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Dreams & Fables - Gluck Italian Arias: Tremo Fra' Dubbi Miei; Di Questa Cetra In Seno. Cecilia Bartoli

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Rouse: Concert De Gaudí For Guitar & Orchestra. Christopher Rouse

  • Classical Crossover

    Perpetual Motion - Scarlatti, Bach, Debussy, Chopin. Béla Fleck

  • Classical Album

    Shostakovich: The String Quartets. Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel, Philip Setzer, Da-Hong Seetoo, Max Wilcox

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Mahler: Sym. No. 10. Simon Rattle

  • Best Opera Recording

    Busoni: Doktor Faust. Kim Begley, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich Henschel, Markus Hollop, Eva Jenis, Torsten Kerl, Kent Nagano, Martin Sauer

  • Best Choral Performance

    Penderecki: Credo. Helmuth Rilling

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Maw: Violin Concerto. Joshua Bell

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    Dreams Of A World - Works Of Lauro, Ruiz-Pipo & Duarte. Sharon Isbin

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Shostakovich: The String Quartets. Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel, Philip Setzer

  • Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

    Shadow Dances - Stravinsky Miniatures, Tango, Suite No. 1 & Octet. Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    The Vivaldi Album - Dell'aura al sussurrar, Alma oppressa. Cecilia Bartoli

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Crumb: Star-Child. George Crumb

  • Classical Crossover

    Appalachian Journey. Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Mark O'Connor

  • Classical Album

    Stravinsky: Firebird; The Rite Of Spring; Perséphone. Michael Tilson Thomas, Andreas Neubronner

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Stravinsky: Firebird; The Rite Of Spring; Perséphone. Michael Tilson Thomas

  • Best Opera Recording

    Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress. Ian Bostridge, Bryn Terfel, Anne Sofie von Otter, Deborah York, John Eliot Gardiner, Nicholas Parker

  • Best Choral Performance

    Britten: War Requiem. Robert Shafer

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3/Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3. Martha Argerich

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    Shostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues, Op. 87. Vladimir Ashkenazy

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas (Nos. 1-3, Op. 12; Nos. 1-3, Op. 30; "Spring" Sonata). Anne-Sophie Mutter, Lambert Orkis

  • Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

    Colors Of Love - Works Of Thomas, Stucky, Tavener & Rands. Joseph Jennings, conductor; Chanticleer

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Anne Sofie von Otter & Thomas Quasthoff

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Boulez: Répons. Pierre Boulez

  • Classical Crossover

    Schickele: Hornsmoke (Piano Concerto No. 2 In F Major "Ole"; Brass Calendar; Hornsmoke - A Horse Opera). Peter Schickele, Chestnut Brass Company

  • Classical Album

    Barber: Prayers Of Kierkegaard/Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem/Bartok: Cantata Profana. Robert Shaw, James Mallinson

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Mahler: Symphony No. 9. Pierre Boulez

  • Best Opera Recording

    Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle. Jessye Norman, Laszlo Polgar, Pierre Boulez, Karl-August Naegler

  • Best Choral Performance

    Barber: Prayers Of Kierkegaard/Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem/Bartok: Cantata Profana. Robert Shaw

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Penderecki: Violin Concerto No. 2 "Metamorphosen". Anne-Sophie Mutter

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    Bach: English Suites Nos. 1, 3 & 6. Murray Perahia

  • Chamber Music Performance

    American Scenes - Works Of Copland, Previn, Barber & Gershwin. Andre Previn, Gil Shaham

  • Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

    Reich: Music For 18 Musicians. Steve Reich & Musicians

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    The Beautiful Voice - Works Of Charpentier, Gounod, Massenet & Flotow. Renee Fleming

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Penderecki: Violin Concerto No. 2 "Metamorphosen". Krzysztof Penderecki

  • Classical Crossover

    Soul Of The Tango - The Music Of Astor Piazzolla. Yo-Yo Ma, Jorge Calandrelli

  • Classical Album

    Premieres - Cello Concertos (Works Of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse). Yo-Yo Ma, David Zinman, Steven Epstein

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Tristia. Pierre Boulez

  • 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

  • Best Choral Performance

    Adams: Harmonium/Rachmaninoff: The Bells. Robert Shaw

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Premieres - Cello Concertos (Works Of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse). Yo-Yo Ma

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    Bach: Suites For Solo Cello Nos. 1-6. Janos Starker

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Beethoven: The String Quartets. Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel, Philip Setzer

  • Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

    Hindemith: Kammermusik No. 1 With Finale 1921, Op. 24 No. 1. Claudio Abbado, conductor

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    An Italian Songbook - Works Of Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini. Cecilia Bartoli

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Adams: El Dorado. John Adams

  • Classical Album

    Corigliano: Of Rage And Remembrance. Leonard Slatkin, Joanna Nickrenz

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Prokofiev: Romeo And Juliet (Scenes From The Ballet). Michael Tilson Thomas

  • Best Opera Recording

    Britten: Peter Grimes. Philip Langridge, Alan Opie, Janice Watson, Richard Hickox, Brian Couzens

  • Best Choral Performance

    Walton: Belshazzar's Feast. Neville Creed, David Hill, Andrew Litton

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Bartók: The Three Piano Concertos. Yefim Bronfman

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    The Romantic Master - Works Of Saint-Saens, Handel. Earl Wild

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Corigliano: String Quartet. James Dunham, Paul Katz, William Preucil, Peter Salaff

  • Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

    Boulez: ...Explosante-Fixe.... Pierre Boulez, conductor; Ensemble Intercontemporain

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Opera Arias - Works Of Mozart, Wagner, Borodin. Bryn Terfel

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Corigliano: String Quartet. John Corigliano

  • Classical Album

    Debussy: La Mer; Nocturnes; Jeux. Pierre Boulez, Karl-August Naegler

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Debussy: La Mer. Pierre Boulez

  • Best Opera Recording

    Berlioz: Les Troyens. Gary Lakes, Francoise Pollet, Gino Quilico, Deborah Voigt, Charles Dutoit, Raymond Minshull

  • Best Choral Performance

    Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem. Herbert Blomstedt

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    The American Album - Works Of Bernstein, Barber, Foss. Itzhak Perlman

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    Schubert: Piano Sonatas (B Flat Major And A Major). Radu Lupu

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Brahms/Beethoven/Mozart: Clarinet Trios. Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma, Richard Stoltzman

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    The Echoing Air - The Music Of Henry Purcell. Sylvia McNair

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Messiaen: Concert A Quatre. Olivier Messiaen

  • Classical Album

    Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra; Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12. Pierre Boulez, Karl-August Naegler

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra: Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12. Pierre Boulez

  • Best Opera Recording

    Floyd: Susannah. Kenn Chester, Jerry Hadley, Samuel Ramey, Cheryl Studer, Kent Nagano, Martin Sauer

  • Best Choral Performance

    Berlioz: Messe Solennelle. John Eliot Gardiner, choral director

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    The New York Album - Works Of Albert, Bartok & Bloch. Yo-Yo Ma

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Nos. 32, 47, 53, 59. Emanuel Ax

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Beethoven/Mozart: Quintets (Chicago-Berlin). Daniel Barenboim, Dale Clevenger, Larry Combs, Daniele Damiano, Hansjorg Schellenberger

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    The Impatient Lover - Italian Songs By Beethoven, Schubert, Mozart. Cecilia Bartoli

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Albert: Cello Concerto. Stephen Albert

  • Classical Album

    Bartók: The Wooden Prince & Cantata Profana. Pierre Boulez, John Aler, John Tomlinson, Karl-August Naegler

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Bartók: The Wooden Prince. Pierre Boulez

  • 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

  • Best Choral Performance

    Bartók: Cantata Profana. Pierre Boulez

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Berg: Violin Concerto/Rihm: Time Chant. Anne-Sophie Mutter

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    Barber: The Complete Solo Piano Music. John Browning

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Ives: String Quartets Nos. 1, 2/Barber: String Quartet Op. 11 (American Originals). Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel, Philip Setzer

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    The Art Of Arleen Auger (Works Of Larsen, Purcell, Schumann, Mozart). Arleen Auger

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Carter: Violin Concerto. Elliott Carter

  • Classical Album

    Mahler: Symphony No. 9. Leonard Bernstein, Horst Dittberner

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Mahler: Symphony No. 9. Leonard Bernstein

  • 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

  • Best Choral Performance

    Orff: Carmina Burana. Herbert Blomstedt

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante/Tchaikovsky: Variations On A Rococo Theme. Yo-Yo Ma

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    Horowitz - Discovered Treasures (Chopin, Liszt, Scarlatti, Scriabin, Clementi). Vladimir Horowitz

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Brahms: Sonatas For Cello & Piano. Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Kathleen Battle At Carnegie Hall (Handel, Mozart, Liszt, Strauss, etc.). Kathleen Battle

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Barber: The Lovers. Samuel Barber

  • Classical Album

    Bernstein: Candide. Leonard Bernstein, June Anderson, Nicolai Gedda, Adolph Green, Jerry Hadley, Della Jones, Christa Ludwig, Kurt Ollmann, Hans Weber

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Corigliano: Symphony No. 1. Daniel Barenboim

  • Best Opera Recording

    Wagner: Gotterdammerung. Hildegard Behrens, Reiner Goldberg, Matti Salminen, Hanna Schwarz, Cheryl Studer, Bernd Weikl, Ekkehard Wlaschiha, James Levine, Cord Garben

  • Best Choral Performance

    Bach: Mass In B Minor. Georg Solti

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Barber: Piano Concerto. John Browning

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    Granados: Goyescas; Allegro De Concierto; Danza Lenta. Alicia De Larrocha

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Brahms: Piano Quartets (Op. 25 & 26). Emanuel Ax, Jaime Laredo, Yo-Yo Ma, Isaac Stern

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    The Girl With Orange Lips (Falla, Ravel, etc.). Dawn Upshaw

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Corigliano: Symphony No. 1. John Corigliano

  • Classical Album

    Ives: Sym. No. 2; Gong On The Hook And Ladder; Central Park In The Dark; The Unanswered Question. Leonard Bernstein, Hans Weber

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 7. Leonard Bernstein

  • 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

  • Best Choral Performance

    Walton: Belshazzar's Feast/Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Missa Brevis. Robert Shaw

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 In A Minor/Glazunov: Violin Concerto In A Minor. Itzhak Perlman

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    The Last Recording. Vladimir Horowitz

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Brahms: The Three Violin Sonatas. Daniel Barenboim, Itzhak Perlman

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti In Concert. Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo & Luciano Pavarotti

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Bernstein: Arias & Barcarolles. Leonard Bernstein

  • Classical Album

    Bartók: 6 String Quartets. Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel, Philip Setzer, Wolf Erichson

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Mahler: Symphony No. 3 In D Minor. Leonard Bernstein

  • Best Opera Recording

    Wagner: Die Walkuere. Hildegard Behrens, Gary Lakes, Christa Ludwig, Kurt Moll, James Morris, Jessye Norman, James Levine, Cord Garben

  • Best Choral Performance

    Britten: War Requiem. Robert Shaw

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Barber: Cello Concerto, Op. 22/Britten: Symphony For Cello And Orchestra, Op. 68. Yo-Yo Ma

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    Bach: English Suites. Andras Schiff

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Bartók: 6 String Quartets. Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel, Philip Setzer

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Knoxville - Summer Of 1915 (Music Of Barber, Menotti, Harbison, Stravinsky). Dawn Upshaw

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Reich: Different Trains. Steve Reich

  • Classical Album

    Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses. Robert Shaw, Robert Woods

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Rorem: String Symphony; Sunday Morning; Eagles. Louis Lane, Robert Shaw

  • Best Opera Recording

    Wagner: Lohengrin. Placido Domingo, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Siegmund Nimsgern, Jessye Norman, Eva Randova, Hans Sotin, Georg Solti, Christopher Raeburn

  • Best Choral Performance

    Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses. Robert Shaw

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23. Vladimir Horowitz

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    Albeniz: Iberia, Navarra, Suite Espagnola. Alicia De Larrocha

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Bartók: Sonata For Two Pianos & Percussion. David Corkhill, Evelyn Glennie, Murray Perahia, Georg Solti

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Luciano Pavarotti In Concert. Luciano Pavarotti

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Adams: Nixon In China. John Adams

  • Classical Album

    Horowitz In Moscow. Vladimir Horowitz, Thomas Frost

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 In D Minor. Georg Solti

  • Best Opera Recording

    R. Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos. Agnes Baltsa, Kathleen Battle, Gary Lakes, Hermann Prey, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, James Levine, Cord Garben

  • Best Choral Performance

    Hindemith: When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloom'd. Robert Shaw

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 2 And 4. Itzhak Perlman

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    Horowitz In Moscow. Vladimir Horowitz

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Beethoven: The Complete Piano Trios. Vladimir Ashkenazy, Lynn Harrell, Itzhak Perlman

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Kathleen Battle - Salzburg Recital. Kathleen Battle

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Penderecki: Cello Concerto No. 2. Krzysztof Penderecki

  • Classical Album

    Horowitz - The Studio Recordings, New York 1985. Vladimir Horowitz, Thomas Frost

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Liszt: A Faust Symphony. Georg Solti

  • 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

  • Best Choral Performance

    Orff: Carmina Burana. James Levine

  • Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (With Or Without Orchestra)

    Horowitz - The Studio Recordings, New York 1985. Vladimir Horowitz, piano

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Beethoven: Cello And Piano Sonata No. 4 In C & Variations. Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Mozart: Kathleen Battle Sings Mozart. Kathleen Battle

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 3. Witold Lutoslawski

  • Classical Album

    Berlioz: Requiem. John Aler, Robert Shaw, Robert Woods

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Faure: Pelleas Et Melisande. Robert Shaw

  • Best Opera Recording

    Schoenberg: Moses Und Aron. Philip Langridge, Franz Mazura, Georg Solti, James Mallinson

  • Best Choral Performance

    Berlioz: Requiem. Robert Shaw

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Elgar: Cello Concerto, Op. 85/Walton: Concerto For Cello & Orch.. Yo-Yo Ma

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    Ravel: Gaspard De La Nuit; Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte; Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales. Vladimir Ashkenazy

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Brahms: Cello And Piano Sonatas In E Minor And F. Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Berlioz: Requiem. John Aler, tenor

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Lloyd Webber: Requiem. Andrew Lloyd Webber

  • 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

  • Classical Album

    Amadeus. Neville Marriner, John Strauss

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In B Flat. Leonard Slatkin

  • Best Opera Recording

    Bizet: Carmen. Placido Domingo, Faith Esham, Julia Migenes, Ruggero Raimondi, Lorin Maazel, Michel Glotz

  • Best Choral Performance

    Brahms: A German Requiem. James Levine

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Wynton Marsalis-Edita Gruberova-Handel, Purcell, Etc,. Wynton Marsalis

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    Bach: The Unaccompanied Cello Suites. Yo-Yo Ma

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Beethoven: The Late String Quartets. Earl Carlyss, Joel Krosnick, Robert Mann, Samuel Rhodes

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Ravel: Songs Of Maurice Ravel. Jose Van Dam, Jessye Norman & Heather Harper

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Barber: Antony And Cleopatra. Samuel Barber

  • Classical Album

    Mahler: Symphony No. 9 In D. Georg Solti, James Mallinson

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Mahler: Symphony No. 9 In D. Georg Solti

  • 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

  • Best Opera Recording

    Verdi: La Traviata. Placido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil, Teresa Stratas, James Levine, Jay David Saks, Max Wilcox

  • Best Choral Performance

    Haydn: The Creation. Georg Solti

  • 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

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 12 & 13. Glenn Gould

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Brahms: Sonata For Cello And Piano In E Minor, Op. 38 And Sonata In F, Op. 99. Mstislav Rostropovich, Rudolf Serkin

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Leontyne Price & Marilyn Horne In Concert At The Met. Leontyne Price, Marilyn Horne

  • Classical Album

    Bach: The Goldberg Variations. Glenn Gould, Samuel H. Carter

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Mahler: Sym. No. 7 In E Min. (Song Of The Night). James Levine

  • 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

  • Best Choral Performance

    Berlioz: La Damnation De Faust. Georg Solti

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Elgar: Violin Concerto In B Minor. Itzhak Perlman

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    Bach: The Goldberg Variations. Glenn Gould

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Brahms: The Sonatas For Clarinet & Piano, Op. 120. Richard Goode, Richard Stoltzman

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Verdi: Arias (Leontyne Price Sings Verdi). Leontyne Price

  • Classical Album

    Mahler: Symphony No. 2 In C Minor. Georg Solti, James Mallinson

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Mahler: Symphony No. 2 In C Minor. Georg Solti

  • Best Opera Recording

    Janácek: From The House Of The Dead. Jiri Zahradnicek, Ivo Zidek, Vaclav Zitek, Charles Mackerras, James Mallinson

  • Best Choral Performance

    Haydn: The Creation. Neville Marriner

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration. Itzhak Perlman, Isaac Stern, Pinchas Zukerman

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    The Horowitz Concerts 1979/80. Vladimir Horowitz

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio In A Minor. Vladimir Ashkenazy, Lynn Harrell, Itzhak Perlman

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Live From Lincoln Center - Sutherland/Horne/Pavarotti. Marilyn Horne, Joan Sutherland & Luciano Pavarotti

  • Classical Album

    Berg: Lulu (Complete Version). Pierre Boulez, Gunther Breest, Michael Horwath

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 In A. Georg Solti

  • Best Opera Recording

    Berg: Lulu (Complete Version). Pierre Boulez, Gunther Breest, Michael Horwath

  • Best Choral Performance

    Mozart: Requiem. Norbert Balatsch, Carlo Maria Giulini

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Berg: Violin Concerto/Stravinsky: Violin Concerto In D. Itzhak Perlman

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Brahms: Violin And Cello Concerto In A Minor (Double Concerto). Itzhak Perlman, Mstislav Rostropovich

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    The Spanish Album. Itzhak Perlman

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Play Music For Two Violins (Moszkowski: Suite For Two Violins/Shostakovich: Duets/Prokofiev: Sonata For Two Violins). Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Prima Donna, Vol. 5 - Great Soprano Arias From Handel To Britten. Leontyne Price, soprano

  • Classical Album

    Brahms: Symphonies (1-4). Georg Solti, James Mallinson

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Brahms: Symphonies (1-4). Georg Solti

  • Best Opera Recording

    Britten: Peter Grimes. Colin Davis, Vittorio Negri

  • Best Choral Performance

    Brahms: A German Requiem. Georg Solti

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Bartók: Piano Cons. Nos. 1 & 2. Maurizio Pollini

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    The Horowitz Concerts 1978/79. Vladimir Horowitz

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Copland: Appalachian Spring. Dennis Russell Davies

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    O Sole Mio - Favorite Neapolitan Songs. Luciano Pavarotti

  • Classical Album

    Brahms: Concerto For Violin In D. Carlo Maria Giulini, Itzhak Perlman, Christopher Bishop

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Beethoven: Symphonies (9) (Complete). Herbert von Karajan

  • Best Opera Recording

    Lehar: The Merry Widow. Julius Rudel, John Coveney, George Sponhaltz

  • Best Choral Performance

    Beethoven: Missa Solemnis. Georg Solti

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Rachmaninoff: Con. No. 3 In D Minor For Piano (Horowitz Golden Jubilee). Vladimir Horowitz

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    The Horowitz Concerts 1977/78. Vladimir Horowitz

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Beethoven: Sonatas For Violin And Piano. Vladimir Ashkenazy, Itzhak Perlman

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Luciano Pavarotti - Hits From Lincoln Center. Luciano Pavarotti

  • Classical Album

    Concert Of The Century. Leonard Bernstein, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Vladimir Horowitz, Yehudi Menuhin, Mstislav Rostropovich, Isaac Stern, Lyndon Woodside, Thomas Frost

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Mahler: Symphony No. 9 In D. Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor

  • Best Opera Recording

    Gershwin: Porgy And Bess. John De Main, Thomas Z. Shepard

  • Best Choral Performance

    Verdi: Requiem. Georg Solti, conductor; Margaret Hillis, choral director (Various Artists)

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons. Itzhak Perlman

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 18 In E Flat/Schumann: Fantasiestucke, Op. 12. Artur Rubinstein

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Schoenberg: Quartets For Strings (Complete). Earl Carlyss, Joel Krosnick, Robert Mann, Samuel Rhodes

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Bach: Arias. Janet Baker

  • Classical Album

    Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos. Daniel Barenboim, Artur Rubinstein, Max Wilcox

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra. Georg Solti, conductor

  • Best Opera Recording

    Gershwin: Porgy And Bess. Lorin Maazel, Michael Woolcock

  • Best Choral Performance

    Rachmaninoff: The Bells. Andre Previn, conductor; Arthur Oldham, choral director

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos. Artur Rubinstein

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    Horowitz Concerts 1975/76. Vladimir Horowitz

  • Chamber Music Performance

    The Art Of Courtly Love. David Munrow

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Herbert: Music Of Victor Herbert. Beverly Sills, soprano

  • Classical Album

    Beethoven: Symphonies (9) Complete. Georg Solti, Raymond Minshull

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloe (Complete Ballet). Pierre Boulez, conductor

  • Best Opera Recording

    Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte. Colin Davis, Erik Smith

  • Best Choral Performance

    Orff: Carmina Burana. Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Robert Page, choral director

  • 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

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    Bach: Sonatas And Partitas For Violin Unaccompanied. Nathan Milstein

  • 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

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Mahler: Kindertotenlieder. Janet Baker

  • Classical Album

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique. Georg Solti, David Harvey

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique. Georg Solti, conductor

  • Best Opera Recording

    Puccini: La Boheme. Georg Solti, Richard Mohr

  • Best Choral Performance

    Berlioz: The Damnation Of Faust. Colin Davis, conductor

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1. David Oistrakh

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    Albeniz: Iberia. Alicia De Larrocha

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Brahms: Trios (Complete)/Schumann: Trio No. 1 In D Minor. Pierre Fournier, Artur Rubinstein, Henryk Szeryng

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Leontyne Price Sings Richard Strauss. Leontyne Price

  • Classical Album

    Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra. Pierre Boulez, Thomas Z. Shepard

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra. Pierre Boulez, conductor

  • Best Opera Recording

    Bizet: Carmen. Leonard Bernstein, Tom Mowrey

  • Best Choral Performance

    Walton: Belshazzer's Feast. Andre Previn, conductor; Arthur Oldham, choral director

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Beethoven: Concerti (5) For Piano And Orchestra. Vladimir Ashkenazy

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    Scriabin: Horowitz Plays Scriabin. Vladimir Horowitz

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Joplin: The Red Back Book. Gunther Schuller

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Puccini: Heroines. Leontyne Price, soprano

  • Classical Album

    Mahler: Symphony No. 8 In E Flat (Symphony Of A Thousand). Georg Solti, David Harvey

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Mahler: Symphony No. 7 In E Minor. Georg Solti, conductor

  • Best Opera Recording

    Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini. Colin Davis, Erik Smith

  • Best Choral Performance

    Mahler: Symphony No. 8 In E Flat (Symphony Of A Thousand). Georg Solti, conductor (Various Artists)

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 In B Flat. Artur Rubinstein

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    Horowitz Plays Chopin. Vladimir Horowitz

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Julian And John (Works By Lawes, Carulli, Albeniz, Granados). Julian Bream, John Christopher Williams

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Brahms: Die Schone Magelone. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone

  • Classical Album

    Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff (Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas). Vladimir Horowitz, Thomas Frost, Richard Killough

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Mahler: Symphony No. 1 In D. Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor

  • Best Opera Recording

    Verdi: Aida. Erich Leinsdorf, Richard Mohr

  • Best Choral Performance

    Berlioz: Requiem. Colin Davis, conductor

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Villa-Lobos: Concerto For Guitar. Julian Bream

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff (Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas). Vladimir Horowitz

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Debussy: Quartet In G Minor/Ravel: Quartet In F. Claus Adam, Earl Carlyss, Robert Mann, Samuel Rhodes

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Leontyne Price Sings Robert Schumann. Leontyne Price

  • Classical Album

    Berlioz: Les Troyens. Colin Davis, Erik Smith

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps. Pierre Boulez, conductor

  • Best Opera Recording

    Berlioz: Les Troyens. Colin Davis, Erik Smith

  • Best Choral Performance

    Ives: New Music Of Charles Ives. Gregg Smith

  • 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

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Beethoven: The Complete Piano Trios. Eugene Istomin, Leonard Rose, Isaac Stern

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Schubert: Lieder. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone

  • Classical Album

    Switched-On-Bach. Wendy Carlos, Rachel Elkind

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Boulez Conducts Debussy, Vol. 2 "Images Pour Orchestre". Pierre Boulez, conductor

  • Best Opera Recording

    Wagner: Siegfried. Herbert von Karajan, Otto Gerdes

  • Best Choral Performance

    Berio: Sinfonia. Luciano Berio, conductor; Ward Swingle, choir master

  • Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (With Or Without Orchestra)

    Switched-On-Bach. Walter Carlos

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Gabrieli: Antiphonal Music Of Gabrieli. Chicago Brass Ensemble, Cleveland Brass Ensemble, Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Barber: Two Scenes From Antony And Cleopatra/Knoxville: Summer Of 1915. Leontyne Price, soprano

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Boulez Conducts Debussy (La Mer; Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune; Jeux). Pierre Boulez, conductor

  • Best Opera Recording

    Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte. Erich Leinsdorf, Richard Mohr

  • Best Choral Performance

    The Glory Of Gabrieli. Gregg Smith

  • Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (With Or Without Orchestra)

    Horowitz On Television (Chopin, Scriabin, Scarlatti, Horowitz). Vladimir Horowitz, piano

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Glory Of Gabrieli Vol. II - Canzonas For Brass, Winds, Strings And Organ. E. Power Biggs, Vittorio Negri, Tarr Brass Ensemble

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Rossini: Rarities. Montserrat Caballe, soprano

  • Classical Album

    Berg: Wozzeck. Pierre Boulez, Thomas Z. Shepard

  • Classical Album

    Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Symphony Of A Thousand). Leonard Bernstein, John McClure

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Stravinsky: Firebird And Petrouchka Suites. Igor Stravinsky, conductor

  • Best Opera Recording

    Berg: Wozzeck. Pierre Boulez, Thomas Z. Shepard

  • Best Choral Performance

    Mahler: Symphony No. 8 In E Flat Major (Symphony Of A Thousand). Leonard Bernstein, conductor (Various Artists)

  • Best Choral Performance

    Orff: Catulli Carmina. Eugene Ormandy, conductor; Robert Page, chorus director

  • Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (With Or Without Orchestra)

    Horowitz In Concert (Haydn, Schumann, Scriabin, Debussy, Mozart, Chopin). Vladimir Horowitz, piano

  • Chamber Music Performance

    West Meets East. Yehudi Menuhin, Ravi Shankar

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Prima Donna, Volume 2. Leontyne Price, soprano

  • Classical Album

    Ives: Symphony No. 1 In D Minor. Morton Gould, Howard Scott

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Mahler: Symphony No. 6 In A Minor. Erich Leinsdorf, conductor

  • Best Opera Recording

    Wagner: Die Walkure. Georg Solti

  • Best Choral Performance

    Handel: Messiah. Robert Shaw

  • Best Choral Performance

    Ives: Music For Chorus. Gregg Smith

  • Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (With Or Without Orchestra)

    Baroque Guitar (Works Of Bach, Sanz, Weiss, Etc.). Julian Bream, guitar

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players - Works Of Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven, Fine, Copland, Carter, Piston. Boston Symphony Chamber Players

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Prima Donna (Works Of Barber, Purcell, Etc.). Leontyne Price, soprano

  • Classical Album

    Horowitz At Carnegie Hall - An Historic Return. Vladimir Horowitz, Thomas Frost

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Ives: Symphony No. 4. Leopold Stokowski, conductor

  • Best Opera Recording

    Berg: Wozzeck. Karl Bohm

  • Best Choral Performance

    Stravinsky: Symphony Of Psalms/Poulenc: Gloria. Robert Shaw

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 In G. Artur Rubinstein

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    Horowitz At Carnegie Hall - An Historic Return. Vladimir Horowitz

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Bartók: The Six String Quartets - Nos. 1-6. Claus Adam, Isidore Cohen, Raphael Hillyer, Robert Mann

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Strauss: Salome (Dance Of The Seven Veils, Interlude, Final Scene)/The Egyptian Helen (Awakening Scene). Leontyne Price, soprano

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Ives: Symphony No. 4. Charles Ives

  • Best New Classical Artist

    Bach: Goldberg Variations. Peter Serkin, piano

  • Classical Album

    Bernstein: Symphony No. 3 "Kaddish". Leonard Bernstein

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Mahler: Symphony No. 5/Berg: Wozzeck Excerpts. Erich Leinsdorf, conductor

  • Best Opera Recording

    Bizet: Carmen. Herbert von Karajan

  • Best Choral Performance

    Britten: A Ceremony Of Carols. Robert Shaw

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 In D. Isaac Stern

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    Vladimir Horowitz Plays Beethoven, Debussy, Chopin. Vladimir Horowitz

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Beethoven: Trio No. 1 In E Flat, Op. 1 #1. Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky

  • Chamber Music Performance

    It Was A Lover And His Lass. Noah Greenberg

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Berlioz: Nuits D'Ete (Song Cycle)/Falla: El Amor Brujo. Leontyne Price, soprano

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Barber: Piano Concerto. Samuel Barber

  • Best New Classical Artist

    The Age Of Bel Canto: Operatic Scenes (Boyngne, cond.). Marilyn Horne, mezzo soprano

  • Classical Album

    Britten: War Requiem. Benjamin Britten

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra. Erich Leinsdorf, conductor

  • Best Opera Recording

    Puccini: Madama Butterfly. Erich Leinsdorf

  • Best Choral Performance

    Britten: War Requiem. Lord Benjamin Britten, conductor; David Willcocks & Edward Chapman, choral directors (Pears, Vishnevskaya, Fischer-Dieskau)

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 In B Flat Minor. Artur Rubinstein

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    The Sound Of Horowitz. Vladimir Horowitz

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Evening Of Elizabethan Music. Julian Bream

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Great Scenes From Gershwin's Porgy And Bess. Leontyne Price, soprano

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Britten: War Requiem. Benjamin Britten

  • Best New Classical Artist

    Liszt: Concerto No. 1 For Piano & Orchestra (Bernstein, cond.; N.Y. Philharmonic). Andre Watts, piano

  • Classical Album

    Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz. Vladimir Horowitz

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Stravinsky: The Firebird Ballet. Igor Stravinsky, conductor

  • Best Opera Recording

    Verdi: Aida. Georg Solti

  • Best Choral Performance

    Bach: St. Matthew Passion. Otto Klemperer, conductor; Wilhelm Pitz, choir director

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Stravinsky: Violin Concerto In D. Isaac Stern

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz. Vladimir Horowitz

  • Chamber Music Performance

    The Heifetz-Piatigorsky Concerts With Primrose, Pennario And Guests. Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky, William Primrose

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Wagner: Gotterdamerung - Brunnhilde's Immolation Scene/Wesendonck Songs. Eileen Farrell, soprano

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Stravinsky: The Flood. Igor Stravinsky

  • Classical Album

    Stravinsky Conducts 1960: Le Sacre Du Printemps; Petrouchka. Igor Stravinsky

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloe. Charles Munch, conductor

  • Best Opera Recording

    Puccini: Madame Butterfly. Gabriele Santini

  • Best Choral Performance

    Bach: B Minor Mass. Robert Shaw

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1. Isaac Stern

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    Reverie For Spanish Guitar. Laurindo Almeida

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Beethoven: Serenade, Op. 8/Kodaly: Duo For Violin And Cello, Op. 7. Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky, William Primrose

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    The Art Of The Prima Donna. Joan Sutherland, soprano

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Almeida: Discantus. Laurindo Almeida

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Stravinsky: Movements For Piano And Orchestra. Igor Stravinsky

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Bartók: Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste. Fritz Reiner, conductor

  • Best Opera Recording

    Puccini: Turandot. Erich Leinsdorf

  • Best Choral Performance

    Handel: Messiah. Thomas Beecham, conductor

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 In B Flat. Sviatoslav Richter

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    The Spanish Guitars Of Laurindo Almeida. Laurindo Almeida

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Conversations With The Guitar. Laurindo Almeida

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    A Program Of Song - Leontyne Price Recital. Leontyne Price

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Copland: Orchestral Suite From Tender Land Suite. Aaron Copland

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Debussy: Images For Orchestra. Charles Munch, conductor

  • Best Classical Performance - Opera Cast Or Choral

    Mozart: The Marriage Of Figaro. Erich Leinsdorf

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3. Van Cliburn

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    Beethoven: Sonatas No. 21 In C (Waldstein) And No. 18 In E Flat. Artur Rubinstein

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Beethoven: Sonatas No. 21 In C (Waldstein) And No. 18 In E Flat. Artur Rubinstein

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Bjoerling In Opera. Jussi Bjoerling, tenor

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Gaiete Parisienne. Felix Slatkin, conductor

  • Best Classical Performance - Opera Cast Or Choral

    Virtuoso. Roger Wagner

  • Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr

    Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 In B Flat Minor, Op. 23. Van Cliburn

  • Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestr

    Segovia Golden Jubilee. Andres Segovia

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Beethoven: Quartet 130. Alvin Dinkin, Paul Shure, Eleanor Aller Slatkin, Felix Slatkin

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Operatic Recital. Renata Tebaldi, soprano

Previous Winners

Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie

Andris Nelsons

Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos

Yo-Yo Ma, Andris Nelsons

Dennehy: Land Of Winter

Alan Pierson, Alarm Will Sound

Telemann: Ino - Opera Arias For Soprano

Amanda Forsythe, Robert Mealy, Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs

Ortiz: Dzonot

Gabriela Ortiz

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