The Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance recognizes excellence in classical chamber music and small ensemble performance recordings. Eligible groups may be instrumental, vocal, or mixed, with or without conductor, not exceeding 24 participants.
Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 1996 and Aug 30, 1997
Claudio Abbado, conductor won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance with "Hindemith: Kammermusik No. 1 With Finale 1921, Op. 24 No. 1"
Winners & Nominees 1998
Winner
Nominees
Hindemith: Kammermusik No. 1 With Finale 1921, Op. 24 No. 1
Claudio Abbado, conductor
Adams: Chamber Symphony; Shaker Loops; Phrygian Gates For Solo Piano (Album)
Sian Edwards, conductor; Ensemble Modern
Chaconne (Works Of Blow, Corelli, Muffat, Etc.) (Album)
Reinhard Goebel, conductor; Musica Antiqua Koln
Ockeghem: Missa De Plus En Plus, Etc./Binchois: Missa Au Travail Suis, Etc.) (Album)
Peter Phillips, conductor; Tallis Scholars
Schein: The Fountains Of Israel - Sacred Madrigals (O Herr, Ich Bin Dein Knecht; Ich Lasse Dich Nicht, Etc.) (Album)
Philippe Herreweghe, conductor
Shakespeare's Musick - Songs And Dances From Shakespeare's Plays (Works Of Byrd, Dowland, Holborne, Etc.) (Album)