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48th Annual GRAMMY Award Nominees for Classical Music

Recordings Released between Oct. 1, 2004, and Sept. 30, 2005

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Best Engineered Album, Classical
(An Engineer's Award. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.))
  • Bolcom: Songs
    Tim Handley, engineer (Carole Farley & William Bolcom) [Naxos]
  • Britten, Bartok & Hartmann
    Jin Choi, Jean-Marie Geijsen & Erdo Groot, engineers (Gordan Nikolic & Netherlands Chamber Orchestra) [PentaTone Classics]
  • Bruckner: Sym. No. 7
    Roger De Schot & Erdo Groot, engineers (Yakov Kreizberg & Wiener Symphoniker) [PentaTone Classics]
  • Chesky: Area 31
    Barry Wolifson, engineer (Anthony Aibel & Area 31) [Chesky Records]
  • Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets
    Da-Hong Seetoo, engineer (Emerson String Quartet) [Deutsche Grammophon]
Producer Of The Year, Classical
(A Producer's Award. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.))
  • Christopher Alder
    -Bach: Cantatas (Thomas Quasthoff, Rainer Kussmaul, Members Of The RIAS-Kammerchor, Berlin Baroque Soloists)
    -Beethoven: Piano Cons. Nos. 2 & 3 (Martha Argerich, Claudio Abbado & Mahler Chamber Orchestra)
    -Chopin: Scherzi / Impromptus (Yundi Li)
    -Lamento (Magdalena Kožená, Reinhard Goebel & Musica Antiqua Köln)
  • Steven Epstein
    -Brahms: Music For 2 Pianos (Yefim Bronfman & Emanuel Ax)
    -Music For Organ, Brass And Timpani (Anthony Newman, Graham Ashton, Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble & Duncan Patton)
    -Silk Road Journeys: Beyond The Horizon (Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble)
  • Michael Fine
    -Fuchs: An American Place (JoAnn Falletta & London Symphony Orchestra)
    -Ranjbaran: Persian Trilogy (JoAnn Falletta & London Symphony Orchestra)
    -Soul Of Tango (Gisèle Ben-Dor, Juanjo Mosalini & Santa Barbara Symphony)
  • Tim Handley
    -Adams: Shaker Loops (Marin Alsop)
    -Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience (Leonard Slatkin, Christine Brewer & Joan Morris)
    -Brahms: Sym. No. 1 (Marin Alsop & London Philharmonic Orchestra)
    -Daugherty: Philadelphia Stories (Marin Alsop & Evelyn Glennie)
    -Glass: Syms. Nos. 2 And 3 (Marin Alsop & Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra)
  • Thomas C. Moore
    -Chausson: Le Roi Arthus (Leon Botstein, Apollo Voices, A. Kennedy, D. McIntyre, G. Sorenson, D. Okulitch, F. Le Roux, S. O'Neill, S. Bullock & A. Schroeder)
    -4 + Four (Turtle Island String Quartet With Ying Quartet)
    -Mozart: Flute Cons., Sym. No. 41 (Martin Pearlman & Boston Baroque)
Best Classical Album
(Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s) if other than the Artist.)
  • Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience
    Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Jerry Blackstone, William Hammer, Jason Harris, Christopher Kiver, Carole Ott & Mary Alice Stollak, choir directors; Tim Handley, producer (Christine Brewer & Joan Morris; University Of Michigan School Of Music Symphony Orchestra) [Naxos]
  • Chávez: Complete Chamber Music, Vol. 3
    Jeff Von Der Schmidt, conductor; Southwest Chamber Music & Tambuco Percussion Ensemble; Jan Karlin & Matthew Snyder, producers [Cambria Master Recordings]
  • Martha Argerich And Friends: Live From The Lugano Festival
    Martha Argerich; Ulrich Ruscher, producer [EMI Classics]
  • Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets
    Emerson String Quartet; Da-Hong Seetoo, producer [Deutsche Grammophon]
  • Shostakovich: Sym. No. 13
    Mariss Jansons, conductor; Sergei Aleksashkin; Wilhelm Meister, producer (Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks) [EMI Classics]
Best Orchestral Performance
(Award to the Conductor and to the Orchestra.)
  • Antheil: Sym. No. 3 "American"
    Hugh Wolff, conductor (Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt) [CPO]
  • Bruckner: Sym. No. 7
    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor (Wiener Symphoniker) [PentaTone Classics]
  • Mussorgsky/Stokowski: Pictures At An Exhibition
    José Serebrier, conductor (Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra) [Naxos]
  • Popov: Sym. No. 1; Shostakovich: Theme & Variations
    Leon Botstein, conductor (London Symphony Orchestra) [Telarc]
  • Shostakovich: Sym. No. 13
    Mariss Jansons, conductor (Sergei Aleksashkin; Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks) [EMI Classics]
Best Opera Recording
(Award to the Conductor, Album Producer(s) and Principal Soloists.)
  • Britten: Death In Venice
    Richard Hickox, conductor; Michael Chance, Philip Langridge & Alan Opie; Brian Couzens, producer (BBC Singers; City Of London Sinfonia) [Chandos Records Ltd]
  • Conradi: Ariadne
    Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Barbara Borden, Karina Gauvin, Ellen Hargis, Jan Kobow, Julian Podger, Marek Rzepka, James Taylor & Matthew White; Renate Wolter-Seevers, producer (Boston Early Music Festival Chorus; Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra) [CPO]
  • Strauss, R.: Daphne
    Semyon Bychkov, conductor; Johan Botha, Renée Fleming, Anna Larsson, Michael Schade & Kwanchul Youn; Michael Haas, producer (West German Radio Symphony Orchestra (Köln)) [Decca]
  • Verdi: Falstaff
    Sir Colin Davis, conductor; Carlos Alvarez, Bülent Bezdüz, Marina Domashenko, Jane Henschel, Ana Ibarra, Maria Josè Moreno & Michele Pertusi; James Mallinson, producer (London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra) [LSO Live]
  • Vivaldi: Bajazet
    Fabio Biondi, conductor; Patrizia Ciofi, David Daniels, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Elina Garanca, Vivica Genaux & Marijana Mijanovic; Nicolas Bartholomée, producer (Europa Galante) [Virgin Classics]

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