The winners will be revealed on at a ceremony at the Los Angeles' Crypto.com Arena on Sunday 2nd February, which will be livestreamed on Paramount+ and subsequently made available to watch on-demand.
Best Orchestral Performance
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta
Available Formats: CD, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Gustavo Dudamel
San Francisco Symphony, Esa-Pekka Salonen
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki
Available Format: SACD
Best Opera Recording
Julia Bullock (Dame Shirley), Ryan McKinny (Clarence), Davone Tines (Ned Peters), Hye Jung Lee (Ah Sing), Daniela Mack (Josef Segovia), Paul Appleby (Joe Cannon), Elliot Madore (Ramón)
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Master Chorale, John Adams
Available Formats: 2 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Ailyn Pérez (Florencia Grimaldi), Gabriella Reyes (Rosalba), Nancy Fabiola Herrera (Paula), Mario Chang (Arcadio), Michael Chioldi (Álvaro), Mattia Olivieri (Riolobo), Greer Grimsley (The Captain)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Edward Parks (Jack Torrance), Kelly Kaduce (Wendy Torrance), Tristan Hallett, Aubrey Allicock (Dick Hallorann), Malcolm MacKenzie (Mark Torrance), Wayd Odle (Delbert Grady), Roger Honeywell (Lloyd)
Kansas City Symphony, Gerard Schwarz
Available Formats: 2 CDs, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Renée Fleming (Clarissa Vaughan), Joyce DiDonato (Virginia Woolf), Kelli O'Hara (Laura Brown), Sean Panikkar (Leonard Woolf), Kyle Ketelsen (Richard), Denyce Graves (Sally)
Metropolitan Opera, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Available Formats: 2 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Fleur Barron (Adriana), Axelle Fanyo (Refka), Nicholas Phan (Yonas), Christopher Purves (Tsargo)
San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Esa-Pekka Salonen
Available Formats: Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Best Choral Performance
Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorrell
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, Artefact Ensemble, NOVUS NY, Elaine Kelly
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
The Crossing, Donald Nally
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Skylark
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Jeffrey Biegel (piano), True Concord Voices & Orchestra, Eric Holtan
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Caroline Shaw, Sō Percussion
Available Format: CD
JACK String Quartet
Available Formats: CD, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Lorelei Ensemble, Christopher Cerrone
Available Formats: CD, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Miró Quartet
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Emanuel Ax (piano), Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello)
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Andy Akiho, Imani Winds
Curtis J Stewart (violin), Experiential Orchestra, James Blachly
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Mak Grgić (guitar), Ensemble Dissonance
Seth Parker Woods (cello)
Available Formats: FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Fotina Naumenko, Garrick Zoeter, Timothy Roberts, Akemi Takayama, Julian Schwarz, Mark Edwards, Karlyn Viña, Marika Bournaki, Nadège Foofat et al
Available Formats: FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), Il Pomo d’Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Karen Slack (soprano), Michelle Cann (piano)
Available Formats: FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Nicholas Phan (tenor), Farayi Malek (vocals), Palaver Strings
Available Formats: FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Will Liverman (baritone), Jonathan King (piano), Nicole Cabell (soprano), Lady Jess (violin), Tahirah Whittington (cello), Terry Liverman (vocals)
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Best Classical Compendium
Amy Porter (violin), Nikki Chooi (flute), Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Curtis J Stewart (violin), Experiential Orchestra, James Blachly
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Sangeeta Kaur, Omar Najmi, Hilá Plitmann, Robert Thies, Danaë Xanthe Vlasse, Michael Shapiro
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Gustavo Dudamel
Andy Akiho, Imani Winds
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Andrea Casarrubios (cello)
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Decoda
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
eighth blackbird
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Fleur Barron (Adriana), Axelle Fanyo (Refka), Nicholas Phan (Yonas), Christopher Purves (Tsargo)
San Francisco Symphony & Chorus, Esa-Pekka Salonen
Available Formats: Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Gustavo Dudamel
Best Engineered Classical Album
Engineers: Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay
Julia Bullock (Dame Shirley), Ryan McKinny (Clarence), Davone Tines (Ned Peters), Hye Jung Lee (Ah Sing), Daniela Mack (Josef Segovia), Paul Appleby (Joe Cannon), Elliot Madore (Ramón)
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Master Chorale, John Adams
Available Formats: 2 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Engineers: Silas Brown, Doron Schachter & Michael Schwartz
Andrew Cyr, Inbal Segev, Metropolis Ensemble
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Engineers: Mark Donahue & John Newton
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
Available Formats: SACD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Engineer: Daniel Shores
Skylark
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Engineers: Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Gustavo Dudamel
