Grammy Award for Best Classical Album
The Grammy Award for Best Classical Album , in German "Grammy award for the best classical album", is a music prize that was awarded from 1962 to 2011 by the American Recording Academy in the field of classical music .
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 was the Grammy Award for Best Classical Album. The award was awarded from 1962 to 2011 and had several minor name changes:
- From 1962 to 1963, 1965 to 1972 and 1974 to 1976 the award was called the Grammy Award for Album of the Year - Classical
- In 1964 and 1977 it was called the Grammy Award for Classical Album of the Year
- In 1973 and from 1978 the prize was called the Grammy Award for Best Classical Album.
The award was discontinued in 2012 as part of a major overhaul of the Grammy categories. From then on, classical albums were also recognized in the Grammy Award for Album of the Year category.
Winners and nominees
year | winner | nationality | album | Nominees | Picture of the winner (s) |
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1962 | Igor Stravinsky (conductor) and the Columbia Symphony Orchestra | Russia | Stravinsky Conducts 1960: Le sacre du printemps ; Petrushka | ||
1963 | Vladimir Horowitz | United States | Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz | ||
1964 | Benjamin Britten (conductor) and the London Symphony Orchestra | United Kingdom | Britten: It was a requiem | ||
1965 | Leonard Bernstein (conductor) and the New York Philharmonic | United States | Bernstein: Symphony No. 3 "Kaddish" | ||
1966 | Thomas Frost (producer) and Vladimir Horowitz | United States | Horowitz at Carnegie Hall - An Historic Return | ||
1967 | Howard Scott (producer), Morton Gould (conductor) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | United States | Ives : Symphony No. 1 in D minor | ||
1968 | John McClure (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), various artists and the London Symphony Orchestra | United States | Mahler : Symphony No. 8 (Symphony of a Thousand) | ||
Thomas Z. Shepard (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Ingeborg Lasser , Isabel Strauss , Walter Berry , Fritz Uhl , Choeur Nationale de Paris and the Orchestra of Paris National Opera | United States | Berg : Wozzeck | |||
1969 | No Grammy Award for Best Classical Album was given this year | ||||
1970 | Rachel Elkind (producer) and Wendy Carlos | United States | Switched-on Bach | ||
1971 | Erik Smith (producer), Colin Davis (conductor), various artists and choir and orchestra of the Royal Opera House | United Kingdom | Berlioz : Les Troyens | ||
1972 | Thomas Frost, Richard Killough (producers) and Vladimir Horowitz | United States | Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff ( Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas) | ||
1973 | David Harvey (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), various artists, the Wiener Singverein , the Wiener Sängerknaben and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Hungary | Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major (Symphony of a Thousand) | ||
1974 | Thomas Z. Shepard (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor) and the New York Philharmonic | United States | Bartók : Concerto for Orchestra | ||
1975 | David Harvey (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | United States | Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique | ||
1976 | Raymond Minshull (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | United States | Beethoven : Symphonies 1-9 (complete recording) | ||
1977 | Max Wilcox (producer), Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Arthur Rubinstein and the London Philharmonic Orchestra | United States | Beethoven: The five piano concertos | ||
1978 | Thomas Frost (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau , Vladimir Horowitz, Yehudi Menuhin , Mstislaw Leopoldowitsch Rostropowitsch , Isaac Stern , Lyndon Woodside and the New York Philharmonic | United States | Concert of the Century | ||
1979 | Christopher Bishop (producer), Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor), Itzhak Perlman and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Italy | Brahms : Concerto for Violin in D major | ||
1980 | James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Hungary | Brahms : Symphonies (1-4) | ||
1981 | Gunther Breest, Michael Horwath (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Toni Blankenheim , Franz Mazura , Yvonne Minton , Teresa Stratas and the Orchester de l'Opera de Paris | France | Berg: Lulu | ||
1982 | James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Choir | Hungary | Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor | ||
1983 | Samuel H. Carter (producer) and Glenn Gould | Canada | Bach : Goldberg Variations | ||
1984 | James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Hungary | Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D major | ||
1985 | John Strauss (producer), Neville Marriner (conductor), the Choristers of Westminster Abbey, the Ambrosian Opera Chorus and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields | United States | Amadeus (Original Soundtrack) | ||
1986 | Robert Woods (producer), Robert Shaw (conductor), John Aler and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Choir | United States | Berlioz: Requiem | ||
1987 | Thomas Frost (producer) and Vladimir Horowitz | United States | Horowitz - The Studio Recordings, New York 1985 | ||
1988 | Thomas Frost (producer) and Vladimir Horowitz | United States | Horowitz in Moscow | ||
1989 | Robert Woods (producer), Robert Shaw (conductor) and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Choir | United States | Verdi : Requiem & Operatic Choruses | ||
1990 | Wolf Erichson (producer) and the Emerson String Quartet | United States | Bartók: 6 string quartets | ||
1991 | Hans Weber (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor) and the New York Philharmonic | United States | Ives: Symphony No. 2 ; 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 and the London Symphony Orchestra | United States | Amber: Candide | ||
1993 | Horst Dittberner (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor) and the Berliner Philharmoniker | United States | Mahler: Symphony No. 9 | ||
1994 | Karl-August Naegler (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), John Aler , John Tomlinson and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Choir | France | Bartók: The wood-carved prince and Cantata profana | ||
1995 | Karl-August Naegler (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | France | Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra ; Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12 | ||
1996 | Karl-August Naegler (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor) and the Cleveland Orchestra and Choir | France | Debussy : La Mer ; Nocturnes; Jeux | ||
1997 | Joanna Nickrenz (producer), Leonard Slatkin (conductor), various artists, Michelle De Young, the Washington Oratorio Society Male Choir, the Washington Choral Arts Society Male Choir and the National Symphony Orchestra | United States | Corigliano : Of Rage and Remembrance | ||
1998 | Steven Epstein (producer), David Zinman (conductor), Yo-Yo Ma and the Philadelphia Orchestra | United States | Premieres - Cello Concertos (works by Richard Danielpour , Leon Kirchner , Christopher Rouse ) | ||
1999 | James Mallinson (producer), Robert Shaw (conductor) and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Choir | United Kingdom | Barber : Prayers of Kierkegaard / Vaughan Williams : Dona Nobis Pacem / Bartók: Cantata Profana | ||
2000 | Andreas Neubronner (producer), Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), the Ragazzi Boys Choir, the San Francisco Girl's Choir and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and Choir | United States | Stravinsky: The Firebird ; Le sacre du printemps ; Persephone | ||
2001 | Da-Hong Seetoo, Max Wilcox (producers and sound engineers) and the Emerson String Quartet | People's Republic of China | Shostakovich: The string quartets | ||
2002 | James Mallinson (producer), Simon Rhodes (sound engineer), Colin Davis (conductor), Petra Lang , Michelle DeYoung , Ben Heppner , Peter Mattei , Stephen Milling, Sara Mingardo , Kenneth Tarver and the London Symphony Orchestra and Choir | United Kingdom | Berlioz: Les Troyens | ||
2003 | Thomas Moore (producer), Michael J. Bishop (sound engineer), Robert Spano (conductor), Norman Mackenzie (choir director), Christine Goerke , Brett Polegato and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Choir | United States | Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony | ||
2004 | Andreas Neubronner (producer), Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) and Michelle DeYoung, Vance George, the Pacific Boychoir, the San Francisco Girl's Choir and the San Francisco Symphony and Choir | United States | Mahler: Symphony No. 3 ; Children's songs for the dead | ||
2005 | John Adams , Lawrence Rock, Richard Elkind (producer), Lorin Maazel (conductor), the Brooklyn Youth Choir, the New York Choral Artists and the New York Philharmonic | United States | Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls | ||
2006 | Tim Handley (producer), Leonard Slatkin (conductor), Jerry Blackstone, William Hammer, Jason Harris, Christopher Kiver, Carole Ott and Marie Alice Stollack (choir directors), Christine Brewer , Joan Morris and the University of Michigan School of Music Symphony Orchestra | United States | Bolcom : Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience | ||
2007 | Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor); Andreas Neubronner (producer) and the San Francisco Symphony | United States | Mahler: Symphony No. 7 |
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2008 | Leonard Slatkin (conductor); Tim Handley (producer) and the Nashville Symphony | United States | Tower : Made in America |
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2009 | Fred Vogler (producer), James Conlon (conductor), Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone , Audra McDonald , Donnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich, Robert Wörle, the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra and the Los Angeles Opera Choir | United States | Kurt Weill : The rise and fall of the city of Mahagonny |
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2010 | Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor); Ragnar Bohlin, Kevin Fox and Susan McMane (choir directors); Andreas Neubronner (producer); Peter Laenger, Andreas Neubronner (sound engineers); Katarina Karnéus , Laura Claycomb, Anthony Dean Griffey, Quinn Kelsey, James Morris, Yvonne Naef, Elza van den Heever & Erin Wall (soloists); the San Francisco Symphony ; the Pacific Boychoir, the San Francisco Girls Choir, and the San Francisco Symphony Choir | United States | Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio from Symphony No. 10 |
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2011 | Riccardo Muti (conductor), Duain Wolfe (choir director), Ildar Abdrazakov, Olga Borodina , Barbara Frittoli , Mario Zeffiri, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Choir, Christopher Alder (producer), David Frost, Tom Lazarus, Christopher Willis and Silas Brown (sound engineers) | Italy | Verdi: Requiem |
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Web links
- Official website of the Grammy Awards - Recording Academy, Los Angeles (English)
- Winner of the Grammy Award for Best Classical Album at grammy.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Grammy Awards. Accessed July 14, 2019 .
- ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Accessed July 14, 2019 .
- ↑ GRAMMY Awards Winners for Best Classical Album. Retrieved July 12, 2019 .