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1959 • 1st Annual GRAMMY Awards
Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 1957 and Aug 30, 1958
1959 Winner is Felix Slatkin, conductor with "Gaiete Parisienne"
Gaiete Parisienne
Felix Slatkin, conductor
Nominees 1959
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Barber: Meditation And Dance Of Vengeance
Charles Munch, conductor
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 In F Major (Album)
Bruno Walter, conductor
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 In C Minor (Album)
Bruno Walter, conductor
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Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In B-Flat Major (Album)
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
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Rimsky-Korsakoff: Scheherezade (Album)
Pierre Monteux, conductor
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Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps (Album)
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Winners
| Year | Winner | Nomination | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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