Grammy Award for Best Classical Album

Vladimir Horowitz has received the Grammy Award for Best Classical Album six times

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)
1962	Igor Stravinsky (conductor) and the Columbia Symphony Orchestra	Russia  France  United States	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  United Kingdom	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  France  Germany  Austria	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  Austria  United States	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  France	Bartók : Concerto for Orchestra
1975	David Harvey (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra	United States  Hungary	Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
1976	Raymond Minshull (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra	United States  Hungary	Beethoven : Symphonies 1-9 (complete recording)
1977	Max Wilcox (producer), Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Arthur Rubinstein and the London Philharmonic Orchestra	United States  Argentina  Israel  Poland  United Kingdom	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  Germany  Switzerland  United Kingdom  Russia	Concert of the Century
1979	Christopher Bishop (producer), Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor), Itzhak Perlman and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra	Italy  Italy  United States	Brahms : Concerto for Violin in D major
1980	James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra	Hungary  United States	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  Germany  Austria  Australia  Canada	Berg: Lulu
1982	James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Choir	Hungary  United States	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  United States	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  United Kingdom	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  Sweden  United Kingdom  Germany	Amber: Candide
1993	Horst Dittberner (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor) and the Berliner Philharmoniker	United States  Germany	Mahler: Symphony No. 9
1994	Karl-August Naegler (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), John Aler , John Tomlinson and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Choir	France  United States  United Kingdom	Bartók: The wood-carved prince and Cantata profana
1995	Karl-August Naegler (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra	France  United States	Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra ; Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12
1996	Karl-August Naegler (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor) and the Cleveland Orchestra and Choir	France  United States	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  United States	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  United States	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  Germany  Canada  Sweden  Denmark  Italy  United States	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  Canada	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	Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 by the London Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Bernard Haitink (producer: James Mallinson) Lieberson: Rilke Songs, The Six Realms, Horn Concerto by Justin Brown , Donald Palma, Michaela Fukacova, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, William Purvis, Peter Serkin and the Odense Symphony Orchestra (Producer: David Starobin) Martha Argerich And Friends: Live From The Lugano Festival 2005 by Martha Argerich And Friends (Producer: Ulrich Ruscher) Mozart: La clemenza di Tito "by Marie-Claude Chappuis, Bernarda Fink, Sergio Foresti, Sunhae Im, Mark Padmore, Alexandrina Pendatchanska and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra under the direction of René Jacobs (producer: Martin Sauer)
2008	Leonard Slatkin (conductor); Tim Handley (producer) and the Nashville Symphony	United States	Tower : Made in America	Cherubin: "Missa Solemnis In E" by Ildar Abrazakov, Herbert Lippert, Marianna Pizzolato, Ruth Ziesak and the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks under the direction of Riccardo Muti (producer: Wilhelm Meister ) Grechaninov: Passion Week by the Phoenix Bach Choir and the Kansas City Chorale under the direction of Charles Bruffy (Technique: John Newton) (Producer: Charles Bruffy) Homage: The Age Of The Diva by Valery Gergiev and the Orchestra Of The Mariinsky Theater (producers: Renée Fleming , David Frost) Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs by Lorraine Hunt Lieberson and the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the direction of James Levine (Producer: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Dirk Sobotka)
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	Maria from the Orchestra La Scintilla under the direction of Ádám Fischer Tarik O'Regan: Threshold of Night by Conspirare and the Company of Voices under the direction of Craig Hella Johnson Schönberg / Sibelius: Violin Concertos by Hilary Hahn and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Esa-Pekka Salonen Spotless Rose: Hymns to the Virgin Mary by the Phoenix Chorale under the direction of Charles Bruffy
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	Bernstein: Mass by Jubilant Sykes and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Marin Alsop Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, conducted by James Levine Ravel: L'enfant et les sortilèges by the Chicago Symphony Chorus, the Chattanooga Boys Choir and the Nashville Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Alastair Willis Shostakovich: The nose of the soloists, the orchestra and the choir of Mariinsky under the direction of Valeri Gergiev
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  Russia  United States  United Kingdom	Verdi: Requiem	Bruckner: Symphonies No. 3 & 4 by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under the direction of Mariss Jansons Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina by Terrence Wilson; Nashville Symphony Orchestra conducted by Giancarlo Guerrero Mackey, Steven: Dreamhouse of the Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Synergy Vocals under the direction of Gil Rose Sacrificium of Il Giardino Armonico under the direction of Giovanni Antonini

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

1. ^ Grammy Awards. Accessed July 14, 2019 . 
2. ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Accessed July 14, 2019 . 
3. ↑ GRAMMY Awards Winners for Best Classical Album. Retrieved July 12, 2019 .