J. Adams: Doctor Atomic Symphony & Guide to Strange Places
- New Zealand Symphony Orchestra & James Judd
- Edo de Waart, San Francisco Symphony, Vance George & San Francisco Symphony Chorus
- Boston Modern Orchestra Project & Gil Rose
- Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Rascher Saxophone Quartet & Dennis Russell Davies
- Aaron Copland, London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Winfield & William Lang
- BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Harle, Christoph von Dohnányi, The Cleveland Orchestra, Paul Clarvis & Sir Andrew Davis