Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance

Template:Short description Template:Infobox award The Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance was awarded from 1959 to 2011. The award was discontinued in 2012 in a major overhaul of Grammy categories; since 2012, recordings in this category have fallen under the Best Small Ensemble Performance category. The award has had several minor name changes:

• From 1959 to 1960 the award was known as Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music (including chamber orchestra)
• In 1961 it was awarded as Best Classical Performance - Vocal or Instrumental - Chamber Music
• From 1962 to 1964 it was awarded as Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music
• In 1965 it was awarded as two awards for Best Chamber Music Performance - Vocal and Best Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental
• From 1966 to 1967 it was awarded as Best Classical Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental or Vocal
• From 1968 to 1990 it was awarded as Best Chamber Music Performance
• In 1991 it was awarded as Best Chamber Music or Other Small Ensemble Performance
• From 1992 to 2011 it has been awarded as Best Chamber Music Performance

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.

Recipients

Year	Winner(s)	Title	Nominees	Ref.
1959	Hollywood String Quartet	Beethoven: Quartet 130	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1960	Arthur Rubinstein	Beethoven: Sonata No. 21 in C (Waldstein); Sonata No. 18 in E Flat	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1961	Laurindo Almeida	Conversations with the Guitar	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1962	Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky, William Primrose	Beethoven: Serenade, Op. 8; Kodály: Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1963	Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky, William Primrose	The Heifetz-Piatgorsky Concerts with Primrose, Pennario and Guests	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1964	Julian Bream Consort	An Evening of Elizabethan Music	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1965	Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky, Jacob Lateiner	Beethoven: Trio No. 1 in E Flat, Op. 1, No. 1	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Noah Greenberg conducting New York Pro Musica	It Was a Lover and His Lass (Morley, Byrd and Others)	Template:Smalldiv
1966	Juilliard String Quartet	Bartók: The 6 String Quartets	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1967	Boston Symphony Chamber Players	Boston Symphony Chamber Players - Works of Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven, Fine, Copland, Carter, Piston	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1968	Ravi Shankar, Yehudi Menuhin	West Meets East	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1969	Vittorio Negri (conductor), E Power Biggs with the Edward Tarr Brass Ensemble & Gabrieli Consort	Glory of Gabrieli Vol. II - Canzonas for Brass, Winds, Strings and Organs	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1970	Chicago Brass Ensemble, Cleveland Brass Ensemble, and Philadelphia Brass Ensemble	Gabrieli: Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli (Canzoni for Brass Choirs)	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1971	Eugene Istomin, Isaac Stern, Leonard Rose	Beethoven: The Complete Piano Trios	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1972	Juilliard String Quartet	Debussy: Quartet in G Minor; Ravel: Quartet in F Major	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1973	Julian Bream, John Williams	Julian and John (selections by Lawes, Carulli, Albéniz, Granados)	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1974	Gunther Schuller (conductor), New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble	Joplin: The Red Back Book	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1975	Pierre Fournier, Arthur Rubinstein & Henryk Szeryng	Brahms: Trios (Complete)/Schumann: Trio No. 1 in D Minor	Template:Smalldiv
1976	Arthur Rubinstein, Henryk Szeryng, Pierre Fournier	Schubert: Trios No. 1 in B Flat Major, Op. 99 and No. 2 in E Flat Major, Op. 100 (Piano Trios)	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1977	David Munrow (conductor), Early Music Consort of London	The Art of Courtly Love	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1978	Juilliard String Quartet	Schoenberg: Quartets for Strings (Complete)	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1979	Itzhak Perlman, Vladimir Ashkenazy	Beethoven: Sonatas for Violin and Piano (Complete)	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1980	Dennis Russell Davies (conductor) and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra	Copland: Appalachian Spring	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1981	Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman	Music for 2 Violins (Moszkowski: Suite for 2 Violins; Shostakovich: Duets; Prokofiev: Sonata for 2 Violins)	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1982	Itzhak Perlman, Lynn Harrell and Vladimir Ashkenazy	Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1983	Richard Stoltzman, Richard Goode	Brahms: The Sonatas for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 120	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1984	Mstislav Rostropovich, Rudolf Serkin	Brahms: Sonata for Cello and Piano in E Minor, Op. 38, and Sonata in F Major, Op. 99	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1985	Juilliard String Quartet	Beethoven: The Late String Quartets	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1986	Emmanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma	Brahms: Cello and Piano Sonatas in E Major and F Major	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1987	Emmanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma	Beethoven: Cello and Piano Sonata No. 4 in C and Variations	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1988	Itzhak Perlman, Lynn Harrell, Vladimir Ashkenazy	Beethoven: The Complete Piano Trios	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1989	Murray Perahia, Georg Solti, David Corkhill, Evelyn Glennie	Bartók: Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion; Brahms: Variation on a Theme by Joseph Haydn for 2 Piano	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1990	Emerson String Quartet	Bartók: 6 String Quartets	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1991	Daniel Barenboim, Itzhak Perlman	Brahms: The Three Violin Sonatas	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1992	Emanuel Ax, Isaac Stern, Jaime Laredo, Yo-Yo Ma	Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartets	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1993	Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma	Brahms: Sonatas for Cello and Piano	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1994	Emerson String Quartet	Ives: String Quartets	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1995	Daniel Barenboim, Dale Clevenger, Larry Combs, Daniele Damiano, Hansjorg Schellenberger, Berlin Philharmonic	Beethoven/Mozart: Quintets (Chicago-Berlin)	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1996	Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma, Richard Stoltzman	Brahms/Beethoven/Mozart: Clarinet Trios	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1997	Cleveland Quartet	Corigliano: String Quartet	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1998	Emerson Quartet	Beethoven: The String Quartets	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1999	André Previn, Gil Shaham	American Scenes (Works of Copland, Previn, Barber, Gershwin)	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2000	Anne-Sophie Mutter, Lambert Orkis	Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas (Nos. 1-3, Op. 12; Nos. 1-3, Op. 30; "Spring" Sonata, etc.)	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2001	Emerson String Quartet	Shostakovich: The String Quartets	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2002	The Angeles String Quartet	Haydn: The Complete String Quartets	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2003	Takács Quartet	Beethoven: String Quartets ("Razumovsky", Op. 59, 1-3; "Harp", Op. 74)	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2004	Kronos Quartet, Dawn Upshaw	Berg: Lyric Suite	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2005	Martha Argerich, Mikhail Pletnev	Prokofiev (Arr. Pletnev): Cinderella - Suite for Two Pianos; Ravel: Ma Mère L'Oye	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2006	Emerson String Quartet	Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2007	Emerson String Quartet	Intimate Voices	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2008	Eighth Blackbird	Strange Imaginary Animals	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2009	Pacifica Quartet	Elliott Carter: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 5	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2010	Emerson Quartet	Intimate Letters	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2011	Parker Quartet	Ligeti: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>