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Best Engineered Album, Classical

Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & María Dueñas – Gabriela Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina

Los Angeles Philharmonic, John Adams & Los Angeles Master Chorale – John Adams: Girls of the Golden West

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & Manfred Honeck – Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 – Bates: Resurrexit (Live)

Skylark Vocal Ensemble & Matthew Guard – Clear Voices in the Dark

Timo Andres, Andrew Cyr & Metropolis Ensemble – Timo Andres: The Blind Banister

Producer of the Year, Classical

Christoph Franke

Dirk Sobotka

Dmitriy Lipay

Elaine Martone

Erica Brenner

Morten Lindberg

Best Immersive Audio Album

Ensemble 96, Current Saxophone Quartet & Nina T. Karlsen – Pax

Peter Gabriel – I/O (In-Side Mix)

Ray Charles & Various Artists – Genius Loves Company

Roxy Music – Avalon

Trondheim Symphony Orchestra & Nick Davies – Henning Sommerro: Borders

Best Instrumental Composition

Akropolis Reed Quintet, Pascal Le Boeuf & Christian Euman – Strands

André 3000 – I Swear, I Really Wanted to Make a “Rap” Album but This Is Literally the Way the Wind Blew Me This Time

Chick Corea & Béla Fleck – Remembrance

Christopher Zuar Orchestra – Communion

Shelly Berg – At Last

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

Béla Fleck – Rhapsody in Blue(Grass)

Henry Mancini & Snarky Puppy – Baby Elephant Walk (Encore)

Jacob Collier Featuring John Legend & Tori Kelly – Bridge Over Troubled Water

Säje – Silent Night

Scott Hoying Featuring Säje & Tonality – Rose Without the Thorns

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

Cody Fry Featuring Sleeping at Last – The Sound of Silence

John Legend – Always Come Back

Säje Featuring Regina Carter – Alma

Willow – Big Feelings

The 8-Bit Big Band Featuring Jonah Nilsson & Button Masher – Last Surprise (From “Persona 5”)

Best Orchestral Performance

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra & JoAnn Falletta – Kodály: Háry János Suite, Nyári este & Symphony in C Major

Esa-Pekka Salonen & San Francisco Symphony – Stravinsky: The Firebird

Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & María Dueñas – Gabriela Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina

ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra & Marin Alsop – John Adams: City Noir, Fearful Symmetries & Lola Montez Does the Spider Dance

Susanna Mälkki & Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra – Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Rakastava & Lemminkäinen

Best Opera Recording

Los Angeles Philharmonic, John Adams & Los Angeles Master Chorale – John Adams: Girls of the Golden West

Lyric Opera of Kansas City & Gerard Schwarz – Moravec: The Shining

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus – Catán: Florencia en el Amazonas

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus – Puts: The Hours

San Francisco Symphony Chorus & San Francisco Symphony – Saariaho: Adriana Mater

Best Choral Performance

Apollo’s Fire & Jeannette Sorrell – Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54

The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, Artefact Ensemble & Novus NY – Sheehan: Akathist

The Crossing, Donald Nally & Dan Schwartz – Ochre

Skylark Vocal Ensemble & Matthew Guard – Clear Voices in the Dark

True Concord Voices & Orchestra, Jeffrey Biegel & Eric Holtan – A Dream So Bright: Choral Music of Jake Runestad

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion – Rectangles and Circumstance

JACK Quartet – John Luther Adams: Waves & Particles

Lorelei Ensemble & Christopher Cerrone – Christopher Cerrone: Beaufort Scales

Miró Quartet – Home

Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos & Emanuel Ax – Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 4 and Op. 97 “Archduke””

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

Andy Akiho – Akiho: Longing

Curtis J Stewart, James Blachly & Experiential Orchestra – Perry: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

Mak Grgić & Ensemble Dissonance – Entourer

Seth Parker Woods – Eastman The Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc

Víkingur Ólafsson – J. S. Bach: Goldberg Variations

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

Fotina Naumenko – Bespoke Songs

Joyce DiDonato, Il Pomo d’Oro & Maxim Emelyanychev – Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder

Karen Slack & Michelle Cann – Beyond the Years

Nicholas Phan, Farayi Malek & Palaver Strings – A Change Is Gonna Come

Will Liverman & Jonathan King – Show Me the Way

Best Classical Compendium

Amy Porter, Nikki Chooi, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra & JoAnn Falletta – Lukas Foss: Symphony No. 1 & Renaissance Concerto

Andy Akiho & Imani Winds – BeLonging

Danaë Xanthe Vlasse, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Michael Shapiro – Mythologies II

Experiential Orchestra, James Blachly & Curtis J Stewart – American Counterpoints

Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & María Dueñas – Gabriela Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

Andrea Casarrubios – Casarrubios: Seven for Solo Cello

Decoda – Coleman: Revelry

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Fleur Barron, Nicholas Phan, Christopher Purves, Axelle Fanyo & San Francisco Symphony Chorus & Orchestra – Saariaho: Adriana Mater

Eighth Blackbird – Lang: Composition as Explanation

Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Master Chorale – Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina