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Best World Music Album

• Gilbertos Samba Ao Vivo

Gilberto Gil

[Masterworks]

• Sings

Angelique Kidjo

[429 Records]

• Music From Inala

Ladysmith Black Mambazo With Ella Spira & The Inala Ensemble

[Ladysmith Black Mambazo]

• Home

Anoushka Shankar

[Deutsche Grammophon]

• I Have No Everything Here

Zomba Prison Project

[Six Degrees]

Best Children's Album

• ¡Come Bien! Eat Right!

José-Luis Orozco

[Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]

• Dark Pie Concerns

Gustafer Yellowgold

[Apple-Eye Productions]

• Home

Tim Kubart

[Tim And The Space Cadets]

• How Great Can This Day Be

Lori Henriques

[Human Puppy Records]

• Trees

Molly Ledford & Billy Kelly

[Yay! Music]

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)

• Blood On Snow (Jo Nesbø)

Patti Smith

[Random House Audio]

• Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, And Assorted Hijinks

Dick Cavett

[Macmillan Audio]

• A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety

Jimmy Carter

[Simon & Schuster Audio]

• Patience And Sarah (Isabel Miller)

Janis Ian & Jean Smart

[Audible Studios]

• Yes Please

Amy Poehler (& Various Artists)

[HarperAudio]

Best Comedy Album

• Back To The Drawing Board

Lisa Lampanelli

[Comedy Dynamics]

• Brooklyn

Wyatt Cenac

[Other Music Recording]

• Happy. And A Lot.

Jay Mohr

[Lolflix Inc.]

• Just Being Honest

Craig Ferguson

[Lionsgate Records]

• Live At Madison Square Garden

Louis C.K.

[Comedy Dynamics]

Best Musical Theater Album

• An American In Paris

Leanne Cope, Max Von Essen, Robert Fairchild, Jill Paice & Brandon Uranowitz, principal soloists; Rob Fisher & Scott Lehrer, producers (George Gershwin, composer; Ira Gershwin, lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)

[Masterworks Broadway]

• Fun Home

Michael Cerveris, Judy Kuhn, Sydney Lucas, Beth Malone & Emily Skeggs, principal soloists; Philip Chaffin & Tommy Krasker, producers (Jeanine Tesori, composer; Lisa Kron, lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)

[PS Classics]

• Hamilton

Daveed Diggs, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jonathan Groff, Christopher Jackson, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom, Jr., Okieriete Onaodowan, Anthony Ramos & Phillipa Soo, principal soloists; Alex Lacamoire, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bill Sherman, Ahmir Thompson & Tarik Trotter, producers; Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)

[Atlantic]

• The King And I

Ruthie Ann Miles, Kelli O'Hara, Ashley Park, Conrad Ricamora & Ken Watanabe, principal soloists; David Caddick, David Lai & Ted Sperling, producers (Richard Rodgers, composer; Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist) (2015 Broadway Cast)

[Universal Music Classics]

• Something Rotten!

Heidi Blickenstaff, Christian Borle, John Cariani, Brian d'Arcy James, Brad Oscar & Kate Reinders, principal soloists; Kurt Deutsch, Karey Kirkpatrick, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Lawrence Manchester, Kevin McCollum & Phil Reno, producers; Karey Kirkpatrick & Wayne Kirkpatrick, composers/lyricists (Originial Broadway Cast)

[Ghostlight]

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

• Empire: Season 1

(Various Artists)

[Columbia]

• Fifty Shades Of Grey

(Various Artists)

[Republic Records]

• Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me

(Various Artists)

[Big Machine Records]

• Pitch Perfect 2

(Various Artists)

[Universal Music Enterprises/Republic Records]

• Selma

(Various Artists)

[Paramount Pictures/Pathé Productions]

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media

• Birdman

Antonio Sanchez, composer

[Milan Records]

• The Imitation Game

Alexandre Desplat, composer

[Sony Classical]

• Interstellar

Hans Zimmer, composer

[WaterTower Music]

• The Theory Of Everything

Jóhann Jóhannsson, composer

[Back Lot Music]

• Whiplash

Justin Hurwitz, composer

[Varèse Sarabande]

Best Song Written For Visual Media

• Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)

Ahmad Balshe, Stephan Moccio, Jason Quenneville & Abel Tesfaye, songwriters (The Weeknd)

Track from: Fifty Shades Of Grey

[Universal Studios/Republic Records; Publisher(s): SONGS Music Publishing, LLC, o/b/o Songs Of SMP, Songs Of Universal, Inc. and Sing Little Penguin, Universal Music Corp, CP Music Group, Inc., Universal Pictures Music and UPG Music Publishing]

• Glory

Lonnie Lynn, Che Smith & John Stephens, songwriters (Common & John Legend)

Track from: Selma

[Def Jam/ARTium Records; Publisher(s): Paramount Pictures/Pathé Productions Limited]

• Love Me Like You Do

Savan Kotecha, Max Martin, Tove Nilsson, Ali Payami & Ilya Salmanzadeh, songwriters (Ellie Goulding)

Track from: Fifty Shades Of Grey

[Republic Records; Publisher(s): MXM admin. by Kobalt, Wolf Cousin/Warner/Chappell Music SCAND, Shellbeck Industries, Universal Pictures Music]

• See You Again

Andrew Cedar, Justin Franks, Charles Puth & Cameron Thomaz, songwriters (Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth)

Track from: Furious 7

[Atlantic; Publisher(s): Artist Publishing Group West/J Franks Publishing/Andrew Cedar Publishing admin. by WB Music Corp./Wiz Khalifa Publishing admin. by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./Charlie Puth Music Publishing/Artist 101 Publishing Group admin. by Warner Chappell Music, Universal Pictures Music, UPG Music Publishing]

• Til It Happens To You

Lady Gaga & Diane Warren, songwriters (Lady Gaga)

Track from: The Hunting Ground

[Streamline/Interscope; Publisher(s): Diane Warren Trust d/b/a REALSONGS/Sony ATV songs LLC/House of Gaga Publishing Inc./GloJoe Music Inc.]

Best Instrumental Composition

• The Afro Latin Jazz Suite

Arturo O'Farrill, composer (Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Featuring Rudresh Mahanthappa)

Track from: Cuba: The Conversation Continues

[Motema Music]

• Civil War

Bob Mintzer, composer (Bob Mintzer Big Band)

Track from: Get Up!

[MCG Jazz]

• Confetti Man

David Balakrishnan, composer (Turtle Island Quartet)

Track from: Confetti Man

[Azica Records]

• Neil

Rich DeRosa, composer (University Of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band)

Track from: Lab 2015

[North Texas Jazz]

• Vesper

Marshall Gilkes, composer (Marshall Gilkes & WDR Big Band)

Track from: Köln

[Alternate Side Records]

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

• Bruno Mars

Paul Allen, Troy Hayes, Evin Martin & J Moss, arrangers (Vocally Challenged)

[PMG Records]

• Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy

Ben Bram, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstin Maldonado & Kevin Olusola, arrangers (Pentatonix)

Track from: That's Christmas To Me

[RCA Records]

• Do You Hear What I Hear?

Armand Hutton, arranger (Committed)

Track from: Home For Christmas

[Mixed Bag Music Group, LLC.]

• Ghost Of A Chance

Bob James, arranger (Bob James & Nathan East)

Track from: The New Cool

[Yamaha Entertainment Group Of America]

• You And The Night And The Music

John Fedchock, arranger (John Fedchock New York Big Band)

Track from: Like It Is

[Mama Records]

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

• Be My Muse

Shelly Berg, arranger (Lorraine Feather)

[Jazzed Media]

• 52nd & Broadway

Patrick Williams, arranger (Patrick Williams Featuring Patti Austin)

Track from: Home Suite Home

[BFM Jazz]

• Garota De Ipanema

Otmaro Ruiz, arranger (Catina DeLuna Featuring Otmaro Ruiz)

Track from: Catina Deluna Lado B Brazilian Project Featuring Otmaro Ruiz

[Catina DeLuna]

• Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)

Maria Schneider, arranger (David Bowie)

Track from: Nothing Has Changed

[Legacy/Columbia]

• When I Come Home

Jimmy Greene, arranger (Jimmy Greene With Javier Colon)

Track from: Beautiful Life

[Mack Avenue Records]

Best Recording Package

• Alagoas

Alex Trochut, art director (Alagoas)

[Better Problems]

• Bush

Anita Marisa Boriboon, art director (Snoop Dogg)

[Doggy Style/ Iamother/ Columbia Records]

• How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (Deluxe Edition)

Brian Roettinger, art director (Florence + The Machine)

[Republic]

• My Happiness

Nathanio Strimpopulos, art director (Elvis Presley)

[Third Man Records]

• Still The King: Celebrating The Music Of Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys

Sarah Dodds, Shauna Dodds & Dick Reeves, art directors (Asleep At The Wheel)

[Bismeaux Records]

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package

• Beneath The Skin (Deluxe Box Set)

Leif Podhajsky, art director (Of Monsters And Men)

[Republic]

• I Love You, Honeybear (Limited Edition Deluxe Vinyl)

Sasha Barr & Josh Tillman, art directors (Father John Misty)

[Sub Pop]

• The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume Two (1928-32)

Susan Archie, Dean Blackwood & Jack White, art directors (Various Artists)

[Third Man Records / Revenant Records]

• Sticky Fingers (Super Deluxe Edition)

Stephen Kennedy & James Tilley, art directors (The Rolling Stones)

[Universal Music Enterprises, A Division Of UM]

• 30 Trips Around The Sun

Doran Tyson & Steve Vance, art directors (Grateful Dead)

[Rhino]

• What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World (Deluxe Box Set)

Jeri Heiden & Glen Nakasako, art directors (The Decemberists)

[Capitol Records]

Best Album Notes

• Folksongs Of Another America: Field Recordings From The Upper Midwest, 1937-1946

James P. Leary, album notes writer (Various Artists)

[Dust-To-Digital/University of Wisconsin Press]

• Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection

Jeff Place, album notes writer (Lead Belly)

[Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]

• Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting To Be Danced

Joni Mitchell, album notes writer (Joni Mitchell)

[Rhino]

• Portrait Of An American Singer

Ted Olson, album notes writer (Tennessee Ernie Ford)

[Bear Family Productions]

• Songs Of The Night: Dance Recordings, 1916-1925

Ryan Barna, album notes writer (Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra)

[Archeophone Records]

Best Historical Album

• The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11

Steve Berkowitz, Jan Haust & Jeff Rosen, compilation producers; Peter J. Moore, mastering engineer (Bob Dylan And The Band)

[Columbia/Legacy]

• The Complete Concert By The Sea

Geri Allen, Jocelyn Arem & Steve Rosenthal, compilation producers; Jessica Thompson, mastering engineer (Erroll Garner)

[Columbia/Legacy]

• Native North America (Vol. 1): Aboriginal Folk, Rock, And Country 1966–1985

Kevin Howes, compilation producer; Greg Mindorff, mastering engineer (Various Artists)

[Light In The Attic Records]

• Parchman Farm: Photographs And Field Recordings, 1947–1959

Steven Lance Ledbetter & Nathan Salsburg, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists)

[Dust-To-Digital]

• Songs My Mother Taught Me

Mark Puryear, compilation producer; Pete Reiniger, mastering engineer (Fannie Lou Hamer)

[Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

• Before This World

Dave O'Donnell, engineer; Ted Jensen, mastering engineer (James Taylor)

[Concord Records]

• Currency Of Man

Maxime Le Guil, engineer; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Melody Gardot)

[Verve/Universal]

• Recreational Love

Greg Kurstin & Alex Pasco, engineers; Emily Lazar, mastering engineer (The Bird And The Bee)

[Rostrum Records]

• Sound & Color

Shawn Everett, engineer; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Alabama Shakes)

[ATO Records]

• Wallflower

Steve Price, Jochem van der Saag & Jorge Vivo, engineers; Paul Blakemore, mastering engineer (Diana Krall)

[Verve Music Group/Universal]

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

• Jeff Bhasker

• Ain't Gonna Drown (Elle King) (T)

• Burning Doves (Mikky Ekko) (T)

• Burning House (Cam) (T)

• Grand Romantic (Nate Ruess) (A)

• Last Damn Night (Elle King) (T)

• Never Let You Down (Woodkid Featuring Lykke Li) (T)

• Runaway Train (Cam) (T)

• Uptown Special (Mark Ronson) (A)

• Dave Cobb

• Delilah (Anderson East) (A)

• Little Neon Limelight (Houndmouth) (A)

• Smoke (A Thousand Horses) (S)

• Something More Than Free (Jason Isbell) (A)

• Southernality (A Thousand Horses) (A)

• 3 (Honeyhoney) (A)

• Traveller (Chris Stapleton) (A)

• Diplo

• B**** I'm Madonna (Madonna Featuring Nicki Minaj) (S)

• Doctor Pepper (Diplo Featuring CL, Riff Raff & OG MacO) (S)

• Golden (Travie McCoy Featuring Sia) (S)

• Lean On (Major Lazer Featuring MØ & DJ Snake) (S)

• Peace Is The Mission (Major Lazer) (A)

• Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack Ü (Skrillex And Diplo) (A)

• Where Are Ü Now (Skrillex And Diplo With Justin Bieber) (T)

• Larry Klein

• Currency Of Man (Melody Gardot) (A)

• Freedom & Surrender (Lizz Wright) (A)

• Heartland (Indra Rios-Moore) (A)

• I'm Leaving You (Florence K) (A)

• Parker's Place (Parker Bent) (A)

• Speaking In Tongues (Luciana Souza) (A)

• Tenderness (JD Souther) (A)

• Blake Mills

• Sound & Color (Alabama Shakes) (A)

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

• Berlin By Overnight (CFCF Remix)

CFCF, remixer (Daniel Hope)

Track from: Berlin By Overnight

[Deutsche Grammophon]

• Hold On (Fatum Remix)

Bill Hamel & Chad Newbold, remixers (JES, Shant, & Clint Maximus)

[Intonenation Records]

• Runaway (U & I) (Kaskade Remix)

Ryan Raddon, remixer (Galantis)

Track from: Runaway (U&I) Remixes

[Big Beat/Atlantic]

• Say My Name (RAC Remix)

André Allen Anjos, remixer (Odesza Featuring Zyra)

Track from: Say My Name Remixes

[Counter Records]

• Uptown Funk (Dave Audé Remix)

Dave Audé, remixer (Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars)

[RCA Records]

Best Surround Sound Album

• Amdahl: Astrognosia & Aesop

Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Ingar Heine Bergby & Norwegian Radio Orchestra)

[2L (Lindberg Lyd)]

• Amused To Death

James Guthrie, surround mix engineer; James Guthrie & Joel Plante, surround mastering engineers; James Guthrie, surround producer (Roger Waters)

[Columbia/Legacy]

• Magnificat

Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Øyvind Gimse, Anita Brevik, Nidarosdomens Jentekor & Trondheimsolistene)

[2L (Lindberg Lyd)]

• Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7

Erdo Groot, surround mix engineer; Erdo Groot, surround mastering engineer; Philip Traugott, surround producer (Paavo Järvi & Russian National Orchestra)

[Pentatone]

• Spes

Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Tove Ramlo-Ystad & Cantus)

[2L (Lindberg Lyd)]

Best Engineered Album, Classical

• Ask Your Mama

Leslie Ann Jones, John Kilgore, Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum & Justin Merrill, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer (George Manahan & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra)

[Avie Records]

• Dutilleux: Métaboles; L'Arbre Des Songes; Symphony No. 2, 'Le Double'

Dmitriy Lipay, engineer; Alexander Lipay, mastering engineer (Ludovic Morlot, Augustin Hadelich & Seattle Symphony)

[Seattle Symphony Media]

• Monteverdi: Il Ritorno D'Ulisse In Patria

Robert Friedrich, engineer; Michael Bishop, mastering engineer (Martin Pearlman, Jennifer Rivera, Fernando Guimarães & Boston Baroque)

[Linn Records]

• Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil

Beyong Joon Hwang & John Newton, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Chorale & Kansas City Chorale)

[Chandos]

• Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, 'Organ'

Keith O. Johnson & Sean Royce Martin, engineers; Keith O. Johnson, mastering engineer (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony)

[Reference Recordings]

Producer Of The Year, Classical

• Blanton Alspaugh

• Hill: Symphony No. 4; Concertino Nos. 1 & 2; Divertimento (Peter Bay, Anton Nel & Austin Symphony Orchestra)

• Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Chorale & Kansas City Chorale)

• Sacred Songs Of Life & Love (Brian A. Schmidt & South Dakota Chorale)

• Spirit Of The American Range (Carlos Kalmar & The Oregon Symphony)

• Tower: Violin Concerto; Stroke; Chamber Dance (Giancarlo Guerrero, Cho-Liang Lin & Nashville Symphony)

• Manfred Eicher

• Franz Schubert (András Schiff)

• Galina Ustvolskaya (Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Markus Hinterhäuser & Reto Bieri)

• Moore: Dances & Canons (Saskia Lankhoorn)

• Rihm: Et Lux (Paul Van Nevel, Minguet Quartet & Huelgas Ensemble)

• Visions Fugitives (Anna Gourari)

• Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin

• Dances For Piano & Orchestra (Joel Fan, Christophe Chagnard & Northwest Sinfonietta)

• Tempo Do Brasil (Marc Regnier)

• Woman At The New Piano (Nadia Shpachenko)

• Dan Merceruio

• Chapí: String Quartets 1 & 2 (Cuarteto Latinoamericano)

• From Whence We Came (Ensemble Galilei)

• Gregson: Touch (Peter Gregson)

• In The Light Of Air - ICE Performs Anna Thorvaldsdottir (International Contemporary Ensemble)

• Schumann (Ying Quartet)

• Scrapyard Exotica (Del Sol String Quartet)

• Stravinsky: Petrushka (Richard Scerbo & Inscape Chamber Orchestra)

• What Artemisia Heard (El Mundo)

• ZOFO Plays Terry Riley (ZOFO)

• Judith Sherman

• Ask Your Mama (George Manahan & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra)

• Fields: Double Cluster; Space Sciences (Jan Kučera, Gloria Chuang & Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra)

• Liaisons - Re-Imagining Sondheim From The Piano (Anthony de Mare)

• Montage - Great Film Composers & The Piano (Gloria Cheng)

• Multitude, Solitude (Momenta Quartet)

• Of Color Braided All Desire - Music Of Eric Moe (Christine Brandes, Brentano String Quartet, Dominic Donato, Jessica Meyer, Karen Ouzounian, Manhattan String Quartet & Talujon)

• Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (Ursula Oppens)

• Sirota: Parting The Veil - Works For Violin & Piano (David Friend, Hyeyung Julie Yoon, Laurie Carney & Soyeon Kate Lee)

• Turina: Chamber Music For Strings & Piano (Lincoln Trio)

Best Orchestral Performance

• Bruckner: Symphony No. 4

Manfred Honeck, conductor (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)

[Reference Recordings]

• Dutilleux: Métaboles; L'Arbre Des Songes; Symphony No. 2, 'Le Double'

Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Seattle Symphony)

[Seattle Symphony Media]

• Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphony No. 10

Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)

[Deutsche Grammophon]

• Spirit Of The American Range

Carlos Kalmar, conductor (The Oregon Symphony)

[Pentatone]

• Zhou Long & Chen Yi: Symphony 'Humen 1839'

Darrell Ang, conductor (New Zealand Symphony Orchestra)

[Naxos]

Best Opera Recording

• Janáček: Jenůfa

Donald Runnicles, conductor; Will Hartmann, Michaela Kaune & Jennifer Larmore; Magdalena Herbst, producer (Orchestra Of The Deutsche Oper Berlin; Chorus Of The Deutsche Oper Berlin)

[Arthaus]

• Monteverdi: Il Ritorno D'Ulisse In Patria

Martin Pearlman, conductor; Fernando Guimarães & Jennifer Rivera; Thomas C. Moore, producer (Boston Baroque)

[Linn Records]

• Mozart: Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Diana Damrau, Paul Schweinester & Rolando Villazón; Sid McLauchlan, producer (Chamber Orchestra Of Europe)

[Deutsche Grammophon]

• Ravel: L'Enfant Et Les Sortilèges; Shéhérazade

Seiji Ozawa, conductor; Isabel Leonard; Dominic Fyfe, producer (Saito Kinen Orchestra; SKF Matsumoto Chorus & SKF Matsumoto Children's Chorus)

[Decca]

• Steffani: Niobe, Regina Di Tebe

Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Karina Gauvin & Philippe Jaroussky; Renate Wolter-Seevers, producer (Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra)

[Erato]

Best Choral Performance

• Beethoven: Missa Solemnis

Bernard Haitink, conductor; Peter Dijkstra, chorus master (Anton Barachovsky, Genia Kühmeier, Elisabeth Kulman, Hanno Müller-Brachmann & Mark Padmore; Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks)

[BR Klassik]

• Monteverdi: Vespers Of 1610

Harry Christophers, conductor (Jeremy Budd, Grace Davidson, Ben Davies, Mark Dobell, Eamonn Dougan & Charlotte Mobbs; The Sixteen)

[Coro]

• Pablo Neruda - The Poet Sings

Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (James K. Bass, Laura Mercado-Wright, Eric Neuville & Lauren Snouffer; Faith DeBow & Stephen Redfield; Conspirare)

[Harmonia Mundi]

• Paulus: Far In The Heavens

Eric Holtan, conductor (Sara Fraker, Matthew Goinz, Thea Lobo, Owen McIntosh, Kathryn Mueller & Christine Vivona; True Concord Orchestra; True Concord Voices)

[Reference Recordings]

• Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil

Charles Bruffy, conductor (Paul Davidson, Frank Fleschner, Toby Vaughn Kidd, Bryan Pinkall, Julia Scozzafava, Bryan Taylor & Joseph Warner; Kansas City Chorale & Phoenix Chorale)

[Chandos]

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

• Brahms: The Piano Trios

Tanja Tetzlaff, Christian Tetzlaff & Lars Vogt

[Ondine]

• Filament

Eighth Blackbird

[Cedille Records]

• Flaherty: Airdancing For Toy Piano, Piano & Electronics

Nadia Shpachenko & Genevieve Feiwen Lee

Track from: Woman At The New Piano

[Reference Recordings]

• Render

Brad Wells & Roomful Of Teeth

[New Amsterdam Records]

• Shostakovich: Piano Quintet & String Quartet No. 2

Takács Quartet & Marc-André Hamelin

[Hyperion]

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

• Dutilleux: Violin Concerto, L'Arbre Des Songes

Augustin Hadelich; Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Seattle Symphony)

Track from: Dutilleux: Métaboles; L'Arbre Des Songes; Symphony No. 2, 'Le Double'

[Seattle Symphony Media]

• Grieg & Moszkowski: Piano Concertos

Joseph Moog; Nicholas Milton, conductor (Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern)

[Onyx Classics]

• Mozart: Keyboard Music, Vol. 7

Kristian Bezuidenhout

[Harmonia Mnudi]

• Rachmaninov Variations

Daniil Trifonov (The Philadelphia Orchestra)

[Deutsche Grammophon]

• Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated!

Ursula Oppens (Jerome Lowenthal)

[Cedille Records]

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

• Beethoven: An Die Ferne Geliebte; Haydn: English Songs; Mozart: Masonic Cantata

Mark Padmore; Kristian Bezuidenhout, accompanist

[Harmonia Mundi]

• Joyce & Tony - Live From Wigmore Hall

Joyce DiDonato; Antonio Pappano, accompanist

[Erato]

• Nessun Dorma - The Puccini Album

Jonas Kaufmann; Antonio Pappano, conductor (Kristīne Opolais, Antonio Pirozzi & Massimo Simeoli; Coro Dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia; Orchestra Dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia)

[Sony Classical]

• Rouse: Seeing; Kabir Padavali

Talise Trevigne; David Alan Miller, conductor (Orion Weiss; Albany Symphony)

[Naxos]

• St. Petersburg

Cecilia Bartoli; Diego Fasolis, conductor (I Barocchisti)

[Decca]

Best Classical Compendium

• As Dreams Fall Apart - The Golden Age Of Jewish Stage And Film Music (1925-1955)

New Budapest Orpheum Society; Jim Ginsburg, producer

[Cedille Records]

• Ask Your Mama

George Manahan, conductor; Judith Sherman, producer

[Avie Records]

• Handel: L'Allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, 1740

Paul McCreesh, conductor; Nicholas Parker, producer

[Signum Classics]

• Paulus: Three Places Of Enlightenment; Veil Of Tears & Grand Concerto

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Tim Handley, producer

[Naxos]

• Woman At The New Piano

Nadia Shpachenko; Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin, producers

[Reference Recordings]

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

• Barry: The Importance Of Being Earnest

Gerald Barry, composer (Thomas Adès, Barbara Hannigan, Katalin Károlyi, Hilary Summers, Peter Tantsits & Birmingham Contemporary Music Group)

[NMC Recordings]

• Norman: Play

Andrew Norman, composer (Gil Rose & Boston Modern Orchestra Project)

Track from: Norman: Play

[BMOP/Sound]

• Paulus: Prayers & Remembrances

Stephen Paulus, composer (Eric Holtan, True Concord Voices & Orchestra)

Track from: Paulus: Far In The Heavens

[Reference Recordings]

• Tower: Stroke

Joan Tower, composer (Giancarlo Guerrero, Cho-Liang Lin & Nashville Symphony)

Track from: Tower: Violin Concerto; Stroke; Chamber Dance

[Naxos]

• Wolfe: Anthracite Fields

Julia Wolfe, composer (Julian Wachner, The Choir Of Trinity Wall Street & Bang On A Can All-Stars)

[Cantaloupe Music]

Best Music Video

• LSD

ASAP Rocky

Dexter Navy, video director; Shin Nishigaki, video producer

[RCA Records/A$AP Worldwide/Polo Grounds Music]

• I Feel Love (Every Million Miles)

The Dead Weather

Cooper Roberts & Ian Schwartz, video directors; Candice Dragonas & Nathan Scherrer, video producers

[Third Man Records]

• Alright

Kendrick Lamar

The Little Homies & Colin Tilley, video directors; Brandon Bonfiglio, Dave Free, Andrew Lerios & Luga Podesta, video producers

[Aftermath Records/Interscope Records]

• Bad Blood

Taylor Swift Featuring Kendrick Lamar

Joseph Kahn, video director; Ron Morhoff, video producer

[Big Machine Records]

• Freedom

Pharrell Williams

Paul Hunter, video director; Candice Dragonas & Nathan Scherrer, video producers

[Columbia]

Field 29 - Music Video/Film

Category 83 - Best Music Film

(For concert/performance films or music documentaries. Award to the artist, video director, and video producer.)

• Mr. Dynamite: The Rise Of James Brown

James Brown

Alex Gibney, video director; Peter Afterman, Blair Foster, Mick Jagger & Victoria Pearman, video producers

[Inaudible Films]

• Sonic Highways

Foo Fighters

Dave Grohl, video director; John Cutcliffe, John Silva, Gaby Skolnek & Kristen Welsh, video producers

[RCA Records/Roswell Records]

• What Happened, Miss Simone?

Nina Simone

Liz Garbus, video director; Liz Garbus, Amy Hobby, Jayson Jackson & Justin Wilkes, video producers

[Netflix]

• The Wall

Roger Waters

Sean Evans & Roger Waters, video directors; Clare Spencer & Roger Waters, video producers

[Back Lot Music]

• Amy

Amy Winehouse

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