GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees for Best Classical Orchestral Performance

Record Of The Year

Album Of The Year

Song Of The Year/New Song Of The Year

Best New Artist

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

Best Pop Solo Performance

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

Best Pop Instrumental Album

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Best Pop Vocal Album

Other Pop/Rock&Roll/ Contemporary Awards or Instrumental

Best Disco Recording

Best Dance Recording

Best Dance/Electronica Album

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

Best Female Rock Vocal Performance

Best Male Rock Vocal Performance

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Best Rock Performance

Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Instrumental

Best Hard Rock Performance

Best Metal Performance

Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

Best Rock Song

Best Rock Album

Best Alternative Music Performance

Best R&B Recording - Best Rhythm & Blues Performance

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

Best R&B Group, Vocal Or Instrumental

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Best R&B Instrumental Performance (orchestra,group or soloist)

Best Urban/Alternative Performance

Best R&B Performance

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

Best R&B Song

Best Contemporary R&B Album

Best Urban Contemporary Album

Best R&B Album

Best Rap Performance

Best Rap Solo Performance

Best Female Rap Solo Performance

Best Male Rap Solo Performance

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group

Best Rap Performance

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

Best Rap Song

Best Rap Album

Best Country & Western Performance

Best Country & Western Single and Best Country & Western Recording

Best New Country & Western Artist

Best Country & Western Performance, Duet, Trio Or Group (vocal or instrumental)

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

Best Male Country Vocal Performance

Best Country Solo Performance

Best Country Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocal

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

Best Country Collaboration with Vocals

Best Country Instrumental Performance

Best Country Song

Best Country Album

Best New Age Album

Best Jazz Fusion Performance

Best Contemporary Jazz Performance, Instrumental - Also cont. Jazz Perf. Vocal or Instrumental

Best Improvised Jazz Solo Performance

Best Jazz Vocal Album

Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female

Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male

Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo Or Group

Best Instrumental Jazz Album

Best Jazz Performance, Soloist

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Best Original Jazz Composition

Best Latin Jazz Album

Best Gospel Other: Incl. Sacred, Religious or Inspirational Recording, Musical or Non-Musical

Best Gospel Performance

Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary or Inspirational

Best Gospel Performance, Traditional

Best Soul Gospel Performance

Best Gospel Performance, Female

Best Gospel Performance, Male

Best Gospel Performance By A Duo Or Group, Choir or Chorus - Singles, Albums & Tracks

Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female - Singles, Albums or Tracks

Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male - Singles, Albums or Tracks

Best Soul Gospel Performance By A Duo, Group, Choir or Chorus - Singles, Albums or Tracks

Best Gospel Performance/Song

Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

Best Gospel Song

Best Contemporary Christian Music Song

Best Rock Gospel Album incl. Best Rock/Contemporary Gospel Album

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album

Best Southern Gospel, Country Gospel or Bluegrass Gospel Album

Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album

Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album

Best Gospel Album By Choir Or Chorus

Best Gospel Album

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

Best Roots Gospel Album

Best Latin Recording

Best Latin Pop Performance

Best Latin Rock, Alternative Or Urban Album

Best Latin Urban Album

Best Latin Pop, Rock or Urban Album

Best Salsa/Merengue Album

Best Merengue Performance

Best Mexican-American/Tejano Music Performance

Best Tejano Album

Best Norteño Album

Best Banda Album

Best Regional Mexican or Tejano Album

Best Banda or Norteño Album

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (including Tejano)

Best Tropical Latin Album

Best American Roots Performance

Best American Roots Song

Best Americana Album

Best Bluegrass Album

Best Traditional Blues Album - or - Best Traditional Blues Recording

Best Contemporary Blues Album - or Contemporary Blues Recording

Best Blues Album

Best Folk Performance or Best Folk Recording

Best Traditional Folk Album incl. Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording/Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording

Best Contemporary Folk Album incl. Best Ethnic or Contemporary Folk Recording

Best Folk Album

Best Native American Music Album

Best Hawaiian Music Album

Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album

Best Regional Roots Album

Best Reggae Album

Best World Music Album

Best Contemporary World Music Album

Best Polka Album

Best Recording For Children - Single or Album, Musical or Spoken

Best Musical Album For Children

Best Spoken Word Album For Children

Best Children's Album

Best Spoken Word Or Non-musical Album

Best Comedy Album

Best Spoken Comedy Album

Best Musical Theater Album

Best Sound Track Album - Original Cast (Not A Composer's Award)

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media

Best Song Written For Visual Media

Best Instrumental Composition

Best Instrumental Arrangement

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)/Best Background Arrangement

Best Arrangement Accompanying A Vocalist Or Instrumentalist

Best Arrangement For Voices

Best Album Package - Incl. Album Cover, Graphic Arts, Photography

Best Recording Package - Boxed

Best Album Notes

Best Historical Album

Best Engineered Recording, Non Classical

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

Remixer Of The Year

Best Remixed Recording , Non-Classical

Best Immersive Audio Album

Best Classical Engineered Recording

Classical Producer Of The Year

Best Classical Album

Best Classical Orchestral Performance

Best Opera Recording

Best Classical Performance, Operatic or Choral

Best Choral Performance, Classical

Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra)

Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra)

Best Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (with or without orchestra)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor)

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

Best Chamber Music Performance

Best Classical Vocal Performance

Best Classical Compendium

Best Classical Contemporary Composition

Best Classical Crossover Album

Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist

Best Music Video, Short Form

Best Music Video, Long Form

Video of the Year

Best Concept Music Video

Best Performance Music Video

Jump to Year

Best Classical Orchestral Performance

61st Annual GRAMMY Awards (2018)

winner

Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11

Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra); Tim Martyn, producer; Shawn Murphy & Nick Squire, engineers/mixers

nominees

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3; Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1

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Manfred Honeck, conductor (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)

Nielsen: Symphony No. 3 & Symphony No. 4

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Thomas Dausgaard, conductor (Seattle Symphony)

Ruggles, Stucky & Harbison: Orchestral Works

–

David Alan Miller, conductor (National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic)

Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1-4

–

Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)

60th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2017)

winner

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio

Manfred Honeck, conductor; Dirk Sobotka, producer; Mark Donahue, engineer (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)

59th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2016)

winner

Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9

Andris Nelsons, conductor; Shawn Murphy, producer; Nick Squire, engineer (Boston Symphony Orchestra)

58th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2015)

winner

Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphony No. 10

Andris Nelsons, conductor; Shawn Murphy, producer; Nick Squire, engineer (Boston Symphony Orchestra)

57th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2014)

winner

Adams, John: City Noir

David Robertson, conductor; Friedemann Engelbrecht, producer; Richard King, engineer/mixer (St. Louis Symphony)

56th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2013)

winner

Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4

Osmo Vänskä, conductor; Robert Suff, producer; Jens Braun, engineer (Minnesota Orchestra)

55th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2012)

winner

Adams: Harmonielehre & Short Ride In A Fast Machine

Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Jack Vad, producer; Roni Jules, Gus Polleck, Uwe Willenbacher & Denise Woodward, engineers/mixers (San Francisco Symphony)

54th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2011)

winner

Brahms: Symphony No. 4

Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Chris Alder, producer; Fred Vogler, engineer/mixer (Los Angeles Philharmonic)

53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2010)

winner

Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer; Mark Donahue, John Hill & Dirk Sobotka, engineers/mixers (Nashville Symphony)

52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2009)

winner

Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloé

James Levine, conductor; Elizabeth Ostrow, producer; Jesse Lewis, John Newton & Dirk Sobotka, engineers/mixers; Mark Donahue, engineer (Boston Symphony Orchestra)

51st Annual GRAMMY Awards (2008)

winner

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4

Bernard Haitink, conductor; James Mallinson, producer; Christopher Willis, engineer (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

50th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2007)

winner

Tower: Made In America

Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Tim Handley, producer; Tim Handley, engineer (Nashville Symphony)

49th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2006)

winner

Mahler: Symphony No. 7

Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Andreas Neubronner, producer; Peter Laenger, engineer (San Francisco Symphony)

48th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2005)

winner

Shostakovich: Sym. No. 13

Mariss Jansons, conductor; Wilhelm Meister, producer; Wolfgang Karreth, engineer (Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks)

47th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2004)

winner

Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls

Lorin Maazel, conductor; John Adams & Lawrence L. Rock, producers (New York Philharmonic)

46th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2003)

winner

Mahler: Symphony No. 3

Pierre Boulez, conductor; Christian Gansch, producer; Wolf-Dieter Karwatky & Rainer Maillard, engineers (Vienna Philharmonic)

45th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2002)

winner

Mahler: Symphony No. 6

Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Andreas Neubronner, producer; Peter Laenger, engineer (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra)

44th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2001)

winner

Boulez Conducts Varèse - Amériques, Arcana, Déserts & Ionisation

Pierre Boulez, conductor; Helmut Burk & Karl-August Naegler, producers; Jobst Eberhardt & Stephan Flock, engineers (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

43rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2000)

winner

Mahler: Sym. No. 10

Sir Simon Rattle, conductor; Stephen Johns, producer; Mike Clements, engineer (Berliner Philharmonic)

42nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1999)

winner

Stravinsky: Firebird; The Rite Of Spring; Perséphone

Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra)

41st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1998)

winner

Mahler: Symphony No. 9

Pierre Boulez, conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

40th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1997)

winner

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Tristia

Pierre Boulez, conductor (Cleveland Orchestra)

39th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1996)

winner

Prokofiev: Romeo And Juliet (Scenes From The Ballet)

Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra)

38th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1995)

winner

Debussy: La Mer

Pierre Boulez, conductor (Cleveland Orchestra)

37th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1994)

winner

Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra: Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12

Pierre Boulez, conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

36th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1993)

winner

Bartók: The Wooden Prince

Pierre Boulez, conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

35th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1992)

winner

Mahler: Symphony No. 9

Leonard Bernstein, conductor (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)

34th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1991)

winner

Corigliano: Symphony No. 1

Daniel Barenboim, conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

33rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1990)

winner

Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 7

Leonard Bernstein, conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

32nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1989)

winner

Mahler: Symphony No. 3 In D Minor

Leonard Bernstein, conductor (New York Philharmonic)

31st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1988)

winner

Rorem: String Symphony; Sunday Morning; Eagles

Louis Lane & Robert Shaw, conductors (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)

30th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1987)

winner

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 In D Minor

Georg Solti, conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

29th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1986)

winner

Liszt: A Faust Symphony

Georg Solti, conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

28th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1985)

winner

Faure: Pelleas Et Melisande

Robert Shaw, conductor (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)

27th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1984)

winner

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In B Flat

Leonard Slatkin, conductor (Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra)

26th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1983)

winner

Mahler: Symphony No. 9 In D

Georg Solti, conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

25th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1982)

winner

Mahler: Sym. No. 7 In E Min. (Song Of The Night)

James Levine, conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

24th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1981)

winner

Mahler: Symphony No. 2 In C Minor

Georg Solti, conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

23rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1980)

winner

Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 In A

Georg Solti, conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

22nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1979)

winner

Brahms: Symphonies (1-4)

Georg Solti, conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

21st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1978)

winner

Beethoven: Symphonies (9) (Complete)

Herbert von Karajan, conductor (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)

20th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1977)

winner

Mahler: Symphony No. 9 In D

(Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

19th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1976)

winner

Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra

(Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

18th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1975)

winner

Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloe (Complete Ballet)

(New York Philharmonic)

17th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1974)

winner

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

(Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

16th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1973)

winner

Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra

(New York Philharmonic)

15th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1972)

winner

Mahler: Symphony No. 7 In E Minor

(Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

14th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1971)

winner

Mahler: Symphony No. 1 In D

(Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

13th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1970)

winner

Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps

(Cleveland Orchestra)

12th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1969)

winner

Boulez Conducts Debussy, Vol. 2 "Images Pour Orchestre"

(Cleveland Orchestra)

11th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1968)

winner

Boulez Conducts Debussy (La Mer; Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune; Jeux)

(New Philharmonia Orchestra)

10th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1967)

winner

Stravinsky: Firebird And Petrouchka Suites

(Columbia Symphony Orchestra)

9th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1966)

winner

Mahler: Symphony No. 6 In A Minor

(Boston Symphony Orchestra)

8th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1965)

winner

Ives: Symphony No. 4

(American Symphony Orchestra)

7th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1964)

winner

Mahler: Symphony No. 5/Berg: Wozzeck Excerpts

(Boston Symphony Orchestra)

6th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1963)

winner

Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra

(Boston Symphony Orchestra)

5th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1962)

winner

Stravinsky: The Firebird Ballet

(Columbia Symphony Orchestra)

4th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1961)

winner

Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloe

(Boston Symphony Orchestra)

3rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1960)

winner

Bartók: Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste

(Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

2nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1959)

winner

Debussy: Images For Orchestra

(Boston Symphony Orchestra)

1st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1958)

winner

Gaiete Parisienne

(Hollywood Bowl Orchestra)

GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees for Best Classical Orchestral Performance

Best Classical Orchestral Performance

Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11

nominees

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3; Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1

Nielsen: Symphony No. 3 & Symphony No. 4

Ruggles, Stucky & Harbison: Orchestral Works

Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1-4

GRAMMYs Newsletter

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio

GRAMMYs Newsletter

Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9

GRAMMYs Newsletter

Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphony No. 10

GRAMMYs Newsletter

Adams, John: City Noir

Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4

Adams: Harmonielehre & Short Ride In A Fast Machine

Brahms: Symphony No. 4

Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina

Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloé

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4

Tower: Made In America

Mahler: Symphony No. 7

Shostakovich: Sym. No. 13

Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls

Mahler: Symphony No. 3

Mahler: Symphony No. 6

Boulez Conducts Varèse - Amériques, Arcana, Déserts & Ionisation

Mahler: Sym. No. 10

Stravinsky: Firebird; The Rite Of Spring; Perséphone

Mahler: Symphony No. 9

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Tristia

Prokofiev: Romeo And Juliet (Scenes From The Ballet)

Debussy: La Mer

Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra: Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12

Bartók: The Wooden Prince

Mahler: Symphony No. 9

Corigliano: Symphony No. 1

Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 7

Mahler: Symphony No. 3 In D Minor

Rorem: String Symphony; Sunday Morning; Eagles

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 In D Minor

Liszt: A Faust Symphony

Faure: Pelleas Et Melisande

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In B Flat

Mahler: Symphony No. 9 In D

Mahler: Sym. No. 7 In E Min. (Song Of The Night)

Mahler: Symphony No. 2 In C Minor

Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 In A

Brahms: Symphonies (1-4)

Beethoven: Symphonies (9) (Complete)

Mahler: Symphony No. 9 In D

Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra

Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloe (Complete Ballet)

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra

Mahler: Symphony No. 7 In E Minor

Mahler: Symphony No. 1 In D

Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps

Boulez Conducts Debussy, Vol. 2 "Images Pour Orchestre"

Boulez Conducts Debussy (La Mer; Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune; Jeux)

Stravinsky: Firebird And Petrouchka Suites

Mahler: Symphony No. 6 In A Minor

Ives: Symphony No. 4

Mahler: Symphony No. 5/Berg: Wozzeck Excerpts

Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra

Stravinsky: The Firebird Ballet

Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloe

Bartók: Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste

Debussy: Images For Orchestra

Gaiete Parisienne