Best Chamber Music Performance
(Award to the Artists.)- On The Threshold Of Hope
Artists Of The Royal Conservatory Ensemble (Richard Margison, Joaquin Valdepeñas & Diane Werner) [RCA Red Seal] - Saint-Saëns/Poulenc/Devienne/Milhaud
Oleg Maisenberg & Sabine Meyer [EMI Classics] - Strange Imaginary Animals
Eighth Blackbird [Cedille Records] - Tchaikovsky: Three String Quartets, Souvenir De Florence
Ying Quartet (James Dunham & Paul Katz) [Telarc] - 30 Songs Of The Russian People
Joseph Banowetz & Alton Chung Ming Chan
Track from: Balakirev And Russian Folksong [Toccata Classics]
Best Small Ensemble Performance
(Award to the Ensemble (and to the Conductor.))- Bach: Brandenburg Concertos
Swiss Baroque Soloists [Naxos] - Bridges - Eddie Daniels Plays The Music Of Frank Proto
Frank Proto, conductor; Eddie Daniels; Ensemble Sans Frontière [Red Mark] - Mahler: Das Lied Von Der Erde
Kenneth Slowik, conductor; The Smithsonian Chamber Players & Santa Fe Pro Musica [Dorian Recordings/ Sono Luminus] - Music For Compline
Stile Antico [Harmonia Mundi] - Stravinsky: Apollo, Concerto In D; Prokofiev: 20 Visions Fugitives
Yuri Bashmet, conductor; Moscow Soloists [Onyx Classics]
Best Classical Vocal Performance
(Award to the Vocal Soloist(s).)- Gitano - Zarzuela Arias
Rolando Villazón (Plácido Domingo; Orquesta De La Comunidad De Madrid) [Virgin Classics] - Homage: The Age Of The Diva
Renée Fleming (Valery Gergiev; Orchestra Of The Mariinsky Theatre) [Decca Records] - Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (James Levine; Boston Symphony Orchestra) [Nonesuch Records] - Russian Album
Anna Netrebko (Valery Gergiev; Orchestra Of The Mariinsky Theatre) [Deutsche Grammophon] - Sea Pictures, Op. 37
Sarah Connolly (Simon Wright; Bournemouth Symphony Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra) Track from: Elgar: Sea Pictures [Naxos]
Best Classical Contemporary Composition
(A Composer's Award. (For a contemporary classical composition composed within the last 25 years, and released for the first time during the Eligibility Year.))- Amargós: Northern Concerto
Joan Albert Amargós (Lan Shui, conductor; Danish National Symphony Orchestra/DR)
Track from: Movements - Michala Petri Plays Amargós/Börtz/Stucky [OUR Recordings] - Chesky: Concerto For Bassoon And Orchestra
David Chesky (Rossen Gergov, conductor; Symphony Orchestra Of Norrlands Opera)
Track from: Urban Concertos [Chesky Records] - Higdon: Zaka
Jennifer Higdon (Eighth Blackbird)
Track from: Strange Imaginary Animals [Cedille Records] - Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs
Peter Lieberson (James Levine, conductor; Boston Symphony Orchestra) [Nonesuch] - Made In America
Joan Tower (Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Nashville Symphony Orchestra)
Track from: Tower: Made In America [Naxos]
Best Classical Crossover Album
(Award to the Artist(s) and/or to the Conductor.)- The Jazz Album - Watch What Happens
Thomas Quasthoff [Deutsche Grammophon] - A Love Supreme: The Legacy Of John Coltrane
Turtle Island Quartet [Telarc] - Spirit Of The Season
Craig Jessop & Mack Wilberg, conductors (Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Orchestra At Temple Square) [Mormon Tabernacle Choir] - Whirled Chamber Music
Quartet San Francisco [Violinjazz Recordings] - Wolfgang's Big Night Out
Brian Setzer (The Brian Setzer Orchestra) [Surfdog Records]
