The Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording, Classical has been awarded since 1959. The award had several minor name changes:
In 1959 the award was known as Best Engineered Record (Classical) From 1960 to 1962 it was awarded as Best Engineering Contribution - Classical Recording From 1963 to 1964 it was awarded as Best Engineered Recording - Classical In 1965 it was awarded as Best Engineered Recording From 1966 to 1994 it returned to the title Best Engineered Recording, Classical From 1966 to 1994 it was awarded as Best Classical Engineered Recording Since 1992 it has been awarded as Best Engineered Album, Classical
This award is presented alongside the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. From 1960 to 1965 a further award was presented for Best Engineered Recording - Special or Novel Effects.
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.
The award is presented to engineers (and, if applicable, mastering engineers), not to artists, orchestras, conductors or other performers on the winning works, except if the engineer is also a credited performer.
Winners and nominees Year Recipients(s) Work Performing artist(s)NomineesPerformers are in parenthesesRef.1959 Sherwood Hall III (engineer) Duets with Spanish Guitar Laurindo Almeida & Salli Terri 1960 Lewis W. Layton (engineer) Victory at Sea, Vol. I Robert Russell Bennett 1961 Hugh Davies (engineer) The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Almeida Laurindo Almeida 1962 Lewis W. Layton (engineer) Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Charles Münch (conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra 1963 Lewis W. Layton (engineer) Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra Fritz Reiner (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1964 Lewis W. Layton (engineer) Puccini: Madama Butterfly Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra 1965 Douglas Larter (engineer) Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) & the Philharmonia Orchestra 1966 Fred Plaut (engineer) Horowitz at Carnegie Hall - An Historic Return Vladimir Horowitz 1967 Anthony Salvatore (engineer) Wagner: Lohengrin Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), the Pro Musica Chorus & the Boston Symphony Orchestra 1968 Edward (Bud) T. Graham (engineer) The Glorious Sound of Brass Philadelphia Brass Ensemble 1969 Gordon Parry (engineer) Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D Georg Solti (conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra 1970 Wendy Carlos Switched-On Bach Wendy Carlos 1971 Arthur Kendy, Fred Plaut, Ray Moore (engineers) Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Cleveland Orchestra 1972 Vittorio Negri (engineer) Berlioz: Requiem Colin Davis (conductor), the Wandsworth School Boys Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra 1973 Gordon Parry, Kenneth Wilkinson (engineers) Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Symphony of a Thousand) Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1974 Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Ray Moore (engineers) Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the New York Philharmonic 1975 Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1976 Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Milton Cherin, Ray Moore (engineers) Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (Complete Ballet) Pierre Boulez (conductor), the Camarata Singers & the New York Philharmonic 1977 Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Milton Cherin, Ray Moore (engineers) Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), George Gershwin, & the Columbia Jazz Band1978 Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) Ravel: Bolero Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra1979 Arthur Kendy, Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Ray Moore (engineers) Varèse: Ameriques/Arcana/Ionisation (Boulez Conducts Varese) Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the New York Philharmonic 1980 Anthony Salvatore (engineer) Sondheim: Sweeney Todd Original Cast with Angela Lansbury & Len Cariou 1981 Karl-August Naegler (engineer) Berg: Lulu (Complete Version) Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Orchestre de l'Opera de Paris 1982 Andrew Kazdin, Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Ray Moore (engineers) Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration Zubin Mehta (conductor), Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, & the New York Philharmonic 1983 Paul Goodman (engineer) Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E Minor (Song of the Night) James Levine (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1984 James Lock (engineer) Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1985 Paul Goodman (engineer) Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B Flat, Op. 100 Leonard Slatkin (conductor) & the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra 1986 Jack Renner (engineer) Berlioz: Requiem Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra 1987 Paul Goodman (engineer) Horowitz - The Studio Recordings, New York 1985 Vladimir Horowitz 1988 Jack Renner (engineer) Fauré: Requiem/Duruflé: Requiem Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra 1989 Jack Renner (engineer) Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra 1990 Jack Renner (engineer) Britten: War Requiem Robert Shaw (conductor), the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & the Atlanta Boy Choir 1991 Jack Renner (engineer) Rachmaninoff: Vespers Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Robert Shaw Festival Singers 1992 Gregor Zielinsky (engineer) Bernstein: Candide Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra 1993 James Lock, John Pellowe, Jonathan Stokes & Philip Siney (engineers) R. Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten Georg Solti (conductor) & the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra 1994 Rainer Maillard (engineer) Bartók: The Wooden Prince & Cantata Profana Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 1995 William Hoekstra (engineer) Copland: Music for Films (The Red Pony, Our Town, Etc.) Leonard Slatkin (conductor) & the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra 1996 Jonathan Stokes, Michael Mailes (engineers) Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; "Kossuth" - Symphonic Poem Herbert Blomstedt (conductor) & the San Francisco Symphony 1997 Lawrence Rock, William Hoekstra (engineers) Copland: Dance Symphony; Short Symphony; Organ Symphony Leonard Slatkin (conductor) & the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra 1998 Michael J. Bishop, Jack Renner (engineers) Copland: The Music of America (Fanfare for the Common Man; Rodeo, etc.) Erich Kunzel (conductor) & the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra 1999 Jack Renner (engineer) Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard/Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem/Bartók: Cantata Profana Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2000 Markus Heiland (engineer) Stravinsky: The Firebird; The Rite of Spring; Perséphone Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), the Peninsula Boys Choir, the San Francisco Girl's Chorus & the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2001 John M. Eargle (engineer) Dvořák: Requiem, Op. 89; Sym. No. 9, Op. 95 "From the New World" Zdeněk Mácal 2002 Richard King (engineer) Bernstein (Arr. Brohn & Corigliano): West Side Story Suite (Lonely Town; Make Our Garden Grow, Etc.) Joshua Bell 2003 Michael J. Bishop (engineer) Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Sym. No. 1) Robert Spano (conductor), Norman Mackenzie (chorus director), & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2004 Richard King & Todd Whitelock (engineers) Obrigado Brazil Yo-Yo Ma 2005 Jack Renner (engineer) Higdon: City Scape; Concerto for Orchestra Robert Spano & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra 2006 Da-Hong Seetoo (engineer) Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets Emerson String Quartet 2007 Michael J. Bishop (engineer) Elgar: Enigma Variations; Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Four Sea Interludes Paavo Järvi & the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra 2008 John Newton (engineer) Grechaninov: Passion Week Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Bach Choir & the Kansas City Chorale 2009 David Frost, Tom Lazarus & Christopher Willis, engineers Traditions and Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road Chicago Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Alan Gilbert, Silk Road Ensemble, Wu Man, Yo-Yo Ma & Chicago Symphony Orchestra 2010 Peter Laenger (engineer) Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10 Michael Tilson Thomas & the San Francisco Symphony 2011 TIE Mark Donahue, John Hill & Dirk Sobotka (engineers) Leslie Ann Jones, Kory Kruckenberg, Brandie Lane & David Sabee (engineers) Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina Porter, Quincy: Complete Viola Works Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony Orchestra Eliesha Nelson & John McLaughlin Williams 2012 Byeong-Joon Hwang and John Newton (engineers); Jesse Lewis (master engineer) Aldridge: Elmer Gantry William Boggs, Keith Phares, Patricia Risley, Vale Rideout, Frank Kelley, Heather Buck, Florentine Opera Chorus & Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra 2013 Tom Caulfield & John Newton (engineers); Mark Donahue (mastering engineer) Life & Breath - Choral Works by Casper Clausen Charles Bruffy & the Kansas City Chorale 2014 David Frost, Brian Losch & Tim Martyn (engineers); Tim Martyn (mastering engineer) Winter Morning Walks Dawn Upshaw, Maria Schneider, the Australian Chamber Orchestra & the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra 2015 Michael Bishop (engineer/mastering engineer) Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem; Symphony No. 4; The Lark Ascending Robert Spano, Norman Mackenzie, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2016 Leslie Ann Jones, John Kilgore, Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum & Justin Merrill (engineers); Patricia Sullivan (mastering engineer) Ask Your Mama San Francisco Ballet Orchestra & George Manahan Keith O. Johnson & Sean Royce Martin (engineers); Keith O. Johnson (mastering engineer) – Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, 'Organ''' (Kansas City Symphony & Michael Stern) Byeong Joon Hwang & John Newton (engineers); Mark Donahue (mastering engineer) – Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Chorale & Kansas City Chorale) Robert Friedrich (engineer); Michael Bishop (mastering engineer) – Monteverdi: Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria (Martin Pearlman, Jennifer Rivera, Fernando Guimarães & Boston Baroque) Dmitry Lipay (engineer); Alexander Lipay (mastering engineer) – Dutilleux: Métaboles; L'Arbre Des Songes; Symphony No. 2, 'Le Double' (Seattle Sympnony, Ludovic Morlot & Augustin Hadelich}} |style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2017 | Mark Donahue, David L. Williams & Fred Vogler (engineers) | Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles| James Conlon, Guanqun Yu, Joshua Guerrero, Patricia Racette, Christopher Maltman, Lucy Schaufer, Lucas Meachem, LA Opera Chorus & Orchestra | |style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2018 | Mark Donahue (engineer) | Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio| Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | |style="text-align:center;"|Grammy.com, 28 November 2017 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2019 | Shawn Murphy & Nick Squire (engineers); Tim Martyn (mastering engineer) | Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11| Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andris Nelsons | |style="text-align:center;"|Grammy.com, 7 December 2018 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2020 | Leslie Ann Jones (engineer); Robert C. Ludwig (mastering engineer) | Riley: Sun Rings| Kronos Quartet | |style="text-align:center;"|2020 Grammy Awards nominations list |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2021 | David Frost & Charlie Post (engineers); Silas Brown (mastering engineer) | Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, Babi Yar| Riccardo Muti & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | |style="text-align:center;"|2021 Nominations List |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2022 | Leslie Ann Jones & Michael Rowanoski, engineer | Chanticleer Sings Christmas| Chanticleer | |style="text-align:center;"| |- !2023 |Shawn Murphy, Charlie Post & Gary Rydstrom (engineers); Michael Rowanowski (mastering engineer) | Bates: Philharmonia Fantastique - The Making of the Orchestra| Edwin Outwater (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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