The 1963 Grammy for Best Classical Performance for a Soloist with Orchestra went to Arthur Rubinstein, Erich Leinsdorf, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra's recording of the 1st Tchaikovsky piano concerto. Diva assoluta! I love that Tchaikovsky writes it so that the orchestra is playing the big theme, then the piano plays the big theme with the strings playing pizzicato - - and then very quickly, at 1:15, the pianist tells the orchestra to take a break and takes over in a BIG WAY. Those huge rippling chords! Oh wow, they do something to me. Don't worry, it's consensual.
And the mensch was something that could not be more different - - the Best Classical Music Performance, Chamber Music Grammy went to the Julian Bream Consort's album An Evening of Elizabethan Music. Quiet, direct, profound. Not within five miles of anything flashy.
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