Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (December 2009)

The Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra) was awarded from 1967 to 1971 and in 1987. Outside of these years the award has been divided into the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra) and the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra).

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.

[edit] 1980s

• Grammy Awards of 1987
  • Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz - The Studio Recordings, New York 1985

[edit] 1970s

• Grammy Awards of 1971
  • George Szell (conductor), David Oistrakh, Mstislav Rostropovich & the Cleveland Orchestra for Brahms: Double Concerto (Concerto in A Minor for Violin and Cello)
• Grammy Awards of 1970
  • Walter Carlos for Switched-On Bach

[edit] 1960s

• Grammy Awards of 1969
  • Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz on Television (Chopin, Scriabin, Scarlatti, Horowitz)
• Grammy Awards of 1968
  • Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz in Concert (Haydn, Schumann, Scriabin, Debussy, Mozart, Chopin)
• Grammy Awards of 1967
  • Julian Bream for Baroque Guitar (Works of Bach, Sanz, Weiss, etc.)