Best Opera Recording
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Nicholas Phan & Christopher Purves; Jason O’Connell, producer (San Francisco Symphony; San Francisco Symphony Chorus; Timo Kurkikangas) – “Saariaho: Adriana Mater”
Best Choral Performance
Donald Nally, conductor (The Crossing) – “Ochre”
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion – “Rectangles and Circumstance”
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Víkingur Ólafsson – “Bach: Goldberg Variations”
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
aren Slack, soloist; Michelle Cann, pianist – “Beyond The Years – Unpublished Songs Of Florence Price”
Best Classical Compendium
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Dmitriy Lipay, producer – “Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina”
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Gabriela Ortiz, composer (Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale) – “Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina”