| Year
|
Recipients(s)
|
Work
|
Performing artist(s)
|
Nominees Performers are in parentheses
|
Ref.
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| 1959
|
Sherwood Hall III (engineer)
|
Duets with Spanish Guitar
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Laurindo Almeida & Salli Terri
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| 1960
|
Lewis W. Layton (engineer)
|
Victory at Sea, Vol. I
|
Robert Russell Bennett
|
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| 1961
|
Hugh Davies (engineer)
|
The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Almeida
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Laurindo Almeida
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| 1962
|
Lewis W. Layton (engineer)
|
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
|
Charles Münch (conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra
|
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| 1963
|
Lewis W. Layton (engineer)
|
Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra
|
Fritz Reiner (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
|
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| 1964
|
Lewis W. Layton (engineer)
|
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
|
Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
|
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[1]
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| 1965
|
Douglas Larter (engineer)
|
Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
|
Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) & the Philharmonia Orchestra
|
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[2]
|
| 1966
|
Fred Plaut (engineer)
|
Horowitz at Carnegie Hall - An Historic Return
|
Vladimir Horowitz
|
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[3]
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| 1967
|
Anthony Salvatore (engineer)
|
Wagner: Lohengrin
|
Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), the Pro Musica Chorus & the Boston Symphony Orchestra
|
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[4]
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| 1968
|
Edward (Bud) T. Graham (engineer)
|
The Glorious Sound of Brass
|
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
|
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[5]
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| 1969
|
Gordon Parry (engineer)
|
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D
|
Georg Solti (conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra
|
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[6]
|
| 1970
|
Walter Carlos Template:Efn
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Switched-On Bach
|
Walter Carlos
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[7]
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| 1971
|
Arthur Kendy, Fred Plaut, Ray Moore (engineers)
|
Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps
|
Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Cleveland Orchestra
|
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[8]
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| 1972
|
Vittorio Negri (engineer)
|
Berlioz: Requiem
|
Colin Davis (conductor), the Wandsworth School Boys Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra
|
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[9]
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| 1973
|
Gordon Parry, Kenneth Wilkinson (engineers)
|
Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Symphony of a Thousand)
|
Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
|
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[10]
|
| 1974
|
Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Ray Moore (engineers)
|
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
|
Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the New York Philharmonic
|
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[11]
|
| 1975
|
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
|
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
|
Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
|
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[12]
|
| 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
|
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[13]
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| 1977
|
Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Milton Cherin, Ray Moore (engineers)
|
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
|
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), George Gershwin, & the Columbia Jazz Band
|
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[14]
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| 1978
|
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
|
Ravel: Bolero
|
Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
|
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[15]
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| 1979
|
Arthur Kendy, Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Ray Moore (engineers)
|
Varèse: Ameriques/Arcana/Ionisation (Boulez Conducts Varese)
|
Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the New York Philharmonic
|
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[16]
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| 1980
|
Anthony Salvatore (engineer)
|
Sondheim: Sweeney Todd
|
Original Cast with Angela Lansbury & Len Cariou
|
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[17]
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| 1981
|
Karl-August Naegler (engineer)
|
Berg: Lulu (Complete Version)
|
Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Orchestre de l'Opera de Paris
|
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[18]
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| 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
|
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[19]
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| 1983
|
Paul Goodman (engineer)
|
Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E Minor (Song of the Night)
|
James Levine (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
|
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|
[20]
|
| 1984
|
James Lock (engineer)
|
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D
|
Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
|
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[21]
|
| 1985
|
Paul Goodman (engineer)
|
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B Flat, Op. 100
|
Leonard Slatkin (conductor) & the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
|
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[22]
|
| 1986
|
Jack Renner (engineer)
|
Berlioz: Requiem
|
Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
|
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[23]
|
| 1987
|
Paul Goodman (engineer)
|
Horowitz - The Studio Recordings, New York 1985
|
Vladimir Horowitz
|
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[24]
|
| 1988
|
Jack Renner (engineer)
|
Fauré: Requiem/Duruflé: Requiem
|
Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
|
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|
[25]
|
| 1989
|
Jack Renner (engineer)
|
Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses
|
Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
|
Template:Smalldiv
|
[26]
|
| 1990
|
Jack Renner (engineer)
|
Britten: War Requiem
|
Robert Shaw (conductor), the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & the Atlanta Boy Choir
|
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[27]
|
| 1991
|
Jack Renner (engineer)
|
Rachmaninoff: Vespers
|
Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Robert Shaw Festival Singers
|
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[28]
|
| 1992
|
Gregor Zielinsky (engineer)
|
Bernstein: Candide
|
Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra
|
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|
[29]
|
| 1993
|
James Lock, John Pellowe, Jonathan Stokes & Philip Siney (engineers)
|
R. Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten
|
Georg Solti (conductor) & the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
|
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|
[30]
|
| 1994
|
Rainer Maillard (engineer)
|
Bartók: The Wooden Prince & Cantata Profana
|
Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
|
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|
[31]
|
| 1995
|
William Hoekstra (engineer)
|
Copland: Music for Films (The Red Pony, Our Town, Etc.)
|
Leonard Slatkin (conductor) & the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
|
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[32]
|
| 1996
|
Jonathan Stokes, Michael Mailes (engineers)
|
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; "Kossuth" - Symphonic Poem
|
Herbert Blomstedt (conductor) & the San Francisco Symphony
|
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[33]
|
| 1997
|
Lawrence Rock, William Hoekstra (engineers)
|
Copland: Dance Symphony; Short Symphony; Organ Symphony
|
Leonard Slatkin (conductor) & the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
|
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|
[34]
|
| 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
|
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|
[35]
|
| 1999
|
Jack Renner (engineer)
|
Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard/Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem/Bartók: Cantata Profana
|
Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
|
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|
[36]
|
| 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
|
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[37]
|
| 2001
|
John M. Eargle (engineer)
|
Dvořák: Requiem, Op. 89; Sym. No. 9, Op. 95 "From the New World"
|
Zdeněk Mácal
|
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|
[38]
|
| 2002
|
Richard King (engineer)
|
Bernstein (Arr. Brohn & Corigliano): West Side Story Suite (Lonely Town; Make Our Garden Grow, Etc.)
|
Joshua Bell
|
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[39]
|
| 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
|
Template:Smalldiv
|
[40]
|
| 2004
|
Richard King & Todd Whitelock (engineers)
|
Obrigado Brazil
|
Yo-Yo Ma
|
Template:Smalldiv
|
[41]
|
| 2005
|
Jack Renner (engineer)
|
Higdon: City Scape; Concerto for Orchestra
|
Robert Spano & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
|
Template:Smalldiv
|
[42]
|
| 2006
|
Da-Hong Seetoo (engineer)
|
Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets
|
Emerson String Quartet
|
Template:Smalldiv
|
[43]
|
| 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
|
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|
[44]
|
| 2008
|
John Newton (engineer)
|
Grechaninov: Passion Week
|
Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Bach Choir & the Kansas City Chorale
|
Template:Smalldiv
|
[45]
|
| 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
|
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|
[46]
|
| 2010
|
Peter Laenger (engineer)
|
Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10
|
Michael Tilson Thomas & the San Francisco Symphony
|
Template:Smalldiv
|
[47]
|
| 2011
|
TIE
- Mark Donahue, John Hill & Dirk Sobotka (engineers)
- Leslie Ann Jones, Kory Kruckenberg, Brandie Lane & David Sabee (engineers)
|
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[48][1]
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| 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
|
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[49]
|
| 2013
|
Tom Caulfield & John Newton (engineers); Mark Donahue (mastering engineer)
|
Life & Breath - Choral Works by Casper Clausen
|
Charles Bruffy & the Kansas City Chorale
|
Template:Smalldiv
|
[50]
|
| 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
|
Template:Smalldiv
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[51]
|
| 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
|
Template:Smalldiv
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[52]
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| 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
|
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[53]
|
| 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
|
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| 2018
|
Mark Donahue (engineer)
|
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio
|
Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
|
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[56]
|
| 2019
|
Shawn Murphy & Nick Squire (engineers); Tim Martyn (mastering engineer)
|
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11
|
Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andris Nelsons
|
Template:Smalldiv
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[57]
|
| 2020
|
Leslie Ann Jones (engineer); Robert C. Ludwig (mastering engineer)
|
Riley: Sun Rings
|
Kronos Quartet
|
Template:Smalldiv
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[58]
|
| 2021
|
David Frost & Charlie Post (engineers); Silas Brown (mastering engineer)
|
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, Babi Yar
|
Riccardo Muti & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
|
Template:Smalldiv
|
[59]
|
| 2022
|
Leslie Ann Jones & Michael Rowanoski, engineer
|
Chanticleer Sings Christmas
|
Chanticleer
|
Template:Smalldiv
|
[60]
|
| 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
|
Template:Smalldiv
|
[61]
|
| 2024
|
David Frost & Charlie Post (engineers); Silas Brown (mastering engineer)
|
Contemporary American Composers
|
Riccardo Muti & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
|
- Patrick Dillet, Mitchell Graham, Jesse Lewis, Kyle Pyke, Andrew Scheps & John Weston (engineers); Helge Sten (mastering engineer) for The Blue Hour (Shara Nova & A Far Cry)
- Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay (engineers/mastering engineers) for Fandango (Gustavo Dudamel, Anne Akiko Meyers, Gustavo Castillo & Los Angeles Philharmonic)
- Christopher Moretti & John Weston (engineers); Shauna Barravecchio & Jesse Lewis (mastering engineers) for Sanlıkol: A Gentleman of Istanbul - Symphony for Strings, Percussion, Piano, Oud, Ney & Tenor (Mehmet Ali Sanlikol, George Lernis & A Far Cry)
- Mark Donahue (engineer/mastering engineer) for Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 & Schulhoff: Five Pieces (Manfred Honeck & The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
|
|
| 2025
|
Mark Donahue & John Newton (engineers); Mark Donahue (mastering engineer)
|
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7; Bates: Ressurexit
|
Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
|
- Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay (engineers and mastering engineers) for Adams: Girl of the Golden West (John Adams, Daniela Mack, Ryan McKinny, Paul Appleby, Hye Jung Lee, Elliot Madore, Julia Bullock, Davóne Tines, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale)
- Silas Brown, Doron Schachter & Michael Schwartz (engineers); Matt Colton (mastering engineer) for Andres: The Blind Banister (Andrew Cyr, Inbal Segev & Metropolis Ensemble)
- Daniel Shores (engineer and mastering engineer) for Clear Voices in the Dark (Matthew Guard & Skylark Vocal Ensemble)
- Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay (engineers and mastering engineers) for Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina (Gustavo Dudamel, Maria Dueñas, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale)
|
[62]
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