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Best Choral Performance(Award to the Choral Conductor, and to the Orchestra Conductor if an Orchestra is on the recording, and to the Choral Director or Chorus Master if applicable.)
- Bernstein: Mass
Kent Nagano, conductor; Simon Halsey & Kai-Uwe Jirka, choir directors; Richard Grant & Lynne Morrow, chorus masters (Julian Frischling & Jerry Hadley; Rundfunkchor Berlin, Staats-Und Domchor Berlin & Soloists Of The Pacific Mozart Ensemble; Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin) [Harmonia Mundi] - 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 (Christine Brewer, Measha Brueggergosman, Ilana Davidson, Nmon Ford, Linda Hohenfeld, Joan Morris, Carmen Pelton, Marietta Simpson & Thomas Young; Michigan State University Children's Choir, University Of Michigan Chamber Choir, University Of Michigan Orpheus Singers, University Of Michigan University Choir & University Musical Society Choral Union; University Of Michigan School Of Music Symphony Orchestra) [Naxos] - Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna
Stephen Layton, conductor (Polyphony; Britten Sinfonia) [Hyperion] - Penderecki: A Polish Requiem
Antoni Wit, conductor; Henryk Wojnarowski, chorus master (Izabela Klosinska, Ryszard Minkiewicz, Piotr Nowacki & Jadwiga Rappé; Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir; Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra) [Naxos] - Schoenberg: Accentus
Laurence Equilbey, choir director (Jonathan Nott; Accentus; Ensemble Intercontemporain) [Naive]
(Award to the Instrumental Soloist(s) and to the Conductor.)
- Beethoven: Piano Cons. Nos. 2 & 3
Claudio Abbado, conductor; Martha Argerich (Mahler Chamber Orchestra) [Deutsche Grammophon] - Concerto For String Quartet And Orchestra
Robert Craft, conductor; Fred Sherry String Quartet (Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble) Track from: Schoenberg: Concerto For String Quartet And Orchestra [Naxos] - Eventide
JoAnn Falletta, conductor; Thomas Stacy (London Symphony Orchestra) Track from: Fuchs: An American Place [Naxos] - Schumann: Cello Concerto; Bloch: Schelomo
Paavo Järvi, conductor; Truls Mørk (Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio France)[Virgin Classics] - UFO
Marin Alsop, conductor; Evelyn Glennie (Colorado Symphony Orchestra) Track from: Daugherty: Philadelphia Stories [Naxos]
(Award to the Instrumental Soloist.)
- Chopin: Études, Op. 10, Barcarolle, Op. 60, Son. No.2
Nelson Freire [Decca] - Night Breeze - Harp Music Of Carlos Salzedo
Sarah Schuster Ericsson [Cambria Master Recordings] - Scriabin, Medtner, Stravinsky
Evgeny Kissin [BMG Classics RCA Red Seal] - Szymanowski: Piano Son. No. 3, Métopes, Masques
Piotr Anderszewski [Virgin Classics] - Vengerov: Kreisler, Sarasate, Paganini, Wieniawski
Maxim Vengerov (Ian Brown) [EMI Classics]
(Award to the Artists.)
- A La Carte - Short Works For Winds
The Borealis Wind Quintet [MSR Classics] - Bartók: The Six String Quartets
Vermeer Quartet [Naxos] - Borodin Quartet 60th Anniversary
Borodin Quartet [Onyx] - Martha Argerich And Friends: Live From The Lugano Festival
Martha Argerich [EMI Classics] - Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets
Emerson String Quartet [Deutsche Grammophon]
(Award to the Ensemble (and to the Conductor.))
- Ancient Voices Of Children David Colson, conductor; Tony Arnold, Courtney Hershey Bress, Kathryn Dupuy Cooper, Mark Foster, Susan Grace, William Hill, John Kinzie, Justin Murray, David Starobin & Dale Stuckenbruck Track from: Complete Crumb Edition, Volume Nine [Bridge Records, Inc.]
- Boulez: Le Marteau Sans Maître, Dérive 1 & 2
Pierre Boulez, conductor; Hilary Summers; Ensemble Intercontemporain [Deutsche Grammophon] - Chávez: Complete Chamber Music, Vol. 3
Jeff Von Der Schmidt, conductor; Southwest Chamber Music & Tambuco Percussion Ensemble [Cambria Master Recordings] - Harbison: Mottetti Di Montale
David Hoose, conductor; Janice Felty & Margaret Lattimore; Collage New Music [Koch International Classics] - O Magnum Mysterium
Nicholas White, conductor; The Tiffany Consort [MSR Classics]
