Grammy Award for Best Classical Album
Grammy Award for Best Classical Album | |
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Awarded for | quality classical recordings |
Country | United States |
Presented by | National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences |
First awarded | 1962 |
Last awarded | 2011 |
Website | grammy.com |
The Grammy Award for Best Classical Album was awarded from 1962 to 2011. The award had several minor name changes:
- 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 onward it was awarded as Best Classical Album
The award was discontinued in 2012 in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. From then on, recordings in this category fall under the Album of the Year category.
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.
Winners and nominees
Year | Winner(s) | Title | Nominees | Ref. |
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1962 | Igor Stravinsky (conductor), Columbia Symphony | Stravinsky Conducts, '60: Le Sacre du Primtemps; Petrushka |
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[1] |
1963 | Vladimir Horowitz | Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz |
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[2] |
1964 | Benjamin Britten (conductor), London Symphony Orchestra | Britten: War Requiem |
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[3] |
1965 | Leonard Bernstein (conductor), New York Philharmonic | Bernstein: Symphony No. 3 (Kaddish) |
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[4] |
1966 | Thomas Frost (producer), Vladimir Horowitz | Horowitz at Carnegie Hall, An Historic Return |
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[5] |
1967 | Howard Scott (producer), Morton Gould (conductor), Chicago Symphony | Ives: Symphony No. 1 in D minor |
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[6] |
1968 | John McClure (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), London Symphony with soloists and choruses | Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major (Symphony of a Thousand) |
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[7] |
Thomas Z. Shepard (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Doench, Isabel Strauss, Walter Berry, Fritz Uhl, Orchestra and Chorus of the Paris National Opera | Berg: Wozzeck | |||
1969 | No award given | |||
1970 | Rachel Elkind (producer), Wendy Carlos | Switched-On Bach |
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[8] |
1971 | Erik Smith (producer), Colin Davis (conductor), Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus | Berlioz: Les Troyens |
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[9] |
1972 | Thomas Frost, Richard Killough (producers), Vladimir Horowitz | Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff |
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[10] |
1973 | David Harvey (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), Chicago Symphony, Vienna Boys Choir, Vienna Singervin Chorus | Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major (Symphony of a Thousand) |
|
[11] |
1974 | Thomas Z. Shepard (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), New York Philharmonic | Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra |
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[12] |
1975 | David Harvey (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), Chicago Symphony | Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique |
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[13] |
1976 | Raymond Minshull (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), Chicago Symphony | Beethoven: Symphonies (9) Complete |
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[14] |
1977 | Max Wilcox (producer), Daniel Barenboim (conductor), London Philharmonic | Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos |
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[15] |
1978 | Thomas Frost (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), Vladimir Horowitz, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Isaac Stern, Mstislav Rostropovich, Yehudi Menuhin, Lyndon Woodside | Concert of the Century |
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[16] |
1979 | Christopher Bishop (producer), Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor), Chicago Symphony | Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D major |
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[17] |
1980 | James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Brahms: Symphonies (Complete) |
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[18] |
1981 | Gunther Breest, Michael Horwath (producers), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Orchestre de l'Opera de Paris | Berg: Lulu |
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[19] |
1982 | James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus | Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor |
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[20] |
1983 | Samuel H. Carter (producer), Glenn Gould | Bach: Goldberg Variations |
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[21] |
1984 | James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), Chicago Symphony | Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D major |
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[22] |
1985 | John Strauss (producer), Neville Marriner (conductor), Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Choristers of Westminster Abbey | Amadeus (Soundtrack) |
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[23] |
1986 | Robert Woods (producer), Robert Shaw (conductor), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus | Berlioz: Requiem |
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[24] |
1987 | Thomas Frost (producer), Vladimir Horowitz | Horowitz: The Studio Recordings, New York '85 |
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[25] |
1988 | Thomas Frost (producer), Vladimir Horowitz | Horowitz in Moscow |
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[26] |
1989 | Robert Woods (producer), Robert Shaw (conductor), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus | Verdi: Requiem and Operatic Choruses |
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[27] |
1990 | Wolf Erichson (producer), Emerson String Quartet | Bartók: 6 String Quartets |
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[28] |
1991 | Hans Weber (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), New York Philharmonic | Ives: Symphony No. 2; The Gong on the Hook and Ladder; Central Park in the Dark; The Unanswered Question |
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[29] |
1992 | Hans Weber (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), Kurt Ollmann, June Anderson, Nicolai Gedda, Adolph Green, Jerry Hadley, Della Jones, Christa Ludwig, London Symphony Orchestra | Bernstein: Candide |
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[30] |
1993 | Horst Dittberner (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Mahler: Symphony No. 9 |
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[31] |
1994 | Karl-August Naegler (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, John Aler, John Tomlinson | Bartók: The Wooden Prince and Cantata Profana |
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[32] |
1995 | Karl-August Naegler (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12 |
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[33] |
1996 | Karl-August Naegler (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Cleveland Orchestra & Chorus | Debussy: La Mer; Nocturnes; Jeux Etc. |
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[34] |
1997 | Joanna Nickrenz (producer), Leonard Slatkin (conductor), Michelle de Young, Washington Oratorio Society Male Chorus, National Symphony Orchestra | Corigliano: Of Rage and Remembrance |
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[35] |
1998 | Steven Epstein (producer), David Zinman (conductor), Yo-Yo Ma, Philadelphia Orchestra | Premieres – Cello Concertos (Works of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse) |
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[36] |
1999 | James Mallinson (producer), Robert Shaw (conductor), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Choir | Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard/Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem/Bartók: Cantata Profana |
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[37] |
2000 | Andreas Neubronner (producer), Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Ragazzi Boys' Choir, San Francisco Girl's Chorus, San Francisco Symphony & Chorus | Stravinsky: The Firebird; The Rite of Spring; Perséphone |
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[38] |
2001 | Da-Hong Seetoo, Max Wilcox (producers), Emerson String Quartet | Shostakovich: The String Quartets |
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[39] |
2002 | James Mallinson (producer), Simon Rhodes (engineer), Colin Davis (conductor), Michelle DeYoung, Ben Heppner, Petra Lang, Peter Mattei, Stephen Milling, Sara Mingardo, Kenneth Tarver, London Symphony Orchestra | Berlioz: Les Troyens |
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[40] |
2003 | Thomas Moore (producer), Michael J. Bishop (engineer), Robert Spano (conductor), Norman Mackenzie, Christine Goerke, Brett Polegato, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus | Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Symphony No. 1) |
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[41] |
2004 | Andreas Neubronner (producer), Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Michelle DeYoung, San Francisco Symphony | Mahler: Symphony No. 3; Kindertotenlieder |
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[42] |
2005 | John Adams, Lawrence Rock, Richard Elkind (producers), Lorin Maazel (conductor), Brooklyn Youth Chorus, New York Choral Artists, New York Philharmonic | Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls |
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[43] |
2006 | Tim Handley (producer), Leonard Slatkin (conductor), Jerry Blackstone, William Hammer, Jason Harris, Christopher Kiver, Carole Ott, Mary Alice Stollak (choir directors), Christine Brewer, Joan Morris, University of Michigan School of Music Symphony Orchestra | Bolcom: Songs of Innocence and of Experience |
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[44] |
2007 | Andreas Neubronner (producer), Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), San Francisco Symphony | Mahler: Symphony No. 7 |
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[45] |
2008 | Tim Handley (producer), Leonard Slatkin (conductor), Nashville Symphony | Tower: Made in America |
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[46] |
2009 | Fred Vogler (producer), James Conlon (conductor), Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald, various artists, Los Angeles Opera Orchestra and Chorus | Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny |
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[47] |
2010 | Andreas Neubronner (producer), Peter Laenger, Andreas Neubronner, (engineers), Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Ragnar Bohlin, Kevin Fox, Susan McMane (choir directors), various artists, San Francisco Symphony & Chorus | Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio from Symphony No. 10 |
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[48] |
2011 | Christopher Alder (producer), Tom Lazarus, Chritopher Willis, Silas Brown (engineers), Riccardo Muti (conductor), Duain Wolfe (chorus master), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus, various artists | Verdi: Requiem |
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[49] |
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