Recommended Music

- Song of the Year Single Ladies (Put a ring on it)Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell, Beyoncé, Terius Nash, Christopher Stewart
- Best Chamber Music Performance: The Little Match Girl PassionPaul Hillier, conductor; Ars Nova Copenhagen & Theatre Of Voices
- Best Choral Performance: Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; (San Francisco Symphony; Pacific Boychoir, San Francisco Symphony Chorus & San Francisco Girls Chorus)
- Best Classical Album: Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor;San Francisco Symphony; Pacific Boychoir, (San Francisco Girls Chorus & San Francisco Symphony Chorus)
- Best Engineered Album: Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10Peter Laenger, engineer (Michael Tilson Thomas & San Francisco Symphony)
- Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra): Journey To The New WorldSharon Isbin (Joan Baez & Mark O'Connor)
- Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra): Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor; Evgeny Kissin (Philharmonia Orchestra)
- Best Opera Recording: Britten: Billy BuddDaniel Harding, conductor (London Symphony Orchestra; Gentlemen Of The London Symphony Chorus)
- Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra): Piano Music of Salonen, Stucky, and LutoslawskiGloria Cheng
- Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra): Schoenberg/Sibelius: Violin ConcertosSwedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Best Opera Recording: Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of MahagonnyDonnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich, Robert Wörle, Los Angeles Opera Orchestra and Los Angeles Opera Chorus








