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) |
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1959 | Sherwood Hall
(Sound engineer) |
Laurindo Almeida and Salli Terri :
Duets with Spanish Guitar |
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1960 | Lewis W. Layton (sound engineer) |
Robert Russell Bennett (conductor) with the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra:
Victory at Sea, Vol. I. |
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1961 | Hugh Davies (sound engineer) |
Laurindo Almeida :
The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Almeida |
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1962 | Lewis W. Layton (sound engineer) |
Charles Münch (conductor) and the Boston Symphony Orchestra :
Ravel : Daphnis et Chloé |
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1963 | Lewis W. Layton (sound engineer) | Fritz Reiner (conductor) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra : | ||
1964 | Lewis W. Layton (sound engineer) | Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) and the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra: | ||
1965 | Douglas Larter (sound engineer) | Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) and the Philharmonia Orchestra : | ||
1966 | Fred Plaut (sound engineer) |
Vladimir Horowitz :
Horowitz at Carnegie Hall - An Historic Return |
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1967 | Anthony Salvatore (sound engineer) | Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), the Pro Musica Chorus and the Boston Symphony Orchestra : | ||
1968 | Edward T. Graham (sound engineer) | Philadelphia Brass Ensemble:
The Glorious Sound of Brass |
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1969 | Gordon Parry (sound engineer) | Georg Solti (conductor) and the London Symphony Orchestra : | ||
1970 | Walter Carlos (sound engineer) |
Walter Carlos (artist):
Switched-on Bach |
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1971 | Arthur Kendy, Fred Plaut , Ray Moore (sound engineers) | Pierre Boulez (conductor) and the Cleveland Orchestra : | ||
1972 | Vittorio Negri (sound engineer) | Colin Davis (conductor), the Wandsworth School Boys Choir and the London Symphony Orchestra : | ||
1973 | Gordon Parry, Kenneth Wilkinson (sound engineers) | Georg Solti (conductor) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra : | ||
1974 | Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Ray Moore (sound engineers) | Pierre Boulez (conductor) and the New York Philharmonic : | ||
1975 | Kenneth Wilkinson (sound engineer) | Georg Solti (conductor) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra : | ||
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) |
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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 |
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1978 | Kenneth Wilkinson (sound engineer) | Georg Solti (conductor) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra : | ||
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) |
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1980 | Anthony Salvatore (sound engineer) | Original line-up with Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou : | ||
1981 | Karl-August Naegler (sound engineer) | Pierre Boulez (conductor) and the Orchester de l'Opera de Paris: | ||
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 |
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1983 | Paul Goodman (sound engineer), James Levine (conductor) | Chicago Symphony Orchestra : | ||
1984 | James Lock (sound engineer) | Georg Solti (conductor) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra : | ||
1985 | Paul Goodman (sound engineer) | Leonard Slatkin (conductor) and the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra : | ||
1986 | Jack Renner (sound engineer) | Robert Shaw (conductor) and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus:
Berlioz: Requiem |
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1987 | Paul Goodman (sound engineer) |
Vladimir Horowitz :
Horowitz - The Studio Recordings, New York 1985 |
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1988 | Jack Renner (sound engineer) | Robert Shaw (conductor) and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: | ||
1989 | Jack Renner (sound engineer) | Robert Shaw (conductor) and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: | ||
1990 | Jack Renner (sound engineer) | Robert Shaw (conductor), the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Atlanta Boy Choir:
Britten : It was a requiem |
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1991 | Jack Renner (sound engineer) | Robert Shaw (conductor) and the Robert Shaw Festival Singers:
Rachmaninoff : Vespers |
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1992 | Gregor Zielinsky (sound engineer) | Leonard Bernstein (conductor) and the London Symphony Orchestra : | ||
1993 | James Lock, John Pellowe, Jonathan Stokes and Philip Siney (sound engineers) | Georg Solti (conductor) and the Vienna Philharmonic : | ||
1994 | Rainer Maillard (sound engineer) |
Pierre Boulez (conductor) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus :
Bartók : The Wooden Prince & Cantata Profana |
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1995 | William Hoekstra (sound engineer) |
Leonard Slatkin (conductor) and the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra :
Copland : Music for Films (The Red Pony, Our Town, Etc.) |
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1996 | Jonathan Stokes, Michael Mailes (sound engineers) |
Herbert Blomstedt (conductor) and the San Francisco Symphony :
Bartók : Concerto for Orchestra ; "Kossuth" - Symphonic Poem |
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1997 | Lawrence Rock, William Hoekstra (sound engineers) |
Leonard Slatkin (conductor) and the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra :
Copland : Dance Symphony; Short symphony; Organ symphony |
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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.) |
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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 |
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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 |
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2001 | John M. Eargle (sound engineer) |
Zdeněk Mácal (conductor):
Dvořák : Requiem, Op. 89; 9th Symphony "From the New World" |
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2002 | Richard King (sound engineer) |
Joshua Bell :
Bernstein (Arr.Brohn & Corigliano): West Side Story Suite (Lonely Town; Make Our Garden Grow, Etc.) |
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2003 | Michael J. Bishop (sound engineer) | Robert Spano (conductor), Norman Mackenzie (choir director) and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus: | ||
2004 | Richard King and Todd Whitelock (sound engineers) |
Yo-Yo Ma :
Obrigado Brazil |
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2005 | Jack Renner (sound engineer) | Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra:
Higdon : City Scape; Concerto for Orchestra |
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2006 | Da-Hong Seetoo (sound engineer) |
Emerson String Quartet :
Mendelssohn : The Complete String Quartets |
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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 |
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2008 | John Newton (sound engineer) | Phoenix Bach Choir and the Kansas City Chorale under the direction of Charles Bruffy:
Grechaninov: Passion Week |
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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 |
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2010 | Peter Laenger (sound engineer) |
San Francisco Symphony under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas :
Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio from Symphony No. 10 |
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2011 | Mark Donahue, John Hill and Dirk Sobotka (sound engineers) |
Nashville Symphony Orchestra , conducted by Giancarlo Guerrero:
Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus ex machina |
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Leslie Ann Jones, Kory Kruckenberg, Brandie Lane and David Sabee (sound engineers) | Eliesha Nelson and John McLaughlin Williams:
Quincy Porter: Complete Viola Works |
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2012 | Byeong-Joon Hwang and John Newton (sound engineers) and Jesse Lewis (mastering sound engineers) | Aldridge: Elmer Gantry |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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2017 | Mark Donahue, David L. Williams & Fred Vogler (sound engineers) | Los Angeles Opera Orchestra & Chorus and various soloists:
Corigliano: The Ghost of Versailles |
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2018 | Mark Donahue (sound engineer) |
Manfred Honeck and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra :
Shostakovich : 5th Symphony; Barber: Adagio |
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2019 | Shawn Murphy & Nick Squire (Sound Engineers) & Tim Martyn (Mastering Sound Engineer) |
Boston Symphony Orchestra , conducted by Andris Nelsons :
Shostakovich: 4th and 11th symphonies |
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2020 | Leslie Ann Jones (sound engineer) and Robert C. Ludwig (mastering engineer) | Riley: Sun Rings ( Kronos Quartet ) |
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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
- ^ Grammy Awards. Accessed April 22, 2019 .
- ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Accessed April 22, 2019 .
- ^ Winners Best Classical Engineered Recording. Retrieved April 21, 2019 .