Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical

The Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording, Classical has been awarded since 1959. The award had several minor name changes:

• In 1959 the award was known as Best Engineered Record (Classical)
• From 1960 to 1962 it was awarded as Best Engineering Contribution - Classical Recording
• From 1963 to 1964 it was awarded as Best Engineered Recording - Classical
• In 1965 it was awarded as Best Engineered Recording
• From 1966 to 1994 it returned to the title Best Engineered Recording, Classical
• From 1966 to 1994 it was awarded as Best Classical Engineered Recording
• Since 1992 it has been awarded as Best Engineered Album, Classical

This award is presented alongside the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. From 1960 to 1965 a further award was presented for Best Engineered Recording - Special or Novel Effects.

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.

The award is presented to engineers (and, if applicable, mastering engineers), not to artists, orchestras, conductors or other performers on the winning works, except if the engineer is also a performer.

2010s

2017

• Mark Donahue, David L. Williams & Fred Vogler (engineers) for Corigliano: The Ghost of Versailles, performed by the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra & Chorus and various soloists

Nominees

• Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay (engineers) for Dutilleux: Sur Le Même Accord; Les Citations; Mystère de l'Instant & Timbres, Espace, Mouvement, performed by Ludovic Morlot & the Seattle Symphony
• Morten Lindberg (engineer) for Reflections, performed by Oyvind Gimse, Geir Inge Lotsberg & the TrondheimSolistene
• Silas Brown & David Frost (engineers; Silas Brown (mastering engineer) for Shadows of Sirius, performed by Jerry F. Junkin & the University of Texas Wind Ensemble
• Shawn Murphy & Nick Squire (engineers); Tim Martyn (mastering engineer) for Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9, performed by Andris Nelsons & the Boston Symphony Orchestra

• 2016
  • Leslie Ann Jones, John Kilgore, Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum & Justin Merrill (engineers); Patricia Sullivan (mastering engineer) for Ask Your Mama, performed by San Francisco Ballet Orchestra & George Manahan

Nominees

• Dmitry Lipay (engineer); Alexander Lipay (mastering engineer) for Dutilleux: Métaboles; L'Arbre Des Songes; Symphony No. 2, 'Le Double' , performed by the Seattle Sympnony, Ludovic Morlot & Augustin Hadelich
• Robert Friedrich (engineer); Michael Bishop (mastering engineer) for Monteverdi: Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria, performed by Martin Pearlman, Jennifer Rivera, Fernando Guimarães & Boston Baroque
• Byeong Joon Hwang & John Newton (engineers); Mark Donahue (mastering engineer) for Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, performed by Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Chorale & Kansas City Chorale
• Keith O. Johnson & Sean Royce Martin (engineers); Keith O. Johnson (mastering engineer) for Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, 'Organ' , performed by Kansas City Symphony & Michael Stern
• Grammy Awards of 2015
  • Michael Bishop (engineer/mastering engineer) for Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem; Symphony No. 4; The Lark Ascending performed by Robert Spano, Norman Mackenzie, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

Nominees

• Richard King (engineer) & Wolfgang Schiefermair (mastering engineer) for John Adams: City Noir, performed by St. Louis Symphony conducted by David Robertson
• Dmitriy Lipay (engineer) & Nathaniel Reichman (engineer/mastering engineer) for John Luther Adams: Become Ocean, performed by Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony
• Dmitriy Lipay (engineer) for Dutilleux: Symphony No. 1; Tout un Monde Lointain; The Shadows of Time, performed by Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony
• David Frost & Christopher Willis (engineers) & Tim Martyn (mastering engineer) for Riccardo Muti Conducts Mason Bates & Anna Clyne, performed by Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Riccardo Muti
• Grammy Awards of 2014
  • David Frost, Brian Losch & Tim Martyn (engineers); Tim Martyn (mastering engineer) for Winter Morning Walks, performed by Dawn Upshaw, Maria Schneider, the Australian Chamber Orchestra & the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra

Nominees

• Morten Lindberg for Hymn To The Virgin, performed by Tone Bianca Sparre Dahl & Schola Cantorum
• Morten Lindberg for La Voie Triomphale, performed by Ole Kristian Ruud & the Staff Band of the Norwegian Armed Forces
• Mark Donahue & Jesse Lewis for Roomful of Teeth, performed by Brad Wells & Roomful of Teeth
• Hans-Martin Renz, Wolfgang Rixius and Ulrich Ruscher for Vinci: Artaserse, performed by Diego Fasolis, Philippe Jaroussky, Max Emanuel Cencic, Daniel Behle, Franco Fagioli, Valer Barna-Sabadus, Yuriy Mynenko & Concerto Köln
• Grammy Awards of 2013
  • Tom Caulfield & John Newton (engineers), Mark Donahue (mastering engineer) for Life & Breath - Choral Works by René Clausen, performed by Charles Bruffy & the Kansas City Chorale

Nominees

• Daniel Shores for Americana, performed by the Modern Mandoline Quartet
• Bruce Egre for Beethoven: The Late String Quartets, Op. 127 & 131, performed by the Brentano String Quartet
• Jesse Lewis & John Newton (engineers), Jesse Brayman (mastering engineer) for Music for a Time of War, performed by Carlos Kalmar and the Oregon Symphony
• Morten Lindberg for Souvenir, performed by Trondheim Solistene
• Grammy Awards of 2012
  • Byeong-Joon Hwang and John Newton (engineers) and Jesse Lewis (master engineer) for Aldridge: Elmer Gantry

Nominees

• Byeong-Joon Hwang and John Newton (engineers) and Jesse Lewis (master engineer) for Aldridge: Elmer Gantry
• Richard King for Glazunov: Complete Concertos
• Tom Lazarus, Mat Lejeune, Bill Maylone & Jon Zacks (engineers) and Joe Lambert (mastering engineer) for Mackey: Lonely Motel - Music from Slide^[1]
• Arne Akselberg for Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos nos. 3 & 4
• Torbjörn Samuelsson for Weinberg: Symphony no. 3 & Suite no. 4 from 'The Golden Key'
• Grammy Awards of 2011
  • Mark Donahue, John Hill & Dirk Sobotka for Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina (performed by Nashville Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Giancarlo Guerrero)

Tied with

• • Leslie Ann Jones, Kory Kruckenberg, Brandie Lane & David Sabee for Quincy Porter: Complete Viola Works (performed by Eliesha Nelson & John McLaughlin Williams)

2000s

• Grammy Awards of 2006
  • Da-Hong Seetoo (engineer) for Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets performed by Emerson String Quartet
• Grammy Awards of 2005
  • Jack Renner (engineer) for Higdon: City Scape; Concerto for Orchestra performed by Robert Spano & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
• Grammy Awards of 2004 (Best Engineered Album, Classical)
  • Richard King & Todd Whitelock (engineers) for Obrigado Brazil performed by Yo-Yo Ma
• Grammy Awards of 2003 (Best Engineered Album, Classical)
  • Michael J. Bishop (engineer), Robert Spano (conductor), Norman Mackenzie (chorus director), & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Sym. No. 1)
• Grammy Awards of 2002
  • Richard King (engineer) & Joshua Bell for Bernstein (Arr. Brohn & Corigliano): West Side Story Suite (Lonely Town; Make Our Garden Grow, Etc.)
• Grammy Awards of 2001
  • John M. Eargle (engineer) & Zdeněk Mácal (conductor) for Dvořák: Requiem, Op. 89; Sym. No. 9, Op. 95 "From the New World"
• Grammy Awards of 2000 (Best Engineered Album, Classical)
  • Markus Heiland (engineer), Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), the Peninsula Boys Choir, the San Francisco Girl's Chorus & the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Stravinsky: The Firebird; The Rite of Spring; Perséphone

1990s

• Grammy Awards of 1999
  • Jack Renner (engineer), 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
  • Michael J. Bishop, Jack Renner (engineers), Erich Kunzel (conductor) & the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra for Copland: The Music of America (Fanfare for the Common Man; Rodeo, etc.)
• Grammy Awards of 1997
  • Lawrence Rock, William Hoekstra (engineers), Leonard Slatkin (conductor) & the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra for Copland: Dance Symphony; Short Symphony; Organ Symphony
• Grammy Awards of 1996
  • Jonathan Stokes, Michael Mailes (engineers), Herbert Blomstedt (conductor) & the San Francisco Symphony for Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; "Kossuth" - Symphonic Poem
• Grammy Awards of 1995
  • William Hoekstra (engineer), Leonard Slatkin (conductor) & the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra for Copland: Music for Films (The Red Pony, Our Town, Etc.)
• Grammy Awards of 1994
  • Rainer Maillard (engineer), Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Bartók: The Wooden Prince & Cantata Profana
• Grammy Awards of 1993
  • James Lock, John Pellowe, Jonathan Stokes & Philip Siney (engineers), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for R. Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten
• Grammy Awards of 1992
  • Gregor Zielinsky (engineer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra for Bernstein: Candide
• Grammy Awards of 1991
  • Jack Renner (engineer), Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Robert Shaw Festival Singers for Rachmaninoff: Vespers
• Grammy Awards of 1990
  • Jack Renner (engineer), Robert Shaw (conductor), the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & the Atlanta Boy Choir for Britten: War Requiem

1980s

• Grammy Awards of 1989
  • Jack Renner (engineer), Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses
• Grammy Awards of 1988
  • Jack Renner (engineer), Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for Fauré: Requiem/Duruflé: Requiem
• Grammy Awards of 1987
  • Paul Goodman (engineer) & Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz - The Studio Recordings, New York 1985
• Grammy Awards of 1986
  • Jack Renner (engineer), Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & chorus for Berlioz: Requiem
• Grammy Awards of 1985
  • Paul Goodman (engineer), Leonard Slatkin (conductor) & the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra for Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B Flat, Op. 100
• Grammy Awards of 1984
  • James Lock (engineer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D
• Grammy Awards of 1983
  • Paul Goodman (engineer), James Levine (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E Minor (Song of the Night)
• Grammy Awards of 1982
  • Andrew Kazdin, Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Ray Moore (engineers), Zubin Mehta (conductor), Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, & the New York Philharmonic for Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration
• Grammy Awards of 1981
  • Karl-August Naegler (engineer), Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Orchestre de l'Opera de Paris for Berg: Lulu (Complete Version)
• Grammy Awards of 1980
  • Anthony Salvatore (engineer) & the original cast with Angela Lansbury & Len Cariou for Sondheim: Sweeney Todd

1970s

• Grammy Awards of 1979
  • Arthur Kendy, Edward T. Graham, Ray Moore (engineers), Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the New York Philharmonic for Varèse: Ameriques/Arcana/Ionisation (Boulez Conducts Varese)
• Grammy Awards of 1978
  • Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Ravel: Bolero
• Grammy Awards of 1977
  • Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Milton Cherin, Ray Moore (engineers), Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), George Gershwin, & the Columbia Jazz Band for Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
• Grammy Awards of 1976
  • Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Milton Cherin, Ray Moore (engineers), Pierre Boulez (conductor), the Camarata Singers & the New York Philharmonic for Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (Complete Ballet)
• Grammy Awards of 1975
  • Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
• Grammy Awards of 1974
  • Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Ray Moore (engineers), Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the New York Philharmonic for Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
• Grammy Awards of 1973
  • Gordon Parry, Kenneth Wilkinson (engineers) Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Symphony of a Thousand)
• Grammy Awards of 1972
  • Vittorio Negri (engineer), Colin Davis (conductor), the Wandsworth School Boys Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra for Berlioz: Requiem
• Grammy Awards of 1971
  • Arthur Kendy, Fred Plaut, Ray Moore (engineers), Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Cleveland Orchestra for Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps
• Grammy Awards of 1970
  • Walter Carlos (engineer & artist) for Switched-On Bach

1960s

• Grammy Awards of 1969
  • Gordon Parry (engineer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D
• Grammy Awards of 1968
  • Edward T. Graham (engineer) & the Philadelphia Brass Ensemble for The Glorious Sound of Brass
• Grammy Awards of 1967
  • Anthony Salvatore (engineer), Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), the Pro Musica Chorus & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Wagner: Lohengrin
• Grammy Awards of 1966
  • Fred Plaut (engineer) & Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz at Carnegie Hall - An Historic Return
• Grammy Awards of 1965
  • Douglas Larter (engineer), Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) & the Philharmonia Orchestra for Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
• Grammy Awards of 1964
  • Lewis W. Layton (engineer), Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra for Puccini: Madama Butterfly
• Grammy Awards of 1963
  • Lewis W. Layton (engineer), Fritz Reiner (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra
• Grammy Awards of 1962
  • Lewis W. Layton (engineer), Charles Münch (conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
• Grammy Awards of 1961
  • Hugh Davies (engineer) & Laurindo Almeida for The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Almeida
• Grammy Awards of 1960
  • Lewis W. Layton (engineer), Robert Russell Bennett (conductor) & the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra for Victory at Sea, Vol. I

1950s

• Grammy Awards of 1959
  • Sherwood Hall III (engineer), Laurindo Almeida & Salli Terri for Duets with Spanish Guitar

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