The winners will be revealed on at a ceremony at the Los Angeles' Crypto.com Arena on Monday 5th February (which will be livestreamed on Paramount + at at 8-11:30 p.m. ET/5-8:30 p.m. PT and subsequently made available to watch on-demand).
Best Orchestral Performance
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Gustavo Dudamel
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Karina Canellakis
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Best Opera Recording
Anthony Roth Costanza (Dionysus), David Portillo (Jonathan Harker), Jarrett Ott (John Seward), Kathryn Henry (Lucy Harker), Matt Boehler (Van Helsing)
Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose
Available formats: 2 SACDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Terence Blanchard: Champion
Ryan Speedo Green (Young Emile Griffith), Latonia Moore (Emelda Griffith), Eric Owens (Emile Griffith), Stephanie Blythe (Kathy Hagen), Paul Groves (Howie Albert), Eric Greene (Benny 'Kid' Paret); Metropolitan Opera, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Timur & The Dime Museum, Isaura String Quartet
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 48 kHz, 24 bit)
Best Choral Performance
The Crossing, Donald Nally
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Conspirare, Miró Quartet, Craig Hella Johnson
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
San Francisco Symphony Chorale, Esa-Pekka Salonen
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
The Clarion Choir, Steven Fox
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Helsinki Chamber Choir, Uusinta Ensemble, Nils Schweckendiek
Available format: CD
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Anthony McGill (clarinet), Pacifica Quartet
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Beethoven for Three
Symphony No. 6 and Piano Trio in C minor Op. 1 No. 3
Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Third Coast Percussion
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Roomful of Teeth
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
Uncovered, Vol. 3
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still & George Walker
Catalyst Quartet
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Robert Black (double bass)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Andy Akiho (percussion)
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
The American Project
Abrams - Tilson Thomas
Yuja Wang (piano), Louisville Orchestra, Teddy Abrams
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Seth Parker Woods (cello)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Reginald Mobley (countertenor), Baptiste Trotignon (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Karim Sulayman (tenor), Sean Shibe (guitar)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
Laura Strickling (vocals), Daniel Schlossberg (piano)
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), Kevin J. Mi (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Julia Bullock (voice), Christian Reif (piano/conductor), Philharmonia Orchestra
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
Best Classical Compendium
Anne Akiko Meyers (violin), Gustavo Castillo (baritone/narrator), Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Peter Herresthal (violin), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, James Gaffigan, Arctic Philharmonic, Tim Weiss
Available format: SACD
Passion for Bach and Coltrane
Alex Brown, Harlem Quartet, Imani Winds
Andy Akiho (percussion)
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
Aaron Diehl Trio & The Knights, Eric Jacobsen
Available format: CD
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Gustavo Dudamel
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Andy Akiho (percussion), Omaha Symphony, Ankush Kumar Bahl
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
Roomful of Teeth
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
Peter Herresthal (violin), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Available format: SACD
Best-Engineered Classical Album
The Blue Hour
Grimes - Negrón - Nova - Shaw - Snider
A Far Cry & Shara Nova
Patrick Dillett, Mitchell Graham, Jesse Lewis, Kyle Pyke, Andrew Scheps & John Weston, engineers; Helge Sten, mastering engineer
Available format: CD
Contemporary American Composers
Glass - Montgomery - Raimi
Elizabeth DeShong (mezzo), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti
David Frost & Charlie Post, engineers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
Fandango
Márquez - Ginastera
Anne Akiko Meyers (violin), Gustavo Castillo (baritone/narrator), Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel
Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, engineers; Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, mastering engineers
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Sanlikol: A Gentleman Of Istanbul - Symphony For Strings, Percussion, Piano, Oud, Ney & Tenor
Mehmet Ali Sanlikol (tenor, piano, oud& ney), George Lernis (percussion), A Far Cry
Christopher Moretti & John Weston, engineers; Shauna Barravecchio & Jesse Lewis, mastering engineers
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
Mark Donahue, engineer; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
