- Piano Concerto "Chiavi in Mano"
Yehudi Wyner
Robert Levin, piano; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Robert Spano, conductor
Track from: Wyner, Yehudi: Orchestral Works
[Bridge Records 9282]
- Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 15
John Newton and Dirk Sobotka, engineers (Valery Gergiev and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre)
[Mariinsky]
Producer of the Year, Classical
- Blanton Alspaugh
from among other works...
Menotti: Amahl And the Night Visitors; My Christmas
(Alastair Willis, Ike Hawkersmith, Kirsten Gunlogson, Dean Anthony, Todd Thomas, Kevin Short, Bart LeFan, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Nashville Symphony Chorus and Nashville Symphony Orchestra) - Steven Epstein
from among other works...
Corigliano: A Dylan Thomas Trilogy
(Leonard Slatkin, George Mabry, Sir Thomas Allen, Nashville Symphony Chorus and Nashville Symphony Orchestra) - James Mallinson
from among other works...
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 15 (Valery Gergiev and Orchestra of the Marrinsky Theatre
Best Orchestral Performance
- Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 15
Valery Gergiev, conductor (Orchestra of The Mariinsky Theatre)
[Mariinsky]
Best Opera Recording
- Tan Dun: Marco Polo
Tan Dun, conductor; Stephen Bryant, Sarah Castle, Zhang Jun, Nancy Allen Lundy, Stephen Richardson and Charles Workman; Ferenc van Damme, producer (Netherlands Chamber Orchestra; Cappella Amsterdam)
[Opus Arte]
Best Instrumental Soloist Performance with Orchestra
- Salonen, Essa-Pekka: Piano Concerto
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Yefim Bronfman (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
Track from: Salonen
[Deutsche Grammophon]
Best Instrumental Soloist Performance without Orchestra
- Oppens Plays Carter
Ursula Oppens
Includes Carter: Night Fantasies
[Cedille Records]
Best Small Ensemble Performance
- Lang, David: The Little Match Girl Passion
Paul Hillier, conductor; Ars Nova Copenhagen and Theatre of Voices
[Harmonia Mundi]
Best Classical Crossover Album
- A Company of Voices: Conspirare In Concert
Craig Hella Johnson, conductor Conspirare (Tom Burritt, Ian Davidson and Bion Tsang)
includes:
Barber: Agnus Dei
O'Regan: Triptych
Whitacre: What If?
[Naxos] - Twelve Songs By Charles Ives
Theo Bleckmann; Kneebody
[Winter & Winter]
includes:
Ives: The See'r
Ives: Serenity
