Best Choral Performance, Classical (Other Than Opera)

22nd Annual Grammy Awards1980

Honoring recordings released between October 1, 1978 – September 30, 1979

Georg Solti, conductor; Margaret Hillis, choral director won the 1980 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance, Classical (Other Than Opera) with "Brahms: A German Requiem"

Winners & Nominees 1980

Winner
Nominees
  • Brahms: A German Requiem

    Georg Solti

  • American Music For Chorus (Album)

    John Oliver, conductor

  • Beethoven: "Choral Fantasy", Elegiac Song And "Calm Sea And Prosperous Voyage" (Album)

    Jerzy Semkow, conductor; Thomas Peck, choral director

  • Beethoven: Missa Solemnis (Album)

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

  • Berlioz: La Damnation De Faust (Album)

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

  • Berlioz: Requiem (Album)

    Lorin Maazel, conductor; Robert Page, choral director

  • Britten: Spring Symphony (Album)

    Andre Previn, conductor; Richard Hickox, chorus master; Keith Walters, choral director

  • Stravinsky: Symphony Of Psalms (Album)

    Maurice Abravanel, conductor; Newell B. Weight, choral director

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