Grammy Awards for 1989

By Patrick Mondout

The big winner at the 32nd annual Grammy Awards was Bonnie Raitt. Making up for last year's Jethro Tull disaster, the academy awarded separate trophies for Metal and Hard Rock making Metallica and Living Colour deserving winners. So, did we make it through a Grammy telecast without a major mistake on the part of the voters. Not quite. Best New Artists Milli Vanilli turned out to be fakes and the award was revoked a few months later (neither the guys who actually sang on Milli Vanilli's album nor any of the other nominees received the award).

Note: All nominees are listed and denotes the Grammy winner(s).

Record of the Year
	"The End of Innocence" - Don Henley
	"The Living Years" - Mike and the Mechanics
	"She Drives Me Crazy" - Fine Young Cannibals
	"We Didn't Start the Fire" - Billy Joel
	"Wind Beneath My Wings" - Bette Midler

Song of the Year
	"Don't Know Much" - Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Tom Snow
	"The End of Innocence" - Don Henley, Bruce Hornsby
	"The Living Years" - Mike Rutherford, Brian A. Robertson
	"We Didn't Start the Fire" - Billy Joel
	"Wind Beneath My Wings" - Larry Henley, Jeff Silbar

Album of the Year
	The End of Innocence - Don Henley
	Full Moon Fever - Tom Petty
	Nick of Time - Bonnie Raitt
	The Raw and the Cooked - Fine Young Cannibals
	The Traveling Wilburys, Volume I - The Traveling Wilburys

New Artist
	Milli Vanilli (later revoked after it became clear the duo had not sung on their album)
	Neneh Cherry
	Indigo Girls
	Soul II Soul
	Tone Loc

Pop Male Vocalist
	Michael Bolton - "How Am I Supposed to Live without You"
	Billy Joel - "We Didn't Start the Fire"
	Richard Marx - "Right Here Waiting"
	Roy Orbison - "You Got It"
	Prince - Batman soundtrack

Pop Female Vocalist
	Paula Abdul - "Straight Up"
	Gloria Estefan - "Don't Wanna Loose You"
	Bette Midler - "Wind Beneath My Wings"
	Bonnie Raitt - "Nick of Time"
	Linda Ronstadt - Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind

Pop Vocal Group
	The B-52s - "Love Shack"
	Fine Young Cannibals - "She Drives Me Crazy"
	Mike and the Mechanics - "The Living Years"
	Linda Ronstadt, Aaron Neville - "Don't Know Much"
	Simply Red - "If You Don't Know Me By Now"

Rock Male Vocalist
	Joe Cocker - "When the Night Comes"
	Don Henley - The End of Innocence
	Tom Petty - "Free Fallin'"
	Lou Reed - New York
	Neil Young - Freedom

Rock Female Vocalist
	Pat Benatar - "Let's Stay Together"
	Melissa Etheridge - Brave and Crazy
	Cyndi Lauper - "I Drove All Night"
	Bonnie Raitt - Nick of Time
	Tina Turner - Foreign Affair

Rock Vocal Group
	Living Colour - "Glamour Boys"
	The Rolling Stones - "Mixed Emotions"
	The Traveling Wilburys - The Traveling Wilburys, Volume I
	U2 - Rattle and Hum
	U2, B.B. King - "When Love Comes to Town"

Best Pop Instrumental Performance
	Neville Brothers - "Healing Chant"
	Kenny G. - "Breadline Blues"
	Earl Klugh - Whispers and Promises
	Paul Shaffer - "Late Night"
	Andreas Vollenweider - "Dancing with the Lion"

Best Rock Instrumental Performance
	Jeff Beck, Terry Bozzio, Tony Hymas - Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop with Terry Bozzio and Tony Hymas
	Steve Morse - High Tension Wires
	Joe Satriani - "The Crush of Love"
	Andy Summers - "A Piece of Time"
	Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - "Travis Walk"

Best Hard Rock Performance - Vocal or Instrumental
	Living Colour - "Cult of Personality"
	Aerosmith - "Love in an Elevator"
	Great White - "Once Bitten, Twice Shy"
	Guns N' Roses - GN'R Lies
	Motley Crue - "Dr. Feelgood"

Best Metal Performance - Vocal or Instrumental
	Metallica - "One"
	Dokken - Beast from the East
	Faith No More - The Real Thing
	Soundgarden - Ultramega O.K.
	Queensryche - "I Don't Believe in Love"

Best Rhythm & Blues Song
	"If You Don't Know Me by Now" - Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff
	"Every Little Step" - L.A. Reid, Babyface
	"Miss You Much" - James Harris III, Terry Lewis
	"Superwoman" - L.A. Reid, Babyface, Daryl Simmons
	"When a Man Loves a Woman" - Calvin Lewis, Andrew Wright

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male
	Bobby Brown - "Every Little Step"
	Al Jarreau - Heart's Horizon
	Prince - "Batdance"
	Smokey Robinson - "We've Saved the Best for Last"
	Luther Vandross - "She Won't Talk to Me"

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female
	Anita Baker - Giving You the Best That I Got
	Natalie Cole - Good to Be Back
	Aretha Franklin - Through the Storm
	Janet Jackson - "Miss You Much"
	Vanessa Williams - "Dreamin'"

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Duo or Group
	Soul II Soul - "Back to Life"
	Aretha Franklin, James Brown - "Gimme Your Love"
	Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston - "It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be"
	Deniece Williams, Natalie Cole - "We Sing Praises"
	BeBe & CeCe Winans - "Celebrate New Life"

Best Rhythm & Blues Instrumental Performance
	Soul II Soul - "African Dance"
	Gerald Albright - Bermuda Nights
	Babyface - "It's No Crime"
	Omar Hakim - "Constructive Criticism"
	Stix Hooper - "I Can't Get Enough of Your Love"

Best Rap Performance
	Young MC - "Bust a Move"
	De La Soul - "Me Myself and I"
	D.J. Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - "I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson"
	Public Enemy - "Fight the Power"
	Tony Loc - "Funky Cold Medina"

Best Jazz Fusion Performance
	Pat Metheny Group - Letter from Home
	Larry Carlton - On Solid Ground
	Terri Lyne Carrington - Real Life Story
	Miles Davis - Amandla
	John Patitucci - On the Corner
	Joe Sample - Spellbound

Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Male
	Harry Connick Jr. - When Harry Met Sally...
	George Benson - Tenderly
	Dr. John - In a Sentimental Mood
	Lou Rawls - At Last
	Joe Williams - In Good Company

Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Female
	Ruth Brown - Blues on Broadway
	Dee Dee Bridgewater - Live in Paris
	Anita O'Day - In a Mellow Tone
	Diane Schuur - "The Christmas Song"
	Janis Siegel - Short Stories

Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Duo or Group
	Dr. John, Rickie Lee Jones - "Makin' Whoopee"
	Ray Charles, Lou Rawls - "Save the Bones for Henry Jones"
	James Moody, Dizzy Gillespie - "Get the Booty"
	Take 6 - "Like the Whole World's Watching"
	Joe Williams, Marlena Shaw - "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby"

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Soloist
	Miles Davis - Aura
	Chick Corea - "Sophisticated Lady"
	Wynton Marsalis - The Majesty of the Blues
	John Patitucci - "Bessie's Blues"
	Andre Previn - After Hours

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Group
	Chick Corea Akoustic Band - Chick Corea Akoustic Band
	Branford Marsalis - Trio Jeepy
	Wynton Marsalis - The Majesty of the Blues
	Andre Previn, Joe Pass, Ray Brown - After Hours
	Yellowjackets - The Spin

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band
	Miles Davis - Aura
	Count Basie Orchestra conducted by Frank Foster - The Legend, The Legacy
	Duke Ellington Orchestra conducted by Mercer Ellington - Music Is My Mistress
	Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra - The Definitive Thad Jones
	McCoy Tyner Big Band - Uptown/Downtown

Best Country & Western Song
	"After All This Time" - Rodney Crowell
	"A Better Man" - Clint Balck, Hayden Nicholas
	"Luck in My Eyes" - k.d. lang, Ben Mink
	"She Don't Love Nobody" - John Hiatt
	"There's a Tear in My Beer" - Hank Williams Sr.

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male
	Lyle Lovett - Lyle Lovett and His Large Band
	Clint Black - Killin' Time
	Rodney Crowell - "After All This Time"
	Randy Travis - "It's Just a Matter of Time"
	Keith Whitley - "I'm No Stranger to the Rain"

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female
	k.d. lang - Absolute Torch and Twang
	Rosanne Cash - "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party"
	Emmylou Harris - Bluebird
	Kathy Mattea - Willow in the Wind
	Dolly Parton - "Why'd You Come in Here Looking Like That"

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Duo or Group
	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. 2
	Desert Rose Band - "She Don't Love Nobody"
	Highway 101 - "Honky Tonk Heart"
	The Judds - "Young Love"
	Restless Heart - "Big Dreams in a Small Town"

Best Country & Western Vocal Collaboration
	Hank Williams Jr., Hank Williams Sr - "There's a Tear in My Beer"
	Chris Hillman, Roger McGuinn - "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere"
	Nitty Ditty Dirt Band with Johnny Cash, Roy Acuff, Ricky Skaggs, Levon Helm, Emmylou Harris - "Will the Circle Be Unbroken"
	Buck Owens, Ringo Starr - "Act Naturally"
	Dwight Yoakam, k.d. lang - "Sin City"

Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance
	Randy Scruggs, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - "Amazing Grace"
	Asleep at the Wheel - "Black and White Rag"
	Jerry Douglas - "If You've Got the Money (Honey, I've Got the Time)"
	John Hartford - "All I Got Is Gone Away"
	New Grass Revival - "Big Foot"

Best Gospel Performance - Male
	BeBe Winans - "Meantime"
	Eddie DeGarmo - Feels Good to Be Forgiven
	Larnelle Harris - I Can Begin Again
	Wintley Phipps - A Love Like This
	Michael W. Smith - "Holy, Holy, Holy"
	Russ Taff - "Farther On"

Best Gospel Performance - Female
	CeCe Winans - "Don't Cry"
	Margaret Becker - Immigrant's Daughter
	Debby Boone - Be Thou My Vision
	Amy Grant - " 'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus"
	Sandi Patti - "Forever Friends"
	Deniece Williams - "Healing"

Best Gospel Performance - Duo, Group, Choir or Chorus
	Take 6 - "The Savior Is Waiting"
	First Call - "O Sacred Head Now Wounded"
	Mylon & Broken Heart - Big World
	Petra - On Fire!
	BeBe & CeCe Winans - "Heaven"

Best Soul Gospel Performance - Male or Female
	Al Green - "As Long As We're Together"
	Albertina Walker - My Time Is Not Over
	Beau Williams - Wonderful
	Daniel Winans - "You Got a Choice to Make"
	Vickie Winans - Total Victory

Best Soul Gospel Performance - Duo, Group, Choir or Chorus
	Daniel Winans & Choir - "Let Brotherly Love Continue"
	Rev. Milton Brunson & the Thompson Community Singers - Available to You
	Commissioned - Will You Be Ready?
	L.A. Mass Choir - Can't Hold Back
	Minister Thomas Whitfield & Thomas Whitfield Company - And They Sang a Hymn

Best Traditional Folk Recording
	Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares, Vol. 2 - Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Choir
	A la Veille Facon - Cajun Tradition
	American Indian Dance Theatre - various American Indian tribes
	Blind Dog - Norman & Nancy Blake
	Now That's a Good Time - Master of Traditional Missouri Fiddling

Best Contemporary Folk Recording
	Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls
	"Bamboleo" - Gipsy Kings
	Bayou Cadillac - BeauSoleil
	Crossroads - Tracy Chapman
	Old Friends - Guy Clark

Best Traditional Blues Recording
	"I'm in the Mood" - John Lee Hooker, Bonnie Raitt
	Ginger Ale Afternoon - Willie Dixon
	The Healer - John Lee Hooker
	"If I Can't Sell It, I'll Keep Sittin' on It" - Ruth Brown
	Memphis Blues: The Paris Sessions - Memphis Slim

Best Contemporary Blues Recording
	In Step - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
	King of the Blues: 1989 - B.B. King
	Live from Austin - Delbert McClinton
	Midnight Run - Bobby Blue Band
	"Wang Dang Doodle" - track from Paul Shaffer's Coast to Coast - Koko Taylor

Best Bluegrass Recording
	"The Valley Road" - Bruce Hornsby, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
	At the Old Schoolhouse - Johnson Mountain Boys
	Hearbreatk Hotel - Doug Dillard Band
	The Masters - Eddie Adcock, Kenny Baker, Josh Graves, Jesse McReynolds
	Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys Live at the Opry - Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys
	Two Highways - Alison Krauss, Union Station

Best Latin Pop Performance
	Jose Feliciano - "Cielito Lindo"
	Chayanne - Chayanne
	Dyango - Suspiros
	Miguel Gallardo - America
	Jose Luis Rodriguez - "Baila Mi Rumba"

Best Tropical Latin Performance
	Celia Cruz, Ray Barretto - Ritmo en el Corazon
	Ray Barretto - Irresistible
	Willie Colon - Top Secrets/Altos Secretos
	Eddie Palmieri - "Azucar"
	Wilfrido Vargas - Animation

Best Mexican-American Performance
	Los Lobos - La Pistola y el Corazon
	Narciso Martinez - The Father of Tex-Mex Conjunto
	Emilio Navaira & Rio Band - Emilio Navaira and Rio Band
	Peter Rubalcava - Amanecer
	Los Tigres del Norte - Corridos Prohibidos

Best Reggae Recording
	One Bright Day - Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers
	I.D. - Wailers Band
	Liberation - Bunny Wailer
	Live in Paris - Burning Spear
	Serious Business - Third World

Best Polka Recording
	All in My Love for You - Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra
	Any Time is Polka Time - Walter Ostanek & His Band
	Moldie Oldie Golden Goodies - Gene Mendalski & the G-Men
	Penn Ohio Polka Pals Souvenir Edition - Pen Ohio Polka Pals
	Polkaholic - Gordon Hartmann

Best New Age Performance
	Peter Gabriel - Passion - Music for "The Last Temptation of Christ"
	Enya - "Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)"
	Mark Isham - Tibet
	Andreas Vollenweider - Dancing with the Lion
	Paul Winter - "Icarus"

Best Instrumental Composition
	"The Batman Theme" - Danny Elfman (Sinfonia of London Orchestra)
	"Field of Dreams" - track from Field of Dreams soundtrack - James Horner
	"Letter from Home" - Pat Metheny (Pat Metheny Group)
	"Morning Sprite" - Chick Corea (Chick Corea Akoustic Band)
	"Suite from The Milagro Beanfield War" - Dave Grusin
	"Who Framed Roger Rabbit Suite" - Alan Silvestri (John Scott)

Best Arrangement on an Instrumental
	Dave Grusin - "Suite from The Milagro Beanfield War" (Dave Grusin)
	Frank Foster - "The Count Basie Remembrance Suite" (Count Basie Orchestra)
	Les Hooper - "Anything Goes" (Les Hooper)
	Thad Jones - "Three in One" (Mel Lewis Orchestra)
	Maxine Roach - "Extensions" (Uptown String Quartet)

Best Musical Cast Show Album
	Jerome Robbins' Broadway - Jason Alexander, Debbie Shapiro, Robert La Fasse, others
	Aspects of Love - London cast. Andrew Lloyd Webber, composer; Don Black, Charles Hart, lyricists
	Broadway The Hard Way - Frank Zappa
	Sarafina! The Music of Liberation - Broadway cast. Mbongeni Ngema, Hugh Masekela
	Sondheim: Pacific Overtures - James Holmes conducting the English National Opera

Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score written for a Motion Picture or Television
	The Fabulous Baker Boys - Dave Grusin
	Batman - Danny Elfman (Sinfonia of London Orchestra)
	Field of Dreams - James Horner
	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - John Williams
	Passion (music for The Last Temptation of Christ) - Peter Gabriel

Best Song written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television
	"Let the River Run" (Working Girl) - Carly Simon (Carly Simon)
	"Angel of Harlem" (Rattle and Hum) - Bono, U2 (U2)
	"The Girl Who Used to Be Me" (Shirley Valentine) - Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Marvin Hamlisch (Patti Austin)
	"I Love to See You Smile" (Parenthood) - Randy Newman (Randy Newman)
	"Partyman" (Batman) - Prince (Prince)

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
	Dave Grusin - "My Funny Valentine" from The Fabulous Baker Boys soundtrack (Michele Pfeiffer)
	Frank Foster - "Bring on the Raindrops" (Carmen Bradford)
	Janet Jackson, Terry Lewis, Jimmy Jam - "Rhythm Nation" (Janet Jackson)
	Don Sebesky - "Carlotta's Heart" from the Working Girl soundtrack (Carly Simon)
	Marc Shaiman - "It Had to Be You" from the When Harry Met Sally soundtrack (Harry Connick Jr.)

Best Classical Album
	Bartok: 6 String Quartets - Emerson String Quartet
	Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor - Herbert von Karajan conducting the Vienna Philharmonic
	Busoni: Piano Concerto in C (with Male Chorus) - Christoph von Dohnanyi conducting the Cleveland Orchestra. Garrick Ohlsson, piano
	Hanson: Symphonies No. 1 in E Minor ("Nordic") and No. 2 ("Romantic"); Elegy in Memory of Serge Koussevitsky - Gerard Schwarz conducting the Seattle Symphony
	Wagner: Die Walkure - James Levine conducting the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (solos: Lake, Moll, Morris, Norman, Behrens, Ludwig)

Best Orchestral Performance
	Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic - Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor
	Charles Dutoit conducting the Montreal Symphony Orchestra - Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
	Herbert von Karajan conducting the Vienna Philharmonic - Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor
	Orpheus Chamber Orchestra - Copland: Appalachian Spring; Short Symphony; 3 Latin American Sketches; Quiet City
	Gerard Schwarz conducting the Seattle Symphony - Hanson: Symphonies No. 1 in E Minor ("Nordic") and No. 2 ("Romantic"); Elegy in Memory of Serge Koussevitsky

Best Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental or Vocal
	Emerson String Quartet - Bartok: 6 String Quartets
	Emanuel Ax, piano; Isaac Stern, violin; Yo-Yo Ma, cello - Shostakovich: Trio No. 2 for Violin, Cello and Piano in E Minor, Op. 67; and Sonata for Cello and Piano in D Minor
	Guarneri Quartet - Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13 in B Blat; Grosse Fuge in B Flat
	Shlomo Mintz, violin; Yefim Bronfman, piano - Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas No. 1 in F Minor and No. 2 in D
	Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Mstislav Rostropovich, cello; Bruno Giuranna, viola - Beethoven: String Trios (E Flat, Op. 3; Serenade in D, Op. 8; G, Op. 9, No. 1; D, Op. 9, No. 2; C, Op. 9, No. 3)

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) with Orchestra
	Yo-Yo Ma, cello (David Zinman conducting the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra) - Barber: Cello Concerto, Op. 22; Britten: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68
	Gidon Kremer, violin (Charles Dutoit conducting the Boston Symphony) - Gubaidulina: Offertorium
	Robert McDuffie, violin (Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra) - W. Schuman: Violin Concerto; Bernstein: Serenade for Violin, Strings and Percussion (After Plato's "Symposium")
	Viktoria Mullova, violin (Andre Previn conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) - Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1; Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
	David Shifrin, clarinet (Gerard Schwarz conducting the New York Chamber Symphony) - Copland: Clarinet Concerto

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) without Orchestra
	Andras Schiff, piano - Bach: English Suites, BWV 806-11
	Rudolf Firkusny, piano - Martinu: Piano Sonata No. 1; Les Ritournelles; Fantasie et Toccata
	Richard Goode, piano - Beethoven: The Late Piano Sonatas (Opp. 101, 106, 109, 110, 111)
	Janos Starker, cello (Chicgeo Neriki, accompanyist) - Popper: Romantic Cello Favorites
	Krystian Zimerman, piano - Chopin: 4 Ballades (Opp. 23, 38, 47, 52); Barcarolle, Op. 60; Fantasie, Op. 49

Best Opera Recording
	Wagner: Die Walkure - James Levine conducting the Metropolitian Opera Orchestra (solos: Lakes, Moll, Morris, Norman, Behrens, Ludwig)
	Berg: Wozzeck - Claudio Abbado conducting the Vienna Philharmonic (solos: Grundheber, Raffeiner, Langridge, Zednik, Haugland, Behrens)
	Gershwin: Porgy and Bess - Simon Rattle conducting the London Philharmonic and Glyndebourne Chorus (solos: white, Haymon, Evans, Blackwell, Hubbard, Clarey, Baker)
	R. Strauss: Elektra - Seiji Ozawa conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra (solos: Ludwig, Behrens, Secunde, Ulfung, Hynninen)
	Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin - James Levine conducting the Dresden State Orchestra (solos: Freni, von Otter, Lang, Allen, Shicoff, Burchuladze, Senechal)

Best Choral Performance
	Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Atlanta Boys' Choir - Benjamin Britten: War Requiem
	Stephen Darlington conducting the Christ Church Cathedral Choir - Vaughan Williams: Choral Music (Oxford Elegy, Flos Campi, etc)
	John Eliot Gardiner conducting the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists - Handel: Jephtha
	Trevor Pinnock conducting the English Concert Choir and English Concert - Handel: Messiah
	Leonard Slatkin conducting the London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra; Richard Cooke, choral - Elgar: The Kingdom

Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist
	Dawn Upshaw, soprano (David Zinman conducting the Orchestra of St. Luke's) - Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (music of Barber, Menotti, Harbison, Stravinsky)
	Kathleen Battle, soprano (James Levine, accompanist) - Schubert: Lieder
	Placido Domingo, tenor (Julius Rudel, accompanist) - Puccini: The Unknown Puccini
	Placido Domingo, tenor; Kathleen Battle, soprano (James Levine conducting the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra) - Live in Tokyo 1988
	William Sharp, baritone (Steven Blier, accompanist) - William Sharp, Baritone

Best Contemporary Composition
	Steve Reich - Different Trains (Kronos Quartet)
	Sofia Gubaidulina - Offertorium (Gidon Kremer, violin; Charles Dutoit conducting the Boston Symphony)
	Witold Lutoslawski - Chain 2 (Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Witold Lutoslawski conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra)
	Witold Lutoslawski - Partita (Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Witold Lutoslawski conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra)
	Arvo Part - Passio (Paul Hillier conducting the Hilliard Ensemble and Western Wind Choir; solos: Michael George, John Potter)

Best Engineered Recording - Classical
	Jack Renner - Britten: War Requiem (Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and Atlanta Boys' Choir)
	John Dunkerley - Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (Charles Dutoit conducting the Montreal Symphony Orchestra)
	John Eargle - Hanson: Symphonies No. 1 in E Minor ("Nordic") and No. 2 ("Romantic"); Elegy in Memory of Serge Koussevitsky (Gerard Schwarz conducting the Seattle Symphony)
	Wolfgang Mitlehner - Wagner: Die Walkure (James Levine conducting the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and soloist)
	Karl-August Naegler, Helmut Burk - Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor (Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic; New York Choral Artists and Brooklyn Boys' Chorus; solo: Ludwig)

Classical Producer of the Year
	Robert Woods
	Wolf Erichson
	Michael Haas
	Patti Laursen
	Elizabeth Ostrow

Best Comedy Recording
	P.D.Q Bach: 1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults - Professor Peter Schickele, Greater Hoople Area Off-Season Philharmonic
	Dice - Andrew Dice Clay
	Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession - Erma Bombeck
	"Wild Thing" - Sam Kinison
	Without You I'm Nothing - Sandra Bernhard