Jabarkan "Kind" dari Penghargaan Grammy ke-54

Kjetil Almenning, conductor (Nidaros String Quartet; Ensemble 96)

"The Natural World of Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen"

Paul Hillier, conductor (Ars Nova Copenhagen)

Best Small Ensemble Performance"Mackey: Lonely Motel – Music from Slide" – Rinde Eckert & Steven Mackey; Eighth Blackbird "Frank: Hilos" – Gabriela Lena Frank; ALIAS Chamber Ensemble

"The Kingdoms of Castille – Richard Savino, conductor; El Mundo

"A Seraphic Fire Christmas" – Patrick Dupré Quigley, conductor; Seraphic Fire

"Sound the Bells!" – The Bay Brass

Best Classical Instrumental Solo"Schwantner: Concerto for Percussion & Orchestra"Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Christopher Lamb (Nashville Symphony) "Chinese Recorder Concertos – East Meets West"

Lan Shui, conductor; Michala Petri (Copenhagen Philharmonic)

"Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini"

Claudio Abbado, Yuja Wang (Mahler Chamber Orchestra)

"Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4"

Leif Ove Andsnes, Antonio Pappano (London Symphony Orchestra)

"Winging It – Piano Music of John Corigliano"