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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: Garry Shandling
Date: February 19, 1991
City: New York City

This Year's Performers

The Nominees

Album Of The Year

Best Album Notes

Best Album Package

Best Alternative Music Performance

Best Arrangement On An Instrumental

  • Winner:
    Quincy Jones, various artists     Birdland
  • Chick Corea Elektric Band Tale of Daring
  • Henry Mancini & the Mancini Pops Orchestra Monster Movie Music Suite
  • Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra Brush This
  • John Williams Born on the Fourth of July

Best Bluegrass Recording

Best Chamber Music Or Other Small Ensemble Performance

  • Winner:
    Itzhak Perlman, violin; Daniel Barenboim, piano     Brahms: The 3 Violin Sonatas (No. 1, Op. 78; No. 2, Op. 100; No. 3, Op. 108)
  • Juilliard String Quartet: Benita Valente, Jan DeGaetani, Jon Humphrey, Thomas Paul Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Christ
  • Kronos Quartet Crumb: Black Angels; Tallis: Spem in Alium; Marta: Doom, A Sigh; Ives: They Are There!; Shostakovich
  • Mona Golabek, piano; Andres Cardenes, violin; Jeffrey Solow, cello Arensky: Piano Trio No. 2 in D Minor; Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor
  • Richard Stoltzman, clarinet; Richard Goode, piano; Lucy Chapman Stoltzman, violin Bartok: Contrasts; Stravinksy: L'Histoire du Soldat - Suite; Ives: Largo; Songs

Best Choral Performance

  • Winner:
    Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Chorus and Orchestra     Walton: Belshazzar's Feast; Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Missa Brevis
  • Bernard Haitink conducting the London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 1 (Sea Symphony)
  • Robert Shaw conducting the Robert Shaw Festival Singers Rachmaninov: Vespers
  • Nicholas McGegan conducting the U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus, Philip Brett, choral conductor, and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Handel: Susanna
  • John Eliot Gardiner conducting the Monteverdi Choir, London Oratory Junior Choir and English Baroque Soloists Bach: St. Matthew Passion

Best Classical Album

  • Winner:
    Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic     Ives: Symphony No. 2; The Gong on the Hookd and Ladder (Fireman's Parade on Main Street); Central Park in the Dark; The Unanswered Question
  • Robert Shaw conducting the Robert Shaw Festival Singers Rachmaninov: Vespers
  • Vladimir Horowitz, piano The Last Recording (Chopin, Hayden, Liszt, Wagner)
  • Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, tenors; Zubin Mehta conducting the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti in Concert
  • John Adams conducting the Orchestra of St. Luke's (Sanford Sylvan, baritone) Adams: Fearful Symmetries: The Wound-Dresser
  • Gerard Schwarz conducting the Seattle Symphony and New York Chamber Symphony (Carol Rosenberger, piano) Hanson: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 6; Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Youth

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist Without Orchestra

  • Winner:
    Vladimir Horowitz, piano     The Last Recording (Chopin, Haydn, Liszt, Wagner)
  • Midori, violin Paganini: 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1
  • Alicia de Larrocha, piano Mozart: Piano Sonatas K. 283, 331, 332, 333
  • Mitsuko Uchida, piano Debussy: 12 Piano Etudes
  • Ursula Oppens, piano Carter: Night Fantasies; Adams: Phrygian Gates

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) With Orchestra

  • Winner:
    Itzhak Perlman, violin (Zubin Mehta conducting the Israel Philharmonic)     Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor; Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 82
  • Rolf Smedvig, trumpet (Jahja Ling conducting the Scottish Chamber Orchestra) Trumpet Concertos (Hayden, Hummel, Tartini, Torelli, Bellini)
  • Paul Crossley, piano (Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting the London Sinfonietta) Stravinsky: Works for Piano and Orchestra (Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Capricco for Piano and
  • Carol Rosenberger, piano (Gerard Schwarz conducting the New York Chamber Symphony) Hanson: Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Youth
  • Garrick Ohlsson, piano (Gerard Schwarz conducting the Seattle Symphony) Lazarof: Tableaux (After Kandinsky) for Piano and Orchestra

Best Classical Vocal Performance

  • Winner:
    Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, tenors (Zubin Mehta conducting the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma)     Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti in Concert
  • Thomas Hampson, baritone (Geoffry Parsons, accompanist) Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Mahler, Brahms, Schumann, Loewe, Strauss, Zemlinsky, von Weber)
  • Elly Ameling, soprano (Graham Johnson, accompanist) Schubert: The Complete Songs, Vol. 7
  • Sanford Sylvan, baritone (John Adams conducting the Orchestra of St. Luke's) Adams: The Wound-Dresser
  • Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano (David Effron conducting the Eastman Chamber Ensemble) Berlioz: Les Nuits d Ete, Op. 7; Mahler: 5 Wunderhorn Songs and 5 Ruckert Songs

Best Comedy Recording

Best Contemporary Blues Recording

Best Contemporary Composition

  • Winner:
    Leonard Bernstein     Arias and Barcarolles
  • Terry Riley Salome Dances for Peace
  • John Adams The Wound-Dresser
  • Henri Lazarof Tableuax (After Kandinsky) for Piano and Orchestra
  • Ellen Taaffe Zwillich Symphony No. 2

Best Contemporary Folk Recording

Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album

Best Country & Western Collaboration

  • Winner: Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler Poor Boy Blues
  • Randy Travis, B.B. King Waiting on the Light to Change
  • Keith Whitley, Lorrie Morgan Till a Tear Becomes a Rose
  • Randy Travis, George Jones A Few Ole Country Boys
  • Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash Highwayman 2

Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance

Best Country & Western Song

  • Winner:
    Jon Vezner, Don Henry     Where've You Been
  • Vince Gill, Tim DuBois When I Call Your Name
  • Tony Arata The Dance
  • K.T. Oslin, Rory Michael Bourke, Charlie Black Come Next Monday
  • DeWayne Blackwell, Earl Bud Lee Friends in Low Places

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Duo Or Group

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male

Best Engineered Recording

Best Engineered Recording - Classical

  • Winner:
    Robert Shaw conducting the Robert Shaw Festival Singers     Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Flat (Symphony of a Thousand)
  • Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8, Op. 65
  • Leonard Bernstein conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Shostakovich: Symphonies No. 1, Op. 10, and No. 7 (Leningrad), Op. 60
  • Kronos Quartet Crumb: Black Angels; Tallis: Spem in Alium; Marta: Doom. A Sigh; Ives: They Are There!; Shostakovich
  • Lorin Maazel conducting the Vienna Philharmonic; Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna Boys' Chorus; ORF Chorus and Arnold Schoenberg Choir Rachmaninov: Vespers

Best Hard Rock Performance

Best Historical Album

  • Winner: Robert Johnson Robert Johnson: The Complete Recordings
  • Jack Kerouac The Jack Kerouac Collection
  • Clifford Brown Brownie: The Complete Emarcy Recordings of Clifford Brown
  • Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9 and Leonore Overture No. 3
  • Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra Verdi: Aida, Falstaff, Requiem, Te Deum, Va, Pensiero, Hymn of the Nations

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)

Best Instrumental Composition

Best Instrumental Composition Written For A Motion Picture Or Television

Best Jazz Fusion Performance

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band

  • Winner:
    Count Basie Orchestra     Basie's Bag
  • Bob Florence Limited Edition Treasure Chest
  • Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra The Definitive Thad Jones, Vol. 2, Live from the Village Vanguard
  • Lionel Hampton and His Big Band Cookin' in the Kitchen
  • Louie Bellson Airmail Special

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Group

  • Winner:
    Oscar Peterson Trio     The Legendary Oscar Peterson Trio Live at the Blue Note
  • Wynton Marsalis Group Standard Time, Vol. 3 - The Resolution of Romance
  • Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie Max and Dizzy - Paris 1989
  • Art Blakey, Dr. John, David Fathead Newman Bluesiana Triangle
  • Branford Marsalis Quartet featuring Terence Blanchard Again Never

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Soloist

Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Female

Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Male

Best Latin Pop Performance

Best Metal Performance

Best Mexican-american Performance

Best Music Video - Long Form

Best Music Video - Short Form

Best New Age Performance

  • Winner: Mark Isham Mark Isham
  • Michael Hedges Taproot
  • Manheim Steamroller Yellowstone - The Music of Nature
  • Paul Winter Earth: Voices of a Planet
  • Acoustic Alchemy Caravan of Dreams
  • Mysterious Voices of Bulgaria Balkan

Best Opera Recording

  • Winner:
    James Levine conducting the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (solos: Morris, Ludwig, Jerusalem, Wlaschiha, Moll, Zednik, Rootering)     Wagner: Das Rheingold
  • Richardo Muti conducting the Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala (solos: Ramey, Studer, Shicoff, Zancaro) Verdi: Attila
  • Mstislav Rostropovich conducting the National Symphony Orchestra (solos: Raimondi, Vichnevskaia, Gedda, Plishka, Riegel, Tesarowicz) Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
  • Kent Nagano conducting the Orchestra of the Opera de Lyon and Chorus (solos: Bacquier, Viala, Gautier, Dubosc, Bastin) Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges
  • John Maurceri conducting the RIAS Berlin Sinfonietta Berlin (solos: Lemper, Kollo, Milva, Adori, Denesch) Weill: The Threepenny Opera

Best Orchestral Performance

  • Winner:
    Leonard Bernstein conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra     Shostakovich: Symphonies No. 1, Op. 10, and No. 7 (Leningrad), Op. 60
  • Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8, Op. 65
  • Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic Ives: Symphony No. 2; The Gong on the Hook and Ladder (Fireman's Parade on Main Street); Central Par
  • Gerard Schwarz conducting the Seattle Symphony Orchestra Hanson: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 6
  • Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Beethoven: Symphonies No. 7 in A and No. 8 in F

Best Polka Recording

  • Winner:
    Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra     When It's Polka Time at Your House
  • Eddie Blazoncyzk's Versatones Everybody Polka
  • Toledo Polkamotion Grand Illusion
  • Polka Family Band Fiddle Faddle
  • Jimmy Weber & the Sounds Sounds from the Heart

Best Pop Gospel Album

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

Best Rap Performance - Duo Or Group

Best Rap Performance - Solo

Best Recording For Children

Best Reggae Recording

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

  • Winner:
    James Miller, M.C. Hammer     U Can't Touch This
  • Terry Steele, David L. Elliott Here and Now
  • L.A. Reid, Babyface, Daryl Simmons My, My, My
  • Janet Jackson, James Harris III, Terry Lewis Alright
  • George Johnson, Louis Johnson, Sonora Sam I'll Be Good to You

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 Rock/contemporary Gospel Album

Best Song Written Specifically For A Motion Picture Or Television

Best Southern Gospel Album

  • Winner:
    Bruce Carroll     The Great Exchange
  • Speers He's Still in the Fire
  • Nelons Let the Redeemed Say So
  • J.D. Sumner & the Stamps Victory Road
  • Happy Goodman Family The Reunion

Best Spoken Word Or Nonmusical Recording

  • Winner:
    George Burns     Gracie: A Love Story
  • Kyle MacLachlan Diane... The Twin Peaks Tapes of Agent Cooper
  • John F. Kennedy Jr. Profiles in Courage (John F. Kennedy)
  • Jimmy Stewart Jimmy Stewart and His Poems
  • Garrison Keillor A Prairie Home Companion: The 4th Annual Farewell Performance

Best Traditional Blues Recording

Best Traditional Folk Recording

Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album

Best Tropical Latin Performance

Classical Producer Of The Year

  • Winner:
    Adam Stern
  • Hans Weber
  • Judith Sherman
  • Max Wilcox
  • Michael Fine

Hall Of Fame

  • Winner: T-Bone Walker Call It Stormy Monday
  • Winner:
    Paul Robeson, Helen Morgan, James Melton, Frank Munn, Countess Albani; Victor Young conducting Orchestra & Chorus     Show Boat
  • Winner:
    Original Broadway Cast; Carol Lawrence, Larry Kert     West Side Story
  • Winner:
    Glenn Miller & His Orchestra     Moonlight Serenade
  • Winner:
    Erroll Garner Trio     Misty

Legend Awards

Lifetime Achivement Awards

New Artist

Pop Female Vocalist

Pop Male Vocalist

Pop Vocal Group

Producer Of The Year

Record Of The Year

Rock Male Vocalist

  • Winner:
    Bad Love     Eric Clapton
  • You Can Leave Your Hat On Joe Cocker
  • Rockin' on the Free World Neil Young
  • Cradle of Love Billy Idol
  • Blaze of Glory Jon Bon Jovi

Rock Vocal Group

  • Winner:
    Janie's Got a Gun     Aerosmith
  • Suicide Blonde INXS
  • Higher Ground Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Blue Sky Morning Midnight Oil
  • Almost Hear You Sigh The Rolling Stones

Song Of The Year

Trustees Award

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