- Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina
Mark Donahue, John Hill & Dirk Sobotka, engineers - Have You Ever Been...?
Robert Friedrich, engineer - Mackey, Steven: Dreamhouse
David Frost, Tom Lazarus, Steven Mackey & Dirk Sobotka, engineers - Porter, Quincy: Complete Viola Works
Leslie Ann Jones, Kory Kruckenberg & David Sabee, engineers - Vocabularies
Steve Miller, Allen Sides & Roger Treece, engineers
Producer Of The Year, Classical
- Blanton Alspaugh
- David Frost
- Tim Handley
- Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin
- James Mallinson
Best Classical Album
- Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4
Mariss Jansons, conductor; Everett Porter, producer; Everett Porter, mastering engineer (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra) - Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer; Mark Donahue, John Hill & Dirk Sobotka, engineers/mixers (Terrence Wilson; Nashville Symphony Orchestra) - Mackey, Steven: Dreamhouse
Gil Rose, conductor; Rinde Eckert; Catch Electric Guitar Quartet; David Frost, producer; David Frost, Tom Lazarus, Steven Mackey & Dirk Sobotka, engineers/mixers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer (Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Synergy Vocals) - Sacrificium
Giovanni Antonini, conductor; Cecilia Bartoli; Arend Prohmann, producer; Philip Siney, engineer/mixer (Il Giardino Armonico) - Verdi: Requiem
Riccardo Muti, conductor; Duain Wolfe, chorus master; Christopher Alder, producer; David Frost, Tom Lazarus & Christopher Willis, engineers/mixers (Ildar Abdrazakov, Olga Borodina, Barbara Frittoli & Mario Zeffiri; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Chorus)
Best Orchestral Performance
- Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4
Mariss Jansons, conductor (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra) - Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor (Terrence Wilson; Nashville Symphony) - Mackey, Steven: Dreamhouse
Gil Rose, conductor; Rinde Eckert (Catch Electric Guitar Quartet; Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Synergy Vocals) - Salieri: Overtures & Stage Music
Thomas Fey, conductor (Mannheimer Mozartorchester) - Stravinsky: Pulcinella; Symphony In Three Movements; Four Études
Pierre Boulez, conductor (Roxana Constantinescu, Kyle Ketelsen & Nicholas Phan; Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
Best Opera Recording
- Berg: Lulu
Antonio Pappano, conductor; Agneta Eichenholz, Jennifer Larmore, Klaus Florian Vogt & Michael Volle; David Groves, producer (Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House) - Hasse: Marc' Antonio E Cleopatra
Matthew Dirst, conductor; Jamie Barton & Ava Pine; Keith Weber, producer (Ars Lyrica Houston) - Saariaho: L'Amour De Loin
Kent Nagano, conductor; Daniel Belcher, Ekaterina Lekhina & Marie-Ange Todorovitch; Martin Sauer, producer (Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; Rundfunkchor Berlin) - Shchedrin: The Enchanted Wanderer
Valery Gergiev, conductor; Evgeny Akimov, Sergei Aleksashkin & Kristina Kapustinskaya; James Mallinson, producer (Orchestra Of The Mariinsky Theatre; Chorus Of The Mariinsky Theatre) - Sullivan: Ivanhoe
David Lloyd-Jones, conductor; Neal Davies, Geraldine McGreevy, James Rutherford, Toby Spence & Janice Watson; Brian Pidgeon, producer (BBC National Orchestra Of Wales; Adrian Partington Singers)
Best Choral Performance
- Bach: Cantatas
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor; Erwin Ortner, chorus master (Bernarda Fink, Gerald Finley, Christian Gerhaher, Werner Güra, Julia Kleiter, Christine Schäfer, Anton Scharinger & Kurt Streit; Concentus Musicau Wien; Arnold Schoenberg Chor) - Baltic Runes
Paul Hillier, conductor (Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir) - Haydn: The Creation
René Jacobs, conductor; Hans-Christoph Rademann, choir director (Julia Kleiter, Maximilian Schmitt & Johannes Weisser; Freiburger Barockorchester; RIAS Kammerchor) - Martin: Golgotha
Daniel Reuss, conductor (Judith Gauthier, Marianne Beate Kielland, Adrian Thompson, Mattijs Van De Woerd & Konstantin Wolff; Estonian National Symphony Orchestra; Cappella Amsterdam & Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir) - Verdi: Requiem
Riccardo Muti, conductor; Duain Wolfe, chorus master (Ildar Abdrazakov, Olga Borodina, Barbara Frittoli & Mario Zeffiri; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Chorus)
Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)
- Daugherty: Deus Ex Machina
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Terrence Wilson (Nashville Symphony)
Track from: Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony - Dorman, Avner: Mandolin Concerto
Andrew Cyr, conductor; Avi Avital (Metropolis Ensemble)
Track from: Dorman, Avner: Mandolin Concerto; Piccolo Concerto; Concerto Grosso; Piano Concerto - Kletzki: Piano Concerto In D Minor, Op. 22
Thomas Sanderling, conductor; Joseph Banowetz (Russian Philharmonic Orchestra)
Track from: Kletzki: Piano Concerto - Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 24
Mitsuko Uchida (The Cleveland Orchestra) - Porter, Quincy: Concerto For Viola & Orchestra
John McLaughlin Williams, conductor; Eliesha Nelson (Northwest Sinfonia)
Track from: Porter, Quincy: Complete Viola Works
Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)
- Chopin: The Nocturnes
Nelson Freire - Hamelin: Études
Marc-André Hamelin - Messiaen: Livre Du Saint-Sacrement
Paul Jacobs - Paganini: 24 Caprices
Julia Fischer - 20th Century Harp Sonatas
Sarah Schuster Ericsson
Best Chamber Music Performance
- Beethoven: Complete Sonatas For Violin & Piano
Isabelle Faust & Alexander Melnikov - Gnattali: Solo & Chamber Works For Guitar
Marc Regnier (Tacy Edwards, Natalia Khoma & Marco Sartor) - Ligeti: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2
Parker Quartet - Porter, Quincy: Complete Viola Works
Eliesha Nelson & John McLaughlin Williams (Douglas Rioth; Northwest Sinfonia) - Schoenberg: String Quartets Nos. 3 & 4
YFred Sherry String Quartet (Christopher Oldfather & Rolf Schulte)
