Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)
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The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra) , on German "Grammy Award for Best Solo Instrument performance without orchestra" is a music award , the 1959 to 2011 by the US Recording Academy in the field of classical music was awarded .
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 Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra). The prize was awarded from 1959 to 2011. From 1967 to 1971 and 1987 it was combined with the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist (s) Performance (with orchestra) and the Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra) .
The award had several minor name changes:
- In 1959 the award was called Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance - Instrumentalist (other than concerto-scale accompaniment)
- In 1960 she called herself Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance - Concerto or Instrumental Soloist (other than full orchestral accompaniment)
- 1961 was the name of the award Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Duo (other than with orchestral accompaniment)
- From 1962 to 1964 it was named Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Duo (without orchestra)
- In 1965 he called himself the Grammy Award for Best Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)
- From 1966 to 1994 the designation of the category was Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)
- From 1995 the category was awarded as Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra) .
The award was discontinued in 2011 as part of a major overhaul of the Grammy categories. It was merged with the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist (s) Performance (with orchestra) to form the new category Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo .
Winners and nominees
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1959 | Andrés Segovia |
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Segovia Golden Jubilee |
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1960 | Arthur Rubinstein |
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Beethoven : Sonata No. 21 in C major (Waldstein) and No. 18 in E flat major |
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1961 | Laurindo Almeida |
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The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Alemida | ||
1962 | Laurindo Almeida |
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Reverie for Spanish Guitar | ||
1963 | Vladimir Horowitz |
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Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz |
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1964 | Vladimir Horowitz |
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The Sound of Horowitz |
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1965 | Vladimir Horowitz |
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Vladimir Horowitz plays Beethoven, Debussy , Chopin |
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1966 | Vladimir Horowitz |
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Horowitz at Carnegie Hall - An Historic Return |
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1967 | From 1967 to 1971, was Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra) awarded | ||||
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1972 | Vladimir Horowitz |
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Horowitz Plays Rachmaninow (Etudes-tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas) |
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1973 | Vladimir Horowitz |
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Horowitz Plays Chopin |
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1974 | Vladimir Horowitz |
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Horowitz Plays Scriabin |
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1975 | Alicia de Larrocha |
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Albéniz : Iberia | ||
1976 | Nathan Milstein |
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Bach : Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin | ||
1977 | Vladimir Horowitz |
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Horowitz Concerts 1975/76 |
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1978 | Arthur Rubinstein |
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Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat major / Schumann : Fantasiestücke op.12 |
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1979 | Vladimir Horowitz |
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The Horowitz Concerts 1977/78 |
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1980 | Vladimir Horowitz |
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The Horowitz Concerts 1978/79 |
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1981 | Itzhak Perlman |
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The Spanish Album |
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1982 | Vladimir Horowitz |
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The Horowitz Concerts 1979/80 |
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1983 | Glenn Gould |
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Bach: Goldberg Variations | ||
1984 | Glenn Gould |
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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas No. 12 and 13 | ||
1985 | Yo-Yo Ma |
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Bach: cello suites without accompaniment |
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1986 | Vladimir Ashkenazy |
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Ravel : Gaspard de la nuit ; Pavane pour une infante défunte ; Valses nobles et sentimentales |
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1987 | 1987 was Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra) awarded | ||||
1988 | Vladimir Horowitz |
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Horowitz in Moscow |
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1989 | Alicia de Larrocha |
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Albéniz: Iberia, Navarra, Suite Espagnola | ||
1990 | András ship |
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Bach: English suites |
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1991 | Vladimir Horowitz |
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The Last Recording |
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1992 | Alicia de Larrocha |
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Granados : Goyescas; Allegro de Concierto; Danza Lenta | ||
1993 | Vladimir Horowitz |
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Horowitz - Discovered Treasures (Chopin, Liszt , Scarlatti , Scriabin, Clementi ) |
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1994 | John Browning |
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Barber : The Complete Solo Piano Music | ||
1995 | Emanuel Ax |
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Haydn : Piano Sonatas No. 32, 47, 53, 59 |
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1996 | Radu Lupu |
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Schubert : Piano Sonatas (D 960 in B flat major D 664 in A major) |
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1997 | Earl Wild |
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The Romantic Master - Works of Saint-Saëns , Handel | ||
1998 | János Starker |
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Bach: Suites for Cello Solo No. 1–6 |
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1999 | Murray Perahia |
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Bach: English suites 1, 3 and 6 |
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2000 | Vladimir Ashkenazy |
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Shostakovich : 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87 |
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2001 | Tobias Lehmann (producer), Jens Schünemann (sound engineer) and Sharon Isbin |
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Dreams of a World (works by Lauro , Ruiz-Pipò , Duarte , etc.) |
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2002 | Arne Akselberg (producer, sound engineer) and Truls Mørk |
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Britten Cello Suites (1-3) |
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2003 | Andreas Neubronner (producer, sound engineer) and Murray Perahia |
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Chopin: Études, Op. 10 and Op. 25th |
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2004 | Emanuel Ax |
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Haydn: Piano Concerto No. 29, 31, 34, 35 and 49 |
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2005 | David Russell |
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Aire Latino (Morel, Villa-Lobos , Ponce , etc.) | ||
2006 | Evgeny Kissin |
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Scriabin, Medtner , Stravinsky |
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2007 | Maurizio Pollini |
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Chopin: Nocturnes |
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2008 | Garrick Ohlsson |
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Beethoven: Sonatas, Vol. 3 |
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2009 | Gloria Cheng |
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Piano Music of Salonen, Stucky and Lutosławski |
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2010 | Sharon Isbin with Joan Baez and Mark O'Connor |
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Journey to the New World |
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2011 | Paul Jacobs |
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Messiaen: Livre Du Saint-Sacrement |
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Web links
- Official website of the Grammy Awards - Recording Academy, Los Angeles (English)
- Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra) at grammy.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Grammy Awards. Retrieved July 15, 2019 .
- ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Retrieved July 15, 2019 .
- ↑ GRAMMY Awards Winners for Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist (s) (without orchestra). Retrieved July 15, 2019 .