Classical Album:
Shostakovich: The String Quartets
Emerson String Quartet; Da-Hong Seetoo & Max Wilcox, producers
[Deutsche Grammophon]
$80.72
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Orchestral Performance:
Mahler: Sym. No. 10
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor; Berliner Philharmoniker
[EMI Classics]
15.49
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Opera Recording:
Busoni: Doktor Faust
Kent Nagano; Kim Begley; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; Dietrich Henschel; Markus Hollop; Eva Jenis
[Erato]
$48.42
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Choral Performance:
Penderecki: Credo
Helmuth Rilling, conductor; Oregon Bach Festival Chorus; Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra
[Hänssler Classic]
$16.09
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Instrumental Soloist w/Orch:
Maw: Violin Concerto
Joshua Bell, violin; Sir Roger Norrington, conductor (London Phil. Orch.)
[Sony Classical]
$15.49
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Instrumental Soloist w/o Orch:
Dreams Of A World (Works Of Lauro, Ruiz-Pipo, Duarte, Etc.)
Sharon Isbin, guitar
[Teldec Classics International]
$15.49
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Chamber Music Performance:
Shostakovich: The String Quartets
Emerson String Quartet
[Deutsche Grammophon]
$80.72
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Small Ensemble Performance:
Shadow Dances (Stravinsky Miniatures - Tango; Suite No. 1; Octet, Etc.)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
[Deutsche Grammophon]
$15.49
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Classical Vocal Performance:
The Vivaldi Album (Dell'aura al sussurrar; Alma oppressa, Etc.)
Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo soprano (Arnold Schoenberg Chor; Giovanni Antonini; Il Giardino Armonico)
[Decca Records]
$16.49
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Classical Contemporary Composition:
George Crumb: 70th Birthday Album, Star-Child
George Crumb, composer, et al.
[Bridge Records]
$16.49
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Classical Crossover:
Appalachian Journey (1B; Misty Moonlight Waltz; Indecision, Etc.)
Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Edgar Meyer. double bass; Mark O'Connor, violin (Alison Krauss, fiddle & vocals; James Taylor, vocals)
[Sony Classical]
$13.99
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Classical Engineered Album:
Dvorák: Requiem, Op. 89; Sym. No. 9, Op. 95 "From the New World" (Listen/Buy)
John Eargle, engineer (Zdenek Macal)
[Delos International]
$14.22
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Classical Producer Of The Year: Steven Epstein
Appalachian Journey (1B; Mist Moonlight Waltz; Indecision, Etc.) (Yo-Yo Ma, cello; E. Meyer, d/bass; M. O'Connor, violin)
Corea.Concerto ('Spain' For Sextet & Orch.; Piano Con. No. 1) (Chick Corea, piano/conductor)
Corigliano: Phantasmagoria (Fancy On A Bach Air; Fantasia On An Ostinato, Etc.) (Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Emanuel Ax & James Tocco, piano)
Dvorák: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat, Op. 87; Sonatina in G, Op. 100; Romantic Pieces, Op. 75 (Emanuel Ax, piano; Isaac Stern, violin; Various)
Songs Without Words (Works Of Mendelssohn, Schubert/Liszt, Bach/Busoni) (Murray Perahia, piano)