Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (With Orchestra)

21st Annual Grammy Awards • 1979

Honoring recordings released between October 1, 1977 – September 30, 1978

Vladimir Horowitz, piano won the 1979 Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (With Orchestra) with "Rachmaninoff: Con. No. 3 In D Minor For Piano (Horowitz Golden Jubilee)"

Winners & Nominees 1979

Winner
Nominees
  • Vladimir Horowitz

    Rachmaninoff: Con. No. 3 In D Minor For Piano (Horowitz Golden Jubilee)

    Vladimir Horowitz

  • Itzhak Perlman

    Brahms: Concerto For Violin In D Major (Album)

    Itzhak Perlman

  • Chopin: Concerto No. 2 In F Minor For Piano (Album)

    Emanuel Ax

  • Mstislav Rostropovich

    Dvorák: Concerto For Cello in B Minor/ Saint-Saens: Concerto For Cello No. 1 In A Minor

    Mstislav Rostropovich

  • Murray Perahia

    Mozart: Concertos For Piano Nos. 21 In C Major And 9 In E Flat (Album)

    Murray Perahia

  • Vaughan Williams: Concerto For Tuba (Album)

    Arnold Jacobs

Previous Years

Year Winner Title
1994 Anne-Sophie Mutter Berg: Violin Concerto/Rihm: Time Chant All Nominees
1989 Vladimir Horowitz Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 All Nominees
1988 Itzhak Perlman Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 2 And 4 All Nominees
1979 Vladimir Horowitz Rachmaninoff: Con. No. 3 In D Minor For Piano (Horowitz Golden Jubilee) All Nominees