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Grammy Award for Best Classical Album

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
Grammy Award for Best Classical Album
Awarded forquality classical recordings
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences
First awarded1962
Last awarded2011
Websitegrammy.com

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.

Winners and nominees

YearWinner(s)TitleNomineesRef.
1962Igor Stravinsky (conductor), Columbia SymphonyStravinsky Conducts, '60: Le Sacre du Primtemps; Petrushka
[1]
1963Vladimir HorowitzColumbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz
[2]
1964Benjamin Britten (conductor), London Symphony OrchestraBritten: War Requiem
[3]
1965Leonard Bernstein (conductor), New York PhilharmonicBernstein: Symphony No. 3 (Kaddish)
[4]
1966Thomas Frost (producer), Vladimir HorowitzHorowitz at Carnegie Hall, An Historic Return
[5]
1967Howard Scott (producer), Morton Gould (conductor), Chicago SymphonyIves: Symphony No. 1 in D minor
[6]
1968John McClure (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), London Symphony with soloists and chorusesMahler: Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major (Symphony of a Thousand)
[7]
Thomas Z. Shepard (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Doench, Isabel Strauss, Walter Berry, Fritz Uhl, Orchestra and Chorus of the Paris National OperaBerg: Wozzeck
1969No award given
1970Rachel Elkind (producer), Wendy CarlosSwitched-On Bach
[8]
1971Erik Smith (producer), Colin Davis (conductor), Royal Opera House Orchestra and ChorusBerlioz: Les Troyens
[9]
1972Thomas Frost, Richard Killough (producers), Vladimir HorowitzHorowitz Plays Rachmaninoff
[10]
1973David Harvey (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), Chicago Symphony, Vienna Boys Choir, Vienna Singervin ChorusMahler: Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major (Symphony of a Thousand)
[11]
1974Thomas Z. Shepard (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), New York PhilharmonicBartók: Concerto for Orchestra
[12]
1975David Harvey (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), Chicago SymphonyBerlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
[13]
1976Raymond Minshull (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), Chicago SymphonyBeethoven: Symphonies (9) Complete
[14]
1977Max Wilcox (producer), Daniel Barenboim (conductor), London PhilharmonicBeethoven: The Five Piano Concertos
[15]
1978Thomas Frost (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), Vladimir Horowitz, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Isaac Stern, Mstislav Rostropovich, Yehudi Menuhin, Lyndon WoodsideConcert of the Century
[16]
1979Christopher Bishop (producer), Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor), Chicago SymphonyBrahms: Concerto for Violin in D major
[17]
1980James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), Chicago Symphony OrchestraBrahms: Symphonies (Complete)
[18]
1981Gunther Breest, Michael Horwath (producers), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Orchestre de l'Opera de ParisBerg: Lulu
[19]
1982James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), Chicago Symphony Orchestra and ChorusMahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor
[20]
1983Samuel H. Carter (producer), Glenn GouldBach: Goldberg Variations
[21]
1984James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), Chicago SymphonyMahler: Symphony No. 9 in D major
[22]
1985John Strauss (producer), Neville Marriner (conductor), Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Choristers of Westminster AbbeyAmadeus (Soundtrack)
[23]
1986Robert Woods (producer), Robert Shaw (conductor), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and ChorusBerlioz: Requiem
[24]
1987Thomas Frost (producer), Vladimir HorowitzHorowitz: The Studio Recordings, New York '85
[25]
1988Thomas Frost (producer), Vladimir HorowitzHorowitz in Moscow
[26]
1989Robert Woods (producer), Robert Shaw (conductor), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and ChorusVerdi: Requiem and Operatic Choruses
[27]
1990Wolf Erichson (producer), Emerson String QuartetBartók: 6 String Quartets
[28]
1991Hans Weber (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), New York PhilharmonicIves: Symphony No. 2; The Gong on the Hook and Ladder; Central Park in the Dark; The Unanswered Question
[29]
1992Hans Weber (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), Kurt Ollmann, June Anderson, Nicolai Gedda, Adolph Green, Jerry Hadley, Della Jones, Christa Ludwig, London Symphony OrchestraBernstein: Candide
[30]
1993Horst Dittberner (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), Berlin Philharmonic OrchestraMahler: Symphony No. 9
[31]
1994Karl-August Naegler (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, John Aler, John TomlinsonBartók: The Wooden Prince and Cantata Profana
[32]
1995Karl-August Naegler (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Chicago Symphony OrchestraBartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12
[33]
1996Karl-August Naegler (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Cleveland Orchestra & ChorusDebussy: La Mer; Nocturnes; Jeux Etc.
[34]
1997Joanna Nickrenz (producer), Leonard Slatkin (conductor), Michelle de Young, Washington Oratorio Society Male Chorus, National Symphony OrchestraCorigliano: Of Rage and Remembrance
[35]
1998Steven Epstein (producer), David Zinman (conductor), Yo-Yo Ma, Philadelphia OrchestraPremieres – Cello Concertos (Works of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse)
[36]
1999James Mallinson (producer), Robert Shaw (conductor), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & ChoirBarber: Prayers of Kierkegaard/Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem/Bartók: Cantata Profana
[37]
2000Andreas Neubronner (producer), Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Ragazzi Boys' Choir, San Francisco Girl's Chorus, San Francisco Symphony & ChorusStravinsky: The Firebird; The Rite of Spring; Perséphone
[38]
2001Da-Hong Seetoo, Max Wilcox (producers), Emerson String QuartetShostakovich: The String Quartets
[39]
2002James Mallinson (producer), Simon Rhodes (engineer), Colin Davis (conductor), Michelle DeYoung, Ben Heppner, Petra Lang, Peter Mattei, Stephen Milling, Sara Mingardo, Kenneth Tarver, London Symphony OrchestraBerlioz: Les Troyens
[40]
2003Thomas Moore (producer), Michael J. Bishop (engineer), Robert Spano (conductor), Norman Mackenzie, Christine Goerke, Brett Polegato, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & ChorusVaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Symphony No. 1)
[41]
2004Andreas Neubronner (producer), Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Michelle DeYoung, San Francisco SymphonyMahler: Symphony No. 3; Kindertotenlieder
[42]
2005John Adams, Lawrence Rock, Richard Elkind (producers), Lorin Maazel (conductor), Brooklyn Youth Chorus, New York Choral Artists, New York PhilharmonicAdams: On the Transmigration of Souls
[43]
2006Tim Handley (producer), Leonard Slatkin (conductor), Jerry Blackstone, William Hammer, Jason Harris, Christopher Kiver, Carole Ott, Mary Alice Stollak (choir directors), Christine Brewer, Joan Morris, University of Michigan School of Music Symphony OrchestraBolcom: Songs of Innocence and of Experience
  • Jan Karlin, Matthew Snyder (producers), Jeff von der Schmidt (conductor), Southwest Chamber Music & Tambuco Percussion Ensemble for Chávez: Complete Chamber Music, Vol. 3
  • Ulrich Ruscher (producer), Martha Argerich for Martha Argerich and Friends: Live from the Lugano Festival
  • Da-Hong Seetoo (producer), Emerson String Quartet for Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets
  • Wilhelm Meister (producer), Mariss Jansons (conductor), Sergei Aleksashkin, Chor & Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks for Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13
[44]
2007Andreas Neubronner (producer), Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), San Francisco SymphonyMahler: Symphony No. 7
[45]
2008Tim Handley (producer), Leonard Slatkin (conductor), Nashville SymphonyTower: Made in America
[46]
2009Fred Vogler (producer), James Conlon (conductor), Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald, various artists, Los Angeles Opera Orchestra and ChorusWeill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
[47]
2010Andreas Neubronner (producer), Peter Laenger, Andreas Neubronner, (engineers), Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Ragnar Bohlin, Kevin Fox, Susan McMane (choir directors), various artists, San Francisco Symphony & ChorusMahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio from Symphony No. 10
[48]
2011Christopher Alder (producer), Tom Lazarus, Chritopher Willis, Silas Brown (engineers), Riccardo Muti (conductor), Duain Wolfe (chorus master), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus, various artistsVerdi: Requiem
[49]

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