Best Classical Orchestral Performance
21st Annual Grammy Awards • 1979
Honoring recordings released between October 1, 1977 – September 30, 1978
Herbert von Karajan, conductor won the 1979 Grammy Award for Best Classical Orchestral Performance with "Beethoven: Symphonies (9) (Complete)"
Winners & Nominees 1979
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Beethoven: Symphonies (9) (Complete)
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 In D Minor (Album)
Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
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Holst: The Planets (Album)
Neville Marriner, conductor
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Mahler: Symphony No. 4 In G Major (Album)
Claudio Abbado, conductor
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Mendelssohn: Symphonies (5) Complete (Album)
Kurt Masur, conductor
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Messiaen: Turangalila Symphony (Album)
Andre Previn, conductor
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Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1 In D Minor (Album)
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 (Album)
Andre Previn, conductor
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Stravinsky: Rite Of Spring (Album)
Zubin Mehta, conductor
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Varese: Ameriques/ Arcana/ Ionisation (Boulez Conducts Varese) (Album)
Pierre Boulez, conductor
Previous Years
| Year | Winner | Title | |
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| 1979 | Herbert von Karajan | Beethoven: Symphonies (9) (Complete) | All Nominees |
| 1978 | Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor | Mahler: Symphony No. 9 In D | All Nominees |
| 1977 | Georg Solti, conductor | Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra | All Nominees |