GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees for Best Classical Album

Record Of The Year

Album Of The Year

Song Of The Year/New Song Of The Year

Best New Artist

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

Best Pop Solo Performance

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

Best Pop Instrumental Album

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Best Pop Vocal Album

Other Pop/Rock&Roll/ Contemporary Awards or Instrumental

Best Disco Recording

Best Dance Recording

Best Dance/Electronica Album

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

Best Female Rock Vocal Performance

Best Male Rock Vocal Performance

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Best Rock Performance

Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Instrumental

Best Hard Rock Performance

Best Metal Performance

Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

Best Rock Song

Best Rock Album

Best Alternative Music Performance

Best R&B Recording - Best Rhythm & Blues Performance

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

Best R&B Group, Vocal Or Instrumental

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Best R&B Instrumental Performance (orchestra,group or soloist)

Best Urban/Alternative Performance

Best R&B Performance

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

Best R&B Song

Best Contemporary R&B Album

Best Urban Contemporary Album

Best R&B Album

Best Rap Performance

Best Rap Solo Performance

Best Female Rap Solo Performance

Best Male Rap Solo Performance

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group

Best Rap Performance

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

Best Rap Song

Best Rap Album

Best Country & Western Performance

Best Country & Western Single and Best Country & Western Recording

Best New Country & Western Artist

Best Country & Western Performance, Duet, Trio Or Group (vocal or instrumental)

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

Best Male Country Vocal Performance

Best Country Solo Performance

Best Country Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocal

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

Best Country Collaboration with Vocals

Best Country Instrumental Performance

Best Country Song

Best Country Album

Best New Age Album

Best Jazz Fusion Performance

Best Contemporary Jazz Performance, Instrumental - Also cont. Jazz Perf. Vocal or Instrumental

Best Improvised Jazz Solo Performance

Best Jazz Vocal Album

Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female

Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male

Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo Or Group

Best Instrumental Jazz Album

Best Jazz Performance, Soloist

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Best Original Jazz Composition

Best Latin Jazz Album

Best Gospel Other: Incl. Sacred, Religious or Inspirational Recording, Musical or Non-Musical

Best Gospel Performance

Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary or Inspirational

Best Gospel Performance, Traditional

Best Soul Gospel Performance

Best Gospel Performance, Female

Best Gospel Performance, Male

Best Gospel Performance By A Duo Or Group, Choir or Chorus - Singles, Albums & Tracks

Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female - Singles, Albums or Tracks

Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male - Singles, Albums or Tracks

Best Soul Gospel Performance By A Duo, Group, Choir or Chorus - Singles, Albums or Tracks

Best Gospel Performance/Song

Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

Best Gospel Song

Best Contemporary Christian Music Song

Best Rock Gospel Album incl. Best Rock/Contemporary Gospel Album

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album

Best Southern Gospel, Country Gospel or Bluegrass Gospel Album

Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album

Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album

Best Gospel Album By Choir Or Chorus

Best Gospel Album

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

Best Roots Gospel Album

Best Latin Recording

Best Latin Pop Performance

Best Latin Rock, Alternative Or Urban Album

Best Latin Urban Album

Best Latin Pop, Rock or Urban Album

Best Salsa/Merengue Album

Best Merengue Performance

Best Mexican-American/Tejano Music Performance

Best Tejano Album

Best Norteño Album

Best Banda Album

Best Regional Mexican or Tejano Album

Best Banda or Norteño Album

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (including Tejano)

Best Tropical Latin Album

Best American Roots Performance

Best American Roots Song

Best Americana Album

Best Bluegrass Album

Best Traditional Blues Album - or - Best Traditional Blues Recording

Best Contemporary Blues Album - or Contemporary Blues Recording

Best Blues Album

Best Folk Performance or Best Folk Recording

Best Traditional Folk Album incl. Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording/Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording

Best Contemporary Folk Album incl. Best Ethnic or Contemporary Folk Recording

Best Folk Album

Best Native American Music Album

Best Hawaiian Music Album

Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album

Best Regional Roots Album

Best Reggae Album

Best World Music Album

Best Contemporary World Music Album

Best Polka Album

Best Recording For Children - Single or Album, Musical or Spoken

Best Musical Album For Children

Best Spoken Word Album For Children

Best Children's Album

Best Spoken Word Or Non-musical Album

Best Comedy Album

Best Spoken Comedy Album

Best Musical Theater Album

Best Sound Track Album - Original Cast (Not A Composer's Award)

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media

Best Song Written For Visual Media

Best Instrumental Composition

Best Instrumental Arrangement

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)/Best Background Arrangement

Best Arrangement Accompanying A Vocalist Or Instrumentalist

Best Arrangement For Voices

Best Album Package - Incl. Album Cover, Graphic Arts, Photography

Best Recording Package - Boxed

Best Album Notes

Best Historical Album

Best Engineered Recording, Non Classical

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

Remixer Of The Year

Best Remixed Recording , Non-Classical

Best Immersive Audio Album

Best Classical Engineered Recording

Classical Producer Of The Year

Best Classical Album

Best Classical Orchestral Performance

Best Opera Recording

Best Classical Performance, Operatic or Choral

Best Choral Performance, Classical

Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra)

Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra)

Best Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (with or without orchestra)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor)

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

Best Chamber Music Performance

Best Classical Vocal Performance

Best Classical Compendium

Best Classical Contemporary Composition

Best Classical Crossover Album

Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist

Best Music Video, Short Form

Best Music Video, Long Form

Video of the Year

Best Concept Music Video

Best Performance Music Video

Jump to Year

Best Classical Album

53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2010)

winner

Verdi: Requiem

Duain Wolfe, chorus master; Riccardo Muti, conductor; Christopher Alder, producer

52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2009)

winner

Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10

Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Andreas Neubronner, producer

51st Annual GRAMMY Awards (2008)

winner

Weill: Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny

James Conlon, conductor; Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone & Audra McDonald, artists; Fred Vogler, producer

50th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2007)

winner

Tower: Made In America

Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Tim Handley, producer

49th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2006)

winner

Mahler: Symphony No. 7

Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Andreas Neubronner, producer

48th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2005)

winner

Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience

Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Tim Handley, producer

47th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2004)

winner

Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls

Lorin Maazel, conductor; John Adams & Lawrence L. Rock, producers

46th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2003)

winner

Mahler: Symphony No. 3; Kindertotenlieder

Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Michelle DeYoung, artist; Andreas Neubronner, producer

45th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2002)

winner

Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Sym. No. 1)

Robert Spano, conductor; Norman Mackenzie, artist; Thomas Moore, producer

44th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2001)

winner

Berlioz: Les Troyens

Colin Davis, conductor; Michelle DeYoung, Ben Heppner, Petra Lang, Peter Mattei, Stephen Milling, Sara Mingardo & Kenneth Tarver, artists; James Mallinson, producer

43rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2000)

winner

Shostakovich: The String Quartets

Emerson String Quartet (Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel & Philip Setzer), artists; Da-Hong Seetoo & Max Wilcox, producers

42nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1999)

winner

Stravinsky: Firebird; The Rite Of Spring; Perséphone

Michael Tilson Thomas, artist; Andreas Neubronner, producer

41st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1998)

winner

Barber: Prayers Of Kierkegaard/Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem/Bartok: Cantata Profana

Robert Shaw, artist; James Mallinson, producer

40th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1997)

winner

Premieres - Cello Concertos (Works Of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse)

Yo-Yo Ma & David Zinman, artists; Steven Epstein, producer

39th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1996)

winner

Corigliano: Of Rage And Remembrance

Leonard Slatkin, artist; Joanna Nickrenz, producer

38th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1995)

winner

Debussy: La Mer; Nocturnes; Jeux

Pierre Boulez, artist; Karl-August Naegler, producer

37th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1994)

winner

Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra; Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12

Pierre Boulez, artist; Karl-August Naegler, producer

36th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1993)

winner

Bartók: The Wooden Prince & Cantata Profana

Pierre Boulez, conductor; John Aler & John Tomlinson, artists; Karl-August Naegler, producer

35th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1992)

winner

Mahler: Symphony No. 9

Leonard Bernstein, conductor; Horst Dittberner, producer

34th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1991)

winner

Bernstein: Candide

Leonard Bernstein, conductor; June Anderson, Nicolai Gedda, Adolph Green, Jerry Hadley, Della Jones, Christa Ludwig & Kurt Ollmann, artists; Hans Weber, producer

33rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1990)

winner

Ives: Sym. No. 2; Gong On The Hook And Ladder; Central Park In The Dark; The Unanswered Question

Leonard Bernstein, artist; Hans Weber, producer

32nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1989)

winner

Bartók: 6 String Quartets

Emerson String Quartet (Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel & Philip Setzer), artists; Wolf Erichson, producer

31st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1988)

winner

Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses

Robert Shaw, artist; Robert Woods, producer

30th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1987)

winner

Horowitz In Moscow

Vladimir Horowitz, artist; Thomas Frost, producer

29th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1986)

winner

Horowitz - The Studio Recordings, New York 1985

Vladimir Horowitz, artist; Thomas Frost, producer

28th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1985)

winner

Berlioz: Requiem

John Aler & Robert Shaw, artists; Robert Woods, producer

27th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1984)

winner

Amadeus

Neville Marriner, artist; John Strauss, producer

26th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1983)

winner

Mahler: Symphony No. 9 In D

Georg Solti, artist; James Mallinson, producer

25th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1982)

winner

Bach: The Goldberg Variations

Glenn Gould, artist; Samuel H. Carter, producer

24th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1981)

winner

Mahler: Symphony No. 2 In C Minor

Georg Solti, artist; James Mallinson, producer

23rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1980)

winner

Berg: Lulu (Complete Version)

Pierre Boulez, artist; Gunther Breest & Michael Horwath, producers

22nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1979)

winner

Brahms: Symphonies (1-4)

Georg Solti, artist; James Mallinson, producer

21st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1978)

winner

Brahms: Concerto For Violin In D

Carlo Maria Giulini & Itzhak Perlman, artists; Christopher Bishop, producer

20th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1977)

winner

Concert Of The Century

Leonard Bernstein, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Vladimir Horowitz, Yehudi Menuhin, Mstislav Rostropovich, Isaac Stern & Lyndon Woodside, artists; Thomas Frost, producer

19th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1976)

winner

Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos

Daniel Barenboim, conductor; Artur Rubinstein, artist; Max Wilcox, producer

18th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1975)

winner

Beethoven: Symphonies (9) Complete

Georg Solti, artist; Raymond Minshull, producer

17th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1974)

winner

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

Georg Solti, artist; David Harvey, producer

16th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1973)

winner

Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra

Pierre Boulez, artist; Thomas Z. Shepard, producer

15th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1972)

winner

Mahler: Symphony No. 8 In E Flat (Symphony Of A Thousand)

Georg Solti, artist; David Harvey, producer

14th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1971)

winner

Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff (Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas)

Vladimir Horowitz, artist; Thomas Frost & Richard Killough, producers

13th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1970)

winner

Berlioz: Les Troyens

Colin Davis, artist; Erik Smith, producer

12th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1969)

winner

Switched-On-Bach

Walter Carlos, artist; Rachel Elkind, producer

10th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1967)

winner

Berg: Wozzeck

Pierre Boulez, artist; Thomas Z. Shepard, producer

winner

Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Symphony Of A Thousand)

Leonard Bernstein, artist; John McClure, producer

9th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1966)

winner

Ives: Symphony No. 1 In D Minor

Morton Gould, artist; Howard Scott, producer

8th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1965)

winner

Horowitz At Carnegie Hall - An Historic Return

Vladimir Horowitz, artist; Thomas Frost, producer

7th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1964)

winner

Bernstein: Symphony No. 3 "Kaddish"

Leonard Bernstein, artist

6th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1963)

winner

Britten: War Requiem

Benjamin Britten, artist

5th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1962)

winner

Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz

Vladimir Horowitz, artist

4th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1961)

winner

Stravinsky Conducts 1960: Le Sacre Du Printemps; Petrouchka

Igor Stravinsky, artist