Best Classical Performance – Orchestra

11th Annual Grammy Awards • 1969

Honoring recordings released between November 2, 1967 – November 1, 1968

Pierre Boulez, conductor won the 1969 Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance – Orchestra with "Boulez Conducts Debussy (La Mer; Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune; Jeux)"

Winners & Nominees 1969

Winner
Nominees

  • Boulez Conducts Debussy (La Mer; Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune; Jeux)

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

  • Bach: Four Suites For Orchestra (Album)

    Nickolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

  • Mahler: Symphony No. 6 In A Minor And Symphony No. 9 In D Major (Album)

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

  • Messiaen: Turangalila/Takemitsu: November Steps (Album)

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

  • Prokofiev: Romeo And Juliet (Album)

    Erich Leinsdorf, conductor

  • Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade (Album)

    Andre Previn, conductor

  • Stravinsky: The Rite Of Spring (Album)

    Seiji Ozawa, 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
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