73. Best Small Ensemble Performance
Frank: Hilos
Gabriela Lena Frank; ALIAS Chamber Ensemble
[Naxos]
The Kingdoms Of Castille
Richard Savino, conductor; El Mundo
[Sono Luminus]
Mackey: Lonely Motel - Music From Slide
Rinde Eckert &Steven Mackey; Eighth Blackbird
[Cedille Records]
A Seraphic Fire Christmas
Patrick Dupré Quigley, conductor; Seraphic Fire
[Seraphic Fire Media]
Sound The Bells!
The Bay Brass
[Harmonia Mundi]
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74. Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Chinese Recorder Concertos - East Meets West
Lan Shui, conductor; Michala Petri (Copenhagen Philharmonic)
[OUR Recordings]
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 In C Minor, Op. 18; Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini
Yuja Wang (Claudio Abbado; Mahler Chamber Orchestra)
[Deutsche Grammaphon]
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 &4
Leif Ove Andsnes (Antonio Pappano; London Symphony Orchestra)
[EMI Classics]
Schwantner: Concerto For Percussion &Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Christopher Lamb (Nashville Symphony)
Track from: Schwantner: Chasing Light…
[Naxos]
Winging It - Piano Music Of John Corigliano
Ursula Oppens
[Cedille Records]
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75. Best Classical Vocal Solo
Diva Divo
Joyce DiDonato (Kazushi Ono; Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Lyon; Choeur De L'Opéra National De Lyon)
[Virgin Classics]
Grieg/Thommessen: Veslemy Synsk
Marianne Beate Kielland (Nils Anders Mortensen)
[2L (Lindberg Lyd)]
Handel: Cleopatra
Natalie Dessay (Emmanuelle Ham; Le Concert D'Astrée)
[Virgin Classics]
Purcell: O Solitude
Andreas Scholl (Stefano Montanari; Christophe Dumaux; Accademia Bizantina)
[Decca]
Three Baroque Tenors
Ian Bostridge (Bernard Labadie; Mark Bennett, Andrew Clarke, Sophie Daneman, Alberto Grazzi, Jonathan Gunthorpe, Benjamin Hulett &Madeline Shaw; The English Concert)
[EMI Classics]
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76. Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Aldridge, Robert: Elmer Gantry
Robert Aldridge &Herschel Garfein
[Naxos]
Crumb, George: The Ghosts Of Alhambra
George Crumb
Track from: Complete Crumb Edition, Vol. 15
[Bridge Records, Inc.]
Friedman, Jefferson: String Quartet No. 3
Jefferson Friedman
Track from: Jefferson Friedman: Quartets
[New Amsterdam Records]
Mackey, Steven: Lonely Motel - Music From Slide
Steven Mackey
[Cedille Records]
Ruders, Poul: Piano Concerto No. 2
Poul Ruders
Track from: Music Of Poul Ruders, Vol. 6
[Bridge Records, Inc.]
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77. Best Short Form Music Video
Rolling In The Deep
Adele
Sam Brown, video director; Hannah Chandler, video producer
[XL Recordings/Columbia Records]
Yes I Know
Memory Tapes
Eric Epstein, video director; Eric Epstein, video producer
[Carpark Records]
All Is Not Lost
OK Go
Itamar Kubovy, Damian Kulash Jr &Trish Sie, video directors; Shirley Moyers, video producer
[Paracadute]
Lotus Flower
Radiohead
Garth Jennings, video director; Garth Jennings, video producer
[XL/TBD Records]
First Of The Year (Equinox)
Skrillex
Tony Truand, video director; Noah Klein, video producer
[Big Beat/Atlantic]
Perform This Way
"Weird Al" Yankovic
"Weird Al" Yankovic, video director; Cisco Newman, video producer
[Jive Records]
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78. Best Long Form Music Video
I Am...World Tour
Beyoncé
Ed Burke, Frank Gatson Jr. &Beyoncé Knowles, video directors; Beyoncé Knowles &Camille Yorrick, video producers
[Columbia Records/Music World]
Foo Fighters: Back And Forth
Foo Fighters
James Moll, video director; James Moll &Nigel Sinclair, video producers
[Exclusive Media Group/RCA Records/Back &Fort]
Talihina Sky: The Story Of Kings Of Leon
Kings Of Leon
Stephen C. Mitchell, video director; Casey McGrath, video producer
[RCA/Kings of Leon]
Beats, Rhymes &Life: The Travels Of A Tribe Called Quest
A Tribe Called Quest
Michael Rapaport, video director; Robert Benavides, Debra Koffler, Eric Matthies, Frank Mele, Edward Parks &A Tribe Called Quest, video producers
[Jive/Legacy]
Nine Types Of Light
TV On The Radio
Tunde Adebimpe, video director; Michelle An &Braj, video producers
[Interscope/Geffen/A&M]