Best engineered album, classical
Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshua. Bernd Gottinger, engineer (JoAnn Falletta, James K. Bass, Adam Luebke, UCLA Chamber Singers, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra & Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus)

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess. David Frost & John Kerswell, engineers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer (David Robertson, Eric Owens, Angel Blue, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)

Hynes: Fields. Kyle Pyke, engineer; Jesse Lewis & Kyle Pyke, mastering engineers (Devonté Hynes & Third Coast Percussion)

Ives: Complete Symphonies. Alexander Lipay and Dmitriy Lipay, engineers; Alexander Lipay and Dmitriy Lipay, mastering engineers (Gustavo Dudamel and Los Angeles Philharmonic)

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, “Babi Yar.” David Frost and Charlie Post, engineers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer (Riccardo Muti and Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

Producer of the year, classical
Blanton Alspaugh; David Frost; Jesse Lewis; Dmitriy Lipay; Elaine Martone

Best orchestral performance

Aspects of America — Pulitzer Edition. Carlos Kalmar, conductor (Oregon Symphony)

Concurrence. Daníel Bjarnason, conductor (Iceland Symphony Orchestra)

Copland: Symphony No. 3. Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)

Ives: Complete Symphonies. Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)

Lutoslawski: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3. Hannu Lintu, conductor (Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra)

Best opera recording

Dello Joio: The Trial at Rouen. Gil Rose, conductor; Heather Buck and Stephen Powell; Gil Rose, producer

Floyd, C.: Prince of Players. William Boggs, conductor; Keith Phares and Kate Royal; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra; Florentine Opera Chorus)

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess. David Robertson, conductor; Angel Blue and Eric Owens; David Frost, producer (the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; the Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

Handel: Agrippina. Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor; Joyce DiDonato; Daniel Zalay, producer (Il Pomo D’Oro)

Zemlinsky: Der Zwerg. Donald Runnicles, conductor; David Butt Philip and Elena Tsallagova; Peter Ghirardini and Erwin Stürzer, producers (Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin; Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin)

Best choral performance

Carthage. Donald Nally, conductor (The Crossing)

Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshua. JoAnn Falletta, conductor; James K. Bass and Adam Luebke, chorus masters (James K. Bass, J’Nai Bridges, Timothy Fallon, Kenneth Overton, Hila Plitmann and Matthew Worth; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus and UCLA Chamber Singers)

Kastalsky: Requiem. Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Charles Bruffy, Steven Fox and Benedict Sheehan, chorus masters (Joseph Charles Beutel and Anna Dennis; Orchestra of St. Luke’s; Cathedral Choral Society, the Clarion Choir, Kansas City Chorale and the Saint Tikhon Choir)

Moravec: Sanctuary Road. Kent Tritle, conductor (Joshua Blue, Raehann Bryce-Davis, Dashon Burton, Malcolm J. Merriweather and Laquita Mitchell; Oratorio Society of New York Orchestra; Oratorio Society of New York Chorus)

Once Upon a Time. Matthew Guard, conductor (Sarah Walker; Skylark Vocal Ensemble)

Best chamber music/small ensemble performance

Contemporary Voices. Pacifica Quartet

Healing Modes. Brooklyn Rider

Hearne, T.: Place. Ted Hearne, Steven Bradshaw, Sophia Byrd, Josephine Lee, Isaiah Robinson, Sol Ruiz, Ayanna Woods and Place Orchestra

Hynes: Fields. Devonté Hynes & Third Coast Percussion

The Schumann Quartets. Dover Quartet

Best classical instrumental solo
Ades: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. Kirill Gerstein; Thomas Adès, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)

Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas. Igor Levit

Bohemian Tales. Augustin Hadelich; Jakub Hrůša, conductor (Charles Owen; Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks)

Destination Rachmaninov — Arrival. Daniil Trifonov; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (the Philadelphia Orchestra)

Theofanidis: Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra. Richard O’Neill; David Alan Miller, conductor (Albany Symphony)

Best classical solo vocal album
American Composers at Play — William Bolcom, Ricky Ian Gordon, Lori Laitman, John Musto. Stephen Powell (Attacca Quartet, William Bolcom, Ricky Ian Gordon, Lori Laitman, John Musto, Charles Neidich and Jason Vieaux)

Clairieres — Songs by Lili & Nadia Boulanger. Nicholas Phan; Myra Huang, accompanist

Farinelli. Cecilia Bartoli; Giovanni Antonini, conductor (Il Giardino Armonico)

A Lad’s Love. Brian Giebler; Steven McGhee, accompanist (Katie Hyun, Michael Katz, Jessica Meyer, Reginald Mobley and Ben Russell)

Smyth: The Prison. Sarah Brailey and Dashon Burton; James Blachly, conductor (Experiential Chorus; Experiential Orchestra)

Best classical compendium
Ades Conducts Ades. Mark Stone and Christianne Stotijn; Thomas Adès, conductor; Nick Squire, producer

Saariaho: Graal Theatre; Circle Map; Neiges; Vers Toi Qui es si Loin. Clément Mao-Takacs, conductor; Hans Kipfer, producer

Serebrier: Symphonic Bach Variations; Laments and Hallelujahs; Flute Concerto. José Serebrier, conductor; Jens Braun, producer

Thomas, M.T.: From the Diary of Anne Frank & Meditations on Rilke. Isabel Leonard; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Jack Vad, producer

Woolf, L.P.: Fire and Flood. Matt Haimovitz; Julian Wachner, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer

Best contemporary classical composition
Ades: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. Thomas Adès, composer (Kirill Gerstein, Thomas Adès and Boston Symphony Orchestra)

Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshua. Richard Danielpour, composer (JoAnn Falletta, James K. Bass, Adam Luebke, UCLA Chamber Singers, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus)

Floyd, C.: Prince of Players. Carlisle Floyd, composer (William Boggs, Kate Royal, Keith Phares, Florentine Opera Chorus and Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra)

Hearne, T.: Place. Ted Hearne, composer (Ted Hearne, Steven Bradshaw, Sophia Byrd, Josephine Lee, Isaiah Robinson, Sol Ruiz, Ayanna Woods and Place Orchestra)

Rouse: Symphony No. 5. Christopher Rouse, composer (Giancarlo Guerrero and Nashville Symphony)