Best Contemporary Composition
30th Annual Grammy Awards • 1988
Honoring recordings released between October 1, 1986 – September 30, 1987
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello; Penderecki, conductor won the 1988 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Composition with "Penderecki: Cello Concerto No. 2"
Winners & Nominees 1988
Winner
Nominees
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Penderecki: Cello Concerto No. 2
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Adams: The Chairman Dances (Album)
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Babbitt: Piano Concerto
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Schwantner: A Sudden Rainbow (Album)
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Sessions: Symphony No. 5 (Album)
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Tippett: The Mask Of Time (Album)
Previous Years
| Year | Winner | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Elliott Carter | Carter: Violin Concerto | All Nominees |
| 1993 | Samuel Barber | Barber: The Lovers | All Nominees |
| 1992 | John Corigliano | Corigliano: Symphony No. 1 | All Nominees |
| 1991 | Leonard Bernstein | Bernstein: Arias & Barcarolles | All Nominees |
| 1990 | Steve Reich | Reich: Different Trains | All Nominees |
| 1989 | John Adams | Adams: Nixon In China | All Nominees |
| 1988 | Krzysztof Penderecki | Penderecki: Cello Concerto No. 2 | All Nominees |
| 1987 | Witold Lutoslawski | Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 3 | All Nominees |
| 1986 | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Lloyd Webber: Requiem | All Nominees |
| 1963 | Igor Stravinsky | Stravinsky: The Flood | All Nominees |