Here is the list of Grammy Award nominations:
Record of the Year: "Baby Baby," Amy Grant; "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You," Bryan Adams; "Losing My Religion," R.E.M.; "Something To Talk About," Bonnie Raitt; "Unforgettable," Natalie Cole (with Nat King Cole).Album of the Year: "Heart in Motion," Amy Grant; "Luck of the Draw," Bonnie Raitt; "Out of Time," R.E.M.; "The Rhythm of the Saints," Paul Simon; "Unforgettable," Natalie Cole.
Song of the Year: "Baby Baby," Amy Grant and Keith Thomas; "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You," Bryan Adams, Robert John "Mutt" Lange and Michael Kamen; "Losing My Religion," Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe; "Unforgettable," Irving Gordon; "Walking in Memphis," Marc Cohn.
Best New Artist: Boyz II Men; C + C Music Factory; Marc Cohn; Color Me Badd; Seal.
Best Pop Vocal Performance Female: "All the Man That I Need" (single), Whitney Houston; "Baby Baby" (single), Amy Grant; "Emotions" (album), Mariah Carey; "Get Here" (single), Oleta Adams; "Something to Talk About" (single), Bonnie Raitt.
Best Pop Vocal Performance Male: "Crazy" (single), Seal; "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" (single), Bryan Adams; "Freedom 90" (single), George Michael; "Walking in Memphis" (single), Marc Cohn; "Warm Your Heart" (album), Aaron Neville; "When A Man Loves A Woman" (single), Michael Bolton.
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: "The Commitments - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" (album), The Commitments; "Losing My Religion" (single), R.E.M.; "More Than Words" (single), Extreme; "Right Here, Right Now" (single), Jesus Jones; "You're in Love" (single), Wilson Phillips.
Best Traditional Pop Performance: "Blue Light, Red Light" (album), Harry Connick Jr.; "In a Sentimental Mood: Mathis Sings Ellington" (album), Johnny Mathis; "Pure Schuur" (album), Diane Schuur; "Unforgettable" (single), Natalie Cole (with Nat King Cole); "Warm All Over" (track from "Just For The Record"), Barbra Streisand.
Best Pop Instrumental Performance: "Havana" (album), Dave Grusin; "John Williams Conducts John Williams - The Star Wars Trilogy" (album), John Williams, conductor, and the Skywalker Symphony Orchestra; "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" (album), Michael Kamen, conductor, and Greater Los Angeles Orchestra; "Saxuality" (album), Candy Dulfer; "Theme From Dying Young" (track from "Dying Young" soundtrack), Kenny G.
Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo: "Can't Stop This Thing We Started" (single), Bryan Adams; "The Fire Inside" (album), Bob Seger; "Luck of the Draw" (album), Bonnie Raitt; "Storyville" (album), Robbie Robertson; "24 Nights" (album), Eric Clapton; "Whenever We Wanted" (album), John Mellencamp.
Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: "Been Caught Stealing" (single), Jane's Addiction; "Good Man, Good Woman" (track from "Luck of the Draw), Bonnie Raitt & Delbert McClinton; "Into the Great Wide Open" (album), Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers; "Radio Song" (single), R.E.M.; "Silent Lucidity" (single), Queensryche.
Best Hard Rock Performance with Vocal: "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge" (album), Van Halen; "Man in the Box" (single), Alice in Chains; "Moneytalks" (track from "Razors Edge"), AC/DC; "Use Your Illusion I" (album), Guns N' Roses.
Best Metal Performance with Vocal: "Attack of the Killer B's" (album), Anthrax; "Badmotorfinger" (album), Soundgarden; "Hangar 18" (single), Megadeth; "Metallica" (album), Metallica; "1916" (album), Motorhead.
Best Rock Instrumental Performance (includes rock, hard rock & metal instrumentals): "Cliffs of Dover" (single), Eric Johnson; "88 Elmira Street" (album), Danny Gatton; "Kind of Bird" (track from "Shades of 2 Worlds"), Allman Brothers Band; "Masquerade" (track from "Union"), Yes; "Where's My Thing?" (track from "Roll The Bones"), Rush.
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: "Cooleyhighharmony" (album), Boyz II Men; Doctor's Orders (track from "What You See Is What You Sweat"), Aretha Franklin & Luther Vandross; "Gett Off" (single), Prince and The N.P.G.; "I Wanna Sex You Up" (single), Color Me Badd; "Superwoman" (single), Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle, Dionne Warwick.
Best R&B Song: "Can You Stop The Rain" (single), Walter Afanasieff, John Bettis; "How Can I Ease The Pain" (single), Narada Michael Walden, Lisa Fischer; "I Wanna Sex You Up" (single), Dr. Freeze; "I'll Take You There" (single), Alvertis Isbell; "Power of Love/Love Power" (single), Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller & Teddy Vann.
Best Rap Solo Performance: "Fly Girl" (single), Queen Latifah; "Here Comes The Hammer (Version I)" (single), M.C. Hammer; "It's A Shame (My Sister)" (single), Monie Love; "Mama Said Knock You Out" (single), L.L. Cool J; "New Jack Hustler (Nino's Theme)" (single), Ice-T.
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: "Apocalypse 91 . . . The Enemy Strikes Black" (album), Public Enemy; "Let's Talk About Sex" (single), Salt-N-Pepa; "Now That We Found Love" (single), Heavy D. & The Boyz; "O.P.P." (single), Naughty By Nature; "Summertime" (single), D.M. Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince.
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal (for organized duos or groups): "Electric Barnyard" (album), the Kentucky Headhunters; "Forever's As Far As I'll Go" (single), Alabama; "Love Can Build A Bridge" (single), the Judds; "Meet in the Middle" (single), Diamond Rio; "Men" (track from Talkin' 'Bout Men), Forrester Sisters; "Zone of Our Own" (album), Texas Tornados.
Best Country Vocal Collaboration (for duos or groups of artists who do not normally sing together): "Brotherly Love" (single), Keith Whitley & Earl Thomas Conley; "Hold on Partner" (single), Roy Rogers & Clint Black; "Hopelessly Yours" (track from "A Perfect 10"), Lee Greenwood & Suzy Bogguss; "Restless" (single), Steve Wariner, Ricky Skaggs & Vince Gill (from the "Mark O'Connor & the New Nashville Cats" album); "Rockin' Years" (single), Dolly Parton & Ricky Van Shelton.
Best Country Instrumental Performance: "Neck and Neck" (album), Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler; "The New Nashville Cats" (album), Mark O'Connor; "Orange Blossom Special" (track from "Hillbilly Fever"), the Osborne Brothers; "Poultry Promenade" (track from "Diamond Rio"), Diamond Rio; "Song for Jessica" (track from "R&B"), Roy Rogers & Norton Buffalo.
Best Bluegrass Album, Vocal or Instrumental: "Hillbilly Fever," the Osborne Brothers; "Home of the Blues," Nashville Bluegrass Band; "Music Among Friends," Jim and Jesse McReynolds; "Simple Pleasures," Alison Brown; "Spring Training," Carl Jackson, John Starling & the Nash Ramblers.
Best Country Song (a songwriter's award): "Don't Rock the Jukebox," Alan Jackson, Roger Murrah & Keith Stegall; "Down at the Twist and Shout," Mary-Chapin Carpenter; "Eagle When She Flies," Dolly Parton; "Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)," Travis Tritt; "Love Can Build a Bridge," Naomi Judd, John Jarvis & Paul Overstreet.
Best Rock-Contemporary Gospel Album (for solos, duos or groups): "Brave Heart," Kim Hill; "Go to the Top," De Garmo & Key; "Nu Thang," D.C. Talk; "Simple House," Margaret Becker; "Under Their Influence," Ross Taff.
Best Pop Gospel Album (for solos, duos or groups): "For the Sake of the Call," Steven Curtis Chapman; "Larnelle Live" (psalms, hymns and spiritual songs), Larnelle Harris; "The Me Nobody Knows," Marilyn McCoo; "Michael English," Michael English; "Shakin the House . . . Live," Carman and Commissioned (and the Christ Church Choir).
Best Southern Gospel Album (for solos, duos or groups): "Hallelujah Time," the Speers; "Homecoming," the Gaither Vocal Band; "Love Will," the Talleys; "Peace in the Valley," J.D. Sumner & the Stamps; "Shoulder to Shoulder," Mid-South Boys; "Still Rollin'," the Chuck Wagon Gang.
Best Rock Song (a songwriter's award): "Been Caught Stealing," Jane's Addiction; "Can't Stop This Thing We Started," Bryan Adams & Robert John "Mutt" Lange; "Enter Sandman," James Hatfield, Lars Ulrich & Kirk Hammett; "Learning to Fly," Tom Petty & Jeff Lynne; "Silent Lucidity," Chris DeGarmo; "Soul Cages," Sting.
Best Alternative Music Album, Vocal or Instrumental: "Doubt," Jesus Jones; "Mighty Like a Rose," Elvis Costello; "Nevermind," Nirvana; "Out of Time," R.E.M.; "Rumor and Sigh," Richard Thompson.
Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female: "Burnin' " (album), Patti LaBelle; "Good Woman" (album), Gladys Knight; "How Can I Ease the Pain" (single), Lisa Fischer; "Runnin' Back to You" (single), Vanessa Williams; "What You See Is What You Sweat" (album), Aretha Franklin.
Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male: "Can You Stop the Rain" (single), Peabo Bryson; "Gotta Have You" (single), Stevie Wonder; "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart" (single), Teddy Pendergrass; "Kissing You" (single), Keith Washington; "Love Over-Due" (album), James Brown; "Power of Love" (album), Luther Vandross.
Best New Age Album: "Borrasca," Ottmar Liebert; "Canyon Dreams," Tangerine Dream; "Fresh Aire 7," Mannheim Steamroller; "Hotel Luna," Suzanne Ciani; "In the Wake of the Wind," David Arkenstone.
Best Contemporary Jazz Performance: "Ashes to Ashes," Joe Sample; "Claus Ogerman Featuring Michael Brecker," Claus Ogerman & Michael Brecker; "Flight of the Cosmic Hippo," Bela Fleck and the Flecktones; "Greenhouse," Yellowjackets; "Medicine Music," Bobby McFerrin; "Sassy" (track from "The Offbeat of Avenues"), the Manhattan Transfer.
Best Jazz Vocal Performance: "Ellington Medley" (track from "Mel & George Do World War II"), Mel Torme; "He Is Christmas" (album), Take 6; "Long 'Bout Midnight" (track from "Garfield - Various Artists"), Natalie Cole; "The Offbeat of Avenues" (album), the Manhattan Transfer; "You Won't Forget Me" (album), Shirley Horn.
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo: "All Bird's Children" (track from "All Bird's Children"), Phil Woods; "Another Hand" (track from "Another Hand"), David Sanborn; "Bluesette" (track from "Cleo Laine's Jazz"), Toots Thielemans; "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (track from "The Gershwin Connection"), Dave Grusin; "I Remember You" (track from "Serenity"), Stan Getz.
Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album (for solos, duos or groups): "My Faith," Thomas Whitfield; "Pray for Me," Mighty Clouds of Joy; "Thank You Mamma for Praying for Me," the Jackson Southernaires; "This Is Your Night," the Williams Brothers; "The Truth About Christmas," Venessa Bell Armstrong.
Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album (for solos, duos or groups): "Different Lifestyles," Bebe and Cece Winans; "Look a Little Closer," Helen Baylor; "Mean What You Say," Witness; "Phenomenon," the Rance Allen Group; "The Promise," Ricky Dillard's New Generation Chorale.
Best Gospel Album by a Choir or Chorus: "Above and Beyond," O'Landa Draper & the Associates, O'Landa Draper, choir director; "Edwin Hawkins Music and Arts Seminar Chicago Mass Choir," Music and Arts Seminar Chicago Mass Choir, Edwin Hawkins, choir director; "The Evolution of Gospel," Sounds of Blackness, Gary Hines, choir director; "Hand in Hand," Christ Church Choir, Landy Gardner, choir director; "Jesus Be Praised," the Brooklyn Tabernacle Singers, Carol Cymbala, choir director; "Rev. James Cleveland and the L.A. Gospel Messengers," L.A. Gospel Messengers, the Rev. James Cleveland, choir director.
Best Latin Pop Album, Vocal or Instrumental: "A Traves De Tus Ojos," Los Bukis; "Amada Mas Que Nunca," Daniela Romo; ". . . Con Amor Eterno," Pandora; "Cosas Del Amor," Vikki Carr; "Flor De Papel," Alejandra Guzman.
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group: "Alive," Chick Corea Akoustic Band; "Another Hand," David Sanborn; "The Gershwin Connection," Dave Grusin; "Lionel Hampton & The Golden Men of Jazz Live at the Blue Note," Lionel Hampton & the Golden Men of Jazz; "Saturday Night at the Blue Note," Oscar Peterson Trio.
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance: "Art of the Big Band," Bob Mintzer; "The Brass Is Back," Rob McConnell & the Boss Brass; "Dream Keeper," Charlie Haden and the Liberation Music Orchestra; "Live at the Royal Festival Hall," Dizzy Gillespie & The United Nation Orchestra; "Once More with Feeling," Doc Severinsen and the Tonight Show Band; "Paris All-Star Blues (A Tribute to Charlie Parker)," Jay McShann.
Best Country Vocal Performance, Female: "Down at the Twist and Shout" (single), Mary-Chapin Carpenter; "Down to My Last Teardrop," (track from "What Do I Do With Me"), Tanya Tucker; "For My Broken Heart" (album), Reba McEntire; "She's in Love With the Boy" (single), Trisha Yearwood; "Time Passes By" (album), Kathy Mattea.
Best Country Vocal Performance, Male: "Don't Rock the Jukebox" (album), Alan Jackson; "Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)" (single), Travis Tritt; "Pocket Full of Gold" (album), Vince Gill; "Ropin' the Wind" (album), Garth Brooks; "Somewhere in My Broken Heart" (single), Billy Dean.
Best Tropical Latin Album, Vocal or Instrumental: "Bachata Rosa," Juan Luis Guerra; "Caminando," Ruben Blades; "Luces Del Alma," Luis Enrique; "The Mambo King 100th LP," Tito Puente; "A Night at Kimball's East," Poncho Sanchez.
Best Mexican/American Album, Vocal or Instrumental: "16 De Septiembre," Little Joe; "Para Adoloridos," Los Tigres Del Norte; "Para Nuestra Gente," Mazz; "Porque Te Quiero," La Sombra.
Best Traditional Blues Album, Vocal or Instrumental: "All My Life," Charles Brown; "Johnnie B. Bad," Johnnie Johnson; "Live at the Apollo," B.B. King; "Mr. Lucky," John Lee Hooker; "Mule Bone," Taj Mahal.
Best Contemporary Blues Album, Vocal or Instrumental: "Albert Collins," Albert Collins; "Damn Right, I've Got the Blues," Buddy Guy; "Let Me In," Johnny Winter; "Live - Simply The Best," Irma Thomas; "Signature," Charlie Musselwhite.
Best Traditional Folk Album, Vocal or Instrumental: "Alligator Man," Jimmy C. Newman & Cajun Country; "The Civil War" (original soundtrack recording), various artists; "Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares, Vol. 3," various soloists and choirs; "My Dear Old Southern Home," Doc Watson; "Solo-Oldtime Country Music," Mike Seeger.
Best Contemporary Folk Album, Vocal or Instrumental: "Back on the Bus Y'all," Indigo Girls; "Cajun Conja," Beausoleil; "Interiors," Rosanne Cash; "Jerry Garcia/David Grisman," Jerry Garcia and David Grisman; "The Missing Years," John Prine.
Best Reggae Album, Vocal or Instrumental: "As Raw As Ever," Shabba Ranks; "Gumption," Bunny Waller; "Iron Storm," Black Uhuru; "Jahmekya," Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers; "Victims," Steel Pulse; "We Must Carry On," Rita Marley.
Best World Music Album, Vocal or Instrumental: "Amen," Slaif Keita; "Brazilian Serenata," Dori Caymmi; "Este Mundo," Gipsy Kings; "Planet Drum," Mickey Hart; "Txai," Milton Nascimento.
Best Polka Album: "All Around the World," Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones; "Live! At Gilley's," Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra; "We Are Family," Polka Family Band; "When the Band Plays a Polka," the Dynatones; "A Wonderful World of Polkas and Waltzs," Walter Ostanek.
Best Album for Children: "A Cappella Kids," The Maranatha!Kids; "Brer Rabbit & the Wonderful Tar Baby," Danny Glover, narrator, Taj Mahal, music; "The Emperor's New Clothes," John Gielgud, narrator, Mark Isham, music; "Paul Bunyan," Jonathan Winters, narrator, Leo Kottke, music; "Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf/A Zoo Called Earth/Gerald McBoing Boing," Dom De Luise, Peter Schickele, Carol Channing, Dino Anagnost, conductor.
Best Comedy Album: "Brand New," Jackie Mason; "Local Man Moves to the City," Garrison Keillor; "Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics," George Carlin; "P.D.Q. Bach: WTWP Classical Talkity-Talk Radio," Professor Peter Schickele; "When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time to Go Home," Erma Bombeck.
Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album: "The Civil War," Ken Burns; "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," Douglas Adams; "A Life on the Road," Charles Kuralt; "Me: Stories of My Life," Katharine Hepburn.
Best Musical Show Album (award to the album producer and lyricists and composers of over 50 percent of the new score): "Assassins" (original cast), Jay David Saks, producer, Stephen Sondheim, composer and lyricist; "Into the Woods" (original London cast recording), John A. Yap, producer, Stephen Sondheim, lyricist and composer; "Kiss Me Kate," John Fraser, producer, Cole Porter, composer and lyricist; "The Music Man," Robert Woods and Elaine Martone, producers, Meredith Willson, composer; "The Will Rogers Follies" (original Broadway cast album), Cy Coleman and Mike Berniker, producers, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, lyricists, Cy Coleman, composer.
Best Instrumental Composition (a composer's award): "Basque" (track from "The Wind Beneath My Wings"), Elton John; "Blu-Bop" (track from "Flight of the Cosmic Hippo"), Bela Fleck, Howard Levy, Victor Wooten and Roy Wooten; "Cliffs of Dover" (single), Eric Johnson; "Corfu" (track from "Claus Ogerman Featuring Michael Brecker"), Claus Ogerman; "North on South St." (single), Herb Alpert and Greg Smith.
Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television (a composer's award): "Avalon," Randy Newman; "Awakenings," Randy Newman; "Dances with Wolves," John Barry; "Edward Scissorhands," Danny Elfman; "Havana," Dave Grusin; "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves," Michael Kamen.
Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television (a songwriter's award): "(Everything I Do) I Do For You" (from "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves"), single, Bryan Adams, Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Michael Kamen; "Gotta Have You" (from "Jungle Fever"), single, Stevie Wonder; "Home Alone Main Title (Somewhere in My Memory)," track from "Home Alone" soundtrack, John Williams & Leslie Briscusse; "Jungle Fever" (from "Jungle Fever"), track from music from the movie "Jungle Fever," Stevie Wonder; "You Can't Resist It" (from "Switch"), from "Switch" soundtrack, Lyle Lovett.
Best Music Video-Short Form (for individual track or single promotional clip, awarded to the artist and to the video director/-producer): "Calling Elvis," Dire Straits, Steve Barron, video director, Adam Whitaker, video line producer; "Losing My Religion," R.E.M., Tarsem, video director, Dave Ramser, video line producer; "Series of Dreams," Bob Dylan, Meirt Avis, video director, Ben Dossett, video line producer; "The Thunder Rolls," Garth Brooks, Bud Schaetzle, video director, Martin Fischer, video line producer; "When You Wish Upon a Star," Billy Joel, Scott Garen, video director, Rhaz Zeisler/B.A. Robertson, video line producers.
Best Music Video (long form, for video album packages consisting of more than one song or track, awarded to the artist and to the video director/producer): "Lifers Group World Tour Rahway Prison, That's It," Lifers Group, Penelope Spheeris, video director, Jessica Cooper, video line producer; "Live at Yankee Stadium," Billy Joel, Jon Small, video director and video line producer; "Madonna: Blonde Ambition World Tour Live," Madonna, David Mallet/Mark "Aldo" Miceli, video directors, Tony Eaton, video line producer; "P.O.V.," Peter Gabriel, Michael Chapman and Hart Perry, video directors, Sandy Lieberson, video line producer; "Year of the Horse," Sinead O'Connor, Sophie Mueller, video director, Steve Fargnoll and James Todd, video line producers.
Best Arrangement on an Instrumental (award to the arranger): "Candles and Stones" (track from "Signs of Life"), Peter Apfelbaum, arranger; "Got a Match?" (track from "Lab 89"), Mike Bogle, arranger; "Maid Marian" (track from "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves - Original Soundtrack"), Michael Kamen, arranger; "Medley: Bess You Is My Woman/I Love You Porgy" (track from "The Gershwin Connection"), Dave Grusin, arranger; "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (track from "To You - A Tribute to Mel Lewis), Ed Neumeister, arranger; "The Untouchables" (track from "Cinema Italiano"), Henry Mancini, arranger.
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal (award to the arranger): "Alone in the World" (track from "The Russia House"), Arthur Morton; "Blue Light, Red Light (Someone's There)" (track from "Blue Light, Red Light"), Harry Connick Jr.; "A Medley of: For Sentimental Reasons/
Tenderly/Autumn Leaves" (track from "Unforgettable"), Marty Paich; "Nature Boy" (track from "Unforgettable"), Michel Legrand; "Unforgettable" (single), Johnny Mandel.
Best Engineered Album (Non-Classical) (award to the engineers): "Havana Soundtrack" (album), Don Murray; "Luck of the Draw" (album), Ed Cherney; "Storyville" (album), Steve Nye; "Unforgettable" (album), Al Schmitt, Woody Woodruff and Armin Steiner; "Warm Your Heart" (album), George Massenburg.
Producer of the Year (Non-Classical): Walter Afanasieff and Mariah Carey; Andre Fischer; David Foster; Paul Simon; Keith Thomas.
Best Album Package (an art director's award): "Beat the Boots - Limited Edition Box Set," Geoff Gans; "Billie Holiday, the Complete Decca Recordings," Vartan; "Just for the Record," Gabrielle Raumberger; "Mighty Like a Rose (Special Package)," Dirk Walter; "Recycler (Special Package)," Jeff Gold and Kim Champagne.
Best Album Notes (award to the writer): "The Birth of Soul," Robert Palmer; "The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961-1991," John Bauldie; "The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959-1968," Rob Bowman; "The Original Singles Collection . . . Plus," Colin Escott; "Star Time," James Brown (intro), Cliff White, Harry Weinger, Nelson George and Alan M. Leeds.
Best Historical Album (award to the producer): "Billie Holiday, the Complete Decca Recordings," Steven Lasker and Andy McKaie; "The Complete Caruso," John Pfeiffer; "The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959-1968," Steve Greenberg; "The First 100 Years," Henry Fogel; "Igor Stravinsky the Recorded Legacy," John McClure.
Best Classical Album (award to the artist and to the album producer): "Barber: Symphony No. 1, Op. 9; Piano Concerto, Op. 38; Souvenirs, Op. 28.," Leonard Slatkin conductor, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, John Browning, piano, Jay David Saks, album producer; "Bernstein: Candide," Leonard Bernstein conductor, London Symphony Orchestra, principal solos: Hadley, Anderson, Ludwig, Green, Gedda, Jones, Ollmann, Hans Weber, album producer; "Carter: The Four String Quartets; Duo for Violin & Piano," the Juilliard String Quartet, Christopher Oldfather, piano, Gary Schultz, album producer; "Corigliano: Symphony No. 1," Daniel Barenboim conductor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, James Mallinson and John Corigliano, album producers; "Hanson: Symphony No. 4, Op. 34; Serenade, Op. 35; Lament for Beowulf, Op. 25; Pastorale, Op. 38: Merry Mount Serenade, Op. 35," Gerard Schwarz conductor, Seattle Symphony Orchestra and New York Chamber Symphony ("Serenade" and "Pastorale"), Adam Stern, album producer; "Ives: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4; Hymns," Michael Tilson Thomas conductor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Stephen Epstein, album producer.
Best Orchestral Performance (awards to the conductor and the orchestra): "Copland: Symphony No. 3; Music for a Great City," Leonard Slatkin conductor, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; "Corigliano: Symphony No. 1," Daniel Barenboim conductor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra; "Holst: The Planets," James Levine conductor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra; "Ives: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4," Michael Tilson Thomas conductor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra; "Smetana: Ma Vlast," Rafael Kubelik conductor, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.
Best Opera Recording (awarded to the conductor, album producer and principal soloists): Debussy: "Pelleas et Melisande," Charles Dutoit, conductor, Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, principal soloists, Henry, Alliot-Lugaz, Thau, Cachemaille, Carlson, Golfier, Ray Minshull, album producer; Mozart: "Idomeneo," John Eliot Gardiner, conductor, English Baroque Soloists, principal soloists Rolf-Johnson, Van Otter, McNair, Martinpelto, Karl-August Naegler, album producer; Mussorgsky: "Khovanshchina," Claudio Abbado, conductor, the Vienna State Opera Orchestra and Concert Choir, principal soloists, Lipovsek, Atlantov, Burchuladze, Haugland, Kotscherga, Popov, Christopher Alder, album producer; Schubert: "Fierrabras," Claudio Abbado, conductor, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, principal soloists, Studer, Mattila, Hampson, Christopher Alder, album producer; R. Strauss: "Elektra," Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor, Bavarian Radio Orchestra and Chorus, principal soloists, Studer, Weikl, Marton, Lipovsek, Winkler, Wilhelm Meister, album producer; Wagner: "Gotterdammerung," James Levine, conductor, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, principal soloists, Behrens, Studer, Schwarz, Goldberg, Weikl, Wlaschiha, Salminen, Cord Garben, album producer.
Best Performance of a Choral Work (awarded to the choral conductor, and to the orchestra conductor if an orchestra is on the recording and to the choral director or chorus master as applicable): Bach: "Mass in B Minor," Sir Georg Solti, conductor, Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Margaret Hillis, choral director; Beethoven: "Missa Solemnis," John Eliot Gardiner, conductor, the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists; Janacek: "Glagolitic Mass" and Dvorak: "Te Deum," Robert Shaw, conductor, Atlanta Symphony Chorus and Orchestra; Penderecki: "Polish Requiem," Krzysztof Penderecki, conductor, North German Radio Choir, Werner Hagen, chorus master, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Hans-Peter Rauscher, chorus master, and North German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Penderecki: "St. Luke's Passion," Krzysztof Penderecki, conductor, Warsaw National Philharmonic Chorus and National Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist (with orchestra): Barber: "Piano Concerto, Op. 38," John Browning, piano (Leonard Slatkin conductor, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra); Bartok: "Violin Concerto No. 2; Viola Concerto, Op. Posth.; Violin Concerto No. 2, Alternative Ending," Pinchas Zukerman, violin/viola (Leonard Slatkin conductor, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra); Copland: "Clarinet Concerto," Stanley Drucker, clarinet (Leonard Bernstein conductor, New York Philharmonic); Mozart: "Piano Concertos Nos. 15 in B Flat and 16 in D" Mitsuko Uchida, piano (Jeffrey Tate, conductor, English Chamber Orchestra); Schnittke: "Viola Concerto," Yuri Bashmet, viola (Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor, London Symphony Orchestra); Tchaikovsky: "Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33," Yo-Yo Ma, cello (Yuri Temirkanov, conductor, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra).
Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist (without orchestra): "The Aldeburgh Recital (Beethoven/Rachmaninoff/Schumann/Liszt," Murray Perahia, piano; "The American Romantic (Beach, Gottschalk, Helps)," Alan Feinberg, piano; Granados: "Goyescas; Allegro de Concierto; Danza Lenta," Alicia de Larrocha, piano; Janacek: "Piano Music (Sonata I.X.1905/On An Overgrown Path/In The Mist," Rudolf Firkusny, piano; "Evgeny Kissin: Carnegie Hall Debut Concert," Evgeny Kissin, piano.
Best Chamber Music Performance, vocal or instrumental: "Arditti II (Bartok: Quartet No. 4/Gubaidulina: Quartet No. 3/Schnittke: Quartet No. 2)" Arditti String Quartet; Bartok: "Violin Sonata No. 1/Janacek: Violin Sonata/Messiaen: Theme & Variations for Violin & Piano," Gidon Kremer, violin, Martha Argerich, piano; Brahms: "Piano Quartets (Opp. 25/26)" Isaac Stern and Jaime Laredo, violins, Yo-Yo Ma, cello, Emanuel Ax, piano; Carter: "The Four String Quartets; Duo for Violin & Piano," The Julliard String Quartet; Christopher Oldfather, piano; Gesualdo: "Tenebrae," the Hilliard Ensemble.
Best Classical Vocal Performance: "Beloved That Pilgrimage (Chanler; 8 Epitaphs/Barber: Hermit Songs/Copland: 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson)," Sanford Sylvan, baritone (David Breitman, piano); Copland: "Old American Songs/Ives: Songs," Samuel Ramey, baritone (Warren Jones, accompanist); "Jan De Gaetani in Concert Volume 2 (Brahms, Schumann, etc.)," Jan De Gaetani, mezzo-soprano (Lee Luvisi, piano; Lawrence Dutton, viola); "The Girl With Orange Lips (De Falla, Ravel, Kim, Stravinsky, DeLage)," Dawn Upshaw, soprano (ensemble accomanist); Mahler: "Songs of a Wayfarer; 5 Ruckert Lieder," Thomas Hampson, baritone (Leonard Bernstein, conductor, Vienna Philharmonic); Mozart: "Arias," Cheryl Studer, soprano (Sir Neville Marriner, conductor, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields).
Best Contemporary Composition (a composer's award for a classical composition, premiered within the past 25 years and released on a recording for the first time during the eligibility year): Argento: "Te Deum," Dominick Argento, composer (Philip Brunelle conducting the Plymouth Festival Chorus and Orchestra); Carter: "Oboe Concerto," Elliot Carter, composer (Heinz Holliger, oboe; Pierre Boulez conducting Emsemble Intercontemporain); Corigiliano: "Symphony No. 1," John Corigliano, composer (Daniel Barenbohm conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra); Maw: "Odyssey," Nicholas Maw, composer (Simon Rattle conducting City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra); Part: "Miserere," Arvo Part, composer (the Hilliard Ensemble, Dennis Russell Davies, conducting Orchester der Beethovenhalle Bonn).
Best Engineered Recording, Classical (an engineer's award): Barber: "Symphony No. 1, Op. 9; Piano Concerto, Op. 38; Souvenirs, Op. 28," (Leonard Slatkin conducting St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; John Browning, piano) William Hockstra, engineer; Bartok: "Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, Etc.," (Sir Georg Solti conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra), Stanley Goodall, Engineer; Bernstein: "Candide," (Leonard Bernstein conducting London Symphony Orchestra; principal solos: Hadley, Anderson, Ludwig, Green, Gedda, Jones, Ollmann) Gregor Zielinski, engineer; Corigiliano: "Symphony No. 1," John Corigliano, composer (Daniel Barenboim conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra) Lawrence Rock, engineer; Wagner: "Gotterdammerung," (James Levine conducting Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, principal solos: Behrens, Studer, Schwarz, Goldberg, Weikl, Wlaschiha, Salminen), Wolfgang Mitlehner, engineer.
Classical Producer of the Year: Steven Epstein; Thomas Frost; James Mallinson; Jay David Saks; Hans Weber.