Grammy Award for Best Classical Album
| Grammy Award for Best Classical Album | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | quality classical recordings |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences |
| First awarded | 1962 |
| Last awarded | 2011 |
| Website | grammy.com |
The Grammy Award for Best Classical Album was awarded from 1962 to 2011. The award had several minor name changes:
- From 1962 to 1963, 1965 to 1972 and 1974 to 1976 the award was known as Album of the Year - Classical
- In 1964 and 1977 it was awarded as Classical Album of the Year
- In 1973 and from 1978 onward it was awarded as Best Classical Album
The award was discontinued in 2012 in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. From then on, recordings in this category fall under the Album of the Year category.
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.
2000s
- Grammy Awards of 2011
- Riccardo Muti, conductor; Duain Wolfe, chorus master; Christopher Alder, producer; David Frost, Tom Lazarus & Christopher Willis, engineers/mixers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer, for Verdi: Requiem (performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chicago Symphony Chorus)
- Grammy Awards of 2010
- Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor); Ragnar Bohlin, Kevin Fox & Susan McMane (choir directors); Andreas Neubronner (producer); Peter Laenger (engineer/mixer); Andreas Neubronner (mastering engineer); Katarina Karnéus, Laura Claycomb, Anthony Dean Griffey, Quinn Kelsey, James Morris, Yvonne Naef, Elza van den Heever & Erin Wall (soloists); San Francisco Symphony (orchestra); Pacific Boychoir, San Francisco Girls Chorus & San Francisco Symphony Chorus for Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10
- Grammy Awards of 2009
- James Conlon (conductor); Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone & Audra McDonald (main performers); Fred Vogler (producer); Donnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich & Robert Wörle; Los Angeles Opera Orchestra; Los Angeles Opera Chorus for Kurt Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
- Grammy Awards of 2008
- Leonard Slatkin (conductor); Tim Handley (producer); Nashville Symphony for Tower: Made in America
- Grammy Awards of 2007
- Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor); Andreas Neubronner (producer); San Francisco Symphony for Mahler: Symphony No. 7
- Grammy Awards of 2006
- Tim Handley (producer), Leonard Slatkin (conductor), Jerry Blackstone, William Hammer, Jason Harris, Christopher Kiver, Carole Ott, & Marie Alice Stollack (choir directors), Christine Brewer, Joan Morris and University of Michigan School of Music Symphony Orchestra for Bolcom: Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience
- Grammy Awards of 2005
- John Adams, Lawrence Rock, Richard Elkind (producers), Lorin Maazel (conductor), the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, New York Choral Artists & the New York Philharmonic for Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls
- Grammy Awards of 2004
- Andreas Neubronner (producer), Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) & Michelle DeYoung for Mahler: Symphony No. 3; Kindertotenlieder performed by Michelle DeYoung, Vance George, the Pacific Boychoir, the San Francisco Girl's Chorus & the San Francisco Symphony & Chorus
- Grammy Awards of 2003
- Thomas Moore (producer), Michael J. Bishop (engineer), Robert Spano (conductor), Norman Mackenzie (chorus director), Christine Goerke, Brett Polegato & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Symphony No. 1)
- Grammy Awards of 2002
- James Mallinson (producer), Simon Rhodes (engineer), Colin Davis (conductor), Petra Lang, Michelle DeYoung, Ben Heppner, Peter Mattei, Stephen Milling, Sara Mingardo, Kenneth Tarver & the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Berlioz: Les Troyens
- Grammy Awards of 2001
- Da-Hong Seetoo & Max Wilcox (producers & engineers) & the Emerson String Quartet for Shostakovich: The String Quartets
- Grammy Awards of 2000
- Andreas Neubronner (producer), Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Ragazzi Boys Chorus, the San Francisco Girl's Chorus & the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Stravinsky: The Firebird; The Rite of Spring; Persephone
1990s
- Grammy Awards of 1999
- James Mallinson (producer), Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard/Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem/Bartók: Cantata Profana
- Grammy Awards of 1998
- Steven Epstein (producer), David Zinman (conductor), Yo-Yo Ma & the Philadelphia Orchestra for Premieres - Cello Concertos (Works of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse)
- Grammy Awards of 1997
- Joanna Nickrenz (producer), Leonard Slatkin (conductor), various artists, Michelle De Young, the Washington Oratorio Society Male Chorus, the Washington Choral Arts Society Male Chorus & the National Symphony Orchestra for Corigliano: Of Rage and Remembrance
- Grammy Awards of 1996
- Karl-August Naegler (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Cleveland Orchestra & Chorus for Debussy: La Mer; Nocturnes; Jeux
- Grammy Awards of 1995
- Karl-August Naegler (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12
- Grammy Awards of 1994
- Karl-August Naegler (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), John Aler, John Tomlinson & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Bartók: The Wooden Prince & Cantata Profana
- Grammy Awards of 1993
- Horst Dittberner (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 9
- Grammy Awards of 1992
- Hans Weber (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), Kurt Ollmann, June Anderson, Nicolai Gedda, Adolph Green, Jerry Hadley, Della Jones, Christa Ludwig & the London Symphony Orchestra for Bernstein: Candide
- Grammy Awards of 1991
- Hans Weber (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the New York Philharmonic for Ives: Symphony No. 2; Gong on the Hook and Ladder; Central Park in the Dark; The Unanswered Question
- Grammy Awards of 1990
- Wolf Erichson (producer) & the Emerson String Quartet for Bartók: 6 String Quartets
1980s
- Grammy Awards of 1989
- Robert Woods (producer), Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses
- Grammy Awards of 1988
- Thomas Frost (producer) & Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz in Moscow
- Grammy Awards of 1987
- Thomas Frost (producer) & Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz - The Studio Recordings, New York 1985
- Grammy Awards of 1986
- Robert Woods (producer), Robert Shaw (conductor), John Aler & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Berlioz: Requiem
- Grammy Awards of 1985
- John Strauss (producer), Neville Marriner (conductor), Choristers of Westminster Abbey, the Ambrosian Opera Chorus & the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields for Amadeus (Original Soundtrack)
- Grammy Awards of 1984
- James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D
- Grammy Awards of 1983
- Samuel H. Carter (producer) & Glenn Gould for Bach: Goldberg Variations
- Grammy Awards of 1982
- James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor
- Grammy Awards of 1981
- Gunther Breest, Michael Horwath (producers), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Toni Blankenheim, Franz Mazura, Yvonne Minton, Teresa Stratas, & the Orchestre de l'Opera de Paris for Berg: Lulu
- Grammy Awards of 1980
- James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Brahms: Symphonies (1, 2, 3 & 4)
1970s
- Grammy Awards of 1979
- Christopher Bishop (producer), Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor), Itzhak Perlman & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Brahms: Concerto For Violin in D
- Grammy Awards of 1978
- Thomas Frost (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Vladimir Horowitz, Yehudi Menuhin, Mstislav Rostropovich, Isaac Stern, Lyndon Woodside & the New York Philharmonic for Concert of the Century
- Grammy Awards of 1977
- Max Wilcox (producer), Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Arthur Rubinstein & the London Philharmonic Orchestra for Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos
- Grammy Awards of 1976
- Raymond Minshull (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Beethoven: Symphonies (9) Complete
- Grammy Awards of 1975
- David Harvey (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
- Grammy Awards of 1974
- Thomas Z. Shepard (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the New York Philharmonic for Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
- Grammy Awards of 1973
- David Harvey (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), various artists, the Vienna Singverein Chorus, the Vienna Boys' Choir & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Flat (Symphony of a Thousand)
- Grammy Awards of 1972
- Thomas Frost, Richard Killough (producers) & Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff (Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas)
- Grammy Awards of 1971
- Erik Smith (producer), Colin Davis (conductor), various artists & the Royal Opera House Orchestra & Chorus for Berlioz: Les Troyens
- Grammy Awards of 1970
- Album of the Year, Classical
- Rachel Elkind (producer) & Wendy Carlos for Switched-On Bach
1960s
- Grammy Awards of 1969
- none
- Grammy Awards of 1968
- John McClure (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), various artists & the London Symphony Orchestra for 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 & the Orchestra of Paris National Opera for Berg: Wozzeck
- Grammy Awards of 1967
- Howard Scott (producer), Morton Gould (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Ives: Symphony No. 1 in D Minor
- Grammy Awards of 1966
- Thomas Frost (producer) & Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz at Carnegie Hall - An Historic Return
- Grammy Awards of 1965
- Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the New York Philharmonic for Bernstein: Symphony No. 3 "Kaddish"
- Grammy Awards of 1964
- Benjamin Britten (conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra for Britten: War Requiem
- Grammy Awards of 1963
- Vladimir Horowitz for Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz
- Grammy Awards of 1962
- Igor Stravinsky (conductor) & the Columbia Symphony Orchestra for Stravinsky Conducts 1960: Le Sacre du Printemps; Petrushka
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