Grammy Nominees -- Classical

Best Classical Album:

(Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s) if other than the Artist.)

• Bartok: Violin Con. No. 2; Rhapsodies Nos. 1 & 2
  Gil Shaham, violin; Pierre Boulez, conductor; Christian Gansch, producer (Chicago Sym. Orch.), Deutsche Grammophon

• Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas (Nos. 1-3, Op. 12; Nos. 1-3, Op. 30; "Spring" Sonata, Etc.)
  Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Lambert Orkis, piano; Ulrich Vette, producer, Deutsche Grammophon

• Dvorak: Stabat Mater
  Robert Shaw, conductor; Robert Woods, producer (Nathan Berg, bass-baritone; Christine Goerke, soprano; Stanford Olsen, tenor; Marietta Simpson, mezzo soprano; Atlanta Sym. Orch. Cho.; Atlanta Sym. Orch.), Telarc

• Nielsen: Maskarade
  Ulf Schirmer, conductor; Henriette Bonde-Hansen; Aage Haugland; Gert-Henning Jensen; Kurt Ravn; Susanne Resmark; Bo Skovhus; Chris Hazell, producer (Various Artists; The Danish National Radio Cho.; The Danish National Radio Sym. Orch.), Decca

• Stravinsky: Firebird; The Rite Of Spring; Persephone
  Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Andreas Neubronner, producer (Vance George, choir director; Joyce Keil, choir director; Stuart Neill, tenor; Sharon J. Paul, choir director; Ragazzi, The Peninsula Boys Cho.; San Francisco Sym. Cho.; San Francisco Girls Cho.; Stephanie Cosserat, narrator; San Francisco Sym.), RCA Victor Red Seal

Best Orchestral Performance:

(Award to the Conductor and to the Orchestra.)

• Mahler: Sym. No. 1
  Pierre Boulez, conductor (Chicago Sym. Orch.), Deutsche Grammophon

• Mahler: Sym. No. 3
  Sir Simon Rattle, conductor (Simon Halsey, choir director; Birgit Remmert, contralto; City of Birmingham Sym. Youth Cho.; Ladies of the City of Birmingham Sym. Cho.; City of Birmingham Sym. Orch.)
  Album: Mahler: Sym. No. 3; 8 Lieder From "Des Knaben Wunderhorn," EMI Classics

• Mahler: Sym. No. 9
  Benjamin Zander, conductor (Philharmonia Orch.), Telarc

• Revueltas: Sensemaya (Sensemaya; Ocho Por Radio; First Little Serious Piece, Etc.)
  Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (Los Angeles Phil. New Music Group; Los Angeles Phil.), Sony Classical

• Stravinsky: Firebird; The Rite Of Spring; Persephone
  Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (Joyce Keil, choir director; Stuart Neill, tenor; Sharon J. Paul, choir director; Ragazzi, The Peninsula Boys Cho.; San Francisco Sym. Cho.; San Francisco Girls Cho.; Stephanie Cosserat, narrator; San Francisco Sym.), RCA Victor Red Seal

Best Opera Recording:

(Award to the Conductor, Album Producer(s), and Principal Soloists.),

• Ades: Powder Her Face
  Thomas Ades, conductor; Valdine Anderson; Roger Bryson; Jill Gomez; Niall Morris; Chris de Souza, producer (Almeida Ens.), EMI Classics

• Dvorak: Rusalka
  Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor; Renee Fleming; Ben Heppner; Michael Haas, producer (Various Artists; The Kuhn Mixed Cho.; Czech Phil. Orch.), London/Decca

• Ligeti: Le Grand Macabre
  Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Laura Claycomb; Sibylle Ehlert; Charlotte Hellekant; Derek Lee Ragin; Jard van Nes; Ulrich Schneider, producer (Various Artists; London Sinfonietta Voices; Philharmonia Orch.), Sony Classical

• Messiaen: Saint Francois d'Assise
  Kent Nagano, conductor; Dawn Upshaw, soprano; Jose van Dam, baritone; Sid McLauchlan, producer (Arnold Schoenberg Chor.; Halle Orch.), Deutsche Grammophon

• Nielsen: Maskarade
  Ulf Schirmer, conductor; Henriette Bonde-Hansen; Aage Haugland; Gert-Henning Jensen; Kurt Ravn; Susanne Resmark; Bo Skovhus; Chris Hazell, producer (Various Artists; The Danish National Radio Cho.; The Danish National Radio Sym. Orch.), Decca

• Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress
  John Eliot Gardiner, conductor; Ian Bostridge; Bryn Terfel; Anne Sofie von Otter; Deborah York; Nicholas Parker, producer (Monteverdi Cho.; London Sym. Orch.), Deutsche Grammophon

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.)

• Britten: War Requiem
  Robert Shafer, conductor; Joan McFarland, choir director; Betty Scott, choir director (Richard Clement, tenor; Christine Goerke, soprano; Richard Stilwell, baritone; Maryland Boy Cho.; Shenandoah Conservatory Cho.; The Washington Cho.; The Washington Orch.), The Washington Chorus

• Handel: Solomon
  Paul McCreesh, conductor (Inger Dam-Jenson, soprano; Andreas Scholl, countertenor; Various Artists; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Players), Archiv

• Schmidt: Book Of The Seven Seals
  Franz Welser-Most, conductor; Michael Glaser, chorus master (Stig Andersen, tenor; Rene Pape, bass; Various Artists; Bavarian Radio Cho.; Bavarian Radio Sym. Orch.), EMI Classics

• Schubert: Mass In A Flat
  John Eliot Gardiner, conductor (Neill Archer, tenor; Michael George, bass; Sally Bruce Payne, mezzo soprano; Deborah York, soprano; Monteverdi Cho.; Orch. Revolutionnaire et Romantique), Philips

• Walton: Belshazzar's Feast
  Sir Simon Rattle, conductor; Simon Halsey, choir director; Gareth Morrell, choir director (Thomas Hampson, baritone; City of Birmingham Sym. Cho.; The Cleveland Orch. Cho.; City of Birmingham Sym. Orch.)
  Album: Walton: Belshazzar's Feast; Sym. No. 1, EMI Classics

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra):

(Award to the Instrumental Soloist(s) and to the Conductor.)

• Bartok: Violin Con. No. 2; Rhapsodies Nos. 1 & 2
  Gil Shaham, violin; Pierre Boulez, conductor (Chicago Sym. Orch.), Deutsche Grammophon

• Beethoven: Violin Concerto/Bernstein: Serenade
  Hilary Hahn, violin; David Zinman, conductor (Baltimore Sym. Orch.), Sony Classical

• Britten: Double Concerto In B Min.
  Yuri Bashmet, viola; Gidon Kremer, violin; Kent Nagano, conductor (Halle Orch.)
  Track from: Britten: Double Concerto; Two Portraits; Young Apollo; Sinfonietta, Erato

• Prokofiev: Piano Cons. Nos. 1 & 3/Bartok: Piano Con. No. 3
  Martha Argerich, piano; Charles Dutoit, conductor (Orch. Sym. de Montr al), EMI Classics

• Scriabin: Piano Concerto
  Anatol Ugorski, piano; Pierre Boulez, conductor (Chicago Sym. Orch.)
  Track from: Scriabin: Le Poeme de l'extase; Piano Concerto; Promethee, Deutsche Grammophon

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra):

(Award to the Instrumental Soloist.)

• Bach: English Suites Nos. 2, 4 & 5
  Murray Perahia, piano, Sony Classical

• Chopin: The Four Ballades; Berceuse, Op. 57; Barcarolle, Op. 60; Scherzo No. 4, Op. 54
  Evgeny Kissin, piano, RCA Victor Red Seal

• Confrey: Piano Music (Kitten On The Keys; African Suite; Moods Of A New Yorker, Etc.)
  Eteri Andjaparidze, piano, Naxos

• Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated; Down By The Riverside; Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
  Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano, Hyperion

• Shostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues, Op. 87
  Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano, Decca

Best Chamber Music Performance:

(Award to the Artists.)

• Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas (Nos. 1-3, Op. 12; Nos. 1-3, Op. 30; "Spring" Sonata, Etc.)
  Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Lambert Orkis, piano, Deutsche Grammophon

• Dvorak: Piano Trio "Dumky", Op. 90/Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2/Rachmaninov: Vocalise
  Eroica Trio, EMI Classics

• Hindemith: Quartet For Clarinet, Violin, Cello And Piano/Shostakovich: Piano Quintet In G Min., Op. 57
  Boston Sym. Cham. Players; Gilbert Kalish, piano, Arabesque Recordings

• Schubert: The "Trout" Quintet/Wolf: Italian Serenade/Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
  Joseph Carver, double bass; Andreas Haefliger, piano; Takacs Quartet, London Records

• Tchaikovsky/Shostakovich: Piano Trios
  Martha Argerich, piano; Gidon Kremer, violin; Mischa Maisky, violoncello, Deutsche Grammophon

Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor):

(Award to the Ensemble and to the Conductor.)

• Brahms: Quintet In B Min. For Viola & Strings Arr. By Bashmet/Shostakovich: Thirteenth String Quartet In B Flat Min. Arr. By A. Tchaikovsky
  Yuri Bashmet, viola; Moscow Soloists, Sony Classical

• Colors Of Love (Works Of Thomas, Stucky, Tavener, Rands, Etc.)
  Chanticleer; Joseph Jennings, conductor, Teldec Classics International

• Corelli: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6, Nos. 7 - 12
  Modo Antiquo; Federico Maria Sardelli, conductor, Tactus

• Scarlatti: Il Primo Omicidio
  Antonio Abete, bass; Akademie fur Alte Musik, Berlin; Richard Croft, tenor; Bernarda Fink, alto; Rene Jacobs, conductor/countertenor; Graciela Oddone, soprano; Dorothea Roschmann, soprano, Harmonia Mundi France

• Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21; Herzegewachse, Op. 20; Ode To Napoleon Buonaparte, Op. 41
  Pierre Boulez, conductor; Ens. InterContemporain; David Pittman-Jennings, baritone; Christine Schafer, soprano, Deutsche Grammophon

Best Classical Vocal Performance:

(Award to the Vocal Soloist(s).)

• Eisler: The Hollywood Songbook (Eisler: Der Sohn; In den Weiden; Fruhling, Etc.)
  Matthias Goerne, baritone (Eric Schneider, piano), London/Decca

• German Romantic Opera (Arias From Tristan und Isolde, Rienzi, Siegfried, Etc.)
  Ben Heppner, tenor (Donald Runnicles, conductor; NDR Sinfonieorch.), RCA Victor Red Seal

• Handel: Operatic Arias (Arias From Ariodante, Giulio Cesare, Rinaldo, Etc.)
  David Daniels, countertenor (Sir Roger Norrington, conductor; Orch. of the Age of Enlightenment), Virgin Classics

• Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn
  Thomas Quasthoff, baritone; Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo soprano (Claudio Abbado, conductor; Berliner Phil., Deutsche Grammophon

• Schubert: Winterreise
  Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone (Charles Spencer, piano), RCA Victor Red Seal

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.)

• Ades: Asyla, Thomas Ad s, composer (Sir Simon Rattle, conductor; City of Birmingham Sym. Orch.)
  Album: Ades: Asyla (Concerto Conciso; These Premises Are Alarmed; Chamber Sym., Etc.), EMI Classics

• Boulez: Repons, Pierre Boulez, composer (Vincent Bauer, vibraphone; Florent Boffard, piano; Pierre Boulez, conductor; Frederique Cambreling, harp; Michel Cerutti, cimbalom; Daniel Ciampolini, xylophone & glockenspiel; Ens. InterContemporain; Andrew Gerzso, electro-acoustic realization; Dimitri Vassilakis, piano)
  Album: Boulez: Repons (Repons; Dialogue de l'ombre double), Deutsche Grammophon

• Imbrie: Requiem, Andrew Imbrie, composer (Harold Rosenbaum, choir director; George Rothman, conductor; Lisa Saffer, soprano; New York Virtuoso Singers; Riverside Sym.)
  Album: Imbrie: Requiem; Piano Con. No. 3, Bridge Records

• Kernis: Air For Violin, Aaron Jay Kernis, composer (Joshua Bell, violin; David Zinman, conductor; Minnesota Orch.)
  Album: Kernis: Air For Violin; Double Concerto For Violin & Guitar; Lament And Prayer), Argo Records

• Tavener: Eternity's Sunrise, John Tavener, composer (Paul Goodwin, choir director; Patricia Rozario, soprano; The Orch. of The Academy of Ancient Music)
  Album: Tavener: Eternity's Sunrise (Song Of The Angel; Petra: A Ritual Dream; Funeral Canticle, Etc.), Harmonia Mundi USA

Best Classical Crossover Album:

(Award to the Artist(s) and/or to the Conductor.)

• Beautiful Star - A Celebration Of Christmas (O Holy Night; Wexford Carol; This Little Babe, Etc.)
  Buryl Red, conductor (Various Artists; Joseph Joubert, keyboard; Charlie McCoy, harmonica; The Century Men), Resmiranda Records

• Christmas By The Bay (The First Nowell; Rejoice, O Virgin; Ave Maria, Etc.)
  Vance George, conductor (John Fenstermaker, organ; Marc Shapiro, piano; San Francisco Sym. Cho.), Delos Records

• If Ever I Would Leave You - The Songs Of Alan Jay Lerner
  Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone (Paul Daniel, conductor; Cho. of Opera North; English Northern Phil.), Deutsche Grammophon

• Meyer: Short Trip Home (In The Nick Of Time; BP; Concert Duo, The Prequel, Etc.)
  Joshua Bell, violin; Sam Bush, mandolin, violin; Mike Marshall, guitar, mandola, violin; Edgar Meyer, double bass, Sony Classical

• Schickele: Hornsmoke (Piano Con. No. 2 In F Maj. "Ole"; Brass Calendar; Hornsmoke - A Horse Opera)
  The Chestnut Brass Co.; Peter Schickele, piano & narrator (Cynthia Carr, horn), Newport Classic

• Take The "A" Train - Canadian Brass Play The Music Of Duke Ellington (It Don't Mean A Thing; Echoes Of Harlem; Solitude, Etc.)
  The Canadian Brass, RCA Victor