This year Grammys Award show was very interesting in all regards and aspects of the show. I felt like most of the musical performances were very slow and somber choices. It just wasn't that exciting of a show. Thank goodness for Kayne West for making a little joke at the end of the show as Beck came to accept his award for Album of the Year. That left a little humor to the award how last night. Along with the many shocked faces of Beck winning that pitcualr Grammy before Beyonce, Pharell, and the Grammy sweeper Sam Smith.
1. RECORD OF THE YEAR Stay With Me (Darkchild Version) Sam Smith Steve Fitzmaurice, Rodney Jerkins & Jimmy Napes, producers; Steve Fitzmaurice, Jimmy Napes & Steve Price, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer Label: Capitol Records; Publishers: Sony/ATV Songs LLC obo Naughty Worlds Ltd./Universal-Polygram Int. Tunes, Inc. obo Salli Isaak Songs, Ltd./Universal Polygram Int. Tunes, Inc. obo Method Paperwork 2. ALBUM OF THE YEAR Morning Phase Beck Beck Hansen, producer; Tom Elmhirst, David Greenbaum, Florian Lagatta, Cole Marsden Greif-Neill, Robbie Nelson, Darrell Thorp, Cassidy Turbin & Joe Visciano, engineers/mixers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer Label: Capitol Records 3. SONG OF THE YEAR Stay With Me (Darkchild Version) James Napier, William Phillips & Sam Smith, songwriters (Sam Smith) Label: Capitol Records; Publishers: Sony/ATV Songs LLC obo Naughty Words Ltd./Universal-Polygram Int. Tunes, Inc. obo Method Paperwork 4. BEST NEW ARTIST Sam Smith Label: Capitol Records 5. BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE Happy (Live) Pharrell Williams Label: Columbia Records 6. BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE Say Something A Great Big World With Christina Aguilera Track from: Is There Anybody Out There? Label: Epic Records 7. BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM Cheek To Cheek Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga Label: Streamline/Columbia/RPM/Interscope 8. BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM In The Lonely Hour Sam Smith Label: Capitol Records 9. BEST DANCE RECORDING Rather Be Clean Bandit Featuring Jess Glynne Grace Chatto & Jack Patterson, producers; Wez Clarke & Jack Patterson, mixers Track from: New Eyes Label: Big Beat/Atlantic Syro Aphex Twin Label: Warp Records 11. BEST CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM Bass & Mandolin Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer Label: Nonesuch 12. BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE Lazaretto Jack White Track from: Lazaretto Label: Third Man Records/Columbia Records 13. BEST METAL PERFORMANCE The Last In Line Tenacious D Track from: Ronnie James Dio – This Is Your Life Label: Rhino 14. BEST ROCK SONG Ain’t It Fun Hayley Williams & Taylor York, songwriters (Paramore) Track from: Paramore Label: Fueled By Ramen; Publishers: WB Music Corp./But Father, I Just Want To Sing/FBR Music And Hunterboro Music/WB Music Corp/Justin’s Polite Music 15. BEST ROCK ALBUM Ryan Adams Ryan Adams Label: Blue Note Records 16. BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM St. Vincent St. Vincent Label: Loma Vista Recordings / Republic 17. BEST R&B PERFORMANCE Drunk In Love Beyoncé Featuring Jay Z Track from: Beyoncé Label: Columbia Records 18. BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE Jesus Children Robert Glasper Experiment Featuring Lalah Hathaway & Malcolm-Jamal Warner Track from: Black Radio 2 Label: Blue Note Records 19. BEST R&B SONG Drunk In Love Shawn Carter, Rasool Diaz, Noel Fisher, Jerome Harmon, Beyoncé Knowles, Timothy Mosely, Andre Eric Proctor & Brian Soko, songwriters (Beyoncé Featuring Jay Z) Track from: Beyoncé Label: Columbia Records; Publishers: EMI Blackwood Music, Inc. obo Itself and If You Need Me Don’t Leave Me/WB Music Corp./Oakland 13 Music/Carter Boys Music/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./The Order Music/VB Rising Music Publishing/ole/Jerome Harmon Publishing 20. BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM Girl Pharrell Williams Label: Columbia Records | 21. BEST R&B ALBUM Love, Marriage & Divorce Toni Braxton & Babyface Label: Def Jam Recordings 22. BEST RAP PERFORMANCE I Kendrick Lamar Label: Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records 23. BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION The Monster Eminem Featuring Rihanna Track from: The Marshall Mathers LP2 Label: Aftermath 24. BEST RAP SONG I K. Duckworth & C. Smith, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar) Label: Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records Anaconda 25. BEST RAP ALBUM The Marshall Mathers LP2 Eminem Label: Aftermath 26. BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE Something In The Water Carrie Underwood Label: Sony Nashville 27. BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE Gentle On My Mind The Band Perry Track from: Glen Campbell, I’ll Be Me Soundtrack EP Label: Big Machine Records 28. BEST COUNTRY SONG I’m Not Gonna Miss You Glen Campbell & Julian Raymond, songwriters (Glen Campbell) Track from: Glen Campbell, I’ll Be Me Soundtrack Label: Big Machine Records 29. BEST COUNTRY ALBUM Platinum Miranda Lambert Label: RCA Nashville 30. BEST NEW AGE ALBUM Winds Of Samsara Ricky Kej & Wouter Kellerman Label: Listen 2 Africa 31. BEST IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLO Fingerprints Chick Corea, soloist Track from: Trilogy (Chick Corea Trio) Label: Concord Jazz 32. BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM Beautiful Life Dianne Reeves Label: Concord Records 33. BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM Trilogy Chick Corea Trio Label: Concord Jazz 34. BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM Life In The Bubble Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band Label: Telarc International 35. BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM The Offense Of The Drum Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Label: Motema 36. BEST GOSPEL PERFORMANCE/SONG No Greater Love Smokie Norful Smokie Norful; Aaron W. Lindsey & Smokie Norful, songwriters Label: Tre’Myles/Motown Gospel; Publishers: Capitol CMG Paragon, Aaron Lindsey Pub. admin. by CapitolCMGPublishing.com/Meadowgreen Music Company, Norful Music Publishing 37. BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE/SONG Messengers Lecrae Featuring For King & Country Lecrae Featuring For King & Country; Torrance Esmond, Ran Jackson, Ricky Jackson, Kenneth Chris Mackey, Lecrae Moore, Joseph Prielozny, Joel Smallbone & Luke Smallbone, songwriters Label: Reach Records; Publishers: Fellowship Of The Unashamed Music, WB Music Corp./Method To The Madness/Shankel Songs/Warner Tamerlane/Kilns Music/Aly Plane Music/Evident Music/Before I Die Publishing/Joseph Prielozny Music/Track Or Die Music LLC 38. BEST GOSPEL ALBUM Help Erica Campbell Label: EOne/My Block 39. BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC ALBUM Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong. For King & Country Label: Fervent/Word/Curb 40. BEST ROOTS GOSPEL ALBUM Shine For All The People Mike Farris Label: Compass Records |
41. BEST LATIN POP ALBUM
Tangos
Rubén Blades
Label: Sunnyside Records
42. BEST LATIN ROCK, URBAN OR ALTERNATIVE ALBUM
Multiviral
Calle 13
Label: Sony Music Latin
43. BEST REGIONAL MEXICAN MUSIC ALBUM (INCLUDING TEJANO)
Mano A Mano – Tangos A La Manera De Vicente Fernández
Vicente Fernández
Label: Sony Music Latin
44. BEST TROPICAL LATIN ALBUM
Más + Corazón Profundo
Carlos Vives
Label: Sony Music Latin
45. BEST AMERICAN ROOTS PERFORMANCE
A Feather’s Not A Bird
Rosanne Cash
Track from: The River & The Thread
Label: Blue Note Records
46. BEST AMERICAN ROOTS SONG
A Feather’s Not A Bird
Rosanne Cash
Rosanne Cash & John Leventhal, songwriters (Rosanne Cash)
Track from: The River & The Thread
Label: Blue Note Records; Publishers: Chelcait Music admin. by Measurable Music LLC, a Notable Music Co./Lev-A-Tunes
47. BEST AMERICANA ALBUM
The River & The Thread
Rosanne Cash
Label: Blue Note Records
48. BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM
The Earls Of Leicester
The Earls Of Leicester
Label: Rounder
49. BEST BLUES ALBUM
Step Back
Johnny Winter
Label: Megaforce Records
50. BEST FOLK ALBUM
Remedy
Old Crow Medicine Show
Label: ATO Records
51. BEST REGIONAL ROOTS MUSIC ALBUM
The Legacy
Jo-El Sonnier
Label: Takau Records
52. BEST REGGAE ALBUM
Fly Rasta
Ziggy Marley
Label: Tuff Gong Worldwide
53. BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM
Eve
Angelique Kidjo
Label: 429 Records
54. BEST CHILDREN’S ALBUM
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up For Education And Changed The World (Malala Yousafzai)
Neela Vaswani
Label: Hachette Audio
55. BEST SPOKEN WORD ALBUM (INCLUDES POETRY, AUDIO BOOKS & STORYTELLING)
Diary Of A Mad Diva
Joan Rivers
Label: Penguin Audio
56. BEST COMEDY ALBUM
Mandatory Fun
“Weird Al” Yankovic
Label: RCA Records
57. BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Jessie Mueller, principal soloist; Jason Howland, Steve Sidwell & Billy Jay Stein, producers (Carole King, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)
Label: Ghostlight/Razor & Tie
58. BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
Frozen
Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Tom MacDougall & Chris Montan, compilation producers
Label: Walt Disney Records
59. BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alexandre Desplat, composer
Label: Abkco Music & Records
60. BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA
Let It Go
Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez, songwriters (Idina Menzel)
Track from: Frozen
Label: Walt Disney Records; Publisher: Wonderland Music Company, Inc.
61. BEST INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION
The Book Thief
John Williams, composer (John Williams)
Track from: The Book Thief Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Label: Sony Classical, Fox Music; Publisher: Fox Film Music Corp.
62. BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTAL OR A CAPPELLA
Daft Punk
Ben Bram, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstin Maldonado & Kevin Olusola, arrangers (Pentatonix)
Track from: PTX, Vol. 2
Label: RCA Records
63. BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTS AND VOCALS
New York Tendaberry
Billy Childs, arranger (Billy Childs Featuring Renée Fleming & Yo-Yo Ma)
Track from: Map To The Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro
Label: Masterworks
64. BEST RECORDING PACKAGE
Lightning Bolt
Jeff Ament, Don Pendleton, Joe Spix & Jerome Turner, art directors (Pearl Jam)
Label: Republic Records
65. BEST BOXED OR SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION PACKAGE
The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917-27)
Susan Archie, Dean Blackwood & Jack White, art directors (Various Artists)
Label: Third Man Records/ Revenant Records
66. BEST ALBUM NOTES
Offering: Live At Temple University
Ashley Kahn, album notes writer (John Coltrane)
Label: Resonance/Impulse
67. BEST HISTORICAL ALBUM
The Garden Spot Programs, 1950
Colin Escott & Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Hank Williams)
Label: Omnivore Recordings
68. BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, NON-CLASSICAL
Morning Phase
Tom Elmhirst, David Greenbaum, Florian Lagatta, Cole Marsden Greif-Neill, Robbie Nelson, Darrell Thorp, Cassidy Turbin & Joe Visciano, engineers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Beck)
Label: Capitol Records
69. PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL
Max Martin
Bang Bang (Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj) (S)
Break Free (Ariana Grande Featuring Zedd) (S)
Dark Horse (Katy Perry Featuring Juicy J) (S)
Problem (Ariana Grande Featuring Iggy Azalea) (S)
Shake It Off (Taylor Swift) (S)
Unconditionally (Katy Perry) (S)
70. BEST REMIXED RECORDING, NON-CLASSICAL
All Of Me (Tiesto’s Birthday Treatment Remix)
Tijs Michiel Verwest, remixer (John Legend)
Label: Columbia Records
71. BEST SURROUND SOUND ALBUM
Beyoncé
Elliot Scheiner, surround mix engineer; Bob Ludwig, surround mastering engineer;Beyoncé Knowles, surround producer (Beyoncé)
Label: Columbia Records
72. BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, CLASSICAL
Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem; Symphony No. 4; The Lark Ascending
Michael Bishop, engineer; Michael Bishop, mastering engineer (Robert Spano, Norman Mackenzie, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus)
Label: ASO Media
73. PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, CLASSICAL
Judith Sherman
Beethoven: Cello & Piano Complete (Fischer Duo)
Brahms By Heart (Chiara String Quartet)
Composing America (Lark Quartet)
Divergence (Plattform K + K Vienna)
The Good Song (Thomas Meglioranza)
Mozart & Brahms: Clarinet Quintets (Anthony McGill & Pacifica Quartet)
Snapshot (American Brass Quintet)
Two X Four (Jaime Laredo, Jennifer Koh, Vinay Parameswaran & Curtis 20/21 Ensemble)
Wagner Without Words (Ll_r Williams)
74. BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE
Adams, John: City Noir
David Robertson, conductor (St. Louis Symphony)
Label: Nonesuch
75. BEST OPERA RECORDING
Charpentier: La Descente D’Orphée Aux Enfers
Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Aaron Sheehan; Renate Wolter-Seevers, producer (Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble; Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble)
Label: CPO
76. BEST CHORAL PERFORMANCE
The Sacred Spirit Of Russia
Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (Conspirare)
Label: Harmonia Mundi
77. BEST CHAMBER MUSIC/SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
In 27 Pieces – The Hilary Hahn Encores
Hilary Hahn & Cory Smythe
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
78. BEST CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL SOLO
Play
Jason Vieaux
Label: Azica Records
79. BEST CLASSICAL SOLO VOCAL ALBUM
Douce France
Anne Sofie Von Otter; Bengt Forsberg, accompanist (Carl Bagge, Margareta Bengston, Mats Bergström, Per Ekdahl, Bengan Janson, Olle Linder & Antoine Tamestit)
Label: Naïve
80. BEST CLASSICAL COMPENDIUM
Partch: Plectra & Percussion Dances
Partch; John Schneider, producer
Label: Bridge Records, Inc.
81. BEST CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSITION
Adams, John Luther: Become Ocean
John Luther Adams, composer (Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony)
Label: Cantaloupe Music
82. BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Happy
Pharrell Williams
We Are From LA, video director; Kathleen Heffernan, Solal Micenmacher, Jett Steiger, video producers
Label: Columbia Records
83. BEST MUSIC FILM
20 Feet From Stardom
Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer & Judith Hill
Morgan Neville, video director; Gil Friesen & Caitrin Rogers, video producers
Label: Anchor Bay
Tangos
Rubén Blades
Label: Sunnyside Records
42. BEST LATIN ROCK, URBAN OR ALTERNATIVE ALBUM
Multiviral
Calle 13
Label: Sony Music Latin
43. BEST REGIONAL MEXICAN MUSIC ALBUM (INCLUDING TEJANO)
Mano A Mano – Tangos A La Manera De Vicente Fernández
Vicente Fernández
Label: Sony Music Latin
44. BEST TROPICAL LATIN ALBUM
Más + Corazón Profundo
Carlos Vives
Label: Sony Music Latin
45. BEST AMERICAN ROOTS PERFORMANCE
A Feather’s Not A Bird
Rosanne Cash
Track from: The River & The Thread
Label: Blue Note Records
46. BEST AMERICAN ROOTS SONG
A Feather’s Not A Bird
Rosanne Cash
Rosanne Cash & John Leventhal, songwriters (Rosanne Cash)
Track from: The River & The Thread
Label: Blue Note Records; Publishers: Chelcait Music admin. by Measurable Music LLC, a Notable Music Co./Lev-A-Tunes
47. BEST AMERICANA ALBUM
The River & The Thread
Rosanne Cash
Label: Blue Note Records
48. BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM
The Earls Of Leicester
The Earls Of Leicester
Label: Rounder
49. BEST BLUES ALBUM
Step Back
Johnny Winter
Label: Megaforce Records
50. BEST FOLK ALBUM
Remedy
Old Crow Medicine Show
Label: ATO Records
51. BEST REGIONAL ROOTS MUSIC ALBUM
The Legacy
Jo-El Sonnier
Label: Takau Records
52. BEST REGGAE ALBUM
Fly Rasta
Ziggy Marley
Label: Tuff Gong Worldwide
53. BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM
Eve
Angelique Kidjo
Label: 429 Records
54. BEST CHILDREN’S ALBUM
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up For Education And Changed The World (Malala Yousafzai)
Neela Vaswani
Label: Hachette Audio
55. BEST SPOKEN WORD ALBUM (INCLUDES POETRY, AUDIO BOOKS & STORYTELLING)
Diary Of A Mad Diva
Joan Rivers
Label: Penguin Audio
56. BEST COMEDY ALBUM
Mandatory Fun
“Weird Al” Yankovic
Label: RCA Records
57. BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Jessie Mueller, principal soloist; Jason Howland, Steve Sidwell & Billy Jay Stein, producers (Carole King, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)
Label: Ghostlight/Razor & Tie
58. BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
Frozen
Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Tom MacDougall & Chris Montan, compilation producers
Label: Walt Disney Records
59. BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alexandre Desplat, composer
Label: Abkco Music & Records
60. BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA
Let It Go
Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez, songwriters (Idina Menzel)
Track from: Frozen
Label: Walt Disney Records; Publisher: Wonderland Music Company, Inc.
61. BEST INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION
The Book Thief
John Williams, composer (John Williams)
Track from: The Book Thief Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Label: Sony Classical, Fox Music; Publisher: Fox Film Music Corp.
62. BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTAL OR A CAPPELLA
Daft Punk
Ben Bram, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstin Maldonado & Kevin Olusola, arrangers (Pentatonix)
Track from: PTX, Vol. 2
Label: RCA Records
63. BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTS AND VOCALS
New York Tendaberry
Billy Childs, arranger (Billy Childs Featuring Renée Fleming & Yo-Yo Ma)
Track from: Map To The Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro
Label: Masterworks
64. BEST RECORDING PACKAGE
Lightning Bolt
Jeff Ament, Don Pendleton, Joe Spix & Jerome Turner, art directors (Pearl Jam)
Label: Republic Records
65. BEST BOXED OR SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION PACKAGE
The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917-27)
Susan Archie, Dean Blackwood & Jack White, art directors (Various Artists)
Label: Third Man Records/ Revenant Records
66. BEST ALBUM NOTES
Offering: Live At Temple University
Ashley Kahn, album notes writer (John Coltrane)
Label: Resonance/Impulse
67. BEST HISTORICAL ALBUM
The Garden Spot Programs, 1950
Colin Escott & Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Hank Williams)
Label: Omnivore Recordings
68. BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, NON-CLASSICAL
Morning Phase
Tom Elmhirst, David Greenbaum, Florian Lagatta, Cole Marsden Greif-Neill, Robbie Nelson, Darrell Thorp, Cassidy Turbin & Joe Visciano, engineers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Beck)
Label: Capitol Records
69. PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL
Max Martin
Bang Bang (Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj) (S)
Break Free (Ariana Grande Featuring Zedd) (S)
Dark Horse (Katy Perry Featuring Juicy J) (S)
Problem (Ariana Grande Featuring Iggy Azalea) (S)
Shake It Off (Taylor Swift) (S)
Unconditionally (Katy Perry) (S)
70. BEST REMIXED RECORDING, NON-CLASSICAL
All Of Me (Tiesto’s Birthday Treatment Remix)
Tijs Michiel Verwest, remixer (John Legend)
Label: Columbia Records
71. BEST SURROUND SOUND ALBUM
Beyoncé
Elliot Scheiner, surround mix engineer; Bob Ludwig, surround mastering engineer;Beyoncé Knowles, surround producer (Beyoncé)
Label: Columbia Records
72. BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, CLASSICAL
Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem; Symphony No. 4; The Lark Ascending
Michael Bishop, engineer; Michael Bishop, mastering engineer (Robert Spano, Norman Mackenzie, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus)
Label: ASO Media
73. PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, CLASSICAL
Judith Sherman
Beethoven: Cello & Piano Complete (Fischer Duo)
Brahms By Heart (Chiara String Quartet)
Composing America (Lark Quartet)
Divergence (Plattform K + K Vienna)
The Good Song (Thomas Meglioranza)
Mozart & Brahms: Clarinet Quintets (Anthony McGill & Pacifica Quartet)
Snapshot (American Brass Quintet)
Two X Four (Jaime Laredo, Jennifer Koh, Vinay Parameswaran & Curtis 20/21 Ensemble)
Wagner Without Words (Ll_r Williams)
74. BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE
Adams, John: City Noir
David Robertson, conductor (St. Louis Symphony)
Label: Nonesuch
75. BEST OPERA RECORDING
Charpentier: La Descente D’Orphée Aux Enfers
Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Aaron Sheehan; Renate Wolter-Seevers, producer (Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble; Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble)
Label: CPO
76. BEST CHORAL PERFORMANCE
The Sacred Spirit Of Russia
Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (Conspirare)
Label: Harmonia Mundi
77. BEST CHAMBER MUSIC/SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
In 27 Pieces – The Hilary Hahn Encores
Hilary Hahn & Cory Smythe
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
78. BEST CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL SOLO
Play
Jason Vieaux
Label: Azica Records
79. BEST CLASSICAL SOLO VOCAL ALBUM
Douce France
Anne Sofie Von Otter; Bengt Forsberg, accompanist (Carl Bagge, Margareta Bengston, Mats Bergström, Per Ekdahl, Bengan Janson, Olle Linder & Antoine Tamestit)
Label: Naïve
80. BEST CLASSICAL COMPENDIUM
Partch: Plectra & Percussion Dances
Partch; John Schneider, producer
Label: Bridge Records, Inc.
81. BEST CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSITION
Adams, John Luther: Become Ocean
John Luther Adams, composer (Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony)
Label: Cantaloupe Music
82. BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Happy
Pharrell Williams
We Are From LA, video director; Kathleen Heffernan, Solal Micenmacher, Jett Steiger, video producers
Label: Columbia Records
83. BEST MUSIC FILM
20 Feet From Stardom
Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer & Judith Hill
Morgan Neville, video director; Gil Friesen & Caitrin Rogers, video producers
Label: Anchor Bay