Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance explained

Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance
Awarded For:quality chamber music performances
Presenter:National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Country:United States
Year:1959
Year2:2011
Website:grammy.com

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:

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

Recipients

YearWinner(s)TitleNomineesRef.
1959Hollywood String QuartetBeethoven

Quartet 130

[1]
1960Arthur RubinsteinBeethoven

Sonata No. 21 in C (Waldstein); Sonata No. 18 in E Flat

[2]
1961Laurindo AlmeidaConversations with the Guitar[3]
1962Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky, William PrimroseBeethoven

Serenade, Op. 8; Kodály: Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7

[4]
1963Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky, William PrimroseThe Heifetz-Piatgorsky Concerts with Primrose, Pennario and Guests[5]
1964Julian Bream ConsortAn Evening of Elizabethan Music[6]
1965Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky, Jacob LateinerBeethoven

Trio No. 1 in E Flat, Op. 1, No. 1

[7]
Noah Greenberg conducting New York Pro MusicaIt Was a Lover and His Lass (Morley, Byrd and Others)
1966Juilliard String QuartetBartók

The 6 String Quartets

[8]
1967Boston Symphony Chamber PlayersBoston Symphony Chamber Players - Works of Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven, Fine, Copland, Carter, Piston[9]
1968Ravi Shankar, Yehudi MenuhinWest Meets East[10]
1969Vittorio Negri (conductor), E Power Biggs with the Edward Tarr Brass Ensemble & Gabrieli ConsortGlory of Gabrieli Vol. II - Canzonas for Brass, Winds, Strings and Organs[11]
1970Chicago Brass Ensemble, Cleveland Brass Ensemble, and Philadelphia Brass EnsembleGabrieli

Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli (Canzoni for Brass Choirs)

[12]
1971Eugene Istomin, Isaac Stern, Leonard RoseBeethoven

The Complete Piano Trios

[13]
1972Juilliard String QuartetDebussy

Quartet in G Minor; Ravel: Quartet in F Major

[14]
1973Julian Bream, John WilliamsJulian and John (selections by Lawes, Carulli, Albéniz, Granados)[15]
1974Gunther Schuller (conductor), New England Conservatory Ragtime EnsembleJoplin

The Red Back Book

[16]
1975Pierre Fournier, Arthur Rubinstein & Henryk SzeryngBrahms

Trios (Complete)/Schumann: Trio No. 1 in D Minor

1976Arthur Rubinstein, Henryk Szeryng, Pierre FournierSchubert

Trios No. 1 in B Flat Major, Op. 99 and No. 2 in E Flat Major, Op. 100 (Piano Trios)

[17]
1977David Munrow (conductor), Early Music Consort of LondonThe Art of Courtly Love[18]
1978Juilliard String QuartetSchoenberg

Quartets for Strings (Complete)

[19]
1979Itzhak Perlman, Vladimir AshkenazyBeethoven

Sonatas for Violin and Piano (Complete)

[20]
1980Dennis Russell Davies (conductor) and St. Paul Chamber OrchestraCopland

Appalachian Spring

[21]
1981Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas ZukermanMusic for 2 Violins (Moszkowski: Suite for 2 Violins; Shostakovich: Duets; Prokofiev: Sonata for 2 Violins)[22]
1982Itzhak Perlman, Lynn Harrell and Vladimir AshkenazyTchaikovsky

Piano Trio in A Minor

[23]
1983Richard Stoltzman, Richard GoodeBrahms

The Sonatas for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 120

[24]
1984Mstislav Rostropovich, Rudolf SerkinBrahms

Sonata for Cello and Piano in E Minor, Op. 38, and Sonata in F Major, Op. 99

[25]
1985Juilliard String QuartetBeethoven

The Late String Quartets

[26]
1986Emmanuel Ax, Yo-Yo MaBrahms

Cello and Piano Sonatas in E Major and F Major

[27]
1987Emmanuel Ax, Yo-Yo MaBeethoven

Cello and Piano Sonata No. 4 in C and Variations

[28]
1988Itzhak Perlman, Lynn Harrell, Vladimir AshkenazyBeethoven

The Complete Piano Trios

[29]
1989Murray Perahia, Georg Solti, David Corkhill, Evelyn GlennieBartók

Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion; Brahms: Variation on a Theme by Joseph Haydn for 2 Piano

[30]
1990Emerson String QuartetBartók

6 String Quartets

[31]
1991Daniel Barenboim, Itzhak PerlmanBrahms

The Three Violin Sonatas

[32]
1992Emanuel Ax, Isaac Stern, Jaime Laredo, Yo-Yo MaJohannes Brahms

Piano Quartets

[33]
1993Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo MaBrahms

Sonatas for Cello and Piano

[34]
1994Emerson String QuartetIves

String Quartets

[35]
1995Daniel Barenboim, Dale Clevenger, Larry Combs, Daniele Damiano, Hansjorg Schellenberger, Berlin PhilharmonicBeethoven/Mozart: Quintets (Chicago-Berlin)[36]
1996Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma, Richard StoltzmanBrahms/Beethoven/Mozart: Clarinet Trios[37]
1997Cleveland QuartetCorigliano

String Quartet

[38]
1998Emerson QuartetBeethoven

The String Quartets

[39]
1999André Previn, Gil ShahamAmerican Scenes (Works of Copland, Previn, Barber, Gershwin)[40]
2000Anne-Sophie Mutter, Lambert OrkisBeethoven

The Violin Sonatas (Nos. 1-3, Op. 12; Nos. 1-3, Op. 30; "Spring" Sonata, etc.)

[41]
2001Emerson String QuartetShostakovich

The String Quartets

[42]
2002The Angeles String QuartetHaydn

The Complete String Quartets

[43]
2003Takács QuartetBeethoven

String Quartets ("Razumovsky", Op. 59, 1-3; "Harp", Op. 74)

[44]
2004Kronos Quartet, Dawn UpshawBerg

Lyrics Suite

[45]
2005Martha Argerich, Mikhail PletnevProkofiev (Arr. Pletnev): Cinderella - Suite for Two Pianos; Ravel: Ma Mère L'Oye[46]
2006Emerson String QuartetMendelssohn

The Complete String Quartets

[47]
2007Emerson String QuartetIntimate Voices[48]
2008Eighth BlackbirdStrange Imaginary Animals[49]
Pacifica QuartetElliott Carter: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 5[50]
2010Emerson QuartetIntimate Letters[51]
2011Parker QuartetLigeti

String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2

[52]

Notes and References

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  8. Web site: Grammy Awards 1966 . AwardsandShows. November 11, 2020.
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  10. Web site: Grammy Awards 1968 . AwardsandShows. November 11, 2020.
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  13. Web site: Grammy Awards 1971. AwardsandShows. November 19, 2020.
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  16. Web site: Grammy Awards 1974. AwardsandShows. November 20, 2020.
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  20. Web site: Grammy Awards 1979. AwardsandShows. November 22, 2020.
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  49. Web site: 50th Grammy® Awards Nominations. DigitalHub. December 1, 2020.
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