• Let's Polka 'Round - Jimmy Sturr [Rounder Select]
Best Musical Album For Children
• Bon Appétit! - Cathy Fink And Marcy Marxer [Rounder Kids]
Best Spoken Word Album For Children
• Prokofiev: Peter And The Wolf/Beintus: Wolf Tracks, Bill Clinton, Mikhail Gorbachev & Sophia Loren (Kent Nagano; Russian National Orch.) [Penta Tone Music]
Best Spoken Word Album
• Lies And The Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair And Balanced Look At The Right (Al Franken) - Al Franken [HighBridge Audio]
Best Comedy Album
• Poodle Hat - "Weird Al" Yankovic [Volcano Entertainment]
Best Musical Show Album
• Gypsy - Jay David Saks, producer (Jule Styne, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist) (New Broadway Cast With Bernadette Peters, Tammy Blanchard, John Dossett & Others) [Angel Records]
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
• Chicago - Various Artists [Epic Records/Sony Music Soundtrax]
Best Score Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
• The Lord Of The Rings - The Two Towers - Howard Shore, composer (Howard Shore) [Reprise Records/WMG Soundtracks]
Best Song Written For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
• A Mighty Wind (From A Mighty Wind) - Christoher Guest, Eugene Levy & Michael McKean, songwriters (The Folksmen, Mitch & Mickey, And The New Main Street Singers) - Track from: A Mighty Wind [DMZ/Columbia Records/Sony Music Soundtrax; Publishers: Shmenge Music, Coney Island Whitefish Music & Tuxedo Time Music]
Best Instrumental Composition
• Sacajawea - Wayne Shorter, composer (Wayne Shorter) - Track from: Alegría [Verve Records]
Best Instrumental Arrangement
• Timbuktu - Michael Brecker & Gil Goldstein, arrangers (Michael Brecker Quindectet) - Track from: Wide Angles [Verve Records]
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
• Woodstock - Vince Mendoza, arranger (Joni Mitchell) - Track from: Travelogue
[Nonesuch]
Best Recording Package
• Evolve - Ani DiFranco & Brian Grunert, art directors (Ani DiFranco) [Righteous Babe Records]
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
• The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions - Julian Alexander, Howard Fritzson & Seth Rothstein, art directors (Miles Davis) [Columbia/Legacy Recordings]
Best Album Notes
• Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: A Musical Journey - Tom Piazza, album notes writer (Various Artists) [Hip-O Records]
Best Historical Album
• Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: A Musical Journey - Steve Berkowitz, Alex Gibney, Andy McKaie & Jerry Rappaport, compilation producers; Gavin Lurssen & Joseph M. Palmaccio, mastering engineers (Various Artists) [Hip-O Records]
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
• Hail To The Thief - Nigel Godrich & Darrell Thorp, engineers (Radiohead)
[Capitol Records]
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
• Crazy In Love (Maurice's Soul Mix) - Maurice Joshua, remixer (Beyoncé Featuring Jay-Z) [Columbia Records/Music World Music]
Best Engineered Album, Classical
• Obrigado Brazil - Richard King & Todd Whitelock, engineers (Yo-Yo Ma) [Sony Classical]
Producer Of The Year, Classical
• Steven Epstein
• Mendelssohn/Bruch: Violin Concertos (Midori)
• Obrigado Brazil (Yo-Yo Ma)
• Paris La Belle Époque (Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott)
Best Classical Album
• Mahler: Symphony No. 3; Kindertotenlieder - Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Michelle DeYoung, mezzo soprano; Andreas Neubronner, producer (Vance George; Pacific Boychoir, San Francisco Girls Chorus & Women of the SFS Chorus; San Francisco Symphony) [SFS Media]
Best Orchestral Performance
• Mahler: Symphony No. 3 - Pierre Boulez, conductor (Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo soprano; Johannes Prinz & Gerald Wirth; Vienna Boys' Choir & Women's Chorus of the Vienna Singverein; Vienna Philharmonic) [Deutsche Grammophon]
Best Opera Recording
• Janácek: Jenufa - Bernard Haitink, conductor; Jerry Hadley, Karita Mattila, Eva Randová, Anja Silja & Jorma Silvasti; Wolfram Graul, producer (Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden) [Erato Disques]
Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)
• Britten: Violin Concerto/Walton: Viola Concerto Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor; Maxim Vengerov, violin & viola (London Symphony Orchestra) [EMI Classics]
Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)
• Haydn: Piano Sonatas Nos. 29, 31, 34, 35 & 49 - Emanuel Ax, piano [Sony Classical]
Best Chamber Music Performance
• Berg: Lyric Suite - Kronos Quartet & Dawn Upshaw, soprano [Nonesuch Records]
Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor)
• Chávez: Suite For Double Quartet - Jeff von der Schmidt, conductor; Southwest Chamber Music - Track from: Chávez: Complete Chamber Music, Vol. I [Cambria Master Recordings]
Best Classical Vocal Performance
• Schubert: Lieder With Orchestra - Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone & Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo soprano (Claudio Abbado; Chamber Orchestra of Europe) [Deutsche Grammophon]
Best Classical Contemporary Composition
• Argento: Casa Guidi - Dominick Argento (Frederica von Stade, mezzo soprano; Eiji Oue; Minnesota Orchestra) - Track from: Argento: Casa Guidi; Capriccio For Clarinet And Orchestra, Etc. [Reference Recordings]
Best Classical Crossover Album
• Obrigado Brazil - Jorge Calandrelli, conductor; Yo-Yo Ma, cello (Various Artists) [Sony Classical]
Best Long Form Music Video
• Legend - Sam Cooke - Allen Klein, video director; Mick Gochanour, Iris W. Keitel, Robin Klein & Mary Wharton, video producers [Abkco Music & Records]
For Part I of the 46th Annual Grammy Awards Winners List, click here, and for Part II click here.
For more LAUNCH Grammy coverage, click here.
