Slatkin won his first GRAMMY for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s 1984 recording on the RCA label of Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5 at the 27th Annual Grammy Awards. “What this does is to confirm that at least in the United States, the reputation of the orchestra and the quality that it produces is, indeed, being recognized,” Slatkin remarked in an interview with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
“I was in Glasgow when the phone rang at 3:00 in the morning,” Slatkin recalled. “Until then, I actually had forgotten that the ceremony was taking place. This was a proud moment for everyone at the SLSO.”