1993 Grammy Awards
Details & Performances
- Host: Garry Shandling
- Venue: Shrine Auditorium
- City: Los Angeles
- Date: February 24, 1993
Awards
Album of the Year
Best Album for Children
- film soundtrack, Alan Menken, Howard Ashman - Beauty and the Beast
- J. Aaron Brown, David R. Lehman, Barbara Bailey Hutchinson - Snuggle Up - A Gift of Songs for Sweet Dreams
- John Boylan, Janice Karman, Ross Baggdasarian - Chipmunks in Low Places
- Pete Seeger - Pete Seeger's Family Concert
- Woody Guthrie, Arlo Guthrie, Nora Guthrie, Frank Fuchs - Woody's Grow Big Songs 1 and 2
Best Album Notes
- Aretha Franklin - Queen of Soul - The Atlantic Recordings
- Elvis Presley - Elvis the King of Rock 'n' Roll - The Complete 50's Masters
- various artists - Roots n' Blues the Restrospective (1925-1950)
- Nat King Cole Trio - The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Nat King Cole Trio
- various artists - You're the Top: Cole Porter in the 1930s
Best Album Package
- Paula Abdul - Spellbound - Compact
- Suzanne Vega - 99.9 F
- Elvis Presley - Elvis the King of Rock 'n' Roll - The Complete 50's Masters
- Aretha Franklin - Queen of Soul - The Atlantic Recordings
- Hammer - Too Legit to Quit
Best Alternative Music Album
Best Arrangement on an Instrumental
- Rob McConnell & the Boss Brass - Strike Up the Band
- GRP All-Star Big Band - Airegin
- Either/Orchestra - Bennie Moten's Weird Nightmare
- Arturo Sandoval - Cherokee
- University of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band - Values
Best Bluegrass Album
- Alison Krauss, Union Station - Every Time You Say Goodbye
- Seldom Scene - Scene 20 - 20th Anniversary Concert
- David Grisman, Herb Pedersen, Red Allen, Jim Buchanan, James Kerwin, Jerry Garcia - Bluegrass Reunion
- Jerry Douglas - Slide Rule
- Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan, Lonesome Standard Time - Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan and Lonesome Standard Time
Best Chamber Music Performance
- Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Emanuel Ax, piano - Brahms: Sonatas for Cello and Piano
- Tokyo String Quartet - Beethoven: The Late String Quartets (Opp. 127, 130, 131, 132, 133, 135)
- Isaac Stern, Cho-Liang Lin, violins; Yo-Yo Ma, Sharon Robinson, cellos; Jaime Laredo, Michael Tree, violas - Brahms: Sextets, Opp. 18 and 36; Theme and Variations
- Rudolf Firkusny, piano; Ridge String Quartet - Dvorak: Piano Quintets, Opp. 81 and 5
- Carmina Quartet - Szymanowski: String Quartets No. 1, Op. 37, and No. 2, Op. 56; Webern: Langsamer Satz for String Qua
Best Choral Performance
- Herbert Blomstedt conducting the San Francisco Girls'/Boys' Chorus and San Francisco Symphony Orchestra - Orff: Carmina Burana
- Martin Pearlman conducting the Boston Baroque Chorus and Orchestra - Handel: Messiah
- John Eliot Gardiner conducting the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists - Haydn: The Seasons
- Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra; Malcolm Hicks, chorus master - Janacek: Glagolitic Mass
- Riccardo Chailly conducting the Stadtischer Musikverein Dusseldorf and Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin - Mahler: Das Klagende Lied
Best Classical Album
- Leonard Bernstein conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra - Mahler: Symphony No. 9
- Cecilia Bartoli, soprano; Ion Marin conducting the Orchestra e Coro del Teatro la Fenice - Cecilia Bartoli: Rossini Heroines
- David Zinman conducting the London Sinfonietta (Dawn Upshaw) - Gorecki: Symphony No. 3
- Georg Solti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic; Domingo, Varady, van Dam, Behrens, Runkel, principal soloists - R. Strauss: Die Frau Ohne Schatten
- Nicholas Harnoncourt conducting the Chamber Orchestra of Europe - Beethoven: Symphonies (Complete)
Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) with Orchestra
- Yo-Yo Ma, cello (Lorin Maazel conducting the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) - Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante; Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
- Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin (Seiji Ozawa conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra) - Bartok: Violin Concerto No. 2; Moret: En Reve
- Alicia de Larrocha, piano (Colin Davis conducting the English Chamber Orchestra) - Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 23 and 24
- Geoffrey Tozer, piano - Neeme Jarvi conducting the London Philharmonic - Medtner: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-3
- Horacio Gutierrez, piano (Lorin Maazel conducting the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) - Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 3
Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) without Orchestra
- Vladimir Horowitz, piano - Horowitz - Discovered Treasures (Chopin, Clementi, Liszt, Scarlatti, Scriabin)
- Emanuel Ax, piano - Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24; 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118; 2 Rhapsodies, Op
- Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano - Ravel: L'Oeuvre pour Piano Seul (Complete Works for Solo Piano)
- Yevgeny Kissin, piano - Schubert: Fantasie in C and 4 Lieder; Brahms: Fantasien, Op. 116; Liszt: Ungarishe
- Keith Jarrett, piano - Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87
Best Classical Vocal Performance
- Kathleen Battle, soprano (Margo Garett, accompanist) - Kathleen Battle at Carnegie Hall (Handel, Mozart, Liszt, Strauss, Charpentier)
- Cecilia Bartoli, soprano (Ion Marin conducting the Orchestra e Coro del Teatro le Fenice) - Cecilia Bartoli: Rossini Heroines
- Thomas Hampson, baritone (Charles Mackerras conducting the Welsh National Opera Orchestra and Chorus) - Delius: Sea Drift
- Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano (Martin Katz, accompanist) - Marilyn Horne: Rossini Recital
- Arleen Auger, soprano (Irwin Gage, accompanist) - Wolf: Songs to the Poetry of Goethe and Morike
Best Comedy Album
- Professor Peter Schickele - P.D.Q Bach: Music for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion
- George Burns - An Evening with George Burns
- Jonathan Winters - Jonathan Winters is Terminator 3
- Rita Rudner - Naked Beneath My Clothes
- Weird Al Yankovic - Off The Deep End Lyrics
Best Contemporary Blues Album
- Stevie Ray Vaughan, Double Trouble - The Sky Is Crying
- Etta James - The Right Time
- Pops Staples - Peace to the Neighborhood
- Robben Ford, Blue Line - Robben Ford and the Blue Line
- Robert Cray - I Was Warned
Best Contemporary Composition
- Samuel Barber - The Lovers
- Anthony Davis - X, the Life and Times of Malcolm X
- Ellen Taaffe Zeilich - Flute Concerto
- John Tavener - The Protecting Veil
- Witold Lutoslawski - Piano Concerto
Best Contemporary Folk Album
Best Contemporary Jazz Performance - Instrumental
- Pat Metheny - Secret Story
- Bob Berg - Back Roads
- Bob Mintzer - One Music
- Brecker Brothers - Return of the Brecker Brothers
- David Sanborn - Upfront
Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album
- various artists - Handel's Messiah - A Soulful Celebration
- Al Green - Love Is Reality
- Daryl Coley - When the Music Stops
- Richard Smallwood Singers - Testimony
- Vickie Winans - The Lady
Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance
- Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed - Sneakin' Around
- Asleep at the Wheel - Black and White Rag
- Chieftains, Ricky Skaggs - Cotton-Eyed Joe
- Jerry Douglas - Ride the Wild Turkey
- Emmylou Harris, Nash Ramblers - Scotland
Best Country & Western Song
- Vicne Gill, John Barlow Jarvis - I Still Believe in You
- Dave Loggins - She Is His Only Need
- Don Von Tress - Achy Breaky Heart
- Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Don Schlitz - I Feel Lucky
- The Greatest Man I Never Knew - Richard Leigh, Layng Martine Jr.
Best Country & Western Vocal Collaboration
- Travis Tritt, Marty Stuart - The Whiskey Ain't Workin'
- Chieftains, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Killybegs
- Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Joe Diffie - Not Too Much to Ask
- Tanya Tucker, Delbert McClinton - Tell Me About It
- Chris LeDoux, Garth Brooks - Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy
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
- Georg Solti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic; solos: Domingo, Varady, van Dam, Behrens - R. Strauss: Die Frau Ohne Schatten
- Malcolm Arnold conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra - Arnold: A Sussex Overture: Beckus the Dandipratt; The Smoke; The Fair Field
- Andrew Schenck conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Barber: The Lovers; Prayers of Kierkegaard
- Gerard Schwarz conducting the Seattle Symphony; Carol Rosenberger, piano - Hanson: Mosaics; Piano Concerto in G; Symphonies Nos. 5 and 7
- Herbert Blomstedt conducting the San Francisco Chorus, San Francisco Symphony Chorus and San Francisco Symphony Orchestra - Orff: Carmina Burana
- Yoel Levi conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra - Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring and Pulcinella Suite
Best Hard Rock Vocal Performance
Best Historical Album
- Nat King Cole Trio - The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Nat King Cole Trio
- various artists - The Music of Disney - A Legacy in Song
- Les Paul - Les Paul: The Legend and the Legacy
- Elvis Presley - Elvis the King of Rock 'n' Roll - The Complete 50's Masters
- various artists - You're the Top: Cole Porter in the 1930s
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
- Shirley Horn - Here's to Life
- Diane Schuur - Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry
- Eileen Farrell - Lush Life
- Nnenna Freelon - Stella by Starlight
- track from Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration - Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage?
Best Instrumental Composition
Best Instrumental Composition written for a Motion Picture or Television
- Alan Menken - Theme from Beauty and the Beast
- Arturo Sandoval - Mambo Caliente (The Mambo Kings)
- David Schwartz - Theme from Northern Exposure
- Eric ClaptoN - Rush
- John Williams - Hook
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Individual or Group
- Branford Marsalis - I Heard You Twice
- Eddie Daniels, Gary Burton - Benny Rides Again
- Charlie Haden Quartet West - Haunted Heart
- Arturo Sandoval - I Remember Clifford
- Joe Henderson - Lush Life
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
- Joe Henderson - Lush Life
- Randy Brecker - Above and Below
- Wynton Marsalis - Blue Interlude
- Miles Davis - Fantasy
- Stan Getz, Kenny Barron - Soul Eyes
Best Jazz Vocal Performance
- Bobby McFerrin - 'Round Midnight
- Jimmy Scott - All the Way
- Shirley Horn - Here's to Life
- Take 6 - I'm Always Chasing Rainbows
- Abbey Lincoln - You Gotta Pay the Band
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance
- McCoy Tyner Big Band - The Turning Point
- Rob McConnel, Boss Brass - Brassy and Sassy
- Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra - Carnegie Hall Concert
- GRP All-Star Big Band - GRP All-Star Big Band
- Benny Carter Big Band, Rutgers University Orchestra - Harlem Renaissance
Best Latin Pop Album
- Jon Secada - Otro Dla Mas sin Verte
- Cristian - Aqua Neuva
- Jose Luis Rodriguez - El Puma en Ritmo
- Julio Iglesias - Calor
- Luis Miguel - Romance
- Raphael - Ave Fenix
Best Metal Vocal Performance
Best Mexican-American Album
- Linda Ronstadt - Mas Canciones
- Emilio Navaira - Unsung Highways
- Los Diablos - Un Nuevo Comienzo
- Los Tigres del Norte - Con Sentimiento y Sabor
- Mingo Saldivary y Sus Tremendos Cuatro Espadas - I Love My Freedom, I Love My Texas
Best Music Video - Long Form
- Annie Lennox - Diva
- Gershwin, D'Albert, Strauss, Honegger, Swiss Radio Symphony Orchestra; Matthias Barnert, conductor - Classic Visions 5
- Gwar - Phallus in Wonderland
- Hammer - Hammerin' Home
- Public Enemy - The Enemy Strikes Live
Best Music Video - Short Form
Best Musical Show Album
- Frank Loesser - Guys and Dolls - The New Broadway Cast Recording
- Broadway cast - Crazy for You
- Broadway cast - The Secret Garden
- Broadway cast - Jelly's Last Jam
- John Mauceri conducting the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra ( Julie Andrews, Ben Kingsley, others) - The King and I
Best New Age Album
Best Opera Recording
- Georg Solti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic (solos: Domino, Varady, van Dam, Behrens, Runkel, Jo) - R. Strauss: Die Frau Ohne Schatten
- James Levine conducting the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (solos: Goldberg, Zednik, Morris, Behrens, Svenden, Wlaschiha, Moll, Battle) - Wagner: Siegfried
- Rene Jacobs conducting the Concerto Koln (solos: Larmore, Schlick, Fink, Rorholm, Ragin, Zanasi, Visse, Lallouette) - Handel: Giulio Cesare
- Seiji Ozawa conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra (solos: Freni, Atlantov, Hvorostovsky, Forrester, Leiferkus, Ciesinski) - Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades)
- Simon Rattle conducting the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (solos: Howell, Watson, Tear, Allen, Montague) - Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen
Best Orchestral Performance
- Leonard Bernstein conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra - Mahler: Symphony No. 9
- Nicholas Hanoncourt conducting the Chamber Orchestra of Europe - Beethoven: Symphonies (Complete)
- David Zinman conducting the London Sinfonietta (Dawn Upshaw) - Gorecki: Symphony No. 3
- Myung-Whun Chung conducting the Orchestre de L'Opera Bastille - Messiaen: Turangalila Symphonie
- Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra - W. Schuman: Symphony No. 10; New England Triptych; American Festival Overture
Best Polka Album
- Walter Ostanek - 35th Anniversay
- Dick Tady Orchestra - Happy Polka Days
- Eddie Blazoncyzk's Versatones - All American Country Flavored Polkas
- Jimmy Sturr - Sturr-It-Up
- Lenny Gomulka & the Chicago Push - Where Were You Back Then?
Best Pop Gospel Album
- Steven Curtis Chapman - The Great Adventure
- Carman - Addicted to Jesus
- Larnelle Harris - I Choose Joy
- Mylon LeFevre - Faith, Hope and Love
- Susan Ashton - Angels of Mercy
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
- Richard Kaufman conducting the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra - Beauty and the Beast
- Bob James, Earl Klugh - Cool
- John Williams - Hook
- Chieftains with Chet Atkins - Tahitian Skies
- Bruce Hornsby, Branford Marsalis - Twenty-Nine to Five
Best Rap Performance - Duo or Group
Best Rap Performance - Solo
Best Reggae Album
- Shabba Ranks - X-Tra Naked
- Steel Pulse - Rastafari Centennial/Live in Paris - Elysee Montmartre
- Jimmy Cliff - Breakout
- Third World - Committed
- Wailing Souls - All Over the World
Best Rhythm & Blues Instrumental Performance
- Miles Davis - Doo-Bop
- Brecker Brothers - Big Idea
- George Howard - Just the Way I Feel
- Soul II Soul - Mood
- Grover Washington Jr. - Summer Chill
Best Rhythm & Blues Song
- L.A. Ried, Babyface, Daryl Simmons - The End of the Road
- Dallas Austin, Lisa Left Eye Lopes - Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg
- Hal Davis, Berry Gordy, Willie Hutch, Bob West - I'll Be There
- Michael Jackson, Rene Moore, Bruce Swedien, Teddy Riley - Jam
- Thomas McElroy, Denzil Foster - My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)
Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Duo or Group
Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female
Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
- Stevie Ray Vaughan, Double Trouble - Little Wing
- Dixie Dregs - Bring 'Em Back Alive
- Santana - Gypsy/Grajonca
- Jeff Beck, Jed Leiber - Hound Dog
- Joe Satriani - The Extremist
Best Rock/Contemporary Gospel Album
- Petra - Unseen Power
- Geoff Moore, Distance - A Friend Like U
- Newsboys - Not Ashamed
- Pray for Rain - Pray for Rain
- White Heart - Tales of Wonder
Best Song written specifically for a Motion Picture or Television
- Alan Menken, Howard Ashman - Beauty and the Beast (Beauty and the Beast)
- Carole King - Now and Forever (A League of Their Own)
- Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven (Rush)
- Michael Kamen, Sting, Eric Clapton - It's Probably Me (Lethal Weapon 3)
- Robert Kraft, Arne Glimcher - Beautiful Maria of My Soul (The Mambo Kings)
Best Southern Gospel Album
- Bruce Carroll - Sometimes Miracles Hide
- Cathedrals - Camp Meeting Live
- Florida Boys - Live Lyrics
- Jeff Easter, Sheri Easter - Pickin' the Best ...Live
- Speers - 70th Anniversay Celebration
Best Spoken Word or Nonmusical Album
- Earvin Magic Johnson, Robert O'Keefe - What Can You Do to Avoid AIDS
- Fannie Flagg - Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
- Garrison Keillor - Stories
- Ken Nordine - Devout Catalyst
- Orson Welles - This Is Orson Welles
- Patrick Stewart - A Christmas Carol
Best Traditional Blues Album
- Dr. John - Goin' Back to New Orleans
- Charles Brown - Someone to Love
- Clarence Gatemouth Brown - No Looking Back
- John Hammond - Got Love If You Want It
- various artists - Roots of Rhythm and Blues: A Tribute to the Robert Johnson Era
Best Traditional Folk Album
- Chieftains - An Irish Evening Live at the Grand Opera House, Belfast, with Roger Daltrey and Nanci Griffith
- D.L. Menard, Eddie LeJeun, Ken Smith - Le Trio Cadien
- David Holt - Grandfather's Greatest Hits
- Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares - A Cathedral Concert
- Norman Blake, Nancy Blake - Just Gimme Somethin' I'm Used To
Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album
- Shirley Ceasar - He's Working It Out for You
- Albertina Walker - Live
- Fairfield Four - Standing in the Safety Zone
- Gospel Hummingbirds - Steppin' Out
- Mom Winans, Pop Winans - For the Rest of My Life
Best Tropical Latin Album
- Linda Ronstadt - Frenesi
- Celia Cruz - Tributo a Ismael Rivera
- El Gran Combo - Gracias
- Ray Barretto - Soy Dichoso
- Ruben Blades - Amor y Control
Best World Music Album
- Sergio Mendes - Brasileiro
- Gipsy Kings - Gipsy Kings Live
- Ofra Hazra - Kirya
- Strunz & Farah - Americas
- Youssou N'Dour - Eyes Open
Classical Producer of the Year
- Michael Fine
- James Mallinson
- Steven Epstein
- Andrew Cornall
- Thomas Frost
Hall of Fame
Legend Award
