Jabarkan "Handel: Cleopatra" dari Penghargaan Grammy ke-54

Natalie Dessay (Emmanuelle Haïm; Le Concert D'Astrée)

Andreas Scholl (Stefano Montanari; Christophe Dumaux; Accademia Bizantina)

Ian Bostridge (Bernard Labadie; Mark Bennett, Andrew Clarke, Sophie Daneman, Alberto Grazzi, Jonathan Gunthorpe, Benjamin Hulett & Madeline Shaw; The English Concert)

Best Contemporary Classical Composition"Aldridge, Robert: Elmer Gantry" – Robert Aldridge & Herschel Garfein "Crumb, George: The Ghosts of Alhambra" – George Crumb

"Friedman, Jefferson: String Quartet No. 3" – Jefferson Friedman

"Mackey, Steven: Lonely Motel – Music From Slide" – Steven Mackey

"Ruders, Poul: Piano Concerto No. 2" – Poul Ruders