Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance
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:
- In 1961 the award was known as Best Classical Performance - Choral (including oratorio)
- From 1962 to 1964 it was awarded as Best Classical Performance - Choral (other than opera)
- In 1965, 1969, 1971, 1977 to 1978 and 1982 to 1991 it was awarded as Best Choral Performance (other than opera)
- From 1966 to 1968 it was awarded as Best Classical Choral Performance (other than opera)
- In 1970, 1973 to 1976 and 1979 to 1981 it was awarded as Best Choral Performance, Classical (other than opera)
- In 1972 it was awarded as Best Choral Performance - Classical
- From 1992 to 1994 it was awarded as Best Performance of a Choral Work
- 1995 to the present the award has been known as Best Choral Performance
Prior to 1961 the awards for opera and choral performances were combined in to a single award for Best Classical Performance, Operatic or Choral
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.
2000s
- Grammy Awards of 2004
- Paavo Järvi (conductor), Tiia-Ester Loitme & Ants Soots (chorus masters) for Sibelius: Cantatas performed by the Ellerhein Girls' Choir, the Estonian National Male Choir & the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
- Grammy Awards of 2003
- Grammy Awards of 2002
- Martin Sauer (producer), Michael Brammann (engineer), Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor), Norbert Balatsch, Erwin Ortner (chorus masters), Bernarda Fink, Matthias Goerne, Dietrich Henschel, Elisabeth von Magnus, Christoph Prégardien, Dorothea Röschmann, Michael Schade, Christine Schäfer, Markus Schäfer, Oliver Widmer, the Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Wiener Sängerknaben & Concentus Musicas Wien for Bach: St. Matthew Passion
- Grammy Awards of 2001
- Karen Wilson (producer), Don Harder (engineer), Helmuth Rilling (conductor) & the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra & Chorus for Penderecki: Credo
- Grammy Awards of 2000
- Robert Shafer (conductor), Betty Scott, Joan McFarland (choir directors), the Maryland Boys Choir, the Shenandoah Conservatory Chorus & the Washington Choir for Britten: War Requiem
1990s
1980s
1970s
1960s
