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This is truly the grand-daddy of all awards shows. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences recognizes outstanding musical achievements. The Grammys always prove to be a night of spectacle and performance that truly can't be missed.

Date: February 7, 2004
City: Los Angeles

This Year's Performers

The Nominees

Album Of The Year

Best Album Notes

Best Alternative Music Album

Best Bluegrass Album

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package

Best Chamber Music Performance

  • Winner:
    Kronos Quartet & Dawn Upshaw, soprano     Berg: Lyric Suite
  • Speculum Musicae Carter: Oboe Quartet
  • Michael Cox, flute & alto flute; Nicholas Daniel, obie & cor anglasi, Maggini Quartet Bliss: String Quartet No. 1; Conversations for Flute, Oboe, Violin, Viola and Cello, Etc.
  • Boris Berman, piano & Vermeer Quartet Shostakovich/Schnittke: Piano Quintets
  • Kronos Quartet Vasks: String Quartet No. 4

Best Choral Performance

  • Winner:
    Ellerhein Girls' Choir & Estonian National Male Choir; Estonian National Symphony Orchestra     Sibelius: Cantatas
  • Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Tallinn Chamber Orchestra Baltic Voices I
  • Choeur de Chambre Accentus Transcriptions (Bach/Barber/Mahler, Etc.)
  • Sophie Daneman, soprano & Noemi Kiss, soprano; Choir of New College, Oxford; Academy of Ancient Music Pergolesi: Marian Vespers
  • Various Artists; The Dale Warland Singers Argento: Walden Pond

Best Classical Album

  • Winner:
    Johannes Prinz & Gerald Wirth; Vienna Boys' Choir & Women's Chorus of the Vienna Singverein; Vienna Philharmonic     Mahler: Symphony No. 3
  • Rudolf Buchbinder, Thomas Hampson, Leonidas Kavakos, various artists; The Philadelphia Orchestra Schumann: Symphonies 1-4; Manfred Overture, Etc.
  • London Symphony Orchestra Britten: Violin Concerto/Walton: Viola Concerto
  • Vance George; Pacific Boychoir; San Francisco Girls Chorus & Women of the SFS Chorus; San Francisco Symphony Mahler: Symphony No. 3; Kindertotenlieder
  • Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Rorem: Three Symphonies

Best Classical Contemporary Composition

  • Winner:
    Dominick Argento     Argento: Casa Guidi
  • Jose Serebrier Serebrier: Symphony No. 3
  • Gyorgy Kurtag Kurtag: Signs, Games and Messages
  • George Rochberg Rochberg: Symphony No. 5
  • Benjamin Lees Lees: Symphony No. 5 Kalmar Nyckel

Best Classical Crossover Album

  • Winner:
    Jorge Calandrelli, conductor; Yo-Yo Ma, cello     Obrigado Brazil
  • Kronos Quartet & The Tiger Lillies The Gorey End
  • Joseph Jennings, conductor; Chanticleer Our American Journey
  • Ali Jackson, drums; Emmanuel Pahud, flute; Sean Smith, double bass; Jacky Terrasson, piano Into the Blue
  • Joel McNeely, conductor Herrmann: The Day the Earth Stood Still

Best Classical Vocal Performance

  • Winner:
    Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone, Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo soprano (Claudio Abbado; Chamber Orchestra of Europe)     Schubert: Lieder with Orchestra
  • Barbara Bonney, soprano (Ronald Schneider, piano) Im Chambre Separee - The Operetta Album
  • Montserrat Caballe, soprano (Mauel Cubedo, viheula) Songs of the Spanish Renaissance, Vol. 1
  • Ian Bostridge, tenor, David Daniels, countertenor, Christopher Maltman, baritone (Aline Brewer, harp, Timothy Brown, horn & Julius Drake, piano) Britten: The Canticles
  • Frederica von Stade, mezzo soprano (Eiji Oue; Minnesota Orchestra) Argento: Casa Guidi

Best Comedy Album

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album - Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

Best Contemporary Blues Album

Best Contemporary Folk Album

Best Contemporary Jazz Album

Best Contemporary R&b Album

Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album

Best Contemporary World Music Album

Best Country Album

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals

  • Winner:
    James Taylor, Alison Krauss     How's the World Treating You
  • Willie Nelson, Toby Keith Beer for My Horses
  • Willie Nelson, Norah Jones Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want To Get Over You)
  • June Carter Cash, Johnny Cash Temptation
  • Alan Jackson, Jimmy Buffett It's Five O'Clock Somewhere

Best Country Instrumental Performance

Best Country Song

Best Country Vocal Performance - Duo Or Group

Best Country Vocal Performance - Female

Best Country Vocal Performance - Male

Best Dance Recording

Best Engineered Album - Classical

  • Winner: Yo Yo Ma Obrigado Brazil
  • Jose Serebrier Rorem: Three Symphonies
  • Petronel Malan Bach: The Piano Transcriptions of Bartok, Lipatti & Freidman
  • Robert Spano Rainbow Body
  • Rachel Barton Brahms/Joachim: Violin Concertos

Best Engineered Album - Non-classical

Best Gospel Choir Or Chorus Album

  • Winner:
    The Potter's House Mass Choir     A Wing and a Prayer
  • Chicago Mass Choir Live in Nashville
  • New Life Blessed by Association
  • Colorado Mass Choir Speak Life
  • Born Again Choir CeCe Winans Presents... The Born Again Church Choir

Best Hard Rock Performance

Best Historical Album

Best Instrumental Arrangement

  • Winner:
    Michael Brecker Orchestra     Timbuktu
  • Rob McConnell & The SWR Big Band Autumn in New York
  • Regina Carter Oblivion
  • John Fedchock New York Big Band Caribbena Fire Dance
  • Renee Rosnes and the Danish Radio Big Band Black Holes

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

Best Instrumental Composition

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)

  • Winner:
    Emanuel Ax, piano     Haydn: Piano Sonatas Nos. 29, 31, 34, 35 & 49
  • Piotr Anderszewski, piano Bach: Partitas 1, 3 & 6
  • Petronel Malan, piano Bach: The Piano Transcriptions of Bartok, Lipatti & Freidman
  • Evgeny Kissin, piano Brahms: Sonata in F Minor; Intermezzo in A Minor, Etc.
  • Andras Schiff, piano Bach: Goldberg Variations

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)

  • Winner:
    London Symphony Orchestra     Britten: Violin Concerto/Walton: Viola Concerto
  • Russian National Orchestra Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26/Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op.
  • Nashville Symphony Orchestra Beach: Piano Concerto
  • Oregon Symphony Svoboda: Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra, Op. 148
  • London Symphony Orchestra Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante

Best Jazz Instrumental Album - Individual Or Group

  • Winner:
    Wayne Shorter     Alegria
  • Stefon Harris The Grand Unification Theory
  • Pat Martino Think Tank
  • Dave Holland Quintet Extended Play, Live at Birdland
  • Chick Corea Rendezvous in New York

Best Jazz Instrumental Solo

Best Jazz Vocal Album

Best Large Jazz Esemble Album

  • Winner:
    Michael Brecker Quindectet     Wide Angles
  • Wayne Bergeron Big Band You Call This a Living?
  • The Carla Bley Big Band Looking for America
  • Gerald Wilson Orchestra New York New Sound
  • Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band XXL

Best Latin Jazz Album

  • Winner:
    Michel Camilo with Charles Flores & Horacio El Negro Hernandez     Live at the Blue Note
  • Mark Levine & The Latin Tinge Isla
  • Jane Bunnett Cuban Odyssey
  • Chucho Valdes New Conceptions
  • Caribbean Jazz Project Birds of a Feather

Best Latin Pop Album

Best Latin Rock / Alternative Album

Best Long Form Music Video

Best Metal Performance

Best Mexican/mexican-american Album

Best Musical Album For Children

Best Musical Show Album

  • Winner:
    Jay David Saks     Gypsy
  • Nine The Musical
  • Mike Berniker, Tommy Byrnes Movin' Out
  • Jay David Saks Man of La Mancha
  • Hugh Fordin Flower Drum Song

Best Native American Music Album

  • Winner:
    Black Eagle     Flying Free
  • Tom Bee Reveal His Glory
  • R. Carlos Nakai Sanctuary
  • Northern Cree Still Rezin'
  • Black Lodge Singers Brotherhood

Best New Age Album

Best New Artist

Best Opera Recording

  • Winner:
    Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden     Janacek: Jenufa
  • Frantois Bazola, Eric Martin Bonnet, Matthieu LTcroart & StTphanie RTvidat; Les Arts Florissants Rameau: Zoroastre
  • Istvn Gti, Johannes Gisser, Janusz Monarcha, Johann Reinprecht & Martin Thyringer; Chor der Wiener Staat Halevy: La Juive
  • Radio-Sinfonieorchester, Stuttgart des SWR Bartok: Bluebeard's Castle, Op. 11
  • London Symphony Orchestra Thomas: Desire Under the Elms

Best Orchestral Performance

  • Winner:
    Vienna Philharmonic     Mahler: Symphony No. 3
  • The Philadelphia Orchestra Schumann: Symphonies 1-4; Manfred Overture, Etc.
  • Radio-Sinfonieorchester, Stuttgart des SWR Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9
  • Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Rorem: Three Symphonies
  • National Chamber Orchestra Serebrier: Symphony No. 3; Passacaglia and Perpetuum Mobile, Etc.

Best Polka Album

  • Winner:
    Jimmy Sturr     Let's Polka 'Round
  • LynnMarie LynnMarie & The Boxhounds
  • Walter Ostanek & Bob Kravos Just for You
  • Jerry Darlak and the Touch Polkas in Black and White
  • Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones Versalicious!
  • Dennis Polisky & The Maestro's Men Strike Up the Band

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

  • Winner:
    Sting, Mary J. Blige     Whenever I Say Your Name
  • Tony Bennett, k.d. lang La Vie En Rose
  • Pink Feel Good Time
  • Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim Can't Hold Us Down
  • Bob Dylan, Mavis Staples Gonna Change My Way of Thinking

Best Pop Instrumental Album

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

Best Pop Vocal Album

Best Pop Vocal Performance - Duo Or Group

Best Pop Vocal Performance - Female

Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male

Best Pop/contemporary Gospel Album

Best R&b Album

Best R&b Song

Best R&b Vocal Performance - Duo Or Group

Best R&b Vocal Performance - Female

Best R&b Vocal Performance - Male

Best Rap / Sung Collaboration

Best Rap Album

Best Rap Performance - Duo Or Group

Best Rap Solo Performance - Female

Best Rap Solo Performance - Male

Best Rap Song

Best Recording Package

Best Reggae Album

Best Remixed Recording - Non-classical

Best Rock Album

Best Rock Gospel Album

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

Best Rock Song

Best Rock Vocal Performance - Duo Or Group

Best Rock Vocal Performance - Female

Best Rock Vocal Performance - Male

Best Salsa/merengue Album

Best Score Soundtrack - Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

Best Short Form Music Video

Best Small Ensemble Performance (with Or Without Conductor)

  • Winner:
    Southwest Chamber Music     Chavez: Suite for Double Quartet
  • Concerto Vocale Monteverdi : Madrigali Guerrieri Ed Amorosi
  • New London Consort Songs of Angels
  • Ensemble Modern Goebbels: Eislermaterial
  • Europa Galante Vivaldi: Mandolin Concertos

Best Song Written For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

  • Winner:
    Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Michael McKean     A Mighty Wind (A Mighty Wind)
  • U2 The Hands That Built America (Gangs of New York)
  • J. Bass, M. Mathers, L. Resto Lose Yourself (8 Mile)
  • Fred Ebb, John Kander I Move On (Chicago)
  • Christopher Bridges, Keith McMasters Act a Fool (2 Fast 2 Furious)

Best Southern, Country, Or Bluegrass Gospel Album

Best Spoken Word Album

  • Winner:
    Al Franken     Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right
  • Nikki Giovanni The Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection
  • Hillary Rodham Clinton Living History
  • Don Cheadle Fear Itself
  • Bill Maher When You Ride Alone You Ride With Bin Laden

Best Spoken Word Album For Children

  • Winner:
    Bill Clinton, Mikhail Gorbachev, Sophia Loren     Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf/Beintus: Wolf Tracks
  • Jim Dale Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  • Jim Broadbent Winnie-the-Pooh
  • Eric Idle Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  • Carl Reiner Tell Me a Scary Story

Best Tejano Album

  • Winner:
    Jimmy Gonzalez y El Grupo Mazz     Si Me Faltas Tu
  • Milagro Despues De Todo
  • Frijoles Romanticos Frijoles Romanticos
  • Eddie Gonzalez Un Poco De Cambio
  • Bobby Pulido Montame

Best Traditional Blues Album

  • Winner: Buddy Guy Blues Singer
  • Roomful of Blues That's Right!
  • Kim Wilson Lookin' for Trouble!
  • Jay McShann Goin' to Kansas City
  • Eddy The Chief Clearwater featuring Los Straitjackets Rock 'N' Roll City

Best Traditional Folk Album

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Best Traditional R&b Vocal Performance

Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album

Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album

  • Winner: Ibrahim Ferrer Buenos Hermanos
  • Soneros De Verdad presents Rubalcaba Pasado y Presente
  • Septeto Nacional Ignacio Pineiro Poetas Del Son
  • Amadito Valdes Bajando Gervasio
  • Barbarito Torres Barbarito Torres

Best Traditional World Music Album

  • Winner:
    The Monks of Sherab Ling Monastery     Sacred Tibetan Chant
  • Masters of Persian Music Without You
  • Kasse Mady Diabate Kassi Kasse
  • Ghazal The Rain
  • Ecos De Borinquen Jibaro Hasta El Hueso: Mountain Music of Puerto Rico
  • Grupo de Capoeira Angola Pelourinho Capoeira Angola 2 - Brincando Na Roda

Best Urban/alternative Performance

Lifetime Achievement Awards

Producer Of The Year - Classical

  • Winner:
    Steven Epstein
  • Robina G. Young
  • Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin
  • Manfred Eicher
  • Adam Abeshouse

Producer Of The Year - Non-classical

Record Of The Year

Song Of The Year

Trustee Awards

  • Winner:
    Gerry Goffin, Carole King
  • Winner:
    Marian McPartland
  • Winner:
    Orrin Keepnews
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