1996 Grammy Awards
Details & Performances
- Host: Ellen DeGeneres
- Venue: Shrine Auditorium
- City: Los Angeles
- Date: February 28, 1996
Awards
Album of the Year
Best Album Notes
- various artists - The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 3: 1972-1975
- Judy Garland - 25th Anniversary - Retrospective
- Ella Fitzgerald - Ella - The Legendary Decca Recordings
- Carmen McRae - I'll Be Seeing You: A Tribute to Carmen McRae
- Louis Armstrong - Let's Do It: Best of the Verve Years
Best Album Package
Best Album Package - Boxed
Best Alternative Music Performance
- Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York
- Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
- Bjork - Post
- Presidents of the United States of America - The Presidents of the United States of America
- Pj Harvey - To Bring You My Love Lyrics
Best Arrangement on an Instrumental
- J.J. Johnson with the Robert Farnon Orchestra - Lament
- Ettore Stratta conducting the Royal Philharmonic - Atras da Porta
- Marcus Miller - Come Together
- GRP All-Star Band - Cookin' at the Continental
- Ettore Stratta conducting the Royal Philharmonic - Manha de Carnaval
Best Bluegrass Album
- Nashville Bluegrass Band - Unleashed
- Byron Berline - Fiddle and a Song
- Claire Lynch - Moonlighter
- Cox Family - Beyond the City
- Rose Maddox - $35 and a Dream
Best Chamber Music Performance
- Emanuel Ax, piano; Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Richard Stoltzman, clarinet - Brahms, Beethoven, Mozart: Clarinet Trios
- Vermeer String Quartet - Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Christ
- Alban Berg Quartet - Janacek: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2
- St. Petersburg String Quartet - Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 3, 5 and 7
- Emerson String Quartet - Webern: Works for String Quartet; String Trio, Op. 20
Best Choral Performance
- Herbert BLomstedt conducting the San Francisco Symphony and Chorus - Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem
- Robert Shaw conducting the Robert Shaw Festival Singers - Evocation of the Spirit (Works of Gorecki, Part, Barber, etc.)
- Barbara Thornton conducting the Sequentia - Hildegard von Bingen: Canticles of Ecstasy
- Yuri Temirkanov conducting the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Chamber Choir - Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky
- John Eliot Gardiner conducting the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique - Verdi: Requiem; 4 Pezzi Sahri
Best Classical Album
- Pierre Boulez conducting the Cleveland Orchestra; Cleveland Orchestra Choir; Franklin Cohen, clarinet - Debussy: La Mer; Nocturnes; Jeux; etc.
- Charles Dutoit conducting the Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Montreal Symphony Orchestra Choir; Gary Lakes, Francoise Follet, Gino Quilico, Deborah Voigt, principal soloists - Berlioz: Les Troyens
- Martin Neary conducting the New London Consort; Westminster Abbey Choir - Music for Queen Mary (Works of Purcell, Morley, Blow, etc.)
- Mstislav Rostropovich conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra; Maxim Vengerov, violin - Prokofiev, Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
- Pierre Boulez conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Bartok: Divertimento; Dance Suite; etc.
Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist without Orchestra
- Radu Lupu, piano - Schubert: Piano Sonatas (B Flat Major and A Major)
- Konstantin Lifschitz, piano - Bach: Goldberg Variations
- Stephen Kovacevich, piano - Beethoven: Piano Sonata, Op. 31, Nos. 16-18
- Evgeny Kissin, piano - Chopin, Vol. 2 (Sonata No. 3; Mazurkas)
- Murray Perahia, piano - Chopin: 4 Ballades (Waltzes, Nocturne, Mazurkas and Etudes)
Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) with Orchestra
- Itzhak Perlman, violin (Seiji Ozawa conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra) - The American Album (Works of Bernstein, Barber, Foss)
- Maria Joao Piers, piano (Andre Previn conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) - Chopin: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21 track from Chopin: Piano Concerto
- Catherine Cantin, flute; Heinz Holliger, oboe; Yvonne Loriod, piano; Mstislav Rostropovich, violincello (Myung-Whun Chung conducting the Bastille Opera Orchestra) - Messiaen: Concert a Quartre track fron Messiaen: Concert a Q
- Maxim Vengerov, violin (Mstislav Rostropovich conducting the London Symphony Orchestra) - Prokofiev, Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
- Evgeny Kissin, piano (Claudio Abbado conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker) - Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 3
Best Classical Vocal Performance
- Sylvia McNair, soprano (Christopher Hogwood conducting the Academy of Ancient Music) - The Echoing Air - The Music of Henry Purcell (If Music Be the Food of Love, Sweeter Than Roses, etc.
- Sergei Leiferkus, baritone (Semion Skigin, piano) - Mussorgsky Songs (Songs and Dances of Death, The Nursery, etc)
- Roberto Alagna, tenor (Richard Armstrong conducting the London Philharmonic) - Roberto Alagna - Operatic Arias (Works of Donizetti, Massenet, etc.)
- Wolfang Holzmair, baritone (Imogine Cooper, piano) - Schumann: Dichterliebe; Liederkreis, Op. 24; HeineLieder
- Bryn Terfel, baritone (Malcolm Martineau, piano) - The Vagabond (Songs by Vaughan Williams, Butterworth, etc.)
Best Comedy Album
- Jonathan Winters - Crank Calls
- Don Imus - God's Other Son (Don Imus)
- Jeff Foxworthy - Games Rednecks Play
- Judy Tenuta - In Goddess We Trust
- Martin Lawrence - Funk It
Best Contemporary Blues Album
- Buddy Guy - Slippin' In Lyrics
- Albert Collins & the Icebreakers - (Live '92-'93)
- Clarence Gatemouth Brown - The Man
- Percy Sledge - Blue Night
- Robert Cray - Some Rainy Morning
Best Contemporary Composition
- Olivier Messiaen - Concert a Quatre
- Ellen Taafe Zwilich - Symphony No. 3
- Gunther Schuller - Of Reminiscences and Reflections
- Gyorgy Ligeti - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
- John Adams - Chamber Symphony
Best Contemporary Folk Album
Best Contemporary Jazz Performance
- We Live Here - Pat Metheny Group
- Dreamland - Yellowjackets
- Elixir - Fourplay
- Lee and Larry - Lee Ritenour, Larry Carlton
- Tales - Marcus Miller
Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album
- CeCe Winans - Alone in His Presence
- Anointed - The Call
- Daniel Winans - Not in My House
- Doug Williams - Heartsongs
- various artists - Motown Comes Home
- Yolanda Adams - More Than a Melody
Best Country & Western Album
- Shania Twain - The Woman In Me Lyrics
- Dwight Yoakam - Dwight Live
- John Michael Montgomery - John Michael Montgomery
- Junior Brown - Junior High
- Mavericks - Music for All Occasions
- Trisha Yearwood - Thinkin' About You
Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance
- Asleep at the Wheel - Hightower
- Flaco Jimenez, Lee Roy Parnell - Cat Walk
- Bela Fleck - Cheesballs in Cowtown
- Byron Berline, Earl Scruggs, Bill Monroe - Sally Goodin
- Doc Watson - Thunder Road/Sugarfoot Rag
Best Country & Western Song
- Vince Gill - Go Rest High On That Mountain Lyrics
- Bob McDill - Gone Country
- Gretchen Peters - You Don't Even Know Who I Am
- Maribeth Derry, Steve Diamond, Jennifer Kimball - I Can Love You Like That
- Robert John, Mutt Lange, Shania Twain - Any Man of Mine
Best Country & Western Vocal Collaboration
- Shenandoah, Alison Krauss - Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart
- George Jones, Alan Jackson - A Good Year for the Roses
- Suzy Bogguss, Chet Atkins - All My Loving
- Dolly Parton, Vince Gill - I Will Always Love You
- Reba McEntire, Trisha Yearwood, Martina McBride, Linda Davis - On My Own
Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Duo or Group
Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female
Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male
Best Engineered Album
- Tom Petty - Wildflowers
- Dr. John - Afterglow
- White Zombie - Astro-Creek: 2000 Songs of Love, Destruction and Other Synthetic Delusions of the Electric Head
- The Eagles - Hell Freezes Over Lyrics
- Michael Jackson - History: Past, Present and Future Book I
Best Engineered Recording
- Herbert Blornstedt, conductor - Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra; Kossuth - Symphonic Poem
- Leonard Slatkin conductor - Orff: Carmina Burana
- Yuri Ternirkanov, conductor - Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky
- Anonymous 4 - The Lily and the Lamb (Chant and Polyphony from Medieval England)
- Leonard Slatkin, conductor - The Typewriter - Leroy Anderson Favorites
Best Hard Rock Performance
Best Historical Album
- Jascha Heifetz, various artists - The Heifetz Collection
- Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Early Ellington: The Complete Brunswick and Vocalion Recordings of Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
- John Coltrane - John Coltrane: The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
- The Beatles - Live at the BBC
- various artists - The R&B Box: 30 Years of Rhythm and Blues
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
- Mel Torme, Rob McConnell - I Get a Kick Out of You
- Carmen Lundy - 'Round Midnight
- Cirque du Soleil - Algeria
- The Magic Song - Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo
- GRP All-Star Big Band, B.B. King - Stormy Monday Blues
Best Instrumental Composition
- Bill Holman - A View from the Side
- Billy Childs - The Starry Night
- Billy Taylor - Homage Part I
- Chick Corea - New Life
- Marcus Miller, Allen Toussaint - Tales
Best Instrumental Composition written for a Motion Picture or Television
- Crimson Tide - Crimson Tide
- The Cure - The Cure
- Batman Forever - Batman Forever
- Ed Wood - Main Title
- Joe Cool Blues - Buggy Ride
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Individual or Group
- McCoy Tyner Trio featuring Michael Brecker - Infinity
- Joe Henderson - Double Rainbow - The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim
- Fred Hersch - I Never Told You - Fred Hersch Plays Johnny Mandel
- Charlie Haden, Hank Jones - Steal Away
- Kenny Barron, Roy Haynes, Charlie Haden - Wanton Spirit
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
- Michael Brecker - Impressions
- Pete Christlieb - But Beautiful
- Charlie Haden, Hank Jones - Go Down Moses
- Kenny Barron - Take the Coltrane
- Eliane Elias, Herbie Hancock - The Way You Look Tonight
Best Jazz Vocal Performance
- Lena Horne - An Evening with Lena Horne
- Abbey Lincoln - A Turtle's Dream
- Kurt Elling - Close Your Eyes
- Dee Dee Bridgewater - Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver
- Dianne Reeves - Quiet After the Storm
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance
- GRP All-Stars Big Band, Tom Scott - All Blues
- Bill Holman Band - A View from the Side
- Mingus Big Band - Gunslinging Birds
- Joe Lovano - Rush Hour
- Gerald Wilson Orchestra - State Street Sweet
Best Latin Jazz Performance
- Jobim - Antonio Brasileiro
- Eddie Palmieri - Areta
- Jerry Gonzalez & the Fort Apache Band - Pensativo
- Chico O'Farrill & His Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra - Pure Emotion
- Patato, Changuito, Orestes - Ritmo y Candela: Rhythm at the Crossroads
Best Latin Pop Performance
Best Metal Performance
Best Mexican-American Performance
- Flaco Jimenez - Flaco Jimenez
- Jaime y los Chamacos - ...No Se Cansan!
- Juan Gabriel - El Mexico Que Se Nos Fue
- La Mafia - Exitos en Vivo
- Ramon Ayala y Sus Bravos del Norte - Lagrimas
Best Music Video - Long Form
- Charles Dutoit conducting the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. Barbara Willis Sweete, director - The Planets
Best Musical Album for Children
- J. Aaron Brown, David R. Lehman (Barbara Bailey Hutchinson) - Sleepy Time Lullabies
- Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz - Pocahontas Sing-Along
- Bod Dawson, John McCutcheon - John McCutcheon's Four Seasons: Summersongs
- Los Lobos, Lalo Guerrero - Papa's Dream
- Michael L. Becker, Harold J. Kleiner, Marco Marianangeli (Chieftains, Kathie Lee Gifford, various artists) - Winnie-the-Pooh's Take My Hand
Best New Age Album
- George Winston - Forest
- Kitaro - An Enchanted Evening
- Patrick O'Hearn - Trust
- Suzanne Ciani - Dream Suite
- Tangerine Dream - Tyranny of Beauty
Best Opera Recording
- Charles Dutoit conducting the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (solos: Lakes, Pollet, Quilico, Voigt) - Berlioz: Les Troyens
- Alberto Zedda conducting the Collegium Instrumentale Brugense (solos: Micco, Jo, Lendi, Olsen, Podles, Spagnoli) - Rossini: Tancredi
- Christopher Hogwood conducting the Academy of Ancient Music Orchestra (solos: Bartoli, Bonney, Cachemaille, Heilmann, Jones, Montague) - Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito
- John Eliot Gardiner conducting the English Baroque Soloists and the Monteverdi Chorus (solos: Clarkson, D'Arcangelo, Gilfry, James, Margiono, Orgonasova, Pregardien, Silvesterelli) - Mozart: Don Giovanni
- Valery Gergiev conducting the Kirov Orchestra (solos: Borodina, Gassiev, Gorchakova, Grigorian, Kit, Minjelkiev, Ognovienko) - Borodin: Prince Igor
Best Orchestral Performance
- Pierre Boulez conducting the Cleveland Orchestra - Debussy: La Mer
- Pierre Boulez conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Bartok: Divertimento; Dance Suite; etc.
- Simon Rattle conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra - Elgar: Enigma Variations; Falstaff; Grania and Diarmid
- Wolfgang Sawallisch conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra - Hindemith: Mathis der Maler - Symphonie; Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by C.M. von Weber, etc.
- Andre Previn conducting the London Symphony Orchestra - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8
Best Polka Album
- Jimmy Sturr - I Love to Polka
- Brave Combo - Polkas for a Gloomy World
- Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones - Better Than Ever
- Lenny Gomulka & Chicago Push - For Old Times Sake
- Walter Ostanek - Happiness Is Polkas and Waltzes with Walter Ostanek and Friends
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
- Michael W. Smith - I'll Lead You Home
- Larnelle Benson - Unbelievable Love
- Sandi Patty - Find It on the Wings
- Steven Curtis Chapman - The Music of Christmas
- various artists - My Utmost For His Highest
Best Rap Album
Best Rap Performance - Duo or Group
Best Rap Performance - Solo
Best Reggae Album
- Shaggy - Boombastic Lyrics
- Burning Spear - Rasta Business
- Skatalites - Hi-Bop Ska! The 30th Anniversary Recording
- Third World - Live It Up
- Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers - Free Like We Want 2B
Best Rhythm & Blues Album
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
Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Duo or Group
Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female
Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male
Best Rock Gospel Album
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
Best Song written specifically for a Motion Picture or Television
- Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz - Colors of the Wind (Pocahontas)
- Babyface - Someone to Love (Bad Boys)
- Bruce Hornsby, Chaka Khan - Love Me Still (Clockers)
- Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen, Robert John Mutt Lange - Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman? (Don Juan DeMarco)
- James Horner, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil - Whatever You Imagine (The Pagemaster)
Best Southern Gospel, Country Gospel or Bluegrass Gospel
- various artists - Amazing Grace - A Country Salute to Gospel
- Bruce Carroll - One Summer Evening Live
- Crystal Gayle - Someday
- Jerry Sullivan, Tammy Sullivan - At the Feet of God
- Ralph Stanley, Joe Isaacs - A Gospel Gathering
Best Spoken Word Album for Children
- Patrick Stewart - Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
- Denzel Washington - John Henry
- Winona Ryder - The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
- Morgan Freeman - Follow the Drinking Gourd
Best Spoken Word or Nonmusical Album
- Maya Angelou - Phenomenal Woman
- Garrison Keillor - Guy Noir: Radio Private Eye
- Leonard Nimoy - I Am Spock
- Nelson Mandela - Long Walk to Freedom
Best Traditional Blues Album
- John Lee Hooker - Chill Out
- Charles Brown - Charles Brown's Cool Christmas Blues
- Last Real Texas Blues Band featuring Doug Sahm - The Last Real Texas Blues Band featuring Doug Sahm
- Lowell Fulson - Them Update Blues
- Roomful of Blues - Turn It On! Turn It Up!
Best Traditional Folk Album
- Ramblin' Jack Elliott - South Coast
- Ali Akbar Khan - Then and Now
- Dave Van Ronk - From ...Another Time and Place
- Laurie Lewis, Tom Rozum - The Oak and the Laurel
- Norman Blake, Nancy Blake - While Passing Along This Way
Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album
- Shirley Caesar - Shirley Caesar Live ...He Will Come
- Blind Boys of Alabama - I Brought Him with Me
- Fontella Bass - No Ways Tired
- Mighty Clouds of Joy - Power
- Rev. James Moore, Mississippi Mass Choir - Live at Jackson State University
Best Tropical Latin Performance
