Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance
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
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1961 | Thomas Beecham (conductor) and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir |
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Georg Friedrich Handel : Messiah |
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1962 | Robert Shaw (conductor and choir director) and the Robert Shaw Orchestra & Choir |
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Johann Sebastian Bach : Mass in B minor | ||
1963 | Otto Klemperer (conductor), Wilhelm Pitz (choir director) and the Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus |
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Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion |
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1964 | Benjamin Britten (conductor), Edward Chapman, David Willcocks (choir director), the Bach Choir, Highgate School Choir and the London Symphony Orchestra & Choir |
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Benjamin Britten : War Requiem | ||
1965 | Robert Shaw (choirmaster) and Robert Shaw Chorale |
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Benjamin Britten : A Ceremony of Carols | ||
1966 | Robert Shaw (conductor and choir director), Robert Shaw Chorale and the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra |
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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 |
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Charles Ives : Music for Chorus | |||
1967 | Robert Shaw (conductor) and Robert Shaw Orchestra & Chorale |
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Georg Friedrich Handel: Messiah | ||
1968 | Leonard Bernstein (conductor) and London Symphony Orchestra and Choir |
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Gustav Mahler : 8th Symphony (Symphony of a Thousand) | ||
Eugene Ormandy (conductor), Robert Page (choir director), the Temple University Choir and the Philadelphia Orchestra |
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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 |
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The Glory of Gabrieli | ||
1970 | Luciano Berio (conductor), Ward Swingle (choir director), The Swingle Singers and the New York Philharmonic |
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Luciano Berio : Sinfonia |
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1971 | Gregg Smith (Choir Director), the Gregg Smith Singers and the Columbia Chamber Ensemble |
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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 |
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Hector Berlioz : Requiem |
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1973 | Georg Solti (conductor), the Vienna Boys' Choir , the Vienna Singing Association , the Vienna State Opera Choir , the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and various soloists |
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Gustav Mahler: 8th Symphony
(Symphony of a Thousand) |
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1974 | André Previn (conductor), Arthur Oldham (choir director) and the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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William Walton : Belshazzar's Feast |
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1975 | Colin Davis (conductor), the Ambrosian Singers, the Wandsworth School Boys Choir and the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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Hector Berlioz : La damnation de Faust |
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1976 | Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Robert Page (choir director), the Cleveland Boys Choir and the Cleveland Orchestra Choir |
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Carl Orff : Carmina Burana |
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1977 | André Previn (conductor), Arthur Oldham (choir director) and the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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Sergei Wassiljewitsch Rachmaninow : The bells |
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1978 | Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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Giuseppe Verdi : Messa da Requiem |
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1979 | Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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Ludwig van Beethoven : Missa Solemnis |
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1980 | Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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Johannes Brahms : A German Requiem |
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1981 | Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor), Norbert Balatsch (choir director) and the Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus |
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Requiem |
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1982 | Neville Marriner (conductor) and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Chorus |
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Joseph Haydn : The Creation |
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1983 | Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust |
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1984 | Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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Joseph Haydn : The Creation |
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1985 | James Levine (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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Johannes Brahms: A German Requiem |
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1986 | Robert Shaw (conductor) and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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Hector Berlioz : Requiem | ||
1987 | James Levine (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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Carl Orff: Carmina Burana |
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1988 | Robert Shaw (conductor) and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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Paul Hindemith: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd | ||
1989 | Robert Shaw (conductor) and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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Giuseppe Verdi : Messa da Requiem & Opera Choirs | ||
1990 | Robert Shaw (conductor) and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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Benjamin Britten : War Requiem | ||
1991 | Robert Shaw (conductor) and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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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 |
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Carl Orff: Carmina Burana |
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1993 | Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor |
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1994 | Pierre Boulez (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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Béla Bartók : Cantata Profana |
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1995 | John Eliot Gardiner (choirmaster), the Monteverdi Choir and the Orchester Revolutionnaire et Romantique |
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Hector Berlioz : Fair Solennelle |
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1996 | Herbert Blomstedt (conductor), Vance George (choir director) and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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Johannes Brahms: A German Requiem |
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1997 | Andrew Litton (conductor), Neville Creed, David Hill (choir director) and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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William Walton : Belshazzar's Feast | ||
1998 | Robert Shaw (conductor) and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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John Adams : Harmonium / Rachmaninow : The bells | ||
1999 | Robert Shaw (conductor) and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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Samuel Barber : Prayers of Kierkegaard / Vaughan Williams : Dona Nobis Pacem /
Béla Bartók: Cantata Profana |
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2000 | Robert Shafer (conductor), Betty Scott, Joan McFarland (choir director), the Maryland Boy Choir, the Shenandoah Conservatory Chorus, and the Washington Chorus |
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Benjamin Britten : War Requiem | ||
2001 |
Helmuth Rilling (conductor) and the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra & Chorus
Karen Wilson (producer), Don Harder (sound engineer) |
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Krzysztof Penderecki : Credo |
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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
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Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion |
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2003 |
Robert Spano (conductor), Norman Mackenzie (choir director), Christine Goerke, Brett Polegato and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
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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 |
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Jean Sibelius : Cantatas |
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2005 | Robert Spano (conductor) & Norman Mackenzie (choir director), Frank Lopardo and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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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 |
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William Bolcom : Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience: Requiem |
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2007 | Paul Hillier (conductor) and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir |
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Parvo Pärt :
Since Pacem |
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2008 | Simon Rattle (conductor), Simon Halsey (choir director), the Rundfunkchor Berlin and the Berlin Philharmonic |
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Johannes Brahms : A German Requiem |
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2009 | Simon Rattle (conductor); Simon Halsey (choir director), the Rundfunkchor Berlin and the Berliner Philharmoniker |
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Igor Stravinsky: Psalm Symphony |
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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 |
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Gustav Mahler: 8th Symphony (Symphony of a Thousand) |
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2011 | Riccardo Muti (conductor), Duain Wolfe (choir director) with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chicago Symphony Chorus |
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Giuseppe Verdi : Messa da Requiem |
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2012 | Eric Whitacre (conductor), Christopher Glynn, Hila Plitmann, The King's Singers , Laudibus, the Pavao Quartet and the Eric Whitacre Singers |
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Eric Whitacre : Light & Gold |
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2013 | Charles Bruffy (conductor) with Matthew Gladden, Lindsey Lang, Rebecca Lloyd, Sarah Tannehill, Pamela Williamson and the Kansas City Chorale |
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René Clausen : Life & Breath - Choral Works |
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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 |
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Parvo Pärt :
Adam's lament |
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2015 | Craig Hella Johnson (conductor) with Conspirare (choir) |
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The Sacred Spirit of Russia |
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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 |
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Sergei Wassiljewitsch Rachmaninow : All-night vigil |
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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 |
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Krzysztof Penderecki : Penderecki Conducts Penderecki, Volume 1 |
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2018 | Donald Nally (conductor) with The Crossing (choir) and PRISM (ensemble) |
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Gavin Bryars : The Fifth Century |
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2019 | Donald Nally (conductor) with Doris Hall-Gulati, Rebecca Harris, Arlen Hlusko, Lorenzo Raval, Mandy Wolman and The Crossing (choir) |
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Lansing McLoskey: Zealot Canticles |
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2020 | Ken Cowan and the Houston Chamber Choir , conducted by Robert Simpson |
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Maurice Duruflé : Complete Choral Works |
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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
- ^ Grammy Awards. Retrieved February 22, 2019 .
- ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Retrieved March 23, 2019 .
- ^ Winners Best Choral Performance, Classical. Retrieved March 23, 2019 .