Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance

Sir Georg Solti has received the Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance seven times as a conductor

The Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance , in German "Grammy award for the best choir performance", is a music prize that has been awarded by the American Recording Academy in the field of classical music since 1961 .

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 Choral Performance. The name of the award has changed slightly several times since it was first awarded:

• In 1961, the award was under the name Best Classical Performance - Choral (including oratorio) awarded
• From 1962 to 1964 it was called Best Classical Performance - Choral (other than opera)
• In 1965, 1969, 1971, 1977 to 1978 and 1982 to 1991 he called himself Best Choral Performance (other than opera)
• From 1966 to 1968 the prize was Best Classical Choral Performance (other than opera)
• 1970, 1973-1976 and 1979 until 1981, the award was named Best Choral Performance, Classical (other than opera) awarded
• In 1972 it was called Best Choral Performance - Classical
• From 1992 to 1994 he called himself Best Performance of a Choral Work
• From 1995 to date he shall be named Best Choral Performance award

Before 1961, the prizes for opera and choir performances were combined in the single Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance, Operatic or Chora l . Until 2016, only the choir director and, if there was an orchestra, the orchestra director received awards. The choir and / or orchestra did not receive any awards during this period. From 2017 the choir as an ensemble will also receive a Grammy.

Winners and nominees

year	winner	nationality	plant	Nominees	Picture of the winner (s)
1961	Thomas Beecham (conductor) and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir	United Kingdom	Georg Friedrich Handel : Messiah
1962	Robert Shaw (conductor and choir director) and the Robert Shaw Orchestra & Choir	United States	Johann Sebastian Bach : Mass in B minor
1963	Otto Klemperer (conductor), Wilhelm Pitz (choir director) and the Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus	Germany	Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion
1964	Benjamin Britten (conductor), Edward Chapman, David Willcocks (choir director), the Bach Choir, Highgate School Choir and the London Symphony Orchestra & Choir	United Kingdom	Benjamin Britten : War Requiem
1965	Robert Shaw (choirmaster) and Robert Shaw Chorale	United States	Benjamin Britten : A Ceremony of Carols
1966	Robert Shaw (conductor and choir director), Robert Shaw Chorale and the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra	United States	Igor Stravinsky : Psalm Symphony / Francis Poulenc : Gloria
	Gregg Smith (conductor), Columbia Chamber Orchestra, Gregg Smith Singers and Ithaca College Concert Choir; George Bragg and Texas Boys Choir	United States	Charles Ives : Music for Chorus
1967	Robert Shaw (conductor) and Robert Shaw Orchestra & Chorale	United States	Georg Friedrich Handel: Messiah
1968	Leonard Bernstein (conductor) and London Symphony Orchestra and Choir	United States	Gustav Mahler : 8th Symphony (Symphony of a Thousand)
	Eugene Ormandy (conductor), Robert Page (choir director), the Temple University Choir and the Philadelphia Orchestra	United States	Carl Orff : Catulli Carmina
1969	Vittorio Negri (conductors), George Bragg and Gregg Smith (choir directors), E. Power Biggs, the Edward Tarr Ensemble, Gregg Smith Singers and the Texas Boys Choir	Italy	The Glory of Gabrieli
1970	Luciano Berio (conductor), Ward Swingle (choir director), The Swingle Singers and the New York Philharmonic	Italy  United States	Luciano Berio : Sinfonia
1971	Gregg Smith (Choir Director), the Gregg Smith Singers and the Columbia Chamber Ensemble	United States	Charles Ives : New Music of Charles Ives
1972	Colin Davis (Conductor), Russell Burgess and Arthur Oldham (Choir Directors), the Wandsworth School Boys Choir and the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus	United Kingdom	Hector Berlioz : Requiem
1973	Georg Solti (conductor), the Vienna Boys' Choir , the Vienna Singing Association , the Vienna State Opera Choir , the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and various soloists	Hungary	Gustav Mahler: 8th Symphony (Symphony of a Thousand)
1974	André Previn (conductor), Arthur Oldham (choir director) and the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus	United States	William Walton : Belshazzar's Feast
1975	Colin Davis (conductor), the Ambrosian Singers, the Wandsworth School Boys Choir and the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus	United Kingdom	Hector Berlioz : La damnation de Faust
1976	Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Robert Page (choir director), the Cleveland Boys Choir and the Cleveland Orchestra Choir	United States	Carl Orff : Carmina Burana
1977	André Previn (conductor), Arthur Oldham (choir director) and the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus	United States	Sergei Wassiljewitsch Rachmaninow : The bells
1978	Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus	Hungary	Giuseppe Verdi : Messa da Requiem
1979	Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus	Hungary	Ludwig van Beethoven : Missa Solemnis
1980	Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus	Hungary	Johannes Brahms : A German Requiem
1981	Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor), Norbert Balatsch (choir director) and the Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus	Italy	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Requiem
1982	Neville Marriner (conductor) and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Chorus	United Kingdom	Joseph Haydn : The Creation
1983	Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus	Hungary	Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust
1984	Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus	Hungary	Joseph Haydn : The Creation
1985	James Levine (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus	United States	Johannes Brahms: A German Requiem
1986	Robert Shaw (conductor) and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus	United States	Hector Berlioz : Requiem
1987	James Levine (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus	United States	Carl Orff: Carmina Burana
1988	Robert Shaw (conductor) and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus	United States	Paul Hindemith: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd
1989	Robert Shaw (conductor) and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus	United States	Giuseppe Verdi : Messa da Requiem & Opera Choirs
1990	Robert Shaw (conductor) and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus	United States	Benjamin Britten : War Requiem
1991	Robert Shaw (conductor) and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus	United States	William Walton: Belshazzar's Feast / Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms ; Missa Brevis
1992	Herbert Blomstedt (conductor), Vance George (choir director), the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra , the San Francisco Boys Chorus and the San Francisco Girls Chorus	Sweden	Carl Orff: Carmina Burana
1993	Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus	Hungary	Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor
1994	Pierre Boulez (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus	France	Béla Bartók : Cantata Profana
1995	John Eliot Gardiner (choirmaster), the Monteverdi Choir and the Orchester Revolutionnaire et Romantique	United Kingdom	Hector Berlioz : Fair Solennelle
1996	Herbert Blomstedt (conductor), Vance George (choir director) and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra & Chorus	Sweden	Johannes Brahms: A German Requiem
1997	Andrew Litton (conductor), Neville Creed, David Hill (choir director) and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Chorus	United States	William Walton : Belshazzar's Feast
1998	Robert Shaw (conductor) and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus	United States	John Adams : Harmonium / Rachmaninow : The bells
1999	Robert Shaw (conductor) and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus	United States	Samuel Barber : Prayers of Kierkegaard / Vaughan Williams : Dona Nobis Pacem / Béla Bartók: Cantata Profana
2000	Robert Shafer (conductor), Betty Scott, Joan McFarland (choir director), the Maryland Boy Choir, the Shenandoah Conservatory Chorus, and the Washington Chorus	United States	Benjamin Britten : War Requiem
2001	Helmuth Rilling (conductor) and the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra & Chorus Karen Wilson (producer), Don Harder (sound engineer)	Germany	Krzysztof Penderecki : Credo
2002	Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor), Norbert Balatsch , Erwin Ortner (choirmaster), Bernarda Fink , Matthias Goerne , Dietrich Henschel , Elisabeth von Magnus , Christoph Prégardien , Dorothea Röschmann , Michael Schade , Christine Schäfer , Markus Schäfer, Oliver Widmer , the Arnold Schoenberg Choir who have favourited Vienna Boys Choir & Concentus Musicus Wien Martin Sauer (producer), Michael Brammann (sound engineer),	Austria	Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion
2003	Robert Spano (conductor), Norman Mackenzie (choir director), Christine Goerke, Brett Polegato and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Thomas Moore (Producer), Michael J. Bishop (Sound Engineer)	United States	Ralph Vaughan Williams : A Sea Symphony
2004	Paavo Järvi (conductor), Tiia-Ester Loitme and Ants Soots (choir director), the Ellerhein Girls Choir, the Estonian National Male Choir and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra	Estonia	Jean Sibelius : Cantatas
2005	Robert Spano (conductor) & Norman Mackenzie (choir director), Frank Lopardo and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus	United States	Hector Berlioz: Requiem
2006	Leonard Slatkin (Conductor) and Jerry Blackstone, William Hammer, Jason Harris, Christopher Kiver, Carole Ott and Mary Alice Stollak (Choir Directors), Christine Brewer , Measha Brueggergosman , Ilana Davidson, Nmon Ford, Linda Hohenfeld, Joan Morris, Carmen Pelton, Marietta Simpson and Thomas Young, the Michigan State University Childrens Choir, the University Of Michigan Chamber Choir, the University Of Michigan Orpheus Singers, the University Of Michigan University Choir, the University Musical Society Choral Union, and the University Of Michigan School Of Music Symphony Orchestra	United States	William Bolcom : Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience: Requiem
2007	Paul Hillier (conductor) and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir	United Kingdom	Parvo Pärt : Since Pacem
2008	Simon Rattle (conductor), Simon Halsey (choir director), the Rundfunkchor Berlin and the Berlin Philharmonic	United Kingdom	Johannes Brahms : A German Requiem
2009	Simon Rattle (conductor); Simon Halsey (choir director), the Rundfunkchor Berlin and the Berliner Philharmoniker	United Kingdom	Igor Stravinsky: Psalm Symphony
2010	Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Ragnar Bohlin, Kevin Fox and Susan McMane (choir directors), the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, the Pacific Boychoir & San Francisco Girls Chorus; Laura Claycomb, Anthony Dean Griffey, Elza van den Heever, Katarina Karnéus , Quinn Kelsey, James Morris, Yvonne Naef, Erin Wall (soloists) and the San Francisco Symphony	United States	Gustav Mahler: 8th Symphony (Symphony of a Thousand)
2011	Riccardo Muti (conductor), Duain Wolfe (choir director) with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chicago Symphony Chorus	Italy	Giuseppe Verdi : Messa da Requiem
2012	Eric Whitacre (conductor), Christopher Glynn, Hila Plitmann, The King's Singers , Laudibus, the Pavao Quartet and the Eric Whitacre Singers	United States	Eric Whitacre : Light & Gold	Beyond All Mortal Dreams - American A Cappella by the Choir of Trinity College Cambridge , conducted by Stephen Layton Johannes Brahms : A German Requiem op. 45 by Justin Blackwell, Scott Allen Jarrett, Paul Max Tipton, Teresa Wakim and the Professional Choral Institute and Seraphic Fire under the direction of Patrick Dupré Quigley, choirmaster James K. Bass Kind from Ensemble 96 and the Nidaros String Quartet under the direction of Kjetil Almenning The Natural World of Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen by Ars Nova Copenhagen under the direction of Paul Hillier
2013	Charles Bruffy (conductor) with Matthew Gladden, Lindsey Lang, Rebecca Lloyd, Sarah Tannehill, Pamela Williamson and the Kansas City Chorale	United States	René Clausen : Life & Breath - Choral Works	Georg Friedrich Handel : Israel in Egypt by the Trinity Baroque Orchestra and Trinity Choir Wall Street under the direction of Julian Wachner György Ligeti : Requiem; Apparitions; San Francisco Polyphony by Barbara Hannigan , Susan Parry and the WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln , the SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart and the WDR Rundfunkchor Köln under the direction of Péter Eötvös The Nightingale by Michala Petri and the DR VokalEnsemblet under the direction of Stephen Layton Alessandro Striggio : Mass for 40 and 60 voices by Le Concert Spirituel under the direction of Hervé Niquet
2014	Tõnu Kaljuste (conductor) with Tui Hirv and Rainer Vilu, the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, the Sinfonietta Riga and the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, the Latvian Radio Choir and Vox Clamantis	Estonia	Parvo Pärt : Adam's lament	Berlioz : Grande Messe des Morts by Barry Banks, the London Symphony Orchestra , the London Philharmonic Choir and the London Symphony Chorus, conducted by Sir Colin Davis Palestrina : Volume 3 of The Sixteen under the direction of Harry Christophers Parry : Works for Chorus & Orchestra by Amanda Roocroft, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the BBC National Chorus of Wales, choirmaster Adrian Partington, conductor Neeme Järvi Whitbourn: Annelies of Ariana Zukerman, the Lincoln Trio and the Westminster Williamson Voices, conducted by James Jordan
2015	Craig Hella Johnson (conductor) with Conspirare (choir)	United States	The Sacred Spirit of Russia	Bach : St. Matthew Passion by Werner Güra , Johannes Weisser, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin , the RIAS Chamber Choir and the Staats- und Domchor Berlin under the direction of René Jacobs Dyrud: Out of Darkness by Erlend Aagaard Nilsen, Geir Morten Øien, Sarah Head, Lars Sitter and the Nidaros Cathedral Choir under the direction of Vivianne Sydnes Holst : First Choral Symphony; The Mystic Trumpeter by Susan Gritton, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Symphony Chorus, conducted by Andrew Davis and Stephen Jackson Mozart : Requiem by Matthew Brook, Rowan Hellier, Thomas Hobbs, Joanne Lunn and the Dunedin Consort under the direction of John Butt
2016	Charles Bruffy (conductor) with Paul Davidson, Frank Fleschner, Toby Vaughn Kidd, Bryan Pinkall, Julia Scozzafava, Bryan Taylor and Joseph Warner (soloists), the Kansas City Chorale and the Phoenix Chorale	United States	Sergei Wassiljewitsch Rachmaninow : All-night vigil	Beethoven : Missa solemnis by Anton Barachovsky, Genia Kühmeier , Elisabeth Kulman , Hanno Müller-Brachmann , Mark Padmore and the Bavarian Radio Choir and Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Bernard Haitink and Peter Dijkstra Monteverdi : Vespers of 1610 by Jeremy Budd, Grace Davidson, Ben Davies, Mark Dobell, Eamonn Dougan, Charlotte Mobbs and The Sixteen under the direction of Harry Christophers Pablo Neruda - The Poet Sings by James K. Bass, Laura Mercado-Wright, Eric Neuville, Lauren Snouffer, Faith DeBow, Stephen Redfield and Conspirare conducted by Craig Hella Johnson Paulus: Far in the Heavens by Sara Fraker, Matthew Goinz, Thea Lobo, OwenMcIntosh, Kathryn Mueller, Christine Vivona, the True Concord Orchestra and the True Concord Voices under the direction of Eric Holtan
2017	Krzysztof Penderecki (conductor), Henryk Wojnarowski (choir director) with the Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Nikolay Didenko, Agnieszka Rehlis and Johanna Rusanen (soloists) and the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra	Poland	Krzysztof Penderecki : Penderecki Conducts Penderecki, Volume 1	Himmelrand by Marianne Reidarsdatter Eriksen, Ragnfrid Lie, Matilda Sterby with Inger-Lise Ulsrud (organ) and the Uranienborg Vocal Ensemble under the direction of Elisabeth Holte Janáček : Glagolitic Mass by Susan Bickley, Gábor Bretz , Sara Jakubiak, Stuart Skelton with Thomas Trotter (organ) and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bergen Cathedral Choir, the Bergen Philharmonic Choir, the Choir of Collegium Musicum and the Edvard Grieg Kor under conductor Edward Gardner and choirmaster Håkon Matti Skrede Thomas Lloyd: Bonhoeffer by Malavika Godbole, John Grecia, Rebecca Harris, Thomas Mesa and The Crossing under the direction of Donald Nally Steinberg : Passion Week by the Clarion Choir, conducted by Steven Fox
2018	Donald Nally (conductor) with The Crossing (choir) and PRISM (ensemble)	United States	Gavin Bryars : The Fifth Century	Handel : Messiah by Elizabeth DeShong, John Relyea, Andrew Staples, Erin Wall , the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir under conductor Andrew Davis and choirmaster Noel Edison Mansurjan : Requiem by Anja Petersen , Andrew Redmond, the Munich Chamber Orchestra and the RIAS Chamber Choir under conductor Alexander Liebreich and choirmaster Florian Helgath Music of the Spheres by Tenebrae under the direction of Nigel Short Tyberg : Masses by Christopher Jacobson and the South Dakota Chorale under the direction of Brian A. Schmidt
2019	Donald Nally (conductor) with Doris Hall-Gulati, Rebecca Harris, Arlen Hlusko, Lorenzo Raval, Mandy Wolman and The Crossing (choir)	United States	Lansing McLoskey: Zealot Canticles	Chesnokov : Teach Me Thy Statutes by Mikhail Davydow, Vladimir Krasov and the PaTRAM Institute Male Choir under the direction of Vladimir Gorbik Katalsky: Memory Eternal by the Clarion Choir, conducted by Steven Foy Rachmaninov : The Bells by Oleg Dolgov, Alexey Markov, Tatiana Pavlovskaya, the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks under the direction of Mariss Jansons and the Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks under the direction of Peter Dijkstra Seven Words from the Cross by Skylark, directed by Matthew Guard
2020	Ken Cowan and the Houston Chamber Choir , conducted by Robert Simpson	United States	Maurice Duruflé : Complete Choral Works	Boyle: Voyages from The Crossing, conducted by Donald Nally The Hope of Loving by Conspirare, conducted by Craig Hella Johnson Sander: The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom by Evan Bravos, Vadim Gan, Kevin Keys, Glenn Miller, Daniel Shirley and the PaTRAM Institute Singers, conducted by Peter Jermihov Smith, K .: The Arc in the Sky by The Crossing, conducted by Donald Nally

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Grammy Awards. Retrieved February 22, 2019 . 
2. ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Retrieved March 23, 2019 . 
3. ^ Winners Best Choral Performance, Classical. Retrieved March 23, 2019 .