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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: Whoopi Goldberg
Date: February 24, 1992
City: New York City

This Year's Performers

The Nominees

Album Of The Year

Best Album For Children

  • Winner:
    Maranatha! Kids     A Cappella Kids
  • Dom De Luise, Peter Schickele, Carol Channing; Dino Anagnost, conductor Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf; A Zoo Called Earth/Gerald McBoing Boing

Best Album Notes

Best Album Package

Best Alternative Music Album

Best Arrangement On An Instrumental

  • Winner:
    Dave Grusin     Medley: Bess You Is My Woman/I Love You Porgy
  • Henry Mancini & Mancini Pops Orchestra The Untouchables
  • Michael Kamen conducting the Greater Los Angeles Orchestra Maid Marian track from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
  • University of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band Got a Match?
  • Peter Apfelbaum & the Hieroglyphics Ensemble Candles and Stones
  • Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

Best Bluegrass Album

  • Winner:
    Carl Jackson, John Starling, Nash Ramblers     Spring Training
  • Osborne Brothers Hillbilly Fever
  • Nashville Bluegrass Band Home of the Blues
  • Jim and Jesse McReynolds Music Among Friends
  • Alison Brown Simple Pleasures

Best Chamber Music Performance

  • Winner:
    Isaac Stern, Jamime Laredo, violins; Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Emanuel Ax, piano     Brahms: Piano Quartets, Opp. 25 and 26
  • Hilliard Ensemble Gesualdo: Tenebrae
  • Juilliard String Quartet; Christopher Oldfather, piano Carter: The 4 String Quartets; Duo for Violin and Piano
  • Arditti String Quartet Arditti II (Bartok: Quartet No. 4; Gubaidulina: Quartet No. 3; Schnittke: Quartet No. 2)
  • Gidon Kremer, violin; Martha Argerich, piano Bartok: Violin Sonata No. 1; Janacek: Violin Sonata; Messigen: Theme and Variations for Violin and P

Best Choral Performance

  • Winner:
    Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra; Margaret Hillis, choral director     Bach: Mass in B Minor
  • Krzysztof Penderecki conducting the Warsaw National Philharmonic Chorus and National Radio Symphony Orchestra Penderecki: St. Luke's Passion
  • Krzysztof Penderecki conducting the North German Radio Choir, Werner Hagen, chorus master; Bavarian Radio Chorus, Hans-Peter rauscher, chorus master; and North German Radio Symphony Orchestra Penderecki: Polish Requiem
  • Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Chorus and Orchestra Janacek: Glagolitic Mass; Dvorak: Te Deum
  • John Eliot Gardiner conducting the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists Beethoven: Missa Solemnis

Best Classical Album

  • Winner:
    Leonard Bernstein conducting the London Symphony Orchestra (solos: Hadley, Anderson, Ludwig, Green, Gedda, Jones, Ollmann)     Bernstein: Candide
  • The Juilliard String Quartet; Christopher Oldfather, piano Carter: The 4 String Quartets; Duo for Violin and Piano
  • Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Ives: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4; Hymns
  • Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; John Browning, piano Barber: Symphony No. 1, Op. 9; Piano Concerto, Op. 38; Souvenirs, Op. 28
  • Daniel Barenboim conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Corigliano: Symphony No. 1
  • Gerard Schwarz conducting the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, New York Chamber Symphony (Serenade and Hanson: Symphony No. 4, Op. 34; Serenade, Op. 35; Lament for Beowulf, Op. 25; Pastorale, Op. 38; Merry Mount Serenade, Op. 35

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) With Orchestra

  • Winner:
    John Browning, piano (Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra)     Barber: Piano Concerto, Op. 38
  • Yo-Yo Ma, cello (Yuri Temirkanov conducting the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra) Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
  • Yuri Bashmet, viola (Mstislav Rostropovich conducting the London Symphony Orchestra) Schnittke: Viola Concerto
  • Stanley Drucker, clarinet (Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic) Copland: Clarinet Concerto
  • Pinchas Zukerman, violin/viola (Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra) Bartok: Violin Concerto No. 2; Viola Concerto Op. Posth.; Violin Concerto No. 2 Alternative Ending
  • Mitsuko Uchida, piano (Jeffrey Tate conducting the English Chamber Orchestra) Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 15 in B Flat and No. 16 in D

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) Without Orchestra

  • Winner:
    Alicia de Larrocha, piano     Granados: Goyescas; Allegro de Concierto; Danza Lenta
  • Alan Feinberg, piano The American Romantic (Beach, Gottshalk, Helps)
  • Murray Perahia, piano The Aldeburgh Recital (Beethoven, Rachmaninov, Schumann, Liszt)
  • Rudolf Firkusny, piano Janacek: Piano Music (Sonata 1 x.1905; On an Overgrown Path; In the Mist)
  • Evgeny Kissin, piano Evgeny Kissin: Carnegie Hall Debut Concert

Best Classical Vocal Performance

  • Winner:
    Dawn Upshaw, soprano (ensemble accompaniment)     The Girl with Orange Lips (De Falla, Ravel, Kim, Stravinsky, Delage)
  • Cheryl Studer, soprano (Neville Marriner conducting the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields) Mozart: Arias
  • Thomas Hampson, baritone (Leonard Bernstein conducting the Vienna Philharmonic) Mahler: Songs of a Wayfarer; 5 Ruckert Lieder
  • Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano (Lee Luvisi, piano; Lawrence Dutton, viola) Jan DeGaetani in Concert, Vol. 2 (Brahms, Schumann, etc.)
  • Samuel Ramey, baritone (Warren Jones, accompanist) Copland: Old American Songs; Ives: Songs
  • Sanford Sylvan, baritone (David Breitman, piano) Beloved That Pilgrimage (Chanler: 8 Epitaphs; Barber: Hermit Songs; Copland: 12 Poems of Emily Dicki

Best Comedy Album

  • Winner:
    Professor Peter Schickele     P.D.Q. Bach: WTWP Classical Talkity-Talk Radio
  • Jackie Mason Brand New
  • George Carlin Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics
  • Garrison Keillor Local Man Moves to the City
  • Erma Bombeck When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time to Go Home

Best Contemporary Blues Album

Best Contemporary Composition

  • Winner:
    Daniel Barenboim conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra     Symphony No. 1
  • Philip Brunelle conducting the Plymouth Festival Chorus and Orchestra Te Deum
  • Simon Rattle conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Odyssey
  • Heinz Holliger, oboe; Pierre Boulez conducting the Ensemble Intercontemporain Oboe Concerto
  • The Hilliard Ensemble; Dennis Russell Davies conducting the Orchester der Beethovenhalle Bonn Miserere

Best Contemporary Folk Album

Best Contemporary Jazz Performance - Vocal Or Instrumental

Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album

Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance

Best Country & Western Song

Best Country & Western Vocal Collaboration

  • Winner:
    Steve Wariner, Ricky Skaggs, Vince Gill     Restless
  • Dolly Parton, Ricky Van Shelton Rockin' Years
  • Lee Greenwood, Suzy Bogguss Hopelessly Yours
  • Roy Rogers, Clint Black Hold On Partner
  • Keith Whitley, Earl Thomas Conley Brotherly Love

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Duo Or Group

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male

Best Engineered Album

Best Engineered Recording - Classical

  • Winner:
    Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; John Browning, piano     Barber: Symphony No. 1, Op. 9; Piano Concerto, Op. 38; Souvenirs, Op. 28
  • James Levine conducting the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus; solos: Behrens, Studer, Schwarz, Goldberg, Weikl, Wlaschiha, Salminen Wagner: Gotterdammerung
  • Daniel Barenboim conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Corigliano: Symphony No. 1
  • Leonard Bernstein conducting the London Symphony Orchestra; solos: Hadley, Anderson, Ludwig, Green, Gedda, Jones, Ollmann Bernstein: Candide
  • Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celestra, etc.

Best Hard Rock Vocal Performance

Best Historical Album

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)

Best Instrumental Composition

  • Winner:
    Elton John (James Galway)     Basque
  • Herb Alpert, Greg Smith North on South St.
  • Eric Johnson Cliffs of Dover
  • Bela Fleck, Howard Levy, Victor Wooten, Roy Wooten (Bela Fleck & the Flecktones) Blu-Bop
  • Claus Ogerman Corfu

Best Instrumental Composition Written For A Motion Picture Or Television

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Group

  • Winner:
    Oscar Peterson Trio     Saturday Night at the Blue Note
  • Dave Grusin The Gershwin Connection
  • Lionel Hampton & the Golden Men of Jazz Lionel Hapton and the Golden Men of Jazz Live at the Blue Note
  • David Sanborn Another Hand
  • Chick Corea Akoustic Band Alive

Best Jazz Instrumental Solo

Best Jazz Vocal Performance

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance

  • Winner:
    Dizzy Gillespie & the United Nation Orchestra     Live at the Royal Festival Hall
  • Bob Mintzer Art of the Big Band
  • Rob McConnell & the Boss Brass The Brass Is Back
  • Doc Severinsen & the Tonight Show Band Once More with Feeling
  • Charlie Haden & the Liberation Music Orchestra Dream Keeper
  • Jay McShann Paris All-Star Blues (A Tribute to Charlie Parker)

Best Latin Pop Album

Best Metal Vocal Performance

Best Mexican-american Album

Best Musical Show Album

  • John McGlinn, conductor; Cole Porter, composer Kiss Me Kate
  • Erich Kunzel conducting the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra; Meredith Willson, composer The Music Man

Best New Age Album

Best Opera Recording

  • Winner:
    James Levine conducting the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Behrens, Studer, Schwarz, Goldberg, Weikl, Wlaschiha, Salminen)     Wagner: Gotterdammerung
  • John Eliot Gardiner conducting the English Baroque Soloists (solos: Rolf-Johnson, von Otter, McNair, Martinpelto) Mozart: Idomeneo
  • Wolfgang Sawallisch conducting the Bavarian Radio Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Studer, Weikl, Marton, Lipovsek, Winkler) R. Strauss: Elektra
  • Claudio Abbado conducting the Vienna State Opera Orchestra and Concert Chorus (solos: Lipovsek, Atlantov, Burchuladze, Haugland, Kotscherga, Popov) Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina
  • Claudio Abbado conducting the Chamber Orchestra of Europe (solos: Studer, Mattila, Hampson) Schubert: Fierrabras
  • Charles Dutoit conducting the Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal (solos: Henry, Alliot-Lugaz, Thau, Cachemaille, Carlson, Golfier) Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande

Best Orchestral Performance

  • Winner:
    Daniel Barenboim conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra     Corigliano: Symphony No. 1
  • Rafael Kubelik conducting the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Smetana: Ma Vlast
  • Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Ives: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4
  • James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Holst: The Planets
  • Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Copland: Symphony No. 3; Music for a Great City

Best Polka Album

  • Winner:
    Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra     Live! At Gilley's
  • Walter Ostanek A Wonderful World of Polkas and Waltzes
  • The Dynatones When the Band Plays a Polka
  • Polka Family Band We Are Family
  • Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones All Around the World

Best Pop Gospel Album

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

  • Winner:
    Michael Kamen conducting the Greater Los Angeles Orchestra     Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
  • Kenny G Theme from Dying Young
  • Candy Dulfer Saxuality
  • Dave Grusin Havana
  • John Williams conducting the Skywalker Symphony Orchestra John Williams Conducts John Williams/The Star Wars Trilogy

Best Rap Performance - Duo Or Group

Best Rap Solo Performance

Best Reggae Album

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

  • Winner:
    Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller, Teddy Vann     Power of Love/Love Power
  • Walter Afanasieff, John Bettis Can You Stop the Rain
  • Narada Michael Walden, Lisa Fischer How Can I Ease the Pain
  • Alvertis Isbell I'll Take You There
  • Dr. Freeze I Wanna Sex You Up

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

Best Spoken Word Or Nonmusical Album

  • Winner:
    Ken Burns     The Civil War
  • Charles Kuralt A Life on the Road
  • Katharine Hepburn Me: Stories of My Life
  • Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guid to the Galaxy

Best Traditional Blues Album

Best Traditional Folk Album

Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album

Best Tropical Latin Album

Best World Music Album

Classical Producer Of The Year

  • Winner:
    James Mallinson
  • Thomas Frost
  • Jay David Saks
  • Hans Weber
  • Steven Epstein

Hall Of Fame

Legend Awards

Lifetime Achievement Awards

New Artist

Pop Female Vocalist

Pop Male Vocalist

Pop Vocal Group

Producer Of The Year

Record Of The Year

Rock Solo Vocal Performance

Rock Song

Rock Vocal Group

Song Of The Year

  • Winner:
    Irving Gordon     Unforgettable
  • Marc Cohn Walking In Memphis
  • Bryan Adams, Robert John Mutt Lange, Michael Kamen (Everything I Do) I Do It For You
  • Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe Losing My Religion
  • Amy Grant, Keith Thomas Baby Baby

Traditional Pop Performance

Trustees Award

  • Winner:
    Oscar Hammerstein II
  • Winner:
    Lorenz Hart
  • Winner:
    Christine M. Farnon
  • Winner:
    Thomas A. Dorsey
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