Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor)

39th Annual Grammy Awards • 1997

Honoring recordings released between October 1, 1995 – September 30, 1996

Pierre Boulez, conductor; Ensemble Intercontemporain won the 1997 Grammy Award for Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor) with "Boulez: ...Explosante-Fixe..."

Winners & Nominees 1997

Winner
Nominees

  • Boulez: ...Explosante-Fixe...

    Pierre Boulez, conductor; Ensemble Intercontemporain

  • Hommage A Piazzolla (Milonga En Re; Vardarito; Oblivion, Etc.) (Album)

    Gidon Kremer, violin

  • Matthews: Suns Dance (Track)

    Oliver Knussen, conductor

  • Shostakovich: Written With The Heart's Blood (Chamber Symphony For Strings, Op. 110A; Two Pieces For String Octet, Op. 11, Etc. (Album)

    The New Century Chamber Orchestra

  • Vivaldi: Concerti Per Molti Istromenti (Album)

    Federico Maria Sardelli, conductor; Modo Antiquo

Previous Years

Year Winner Title
2006 Pierre Boulez, Ensemble InterContemporain, Odile Auboin, Vincent Bauer, Michel Cerutti, Samuel Favre, Marie-Therese Ghirardi, Emmanuelle Ophèle Boulez: Le Marteau Sans Maître, Dérive 1 & 2 All Nominees
2005 Jeff Von Der Schmidt Carlos Chávez - Complete Chamber Music, Vol. 2 All Nominees
2004 Jeff Von Der Schmidt, Southwest Chamber Music Chávez: Suite For Double Quartet All Nominees
2003 Joseph Jennings Tavener: Lamentations & Praises All Nominees
2002 Gidon Kremer After Mozart - Raskatov, Silvestrov & Schnittke All Nominees
2001 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Shadow Dances - Stravinsky Miniatures, Tango, Suite No. 1 & Octet All Nominees
2000 Joseph Jennings, conductor; Chanticleer Colors Of Love - Works Of Thomas, Stucky, Tavener & Rands All Nominees
1999 Steve Reich & Musicians Reich: Music For 18 Musicians All Nominees
1998 Claudio Abbado, conductor Hindemith: Kammermusik No. 1 With Finale 1921, Op. 24 No. 1 All Nominees
1997 Pierre Boulez, conductor; Ensemble Intercontemporain Boulez: ...Explosante-Fixe... All Nominees