● All Things Light – Jesse Brock, Jon Castelli, Tyler Johnson, Nick Lobel, Simon Maartensson, Lawrence “Boo” Mitchell, Anders Mouridsen, Ryan Nasci, Ernesto Olivera-Lapier, Ethan Schneiderman & Owen Stoutt, engineers; Dale Becker, mastering engineer (Cam)
● Arcadia – Neal Cappellino & Gary Paczosa, engineers; Brad Blackwood, mastering engineer (Alison Krauss & Union Station)
● For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) – Joseph Lorge, Blake Mills & Sebastian Reunert, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer (Japanese Breakfast)
Best Engineered Album, Classical
WINNER: Cerrone: Don’t Look Down – Mike Tierney, engineer; Alan Silverman, mastering engineer (Sandbox Percussion)
● Eastman: Symphony No. 2; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 – Gintas Norvila, engineer; Jennifer Nulsen, mastering engineer (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra)
● Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth Of The Mtsensk District – Shawn Murphy & Nick Squire, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Andris Nelsons, Kristine Opolais, Günther Groissböck, Peter Hoare, Brenden Gunnell & Boston Symphony Orchestra)
● Standard Stoppages – Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, Bill Maylone, Judith Sherman & David Skidmore, engineers; Joe Lambert, mastering engineer (Third Coast Percussion)
● Yule – Morten Lindberg, engineer; Morten Lindberg, mastering engineer (Trio Mediæval)
Producer of the Year, Classical
WINNER: Elaine Martone
● Blanton Alspaugh
● Sergei Kvitko
● Morten Lindberg
● Dmitriy Lipay
Best Immersive Audio Album
WINNER: Immersed – Justin Gray, immersive mix engineer; Michael Romanowski, immersive mastering engineer; Justin Gray, Drew Jurecka & Morten Lindberg, immersive producers (Justin Gray)
● All American F***boy – Andrew Law, immersive mix engineer (Duckwrth)
● An Immersive Tribute To Astor Piazzolla (Live) – Andrés Mayo & Martín Muscatello, immersive mix engineers; Andrés Mayo & Martín Muscatello, immersive producers (Various Artists)
● Tearjerkers – Hans-Martin Buff, immersive mix engineer; Hans-Martin Buff, immersive producer (Tearjerkers)
● Yule – Morten Lindberg, immersive mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive mastering engineer; Arve Henriksen & Morten Lindberg, immersive producers (Trio Mediæval)
Best Instrumental Composition
WINNER: “First Snow” – Remy Le Boeuf, composer (Nordkraft Big Band, Remy Le Boeuf & Danielle Wertz)
● “Live Life This Day: Movement I” – Miho Hazama, composer (Miho Hazama, Danish Radio Big Band & Danish National Symphony Orchestra)
● “Lord, That’s A Long Way” – Sierra Hull, composer (Sierra Hull)
● “Opening” – Zain Effendi, composer (Zain Effendi)
● “Train To Emerald City” – John Powell & Stephen Schwartz, composers (John Powell & Stephen Schwartz)
● “Why You Here / Before The Sun Went Down” – Ludwig Göransson, composer (Ludwig Göransson feat. Miles Caton)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
WINNER: “Super Mario Praise Break” – Bryan Carter, Charlie Rosen & Matthew Whitaker, arrangers (The 8-Bit Big Band)
● “Be Okay” – Cynthia Erivo, arranger (Cynthia Erivo)
● “A Child Is Born” – Remy Le Boeuf, arranger (Nordkraft Big Band & Remy Le Boeuf)
● “Fight On” – Andy Clausen, Addison Maye-Saxon, Riley Mulherkar & Chloe Rowlands, arrangers (The Westerlies)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
WINNER: “Big Fish” – Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick, Nate Smith & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (Nate Smith feat. säje)
