Best Classical Performance – Orchestra

8th Annual Grammy Awards1966

Honoring recordings released between December 1, 1964 – November 1, 1965

Leopold Stokowski, conductor won the 1966 Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance – Orchestra with "Ives: Symphony No. 4"

Winners & Nominees 1966

Winner
Nominees
  • Ives: Symphony No. 4

    Leopold Stokowski, conductor

  • Bach: Brandenberg Concertos (Album)

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

  • Berlioz: Romeo And Juliet (Album)

    Artuo Toscanini, conductor

  • Gould: Spirituals For Orchestra/Copland: Dance Symphony (Album)

    Morton Gould, conductor

  • Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 In E Flat Minor (Album)

    Erich Leinsdorf, conductor

  • Ravel: Daphnis And Chloe Suite No. 2/Roussel:Bacchus And Ariadne, Suite No. 2

    Jean Martinon, 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