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1 Award winners:

• Record of the Year
  • Michael Omartian (producer) & Christopher Cross for "Sailing"

• Album of the Year
  • Michael Omartian (producer) & Christopher Cross for Christopher Cross

• Song of the Year
  • Christopher Cross for "Sailing"

• Best New Artist
  • Christopher Cross

1.1 Children's

• Best Recording for Children
  • David Levine & Lucy Simon (producers) for In Harmony/A Sesame Street Record performed by various artists

1.2 Classical

• Best Classical Orchestral Recording
  • Raymond Minshull (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A
• Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
  • Henry Lewis (conductor), Leontyne Price & the Philharmonia Orchestra for Prima Donna, Vol. 5 - Great Soprano Arias From Handel to Britten
• Best Opera RecordingThe Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording has been awarded since 1961. The award was originally titled Best Classical Opera Production . The current title has been used since 1962. Prior to 1961 the awards for operatic and choral performances were combine
  • Gunther Breest , Michael Horwath (producers), Pierre BoulezPierre Boulez (born March 26, 1925) is a conductor and composer of classical music. He was born in Montbrison, France. He initially studied mathematics at Lyon before pursuing music at the Paris Conservatoire under Olivier Messiaen and Andree Vaurabourg ( (conductor), Toni Blankenheim , Franz Mazura , Yvonne Minton , Teresa Stratas & the Orchestre de l'Opera de Paris for BergInset of portrait of Berg by Arnold Schoenberg Alban Maria Johannes Berg ( February 9, 1885 December 24, 1935) was an Austrian composer. He was a member of the Second Viennese School along with Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern, producing works that comb: Lulu
• Best Choral Performance, ClassicalThe Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance has been awarded since 1961. There have been several minor changes to the name of the award over this time: In 1961 the award was known as Best Classical Performance Choral (including oratorio From 1962 to 1964
  • Carlo Maria GiuliniCarlo Maria Giulini (born May 9, 1914) is a Italian conductor. Born in Barletta, he studied the viola and conducting at the Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome. He worked at Milan Radio from 1946 to 1951, where he revived a number of obscure operas, includin (conductor), Norbert Balatsch (chorus master) & the Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus for Mozart: Requiem
• Best Classical Performance- Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
  • Bernard Haitink (conductor), Itzhak Perlman, Mstislav Rostropovich & the Concertgebouw Orchestra for Brahms: Violin and Cello Concerto in A Minor (Double Concerto)
  • Seiji Ozawa (conductor), Itzhak Perlman & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Berg: Violin Concerto/ Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)
  • Itzhak Perlman for The Spanish Album
• Best Chamber Music Performance
  • Itzhak Perlman & Pinchas Zukerman for Music for Two Violins ( Moszkowski : Suite For Two Violins/ Shostakovich: Duets/ Prokofiev: Sonata for Two Violins)
• Best Classical Album
  • Gunther Breest , Michael Horwath (producers), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Toni Blankenheim , Franz Mazura , Yvonne Minton , Teresa Stratas , & the Orchestre de l'Opera de Paris for Berg: Lulu