Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic, the "Appalachian Trio" of Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer and Mark O'Connor, and mezzo soprano Cecilia Bartoli were among the classical nominees for the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards, which were announced Wednesday (January 3) by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS).

Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic's version of Mahler's tenth symphony was included in the Best Classical Album category, along with pianist Murray Perahia's Goldberg Variations; a Chopin set by pianist Evgeny Kissin; a CD of Hadyn piano concerti by pianist Leif Ove Andsnes; and the Emerson String Quartet's recording of Shostakovich's quartets (which received a second nomination in the Best Chamber Music category).

One of the year's biggest selling classical CDs, Appalachian Journey, by the trio of Ma/Meyer/O'Connor was nominated for Best Classical Crossover Album, along with sets from The King's Singers, pianist Chick Corea, the duo of pianist Dave Grusin and guitarist Lee Ritenour and bass-baritone Bryn Terfel's collection of Welsh traditional music.

In addition to the nomination of Bartoli, others in the Best Classical Vocal Performance categories went to baritones Matthias Goerne and Thomas Quasthoff, mezzo soprano Anne Sofie von Otter and soprano María Bayo.

Nominees for Best Opera Recording included Berg's Wozzeck (Ingo Metzmacher, Angela Denoke and Bo Skovhus with the Philharmonia Staatsorch., Hamburg; EMI Classics); Britten's Billy Budd (Richard Hickox, Simon Keenlyside, Philip Langridge and John Tomlinson with the London Symphony Orchestra; Chandos); Busoni's Doktor Faust (Kent Nagano, Kim Begley, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and others with the Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Lyon; Erato); Prokofiev's Semyon Kotko (Valery Gergiev, Lyudmila Filatova, Viktor Lutsiuk and Olga Savova with the Kirov Orchestra; Philips) and Rameau's Dardanus (Marc Minkowski, John Mark Ainsley, Véronique Gens and others with Les Musiciens du Louvre; Archiv Produktion).

In the Best Classical Contemporary Composition category (a composer's award for a work created within the last 25 years, and released for the first time during the eligibility year) nominations went to George Crumb's Star-Child; Heiner Goebbels' Surrogate Cities (Suite For Sampler & Orch.; The Horation-Three Songs, Etc.; Nicholas Maw's Violin Concerto; Ned Rorem's Evidence of Things Not Seen; and Rodion Shchedrin's Concerto Cantabile.

Nominations are based on recordings released during the Grammy eligibility year of October 1, 1999 through September 30, 2000. More or less than 5 nominations in a category are the result of ties.

Here is the complete list of classical nominations for the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards:

Best Classical Album

1. Bach: Goldberg Variations

Murray Perahia, piano; Andreas Neubronner, producer

2. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28; Son. No. 2, Op. 35; Polonaise, Op. 53

Evgeny Kissin, piano; Jay David Saks, producer

3. Haydn: Piano Cons. Nos. 3, 4 & 11

Leif Ove Andsnes, piano/conductor; Tony Harrison, producer (Norgewian Chamber Orch.)

4. Mahler: Sym. No. 10

Sir Simon Rattle; Stephen Johns, producer (Berliner Phil.)

5. Shostakovich: The String Quartets

Emerson String Quartet; Da-Hong Seetoo & Max Wilcox, producers

Best Orchestral Performance

1. Beethoven: The Symphonies

Daniel Barenboim (Berliner Staatskapelle)

2. Brahms: Serenades Nos. 1 & 2

Sir Charles Mackerras (Scottish Chamber Orch.)

3. Mahler: Sym. No. 10

Sir Simon Rattle (Berliner Phil.)

4. Sibelius: En Saga, Op. 9; Lemminkäinen Legends, Op. 22

Mikko Franck (Swedish Radio Sym. Orch.)

5. Tchaikovsky: Sym. No. 6 "Pathétique"; Romeo and Juliet, Etc.

Valery Gergiev (Kirov Orch.)

Best Opera Recording

1. Berg: Wozzeck

Ingo Metzmacher; Angela Denoke; Bo Skovhus; John Fraser, producer (Various Artists; Phil. Staatsorch., Hamburg)

2. Britten: Billy Budd

Richard Hickox; Simon Keenlyside; Philip Langridge; John Tomlinson; Brian Couzens, producer (London Sym. Orch.)

3. Busoni: Doktor Faust

Kent Nagano; Kim Begley; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; Dietrich Henschel; Markus Hollop; Eva Jenis; Torsten Kerl; Martin Sauer, producer (Orch. de l'Opéra National de Lyon)

4. Prokofiev: Semyon Kotko

Valery Gergiev; Lyudmila Filatova; Viktor Lutsiuk; Olga Savova; Stan Taal, producer (Various; Kirov Orch.)

5. Rameau: Dardanus

Marc Minkowski; John Mark Ainsley; Véronique Gens; Laurent Naouri; Michel Gache & Arend Prohmann, producers (Les Musiciens du Louvre)

Best Choral Performance

1. Bach: Christmas Oratorio

Helmuth Rilling (Gächinger Kantorei; Bach-Collegium, Stuttgart)

2. Bach: Easter Cantatas BWV 6 & 66

John Eliot Gardiner (The Monteverdi Cho.; The English Baroque Soloists)

3. Bach: Mass in B Minor

Martin Pearlman (Boston Baroque)

4. Bach: St. Matthew Passion

Philippe Herreweghe; Michaël Ghljs, chorus master (Collegium Vocale Gent; Schola Cantorum Cantate Domino)

5. Penderecki: Credo

Helmuth Rilling (Oregon Bach Festival Cho.; Oregon Bach Festival Orch.)

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)

1. Busoni: Piano Con., Op. XXXIX

Marc-Andr´ Hamelin, piano; Mark Elder, conductor (The City of Birmingham Sym. Orch.)

2. Carter: Clarinet Concerto

Michael Collins, clarinet; Oliver Knussen, conductor (London Sinfonietta)

Track from: Carter: Clarinet Concerto; Symphonia

3. Haydn: Piano Cons. Nos. 3, 4 & 11

Leif Ove Andsnes, piano/conductor (Norwegian Chamber Orch.)

4. Maw: Violin Concerto

Joshua Bell, violin; Sir Roger Norrington, conductor (London Phil. Orch.)

5. Rachmaninoff: Con. No. 3 In D Min., Op. 30

Arcadi Volodos, piano; James Levine, conductor (Berlin Phil. Orch.)

Track from: Rachmaninoff: Piano Con. No. 3; Serenade In B-Flat Min.; Romance In F Min., Etc.

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)

1. Bach: Goldberg Variations

Murray Perahia, piano

2. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28; Son. No. 2, Op. 35; Polonaise, Op. 53

Evgeny Kissin, piano

3. Dreams Of a World (Works of Lauro, Ruiz-Pipo, Duarte, Etc.)

Sharon Isbin, guitar

4. Godowsky: The Complete Studies on Chopin's Etudes

Marc-André Hamelin, piano

5. Messiaen: Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant - Jésus (I - X)

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

Best Chamber Music Performance

1. Beethoven/Franck: Violin Sonatas

Itzhak Perlman, violin; Martha Argerich, piano

2. Debussy: The Complete Chamber Music

Mbrs. of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

3. Duos for Violin & Cello (Works of Ravel, Handel, Halversen, Etc.)

Lynn Harrell, cello; Kennedy, violin

4. Haydn: String Quartets Op. 76 (Nos. 1 - 6)

Quatuor Mosaïques

5. Shostakovich: The String Quartets

Emerson String Quartet

Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor)

1. Diáspora Sefardí (Por que llorax blanca niña; Las Estrellas de los cielos)

Montserrat Figueras, canto; Hesperion XXI; Jordi Savall, conductor

2. Hindemith: Kammermusik Nr. 2, 3, 6 & 7

Mbrs. of Berliner Phil.; Claudio Abbado, conductor (Wolfram Christ, viola d'amore; Georg Faust, violoncello; Wayne Marshall, orgel; Lars Vogt, klavier)

3. Shadow Dances (Stravinsky Miniatures — Tango; Suite No. 1; Octet, Etc.)

Orpheus Chamber Orch.

4. South American Getaway (Works Of Villa-Lobos, Piazzolla, Salgan, Etc.)

Juliane Banse, soprano; The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Phil.

5. Telemann: String Concertos (Con. Polonais In G Maj.; Divertimento In B Flat Maj., Etc.)

Musica Antiqua Köln; Reinhard Goebel, conductor

Best Classical Vocal Performance

1. Bach: Cantatas BWV 82, 158 & 56

Matthias Goerne, baritone (Salzburger Bachchor; Sir Roger Norrington; Camerata Academica Salzburg)

2. Brahms/Liszt: Lieder (Brahms: Lieder und Gesänge, Etc./Liszt: Tre sonetti di Petrarca, Etc.)

Thomas Quasthoff, baritone (Justus Zeyen, piano)

3. Folksongs (Works of Dvorák, Grainger, Larsson, Etc.)

Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo soprano (Bengt Forsberg, piano)

4. Handel: Opera Arias & Cantatas (V'adoro pupille; Lascia ch'io pianga; Tra le fiamme, Etc.)

María Bayo, soprano (Skip Sempé; Capriccio Stravagante)

5. The Vivaldi Album (Dell'aura al sussurrar; Alma oppressa, Etc.)

Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo soprano (Arnold Schoenberg Chor; Giovanni Antonini; Il Giardino Armonico)

Best Classical Contemporary Composition

1. Crumb: Star-Child

George Crumb, composer (Joseph Alessi, trombone; Susan Narucki, soprano; Various Artists; Warsaw Phil. Cho.; Thomas Conlin; The Warsaw Phil. Orch.)

Track from: George Crumb: 70th Birthday Album, Star-Child

2. Goebbels: Surrogate Cities (Suite For Sampler & Orch.; The Horation-Three Songs, Etc.)

Heiner Goebbels, composer (Various Artists; Peter Rundel; Junge Deutsche Phil.)

3. Maw: Violin Concerto

Nicholas Maw, composer (Joshua Bell, violin; Sir Roger Norrington; London Phil. Orch.)

4. Rorem: Evidence of Things Not Seen

Ned Rorem, composer (The New York Festival of Song)

5. Shchedrin: Concerto Cantabile

Rodion Shchedrin, composer (Maxim Vengerov, violin; Mstislav Rostropovich; London Sym. Orch.)

Track from: Shchedrin/ Stravinsky/Tchaikovsky (Shchedrin: Concerto Cantabile/Stravinsky: Violin Concerto, Etc.)

Best Classical Crossover Album

1. Appalachian Journey (1B; Misty Moonlight Waltz; Indecision, Etc.)

Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Edgar Meyer. double bass; Mark O'Connor, violin (Alison Krauss, fiddle & vocals; James Taylor, vocals)

2. Circle of Life (Kiss From a Rose; Kokomo; It Had To Be You, Etc.)

The King's Singers (Carl Davis; Metropole Orkest)

3. Corea.Concerto ('Spain' For Sextet & Orch.; Piano Con. No. 1)

Chick Corea, piano/conductor (Various Artists; Steven Mercurio; London Phil. Orch. )

4. Two Worlds (Works of Bach, Villa-Lobos, Torroba, Etc.)

Dave Grusin, piano; Lee Ritenour, guitar; Gil Shaham, violin (Renée Fleming, soprano; Various Artists; Julian Lloyd Webber, cello)

5. We'll Keep a Welcome — The Welsh Album (Land of My Fathers; David of the White Rock; Men of Harlech, Etc.)

Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone (Bryan Davies, piano/organ; The Black Mountain Cho.; Risca Male Cho.; Gareth Jones; The Orch. of Welsh National Opera)