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Best Orchestral Performance

2009 • 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards

Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2007 and Aug 30, 2008

2009 Winner is Bernard Haitink with "Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4"

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4

Bernard Haitink

Nominees 2009

Winners

Year Winner Nomination
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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