Best Classical Performance – Choral (Including Oratorio)

3rd Annual Grammy Awards • 1961

Honoring recordings released between September 1, 1959 – November 30, 1960

Thomas Beecham, conductor won the 1961 Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance – Choral (Including Oratorio) with "Handel: Messiah"

Winners & Nominees 1961

Winner
Nominees

  • Handel: Messiah

    Thomas Beecham, conductor

  • Arias, Anthems And Chorales Of The American Moravians - Vol. I (Album)

    The Moravian Festival Chorus

  • Bach: Motet No. 3 - Jesu Meine Fresude (Album)

    Robert Shaw, choral director

  • Berlioz: Requiem (Album)

    Charles Munch, conductor

  • Dvorák: Requiem

    Maria Stader, Sieglinde Wagner, Hans Ernst Haefliger, Kim Borg, choral directors

  • Vaughan Williams: Mass In G Minor/Bach: Christ Lay In The Bonds Of Death (Album)

    Roger Wagner

  • Verdi: Requiem (Album)

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

Previous Years

Year Winner Title
1961 Thomas Beecham, conductor Handel: Messiah All Nominees