Best Classical Performance – Orchestra

6th Annual Grammy Awards1964

Honoring recordings released between December 1, 1962 – November 30, 1963

Erich Leinsdorf, conductor won the 1964 Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance – Orchestra with "Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra"

Winners & Nominees 1964

Winner
Nominees
  • Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra

    Erich Leinsdorf, conductor

  • Beethoven: Nine Symphonies (Complete) (Album)

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

  • Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 In F Major, Op. 68 (Pastorale) (Album)

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

  • Mahler: Symphony No. 1 In D Major ("The Titan") (Album)

    Bruno Walter, conductor

  • Ravel: Daphnis And Chloe (Album)

    George Szell, conductor

  • Schubert: Symphony No. 9 In C Major ("The Great") (Album)

    Arturo Toscanini, conductor

Previous Years

Year Winner Title
1976 Pierre Boulez, conductor Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloe (Complete Ballet) All Nominees
1975 Georg Solti, conductor Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique All Nominees
1974 Pierre Boulez, conductor Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra All Nominees
1973 Georg Solti, conductor Mahler: Symphony No. 7 In E Minor All Nominees
1972 Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor Mahler: Symphony No. 1 In D All Nominees
1971 Pierre Boulez, conductor Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps All Nominees
1970 Pierre Boulez, conductor Boulez Conducts Debussy, Vol. 2 "Images Pour Orchestre" All Nominees
1969 Pierre Boulez, conductor Boulez Conducts Debussy (La Mer; Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune; Jeux) All Nominees
1968 Igor Stravinsky, conductor Stravinsky: Firebird And Petrouchka Suites All Nominees
1967 Erich Leinsdorf, conductor Mahler: Symphony No. 6 In A Minor All Nominees
1966 Leopold Stokowski, conductor Ives: Symphony No. 4 All Nominees
1964 Erich Leinsdorf, conductor Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra All Nominees
1963 Igor Stravinsky, conductor Stravinsky: The Firebird Ballet All Nominees
1962 Charles Munch, conductor Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloe All Nominees
1961 Fritz Reiner, conductor Bartók: Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste All Nominees
1960 Charles Munch, conductor Debussy: Images For Orchestra All Nominees
1959 Felix Slatkin, conductor Gaiete Parisienne All Nominees