A Grammy Award ( originally called Gramophone Award ) – or Grammy – is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry.

The Grammy Award for Song of the Year is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.

Published in 1979, the Cerha completion premiered on February 24 of the same year at the Opera Garnier and was conducted by Pierre Boulez, with Teresa Stratas singing the lead role ; the production ( by Patrice Chéreau ) was a sensation and the recording won the Gramophone Award for 1979.

In 1997, the choir won a Gramophone Award in the Best-selling disc category for their album Agnus Dei, and in 2008, they won a Gramophone Award in the Early Music category for their recording of Nicholas Ludford's Missa Benedicta.

The project won the 2008 Gramophone / Classic FM Award for Audience Innovation, and was featured in an episode of The South Bank Show.

The orchestra was awarded the Gramophone Awards 2005 Editor's Choice ; CD of the Week and Record of the Year 2004 from The Sunday Times ; and Classical Brit Award 2005 Critics ' Choice.

The recording of Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony and The Voyevoda was Awarded Best Orchestral in the Gramophone Award 2009. and the Shostakovich Symphony No 10 received the same award in 2011.

The Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album is an award presented to recording artists for quality albums in the alternative rock genre at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.

The Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality works in the reggae music genre.

The Grammy Award for Best Rap Album is an award presented to recording artists for quality albums with rapping at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.

The Grammy Award for Best Country Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality albums in the country music genre.

The Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance was an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to male recording artists for works ( songs or albums ) containing quality vocal performances in the rock music genre.

The Grammy Award for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance was an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for works ( songs or albums ) containing quality vocal performances in the rock music genre.

The Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance was an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to female recording artists for works ( songs or albums ) containing quality vocal performances in the rock music genre.

The Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance was an honor presented to recording artists for quality instrumental rock performances at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.

The Grammy Award for Best Female R & B Vocal Performance ( previously called Best Rhythm and Blues Solo Vocal Performance, Female ) was an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to female recording artists for quality R & B songs.

The Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance was an award presented to recording artists at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, for works ( songs or albums ) containing quality performances in the hard rock music genre.

Lloyd Webber has made many recordings, including his BRIT Award winning Elgar Cello Concerto conducted by Yehudi Menuhin ( chosen as the finest ever version by BBC Music Magazine ), the Dvořák Cello Concerto with Václav Neumann and the Czech Philharmonic, Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations with the London Symphony Orchestra under Maxim Shostakovich and a coupling of Britten's Cello Symphony and Walton's Cello Concerto with Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, which was described by Gramophone magazine as " beyond any rival ".

They have won the Deutsche Schallplatten Preis several times and the Gramophone Award for the best recording of contemporary music in 1999 ( Elliott Carter ) and 2002 ( Harrison Birtwistle ).

Gramophone Award Winner, Best Chamber Music Recording

Today they are an audiophile label, specialising in classical, jazz and Celtic music, and won the Record Label of the Year award at the 2010 Gramophone Awards.

The Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality works ( songs or albums ) in the bluegrass music genre.

The Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album was an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality albums in the Native American music genre.

The Grammy Award for Best Gospel / Contemporary Christian Music Performance is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.

The Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for works containing quality vocal performances in the dance music genre.

The Grammy Award for Best Polka Album was an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality polka albums.

Her third recording of the Shostakovich 24 Preludes and Fugues won the 1991 Gramophone award in the instrumental category.

The Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for releasing albums in the latin pop genre.

Among his honors and awards, Pressler has received honorary doctorates from the University of Nebraska, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the North Carolina School of the Arts, six Grammy nominations ( including one in 2006 ), a lifetime achievement award from Gramophone Magazine and the International Classical Music Awards, Chamber Music America ’ s Distinguished Service Award, the Gold Medal of Merit from the National Society of Arts and Letters.

He won the 2000 Gramophone Early Music award for his recording of the complete keyboard music of William Byrd ( see also: My Ladye Nevells Booke and The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book ), published on Hyperion Records, which he performed on harpsichord, chamber organ, church organ, clavichord, and muselar.

The Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance was an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for works ( songs or albums ) containing quality jazz fusion performances.

The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album was an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for works ( songs or albums ) containing quality contemporary jazz performances.

The Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album was an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality works ( songs or albums ) in the Latin jazz music genre.

The Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for releasing albums in the Latin rock, alternative or urban genres.

The Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality instrumental albums in the pop music genre.

BCMG has since given world premieres to more than 100 works by such composers as Pierre Boulez, John Adams, Mark-Anthony Turnage and Judith Weir BCMG has won numerous awards, including the 2004 Royal Philharmonic Society Audience Development Award, the 1995 Gramophone Award for Best Orchestral Recording, the 1993 Royal Philharmonic Society Chamber Ensemble Award, the 1993 Prudential Award for Music, and The Arts Ball 2002 Outstanding Achievement Award.

The Solti Ring was voted best recording of all time by readers of the influential magazine Gramophone and Luciano Pavarotti remained an exclusive Decca artist throughout his recording career.

It was voted 20th place of the top 20 best orchestras in the world in a 2008 survey by Gramophone magazine.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra was voted the best orchestra in the United States and the fifth best orchestra in the world by editors of the British classical music magazine Gramophone in November, 2008.

A full Vaughan Williams symphony cycle and other works with Vernon Handley was also made, several of them receiving best recording in category of The Gramophone magazine's recommendations.

In December 2008, a group of international critics invited by Gramophone ranked the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra as the best symphony orchestra in the world.

The Belcea Quartet won the Gramophone Award for best debut recording in 2001.

His 1984 recording of Camille Saint-Saëns ’ s Symphony No. 3 was proclaimed “ best recorded version ” by Gramophone magazine and the Penguin Stereo Records Guide.

Highlights include Concerto Italiano's recordings of the opera L ' Olimpiade, La Senna Festeggiante, Le Quattro Stagioni ( hailed as one of the best versions of the work by Gramophone ), Vespri Solenni per la Festa dell ' Assunzione di Maria Vergine ( a reconstruction of a possible Vespers for the Ascension of the Virgin Mary and 2004 Gramophone winner for Baroque Vocal ), and in 2004, an entire CD devoted to Vivaldi's Concerti per Archi.

Nesciens Mater ( track 1 ) was awarded 2nd best Christmas track by Gramophone magazine ( 2007 ).

Volodos received the German award Echo Klassik as the best instrumentalist of 2003 ; he received the Gramophone Award for best instrumental recording in 1999 for Arcadi Volodos Live at Carnegie Hall and in 2010 for Volodos in Vienna.

His 2000 recording of the Bach sonatas and partitas for solo violin adapted for Baroque Lute has been called ' arguably the best you can buy of these works – on any instrument ' by Gramophone magazine.