1963 Grammy Awards - Award Winners - Classical

Classical

  • Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
    • Igor Stravinsky (conductor) & the Columbia Symphony Orchestra for Stravinsky: The Firebird Ballet
  • Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist (with or without orchestra)
    • Leonard Bernstein (conductor), Eileen Farrell & the New York Philharmonic for Götterdämmerung - Brunnhilde's Immolation Scene/Wesendonck Songs
  • Best Opera Recording
    • Georg Solti (conductor), Robert Merrill, Leontyne Price, Giorgio Tozzi, Jon Vickers, & the Rome Opera House Orchestra for Verdi: Aida
  • Best Classical Performance - Choral (other than opera)
    • Otto Klemperer (conductor), Wilhelm Pitz (choir director) & the Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus for Bach: St. Matthew Passion
  • Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
    • Igor Stravinsky (conductor), Isaac Stern & the Columbia Symphony Orchestra for Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D
  • Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Duo (without orchestra)
    • Vladimir Horowitz for Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz
  • Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music
    • Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky & William Primrose for The Heifetz-Piatigorsky Concerts With Primrose, Pennario and Guests
  • Best Contemporary Composition
    • Igor Stravinsky (composer and conductor) for Stravinsky: The Flood
  • Album of the Year - Classical
    • Vladimir Horowitz for Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz

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