Grammy Award for Best Classical Album

The Grammy Award for Best Classical Album was awarded from 1962 to 2011. The award had several minor name changes:

• From 1962 to 1963, 1965 to 1972 and 1974 to 1976 the award was known as Album of the Year – Classical
• In 1964 and 1977 it was awarded as Classical Album of the Year
• In 1973 and from 1978 onward it was awarded as Best Classical Album

The award was discontinued in 2012 in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. From then on, recordings in this category fall under the Album of the Year category.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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

Winners and nominees

Year	Winner(s)	Title	Nominees	Ref.
1962	Igor Stravinsky (conductor), Columbia Symphony	Stravinsky Conducts, '60: Le Sacre du Primtemps; Petrushka	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1963	Vladimir Horowitz	Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1964	Benjamin Britten (conductor), London Symphony Orchestra	Britten: War Requiem	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1965	Leonard Bernstein (conductor), New York Philharmonic	Bernstein: Symphony No. 3 (Kaddish)	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1966	Thomas Frost (producer), Vladimir Horowitz	Horowitz at Carnegie Hall, An Historic Return	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1967	Howard Scott (producer), Morton Gould (conductor), Chicago Symphony	Ives: Symphony No. 1 in D minor	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1968	John McClure (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), London Symphony with soloists and choruses	Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major (Symphony of a Thousand)	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Thomas Z. Shepard (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Doench, Isabel Strauss, Walter Berry, Fritz Uhl, Orchestra and Chorus of the Paris National Opera	Berg: Wozzeck
1969	No award given
1970	Rachel Elkind (producer), Wendy Carlos	Switched-On Bach	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1971	Erik Smith (producer), Colin Davis (conductor), Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus	Berlioz: Les Troyens	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1972	Thomas Frost, Richard Killough (producers), Vladimir Horowitz	Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1973	David Harvey (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), Chicago Symphony, Vienna Boys Choir, Vienna Singervin Chorus	Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major (Symphony of a Thousand)	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1974	Thomas Z. Shepard (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), New York Philharmonic	Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1975	David Harvey (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), Chicago Symphony	Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1976	Raymond Minshull (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), Chicago Symphony	Beethoven: Symphonies (9) Complete	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1977	Max Wilcox (producer), Daniel Barenboim (conductor), London Philharmonic	Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1978	Thomas Frost (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), Vladimir Horowitz, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Isaac Stern, Mstislav Rostropovich, Yehudi Menuhin, Lyndon Woodside	Concert of the Century	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1979	Christopher Bishop (producer), Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor), Chicago Symphony	Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D major	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1980	James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), Chicago Symphony Orchestra	Brahms: Symphonies (Complete)	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1981	Gunther Breest, Michael Horwath (producers), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Orchestre de l'Opera de Paris	Berg: Lulu	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1982	James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus	Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1983	Samuel H. Carter (producer), Glenn Gould	Bach: Goldberg Variations	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1984	James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), Chicago Symphony	Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D major	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1985	John Strauss (producer), Neville Marriner (conductor), Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Choristers of Westminster Abbey	Amadeus (Soundtrack)	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1986	Robert Woods (producer), Robert Shaw (conductor), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus	Berlioz: Requiem	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1987	Thomas Frost (producer), Vladimir Horowitz	Horowitz: The Studio Recordings, New York '85	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1988	Thomas Frost (producer), Vladimir Horowitz	Horowitz in Moscow	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1989	Robert Woods (producer), Robert Shaw (conductor), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus	Verdi: Requiem and Operatic Choruses	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1990	Wolf Erichson (producer), Emerson String Quartet	Bartók: 6 String Quartets	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1991	Hans Weber (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), New York Philharmonic	Ives: Symphony No. 2; The Gong on the Hook and Ladder; Central Park in the Dark; The Unanswered Question	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1992	Hans Weber (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), Kurt Ollmann, June Anderson, Nicolai Gedda, Adolph Green, Jerry Hadley, Della Jones, Christa Ludwig, London Symphony Orchestra	Bernstein: Candide	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1993	Horst Dittberner (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra	Mahler: Symphony No. 9	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1994	Karl-August Naegler (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, John Aler, John Tomlinson	Bartók: The Wooden Prince and Cantata Profana	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1995	Karl-August Naegler (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Chicago Symphony Orchestra	Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1996	Karl-August Naegler (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Cleveland Orchestra & Chorus	Debussy: La Mer; Nocturnes; Jeux Etc.	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1997	Joanna Nickrenz (producer), Leonard Slatkin (conductor), Michelle de Young, Washington Oratorio Society Male Chorus, National Symphony Orchestra	Corigliano: Of Rage and Remembrance	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1998	Steven Epstein (producer), David Zinman (conductor), Yo-Yo Ma, Philadelphia Orchestra	Premieres – Cello Concertos (Works of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse)	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1999	James Mallinson (producer), Robert Shaw (conductor), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Choir	Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard/Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem/Bartók: Cantata Profana	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2000	Andreas Neubronner (producer), Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Ragazzi Boys' Choir, San Francisco Girl's Chorus, San Francisco Symphony & Chorus	Stravinsky: The Firebird; The Rite of Spring; Perséphone	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2001	Da-Hong Seetoo, Max Wilcox (producers), Emerson String Quartet	Shostakovich: The String Quartets	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2002	James Mallinson (producer), Simon Rhodes (engineer), Colin Davis (conductor), Michelle DeYoung, Ben Heppner, Petra Lang, Peter Mattei, Stephen Milling, Sara Mingardo, Kenneth Tarver, London Symphony Orchestra	Berlioz: Les Troyens	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2003	Thomas Moore (producer), Michael J. Bishop (engineer), Robert Spano (conductor), Norman Mackenzie, Christine Goerke, Brett Polegato, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus	Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Symphony No. 1)	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2004	Andreas Neubronner (producer), Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Michelle DeYoung, San Francisco Symphony	Mahler: Symphony No. 3; Kindertotenlieder	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2005	John Adams, Lawrence Rock, Richard Elkind (producers), Lorin Maazel (conductor), Brooklyn Youth Chorus, New York Choral Artists, New York Philharmonic	Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2006	Tim Handley (producer), Leonard Slatkin (conductor), Jerry Blackstone, William Hammer, Jason Harris, Christopher Kiver, Carole Ott, Mary Alice Stollak (choir directors), Christine Brewer, Joan Morris, University of Michigan School of Music Symphony Orchestra	Bolcom: Songs of Innocence and of Experience	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2007	Andreas Neubronner (producer), Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), San Francisco Symphony	Mahler: Symphony No. 7	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2008	Tim Handley (producer), Leonard Slatkin (conductor), Nashville Symphony	Tower: Made in America	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2009	Fred Vogler (producer), James Conlon (conductor), Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald, various artists, Los Angeles Opera Orchestra and Chorus	Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2010	Andreas Neubronner (producer), Peter Laenger, Andreas Neubronner, (engineers), Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Ragnar Bohlin, Kevin Fox, Susan McMane (choir directors), various artists, San Francisco Symphony & Chorus	Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio from Symphony No. 10	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2011	Christopher Alder (producer), Tom Lazarus, Christopher Willis, Silas Brown (engineers), Riccardo Muti (conductor), Duain Wolfe (chorus master), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus, various artists	Verdi: Requiem	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>