Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance
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Template:Short description Template:Infobox award The Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance has been awarded since 1959. There have been several minor changes to the name of the award over this time:
- From 1959 to 1964 it was awarded as Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
- In 1965 it was Best Performance - Orchestra
- From 1966 to 1975 it returned to 'Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
- From 1977 to 1978 it was awarded as Best Classical Orchestral Performance
- From 1980 to 1981 it was awarded as Best Classical Orchestral Recording
- In 1983 it was awarded as Best Orchestral Performance
- In 1984 it was awarded as Best Orchestral Recording
- From 1985 to 1987 it returned to being called Best Classical Orchestral Recording
- From 1988 to 1989 it was once again called Best Orchestral Recording
- From 1990 to the present it has returned to being called Best Orchestral Performance
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.
Until 1989, the Grammy Award went to the conductor only, but since then, the Orchestra has also been given an award (although the orchestras are not always mentioned as a nominee).
RecipientsEdit
| Year{{#if:[I]|[I]|[1]}} | Recipients(s) | Work | Nominees (Conductors are identified with "cd") | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Felix Slatkin conducting the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra | "Gaîté Parisienne" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| 1960 | Charles Münch conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra | "Debussy: Images for Orchestra" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 1961 | Fritz Reiner conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 1962 | Charles Münch conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra | "Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 1963 | Igor Stravinsky conducting the Columbia Symphony Orchestra | "Stravinsky: The Firebird Ballet" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 1964 | Erich Leinsdorf conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra | "Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 1965 | Erich Leinsdorf conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra | "Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor; Berg: Wozzeck Excerpts" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 1966 | Leopold Stokowski conducting the American Symphony Orchestra | "Ives: Symphony No. 4" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 1967 | Erich Leinsdorf conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra | "Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A Minor" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 1968 | Igor Stravinsky conducting the Columbia Symphony Orchestra | "Stravinsky: The Firebird and Petrouchka Suite" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 1969 | Pierre Boulez conducting the New Philharmonic Orchestra | "Boulez Conducts Debussy (La Mer, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, Jeux)" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 1970 | Pierre Boulez conducting the Cleveland Orchestra | "Boulez Conducts Debussy, Vol. 2, Images Pour Orchestra" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 1971 | Pierre Boulez conducting the Cleveland Orchestra | "Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 1972 | Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Major" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 1973 | Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E Minor" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 1974 | Pierre Boulez conducting the New York Philharmonic | "Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 1975 | Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 1976 | Pierre Boulez conducting the New York Philharmonic | "Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 1977 | Raymond Minshull (producer), Sir Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 1978 | Gunther Breest (producer), Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D Major" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 1979 | Michel Glotz (producer), Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic | "Beethoven: Symphonies (9) (Complete)" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 1980 | James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Brahms: Symphonies (4) (Complete)" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 1981 | Raymond Minshull (producer), Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A Major" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 1982 | James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 1983 | Jay David Saks, Thomas Z. Shepard (producers), James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E Minor (Song of the Night)" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 1984 | James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D Major" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 1985 | Jay David Saks (producer), Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra | "Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B Flat, Op. 100" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 1986 | Robert Woods (producer), Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | "Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 1987 | Michael Haas (producer), Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Liszt: A Faust Symphony" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 1988 | Michael Haas (producer), Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor (Choral)" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 1989 | Robert Woods (producer), Robert Shaw & Louis Lane conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | "Rorem: String Symphony; Sunday Morning; Eagles" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 1990 | Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic | "Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 1991 | Leonard Bernstein conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Shostakovich: Symphonies No. 1 & 7" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 1992 | Daniel Barenboim conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Corigliano: Symphony No. 1" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 1993 | Leonard Bernstein conducting the Berlin Philharmonic | "Mahler: Symphony No. 9" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| 1994 | Pierre Boulez conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Bartók: The Wooden Prince" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 1995 | Pierre Boulez conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| 1996 | Pierre Boulez conducting the Cleveland Orchestra | "Debussy: La Mer" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| 1997 | Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the San Francisco Symphony | "Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (Scenes from the Ballet)" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 1998 | Pierre Boulez conducting the Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus | "Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Tristia" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| 1999 | Pierre Boulez conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Mahler: Symphony No. 9" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2000 | Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the Peninsula Boys Choir, San Francisco Girl's Chorus, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra & Chorus | "Stravinsky: The Firebird, The Rite of Spring, Persésophone" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2001 | Simon Rattle conducting the Berliner Philharmonic | "Mahler: Symphony No. 10" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2002 | Pierre Boulez conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Boulez Conducts Varèse (Amériques; Arcana; Deserts; Ionisation)" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2003 | Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the San Francisco Symphony | "Mahler: Symphony No. 6" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2004 | Pierre Boulez conducting the Vienna Boys' Choir, Women's Chorus of the Vienna Singverein, Vienna Philharmonic, Various Artists | "Mahler: Symphony No. 3" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2005 | Lorin Maazel conducting the New York Philharmonic, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, New York Choral Artists | "Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2006 | Mariss Jansons conducting the Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks | "Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2007 | Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the San Francisco Symphony | "Mahler: Symphony No. 7" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2008 | Leonard Slatkin conducting the Nashville Symphony | "Tower: Made In America" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2009 | Bernard Haitink conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2010 | James Levine conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus | "Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2011 | Giancarlo Guerrero conducting the Nashville Symphony | "Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deux Ex Machina" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2012 | Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic | "Brahms: Symphony No. 4" | Template:Smalldiv | ||
| 2013 | Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the San Francisco Symphony | "Adams: Harmonielehre & Short Ride in a Fast Machine" | Template:Smalldiv | ||
| 2014 | Osmo Vänskä conducting the Minnesota Orchestra | "Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4" | Template:Smalldiv | ||
| 2015 | David Robertson conducting the St. Louis Symphony | "Adams: City Noir" | Template:Smalldiv | ||
| 2016 | Andris Nelsons conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra | "Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphony No. 10" | Template:Smalldiv | ||
| 2017 | Andris Nelsons conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra | "Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphony Nos. 5, 8 & 9" | Template:Smalldiv | ||
| 2018 | Manfred Honeck conducting the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | "Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio" | Template:Smalldiv | ||
| 2019 | Andris Nelsons conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra | "Shostakovich: Symphonies No. 4 & 11" | Template:Smalldiv | ||
| 2020 | Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic | "Norman: Sustain" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2021 | Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic | "Ives: Complete Symphonies" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>2021 Nominations List</ref> | |
| 2022 | Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra | "Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>2022 Nominations List</ref> | |
| 2023 | Michael Repper conducting the New York Youth Symphony | "Works by Florence Price, Jessie Montgomery & Valerie Coleman" |
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| 2024 | Gustavo Dudamel (conductor); Los Angeles Philharmonic | Adès: Dante |
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| 2025 | Gustavo Dudamel (conductor); Los Angeles Philharmonic | Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina |
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Multiple wins and nominationsEdit
The following individuals received two or more Best Orchestral Performance awards:
| Wins | Conductor | Nominations |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Pierre Boulez | 25 |
| 9 | Georg Solti | 18 |
| 5 | Michael Tilson Thomas | 14 |
| Gustavo Dudamel | 6 | |
| 3 | Leonard Bernstein | 20 |
| Carlo Maria Giulini | 5 | |
| Erich Leinsdorf | 5 | |
| Andris Nelsons | 3 | |
| 2 | James Levine | 10 |
| Charles Münch | 3 | |
| Robert Shaw | 3 | |
| Leonard Slatkin | 14 | |
| Igor Stravinsky | 2 |
The following individuals received four or more Best Orchestral Performance nominations: