Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical

The Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical , in German "Grammy Award for the best-mixed classical album", is a music prize that has been awarded by the American Recording Academy in the field of classical music since 1959 .

History and background

Since 1959, the Grammy Awards are presented annually in numerous categories by the Recording Academy in the United States to recognize artistic achievement, technical competence, and overall outstanding performance regardless of album sales or chart position.

One of these categories is the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical. The prize has been awarded since 1959. It is awarded to sound engineers (and possibly mastering sound engineers), not performers, orchestras, conductors or other performers of the winning works.

Since it was first presented, the award has undergone numerous small name changes:

• In 1959 it was called the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Record (Classical)
• From 1960 to 1962 the award was called the Grammy Award for Best Engineering Contribution - Classical Recording
• From 1963 to 1964 the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording - Classical was awarded
• In 1965 it was awarded under the name Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording
• From 1966 to 1993, the price was again under the name Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording, Classical awarded
• From 1994 to 1997 the award was called the Grammy Award for Best Classical Engineered Recording
• Since 1998 it has been called the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical.

The award is presented along with the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical . From 1960 to 1965, the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording - Special or Novel Effects was awarded another award in this area.

Winners and nominees

year	winner	album	Nominees	Picture of the winner (s)
1959	Sherwood Hall (Sound engineer)	Laurindo Almeida and Salli Terri : Duets with Spanish Guitar
1960	Lewis W. Layton (sound engineer)	Robert Russell Bennett (conductor) with the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra: Victory at Sea, Vol. I.
1961	Hugh Davies (sound engineer)	Laurindo Almeida : The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Almeida
1962	Lewis W. Layton (sound engineer)	Charles Münch (conductor) and the Boston Symphony Orchestra : Ravel : Daphnis et Chloé
1963	Lewis W. Layton (sound engineer)	Fritz Reiner (conductor) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra : Strauss : So Zarathustra spoke
1964	Lewis W. Layton (sound engineer)	Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) and the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra: Puccini : Madama Butterfly
1965	Douglas Larter (sound engineer)	Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) and the Philharmonia Orchestra : Britten : The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
1966	Fred Plaut (sound engineer)	Vladimir Horowitz : Horowitz at Carnegie Hall - An Historic Return
1967	Anthony Salvatore (sound engineer)	Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), the Pro Musica Chorus and the Boston Symphony Orchestra : Wagner : Lohengrin
1968	Edward T. Graham (sound engineer)	Philadelphia Brass Ensemble: The Glorious Sound of Brass
1969	Gordon Parry (sound engineer)	Georg Solti (conductor) and the London Symphony Orchestra : Mahler : 9th Symphony
1970	Walter Carlos (sound engineer)	Walter Carlos (artist): Switched-on Bach
1971	Arthur Kendy, Fred Plaut , Ray Moore (sound engineers)	Pierre Boulez (conductor) and the Cleveland Orchestra : Stravinsky : Le Sacre du Printemps
1972	Vittorio Negri (sound engineer)	Colin Davis (conductor), the Wandsworth School Boys Choir and the London Symphony Orchestra : Berlioz : Requiem
1973	Gordon Parry, Kenneth Wilkinson (sound engineers)	Georg Solti (conductor) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra : Mahler : Symphony No. 8 (Symphony of a Thousand)
1974	Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Ray Moore (sound engineers)	Pierre Boulez (conductor) and the New York Philharmonic : Bartók : Concerto for Orchestra
1975	Kenneth Wilkinson (sound engineer)	Georg Solti (conductor) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra : Berlioz : Symphonie fantastique
1976	Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Milton Cherin, Ray Moore (sound engineers)	Pierre Boulez (conductor), the Camarata Singers and the New York Philharmonic : Ravel : Daphnis et Chloé (full ballet)
1977	Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Milton Cherin, Ray Moore (sound engineers)	Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), George Gershwin and the Columbia Jazz Band: Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
1978	Kenneth Wilkinson (sound engineer)	Georg Solti (conductor) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra : Ravel : Bolero
1979	Arthur Kendy, Edward T. Graham, Ray Moore (sound engineers)	Pierre Boulez (conductor) and the New York Philharmonic : Varèse : Ameriques / Arcana / Ionization (Boulez Conducts Varese)
1980	Anthony Salvatore (sound engineer)	Original line-up with Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou : Sondheim : Sweeney Todd
1981	Karl-August Naegler (sound engineer)	Pierre Boulez (conductor) and the Orchester de l'Opera de Paris: Berg : Lulu (Complete Version)
1982	Andrew Kazdin, Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Ray Moore (sound engineers)	Zubin Mehta (conductor), Isaac Stern , Itzhak Perlman , Pinchas Zukerman and the New York Philharmonic : Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration
1983	Paul Goodman (sound engineer), James Levine (conductor)	Chicago Symphony Orchestra : Mahler : 7th Symphony (Song of the Night)
1984	James Lock (sound engineer)	Georg Solti (conductor) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra : Mahler : 9th Symphony
1985	Paul Goodman (sound engineer)	Leonard Slatkin (conductor) and the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra : Prokofiev : 5th Symphony
1986	Jack Renner (sound engineer)	Robert Shaw (conductor) and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus: Berlioz: Requiem
1987	Paul Goodman (sound engineer)	Vladimir Horowitz : Horowitz - The Studio Recordings, New York 1985
1988	Jack Renner (sound engineer)	Robert Shaw (conductor) and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: Fauré : Requiem / Duruflé : Requiem
1989	Jack Renner (sound engineer)	Robert Shaw (conductor) and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: Verdi : Requiem & Operatic Choruses
1990	Jack Renner (sound engineer)	Robert Shaw (conductor), the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Atlanta Boy Choir: Britten : It was a requiem
1991	Jack Renner (sound engineer)	Robert Shaw (conductor) and the Robert Shaw Festival Singers: Rachmaninoff : Vespers
1992	Gregor Zielinsky (sound engineer)	Leonard Bernstein (conductor) and the London Symphony Orchestra : Amber : Candide
1993	James Lock, John Pellowe, Jonathan Stokes and Philip Siney (sound engineers)	Georg Solti (conductor) and the Vienna Philharmonic : R. Strauss : The woman without a shadow
1994	Rainer Maillard (sound engineer)	Pierre Boulez (conductor) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus : Bartók : The Wooden Prince & Cantata Profana
1995	William Hoekstra (sound engineer)	Leonard Slatkin (conductor) and the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra : Copland : Music for Films (The Red Pony, Our Town, Etc.)
1996	Jonathan Stokes, Michael Mailes (sound engineers)	Herbert Blomstedt (conductor) and the San Francisco Symphony : Bartók : Concerto for Orchestra ; "Kossuth" - Symphonic Poem
1997	Lawrence Rock, William Hoekstra (sound engineers)	Leonard Slatkin (conductor) and the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra : Copland : Dance Symphony; Short symphony; Organ symphony
1998	Michael J. Bishop, Jack Renner (sound engineers)	Erich Kunzel (conductor) and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra: Copland : The Music of America ( Fanfare for the Common Man ; Rodeo, etc.)
1999	Jack Renner (sound engineer)	Robert Shaw (conductor) and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus: Barber : Prayers of Kierkegaard / Vaughan Williams : Dona Nobis Pacem / Bartók : Cantata Profana
2000	Markus Heiland (sound engineer)	Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), the Peninsula Boys Choir, the San Francisco Girl's Chorus and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra & Chorus : Stravinsky : The Firebird ; Le sacre du printemps ; Perséphone
2001	John M. Eargle (sound engineer)	Zdeněk Mácal (conductor): Dvořák : Requiem, Op. 89; 9th Symphony "From the New World"
2002	Richard King (sound engineer)	Joshua Bell : Bernstein (Arr.Brohn & Corigliano): West Side Story Suite (Lonely Town; Make Our Garden Grow, Etc.)
2003	Michael J. Bishop (sound engineer)	Robert Spano (conductor), Norman Mackenzie (choir director) and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus: Vaughan Williams : A Sea Symphony
2004	Richard King and Todd Whitelock (sound engineers)	Yo-Yo Ma : Obrigado Brazil
2005	Jack Renner (sound engineer)	Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: Higdon : City Scape; Concerto for Orchestra
2006	Da-Hong Seetoo (sound engineer)	Emerson String Quartet : Mendelssohn : The Complete String Quartets
2007	Michael Bishop (sound engineer)	Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paavo Järvi : Elgar: Enigma Variations; Britten: The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Four Sea Interludes	Leslie Ann Jones and Judy Kirschner for Látigo from the Quartet San Francisco Wolf-Dieter Karwatky and Rainer Maillard for Mahler: Symphony No. 2 by Christine Schäfer , Michelle DeYoung, the Wiener Singverein and the Vienna Philharmonic under the direction of Pierre Boulez John Newton for Requiem by Craig Hella Johnson and Conspirare Jack Renner for Vaughan Williams: Mass In G Min., And Other A Cappella Works by the Chamber Choir of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Norman Mackenzie
2008	John Newton (sound engineer)	Phoenix Bach Choir and the Kansas City Chorale under the direction of Charles Bruffy: Grechaninov: Passion Week	Keith O. Johnson for Garden Of Dreams with the Dallas Wind Symphony conducted by Jerry Dunkin Arne Akselberg and Tobias Lehmann for Nielsen: Clarinet & Flute Concertos by Sabine Meyer , Emmanuel Pahud and Simon Rattle Bruce Leek, Fred Vogler and Trent Walker for Spirit Of The Season by Craig Jessop, Mack Wilberg and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Lawrence Rock for Strauss: Don Juan, Death and Transfiguration from the New York Philharmonic , conducted by Lorin Maazel
2009	David Frost, Tom Lazarus and Christopher Willis (sound engineers)	Silk Road Ensemble, Wu Man , Yo-Yo Ma and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Miguel Harth-Bedoya and Alan Gilbert : Traditions and Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road Chicago from	Fred Vogler for Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique by the Los Angeles Philharmonic under the direction of Gustavo Dudamel Morten Lindberg and Hans Peter L'Orange for Divertimenti von Trondheimsolistene under the direction of Øyvind Gimse Michael Bishop for Puccini: La Bohème by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and choir under the direction of Robert Spano John Newton for Respighi: Church Windows, Brazilian Impressions, Rossiniana from the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of JoAnn Falletta
2010	Peter Laenger (sound engineer)	San Francisco Symphony under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas : Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio from Symphony No. 10	Neil Hutchinson and Jonathan Stokes for Britten: Billy Budd of the London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus conducted by Daniel Harding with Nathan Gunn, Ian Bostridge , Gidon Saks, Neal Davies, Jonathan Lemalu and Matthew Rose Judy Kirschner for QSF Plays Brubeck from the Quartet San Francisco Jesse Lewis and John Newton for Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, conducted by James Levine John Newton and Dirk Sobotka for Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 15 by the Mariinsky Theater Orchestra , conducted by Valery Gergiev
2011	Mark Donahue, John Hill and Dirk Sobotka (sound engineers)	Nashville Symphony Orchestra , conducted by Giancarlo Guerrero: Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus ex machina	Robert Friedrich for Have You Ever Been…? from the Turtle Island Quartet , Stefon Harris and Mike Marshall David Frost, Tom Lazarus, Steven Mackey and Dirk Sobotka for Mackey, Steven: Dreamhouse by Gil Rose, Rinde Eckert, Catch Electric Guitar Quartet, Synergy Vocals and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project Steve Miller, Allen Sides and Roger Treece for Vocabularies by Bobby McFerrin
	Leslie Ann Jones, Kory Kruckenberg, Brandie Lane and David Sabee (sound engineers)	Eliesha Nelson and John McLaughlin Williams: Quincy Porter: Complete Viola Works
2012	Byeong-Joon Hwang and John Newton (sound engineers) and Jesse Lewis (mastering sound engineers)	Aldridge: Elmer Gantry	Byeong-Joon Hwang, John Newton (sound engineers) and Jesse Lewis (mastering sound engineer) for Aldridge: Elmer Gantry Richard King for Glazunov: Complete Concertos Tom Lazarus, Mat Lejeune, Bill Maylone, Jon Zacks (sound engineers) and Joe Lambert (mastering sound engineer) for Mackey: Lonely Motel - Music from Slide Arne Akselberg for Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos No. 3 and 4 Torbjörn Samuelsson for Weinberg: Symphony No. 3 & Suite No. 4
2013	Tom Caulfield and John Newton (sound engineers), Mark Donahue (mastering sound engineer)	Charles Bruffy and Kansas City Chorale: Life & Breath - Choral Works by René Clausen	Daniel Shores for Americana performed by the Modern Mandolin Quartet Bruce Egre for Beethoven: The Late String Quartets, Op. 127 & 131 , interpreted by the Brentano String Quartet Jesse Lewis, John Newton (sound engineers) and Jesse Brayman (mastering sound engineer) for Music for a Time of War , performed by Carlos Kalmar and the Oregon Symphony Morten Lindberg for Souvenir , played by the Trondheim Soloists
2014	David Frost, Brian Losch & Tim Martyn (sound engineers); Tim Martyn (mastering sound engineer)	Dawn Upshaw , Maria Schneider , the Australian Chamber Orchestra and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra: Winter Morning Walks	Morten Lindberg for Hymn To The Virgin , interpreted by Tone Bianca Sparre Dahl and Schola Cantorum Morten Lindberg for La Voie Triomphale , interpreted by Ole Kristian Ruud and the Staff Band of the Norwegian Armed Forces Mark Donahue and Jesse Lewis for Roomful of Teeth , performed by Brad Wells and Roomful of Teeth Hans-Martin Renz, Wolfgang Rixius and Ulrich Ruscher for Vinci: Artaserse , interpreted by Diego Fasolis , Philippe Jaroussky , Max Emanuel Cencic , Daniel Behle , Franco Fagioli , Valer Barna-Sabadus, Yuriy Mynenko and the Concerto Köln
2015	Michael Bishop (sound engineer / mastering sound engineer)	Robert Spano, Norman Mackenzie, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus: Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem; Symphony No. 4; The Lark Ascending	Richard King (sound engineer) and Wolfgang Schiefermair (mastering sound engineer) for John Adams: City Noir , played by the St. Louis Symphony , conducted by David Robertson Dmitriy Lipay (sound engineer) and Nathaniel Reichman (sound engineer / mastering sound engineer) for John Luther Adams: Become Ocean , performed by Ludovic Morlot and the Seattle Symphony Dmitriy Lipay (sound engineer) for Dutilleux: Symphony No. 1; Tout un Monde Lointain; The Shadows of Time , performed by Ludovic Morlot and the Seattle Symphony David Frost, Christopher Willis (sound engineers) and Tim Martyn (mastering sound engineer) for Riccardo Muti conducts Mason Bates & Anna Clyne , performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Riccardo Muti
2016	Leslie Ann Jones, John Kilgore, Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum & Justin Merrill (sound engineers); Patricia Sullivan (Mastering Sound Engineer)	San Francisco Ballet Orchestra and George Manahan: Ask your mom	Dmitry Lipay (sound engineer); Alexander Lipay (mastering sound engineer) for Dutilleux: Métaboles; L'Arbre Des Songes; Symphony No. 2, 'Le Double' , performed by the Seattle Symphony, Ludovic Morlot and Augustin Hadelich Robert Friedrich (sound engineer); Michael Bishop (mastering sound engineer) for Monteverdi: Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria , interpreted by Martin Pearlman, Jennifer Rivera, Fernando Guimarães and Boston Baroque Byeong Joon Hwang, John Newton (sound engineers); Mark Donahue (mastering engineer) for Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil , performed by Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Chorale and Kansas City Chorale Keith O. Johnson, Sean Royce Martin (sound engineers) and Keith O. Johnson (mastering sound engineer) for Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, 'Organ' performed by the Kansas City Symphony and Michael Stern
2017	Mark Donahue, David L. Williams & Fred Vogler (sound engineers)	Los Angeles Opera Orchestra & Chorus and various soloists: Corigliano: The Ghost of Versailles	Alexander Lipay and Dmitriy Lipay (sound engineers) for Dutilleux: Sur Le Même Accord; Les Citations; Mystère de l'Instant & Timbres, Espace, Mouvement , performed by Ludovic Morlot and the Seattle Symphony Morten Lindberg (sound engineer) for Reflections , interpreted by Oyvind Gimse, Geir Inge Lotsberg and the TrondheimSolistene Silas Brown, David Frost (sound engineers) and Silas Brown (mastering sound engineer) for Shadows of Sirius , performed by Jerry F. Junkin and the University of Texas Wind Ensemble Shawn Murphy , Nick Squire (sound engineers) and Tim Martyn (mastering sound engineer) for Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphonies No. 5, 8 & 9 , performed by Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra
2018	Mark Donahue (sound engineer)	Manfred Honeck and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra : Shostakovich : 5th Symphony; Barber: Adagio	Gary Call (sound engineer) for Danielpour: Songs of Solitude & War Songs , interpreted by Thomas Hampson , Giancarlo Guerrero and the Nashville Symphony Morten Lindberg (sound engineer) for Kleiberg: Mass for Modern Man , interpreted by Eivind Gulliberg Jensen, the Trondheim Vocal Ensemble and the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra Keith O. Johnson and Sean Royce Martin (sound engineers) for Schoenberg, Adam: American Symphony; Finding Rothko; Picture Studies interpreted by Michael Stern and the Kansas City Symphony John Newton (sound engineer) and Jesse Brayman (mastering sound engineer) for Tyberg: Masses , performed by Brian A. Schmidt, Christopher Jacobson and the South Dakota Chorale
2019	Shawn Murphy & Nick Squire (Sound Engineers) & Tim Martyn (Mastering Sound Engineer)	Boston Symphony Orchestra , conducted by Andris Nelsons : Shostakovich: 4th and 11th symphonies	Mark Donahue (sound engineer and mastering sound engineer) and Dirk Sobotka (sound engineer) for Bates: The (R) evolution of Steve Jobs , interpreted by the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra and various soloists Mark Donahue (sound engineer and mastering sound engineer) for Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 / Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1 , performed by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra , conducted by Manfred Honeck Keith O. Johnson (sound engineer and mastering engineer) and Sean Royce Martin (sound engineer) for John Williams At The Movies , performed by The Dallas Winds, conducted by Jerry Junkin Bill Maylone (sound engineer and mastering sound engineer) and Mary Mazurek (sound engineer) for Liquid Melancholy - Clarinet Music of James M. Stephenson , performed by John Bruce Yeh Tom Caulfield (sound engineer) and Jesse Lewis (mastering sound engineer) for Visions and Variations , performed by A Far Cry
2020	Leslie Ann Jones (sound engineer) and Robert C. Ludwig (mastering engineer)	Riley: Sun Rings ( Kronos Quartet )	Aequa - Anna Thorvaldsdóttir by Daniel Shores, sound engineer; Daniel Shores, Mastering Engineer (International Contemporary Ensemble) Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 by Mark Donahue, sound engineer; Mark Donahue, Mastering Engineer ( Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra ) Rachmaninoff - Hermitage Piano Trio by Keith O. Johnson & Sean Royce Martin, sound engineers; Keith O. Johnson, Mastering Engineer (Hermitage Piano Trio) Wolfe: Fire in My Mouth by Bob Hanlon & Lawrence Rock, sound engineers; Ian Good & Lawrence Rock, Mastering Engineers ( Jaap van Zweden , Francisco J. Núñez, Donald Nally, The Crossing, Young People's Chorus of NY City & New York Philharmonic )

Web links

• Official website of the Grammy Awards - Recording Academy, Los Angeles (English)
• Grammy Award Winner for Best Engineered Album, Classical at grammy.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Grammy Awards. Accessed April 22, 2019 . 
2. ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Accessed April 22, 2019 . 
3. ^ Winners Best Classical Engineered Recording. Retrieved April 21, 2019 .