Erroll Garner: Master of the Keyboard - Dan Morgenstern
Fats Waller - Giants of Jazz
James P. Johnson - Giants of Jazz
Pee Wee Russell - Giants of Jazz
The Mario Lanza Collection - The Mario Lanza Collection
Best Album of Original Score written for a Motion Picture or Television Special
John Williams - Raiders of the Lost Ark
Charles Fox, Dolly Parton - 9 to 5
John Morris - The Elephant Man
Jonathan Tunick, Lionel Richie, Thomas McClary - Endless Love
Neil Diamond, Gilbert Becaud, Alan Lindgren, Richard Bennett, Doug Rhone - The Jazz Singer
Best Album Package
Rolling Stones - Tattoo You
Eagles - Eagles Live
Understones - Positive Touch
Carla Bley - Social Studies
Rick Springfield - Working Class Dog
Best Arrangement of an Instrumental Recording
Quincy Jones - Velas
Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band - A Bit Byas''D
Dave Grusin - Mountain Dance
John Williams, Boston Pops - Southern Rampart Street Parade
Jerry Goldsmith - The Slaves
Best Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental or Vocal
Itzhak Perlman, Lynn Harrell, Vladimir Ashkenazy - Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor
Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman - Bartok: Duos for 2 Violins
Tokyo String Quartet - Bartok: Quartets for Strings (6) (Complete)
Ray Still, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Lynn Harrell - Oboe Quartets (Mozart, J.C. Bach, Karl Stamitz, Wanhal)
Guarneri Quartet - The Complete String Quartets of Brahms and Schumann
Best Classical Album
Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Isobel Buchanan, Mira Zakai) - Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor
Teresa Stratas - The Unknown Kurt Weill
Richard Bonynge conducting the New York City Opera Orchestra (solos: Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Luciano Pavarotti) - Live from Lincoln Center, Sutherland, Horne, Pavarotti
Vladimir Horowitz - The Horowitz Concerts 1979/80
Zubin Mehta conducting the New York Philharmonic (solos: Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman) - Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration
Best Classical Orchestral Recording
Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony - Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor
Andre Previn conducting the London Symphony - Gershwin: Porgy and Bess (Symphonic Picture); Cuban Overture and Second Rhapsody
Christopher Hogwood, Jaap Schroder, conductors, Academy of Ancient Music - Mozart: The Symphonies: Salzburg 1775-1983, Vol. 5
James Levine conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra - Mahler: Symphony No. 10 (Deryck Cooke final version)
Simon Rattle conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra - Holst: The Planets
Best Classical Performance - Choral
Neville Marriner conducting the Chorus of the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Haydn: The Creation
Robert Shaw, conductor, Atlanta Symphony Chorus, Atlanta Boys'' Choir, Atlanta Symphony - Orff: Carmina Burana
Richard Cooke, choral conductor, London Symphony Orchestra Chorus; Eduardo Mata conducting the London Symphony - Orff: Carmina Burana
Thomas Peck, choral director, St. Louis Symphony Chorus; Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony - Prokofiev: Ivan the Terrible from Music from the Films
Richard Westenburg, choral conductor, Musica Sacra Chorus; Zubin Mehta conducting the New York Philharmonic - Verdi: Requiem
Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) with Orchestra
Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman (Mehta conducting the New York Philharmonic) - Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary CelebratioN
Emanuel Ax (Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra) - Chopin: Concerto for Piano No. 1 in E Minor
Stanley Drucker (Mehta conducting the New York Philharmonic) - Corigliano: Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra
James Galway (Dutoit conducting the Royal Philharmonic) - French Flute Concertos
Dylana Jenson (Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra) - Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D Minor; Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) without Orchestra
Vladimir Horowitz - The Horowitz Concerts 1979/80
Artur Rubinstein - Artur Rubinstein, Schumann, Ravel, Debussy, Albeniz
Murray Perahia - Bartok: Sonata for Piano (1926); Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs; Suite, Op. 14
Itzhak Perlman (Samuel Sanders, accompanist) - Itzhak Perlman Plays Fritz Kreisler, Album 3
Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Luciano Pavarotti (Richard Bonynge conducting the New York City Opera Orchestra) - Live from Lincoln Cneter, Sutherland, Horne, Pavarotti
Barbara Hendricks (Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony) - Del Tredici: Final Alice
Frederica von Stade (Seiji Ozawa conducting the Boston Symphony) - Ravel: Sheherazade
Teresa Stratas (Richard Woitach, accompanist) - The Unknown Kurt Weill
Elly Ameling (Dalton Baldwin, accompanist) - Think on Me
Best Comedy Recording
Rev. Du Rite - Richard Pryor
soundtrack - Airplane!
Chipmunks - Urban Chipmunk
Mel Brooks - The Inquisition
Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance
Chet Atkins - Country, After All These Years
Barbara Mandrell - Instrumental Medley: Mountain Dew, Fireball Mail, Old Joe Clark, Night Train, Uncle Joe's Boogie
Zubin Mehta conducting the New York Philharmonic; solos: Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman - Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration
Simon Ruttle conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambroisian Singers - Holst: The Planets
James Levine conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra - Mahler: Symphony No. 10 (Deryck Cooke final version)
Eduardo Mata conducting the London Symphony; Richard Cooke conducting the London Symphony Chorus; solos: Hendricks, Aler, Hagegard - Orff: Carmina Burana
Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Atlanta Boys'' Choir; solos: Blegen, Brown - Orff: Carmina Burana; Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Weber
Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording
B.B. King - There Must Be a Better World Somewhere
A.C. Reid & the Spark Plugs, Scotty & the Rib Tips, Lovie Lee with Carey Bell - Living Chicago Blues Vol. 4
Albert Collins - Frozen Alive!
Koko Taylor - From the Heart of a Woman
Lonnie Brooks Blues Band, The Sons Seals Blues Band, Mighty Joe Young, Muddy Waters, Koko Taylor & Her Blues Machine, Willie Dixon & the Chicago Blues Allstars - Blues Deluxe
Best Gospel Performance - Contemporary or Inspirational
Imperials - Priority
DeGarmo & Key - This Ain't Hollywood
Cynthia Clawson - Finest Hour
Amy Grant - In Concert
Archers - Spreadin' Like Wildfire
Best Gospel Performance - Traditional
J.D. Summer, James Blackwood, Hovie Lister, Rosie Rozell, Jake Hess - The Masters V
Lanny Wolfe Trio - Can't Stop the Music
Rusty Goodman - Escape to the Light
Happy Goodman Family - Goin' Higher
Rambos - Rambo Reunion
Best Historical Album
Hoagy Carmichael - Hoagy Carmichael: from Star Dust to Ole Buttermilk Sky
various artists - The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country Music
various artists - Birmingham Quartet Anthology
Miles Davis - Miles Davis: Chronicle, The Complete Prestige Recordings
Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli - The Quintet of the Hot Club of France (1936-1937)
Ernestine Anderson - Never Made Your Move Too Soon
Etta Jones - Save Your Love for Me
Janet Lawson - The Janet Lawson Quintet
Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Male
Al Jarreau - Blue Rondo a la Turk
Joe Turner - Have No Fear, Joe Turner Is Here
Johnny Hartman - Johnny Hartman Once in Every Life
Mel Torme - Mel Torme and Friends Recorded Live at Marty's New York City
Jimmy Rowles - Music's the Only Thing That's on My Mind
Best Latin Recording
Clare Fischer - Guajira pa la Jeva
Cal Tjader - Gozame! Pero Yu ...
Dizzy Gillespie, Mongo Santamaria - Summertime Digital at Montreaux, 1980
Eddie Palmieri - Eddie Palmieri
Laurindo Almeida, Charlie Byrd - Brazilian Soul
Best Opera Recording
Charles Mackerras conducting the Vienna Philharmonic (solos: Jiri Zahradnicek, Vaclav Zitek, Ivo Zidek) - Janacek: From the House of the Dead
Christoph von Dohnanyi conducting the Vienna Philharmonic and Vienna State Opera Chorus (solos: Eberhard Waechter, Anja Silia) - Berg: Wozzeck
Claudio Scimone conducting the I Soloisti Veneti, Chorus of Prague (solos: Marilyn Horne, Samuel Ramey, Kathleen Battle) - Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri
Herbert van Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic; Chorus of Deutsche Opera Berlin (solos: Peter Hofmann, Dunja Veizovic, Kurt Moll, Jose van Dam, Siegmund Nimsgern, Victor von Halem) - Wagner: Parsifal
Lorin Maazel conducting the National Philharmonic; Ambrosian Opera Chorus (solos: Renata Scotto, Placido Domingo, Leo Nucci, Tito Gobbi) - Puccini: Le Villi
Marck Janowski conducting the Munich Radio Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Chorus (solos: Eva Marton, Siegfried Jerusalem) - Korngold: Violanta
Raymond Leppard conducting the London Philharmonic; Glyndebourne Chorus (solos: Frederica von Stade, Richard Stiwell) - Monteverdi: Il Ritorno d' Ulisse in Patria
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Mike Post featuring Larry Carlton - Theme from Hill Street Blues
Louis Clark conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics
Eubie Blake, Kenny Barron, Arthur Blythe, Ron Carter, Stanley Clarke, George Duke, Charles Earland, Rodney Franklin, Herbie Hancock, Roland Hanna, Bobby Hucherson, Bob James, Hubert Laws, Buddy Williams - One-Night Stand: A Keyboard Event