Best Choral Performance, Classical (Other Than Opera)

18th Annual Grammy Awards1976

Honoring recordings released between October 16, 1974 – October 15, 1975

Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Robert Page, choral director won the 1976 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance, Classical (Other Than Opera) with "Orff: Carmina Burana"

Winners & Nominees 1976

Winner
Nominees
  • Orff: Carmina Burana

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Robert Page, choral director

  • Beethoven: Missa Solemnis (Album)

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

  • Berlioz: La Damnation De Faust (Album)

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor; John Oliver, Theodore Marier, chorus masters

  • Cherubini: Requiem In D Minor For Male Chorus And Orchestra (Album)

    Riccardo Muti, conductor; John McCarthy, choral director

  • Haydn: Harmoniemesse (Album)

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

  • Penderecki: Magnificat (Album)

    Kryzysztof Penderecki, conductor

  • Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder (Album)

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

Previous Years

Year Winner Title
1981 Norbert Balatsch, Carlo Maria Giulini Mozart: Requiem All Nominees
1980 Georg Solti Brahms: A German Requiem All Nominees
1979 Georg Solti Beethoven: Missa Solemnis All Nominees
1976 Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Robert Page, choral director Orff: Carmina Burana All Nominees
1975 Colin Davis, conductor Berlioz: The Damnation Of Faust All Nominees
1974 Andre Previn, conductor; Arthur Oldham, choral director Walton: Belshazzer's Feast All Nominees
1973 Georg Solti, conductor (Various Artists) Mahler: Symphony No. 8 In E Flat (Symphony Of A Thousand) All Nominees
1970 Luciano Berio, conductor; Ward Swingle, choir master Berio: Sinfonia All Nominees