Penghargaan Grammy ke-55
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"Adams: Harmonielehre & Short Ride In A Fast Machine"
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)
"Mahler: Symphony No. 1"
Iván Fischer, conductor (Budapest Festival Orchestra)
Music for a Time of War
Carlos Kalmar, conductor (Oregon Symphony)
"Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances"
Valery Gergiev, conductor (London Symphony Orchestra)
"Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5"
Osmo Vänskä, conductor (Minnesota Orchestra)
"Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen"
James Levine & Fabio Luisi, conductors; Hans-Peter König, Jay Hunter Morris, Bryn Terfel & Deborah Voigt; Jay David Saks, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
"Berg: Lulu"
Michael Boder, conductor; Paul Groves, Ashley Holland, Julia Juon & Patricia Petibon; Johannes Müller, producer (Symphony Orchestra Of The Gran Teatre Del Liceu)
"Handel: Agrippina"
René Jacobs, conductor; Marcos Fink, Sunhae Im, Bejun Mehta, Alexandrina Pendatchanska & Jennifer Rivera (Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin)
"Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress"
Vladimir Jurowski, conductor; Topi Lehtipuu, Miah Persson & Matthew Rose; Johannes Müller, producer (London Philharmonic Orchestra; Glyndebourne Chorus)
"Vivaldi: Teuzzone"
Jordi Savall, conductor; Delphine Galou, Paolo Lopez, Roberta Mameli, Raffaella Milanesi & Furio Zanasi (Le Concert Des Nations)
"Life & Breath – Choral Works By René Clausen"
Charles Bruffy, conductor (Matthew Gladden, Lindsey Lang, Rebecca Lloyd, Sarah Tannehill & Pamela Williamson; Kansas City Chorale)
"Handel: Israel In Egypt"
Julian Wachner, conductor (Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Trinity Choir Wall Street)
"Ligeti: Requiem; Apparitions; San Francisco Polyphony"
Peter Eötvös, conductor (Barbara Hannigan & Susan Parry; WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln; SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart & WDR Rundfunkchor Köln)
"The Nightingale"
Stephen Layton, conductor (Michala Petri; Danish National Vocal Ensemble)
"Striggio: Mass For 40 & 60 Voices"
Hervé Niquet, conductor (Le Concert Spirituel)
"Meanwhile" – Eighth Blackbird
"Americana" – Modern Mandolin Quartet
"Mind Meld" – ZOFO Duet
"Profanes Et Sacrées" – Boston Symphony Chamber Players
"Rupa-Khandha" – Los Angeles Percussion Quartet
"Kurtág & Ligeti: Music For Viola"
Kim Kashkashian
"Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Clavier"
András Schiff
"The Complete Harpsichord Works Of Rameau"
Jory Vinikour
"Gál & Elgar: Cello Concertos"
Claudio Cruz, conductor; Antonio Meneses (Northern Sinfonia)
"Holst: The Planets"
Hansjörg Albrecht
"Poèmes"
Renée Fleming (Alan Gilbert & Seiji Ozawa; Orchestre National De France & Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio France)
"Debussy: Clair De Lune"
Natalie Dessay (Henri Chalet; Philippe Cassard, Karine Deshayes & Catherine Michel; Le Jeune Coeur De Paris)
"Homecoming – Kansas City Symphony Presents Joyce DiDonato"
Joyce DiDonato (Michael Stern; Kansas City Symphony)
"Paris Days, Berlin Nights"
Ute Lemper (Stefan Malzew & Vogler Quartet)
"Sogno Barocco"
Anne Sofie von Otter (Leonardo García Alarcón; Sandrine Piau & Susanna Sundberg; Ensemble Cappella Mediterranea)
Penderecki: Fonogrammi; Horn Concerto; Partita; The Awakening Of Jacob; Anaklasis
Antoni Wit, conductor; Aleksandra Nagórko & Andrzej Sasin, producers
Partch: Bitter Music
Partch, ensemble; John Schneider, producer
Une Fête Baroque
Emmanuelle Haïm, conductor; Daniel Zalay, producer
"Meanwhile - Incidental Music To Imaginary Puppet Plays"
Stephen Hartke, composer (Eighth Blackbird)
"Inura For Voices, Strings & Percussion"
Tania León, composer (Tania León, Son Sonora Voices, DanceBrazil Percussion & Son Sonora Ensemble)
"Ugis: The Nightingale"
Uģis Prauliņš, composer (Stephen Layton, Michala Petri & Danish National Vocal Ensemble)
"Cello Concerto No. 2 'Towards The Horizon'"
Einojuhani Rautavaara, composer (Truls Mørk, John Storgårds & Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra)
"August 4, 1964"
Steven Stucky, composer; Gene Scheer, librettist (Jaap Van Zweden, Dallas Symphony Chorus & Orchestra)