The Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording, Classical has been handed out since 1959. It was known as Best Engineered Record (Classical) in 1959. It was titled Best Engineering Contribution - Classical Recording from 1960 to 1962. It was awarded as Best Engineered Recording - Classical from 1963 to 1964. The titled was changed again in 1965 and it was awarded as Best engineered Recording. From 1966 to 1994 it was awarded as Best Classical Engineered Recording. In 1992 the current title, Best Engineered Album, Classical, was introduced.
Winners: Grammys Best Engineered Album, Classical
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Year
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Winner/s
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Album
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2006
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Da-Hong Seetoo (engineer)
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Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets performed by Emerson String Quartet
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2005
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Jack Renner (engineer)
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Higdon: City Scape; Concerto - Orchestra performed by Robert Spano & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
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2004
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Richard King & Todd Whitelock (engineers)
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Obrigado Brazil performed by Yo-Yo Ma
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2003
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Michael J. Bishop (engineer), Robert Spano (conductor), Norman Mackenzie (chorus director), & 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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Richard King (engineer) & Joshua Bell
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Bernstein (Arr. Brohn & Corigliano): West Side Story Suite (Lonely Town; Make Our Garden Grow, Etc.)
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2001
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John Eargle (engineer) & Zdenìk Mácal (conductor)
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Dvoøák: Requiem, Op. 89; Sym. No. 9, Op. 95 "From the New World"
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2000
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Markus Heiland (engineer), 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; Perséphone
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1999
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Jack Renner (engineer), 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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Michael J. Bishop, Jack Renner (engineers), Erich Kunzel (conductor) & the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
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Copland: The Music of America (Fanfare - the Common Man; Rodeo, etc.)
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1997
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Lawrence Rock, William Hoekstra (engineers), Leonard Slatkin (conductor) & the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
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Copland: Dance Symphony; Short Symphony; Organ Symphony
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1996
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Jonathan Stokes, Michael Mailes (engineers), Herbert Blomstedt (conductor) & the San Francisco Symphony
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Bartók: Concerto - Orchestra; "Kossuth" - Symphonic Poem
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1995
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William Hoekstra (engineer), Leonard Slatkin (conductor) & the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
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Copland: Music - Films (The Red Pony, Our Town, Etc.)
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1994
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Rainer Maillard (engineer), Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
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Bartók: The Wooden Prince & Cantata Profana
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1993
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James Lock, John Pellowe, Jonathan Stokes & Philip Siney (engineers), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
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R. Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten
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1992
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Gregor Zielinsky (engineer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra
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Bernstein: Candide
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1991
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Jack Renner (engineer), Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Robert Shaw Festival Singers
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Rachmaninoff: Vespers
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1990
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Jack Renner (engineer), Robert Shaw (conductor), the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & the Atlanta Boy Choir
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Britten: War Requiem
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1989
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Jack Renner (engineer), Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
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Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses
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1988
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Jack Renner (engineer), Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
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Fauré: Requiem/Duruflé: Requiem
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1987
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Paul Goodman (engineer) & Vladimir Horowitz
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Horowitz - The Studio Recordings, New York 1985
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1986
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Jack Renner (engineer), Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & chorus
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Berlioz: Requiem
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1985
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Paul Goodman (engineer), Leonard Slatkin (conductor) & the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
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Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B Flat, Op. 100
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1984
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James Lock (engineer), 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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Paul Goodman (engineer), James Levine (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E Minor (Song of the Night)
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1982
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Andrew Kazdin, Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Ray Moore (engineers), Zubin Mehta (conductor), Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, & the New York Philharmonic
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Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration
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1981
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Karl-August Naegler (engineer), Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Orchestre de l'Opera de Paris
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Berg: Lulu (Complete Version)
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1980
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Anthony Salvatore (engineer) & the original cast with Angela Lansbury & Len Cariou
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Sondheim: Sweeney Todd
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1979
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Arthur Kendy, Edward T. Graham, Ray Moore (engineers), Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the New York Philharmonic
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Varèse: Ameriques/Arcana/Ionisation (Boulez Conducts Varese)
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1978
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Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Ravel: Bolero
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1977
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Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Milton Cherin, Ray Moore (engineers), Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), George Gershwin, & the Columbia Jazz Band
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Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
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1976
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Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Milton Cherin, Ray Moore (engineers), Pierre Boulez (conductor), the Camarata Singers & the New York Philharmonic
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Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (Complete Ballet)
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1975
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Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
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1974
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Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Ray Moore (engineers), Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the New York Philharmonic
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Bartók: Concerto - Orchestra
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1973
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Gordon Parry, Kenneth Wilkinson (engineers) Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Symphony of a Thousand)
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1972
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Vittorio Negri (engineer), Colin Davis (conductor), the Wandsworth School Boys Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra
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Berlioz: Requiem
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1971
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Arthur Kendy, Fred Plaut, Ray Moore (engineers), Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Cleveland Orchestra
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Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps
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1970
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Walter Carlos (engineer & artist)
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Switched-On Bach
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1969
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Gordon Parry (engineer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra
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Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D
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1968
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Edward T. Graham (engineer) & the Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
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The Glorious Sound of Brass
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1967
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Anthony Salvatore (engineer), Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), the Pro Musica Chorus & the Boston Symphony Orchestra
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Wagner: Lohengrin
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1966
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Fred Plaut (engineer) & Vladimir Horowitz
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Horowitz at Carnegie Hall - An Historic Return
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1965
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Douglas Larter (engineer), Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) & the Philharmonia Orchestra
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Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
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1964
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Lewis W. Layton (engineer), Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly
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1963
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Lewis W. Layton (engineer), Fritz Reiner (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra
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1962
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Lewis W. Layton (engineer), Charles Münch (conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra
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Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
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1961
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Hugh Davies (engineer) & Laurindo Almeida
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The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Almeida
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1960
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Lewis W. Layton (engineer), Robert Russell Bennett (conductor) & the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
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Victory at Sea, Vol. I
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1959
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Sherwood Hall III (engineer), Laurindo Almeida & Salli Terri
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Duets with a Spanish Guitar
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