Best Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (with or without orchestra)

13th Annual Grammy Awards • 1971

Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 1969 and Aug 30, 1970

David Oistrakh, violin; Mstislav Rostropovich, cello won the 1971 Grammy Award for Best Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (with or without orchestra) with "Brahms: Double Concerto (Concerto In A Minor For Violin And Cello)"

Winners & Nominees 1971

Winner
Nominees
  • Brahms: Double Concerto (Concerto In A Minor For Violin And Cello)

    David Oistrakh, violin; Mstislav Rostropovich, cello

  • Bach: Well Tempered Clavier Book 2, Nos. 9-16 (Album)

    Glenn Gould

  • Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2

    Alexis Weissenberg, piano

  • Beethoven: Sonatas No. 26, Op. 81a ("Les Adieux") And No. 15, Op. 28 ("Pastoral") (Album)

    Ivan Moravec, piano

  • Brahms: Concerto In D Major For Violin (Album)

    David Oistrakh, violin; Mstislav Rostropovich, cello

  • Britten: Suites For Cello (2) (Album)

    Mstislav Rostropovich, cello

  • Chopin: Concerto No. 1 In E Minor For Piano (Album)

    Van Cliburn, piano

  • Schumann: Kreisleriana (Album)

    Vladimir Horowitz, piano

  • Well-Tempered Synthesizer (Album)

    Walter Carlos

Previous Winners

Year Winner Work
1987 Vladimir Horowitz, piano Horowitz - The Studio Recordings, New York 1985 All Nominees
1971 David Oistrakh, violin; Mstislav Rostropovich, cello Brahms: Double Concerto (Concerto In A Minor For Violin And Cello) All Nominees
1970 Walter Carlos Switched-On-Bach All Nominees
1969 Vladimir Horowitz, piano Horowitz On Television (Chopin, Scriabin, Scarlatti, Horowitz) All Nominees
1968 Vladimir Horowitz, piano Horowitz In Concert (Haydn, Schumann, Scriabin, Debussy, Mozart, Chopin) All Nominees
1967 Julian Bream, guitar Baroque Guitar (Works Of Bach, Sanz, Weiss, Etc.) All Nominees