1977 Grammy Awards (19th) – Complete List of Winners and Nominees

On February 19, 1977, the 19th Annual Grammy Awards honored recordings from October 1, 1975, to September 30, 1976. Stevie Wonder achieved an unparalleled feat, with his monumental double album Songs in the Key of Life winning Album of the Year, marking his third win in this prestigious category in just four years – a testament to his groundbreaking artistic vision and prolific output.
George Benson's smooth jazz-R&B crossover hit "This Masquerade" won Record of the Year, highlighting the growing blend of genres. The disco-pop group Starland Vocal Band was named Best New Artist.
Wonder's continued, undeniable success solidified his legendary status and the Grammys' profound recognition of his unparalleled talent and profound impact on contemporary music.

Record Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	George Benson	This Masquerade
Nominee	Chicago	If You Leave Me Now
Nominee	Barry Manilow	I Write The Songs
Nominee	Starland Vocal Band	Afternoon Delight
Nominee	Paul Simon	50 Ways To Leave Your Lover

Album Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Stevie Wonder	Songs In The Key Of Life
Nominee	Boz Scaggs	Silk Degrees
Nominee	Peter Frampton	Frampton Comes Alive
Nominee	Chicago	Chicago X
Nominee	George Benson	Breezin'

Song Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Barry Manilow	I Write The Songs
Nominee	George Benson	This Masquerade
Nominee	Gordon Lightfoot	The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
Nominee	Neil Sedaka	Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
Nominee	Starland Vocal Band	Afternoon Delight

Best New Artist Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Starland Vocal Band	-
Nominee	Brothers Johnson	-
Nominee	Boston	-
Nominee	Wild Cherry	-
Nominee	Dr. Buzzard's Original /Savannah/ Band	-

Best Instrumental Arrangement

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Chick Corea, arranger (Chick Corea)	Leprechaun's Dream
Nominee	Bob James, arranger (Bob James)	Westchester Lady
Nominee	Henry Mancini, Herbert Spencer, John Williams & Al Woodbury, arrangers (Henry Mancini Counducting London Symphony)	The Disaster Movie Suite
Nominee	Claus Ogerman, arranger (Antonio Carlos Jobim)	Saudade Do Brazil
Nominee	Stanley Clarke, arranger (Stanley Clarke)	Life Is Just A Game

Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	James William Guercio & Jimmie Haskell, arrangers (Chicago)	If You Leave Me Now
Nominee	Robert Farnon, arranger (The Singers Unlimited)	Sentimental Journey
Nominee	Paul McCartney, arranger (Paul McCartney And Wings)	Let 'em In
Nominee	Clare Fischer, arranger (The Singers Unlimited)	Green Dolphin Street
Nominee	Claus Ogerman, arranger (Antonio Carlos Jobim)	Boto (Porpoise)

Best Arrangement For Voices (Duo, Group Or Chorus)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Starland Vocal Band, arrangers (Starland Vocal Band)	Afternoon Delight
Nominee	Gene Puerling, arranger (The Singers Unlimited)	I Get Along Without You Very Well
Nominee	Earth, Wind & Fire, arrangers (Earth, Wind & Fire)	Can't Hide Love
Nominee	Queen, arrangers (Queen)	Bohemian Rhapsody
Nominee	Christian Chevallier, arranger (Quire)	Ain't Misbehavin'

Best Engineered Recording - Non-Classical

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Al Schmitt, engineer (George Benson)	Breezin'
Nominee	Ron Hitchcock, engineer (Harry James And His Big Band)	The King James Version
Nominee	Jay Lewis, engineer (Gary Wright)	The Dream Weaver
Nominee	Alan Parsons, engineer (The Alan Parsons Project)	Tales Of Mystery And Imagination- Edgar Allan Poe
Nominee	Alan Parsons & Tom Trefethen, engineers (Ambrosia)	Somewhere I've Never Travelled

Best Album Package

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	John Berg, art director (Chicago)	Chicago X
Nominee	Roland Young, art director (Richie Havens)	The End Of The Beginning
Nominee	Ron Coro & Nancy Donald, art directors (Boz Scaggs)	Silk Degrees
Nominee	Joseph Stelmach, art director (Charles Munch, conducting Boston Symphony Orchestra)	Schumann: Sym. No. 1 In B-Flat, Op. 38/ Manfred: Overture, Op. 115
Nominee	Hipgnosis And Hardie, art director (Led Zeppelin)	Presence
Nominee	Roland Young, art director (Peggy Lee)	Mirrors
Nominee	Acy R. Lehman, art director (Lou Reed)	Coney Island Baby
Nominee	Roland Young, art director (Chuck Mangione)	Bellavia

Best Album Notes

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Dan Morgenstern, album notes writer (Various Artists)	The Changing Face Of Harlem - The Savoy Sessions
Nominee	Mort Goode, album notes writer (Tommy Dorsey)	The Complete Tommy Dorsey, Volume 1/1935
Nominee	Douglas B. Green, album notes writer (Bill And Earl Bolick)	The Blue Sky Boys (Bill And Earl Bolick)
Nominee	Francis Robinson, album notes writer (Enrico Caruso)	Caruso - A Legendary Performer
Nominee	George Marek Jr., album notes writer (Artur Rubinstein, piano; Daniel Barenboim, conductor)	Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos

Best Producer Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Stevie Wonder	-
Nominee	Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff (producers)	-
Nominee	Joe Wissert (producer)	-
Nominee	Lenny Waronker (producer)	-
Nominee	Richard Perry (producer)	-

Best Jazz Vocal Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Ella Fitzgerald	Fitzgerald And Pass...Again
Nominee	Irene Kral	Where Is Love?
Nominee	Quire	Quire
Nominee	Ray Charles And Cleo Laine	Porgy And Bess
Nominee	Sarah Vaughan	More Sarah Vaughan Live In Japan

Best Jazz Performance By A Soloist (Instrumental)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Count Basie, soloist	Basie And Zoot
Nominee	Art Tatum, soloist	Works Of Art
Nominee	Phil Woods, soloist	The New Phil Woods Album
Nominee	Jaco Pastorius, soloist	Donna Lee
Nominee	Jim Hall, soloist	Commitment
Nominee	Clark Terry, soloist	Clark Terry And His Jolly Giants

Best Jazz Performance By A Group

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Chick Corea	The Leprechaun
Nominee	Paul Desmond Quartet	The Paul Desmond Quartet Live
Nominee	The Bill Evans Trio	Since We Met
Nominee	Jaco Pastorius	Jaco Pastorius
Nominee	Count Basie And Zoot Sims	Basie And Zoot

Best Jazz Performance By A Big Band

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Duke Ellington	The Ellington Suites
Nominee	Phil Woods	The New Phil Woods Album
Nominee	Thad Jones And Mel Lewis	New Life
Nominee	Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band	Long Yellow Road
Nominee	Dizzy Gillespie And Machito	Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Linda Ronstadt	Hasten Down The Wind
Nominee	Vicki Sue Robinson	Turn The Beat Around
Nominee	Joni Mitchell	The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
Nominee	Natalie Cole	Natalie
Nominee	Emmylou Harris	Here, There And Everywhere

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Stevie Wonder	Songs In The Key Of Life
Nominee	Lou Rawls	You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
Nominee	George Benson	This Masquerade
Nominee	Gordon Lightfoot	The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
Nominee	Boz Scaggs	Silk Degrees

Best Pop Vocal Performance By A Duo, Group Or Chorus

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Chicago	If You Leave Me Now
Nominee	England Dan And John Ford Coley	I'd Really Like To See You Tonight
Nominee	Elton John And Kiki Dee	Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Nominee	Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody
Nominee	Starland Vocal Band	Afternoon Delight

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	George Benson	Breezin'
Nominee	Jeff Beck	Wired
Nominee	Stevie Wonder	Contusion
Nominee	The Brecker Brothers Band	Back To Back
Nominee	Walter Murphy And The Big Apple Band	A Fifth Of Beethoven

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Natalie Cole	Sophisticated Lady (She's A Different Lady)
Nominee	Aretha Franklin	Something He Can Feel
Nominee	Dorothy Moore	Misty Blue
Nominee	Diana Ross	Love Hangover
Nominee	Melba Moore	Lean On Me

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Stevie Wonder	I Wish
Nominee	Boz Scaggs	Lowdown
Nominee	Marvin Gaye	I Want You
Nominee	Joe Simon	I Need You, You Need Me
Nominee	Lou Rawls	Groovy People
Nominee	Johnnie Taylor	Disco Lady

Best R&B Vocal Performance By A Duo, Group Or Chorus

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr.	You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show)
Nominee	The Spinners	Rubberband Man
Nominee	Wild Cherry	Play That Funky Music
Nominee	Earth, Wind & Fire	Gratitude
Nominee	K.C. And The Sunshine Band	(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty

Best R&B Instrumental Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	George Benson	Theme From Good King Bad
Nominee	The Crusaders	Keep That Same Old Feeling
Nominee	Stanley Turrentine	Hope That We Can Be Together Soon
Nominee	Herbie Hancock	Doin' It
Nominee	Brass Connection	Brass Construction
Nominee	Marvin Gaye	After The Dance

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Boz Scaggs	Lowdown
Nominee	Dorothy Moore	Misty Blue
Nominee	Diana Ross	Love Hangover
Nominee	Johnnie Taylor	Disco Lady
Nominee	K.C. And The Sunshine Band	(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty

Best Soul Gospel Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Mahalia Jackson	How I Got Over
Nominee	Inez Andrews	War On Sin
Nominee	James Cleveland And The Charles Fold Singers	Touch Me - Volume II
Nominee	Andrae Crouch And The Disciples	This Is Another Day
Nominee	James Cleveland And Southern California Community Choir	Give It To Me

Best Country Vocal Performance, Female

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Emmylou Harris	Elite Hotel
Nominee	Mary Kay Place	Tonite! At The Capri Lounge Loretta Haggers
Nominee	Crystal Gayle	I'll Get Over You
Nominee	Dolly Parton	All I Can Do
Nominee	Tammy Wynette	'Til I Can Make It On My Own

Best Country Vocal Performance, Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Ronnie Milsap	(I'm A) Stand By My Woman Man
Nominee	Willie Nelson	I'd Have To Be Crazy
Nominee	Mac Davis	Forever Lovers
Nominee	Larry Gatlin	Broken Lady
Nominee	Waylon Jennings	Are You Ready For The Country

Best Country Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Amazing Rhythm Aces	The End Is Not In Sight (The Cowboy Tune)
Nominee	The Statler Brothers	Your Picture In The Paper
Nominee	Loretta Lynn And Conway Twitty	The Letter
Nominee	Asleep At The Wheel	Route 66
Nominee	George Jones, Tammy Wynette	Golden Ring

Best Country Instrumental Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Chet Atkins & Les Paul	Chester And Lester
Nominee	Nashville Brass With Danny Davis	Texas
Nominee	Marshall Tucker Band	Long Hard Ride
Nominee	Floyd Cramer	I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes
Nominee	Ace Cannon	Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain

Best Country Song

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Larry Gatlin	Broken Lady
Nominee	Dave & Sugar	The Door Is Always Open
Nominee	Moe Bandy	Hank Williams, You Wrote My Life
Nominee	Charlie Rich	Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High)
Nominee	Bobby Bare	Dropkick Me, Jesus

Best Inspirational Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Gary S. Paxton	The Astonishing, Outrageous, Amazing, Incredible, Unbelievable, Different World of Gary S. Paxton
Nominee	Charley Pride	Sunday Morning With Charley Pride
Nominee	Pat Boone	Something Super Natural
Nominee	Charlie Rich	Silver Linings
Nominee	Ray Price	Precious Memories
Nominee	Sonny James	Just A Closer Walk With Thee
Nominee	Stevie Wonder	Have A Talk With God
Nominee	Willie Nelson	Amazing Grace

Best Gospel Performance (Other Than Soul Gospel)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	The Oak Ridge Boys	Where The Soul Never Dies
Nominee	Blackwood Brothers	Learning To Lean
Nominee	The Imperials	Just Because
Nominee	The Florida Boys	Here They Come
Nominee	The Speers	Between The Cross And Heaven (There's A Whole Lot Of Living Going On)

Best Ethnic Or Traditional Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	John Hartford	Mark Twang
Nominee	Dan George, Arliene Nofchissey Williams, Rick Brosseau	Proud Earth
Nominee	Michael Bloomfield	If You Love These Blues, Play 'em As You Please
Nominee	Hound Dog Taylor	Beware Of The Dog
Nominee	Shotts And Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band	Bagpipe Marches And Music Of Scotland

Best Latin Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Eddie Palmieri	Unfinished Masterpiece
Nominee	Mongo Santamaria	Sofrito
Nominee	Fania All-Stars	Salsa (Soundtrack)
Nominee	Eydie Gorme	La Gorme
Nominee	Johnny Pacheco	El Maestro
Nominee	Joe Cuba	Cocinando La Salsa

Best Recording For Children

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Karl Bohm & Hermione Gingold	Prokofiev: Peter And The Wolf/Saint-Saens: Carnival Of The Animals
Nominee	Larry Groce, Sterling Holloway	Winnie The Pooh For President (Campaign Song)
Nominee	Muhammad Ali And His Gang	The Adventures Of Ali And His Gang Vs. Mr. Tooth Decay
Nominee	(Various Artists)	Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs
Nominee	(Various Artists)	Dickens' Christmas Carol

Best Comedy Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Richard Pryor	Bicentennial Nigger
Nominee	Redd Foxx	You Gotta Wash Your Ass
Nominee	Cheech And Chong	Sleeping Beauty
Nominee	National Lampoon	Goodbye Pop
Nominee	Bill Cosby	Bill Cosby Is Not Himself These Days-Rat Own, Rat Own. Rat Own

Best Spoken Word Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Helen Hayes, Orson Welles, Henry Fonda & James Earl Jones	Great American Documents
Nominee	Charlton Heston	Hemingway: The Old Man And The Sea
Nominee	Ray Bradbury	Fahrenheit 451
Nominee	James Mason	Dickens: A Tale Of Two Cities
Nominee	William Shatner	Asimov: Foundation - The Psychohistorians

Best Instrumental Composition

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Chuck Mangione, composer (Chuck Mangione)	Bellavia
Nominee	Henry Mancini, composer (Henry Mancini)	The White Dawn
Nominee	Louis Johnson, Quincy Jones & Johnny Mandel, composers (Quincy Jones)	Midnight Soul Patrol
Nominee	Chick Corea, composer (Chick Corea)	Leprechaun's Dream
Nominee	Skip Scarborough & Maurice White, composers (Earth, Wind And Fire)	Earth, Wind And Fire
Nominee	Stevie Wonder, composer (Stevie Wonder)	Contusion

Album Of Best Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or A Television Special

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Norman Whitfield, composer (Various Artists)	Car Wash
Nominee	Jerry Goldsmith, composer (Jerry Goldsmith)	The Omen
Nominee	Bernard Herrmann, composer (Various Artists)	Taxi Driver
Nominee	Alex North, composer (Various Artists)	Rich Man, Poor Man
Nominee	Jack Nitzsche, composer (Various Artists)	One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Nominee	Dave Grusin, composer (Various Artists)	3 Days Of The Condor

Best Cast Show Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Luigi Creatore & Hugo Peretti, producers (Original Broadway Cast)	Bubbling Brown Sugar
Nominee	Thomas Z. Shepard, producer (Millicent Martin, Julia McKenzie, David Kernan)	Side By Side By Sondheim
Nominee	Sheldon Harnick & Richard Rodgers, composers; Thomas Z. Shepard, producer (Original Cast)	Rex
Nominee	Stephen Sondheim, composer; Thomas Z. Shepard, producer (Original Cast)	Pacific Overtures
Nominee	Alan J. Lerner & Frederick Loewe, composers; Goddard Lieberson, producer (Original Cast - 20th Anniversary Production)	My Fair Lady - 20th Anniversary Production

Album Of The Year Classical

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Daniel Barenboim, conductor; Artur Rubinstein, artist; Max Wilcox, producer	Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos
Nominee	David Munrow, artist; Christopher Bishop, producer	The Art Of Courtly Love
Nominee	Gunther Schuller, artist; Tom Mowrey, producer	Joplin: Treemonisha
Nominee	Vladimir Horowitz, artist; John Pfeiffer, producer	Horowitz Concerts 1975/76 (Schumann, Scriabin)
Nominee	George Gershwin & Michael Tilson Thomas, artists; Andrew Kazdin, producer	Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue/An American In Paris
Nominee	Lorin Maazel, artist; Michael Woolcock, producer	Gershwin: Porgy And Bess
Nominee	Georg Solti, artist; Christopher Raeburn, producer	Bizet: Carmen
Nominee	Arturo Toscanini, artist; John Pfeiffer, producer	Arturo Toscanini - The Philadelphia Orchestra

Best Classical Orchestral Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	(Chicago Symphony Orchestra)	Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra
Nominee	(Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra)	The Fourth Of July! (Ives: Symphony No. 2, Variations On America/ Copland: Appalachian Spring/ Bernstein: Overture To Candide/ Gershwin: American In Paris)
Nominee	(Orchestra De Paris)	Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloe (Complete Ballet)
Nominee	(New York Philharmonic)	Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue
Nominee	(New York Philharmonic)	Falla: Three Cornered Hat (Boulez Conducts Falla)
Nominee	(London Philharmonic)	Elgar: Symphony No 2 In E Flat Major
Nominee	(Chicago Symphony Orchestra)	Brahms: Symphony No. 1 In C Minor
Nominee	(Orchestra National Of The ORFT)	Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

Best Opera Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Lorin Maazel; Michael Woolcock, producer (Cleveland Orchestra)	Gershwin: Porgy And Bess
Nominee	Claudio Abbado; Rainer Brock, producer (La Scala Opera Chorus; La Scala Opera Orchestra)	Verdi: Macbeth
Nominee	Pierre Boulez; Paul Myers, producer (BBC Symphony Singers & Orpheus Boys Choir; BBC Symphony Orchestra)	Schoenberg: Moses Und Aaron
Nominee	Lorin Maazel; Christopher Bishop, producer (John Choir Alldis; New Philharmonia Orchestra)	Massenet: Thais
Nominee	Gunther Schuller; Tom Mowrey, producer (Original Cast Chorus; Original Cast Orchestra)	Joplin: Treemonisha
Nominee	Georg Solti; Christopher Raeburn, producer (London Philharmonic)	Bizet: Carmen

Best Choral Performance, Classical (Other Than Opera)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	(London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra)	Rachmaninoff: The Bells
Nominee	(Chorus Of La Scala-Milan; Orchestra Of La Scala-Milan)	Verdi: Opera Choruses
Nominee	(BBC Choral Society & BBC Symphony Singers; BBC Symphony Orchestra)	Tippett: A Child Of Our Time
Nominee	(Choir Of the Monks Of Saint-Pierre De Solesmes Abbey)	Gregorian Chant
Nominee	(Netherlands Radio Chorus; Rotterdam Philharmonic)	Faure: Requiem
Nominee	(London Philharmonic; London Symphony Orchestra)	Elgar: The Kingdom, Op. 51
Nominee	(Kings College Choir-Cambridge)	Bernstein: Chichester Psalms/Britten: Rejoice In The Lamb
Nominee	(Choeurs De Radio France; Orchestre National De France & Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio France)	Berlioz: Requiem
Nominee	(New Philharmonia Chorus; London Philharmonic)	Beethoven: Missa Solemnis

Best Chamber Music Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	David Munrow, artist	The Art Of Courtly Love
Nominee	Jascha Heifetz & Gregor Piatigorsky, artists	The Heifetz - Piatigorsky Concerts (Dvorak: Trio In F Minor For Piano With Leonard Pennario, Stravinsky: Suite Italienne For Violin And Cello, Gilere: Duo For Violin And Cello, etc
Nominee	Fitzwilliam Quartet, artists	Shostakovich: Quartet No. 14 In F Sharp Major
Nominee	Alberni Quartet & Thomas Igloi, artists	Schubert: Quintet In C, Op. 163
Nominee	Tashi (Ida Kavafian, Peter Serkin, Fred Sherry & Richard Stoltzman), artists	Messiaen: Quartet For The End Of Time
Nominee	Glenn Gould & Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, artists	Hindemith: Sonatas For Brass And Piano (Complete)
Nominee	Prague String Quartet, artists	Dvorák: Quartets, Op.96 And 105
Nominee	Daniel Barenboim & Jacqueline Du Pre, artists	Beethoven: Sonatas For Cello (Complete)
Nominee	Cleveland Quartet (Martha Strongin Katz, Paul Katz, Peter Salaff & Donald Weilerstein), artists	Barber: Quartet For Strings, Op.11/Ives: Quartet No. 2 From Strings (Two American Masterpieces)

Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (With Orchestra)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Artur Rubinstein, artist (London Philharmonic Orchestra)	Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos
Nominee	Mstislav Rostropovich, artist	Strauss: Don Quixote
Nominee	Aldo Ciccolini, artist	Ravel: Concerto In G Major For Piano And Orchestra And Concerto In D Major For Left Hand
Nominee	Vladimir Ashkenazy, artist	Prokofiev: The Five Piano Concertos
Nominee	Nathan Milstein, artist	Brahms: Violin Concerto In D Major For Violin
Nominee	Stephen Kovacevich, artist	Bartók: Concerti For Piano Nos. 1 And 3

Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (Without Orchestra)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Vladimir Horowitz, artist	Horowitz Concerts 1975/76
Nominee	Andres Segovia, artist	The Intimate Guitar/2 (Bach, Sor, Albeniz, Molleda, San Sebastian, Samazeuilh)
Nominee	Alfred Brendel, artist	Schubert: Sonata In A Minor, Op. 42 And Hungarian Melody In B Minor (D817)
Nominee	Vladimir Ashkenazy, artist	Rachmaninoff: 23 Preludes
Nominee	Andre Watts, artist	Gershwin: Watts By George: Andre Watts Plays George Gershwin (Rhapsody In Blue, Preludes For Piano (3), 13 Songs From Gershwin Songbook)
Nominee	Maurizio Pollini, artist	Chopin: Preludes, Op.28
Nominee	Itzhak Perlman, artist	(Kreisler) Itzhak Perlman Plays Fritz Kreisler (Caprice Viennois, Andantino In The Style Of Martini, Allegretto in The Style Of Boccherini, La Gitana)

Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	NOMINEES	Herbert: Music Of Victor Herbert
Nominee	Marnie Nixon	Wolf: Morike Lieder
Nominee	Margaret Price	Schoenberg: Nine Early Songs: The Cabaret Songs Of Arnold Schoenberg
Nominee	(English Chamber Orchestra)	Mozart: Arias (La Clemenza Di Tito, Die Entfuhrung Aus Dem Serail, nozze Di Figaro, Etc.)
Nominee	(Concertgebouw Orchestra)	Mahler: Das Lied Von Der Erde
Nominee	Barbra Streisand	Ives: Songs
Nominee	(Columbia Symphony)	Classical Barbra (Debussy: Beau Soir, Canteloube: Berceuse, Wolf: Verschwiegene, Etc.)
Nominee	(New Philharmonia & Royal Philharmonic)	(Verdi:) Carlo Bergonzi Sings Verdi

Best Engineered Recording, Classical

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Milton Cherin, Edward (Bud) T. Graham & Ray Moore, engineers (George Gershwin 1925 Piano Roll; Michael Tilson Thomas cond. Columbia Jazz Band)	Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue
Nominee	James Lock, engineer (Zubin Mehta, conductor)	Strauss: An Alpine Symphony
Nominee	Klaus Scheibe, engineer (Daniel Barenboim, conductor)	Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 In C Minor (/Organ/)
Nominee	Jack Law, James Lock & Colin Moorfoot, engineers (Zubin Mehta, conductor)	Mahler: Symphony No. 2 In C Minor (/Resurrection/)
Nominee	Arthur Lilley, James Lock, Michael Mailes & Colin Moorfoot, engineers (Lorin Maazel, conductor; Mitchell White)	Gershwin: Porgy And Bess
Nominee	Milton Cherin, Edward (Bud) T. Graham & Ray Moore, engineers (Pierre Boulez, conductor)	Falla: Three Cornered Hat (Boulez Conducts Falla)
Nominee	Chris Parker, engineer (London Symphony Orchestra)	Britten: Four Sea Interludes And Passagaglia From
Nominee	Paul Goodman, engineer (James Levine, conductor)	Brahms: Symphony No. 1 In C Minor
Nominee	Seth Dworken, Patrick Gleeson, Neil Schwartz & Skip Shimmin, engineers (Patrick Gleeson)	Beyond The Sun: An Electronic Portrait Of Holst's /The Planets/ - Patrick Gleeson