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This is truly the grand-daddy of all awards shows. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences recognizes outstanding musical achievements. The Grammys always prove to be a night of spectacle and performance that truly can't be missed.

Host: Billy Crystal
Date: March 1, 1988
City: New York City

The Nominees

Album Of The Year

Best Album Notes

Best Album Of Original Instrumental Background Score Written For A Motion Picture Or Television

Best Album Package

Best Arrangement On An Instrumental

Best Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental Or Vocal

  • Winner:
    Itzhak Perlman, Lynn Harrell, Vladimir Ashkenazy     Beethoven: The Complete Piano Trios
  • Kronos Quartet White Man Sleeps (Music by Volans, Ives, Hassell, Coleman, Johnson, Bartok)
  • Jean-Pierre Rampal, Isaac Stern, Salvatore Accardo, Mstislav Rostropovich Mozart: The Flute Quartets (K. 285, 285A, 285B, 298)
  • Beaux Arts Trio Dvorak: Piano Trio in E Minor (Dumky); Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in D Minor
  • Murray Perahia, members of the Amadeus Quartet Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor

Best Choral Performance

  • Winner:
    Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Chorus and Orchestra     Hindemith: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd (A Requiem for Those We Loved)
  • Andre Previn conducting the Brighton Festival Chorus and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Laszlo Heltay, chorus master Tippett: A Child of Our Time
  • Klaus Tennstedt conducting the London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Richard Cooke, chorus master; Tiffin School Boys' Choir, Neville Creed, chorus master Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Flat (Symphony of a Thousand)
  • Charles Mackerras conducting the Prague Philharmonic Chorus and Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Lubomir Matl, chorus master Janacek: Glagolitic Mass
  • John Eliot Gardiner conducting the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists Bach: St. John Passion
  • Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Utah Symphony; Jerold D. Ottley, choral director Copland: Old American Songs; Canticle of Freedom; Four Motets

Best Classical Album

  • Winner:
    Vladimir Horowitz     Horowitz in Moscow
  • Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Chorus and Orchestra Faure: Requiem, Op. 48; Durufle: Requeim, Op. 9
  • Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Hanson: Symphony No. 2 (Romantic); Barber: Violin Concerto
  • Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor (Choral)
  • Edo de Waart conducting the San Francisco Symphony Adams: The Chairman Dances; Christmas Zeal and Activity; 2 Fanfares for Orchestra; Tromba Iontana; Short Ride in a Fast Machine; Common Tones in Simple Time

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) With Orchestra

  • Winner:
    Itzhak Perlman (James Levine conducting the Vienna Philharmonic)     Mozart: Violin Concertos No. 2 in D and No. 4 in D
  • Dale Clevenger (Franz List Chamber Orchestra) Mozart: Horn Concertos Nos. 1-4; Rondo; Fragment
  • Wynton Marsalis (Donald Hunsberger conducting the Eastman Wind Ensemble) Carnaval (Works by Arban, Clarke, Levy, Paganini, Rimsky Korsakov, Bellstedt)
  • Murray Perahia (Bernard Haitink conducting the Concertgebouw Orchestra) Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E Flat (Emperor)
  • Elmar Oliviera (Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony) Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) Without Orchestra

  • Winner:
    Vladimir Horowitz, piano     Horowitz in Moscow
  • Peter Serkin, piano Stravinsky, Wolpe, Lieberson (Stravinsky: Serenade in A and Sonata; Wolpe: Form IV: Broken Sequences
  • Itzhak Perlman, violin (Samuel Sanders, accompanist) My Favorite Kreisler
  • Andras Schiff, piano Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2
  • Murray Perahia Beethoven: Piano Sonatas No. 17, Op. 31; No. 18, Op. 31; No. 26, Op. 81A

Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist

  • Winner:
    Kathleen Battle (James Levine, accompanist)     Kathleen Battle, Salzburg Recital (Faure, Handel, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Purcell, Strauss, Spirituals)
  • Arleen Auger (Yale Cellos of Aldo Parisot) Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 for Soprano and Orchestra of Violincellos
  • Elly Ameling (Rudolf Jansen, accompanist) Soire Francaise (Debussy, Faure, Poulenc, Franck, Canteloube, Roussel, Chausson, Messiaen, etc.)
  • Jessye Norman (Geoffrey Parsons, accompanist) R. Strauss: Lieder (Including Malven)
  • Marni Nixon (Keith Clark conducting members of the Pacific Symphony Orchestra) Copland: 8 Poems of Emily Dickinson

Best Comedy Recording

Best Concept Music Video

Best Contemporary Blues Recording

  • Winner: Robert Cray Strong Persuader
  • Earl King, Roomful of Blues Glazed
  • Buckwheat Zydecko On a Night Like This
  • Bobby Bland After All
  • B.B. King (from The Color of Money soundtrack) Standing on the Edge of Love

Best Contemporary Composition

  • Winner:
    Krzysztof Penderecki     Cello Concerto No. 2
  • Roger Sessions Symphony No. 5
  • Milton Babbitt Piano Concerto
  • Michael Tippett The Mask of Time
  • John Adams The Chairman Dances
  • Joseph Schwanter A Sudden Rainbow

Best Contemporary Folk Recording

Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance

Best Country & Western Song

  • Winner:
    Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz     Forever and Ever, Amen
  • Sanger D. Shafer, Lyndia J. Shafer All My Ex's Live in Texas
  • Mary Ann Kennedy, Pat Bunch, Pam Rose I'll Still Be Loving You
  • Linda Thompson, Betsy Cook Tellin' Me Lies
  • K.T. Oslin 80's Ladies

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Duet

  • Winner:
    Ronnie Milsap, Kenny Rogers     Make No Mistake, She's Mine
  • Glen Campbell, Emmylou Harris You Are
  • Glen Campbell, Steve Wariner The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
  • Michael Martin Murphey, Holly Dunn A Face in the Crowd
  • Crystal Gayle, Gary Morris Another World

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Duo Or Group

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male

Best Engineered Recording

  • Winner:
    Bruce Swedien, Humberto Gatica     Bad
  • Al Schmitt Reflections
  • Tom Jung Neon
  • Don Murray, Keith Grant, engineers; Josiah Gluck, Dave Grusin, mixers Cinemagic
  • Andrew Jackson A Momentary Lapse of Reason
  • Ben Harris, Kyle Lehning, Joe Bogen Heart and Soul

Best Engineered Recording - Classical

  • Winner:
    Jack Renner     Faure: Requiem, Op. 48; Durufle: Requiem, Op. 9 (Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Chorus and Orc
  • John Pellowe Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture; Romeo and Juliet; The Nutcracker Suite (Solti conducting the Chicago Sym
  • Thomas Frost Horowitz in Moscow (solo: Vladimir Horowitz)
  • Jack Renner Hindemith: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd (A Requiem for Those We Loved) (Shaw conducting
  • John Pellowe, James Lock Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor (Choral) (Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

Best Gospel Performance - Duo, Group, Choir Or Chorus

Best Gospel Performance - Female

Best Gospel Performance - Male

Best Historical Album

Best Instrumental Composition

Best Jazz Fusion Performance

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band

  • Winner:
    Duke Ellington Orchestra conducting by Mercer Ellington     Digital Duke
  • Woody Herman & His Big Band Woody's Gold Star
  • Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen The Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen Vol. 2
  • Louis Bellson & His Jazz Orchestra Louis Bellson and His Jazz Orchestra
  • Patrick William's New York Band 10th Avenue

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Group

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Soloist

Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Female

Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Male

Best Latin Pop Performance

Best Mexican-american Performance

Best Musical Cast Show Album

  • Winner:
    Broadway cast     Les Miserables
  • Kiri Te Kanawa, Jose Carreras, others South Pacific
  • Broadway cast Me and My Girl
  • Kiri Te Kanawa, Jeremy Irons, others My Fair Lady
  • London cast The Phantom of the Opera

Best New Age Performance

Best Opera Recording

  • Winner:
    James Levine conducting the Vienna Philharmonic (solos: Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Kathleen Battle, Agnes Baltsa, Gary Lakes, Hermann Prey)     R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos
  • Riccardo Muti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic and Chorus (solos: Thomas Allen, Margaret Price, Kathleen Battle, Jorma Hynninen, Ann Murray, Kurt Rydl) Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
  • Riccardo Chailly conducting the Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Communale di Bologna (solos: Leo Nucci, Shirley Verrett, Samuel Ramey, Veriano Luchetti, Antonio Barasorda) Verdi: Macbeth
  • Georg Solti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Edita Gruberova, Kathleen Battle, Gosta Winbergh, Heinz Zednik, Martti Talvela) Mozart: Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail
  • Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Samuel Ramey, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Agnes Baltsa, Kathleen Battle, Gosta Winbergh, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Alexander Malta, Paata Burchuladze)&quo Mozart: Don Giovanni

Best Orchestral Recording

  • Winner:
    Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra     Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor (Choral)
  • Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Hanson: Symphony No. 2 (Romantic)
  • Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic Copland: Symphony No. 3; Quiet City
  • James Levine conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Berg, Webern, Schoenberg: Orchestral Pieces
  • Charles Dutoit conducting the Montreal Symphony Orchestra Holst: The Planets

Best Polka Recording

  • Winner:
    Jimm Sturr & His Orchestra     A Polka Just for Me
  • Kryger Brothers Polka Mania
  • Eddie Blazoncyzk's Versatones Let's Celebrate Again
  • Walt Groller & His Orchestra It's Polkamatic
  • Lenny Gomulka, Dick Pillar In Polka Unity

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

Best Recording For Children

Best Reggae Recording

Best Rhythm & Blues Instrumental Performance

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Duo Or Group

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

Best Song Written Specifically For A Motion Picture Or Television

  • Winner:
    James Horner, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil     Somewhere Out There
  • Al Jarreau, Lee Holdridge Moonlighting Theme
  • Madonna, Patrick Leonard Who's That Girl
  • Diane Warren, Albert Hammond Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (from Mannequin soundtrack)
  • Frankie Previte, John Denicola, Donald Markowitz (I've Had) The Time of My Life

Best Soul Gospel Performance - Duo, Group, Choir Or Chorus

Best Soul Gospel Performance - Female

Best Soul Gospel Performance - Male

Best Spoken Word Or Nonmusical Recording

  • Winner:
    Garrison Keillor     Lake Wobegon Days
  • Leonard Nimoy, George Takei Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
  • Leonard Nimoy Whales Alive
  • Lauren Bacall Lauren Bacall by Myself
  • Katharine Hepburn Lincoln Portrait - track from Aaron Copland: Lincoln Portrait and Other Works

Best Traditional Blues Recording

Best Traditional Folk Recording

Best Tropical Latin Performance

Classical Producer Of The Year

  • Winner:
    Robert Woods
  • Steven Epstein
  • Jay David Saks
  • Michael Haas
  • Thomas Frost

Hall Of Fame

Lifetime Achievement Awards

New Artist

Pop Female Vocalist

Pop Male Vocalist

Pop Vocal Group

Producer Of The Year

  • Winner:
    Narada Michael Walden
  • Emilio & the Jerks
  • John Mellencamp, Don Gehman
  • Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson
  • Daniel Lanois, Brian Eno

Record Of The Year

Rock Vocal Group

Rock Vocal Performance

Song Of The Year

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