Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance | |
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Awarded for | quality choral performances |
Country | United States |
Presented by | National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |
First awarded | 1961 |
Currently held by | Uusinta Ensemble – Saariaho: Reconnaissance (2024) |
Website | grammy.com |
The Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance has been awarded since 1961. There have been several minor changes to the name of the award over this time:
Prior to 1961 the awards for opera and choral performances were combined into a single award for Best Classical Performance, Operatic or Choral.
The award goes to the Conductor, and to the Choral Director and/or Chorus Master where applicable and to the Choral Organization/Ensemble.
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year. Performers who were not eligible for an award (such as orchestras, soloists or choirs) are mentioned between brackets. From 2017, the choral organization/ensemble does receive an Award.
Year[I] | Recipient(s) | Work | Performing artist(s) | Nominees Performing artist(s) in parentheses |
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1961 | Thomas Beecham (conductor) | Handel: Messiah | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus |
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1962 | Robert Shaw (choir director) | Bach: B Minor Mass | Robert Shaw Orchestra & Chorale |
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[2] |
1963 | Otto Klemperer (conductor); Wilhelm Pitz (choir director) | Bach: St. Matthew Passion | Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus |
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[3] |
1964 | Benjamin Britten (conductor); Edward Chapman, David Willcocks (choir directors) | Britten: War Requiem | Bach Choir, Highgate School Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra & Choir |
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[4] |
1965 | Robert Shaw (choir director) | Britten: A Ceremony of Carols | Robert Shaw Chorale |
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[5] |
1966 | Robert Shaw (conductor) | Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms/Poulenc: Gloria | Robert Shaw Chorale & the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra |
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[6] |
1967 | Robert Shaw (conductor) | Handel: Messiah | Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra |
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[7] |
Gregg Smith (conductor); George Bragg (choir director) [a] | Ives: Music for Chorus | Ithaca College Concert Choir, Gregg Smith Singers & Texas Boys Choir; Columbia Chamber Orchestra | |||
1968 | Leonard Bernstein (conductor) | Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major (Symphony of a Thousand) | London Symphony Orchestra & Choir |
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[11] |
Eugene Ormandy (conductor), Robert Page (choir director) | Orff: Catulli Carmina | Temple University Choir & the Philadelphia Orchestra | |||
1969 | Vittorio Negri (conductor), George Bragg, Gregg Smith, (choir directors) | The Glory of Gabrieli | Gregg Smith Singers & Texas Boys Choir |
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[12] |
1970 | Luciano Berio (conductor), Ward Swingle (choir director) | Berio: Sinfonia | The Swingle Singers & the New York Philharmonic |
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[13] |
1971 | Gregg Smith (choir director), | Ives: New Music of Charles Ives | Gregg Smith Singers & Columbia Chamber Ensemble |
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[14] |
1972 | Colin Davis (conductor); Russell Burgess, Arthur Oldham (choir directors) | Berlioz: Requiem | Wandsworth School Boys Choir & London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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[15] |
1973 | Georg Solti (conductor) | Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Flat (Symphony of a Thousand) | Vienna Boys Choir, Vienna Singverein Chorus & Vienna State Opera Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
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[16] |
1974 | André Previn (conductor), Arthur Oldham (choir director) | Walton: Belshazzar's Feast | London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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[17] |
1975 | Colin Davis (conductor) | Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust | Ambrosian Singers, Wandsworth School Boys Choir & London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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[18] |
1976 | Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Robert Page (choir director) | Orff: Carmina Burana | Cleveland Boys Choir & Cleveland Orchestra Chorus |
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[19] |
1977 | André Previn (conductor), Arthur Oldham (choir director) | Rachmaninoff: The Bells | London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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[20] |
1978 | Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) | Verdi: Requiem | Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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[21] |
1979 | Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) | Beethoven: Missa Solemnis | Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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[22] |
1980 | Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) | Brahms: A German Requiem | Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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[23] |
1981 | Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor), Norbert Balatsch (chorus master) | Mozart: Requiem | Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus |
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[24] |
1982 | Neville Marriner (conductor) | Haydn: The Creation | Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Chorus |
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[25] |
1983 | Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) | Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust | Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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1984 | Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) | Haydn: The Creation | Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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[27] |
1985 | James Levine (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) | Brahms: A German Requiem | Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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[28] |
1986 | Robert Shaw (conductor) | Berlioz: Requiem | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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[29] |
1987 | James Levine (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) | Orff: Carmina Burana | Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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[30] |
1988 | Robert Shaw (conductor) | Hindemith: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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[31] |
1989 | Robert Shaw (conductor) | Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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[32] |
1990 | Robert Shaw (conductor) | Britten: War Requiem | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus and the Atlanta Boy Choir |
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[33] |
1991 | Robert Shaw (conductor) | Walton: Belshazzar's Feast/Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Missa Brevis | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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[34] |
1992 | Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) | Bach: Mass in B Minor | Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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[35] |
1993 | Herbert Blomstedt (conductor), Vance George (choir director) | Orff: Carmina Burana | San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Boys Chorus & the San Francisco Girls Chorus |
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1994 | Pierre Boulez (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) | Bartók: Cantata Profana | Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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1995 | John Eliot Gardiner (choir director) | Berlioz: Messe Solennelle | Monteverdi Choir & the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique |
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[38] |
1996 | Herbert Blomstedt (conductor), Vance George (choir director) | Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem | San Francisco Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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[39] |
1997 | Andrew Litton (conductor), Neville Creed, David Hill (chorus masters) | Walton: Belshazzar's Feast | Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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[40] |
1998 | Robert Shaw (conductor) | Adams: Harmonium/Rachmaninoff: The Bells | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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[41] |
1999 | Robert Shaw (conductor) | Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard/Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem/Bartók: Cantata Profana | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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[42] |
2000 | Robert Shafer (conductor), Betty Scott, Joan McFarland (choir directors) | Britten: War Requiem | Maryland Boy Choir, the Shenandoah Conservatory Chorus & The Washington Chorus |
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[43] |
2001 | Karen Wilson (producer), Don Harder (engineer), Helmuth Rilling (conductor) | Penderecki: Credo | Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra & Chorus |
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[44] |
2002 | Martin Sauer (producer), Michael Brammann (engineer), Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor), Norbert Balatsch, Erwin Ortner (chorus masters) | Bach: St Matthew Passion | Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Wiener Sängerknaben & Concentus Musicus Wien |
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[45] |
2003 | Thomas Moore (producer), Michael J. Bishop (engineer), Robert Spano (conductor), Norman Mackenzie (chorus director) | Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Sym. No. 1) | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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2004 | Paavo Järvi (conductor), Tiia-Ester Loitme & Ants Soots (chorus masters) | Sibelius: Cantatas | Ellerhein Girls' Choir, Estonian National Male Choir & Estonian National Symphony Orchestra |
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2005 | Robert Spano (conductor) & Norman Mackenzie (choir director) | Berlioz: Requiem | Frank Lopardo & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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2006 | Leonard Slatkin (conductor) & Jerry Blackstone, William Hammer, Jason Harris, Christopher Kiver, Carole Ott & Mary Alice Stollak (choir directors) | Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience: Requiem | Christine Brewer, Measha Brueggergosman, Ilana Davidson, Nmon Ford, Linda Hohenfeld, Joan Morris, Carmen Pelton, Marietta Simpson & Thomas Young; Michigan State University Children's Choir, University Of Michigan Chamber Choir, University Of Michigan Orpheus Singers, University of Michigan University Choir & University Musical Society Choral Union; University of Michigan School of Music Symphony Orchestra |
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2007 | Paul Hillier (conductor) | Pärt: Da Pacem | Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir |
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2008 | Simon Rattle (conductor); Simon Halsey (chorus master) | Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem | Rundfunkchor Berlin; Berliner Philharmoniker |
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2009 | Simon Rattle (conductor); Simon Halsey (chorus master) | Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms | Rundfunkchor Berlin; Berliner Philharmoniker |
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2010 | Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor); Ragnar Bohlin, Kevin Fox & Susan McMane (choir directors); Peter Laenger & Andreas Neubronner, engineers/mixers | Mahler: Symphony No. 8 | San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Pacific Boychoir & San Francisco Girls Chorus; Laura Claycomb, Anthony Dean Griffey, Elza van den Heever, Katarina Karnéus, Quinn Kelsey, James Morris, Yvonne Naef & Erin Wall; San Francisco Symphony |
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2011 | Riccardo Muti, conductor; Duain Wolfe, chorus master | Verdi: Requiem | Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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[54] |
2012 | Eric Whitacre (conductor) | Light & Gold | Christopher Glynn & Hila Plitmann; The King's Singers, Laudibus, Pavao Quartet & The Eric Whitacre Singers |
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2013 | Charles Bruffy (conductor); Blanton Alspaugh, producer; Tom Caulfield & John Newton, engineers/mixers | Life & Breath - Choral Works by René Clausen | Matthew Gladden, Lindsey Lang, Rebecca Lloyd, Sarah Tannehill & Pamela Williamson and the Kansas City Chorale |
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2014 | Tõnu Kaljuste (conductor); Manfred Eicher, producer; Peter Laenger & Stephan Schellmann, engineers | Pärt: Adam's Lament | Tui Hirv & Rainer Vilu; Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Sinfonietta Riga & Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; Latvian Radio Choir & Vox Clamantis |
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2015 | Craig Hella Johnson (conductor); Robina G. Young (producer); Brad Michel (engineer/mixer) | The Sacred Spirit of Russia | Conspirare |
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2016 | Charles Bruffy (conductor); Blanton Alspaugh (producer); Byeong Joon Hwang & John Newton (engineers) | Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil | Paul Davidson, Frank Fleschner, Toby Vaughn Kidd, Bryan Pinkall, Julia Scozzafava, Bryan Taylor & Joseph Warner (soloists); Kansas City Chorale & Phoenix Chorale (choruses) |
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2017 | Krzysztof Penderecki (conductor); Henryk Wojnarowski (choir director) | Penderecki Conducts Penderecki, Volume 1 | Nikolay Didenko, Agnieszka Rehlis & Johanna Rusanen (soloists); Warsaw Philharmonic Choir (chorus); Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (orchestra) |
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2018 | Donald Nally (conductor); Andreas K. Meyer & Paul Vazquez (engineers) | Bryars: The Fifth Century | The Crossing, PRISM Quartet |
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2019 | Donald Nally (conductor); Paul Vazquez (producer) | McLoskey: Zealot Canticles | The Crossing |
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2020 | Robert Simpson (conductor); Blanton Alspaugh (producer); John Newton (engineer) | Duruflé: Complete Choral Works | Ken Cowan (soloist); Houston Chamber Choir |
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2021 | JoAnn Falletta (conductor); James K. Bass & Adam Luebke (chorus masters); Bernd Gottinger (engineer/mixer) | Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshua | James K. Bass, J'Nai Bridges, Timothy Fallon, Kenneth Overton, Hila Plitmann & Matthew Worth (soloists); Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus & UCLA Chamber Singers |
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2022 | Gustavo Dudamel (conductor); Grant Gershon, Robert Istad, Fernando Malvar-Ruiz & Luke McEndarfer (chorus masters) | Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Symphony of a Thousand) | Leah Crocetto, Mihoko Fujimura, Ryan McKinny, Erin Morley, Tamara Mumford, Simon O'Neill, Morris Robinson & Tamara Wilson (soloists); Los Angeles Philharmonic; Los Angeles Children's Chorus, Los Angeles Master Chorale, National Children's Chorus & Pacific Chorale (ensembles) |
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2023 | Donald Nally (conductor) | Born | Dominic German, Maren Montalbano, Rebecca Myers & James Reese (soloists); The Crossing (ensemble) |
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2024 | Nils Schweckendiek (conductor); Uusinita Ensemble (ensemble); Helsinki Chamber Choir (ensemble) | Saariaho: Reconnaissance |
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2025 | Winner TBA on 2 February 2025 |
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