Best Orchestral Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance recognizes excellence in recordings of classical orchestral performance. Eligible recordings are predominantly orchestral in performance and intent, by large ensembles of 25 or more.

61st Annual Grammy Awards • 2019

Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2017 and Aug 30, 2018

Andris Nelsons won the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance with "Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11"

Winners & Nominees 2019

Winner
Nominees
  • Andris Nelsons

    Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11

    Andris Nelsons

  • Manfred Honeck

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 3; Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1

    Manfred Honeck

  • Nielsen: Symphony No. 3 & Symphony No. 4

    Thomas Dausgaard

  • Ruggles, Stucky & Harbison: Orchestral Works

    David Alan Miller

  • Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1-4

    Michael Tilson Thomas

Previous Winners

Year Winner Work
2026 Andris Nelsons Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie All Nominees
2025 Gustavo Dudamel Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina All Nominees
2024 Gustavo Dudamel Adès: Dante All Nominees
2023 Michael Repper Works By Florence Price, Jessie Montgomery, Valerie Coleman All Nominees
2022 Yannick Nézet-Séguin Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 All Nominees
2021 Gustavo Dudamel Ives: Complete Symphonies All Nominees
2020 Gustavo Dudamel Norman: Sustain All Nominees
2019 Andris Nelsons Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11 All Nominees
2018 Manfred Honeck Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio All Nominees
2017 Andris Nelsons Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9 All Nominees
2016 Andris Nelsons Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphony No. 10 All Nominees
2015 David Robertson Adams, John: City Noir All Nominees
2014 Osmo Vänskä Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 All Nominees
2013 Michael Tilson Thomas Adams: Harmonielehre & Short Ride In A Fast Machine All Nominees
2012 Gustavo Dudamel Brahms: Symphony No. 4 All Nominees
2011 Giancarlo Guerrero Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina All Nominees
2010 James Levine Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloé All Nominees
2009 Bernard Haitink Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 All Nominees
2008 Leonard Slatkin Tower: Made In America All Nominees
2007 Michael Tilson Thomas Mahler: Symphony No. 7 All Nominees
2006 Mariss Jansons Shostakovich: Sym. No. 13 All Nominees
2005 Lorin Maazel Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls All Nominees
2004 Pierre Boulez Mahler: Symphony No. 3 All Nominees
2003 Michael Tilson Thomas Mahler: Symphony No. 6 All Nominees
2002 Pierre Boulez Boulez Conducts Varèse - Amériques, Arcana, Déserts & Ionisation All Nominees
2001 Simon Rattle Mahler: Sym. No. 10 All Nominees
2000 Michael Tilson Thomas Stravinsky: Firebird; The Rite Of Spring; Perséphone All Nominees
1999 Pierre Boulez Mahler: Symphony No. 9 All Nominees
1998 Pierre Boulez Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Tristia All Nominees
1997 Michael Tilson Thomas Prokofiev: Romeo And Juliet (Scenes From The Ballet) All Nominees
1996 Pierre Boulez Debussy: La Mer All Nominees
1995 Pierre Boulez Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra: Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12 All Nominees
1994 Pierre Boulez Bartók: The Wooden Prince All Nominees
1993 Leonard Bernstein Mahler: Symphony No. 9 All Nominees
1992 Daniel Barenboim Corigliano: Symphony No. 1 All Nominees
1991 Leonard Bernstein Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 7 All Nominees
1990 Leonard Bernstein Mahler: Symphony No. 3 In D Minor All Nominees
1989 Louis Lane, Robert Shaw Rorem: String Symphony; Sunday Morning; Eagles All Nominees
1988 Georg Solti Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 In D Minor All Nominees
1987 Georg Solti Liszt: A Faust Symphony All Nominees
1986 Robert Shaw Faure: Pelleas Et Melisande All Nominees
1985 Leonard Slatkin Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In B Flat All Nominees
1984 Georg Solti Mahler: Symphony No. 9 In D All Nominees
1983 James Levine Mahler: Sym. No. 7 In E Min. (Song Of The Night) All Nominees
1982 Georg Solti Mahler: Symphony No. 2 In C Minor All Nominees
1981 Georg Solti Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 In A All Nominees
1980 Georg Solti Brahms: Symphonies (1-4) All Nominees
1979 Herbert von Karajan Beethoven: Symphonies (9) (Complete) All Nominees
1978 Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor Mahler: Symphony No. 9 In D All Nominees
1977 Georg Solti, conductor Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra All Nominees
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
1965 Erich Leinsdorf, conductor Mahler: Symphony No. 5/Berg: Wozzeck Excerpts 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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