Best Classical Performance – Orchestra

13th Annual Grammy Awards • 1971

Honoring recordings released between November 2, 1969 – October 15, 1970

Pierre Boulez, conductor won the 1971 Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance – Orchestra with "Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps"

Winners & Nominees 1971

Winner
Nominees

  • Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

  • Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

  • Berlioz: Romeo And Juliet (Album)

    Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor

  • Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 In C Minor (Album)

    George Szell, conductor

  • Dvorák: Symphony No. 8 In G Major

    George Szell, conductor

  • Ives: Three Places In New England/Ruggles: Sun Treader (Album)

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

  • Mahler: Symphony No. 2 In C Minor ("Resurrection") (Album)

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

  • Mahler: Symphony No. 6 In A Minor

    Georg Solti, 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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