Grammy Award for Best Classical Album

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Grammy Award category music award

The Grammy Award for Best Classical Album is a former Grammy category that honored outstanding overall classical recordings, recognizing artistic excellence across complete albums rather than individual performances or engineering.

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instanceOf Grammy Award category ⓘ
music award ⓘ
administeredBy Recording Academy ⓘ
surface form: National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
alsoKnownAs Best Classical Album ⓘ
awardCategoryType album category ⓘ
awardFor artistic excellence in classical music albums ⓘ
complete classical albums ⓘ
outstanding overall classical recordings ⓘ
awardFrequency annual ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
discontinued 2011 ⓘ
field Classical ⓘ
firstAwarded 1962 ⓘ
follows Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance – Orchestra
genre classical music ⓘ
hasCriteria coherence of the complete recording ⓘ
overall artistic achievement of the album ⓘ
quality of performance and production as a whole ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.grammy.com ⓘ
inception 1962 ⓘ
language primarily instrumental or vocal classical music ⓘ
lastAwarded 2011 ⓘ
locationOfCeremony various cities in the United States ⓘ
notAwardedFor engineering only ⓘ
individual performances ⓘ
partOf Grammy Awards ceremony ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Awards
presentedBy Recording Academy ⓘ
surface form: The Recording Academy
replacedBy Grammy Award for Best Classical Album self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Classical Compendium
scope albums released during the eligibility year ⓘ
selectionProcess voting by members of The Recording Academy ⓘ

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Best Classical Album → alsoKnownAs → Grammy Award for Best Classical Album ⓘ
Best Engineered Album, Classical → isDistinctFrom → Grammy Award for Best Classical Album ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Classical Album → replacedBy → Grammy Award for Best Classical Album self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best Classical Compendium