Grammy Award for Best Classical Album

Grammy Award for Best Classical Album
Awarded forquality classical recordings
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences
First awarded1962
Last awarded2011
Websitegrammy.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.
1962 Igor Stravinsky (conductor), Columbia Symphony Stravinsky Conducts, '60: Le Sacre du Primtemps; Petrushka
1963 Vladimir Horowitz Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz
1964 Benjamin Britten (conductor), London Symphony Orchestra Britten: War Requiem
1965 Leonard Bernstein (conductor), New York Philharmonic Bernstein: Symphony No. 3 (Kaddish)
1966 Thomas Frost (producer), Vladimir Horowitz Horowitz at Carnegie Hall, An Historic Return
1967 Howard Scott (producer), Morton Gould (conductor), Chicago Symphony Ives: Symphony No. 1 in D minor
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)
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
1971 Erik Smith (producer), Colin Davis (conductor), Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus Berlioz: Les Troyens
1972 Thomas Frost, Richard Killough (producers), Vladimir Horowitz Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff
1973 David Harvey (producer), Georg Solti (composer), Chicago Symphony, Vienna Boys Choir, Vienna Singervin Chorus Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major (Symphony of a Thousand)
1974 Thomas Z. Shepard (producer), Pierre Boulez (composer), New York Philharmonic Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
1975 David Harvey (producer), Georg Solti (composer), Chicago Symphony Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
1976 Raymond Minshull (producer), Georg Solti (composer), Chicago Symphony Beethoven: Symphonies (9) Complete
1977 Max Wilcox (producer), Daniel Barenboim (composer), London Philharmonic Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos
1978 Thomas Frost (producer), Leonard Bernstein (composer), Vladimir Horowitz, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Isaac Stern, Mstislav Rostropovich, Yehudi Menuhin, Lyndon Woodside Concert of the Century
1979 Christopher Bishop (producer), Carlo Maria Giulini (composer), Chicago Symphony Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D major
1980 James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti (composer), Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brahms: Symphonies (Complete)
1981 Gunther Breest, Michael Horwath (producers), Pierre Boulez (composer), Orchestre de l'Opera de Paris Berg: Lulu
1982 James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti (composer), Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor
1983 Samuel H. Carter (producer), Glenn Gould Bach: Goldberg Variations
1984 James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), Chicago Symphony Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D major
1985 John Strauss (producer), Neville Marriner (conductor), Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Choristers of Westminster Abbey Amadeus (Soundtrack)
1986 Robert Woods (producer), Robert Shaw (conductor), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Berlioz: Requiem
1987 Thomas Frost (producer), Vladimir Horowitz Horowitz: The Studio Recordings, New York '85
1988 Thomas Frost (producer), Vladimir Horowitz Horowitz in Moscow
1989 Robert Woods (producer), Robert Shaw (conductor), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Verdi: Requiem and Operatic Choruses
1990 Wolf Erichson (producer), Emerson String Quartet Bartók: 6 String Quartets
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
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
1993 Horst Dittberner (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Mahler: Symphony No. 9
1994 Karl-August Naegler (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, John Aler, John Tomlinson Bartók: The Wooden Prince and Cantata Profana
1995 Karl-August Naegler (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Chicago Symphony Orchestra Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12
1996 Karl-August Naegler (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Cleveland Orchestra & Chorus Debussy: La Mer; Nocturnes; Jeux Etc.
1997 Joanna Nickrenz (producer), Leonard Slatkin (conductor), Michelle de Young, Washington Oratorio Society Male Chorus, National Symphony Orchestra Corigliano: Of Rage and Remembrance
1998 Steven Epstein (producer), David Zinman (conductor), Yo-Yo Ma, Philadelphia Orchestra Premieres – Cello Concertos (Works of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse)
1999 James Mallinson (producer), Robert Shaw (conductor), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Choir Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard/Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem/Bartók: Cantata Profana
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
2001 Da-Hong Seetoo, Max Wilcox (producers), 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, London Symphony Orchestra Berlioz: Les Troyens
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)
2004 Andreas Neubronner (producer), Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Michelle DeYoung, San Francisco Symphony Mahler: Symphony No. 3; Kindertotenlieder
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
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
  • Jan Karlin, Matthew Snyder (producers), Jeff von der Schmidt (conductor), Southwest Chamber Music & Tambuco Percussion Ensemble for Chávez: Complete Chamber Music, Vol. 3
  • Ulrich Ruscher (producer), Martha Argerich for Martha Argerich and Friends: Live from the Lugano Festival
  • Da-Hong Seetoo (producer), Emerson String Quartet for Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets
  • Wilfelm Meister (producer), Mariss Jansons (conductor), Sergei Aleksashkin, Chor & Symphonieorchester des Beyerischen Rundfunks for Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13
2007 Andreas Neubronner (producer), Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), San Francisco Symphony Mahler: Symphony No. 7
2008 Tim Handley (producer), Leonard Slatkin (conductor), Nashville Symphony Tower: Made in America
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 Mahoganny
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
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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