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Bach: Concertos & Sinfonias for Oboe; Ich Hatte Viel Bekümmernis (Heinz Holliger, Eric Höbarth & Camerata Bern)

Hymns & Prayers (Gidon Kremer & Kremerata Baltica)

Manto & Madrigals (Thomas Zehetmair & Ruth Killius)

Songs of Ascension (Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble, Todd Reynolds Quartet, The M6 & Montclair State University Singers)

Tchaikovsky/Kissine: Piano Trios (Gidon Kremer, Giedre Dirvanauskaite & Khatia Buniatishvili)

A Worcester Ladymass (Trio Mediaeval)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass Live (Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass)

Mackey: Lonely Motel – Music from Slide (Rinde Eckert, Steven Mackey & Eighth Blackbird)

Prayers & Alleluias (Kenneth Dake)

Sharon Isbin & Friends – Guitar Passions (Sharon Isbin & Various Artists)

Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 (Patrick Dupré Quigley, James K. Bass, Seraphic Fire & Professional Choral Institute)

The Vanishing Nordic Chorale (Philip Spray & Musik Ekklesia)

Best Orchestral Performance"Brahms: Symphony No. 4"Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic) "Bowen: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2"

Andrew Davis, conductor (BBC Philharmonic)

"Haydn: Symphonies 104, 88 & 101"

Nicholas McGegan, conductor (Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra)

Marek Janowski, conductor (Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin)

Jirí Belohlávek, conductor (BBC Symphony Orchestra)

Best Opera Recording"Adams: Doctor Atomic"Alan Gilbert, conductor; Meredith Arwady, Sasha Cooke, Richard Paul Fink, Gerald Finley, Thomas Glenn & Eric Owens; Jay David Saks, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus) "Britten: Billy Budd"

Mark Elder, conductor; John Mark Ainsley, Phillip Ens, Jacques Imbrailo, Darren Jeffery, Iain Paterson & Matthew Rose; James Whitbourn, producer (London Philharmonic Orchestra; Glyndebourne Chorus)