- Winner: Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina - Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
- John Adams: City Noir - Fearful Symmetries & Lola Montez Does The Spider Dance - Marin Alsop, conductor (ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra)
- Kodály: Háry János Suite; Summer Evening & Symphony In C Major - JoAnn Falletta, conductor (Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra)
- Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Rakastava, & Lemminkäinen - Susanna Mälkki, conductor (Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra)
- Stravinsky: The Firebird - Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)