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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]
(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]
(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]

