The Grammy Award for Best Classical Album was an award presented to recording artists for quality albums in the classical music genre at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.[1] Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".[2] was awarded from 1962 to 2011.
The award was first presented in 1962 to recognize classical albums. It is not awarded to "reissues, compilations and "Best Of" packages" and "Associate and executive producers are not eligible".[3] From 1962 to 1963, 1965 to 1972 and 1974 to 1976 the award was known as Album of the Year - Classical. In 1964 and 1977 it was awarded as Classical Album of the Year. In 1973 and from 1978 to the present it has been awarded as Best Classical Album. The award will be discontinued from 2012 in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. From 2012, recordings in this category will fall under the Album of the Year category, because "nearly all recipients of this distinction had also won in one of the other classical categories for the same album."[4][5]
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Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.
Recipients
edit| Year[I] | Performing artist(s) | Work | Nominees | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Igor Stravinsky Columbia Symphony Orchestra |
Stravinsky Conducts 1960: Le Sacre du Printemps; Petrushka |
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| 1963 | Vladimir Horowitz | Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz | [7] | |
| 1964 | Benjamin Britten (conductor) London Symphony Orchestra |
Britten: War Requiem | [8] | |
| 1965 | Leonard Bernstein (conductor) New York Philharmonic |
Bernstein: Symphony No. 3 "Kaddish" | [9] | |
| 1966 | Thomas Frost (producer) Vladimir Horowitz |
Horowitz at Carnegie Hall - An Historic Return | [10] | |
| 1967 | Howard Scott (producer) Morton Gould and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
Ives: Symphony No. 1 in D Minor | [11] | |
| 1968 | Thomas Z. Shepard (producer) Pierre Boulez (conductor) Walter Berry, Ingeborg Lasser, Isabel Strauss, Fritz Uhl, Choeur Nationale de Paris and the Orchestra of Paris National Opera |
Berg: Wozzeck | ||
| 1968 | John McClure (producer) Leonard Bernstein (conductor) various artists and the London Symphony Orchestra |
Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Symphony of a Thousand) | ||
| 1969 | none | |||
| 1970 | Rachel Elkind (producer) Walter Carlos |
Switched-On Bach | ||
| 1971 | Erik Smith (producer) Colin Davis (conductor) Royal Opera House Orchestra & Chorus |
Berlioz: Les Troyens |
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| 1972 | Thomas Frost, Richard Killough (producers) Vladimir Horowitz |
Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff (Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas) |
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| 1973 | David Harvey (producer) Georg Solti (conductor) various artists, the Vienna Boys' Choir, the Vienna Singverein Chorus and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Flat (Symphony of a Thousand) | ||
| 1974 | Thomas Z. Shepard (producer) Pierre Boulez (conductor) and the New York Philharmonic |
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra | ||
| 1975 | David Harvey (producer) Georg Solti (conductor) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique | ||
| 1976 | Raymond Minshul (producer) Georg Solti (conductor) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
Beethoven: Symphonies (9) Complete | ||
| 1977 | Max Wilcox (producer) Daniel Barenboim (conductor) Arthur Rubinstein and the London Philharmonic Orchestra |
Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos | ||
| 1978 | Thomas Frost (producer) Leonard Bernstein (conductor) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Vladimir Horowitz, Yehudi Menuhin, Mstislav Rostropovich, Isaac Stern, Lyndon Woodside and the New York Philharmonic |
Concert of the Century | ||
| 1979 | Christopher Bishop (producer) Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) Itzhak Perlman and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
Brahms: Concerto For Violin in D | ||
| 1980 | James Mallinson (producer) Georg Solti (conductor) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
Brahms: Symphonies (1, 2, 3 & 4) | ||
| 1981 | Gunther Brees, Michael Horwath (producers) Pierre Boulez (conductor) Toni Blankenheim, Franz Mazura, Yvonne Minton, Teresa Stratas, and the Orchestre de l'Opera de Paris |
Berg: Lulu | ||
| 1982 | James Mallinson (producer) Georg Solti (conductor) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor | ||
| 1983 | Samuel H. Carter (producer) and Glenn Gould | Bach: Goldberg Variations | ||
| 1984 | James Mallinson (producer) Georg Solti (conductor) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D | ||
| 1985 | John Strauss (producer) Neville Marriner (conductor) Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Choristers of Westminster Abbey and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields |
Amadeus (Original Soundtrack) | ||
| 1986 | Robert Woods (producer) Robert Shaw (conductor) John Aler and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
Berlioz: Requiem | ||
| 1987 | Thomas Frost (producer) and Vladimir Horowitz | Horowitz - The Studio Recordings, New York 1985 | ||
| 1988 | Thomas Frost (producer) and Vladimir Horowitz | Horowitz in Moscow | ||
| 1989 | Robert Woods (producer) Robert Shaw (conductor) and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses | ||
| 1990 | Wolf Erichson (producer) and the Emerson String Quartet | Bartók: 6 String Quartets | ||
| 1991 | Hans Weber (producer) Leonard Bernstein (conductor) and the New York Philharmonic |
Ives: Symphony No. 2; Gong on the Hook and Ladder; Central Park in the Dark; The Unanswered Question | ||
| 1992 | Hans Weber (producer) Leonard Bernstein (conductor) June Anderson, Nicolai Gedda, Adolph Green, Jerry Hadley, Della Jones, Christa Ludwig, Kurt Ollmann and the London Symphony Orchestra |
Bernstein: Candide | ||
| 1993 | Horst Dittberner (producer) Leonard Bernstein (conductor) and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra |
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 | ||
| 1994 | Karl-August Naegler (producer) Pierre Boulez (conductor) John Aler, John Tomlinson and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
Bartók: The Wooden Prince & Cantata Profana | ||
| 1995 | Karl-August Naegler (producer) Pierre Boulez (conductor) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12 | ||
| 1996 | Karl-August Naegler (producer) Pierre Boulez (conductor) and the Cleveland Orchestra & Chorus |
Debussy: La Mer; Nocturnes; Jeux | ||
| 1997 | Joanna Nickrenz (producer) Leonard Slatkin (conductor) Michelle De Young, various artists, the Washington Choral Arts Society Male Chorus, the Washington Oratorio Society Male Chorus and the National Symphony Orchestra |
Corigliano: Of Rage and Remembrance | ||
| 1998 | Steven Epstein (producer) David Zinman (conductor) Yo-Yo Ma and the Philadelphia Orchestra |
Premieres - Cello Concertos (Works of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse) | ||
| 1999 | James Mallinson (producer) Robert Shaw (conductor) and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard/Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem/Bartók: Cantata Profana | ||
| 2000 | Andreas Neubronner (producer) Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) Peninsula Boys Choir, the San Francisco Girl's Chorus and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
Stravinsky: The Firebird; The Rite of Spring; Persephone | ||
| 2001 | Da-Hong Seetoo and Max Wilcox (producers & engineers) Emerson String Quartet |
Shostakovich: The String Quartets | ||
| 2002 | James Mallinson (producer) Simon Rhodes (engineer) Colin Davis (conductor) Michelle DeYoung, Ben Heppner, Petra Lang, Peter Mattei, Stephen Milling, Sara Mingardo, Kenneth Tarver and the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
Berlioz: Les Troyens | ||
| 2003 | Thomas Moore (producer) Michael J. Bishop (engineer) Robert Spano (conductor) Norman Mackenzie (chorus director) Christine Goerke, Brett Polegato and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Symphony No. 1) | ||
| 2004 | Andreas Neubronner (producer) Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) and Michelle DeYoung Michelle DeYoung, Vance George, Pacific Boychoir, San Francisco Girl's Chorus and the San Francisco Symphony & Chorus |
Mahler: Symphony No. 3; Kindertotenlieder | ||
| 2005 | John Adams, Lawrence Rock, Richard Elkind (producers) Lorin Maazel (conductor) Brooklyn Youth Chorus, New York Choral Artists and the New York Philharmonic |
Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls | ||
| 2006 | Tim Handley (producer) Leonard Slatkin (conductor) Jerry Blackstone, William Hammer, Jason Harris, Christopher Kiver, Carole Ott and Marie Alice Stollack (choir directors) Christine Brewer, Joan Morris and the University of Michigan School of Music Symphony Orchestra |
Bolcom: Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience | ||
| 2007 | Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) Andreas Neubronner (producer) and the San Francisco Symphony |
Mahler: Symphony No. 7 | ||
| 2008 | Leonard Slatkin (conductor) Tim Handley (producer) and the Nashville Symphony |
Tower: Made in America | ||
| 2009 | James Conlon (conductor) Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone and Audra McDonald Fred Vogler (producer) Donnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich and Robert Wörle, the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra and Los Angeles Opera Chorus |
Kurt Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny | ||
| 2010 | Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) Ragnar Bohlin, Kevin Fox and Susan McMane (choir directors) Andreas Neubronner (producer) Peter Laenger (engineer/mixer) Andreas Neubronner (mastering engineer) Laura Claycomb, Anthony Dean Griffey, Katarina Karnéus, Quinn Kelsey, James Morris, Yvonne Naef, Elza van den Heever and Erin Wall San Francisco Symphony, Pacific Boychoir, San Francisco Girls Chorus and San Francisco Symphony Chorus |
Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10 | ||
| 2011 | Riccardo Muti (conductor) Duain Wolfe (chorus master) Christopher Alder (producer) David Frost, Tom Lazarus and Christopher Willis (engineers/mixers) Silas Brown (mastering engineer) Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chicago Symphony Chorus |
Verdi: Requiem | ||
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- ^ "Overview". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
- ^ "52nd OEP Category Description Guide" (PDF). National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. p. 8. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
- ^ "Explanation For Category Restructuring". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
- ^ Anastasia Tsioulcas (December 1, 2011). "Welcome To The Classical Grammy Cutbacks". NPR. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
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