We’re just a few short days away from music’s biggest night — the Grammy Awards! If you missed the full list of nominees, check out this roundup so you can be sure to catch the highlights.

Even though every nominee has what it takes to win, only one can bring home the Grammy! Who are your favorites in each category? We’ve picked our winners below: be sure to follow along on January 26th to see if our predictions come true.

Best Orchestral Performance

Photos from left: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, album cover artwork for Bruckner featuring Music Director Manfred Honeck

BRUCKNER: SYMPHONY NO. 9

Manfred Honeck, conductor (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)

This iconic work from maestro Manfred Honeck and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is a revelatory recording of Bruckner’s monumental work. The recording invites all to experience the presence of the divine, experience the beauty of the world, and take a masterful journey through majestic moments.

Best Opera Recording

Photos from left: Boston Children's Chorus, album cover artwork for Tobias Picker's Fantastic Mr. Fox

PICKER: FANTASTIC MR. FOX

Gil Rose, conductor; John Brancy, Andrew Craig Brown, Gabriel Preisser, Krista River & Edwin Vega; Gil Rose, producer (Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Boston Children's Chorus)

A performance from the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, this nomination is based on the operatic performance of a modern-day fable in a story of good and evil. This performance is intricate, inevitably melodic, and stylistically references Stravinsky throughout.

Best Choral Performance

Photos from left: Jake Runestad, album cover artwork for Hope of Loving Choral Music

THE HOPE OF LOVING

Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (Conspirare)

The first full album dedicated to the choral works of Jake Runestad, The Hope of Living is a rare find album led by Grammy Winning Craig Hella Johnson and a selected professional ensemble that has captivated choral fans worldwide.

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

PERPETULUM

Third Coast Percussion

Both the name of a piece by Philip Glass on Third Coast Percussion’s latest album and the title of the album, too, this recording features a world premiere recording of new works by Philip Glass, Gavin Bryars, Peter Martin, and Robert Dillon. For more information on Third Coast Percussion, check out our interview with Daniel Skidmore of Third Coast Percussion here.

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

Photos from left: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Photo credit: Jessica Griffin, album cover artwork featuring Nicola Benedetti and Wynton Marsalis

MARSALIS: VIOLIN CONCERTO; FIDDLE DANCE SUITE

Nicola Benedetti; Cristian Măcelaru, conductor (Philadelphia Orchestra)

A unique recording, this solo performance by Bendetti was created to celebrate the community and joining of different musical traditions and features The Philadelphia Orchestra.

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

Photos from left: Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, album cover artwork featuring Stephen Costello

A TE, O CARA

Stephen Costello; Constantine Orbelian, conductor (Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra)

A recording full of warmth, healthy high notes, and a full-bodied delivery, this recording from Stephen Costello is rich, full of depth, and is as if Costello’s voice was ready-made to contour with the French of arias.

Best Classical Compendium

Photos from left: Harold Meltzer, album cover artwork for Songs and Structures

MELTZER: SONGS AND STRUCTURES

Paul Appleby & Natalia Katyukova; Silas Brown & Harold Meltzer, producers

Concise, colorful, and playful, this recording of Meltzer’s recent vocal and chamber works from the Metropolitan Opera Tenor Paul Appleby is sophisticated and technically accomplished.

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

Phots from left: Caroline Shaw and Attacca Quartet, album cover artwork for Orange

SHAW: ORANGE

Caroline Shaw, composer (Attacca Quartet)

Described by composer Caroline Shaw as a “garden that she and Attacca Quartet are tending,” Orange is a thrilling, unpredictable masterpiece that is full of lively detours and inexplicable textures.