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48th Annual GRAMMY Award Nominees for Classical Music

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

By Aaron Green, About.com

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Best Classical Vocal Performance
(Award to the Vocal Soloist(s).)
  • Bach: Cantatas
    Thomas Quasthoff (Rainer Kussmaul; Members Of The RIAS Chamber Choir; Berlin Baroque Soloists) [Deutsche Grammophon]
  • Bolcom: Songs
    Carole Farley (William Bolcom) [Naxos]
  • Gounod - Massenet: Arias
    Rolando Villazón (Evelino Pido; Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio France) [Virgin Classics]
  • Opera Proibita
    Cecilia Bartoli (Marc Minkowski; Les Musiciens Du Louvre) [Decca]
  • Strauss: Amor
    Natalie Dessay (Antonio Pappano; Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden) [Virgin Classics]
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.))
  • Ayre
    Osvaldo Golijov (Dawn Upshaw)
    Track from: Golijov: Ayre; Berio: Folk Songs [Deutsche Grammophon]
  • Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience
    William Bolcom (Leonard Slatkin) [Naxos]
  • Boyer: Ellis Island: The Dream Of America
    Peter Boyer (Peter Boyer) [Naxos]
  • Franzetti: Corpus Evita
    Carlos Franzetti (José Luis Moscovich) [Amapola Records]
  • Nine Episodes For Four Players
    Ned Rorem (Contrasts Quartet)
    Track from: Rorem: Nine Episodes For Four Players [Phoenix USA]
Best Classical Crossover Album
(Award to the Artist(s) and/or to the Conductor.)
  • The Classical Underground
    Imani Winds [Koch International Classics]
  • 4 + Four
    Turtle Island String Quartet & Ying Quartet [Telarc]
  • The Jazz Chamber Trio
    Paquito D'Rivera & The Jazz Chamber Trio [Chesky Records]
  • Jobim: Symphonic Jobim
    Roberto Minczuk, conductor (Orquestra Sinfônica Do Estado De São Paulo) [Adventure Music]
  • Steiner: The Adventures Of Mark Twain
    William Stromberg, conductor (Moscow Symphony Orchestra) [Naxos]

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