Penghargaan Grammy ke-54
Nominasi dan Pemenang > Classical

"Brahms: Symphony No. 4"
"Bowen: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2"
Andrew Davis, conductor (BBC Philharmonic)
"Haydn: Symphonies 104, 88 & 101"
Nicholas McGegan, conductor (Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra)
"Henze: Symphonies Nos. 3–5"
Marek Janowski, conductor (Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin)
Martinu: The 6 Symphonies
Jirí Belohlávek, conductor (BBC Symphony Orchestra)
"Adams: Doctor Atomic"
"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)
"Rautavaara: Kaivos"
Hannu Lintu, conductor; Jaakko Kortekangas, Hannu Niemelä, Johanna Rusanen-Kartano & Mati Turi; Seppo Siirala, producer (Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra; Kaivos Chorus)
"Verdi: La Traviata"
Antonio Pappano, conductor; Joseph Calleja, Renée Fleming & Thomas Hampson; James Whitbourn, producer (Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Royal Opera Chorus)
"Vivaldi: Ercole Sul Termodonte"
Fabio Biondi, conductor; Romina Basso, Patrizia Ciofi, Diana Damrau, Joyce DiDonato, Vivica Genaux, Philippe Jaroussky, Topi Lehtipuu & Rolando Villazón; Daniel Zalay, producer (Europa Galante; Coro Da Camera Santa Cecilia Di Borgo San Lorenzo)
"Light & Gold"
"Beyond All Mortal Dreams – American A Cappella"
Stephen Layton, conductor (Choir of Trinity College Cambridge)
"Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45"
Patrick Dupré Quigley, conductor; James K. Bass, chorus master (Justin Blackwell, Scott Allen Jarrett, Paul Max Tipton & Teresa Wakim; Professional Choral Institute & Seraphic Fire)
"Kind"
Kjetil Almenning, conductor (Nidaros String Quartet; Ensemble 96)
"The Natural World of Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen"
Paul Hillier, conductor (Ars Nova Copenhagen)
"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
"Schwantner: Concerto for Percussion & Orchestra"
"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"
Ursula Oppens
"Diva Divo"
"Grieg/Thommessen: Veslemøy Synsk"
Marianne Beate Kielland (Nils Anders Mortensen)
"Handel: Cleopatra"
Natalie Dessay (Emmanuelle Haïm; Le Concert D'Astrée)
"Purcell: O Solitude"
Andreas Scholl (Stefano Montanari; Christophe Dumaux; Accademia Bizantina)
"Three Baroque Tenors"
Ian Bostridge (Bernard Labadie; Mark Bennett, Andrew Clarke, Sophie Daneman, Alberto Grazzi, Jonathan Gunthorpe, Benjamin Hulett & Madeline Shaw; The English Concert)
"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