The Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance has been handed out since 1961. Over the years the title of the category has undergone slight changes before it was changed to Best Choral Performance, it was first awarded as Best Classical Performance - Choral (including oratorio) after which it was changed to Best Classical Performance - Choral (other than opera) for the next three years. Later on it was changed from Best Choral Performance (other than opera) to Best Choral Performance, Classical (other than opera) and finally in 1995 it was fixed as Best Choral Performance. Acclaimed American conductor has won the award for Best Choral Performance eleven times making him the most awarded person in the category.
Winners: Best Choral Performance
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Year
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Winner/s
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Performance
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2009
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Simon Rattle (conductor); Simon Halsey (chorus master)
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Symphony Of Psalms
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2008
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Simon Rattle (conductor); Simon Halsey (chorus master) & Rundfunkchor Berlin; Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra)
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"Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem"
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2007
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Paul Hillier (conductor) & Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
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Pärt: Da Pacem
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2006
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Leonard Slatkin (conductor) & Jerry Blackstone, William Hammer, Jason Harris, Christopher Kiver, Carole Ott & Mary Alice Stollak (choir directors)
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Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience: Requiem performed by Christine Brewer, Measha Brueggergosman, Ilana Davidson, Nmon Ford, Linda Hohenfeld, Joan Morris, Carmen Pelton, Marietta Simpson & Thomas Young; Michigan State University Children's Choir, University Of Michigan Chamber Choir, University Of Michigan Orpheus Singers, University Of Michigan University Choir & University Musical Society Choral Union; University Of Michigan School Of Music Symphony Orchestra
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2005
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Robert Spano (conductor) & Norman Mackenzie (choir director)
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Berlioz: Requiem performed by Frank Lopardo & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
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2004
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Paavo Järvi (conductor), Tiia-Ester Loitme & Ants Soots (chorus masters)
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Sibelius: Cantatas performed by the Ellerhein Girls' Choir, the Estonian National Male Choir & the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
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2003
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Thomas Moore (producer), Michael J. Bishop (engineer), Robert Spano (conductor), Norman Mackenzie (chorus director), Christine Goerke, Brett Polegato & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
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Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Sym. No. 1)
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2002
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Martin Sauer (producer), Michael Brammann (engineer), Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor), Norbert Balatsch, Erwin Ortner (chorus masters), Bernarda Fink, Matthias Goerne, Dietrich Henschel, Elisabeth von Magnus, Christoph Prégardien, Dorothea Röschmann, Michael Schade, Christine Schäfer, Markus Schäfer, Oliver Widmer, the Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Wiener Sängerknaben & Concentus Musicus Wien
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Bach: St Matthew Passion
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2001
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Karen Wilson (producer), Don Harder (engineer), Helmuth Rilling (conductor) & the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra & Chorus
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Penderecki: Credo
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2000
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Robert Shafer (conductor), Betty Scott, Joan McFarland (choir directors), the Maryland Boys Choir, the Shenandoah Conservatory Chorus & the The Washington Chorus
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Britten: War Requiem
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1999
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Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
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Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard/Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem/Bartók: Cantata Profana
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1998
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Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
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Adams: Harmonium/Rachmaninoff: The Bells
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1997
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Andrew Litton (conductor), Neville Creed, David Hill (chorus masters) & the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
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Walton: Belshazzar's Feast
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1996
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Herbert Blomstedt (conductor), Vance George (choir director) & the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
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Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem
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1995
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John Eliot Gardiner (choir director), the Monteverdi Choir & the Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique
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Berlioz: Messe Solennelle
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1994
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Pierre Boulez (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
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Bartók: Cantata Profana
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1993
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Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
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Bach: Mass in B Minor
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1992
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Herbert Blomstedt (conductor), Vance George (choir director), the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Boys Chorus & the San Francisco Girls Chorus
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Orff: Carmina Burana
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1991
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Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
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Walton: Belshazzar's Feast/Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Missa Brevis
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1990
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Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
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Britten: War Requiem
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1989
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Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
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Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses
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1988
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Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
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Hindemith: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd
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1987
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James Levine (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
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Orff: Carmina Burana
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1986
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Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
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Berlioz: Requiem
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1985
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James Levine (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
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Brahms: A German Requiem
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1984
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Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
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Haydn: The Creation
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1983
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Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
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Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
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1982
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Neville Marriner (conductor) & the Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Chorus
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Haydn: The Creation
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1981
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Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor), Norbert Balatsch (chorus master) & the Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus
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Mozart: Requiem
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1980
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Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director), & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
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Brahms: A German Requiem
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1979
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Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
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Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
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1978
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Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
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Verdi: Requiem
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1977
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André Previn (conductor), Arthur Oldham (choir director) & the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
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Rachmaninoff: The Bells
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1976
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Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Robert Page (choir director) the Cleveland Boys Choir & Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
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Orff: Carmina Burana
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1975
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Colin Davis (conductor) the Ambrosian Singers, the Wandsworth School Boys Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
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Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust
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1974
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André Previn (conductor), Arthur Oldham (choir director) & the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
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Walton: Belshazzar's Feast
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1973
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Georg Solti (conductor), the Vienna Boys' Choir, the Vienna Singverein Chorus, the Vienna State Opera Chorus, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & various artists
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Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Flat (Symphony of a Thousand)
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1972
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Colin Davis (conductor), Russell Burgess, Arthur Oldham (choir directors) the Wandsworth School Boys Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
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Berlioz: Requiem
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1971
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Gregg Smith (choir director), the Gregg Smith Singers & the Columbia Chamber Ensemble
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Ives: New Music of Charles Ives
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1970
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Luciano Berio (conductor), Ward Swingle (choir director), The Swingle Singers & the New York Philharmonic
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Berio: Sinfonia
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1969
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Vittorio Negri (conductor), George Bragg, Gregg Smith, (choir directors), E. Power Biggs, the Edward Tarr Ensemble, the Gregg Smith Singers & the Texas Boys Choir
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The Glory of Gabrieli
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1968
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Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra & Choir
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Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major (Symphony of a Thousand)
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Eugene Ormandy (conductor), Robert Page (choir director), the Temple University Choir & the Philadelphia Orchestra
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Orff: Catulli Carmina
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1967
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Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Robert Shaw Orchestra & Chorale
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Handel: Messiah
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1966
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Robert Shaw (conductor), the Robert Shaw Chorale & the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
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Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms/Poulenc: Gloria
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1966
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Gregg Smith (conductor), Columbia Chamber Orchestra, Gregg Smith Singers and Ithaca College Concert Choir; George Bragg & Texas Boys Choir
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Charles Ives, Music: Chorus
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1965
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Robert Shaw (choir director) & the Robert Shaw Chorale
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Britten: A Ceremony of Carols
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1964
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Benjamin Britten (conductor), Edward Chapman, David Willcocks (choir directors), the Bach Choir, Highgate School Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra & Choir
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Britten: War Requiem
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1963
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Otto Klemperer (conductor), Wilhelm Pitz (choir director) & the Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus
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Bach: St. Matthew Passion
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1962
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Robert Shaw (choir director) & the Robert Shaw Orchestra & Chorale
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Bach: B Minor Mass
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1961
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Thomas Beecham (conductor) & the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
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Handel: Messiah
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