Every Grammys Best Classical Album winner

12 ceremonies, 2000–2011. 8 different winners.

It was awarded for the last time in 2011.

It was discontinued in the 2012 restructuring with no replacement, and classical records have competed for Album of the Year since.

Michael Tilson Thomas ×4Leonard Slatkin ×2

One band per year, because no winner has gone back-to-back in the years on record. Colored by label; scroll sideways for the full run.

Michael Tilson Thomas'00

Emerson String Quartet'01

Colin Davis'02

Robert Spano'03

Michael Tilson Thomas'04

Lorin Maazel'05

Leonard Slatkin'06

Michael Tilson Thomas'07

Leonard Slatkin'08

James Conlon'09

Michael Tilson Thomas'10

Riccardo Muti'11

Who kept losing

Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2011.

Most nominated, never won

Pierre Boulez3 noms
Mariss Jansons2 noms
René Jacobs2 noms

Most losses

Pierre Boulez3L · 0W
Mariss Jansons2L · 0W
René Jacobs2L · 0W
Colin Davis1L · 1W
Emerson String Quartet1L · 1W
Michael Tilson Thomas1L · 4W

The full list

Year	Winner	Label
2011	Riccardo Muti (Verdi: Requiem) beat 4 others Mariss Jansons (Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4) Giancarlo Guerrero (Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina) Gil Rose (Mackey, Steven: Dreamhouse) Il Giardino Armonico (Sacrificum)	Unrecorded
2010	Michael Tilson Thomas (Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio from Symphony No. 10) beat 4 others Marin Alsop (Bernstein: Mass) James Levine (Ravel: Daphin et Chloé) Alastair Willis (Ravel: L'Enfant et les Sortilèges) Orchestra and Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre (Shostakovich: The Nose)	Unrecorded
2009	James Conlon (Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny) beat 4 others Orchestra la Scintilla (Maria) Craig Hella Johnson (O'Regan, Tarik: Threshold of Night) Esa-Pekka Salonen (Schoenberg/Sibelius: Violin Concertos) Phoenix Chorale (Spotless Rose: Hymns to the Virgin Mary)	Unrecorded
2008	Leonard Slatkin (Tower: Made in America) beat 4 others Riccardo Muti (Cherubini: Missa Solemnis in E) Charles Bruffy (Grechaninov: Passion Week) Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre (Homage: The Age of the Diva) Boston Symphony Orchestra (Lorraine Hunt Liberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs)	Unrecorded
2007	Michael Tilson Thomas (Mahler: Symphony No. 7) beat 4 others Bernard Haitink (Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9) Odense Symphony Orchestra (Lieberson: Rilke Songs; The Six Realms; Horn Concerto) Martha Argerich and Friends (Martha Argerich and Friends: Live from the Lugano Festival 2005) René Jacobs (Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito)	Unrecorded
2006	Leonard Slatkin (Bolcom: Songs of Innocence and of Experience) beat 4 others Jeff von der Schmidt (Chávez: Complete Chamber Music, Vol. 3) Martha Argerich (Martha Argerich and Friends: Live from the Lugano Festival) Emerson String Quartet (Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets) Mariss Jansons (Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13)	Unrecorded
2005	Lorin Maazel (Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls) beat 4 others Colin Davis (Britten: Peter Grimes) Kenneth Schermerhorn (Carter: Symphony No. 1; Piano Concert; Holiday Overture) Robert Spano (Higdon: City Scape; Concerto for Orchestra) René Jacobs (Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro)	Unrecorded
2004	Michael Tilson Thomas (Mahler: Symphony No. 3; Kindertotenlieder) beat 4 others Mstislav Rostropovich (Britten: Violin Concerto/Walton: Viola Concerto) Pierre Boulez (Mahler: Symphony No. 3) José Serebrier (Rorem: Three Symphonies) Wolfgang Sawallisch (Schumann: Symphonies 1-4; Manfred Overture, Etc.)	Unrecorded
2003	Robert Spano (Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Symphony No. 1)) beat 4 others Takács Quartet (Beethoven: String Quartets) Patrick Summers (Bel Canto) Michael Tilson Thomas (Mahler: Symphony No. 6) Tőnu Kaljuste (Pärt: Orient & Occident)	Unrecorded
2002	Colin Davis (Berlioz: Les Troyens) beat 4 others Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Boulez Conducts Varèse) Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (Janáček: Sarka) Pierre Boulez (Schoenberg: Piano Concerto, Etc.; Berg: Sonata, Op. 1; Webern: Variations, Op. 27) London Symphony Orchestra (Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony)	Unrecorded
2001	Emerson String Quartet (Shostakovich: The String Quartets) beat 4 others Murray Perahia (Bach: The Goldberg Variations) Evgeny Kissin (Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28; Sonata No. 2, Op. 35; Polonaise, Op. 53) Leif Ove Andsnes (Haydn: Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 11) Simon Rattle (Mahler: Symphony No. 10)	Unrecorded
2000	Michael Tilson Thomas (Stravinsky: The Firebird; The Rite of Spring; Perséphone) beat 4 others Pierre Boulez (Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2; Rhapsodies Nos. 1 & 2) Lambert Orkis (Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas) Robert Shaw (Dvořák: Stabat Mater) Ulf Schirmer (Nielsen: Maskarade)	Unrecorded

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