The winners will be revealed on at a ceremony at the Los Angeles' Crypto.com Arena on Sunday 2nd February, which will be livestreamed on Paramount+ and subsequently made available to watch on-demand.
Best Orchestral Performance
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Gustavo Dudamel
San Francisco Symphony, Esa-Pekka Salonen
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki
Available format: SACD
Best Opera Recording
Julia Bullock (Dame Shirley), Ryan McKinny (Clarence), Davone Tines (Ned Peters), Hye Jung Lee (Ah Sing), Daniela Mack (Josef Segovia), Paul Appleby (Joe Cannon), Elliot Madore (Ramón)
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Master Chorale, John Adams
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Ailyn Pérez (Florencia Grimaldi), Gabriella Reyes (Rosalba), Nancy Fabiola Herrera (Paula), Mario Chang (Arcadio), Michael Chioldi (Álvaro), Mattia Olivieri (Riolobo), Greer Grimsley (The Captain)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Edward Parks (Jack Torrance), Kelly Kaduce (Wendy Torrance), Tristan Hallett, Aubrey Allicock (Dick Hallorann), Malcolm MacKenzie (Mark Torrance), Wayd Odle (Delbert Grady), Roger Honeywell (Lloyd)
Kansas City Symphony, Gerard Schwarz
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
Renée Fleming (Clarissa Vaughan), Joyce DiDonato (Virginia Woolf), Kelli O'Hara (Laura Brown), Sean Panikkar (Leonard Woolf), Kyle Ketelsen (Richard), Denyce Graves (Sally)
Metropolitan Opera, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 48 kHz, 24 bit)
Best Choral Performance
Handel: Israel in Egypt
Adaptation by Jeannette Sorrell
Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorrell
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, Artefact Ensemble, NOVUS NY, Elaine Kelly
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Ochre
Ayanna Woods - George Lews - Caroline Shaw
The Crossing, Donald Nally
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Skylark
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
A Dream So Bright
Choral Music of Jake Runestad
Jeffrey Biegel (piano), True Concord Voices & Orchestra, Eric Holtan
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Caroline Shaw, Sō Percussion
Available format: CD
JACK String Quartet
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
Lorelei Ensemble, Christopher Cerrone
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
Miró Quartet
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Beethoven for Three
Symphony No. 4 & 'Archduke' Trio
Emanuel Ax (piano), Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Andy Akiho, Imani Winds
Curtis J Stewart (violin), Experiential Orchestra, James Blachly
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Mak Grgić (guitar), Ensemble Dissonance
Seth Parker Woods (cello)
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Fotina Naumenko, Garrick Zoeter, Timothy Roberts, Akemi Takayama, Julian Schwarz, Mark Edwards, Karlyn Viña, Marika Bournaki, Nadège Foofat et al
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), Il Pomo d’Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Beyond the Years
Unpublished Songs of Florence Price
Karen Slack (soprano), Michelle Cann (piano)
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
Nicholas Phan (tenor), Farayi Malek (vocals), Palaver Strings
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
Will Liverman (baritone), Jonathan King (piano), Nicole Cabell (soprano), Lady Jess (violin), Tahirah Whittington (cello), Terry Liverman (vocals)
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Best Classical Compendium
Amy Porter (violin), Nikki Chooi (flute), Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Curtis J Stewart (violin), Experiential Orchestra, James Blachly
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Sangeeta Kaur, Omar Najmi, Hilá Plitmann, Robert Thies, Danaë Xanthe Vlasse, Michael Shapiro
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Gustavo Dudamel
Andy Akiho, Imani Winds
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Andrea Casarrubios (cello)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Decoda
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
eighth blackbird
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Gustavo Dudamel
Best Engineered Classical Album
Engineers: Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay
Julia Bullock (Dame Shirley), Ryan McKinny (Clarence), Davone Tines (Ned Peters), Hye Jung Lee (Ah Sing), Daniela Mack (Josef Segovia), Paul Appleby (Joe Cannon), Elliot Madore (Ramón)
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Master Chorale, John Adams
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Engineers: Silas Brown, Doron Schachter & Michael Schwartz
Andrew Cyr, Inbal Segev, Metropolis Ensemble
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Engineers: Mark Donahue & John Newton
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Engineer: Daniel Shores
Skylark
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Engineers: Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Gustavo Dudamel
