The Grammy Award for Best Classical Album has been handed since 1962. The Recording Academy has changed the title of the award several times over the years, the award was handed out as Album of the Year – Classical from 1962 to 1963, 1965 to 1972 and 1974 to 1976. It was changed to Classical Album of the Year in 1964 and 1977.In 1978 the Academy came up with the title that is still in use today - Best Classical Album. 1968 saw the only tie for the award between Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Symphony of a Thousand) performed by various artists & the London Symphony Orchestra and Berg: Wozzeck Pierre Boulez (conductor), Walter Berry, Ingeborg Lasser, Isabel Strauss, Fritz Uhl, Choeur Nationale de Paris & the Orchestra of Paris National Opera.
Winners: Grammys Best Classical Album
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Year
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Winner/s
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Album
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2009
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James Conlon (conductor); Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone & Audra McDonald; Fred Vogler (producer); Donnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich & Robert Wörle; Los Angeles Opera Orchestra; Los Angeles Opera Chorus
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Kurt Weill: Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny
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2006
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Tim Handley (producer), Leonard Slatkin (conductor), Jerry Blackstone, William Hammer, Jason Harris, Christopher Kiver, Carole Ott, & Marie Alice Stollack (choir directors), Christine Brewer and Joan Morris & University of Michigan School of Music Symphony Orchestra
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Bolcom: Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience
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2005
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John Adams, Lawrence Rock, Richard Elkind (producers), Lorin Maazel (conductor), the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, New York Choral Artists & the New York Philharmonic
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Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls
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2004
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Andreas Neubronner (producer), Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) & Michelle DeYoung
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Mahler: Symphony No. 3; Kindertotenlieder performed by Michelle DeYoung, Vance George, the Pacific Boychoir, the San Francisco Girl's Chorus & the San Francisco Symphony & Chorus
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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 (Symphony No. 1)
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2002
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James Mallinson (producer), Simon Rhodes (engineer), Colin Davis (conductor), Michelle DeYoung, Ben Heppner, Petra Lang, Peter Mattei, Stephen Milling, Sara Mingardo, Kenneth Tarver & the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
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Berlioz: Les Troyens
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2001 – Da-Hong Seetoo & Max Wilcox (producers & engineers) & the Emerson String Quartet
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Shostakovich: The String Quartets
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2000
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Andreas Neubronner (producer), Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), the Peninsula Boys Choir, the San Francisco Girl's Chorus & the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
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Stravinsky: The Firebird; The Rite of Spring; Persephone
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1999
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James Mallinson (producer), 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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Steven Epstein (producer), David Zinman (conductor), Yo-Yo Ma & the Philadelphia Orchestra – Premieres: Cello Concertos (Works of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse)
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1997
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Joanna Nickrenz (producer), Leonard Slatkin (conductor), Michelle De Young, various artists, the Washington Choral Arts Society Male Chorus, the Washington Oratorio Society Male Chorus & the National Symphony Orchestra
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Corigliano: Of Rage and Remembrance
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1996 – Karl-August Naegler (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Cleveland Orchestra & Chorus
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Debussy: La Mer; Nocturnes; Jeux
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1995 – Karl-August Naegler (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Bartók: Concerto
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Orchestra; Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12
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1994 – Karl-August Naegler (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), John Aler, John Tomlinson & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
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Bartók: The Wooden Prince & Cantata Profana
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1993
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Horst Dittberner (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
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Mahler: Symphony No. 9
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1992
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Hans Weber (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), June Anderson, Nicolai Gedda, Adolph Green, Jerry Hadley, Della Jones, Christa Ludwig, Kurt Ollmann & the London Symphony Orchestra
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Bernstein: Candide
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1991
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Hans Weber (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the New York Philharmonic
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Ives: Symphony No. 2; Gong on the Hook and Ladder; Central Park in the Dark; The Unanswered Question
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1990
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Wolf Erichson (producer) & the Emerson String Quartet
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Bartók: 6 String Quartets
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1989
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Robert Woods (producer), 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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Thomas Frost (producer) & Vladimir Horowitz
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Horowitz in Moscow
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1987
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Thomas Frost (producer) & Vladimir Horowitz
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Horowitz - The Studio Recordings, New York 1985
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1986
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Robert Woods (producer), Robert Shaw (conductor), John Aler & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
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Berlioz: Requiem
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1985
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John Strauss (producer), Neville Marriner (conductor), the Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Choristers of Westminster Abbey & the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
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Amadeus (Original Soundtrack)
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1984
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James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D
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1983
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Samuel H. Carter (producer) & Glenn Gould
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Bach: Goldberg Variations
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1982
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James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor
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1981
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Gunther Breest, Michael Horwath (producers), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Toni Blankenheim, Franz Mazura, Yvonne Minton, Teresa Stratas, & the Orchestre de l'Opera de Paris
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Berg: Lulu
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1980
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James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Brahms: Symphonies (1, 2, 3 & 4)
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1979
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Christopher Bishop (producer), Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor), Itzhak Perlman & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Brahms: Concerto - Violin in D
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1978
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Thomas Frost (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Vladimir Horowitz, Yehudi Menuhin, Mstislav Rostropovich, Isaac Stern, Lyndon Woodside & the New York Philharmonic
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Concert of the Century
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1977
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Max Wilcox (producer), Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Arthur Rubinstein & the London Philharmonic Orchestra
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Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos
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1976
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Raymond Minshull (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Beethoven: Symphonies (9) Complete
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1975
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David Harvey (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
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1974
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Thomas Z. Shepard (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the New York Philharmonic
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Bartók: Concerto - Orchestra
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1973
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David Harvey (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), various artists, the Vienna Boys' Choir, the Vienna Singverein Chorus & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Flat (Symphony of a Thousand)
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1972
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Thomas Frost, Richard Killough (producers) & Vladimir Horowitz
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Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff (Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas)
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1971
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Erik Smith (producer), Colin Davis (conductor), various artists & the Royal Opera House Orchestra & Chorus
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Berlioz: Les Troyens
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1970
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Rachel Elkind (producer) & Walter Carlos – Switched-On Bach
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1969
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none
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1968
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John McClure (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), various artists & the London Symphony Orchestra
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Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Symphony of a Thousand)
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1968
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Thomas Z. Shepard (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Walter Berry, Ingeborg Lasser, Isabel Strauss, Fritz Uhl, Choeur Nationale de Paris & the Orchestra of Paris National Opera
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Berg: Wozzeck
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1967
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Howard Scott (producer), Morton Gould (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Ives: Symphony No. 1 in D Minor
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1966
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Thomas Frost (producer) & Vladimir Horowitz
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Horowitz at Carnegie Hall: An Historic Return
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1965
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Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the New York Philharmonic
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Bernstein: Symphony No. 3 "Kaddish"
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1964
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Benjamin Britten (conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra
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Britten: War Requiem
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1963
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Vladimir Horowitz
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Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz
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1962
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Igor Stravinsky (conductor) & the Columbia Symphony Orchestra
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Stravinsky Conducts 1960: Le Sacre du Printemps; Petrushka
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