1985 Grammy Awards (27th) – Complete List of Winners and Nominees

Held on February 26, 1985, the 27th Annual Grammy Awards acknowledged music from October 1, 1983, to September 30, 1984. Lionel Richie's immensely popular and smooth R&B/pop album Can't Slow Down won Album of the Year, cementing his solo superstardom.
Tina Turner's triumphant "What's Love Got to Do with It," marking her powerful comeback, secured Record of the Year. Cyndi Lauper, with her eccentric style and powerful vocals, was named Best New Artist.
Other significant wins included Prince for his Purple Rain soundtrack. This ceremony continued to showcase the rise of pop superstars, powerful female voices, and the blending of R&B and pop genres, vividly reflecting the vibrant and diverse musical landscape of the mid-1980s.

Record Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Tina Turner	What's Love Got To Do With It
Nominee	Huey Lewis And The News	The Heart Of Rock And Roll
Nominee	Chicago	Hard Habit To Break
Nominee	Cyndi Lauper	Girls Just Want To Have Fun
Nominee	Bruce Springsteen	Dancing In The Dark

Album Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Lionel Richie	Can't Slow Down
Nominee	Cyndi Lauper	She's So Unusual
Nominee	Prince And The Revolution	Purple Rain - Music From The Motion Picture
Nominee	Tina Turner	Private Dancer
Nominee	Bruce Springsteen	Born In The U.S.A.

Song Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Tina Turner	What's Love Got To Do With It
Nominee	Cyndi Lauper	Time After Time
Nominee	Stevie Wonder	I Just Called To Say I Love You
Nominee	Lionel Richie	Hello
Nominee	Phil Collins	Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)

Best New Artist

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Cyndi Lauper	-
Nominee	The Judds	-
Nominee	Corey Hart	-
Nominee	Frankie Goes To Hollywood	-
Nominee	Sheila E.	-

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Tina Turner	What's Love Got To Do With It
Nominee	Sheila E.	The Glamorous Life
Nominee	Sheena Easton	Strut
Nominee	Deniece Williams	Let's Hear It For The Boy
Nominee	Cyndi Lauper	Girls Just Want To Have Fun

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Phil Collins	Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)
Nominee	John Waite	Missing You
Nominee	Stevie Wonder	I Just Called To Say I Love You
Nominee	Lionel Richie	Hello
Nominee	Kenny Loggins	Footloose

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	The Pointer Sisters	Jump (For My Love)
Nominee	Wham!	Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
Nominee	Yes	Owner Of A Lonely Heart
Nominee	Chicago	Hard Habit To Break
Nominee	The Cars	Drive

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Ray Parker, Jr.	Ghostbusters (Instrumental)
Nominee	Randy Newman	The Natural
Nominee	Earl Klugh	Nightsongs
Nominee	Howie Rice, Richard Perry, Steve Mitchell	Jump (For My Love) (Instrumental)
Nominee	Stevie Wonder	I Just Called To Say I Love You (Instrumental)

Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Tina Turner	Better Be Good To Me
Nominee	Wendy O. Williams	Wow
Nominee	Pia Zadora	Rock It Out
Nominee	Bonnie Tyler	Here She Comes
Nominee	Lita Ford	Dancin' On The Edge

Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Bruce Springsteen	Dancing In The Dark
Nominee	Elton John	Restless
Nominee	Billy Idol	Rebel Yell
Nominee	John Cougar Mellencamp	Pink Houses
Nominee	David Bowie	Blue Jean

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Prince & The Revolution	Purple Rain - Music From The Motion Picture
Nominee	Van Halen	Jump
Nominee	The Cars	Heartbeat City
Nominee	Genesis	Genesis
Nominee	Yes	90125

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Yes	Cinema
Nominee	Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble	Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
Nominee	Lionel Hampton	Vibramatic
Nominee	Genesis	Second Home By The Sea
Nominee	Edward Van Halen	Donut City

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Chaka Khan	I Feel For You
Nominee	Patti Austin	Patti Austin
Nominee	Tina Turner	Let's Stay Together
Nominee	Deniece Williams	Let's Hear It For The Boy
Nominee	Shannon	Let The Music Play

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Billy Ocean	Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)
Nominee	Stevie Wonder	The Woman In Red
Nominee	James Ingram	It's Your Night
Nominee	Bill Withers	In The Name Of Love
Nominee	Jeffrey Osborne	Don't Stop

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	James Ingram & Michael McDonald	Yah Mo B There
Nominee	Joyce Kennedy And Jeffrey Osborne	The Last Time I Made Love
Nominee	Jermaine Jackson And Michael Jackson	Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good To Be True)
Nominee	Kashif And Al Jarreau	Edgartown Groove
Nominee	Shalamar	Dancing In The Sheets

Best R&B Instrumental Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Herbie Hancock	Sound System
Nominee	Stanley Clarke	Time Exposure
Nominee	Sheila E.	Shortberry Strawcake
Nominee	Grover Washington Jr.	Inside Moves
Nominee	Crusaders	Ghetto Blaster

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Chaka Khan	I Feel For You
Nominee	James Ingram And Michael McDonald	Yah Mo B There
Nominee	Sheila E.	The Glamorous Life
Nominee	Shalamar	Dancing In The Sheets
Nominee	Billy Ocean	Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)

Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal Or Instrumental

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Pat Metheny Group	First Circle
Nominee	Earl Klugh	Wishful Thinking
Nominee	Miles Davis	Decoy
Nominee	David Sanborn	Backstreet
Nominee	Spyro Gyra	Access All Areas

Best Country Vocal Performance, Female

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Emmylou Harris	In My Dreams
Nominee	Janie Fricke	Your Heart's Not In It
Nominee	Crystal Gayle	The Sound Of Goodbye
Nominee	Dolly Parton	Tennessee Homesick Blues
Nominee	Anne Murray	Heart Over Mind

Best Country Vocal Performance, Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Merle Haggard	That's The Way Love Goes
Nominee	Lee Greenwood	God Bless The U.S.A.
Nominee	Ricky Skaggs	Country Boy
Nominee	Willie Nelson	City Of New Orleans
Nominee	Hank Williams Jr.	All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	The Judds	Mama He's Crazy
Nominee	Barbara Mandrell And Lee Greenwood	To Me
Nominee	Anne Murray And Dave Loggins	Nobody Loves Me Like You Do
Nominee	Alabama	If You're Gonna Play In Texas (You Gotta Have A Fiddle In The Band)
Nominee	Willie Nelson And Julio Iglesias	As Time Goes By

Best Country Instrumental Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Ricky Skaggs	Wheel Hoss
Nominee	Doc Watson And Merle Watson	Twin Sisters
Nominee	The Whites	Move It On Over
Nominee	Chet Atkins	East Tennessee Christmas
Nominee	Carlton Moody And The Moody Brothers	Cotton-Eyed Joe

Best Country Song

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Willie Nelson	City Of New Orleans
Nominee	The Judds	Mama He's Crazy
Nominee	Lee Greenwood	God Bless The U.S.A.
Nominee	Glen Campbell	Faithless Love
Nominee	Hank Williams Jr.	All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight

Best Gospel Performance, Female

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Amy Grant	Angels
Nominee	Debby Boone	Surrender
Nominee	Sandi Patti	Songs From The Heart
Nominee	Michele Pillar	Look Who Loves You Now
Nominee	Kathy Troccoli	Heart And Soul

Best Gospel Performance, Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Michael W. Smith	Michael W. Smith
Nominee	Steve Taylor	Meltdown
Nominee	Leon Patillo	J.E.S.U.S.
Nominee	Bob Bailey	I'm Walkin'
Nominee	Phil Driscoll	Celebrate Freedom

Best Gospel Performance By A Duo Or Group

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Debby Boone & Phil Driscoll	Keep The Flame Burning
Nominee	Petra	Not Of This World
Nominee	The New Gaither Vocal Band	New Point Of View
Nominee	Steve Camp And Michelle Pillar	Love's Not A Feeling
Nominee	Mylon LeFevre And Broken Heart	Live Forever

Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Shirley Caesar	Sailin'
Nominee	Danniebelle Hall	Unmistakably Danniebelle
Nominee	Albertina Walker	The Impossible Dream
Nominee	Tata Vega	Oh, It Is Jesus
Nominee	Kristle Edwards	Jesus, Come Lay Your Head On Me

Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Andrae Crouch	Always Remember
Nominee	Mel Carter	Willing
Nominee	Al Green	Trust In God
Nominee	James Cleveland And Southern California Community Choir	The Prayer
Nominee	Jessy Dixon	Sanctuary

Best Soul Gospel Performance By A Duo Or Group

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Shirley Caesar & Al Green	Sailin' On The Sea Of Your Love
Nominee	Shirley Caesar And Anne Caesar Price	Rejoice
Nominee	Richard Smallwood Singers	Psalm
Nominee	Bebe And Cece Winans	Lord Lift Us Up
Nominee	Edwin Hawkins Singers	Angels Will Be Singing

Best Inspirational Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Donna Summer	Forgive Me
Nominee	Deniece Williams	Whiter Than Snow
Nominee	Pat Boone	What I Believe
Nominee	Philip Bailey	The Wonders Of His Love
Nominee	Lisa Whelchel	All Because Of You

Best Latin Pop Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Placido Domingo	Always In My Heart (Siempre En Mi Corazon)
Nominee	Jose Jose	Secretos
Nominee	Maria Conchita	Maria Conchita
Nominee	Johnny	Invitame
Nominee	Menudo	Evolucion
Nominee	Jose Feliciano	Como Tu Quieres

Best Tropical Latin Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Eddie Palmieri	Palo Pa Rumba
Nominee	Los Socios Del Ritmo	Y Ahora! /Conniff/
Nominee	Willie Colon	Criollo
Nominee	Rubén Blades	Buscando America
Nominee	El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico	Breaking The Ice
Nominee	Poncho Sanchez	Bien Sabroso!

Best Mexican-American Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Luis Miguel & Sheena Easton	Me Gustas Tal Como Eres
Nominee	Yolanda Del Rio	Un Amor Especial
Nominee	Juan Gabriel	Recuerdos II
Nominee	Raphael	Eternamente Tuyo
Nominee	Roberto Carlos	Concavo Y Convexo

Best Traditional Blues Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	John Hammond, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Sugar Blue, Koko Taylor & The Blues Machine, Luther Guitar Junior Johnson, J.B. Hutto & The New Hawks	Blues Explosion
Nominee	Bobby Bland	You've Got Me Loving You
Nominee	Joe Turner	Kansas City Here I Come
Nominee	Albert King	I'm In A Phone Booth, Baby
Nominee	Johnny Winter	Guitar Slinger

Best Ethnic Or Traditional Folk Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Elizabeth Cotten	Elizabeth Cotten Live!
Nominee	Boys Of The Lough	Open Road
Nominee	Queen Ida	On A Saturday Night
Nominee	Rockin' Dopsie	Good Rockin'
Nominee	Buckwheat Zydeco	100% Fortified Zydeco

Best Reggae Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Black Uhuru	Anthem
Nominee	Jimmy Cliff	Reggae Night
Nominee	Yellowman	King Yellowman
Nominee	Peter Tosh	Captured Live
Nominee	Steel Pulse	Steppin' Out

Best Recording For Children

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Shel Silverstein	Where The Sidewalk Ends
Nominee	The Muppets	The Muppets Take Manhattan - The Original Sound
Nominee	Singsational Servants	Kids Praise 4
Nominee	Jim Henson's Muppets	Jim Henson's Muppets Present Fraggle Rock
Nominee	Snoopy, Charlie Brown And The Whole Peanuts Gang	Flashbeagle
Nominee	Holly Heart	Agapeland At Play With Holly Heart

Best Comedy Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Weird Al Yankovic	Eat It
Nominee	Firesign Theatre	The 3 Faces Of Al (Nick Danger)
Nominee	Rodney Dangerfield	Rappin' Rodney
Nominee	Rick Dees	Hurt Me Baby - Make Me Write Bad Checks!
Nominee	Richard Pryor	Here And Now

Best Spoken Word Or Non-Musical Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Ben Kingsley	The Words Of Gandhi
Nominee	(Various Artists)	The Story Of Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom (Dialogue And Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack With Narration)
Nominee	Jeremy Irons And Glenn Close	The Real Thing (Original Cast Recording)
Nominee	Jesse Jackson	Our Time Has Come
Nominee	John Lennon And Yoko Ono	Heart Play (Unfinished Dialogue)

Best Instrumental Composition

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Randy Newman, composer (Randy Newman)	The Natural
Winner	John Williams, composer (John Williams)	Olympic Fanfare & Theme
Nominee	Pete Carpenter & Mike Post, composers (Mike Post)	The A-Team
Nominee	Wynton Marsalis, composer (Wynton Marsalis)	Hot House Flowers
Nominee	Elmer Bernstein, composer (Elmer Bernstein)	Ghostbusters (Main Title Theme)

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

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Lisa Coleman, Wendy Melvoin, John L. Nelson & Prince, composers (Prince & The Revolution)	Purple Rain
Nominee	(Various Artists)	Yentl
Nominee	(Various Artists)	Ghostbusters
Nominee	(Various Artists)	Footloose
Nominee	(Various Artists)	Against All Odds

Best Cast Show Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Stephen Sondheim, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist; Thomas Z. Shepard, producer (Original Cast Including Bernadette Peters, Mandy Patinkin & Others)	Sunday In The Park With George
Nominee	Harold Adamson, Dorothy Fields, Arthur Malvin, Jimmy McHugh & George Oppenheim, composers; Robert Sher, producer (Mickey Rooney And Ann Miller)	Sugar Babies
Nominee	Ahmet Ertegun & Wally Harper, producers (Various Artists)	My One And Only
Nominee	Elizabeth Swados, composer; Gary Trudeau, lyricist; Robert Liftin, producer (Original Cast)	Doonesbury
Nominee	Thomas Z. Shepard, producer (Various Artists Including Angela Lansbury, Judy Kaye, George Hearn & Others)	A Stephen Sondheim Evening

Best Video

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	David Bowie	David Bowie
Nominee	Olivia Newton-John	Twist Of Fate (Video)
Nominee	Thomas Dolby	Thomas Dolby (Video)
Nominee	Rubber Rodeo	Rubber Rodeo Scenic Views (Video)
Nominee	Phil Collins	Phil Collins (Video)
Nominee	Ashford And Simpson	Ashford And Simpson (Video)

Best Video Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Michael Jackson	Making Michael Jackson's Thriller
Nominee	Devo	We're All Devo (Video)
Nominee	David Bowie	Serious Moonlight (Video)
Nominee	The Cars	Heartbeat City
Nominee	The Eurythmics	Eurythmics Sweet Dreams (The Video Album) (Video)
Nominee	Billy Joel	Billy Joel Live From Long Island (Video)

Best Jazz Vocal

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Joe Williams	Nothin' But The Blues
Nominee	Carmen McRae	You're Lookin' At Me
Nominee	Sue Raney	Ridin' High
Nominee	Lorez Alexandria	Harlem Butterfly
Nominee	Mel Tormé	An Evening At Charlie's

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Wynton Marsalis, soloist	Hot House Flowers
Nominee	Tommy Flanagan, soloist	Thelonica
Nominee	Zoot Sims, soloist	Quietly There
Nominee	Pepper Adams & Kenny Wheeler, soloists	Live At Fat Tuesday's
Nominee	Ira Sullivan, soloist	Ira Sullivan... Does It All

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	New York Scene
Nominee	Clare Fischer With Woodwinds	Whose Woods Are These?
Nominee	Frank Foster And Frank Weiss	Two For The Blues
Nominee	Phil Woods And Chris Swansen	Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Nominee	Philly Joe Jones	Dameronia: Look Stop Listen

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Count Basie	88 Basie Street
Nominee	Woody Herman Big Band	World Class
Nominee	Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra	Ten Gallon Shuffle
Nominee	The Carla Bley Band	Misterioso
Nominee	The Bob Florence Limited Edition	Magic Time

Best Arrangement On An Instrumental

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Quincy Jones & Jeremy Lubbock, arrangers (Quincy Jones)	Grace (Gymnastics Theme)
Nominee	Don Sebesky, arranger (Don Sebesky)	Waltz For Debbie
Nominee	Robert (Bob) Freedman, arranger (Wynton Marsalis)	Stardust
Nominee	Henry Mancini, arranger (James Galway And Henry Mancini)	Cameo For Flute... /For james/
Nominee	Stewart Copeland, arranger (Stewart Copeland)	Brothers On Wheels

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	David Foster & Jeremy Lubbock, arrangers (Chicago)	Hard Habit To Break
Nominee	Michel Legrand, arranger (Barbra Streisand)	Papa, Can You Hear Me?
Nominee	Thomas Dolby, arranger (Thomas Dolby)	Mulu The Rain Forest
Nominee	Reggie Griffin & Arif Mardin, arrangers (Chaka Khan)	I Feel For You
Nominee	Laurie Anderson, arranger (Laurie Anderson)	Gravity's Angel

Best Vocal Arrangement For Two Or More Voices

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Pointer Sisters (Anita Pointer, Ruth Pointer & June Pointer-Whitmore), arrangers (The Pointer Sisters)	Automatic
Nominee	David Foster, arranger (Kenny Rogers, Kim Carnes, James Ingram)	What About Me?
Nominee	Trevor Rabin & Chris Squire, arrangers (Yes)	Leave It
Nominee	Richard Greene & Gunnar Madsen, arrangers (The Bobs)	Helter Skelter
Nominee	Peter Cetera & David Foster, arrangers (Chicago)	Hard Habit To Break

Best Album Package

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Janet Perr, art director (Cyndi Lauper)	She's So Unusual
Nominee	Bill Johnson, Jeff Morris & Virginia Team, art directors (Willie Nelson)	Willie Nelson
Nominee	Henry Marquez, art director (John Waite)	No Brakes
Nominee	Bill Levy, art director (John Lennon, Harry Nilsson, Eddie Money, Rosanne Cash And Others)	Every Man Has A Woman
Nominee	Michael Ross & Andy Summers, art directors (Andy Summers And Robert Fripp)	Bewitched

Best Album Notes

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Gunther Schuller & Martin Williams, album notes writers (Paul Whiteman, Fletcher Henderson, Chick Webb, Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, Benny Goodman & Others)	Big Band Jazz
Nominee	Glenn Hinson, album notes writer (Various)	Virginia Traditions/Virginia Work Songs (Field Recordings 1936-1980)
Nominee	James Sundquist, album notes writer (James Sundquist)	An Anthology Of Sacred Carols For Classical Guitar
Nominee	Grover Sales, album notes writer (Neville Marriner, conductor)	Amadeus (Original Soundtrack Recording)
Nominee	Lorene Lortie & Z Factor, album notes writers (Elvis Presley)	A Golden Celebration

Best Historical Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	(Paul Whiteman, Fletcher Henderson, Chick Webb, Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, Benny Goodman & Others)	Big Band Jazz
Nominee	(Silas Leachman, Len Spencer, George W. Johnson, Dan W. Quinn And Others)	Worlds First Entertainment Recordings 1889-1896
Nominee	(Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Introduction By Clifton Fadiman)	History Speaks: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Nominee	(Cab Calloway, Jimmie Luceford, Ethel Waters & Others)	Cotton Club Stars
Nominee	(Elvis Presley)	A Golden Celebration

Best Engineered Recording - Non-Classical

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Humberto Gatica, engineer (Chicago)	17
Nominee	Paul Thornalley, engineer (The Thompson Twins)	Into The Gap
Nominee	Nigel Green & Mike Shipley, engineers (The Cars)	Heartbeat City
Nominee	Calvin Harris, engineer (Lionel Richie)	Can't Slow Down
Nominee	Oliver Dicicco, Michael Hedges, Steven Miller & Bill Mueller, engineers (Michael Hedges)	Aerial Boundaries

Producer Of The Year (Non-Classical)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	David Foster	-
Winner	James Anthony Carmichael & Lionel Richie	-
Nominee	Prince And The Revolution (Mark Brown, Lisa Coleman, Matt Fink, Wendy Melvoin, Prince, Bobby Z.) (producers)	-
Nominee	Michael Omartian (producer)	-
Nominee	Cars (Elliot Easton, Greg Hawkes, Ric Ocasek, Benjamin Orr, David Robinson), Robert John /Mutt/ Lange (producers)	-

Best Classical Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Neville Marriner, artist; John Strauss, producer	Amadeus
Nominee	Edita Gruberova, Raymond Leppard & Wynton Marsalis, artists; Steven Epstein, producer	Wynton Marsalis-Edita Gruberova - Handel, Purcell, Torelli, Fasch, Molter
Nominee	Leonard Slatkin, artist; Jay David Saks, producer	Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In B Flat, Op. 100
Nominee	Kathleen Battle, Hakan Hagegard & James Levine, artists; Thomas Z. Shepard, producer	Brahms: A German Requiem
Nominee	Alfred Brendel & James Levine, artists; Volker Strauss, producer	Beethoven: The 5 Piano Concertos

Best Classical Orchestral Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Leonard Slatkin, conductor (Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra)	Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In B Flat
Nominee	(Chicago Symphony Orchestra)	Schubert: Symphony No. 9 In C (/The Great/)
Nominee	(Chicago Symphony Orchestra)	Mahler: Symphony No. 4 In G Major
Nominee	(American Symphony Orchestra)	Gould: Burchfield Gallery And Apple Watzes
Nominee	(Chicago Symphony Orchestra)	Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14
Nominee	(Academy Of St. Martin-In-The-Fields)	Amadeus (Original Soundtrack)

Best Opera Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Placido Domingo, Faith Esham, Julia Migenes & Ruggero Raimondi; Lorin Maazel, conductor; Michel Glotz, producer (Choeurs Et Maitrise De Radio France; Orchestre National De France)	Bizet: Carmen
Nominee	Renato Bruson, Placido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Nicolai Ghiaurov & Riccardo Muti; John Mordler, producer (La Scala Theatre Chorus (Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala); La Scala Theatre Orchestra (Orch. Del Teatro Alla Scala))	Verdi: Ernani
Nominee	Thomas Allen, Maria Ewing, Elizabeth Gale, Bernard Haitink, Keith Lewis, John Rawnsley, Richard Van Allan & Carol Vaness; John Fraser & Dimitri Kavrakos, producers (Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic)	Mozart: Don Giovanni
Nominee	Peter Dvorsky, Charles Mackerras, Wieslav Ochman, Eva Randova & Elisabeth Soderstrom; James Mallinson, producer (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)	Janácek: Jenufa
Nominee	Colin Davis, Helen Donath, Heather Harper & Robert Tear; Erik Smith, producer (Royal Opera House Orchestra - Covent Garden)	Britten: The Turn Of The Screw

Best Choral Performance (Other Than Opera)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	James Levine, conductor (Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra)	Brahms: A German Requiem
Nominee	(Cleveland Orchestra Chorus; Cleveland Orchestra)	Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, Op.78
Nominee	(RSO Berlin Chorus; RSO Berlin Orchestra)	Orff: Carmina Burana
Nominee	(Chorus Of The Academy Of Ancient Music & Westminster Cathedral Boys Choir; Orchestra Of The Academy Of Ancient Music)	Mozart: Requiem
Nominee	(Boys Of Christ Church Cathedral & City Of Birmingham Sym. Chorus; City Of Birmingham Sym. Orch.)	Britten: War Requiem

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

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Wynton Marsalis, artist (English Chamber Orchestra)	Wynton Marsalis-Edita Gruberova-Handel, Purcell, Etc,
Nominee	Itzhak Perlman, artist (Orchestre De Paris)	Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No. 2 In D Minor, Op. 22/ Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto No. 3 In B Minor, Op. 61
Nominee	Julian Bream, artist (Chamber Orchestra Of Europe)	Rodrigo: Concierto De Aranjuez/Invocation And Dance/Three Spanish Pieces (Music Of Spain Vol. 8)
Nominee	Emanuel Ax, artist (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)	Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 In D Minor
Nominee	Alfred Brendel, artist (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)	Beethoven: The 5 Piano Concertos

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (Without Orchestra)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Yo-Yo Ma, artist	Bach: The Unaccompanied Cello Suites
Nominee	Alicia De Larrocha, artist	Schubert: Piano Sonata In B Flat, Major D. 960
Nominee	Glenn Gould, artist	R. Strauss: Glenn Gould Plays Strauss (Sonata; Five Pieces, Op. 3)
Nominee	Julian Bream, artist	Music Of Spain, Vol. 7 /A Celebration Of Andres Segovia/
Nominee	Emil Gilels, artist	Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 In B Flat, Op. 106 /Hammerklavier/

Best Chamber Music Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Juilliard String Quartet (Earl Carlyss, Joel Krosnick, Robert Mann & Samuel Rhodes), artists	Beethoven: The Late String Quartets
Nominee	Daniel Barenboim & Itzhak Perlman, artists	Mozart: Violin Sonatas K.301,302,303,304
Nominee	Ikwhan Bae, Gary Burton, Chick Corea, Karen Dreyfus, Fred Sherry & Carol Shive, artists	Corea: Lyric Suite For Sextet
Nominee	Guarneri Quartet (John Dalley, David Soyer, Arnold Steinhardt & Michael Tree) & Pinchas Zukerman, artists	Brahms: The String Quintets In F And G
Nominee	Emanuel Ax & Cleveland Quartet (Atar Arad, Paul Katz, Peter Salaff & Donald Weilerstein), artists	Brahms: Piano Quintet In F Minor, Op.34

Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	(Pierre Boulez; BBC Symphony Orchestra & Ensemble InterContemporain)	Ravel: Songs Of Maurice Ravel
Nominee	(Chicago Symphony Orchestra)	Mahler: Symphony No. 4 In G Major-4th Movement
Nominee	(Wiener Philharmonic)	Mahler: Symphony No. 2 In C Minor (/Resurrection/)
Nominee	Kathleen Battle	Mahler's Songs Of Youth
Nominee	-	Brahms: Songs Of Brahms

Best New Classical Composition

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Samuel Barber, composer	Barber: Antony And Cleopatra
Nominee	Vincent Persichetti, composer	Winter Cantata
Nominee	Frank Zappa, composer	The Perfect Stranger
Nominee	Joseph Schwantner, composer	Magabunda (Four Poems Of Agueda Pizzaro)
Nominee	Morton Gould, composer	Apple Waltzes

Best Engineered Recording, Classical

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Paul Goodman, engineer (Leonard Slatkin, conductor)	Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In B Flat, Op. 100
Nominee	Tony Faulkner & Edward (Bud) T. Graham, engineers (Raymond Leppard, conductor; Wynton Marsalis, Edita Gruberova)	Wynton Marsalis-Edita Gruberova, Handel, Purcell, Torelli, Fasch, Molter
Nominee	John Dunkerley & James Lock, engineers (Georg Solti, conductor)	Mahler: Symphony No. 4 In G Major
Nominee	Paul Goodman, engineer (James Levine, conductor)	Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 In D Minor
Nominee	Paul Goodman, engineer (James Levine, conductor; Kathleen Battle, Hakan Hagegard)	Brahms: A German Requiem

Classical Producer Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Steven Epstein	-
Nominee	Robert Woods	-
Nominee	Thomas Z. Shepard	-
Nominee	Jay David Saks	-
Nominee	Marc Aubort & Joanna Nickrenz	-