Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist

8th Annual Grammy Awards • 1966

Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 1964 and Aug 30, 1965

Peter Serkin, piano won the 1966 Grammy Award for Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist with "Bach: Goldberg Variations"

Winners & Nominees 1966

Winner
Nominees
  • Bach: Goldberg Variations

    Peter Serkin, piano

  • Wolf: Songs (Werba, accomp.)

    Evelyn Lear, soprano

  • Russian And French Arias (Downes, cond.; London Symphony)

    Nicolai Ghiaurov, bass

  • Alkan: Piano Music

    Raymond Lewenthal, piano

  • Carnegie Hall Recital (Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff)

    Shirley Verrett, soprano

Previous Winners

Year Winner Work
1986 Chicago Pro Musica,chamber group Stravinsky: L' Histoire Du Soldat (The Soldier's Tale - Suite) - (also) - Walton: Façade (An Instrumental Suite In The Original Scoring) All Nominees
1966 Peter Serkin, piano Bach: Goldberg Variations All Nominees
1965 Marilyn Horne, mezzo soprano The Age Of Bel Canto: Operatic Scenes (Boyngne, cond.) All Nominees
1964 Andre Watts, piano Liszt: Concerto No. 1 For Piano & Orchestra (Bernstein, cond.; N.Y. Philharmonic) All Nominees