Gramophone Award

The Gramophone Awards, launched in 1977, are one of the most significant honours bestowed on recordings in the classical record industry.^[1][2][3] They are often viewed as equivalent to^[4] or surpassing^[5][6] the American Grammy award, referred to as the British Grammy,^[7][8] and referred to as the Oscars for classical music.^[9][10][11] They are widely regarded as the most influential and prestigious classical music awards in the world.^[12][13][14]

According to Matthew Owen, national sales manager for Harmonia Mundi USA, "ultimately it is the classical award, especially worldwide."^[15]

The winners are selected annually by critics for the Gramophone magazine and various members of the industry, including retailers, broadcasters, arts administrators, and musicians. Awards are usually presented in September each year in London.

Gramophone Awards of the 2010s

2015

• Recording of the Year — Bruckner Symphony No 9 Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Claudio Abbado, DG
• Artist of the Year — Paavo Järvi ^[16]
• Label of the Year — Channel Classics ^[17]
• Lifetime Achievement — Bernard Haitink ^[18]
• Young Artist of the Year — Joseph Moog ^[19]
• Baroque Instrumental — JS Bach Cello Suites David Watkin vc
• Baroque Vocal — Monteverdi Vespri solenni per la festa di San Marco Concerto Italiano / Rinaldo Alessandrini
• Chamber — Smetana String Quartets No 1, ‘From my life’ & 2 Pavel Haas Quartet
• Choral — Elgar The Dream of Gerontius. Sea Pictures Sarah Connolly mez Stuart Skelton ten David Soar bass BBC SO and Chorus / Sir Andrew Davis (Chandos)
• Concerto — Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 4 Maria João Pires pf Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Daniel Harding
• Contemporary — Nørgård Symphonies Nos 1 & 8 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Sakari Oramo
• Early Music — ‘The Spy’s Choirbook’ Alamire; English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble / David Skinner (Obsidian)
• Instrumental — Bach english suites Nos 1, 3 & 5 Piotr Anderszewski pf (Warner Classics)
• Opera — R Strauss Elektra Soloists; Orchestre de Paris / Esa-Pekka Salonen Stage director Patrice Chéreau Video director Stéphane Metge (Bel Air Classique)
• Recital — ‘A French Baroque Diva’ Carolyn Sampson sop Ex Cathedra / Jeffrey Skidmore (Hyperion)
• Solo Vocal — Schubert ‘Nachtviolen’ Christian Gerhaher bar Gerold Huber pf (Sony Classical)

2014

• Artist of the Year – Leonidas Kavakos
• Young Artist of the Year – Nightingale String Quartet
• Lifetime Achievement Award – James Galway
• Outstanding Achievement Award – Neville Marriner
• Label of the Year – Delphian
• Recording of the Year – Brahms, "The Symphonies". Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly. Decca.
• Baroque Instrumental – CPE Bach, "Württemberg" Sonatas. Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord). Hyperion
• Baroque Vocal – CPE Bach, Magnificat, Heilig ist Gott and Symphony in D major. Elizabeth Watts, Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Lothar Odinius and Markus Eiche (soloists) with the RIAS Kammerchor and Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin directed by Hans-Christoph Rademann. Harmonia Mundi.
• Chamber – Schubert, String Quintet D956 and String Quartet No. 14 ("Death and the Maiden") D810. Pavel Haas Quartet with Danjulo Ishizaka (cello). Supraphon.
• Choral – Mozart, Requiem K626 and Misericordias Domini K222. Joanne Lunn, Rowan Hellier, Thomas Hobbs and Matthew Brook (soloists) with the Dunedin Consort directed by John Butt. Linn.
• Concerto – Prokofiev Complete Piano Concertos. Jean-Efflam Bavouzet with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra directed by Gianandrea Noseda. Chandos
• Contemporary – George Benjamin, Written on Skin (DVD). Christopher Purves, Barbara Hannigan, Bejun Mehta, Victoria Simmonds and Allan Clayton (soloists) with the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conducted by George Benjamin, stage director Katie Mitchell, video director Margaret Williams. Opus Arte
• Early Music – Marenzio, Primo libro di madrigali. La Compagnia del Madrigale. Glossa.
• Instrumental – "Volodos plays Mompou", Arcadi Volodos (piano). Sony Classical.
• Opera – Ravel, L’heure espagnole and L’enfant et les sortilèges (DVD). Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Alek Shrader, François Piolino, Elliot Madore, Paul Gay, Khatouna Gadelia and Elodie Méchain (soloists) with the Glyndebourne Chorus and London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Kazushi Ono, stage director Laurent Pelly, video director François Roussillon. FRA Musica DVD.
• Orchestral – Brahms, "The Symphonies". Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly. Decca.
• Recital – "Arise, my muse", various composers. Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Richard Egarr and Friends. Wigmore Hall Live.
• Vocal – Schubert, Winterreise. Jonas Kaufmann (ten), Helmut Deutsch (piano). Sony Classical.

2013

• Artist of the Year – Alison Balsom
• Young Artist of the Year – Jan Lisiecki
• Lifetime Achievement Award – Julian Bream
• Label of the Year – Decca Classics
• Baroque Instrumental – Froberger, D'Anglebert, Fischer, Louis Couperin. Andreas Staier. Harmonia Mundi
• Baroque Vocal – Bach Motets. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists. John Eliot Gardiner. Soli Deo Gloria
• Chamber – Bartók Violin Sonatas 1 & 2, Sonata for Solo Violin. Barnabas Kelemen, Zoltan Kocsis. Hungaroton
• Choral – Elgar The Apostles. Rebecca Evans, Alice Coote, Paul Groves, Jacques Imbrailo, David Kempster, Brindley Sherratt, Halle Orchestra Sir Mark Elder.
• Concerto (Record of the Year) – Bartók Violin Concerto No. 2, Eötvös Seven, Ligeti Violin Concerto. Patricia Kopatchinskaja, HR Sinfonieorchester, Ensemble Modern. Peter Eotvos. Naive
• Contemporary – Dutilleux Correspondances. Barbara Hannigan, Anssi Karttunen, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. Esa-Pekka Salonen. Deutsche Grammophon
• Early Music – A New Venetian Coronation 1595 Gabrieli Consort & Players. Paul McCreesh. Signum Records
• Instrumental – Mussorgsky Pictures from an Exhibition, Prokofiev Sarcasms, Visions fugitives. Steven Osborne. Hyperion
• Opera – Puccini Il Trittico. Eva-Maria Westbroek, Ermonela Jaho, Lucio Gallo, Elenza Zilio, Francesco Demuro, Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Richard Jones. Antonio Pappano. Opus Arte 3 DVD
• Orchestral – Suk Prague, A Summer`s Tale Op. 29 BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiří Bělohlávek. Chandos
• Vocal – Wagner Arias. Jonas Kaufmann, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin. Donald Runnicles. Decca

2012

• Lifetime Achievement Claudio Abbado ^[20]
• Artist of the Year – Joseph Calleja
• Young Artist of the Year – Benjamin Grosvenor
• Label of the Year – Naïve Records
• Baroque Vocal (Record of the Year) – Heinrich Schütz Musicalische Exequien, Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier (RICERCAR)
• Early – Victoria Sacred works, Ensemble Plus Ultra, Michael Noone ARCHIV (DG)
• Baroque Instrumental – Bach: Orchestral Suites, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Petra Mullejans, Gottfried von der Goltz (HARMONIA MUNDI)
• DVD Documentary – Music makes a city, A film by Oswald Brown III; Jerome Hiler (Harmonia Mundi)
• Opera – Beethoven: Fidelio, Stemme; Kaufmann; Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Claudio Abbado (DECCA)
• Choral – Howells: Requiem, St Paul’s Magnificat and Nunc dimittis, Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge / Stephen Layton (HYPERION)
• Special Achievement – Smetana: Ma vlast, with Czech National Anthem Czech Philharmonic Orchestra / Václav Talich ( historical Norwegian Radio recording in Nazi-occupied Prague on 5 June 1939, remastering producer Matouš Vlčinský) (Supraphon)^[21]
• Instrumental – Chopin. Liszt, Ravel: Piano works, Benjamin Grosvenor (Decca Records)
• Concerto – Beethoven, Berg: Violin Concertos, Isabelle Faust, Orchestra Mozart / Claudio Abbado (Harmonia Mundi)
• Solo Vocal – Songs of War, Simon Keenlyside Malcolm Martineau (Sony CLASSICAL)
• Historic – Chopin: Etudes, Maurizio Pollini (TESTAMENT)
• Orchestral – Martinu Symphonies; BBC SO, Jiri Belohlavek (Onyx)
• Contemporary – Rautavaara: Percussion Concerto, Cello Concerto No 2, Modificata, Colin Currie (perc) Truls Mørk (vc) Helsinki PO / John Storgards (ONDINE)
• Chamber – Schumann: Complete works for piano trio, Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Tanja Tetzlaff (cello) Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) (EMI)

2012 Awards

Award (of the Year)	Recipient(s)	Instrument(s) (or SATB)	Composer(s): Work(s)	Label
Artist	Joseph Calleja	Tenor	–	–
Young Artist	Benjamin Grosvenor	Piano	–	–
Label	Naïve	–	–	Naïve
Baroque Vocal Record	Lionel Meunier, Vox Luminis	SATB	Schütz: Musicalische Exquien	RICERCAR
Early Record	Ensemble Plus Ultra, Michael Noone	Example	Various Composers: Sacred works	DG
Baroque Instrumental Record	Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Petra Mullejans, Gottfried von der Goltz	Orchestra with Period Instruments	Bach: Orchestral Suites	HARMONIA MUNDI
DVD Documentary	Jerome Hiler	Music makes a city, A film by Oswald Brown III	Example	Harmonia Mundi
Opera Record	Stemme, Kaufmann, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado	Opera	Beethoven: Fidelio	DECCA
Choral Record	Example	Example	Example	Example
Special Achievement	Example	Example	Example	Example
Instrumental Record	Example	Example	Example	Example
Concerto	Example	Example	Example	Beethoven, Berg: Violin Concertos
Chamber Record	Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Tanja Tetzlaff (cello) Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)	Schumann: Piano Trios	Piano Trio	EMI
Historic Record	Maurizio Pollini	Chopin: Etudes	Piano	TESTAMENT
Solo Vocal	Malcolm Martineau	Baritone	Songs of War, Simon Keenlyside	Sony CLASSICAL

2011

• Artist of the Year – Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
• Specialist Classical Chart – Miloš Karadaglić – The Guitar
• Label of the Year – Wigmore Hall Live
• Young Artist of the Year – Miloš Karadaglić
• Special Achievement – The Bach Cantata Pilgrimage on SDG
• Lifetime Achievement – Dame Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano
• Music in the Community Award – The Cobweb Orchestra
• Baroque Instrumental – CPE Bach Harpsichord Concertos Andreas Staier; Freiburg Baroque / Petra Müllejans Harmonia Mundi
• Baroque Vocal – Handel Apollo e Dafne La Risonanza Glossa
• Chamber (Record of the Year) – Dvořák String Quartets Op. 106 & 96 Pavel Haas Quartet Supraphon
• Choral – Elgar The Kingdom Claire Rutter; Susan Bickley; John Hudson; Iain Paterson; Hallé Choir & Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder
• Concerto – Debussy Fantaisie Ravel Piano Concertos Massenet Piano works Jean-Efflam Bavouzet; BBC Symphony Orchestra / Yan Pascal Tortelier Chandos
• Contemporary – Birtwistle Night's Black Bird Hallé Orchestra / Ryan Wigglesworth NMC
• DVD Documentary – Carlos Kleiber: Traces to Nowhere A film by Eric Schultz Arthaus
• DVD Performance – Verdi Don Carlo Soloists; Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Antonio Pappano EMI Classics
• Early Music – Striggio Mass in 40 Parts etc. I Fagiolini et al. / Robert Hollingworth Decca
• Historic – Mahler/Cooke Symphony No 10 London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia / Berthold Goldschmidt
• Instrumental – Brahms Handel Variations. Piano works, Op 118 & 119 Murray Perahia Sony Classical
• Opera – Rossini Ermione Soloists; Geoffrey Matchell Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra / David Parry Opera Rara
• Orchestral – Shostakovich Symphony No 10 RLPO / Vasily Petrenko Naxos
• Recital – Verismo Arias Various Jonas Kaufmann; Chorus and Orchestra of the Santa Cecilia Academy, Rome / Antonio Pappano Decca Classics
• Solo vocal – Britten Songs and Proverbs of William Blake Gerald Finley; Julius Drake Hyperion
• Editor's Choice – Rossini Stabat Mater Netrebko; Santa Cecilia Orchestra & Choir / Antonio Pappano EMI

2010

Complete list

• Artist of the Year – Joyce DiDonato
• Lifetime Achievement Award – Alfred Brendel
• Young Artist of the Year – Sol Gabetta
• Label of the Year – Linn Records
• Early Music (Record of the Year) – Byrd 'Infelix Ego' / The Cardinall's Musick and Andrew Carwood
• Baroque Instrumental – Vivaldi The French Connection / La Serenissima
• Chamber – Beethoven, Sonatas for Piano and Violin / Isabelle Faust
• Concerto – Elgar, Violin Concerto, Thomas Zehetmair; Hallé Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder
• Contemporary – Adès – The Tempest Soloists; Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Thomas Adès DVD – Leonard Bernstein – ‘Reflections’, A film by Peter Rosen
• Historic Archive – Beethoven – 32 Piano Sonatas. Eroica Variations etc. Friedrich Gulda
• Opera – Wagner – Götterdämmerung. Soloists; Choruses; Hallé Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder
• Orchestral – Dvořák – Symphonic Poems. Czech Philharmonic / Sir Charles Mackerras. Supraphon SU4012-2
• Editors Choice : Bernstein's Mass, Marin Alsop

Gramophone Awards of the 2000s

2009

• Artist of the Year – The Sixteen
• Lifetime Achievement Award – Nikolaus Harnoncourt
• Young Artist of the Year – Yuja Wang
• Special Achievement – Bernard Coutaz, founder of Harmonia Mundi
• Label of the Year – ECM
• Early Music – Song of Songs, Stile Antico
• Classic FM Award for Audience Innovation – Royal Opera House and The Sun
• Baroque Instrumental – Henry Purcell's Complete Fantazias / Fretwork
• Chamber (Record of the Year) – Debussy, Fauré and Ravel, String quartets, Quatuor Ebène
• Concerto – Britten, Piano Concerto, Steven Osborne, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ilan Volkov (Hyperion)
• Contemporary – The NMC Songbook, various artists (NMC)
• DVD – Wagner, The Copenhagen Ring, The Royal Danish Opera / Michael Schønwandt
• Historic Archive – Berlioz, Les Troyens, Covent Garden Opera / Rafael Kubelík
• Opera – Puccini, Madama Butterfly, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia / Antonio Pappano, Angela Gheorghiu (sop)
• Orchestral – Tchaikovsky, Manfred Symphony & The Vayevoda, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic / Vasily Petrenko
• Editors Choice : Beethoven: Diabelli Variations & Bach: Partita No. 4 – Stephen Kovacevich (piano)

2008

• Artist of the Year – Hilary Hahn
• Lifetime Achievement – André Previn
• Young Artist of the Year – Maxim Rysanov
• Special Achievement – Sir Peter Moores
• Label of the Year – Hyperion
• The Gold Disc – Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos – Stephen Hough
• Classic FM Award for Audience Innovation – Tasmin Little
• Baroque Instrumental – Brandenburg concertos European Brandenburg Ensemble / Trevor Pinnock (Avie)
• Chamber – Brahms and Schumann, Piano quintets, Leif Ove Andsnes, Artemis Quartet (Virgin Classics)
• Concerto – Elgar, Violin Concerto, James Ehnes, Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis (Onyx)
• DVD – Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro Soloists, The Royal Opera / Antonio Pappano (Opus Arte)
• Historic Archive – Vaughan Williams, Symphony No 5 London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vaughan Williams (Somm)
• Opera – Janáček, The Excursions of Mr Broucek BBC Symphony Orchestra / Jirí Belohlávek (Deutsche Grammophon)
• Recital – Maria, Cecilia Bartoli, Orchestra La Scintilla / Ádám Fischer (Decca)
• Instrumental (Record of the Year) – Beethoven, Piano Sonatas, Vol 4 Paul Lewis (Harmonia Mundi)
• Baroque Vocal – Monteverdi, L'Orfeo, La Venexiana / Claudio Cavina (Glossa)
• Choral – Haydn, The Creation, Soloists, Gabrieli Consort and Players / Paul McCreesh (Archiv Produktion)
• Contemporary – Jonathan Harvey, Body Mandala, Anu Komsi, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ilan Volkov (NMC)
• Early Music – Nicholas Ludford, Missa Benedicta, Choir of New College, Oxford / Edward Higginbottom (K617)
• Historic Reissue – Sibelius, Songs, Kim Borg, Erik Werba (Deutsche Grammophon)
• Orchestral – Myaskovsky, Symphonies, USSR State & Russian Federation Symphony Orchestras / Evgeny Svetlanov (Warner Classics)
• Solo vocal – Barber, Songs, Gerald Finley, Julius Drake, (Hyperion)
• Editor's Choice – Mr Abel's Fine Airs

2007

• Artist of the Year – Julia Fischer
• Lifetime Achievement – Montserrat Caballé
• Young Artist of the Year – Vasily Petrenko
• Special Achievement – Christopher Raeburn
• Label of the Year – Deutsche Grammophon
• Concerto (Record of the Year) – Brahms Piano Concertos Nelson Freire; Leipzig Gewandaus Orchestra / Riccardo Chailly (Decca)
• Editor's Choice – Mahler Symphony No. 2 Budapest Festival Orchestra / Ivan Fischer (Channel Classics)
• Baroque instrumental – Handel Concerti Grossi Academy of Ancient Music / Richard Egarr (Harmonia Mundi)
• Baroque vocal – Handel Messiah (Dublin version, 1742); Dunedin Consort & Players / John Butt (Linn Records)
• Chamber – Haas and Janáček String Quartets Pavel Haas Quartet (Supraphon)
• Choral – Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem Dorothea Röschmann; Thomas Quasthoff; Berlin Radio Choir; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (EMI)
• Contemporary – Julian Anderson Alhambra Fantasy BBC Symphony Orchestra / Oliver Knussen (Ondine)
• DVD – Julian Bream: My Life in Music(Avie)
• Early music – Byrd Laudibus in sanctis The Cardinall's Musick / Andrew Carwood (Hyperion)
• Historic reissue – Moeran Symphony in G minor etc. London Philharmonic Orchestra, New Philharmonia / Sir Adrian Boult (Lyrita)
• History archive – Wagner Götterdämmerung Bayreuth Festival Opera / Joseph Keilberth (Testament)
• Instrumental – Bach Cello Suites, Steven Isserlis (Hyperion)
• Opera – Rossini Matilde di Shabran Conducted by Riccardo Frizza (Decca)
• Orchestral – Prokofiev Complete Symphonies London Symphony Orchestra / Valery Gergiev (Philips)
• Recital – Simon Keenlyside: Tales of Opera Munich Radio Orchestra / Ulf Schirmer (Sony Classical)
• Solo vocal – R. Strauss Lieder Jonas Kaufmann; Helmut Deutsch (Harmonia Mundi)

2006

• Artist of the Year – Angela Hewitt
• Lifetime Achievement – Sir Charles Mackerras
• Label of the Year – Virgin Classics
• Orchestral (Record of the Year) – Mahler – Symphony No. 6 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Claudio Abbado
• Classic FM Listeners' Choice – Alison Balsom
• Editor's Choice – Stanford – Orchestral Songs Gerald Finley; BBC NOW/Richard Hickox. Chandos.
• Chamber – Taneyev – Chamber Music Vadim Repin; Ilya Gringolts; Nobuko Imai; Lynn Harrell; Mikhail Pletnev DG
• Concerto – Leif Ove Andsnes, Berlin PO, Pappano: Rachmaninov Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 (EMI)
• Contemporary – Magnus Lindberg – Clarinet Concerto Kari Kriikku; Finnish RSO/Sakari Oramo
• Historic archive – Wagner – Siegfried Bayreuth Festival/Keilberth
• Early music – Tallis Gaude gloriosa The Cardinall's Musick / Andrew Carwood (Hyperion)
• Instrumental – Szymanowski – Piano Works Piotr Anderszewski
• Solo Vocal – Schubert – Abendbilder Christian Gerhaher; Gerold Huber

2005

• Artist of the year – Michael Tilson Thomas
• Lifetime Achievement – Marilyn Horne
• Special Achievement – The Lindsays
• Label of the year – Naxos
• Classic FM Listener's Choice – Plácido Domingo
• Editor's Choice – Rachmaninov Piano Concertos, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Stephen Hough, Dallas Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Litton (Hyperion)
• Baroque Vocal (Record of the Year) – Bach Cantatas Vol. 1 Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra / John Eliot Gardiner (Soli Deo Gloria)
• Early Music – John Browne, Music from the Eton Choir Book. The Tallis Scholars / Peter Phillips (Gimell)
• Choral – Haydn The Seasons Soloists, RIAS Kammerchor, Freiburger Barockorchester / René Jacobs (Harmonia Mundi)
• Orchestral – Haydn Paris symphonies Concentus Musicus Wien / Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi)
• Chamber – Beethoven, Late String Quartets, Takács Quartet (Decca)
• Concerto – Zimerman, Andsnes, Grimaud, Boulez Bartók Piano Concertos Nos 1–3 (DG)
• Contemporary – Birtwistle Earth Dances Ensemble Modern (DG)
• DVD – Berlioz, Les Troyens, Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique / John Eliot Gardiner (BBC)
• Recital – Gounod and Massenet, Arias, Rolando Villazón, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France / Evelino Pidò (Virgin Classics)

2004

• Artist of the year – Magdalena Kožená
• Lifetime Achievement – London Symphony Orchestra
• Special Achievement – Peter Alward
• Label of the Year – Telarc
• Opera (Record of the Year) – Mozart Le nozze di Figaro Soloists; Ghent Collegium Vocale; Concerto Köln / René Jacobs Harmonia Mundi HMC90 1818/20
• Classic FM Listeners' Choice – Bryn Terfel
• Baroque Vocal – Antonio Vivaldi Vespri Solenni per la Festa dell'Assunzione di Maria Vergine Soloists, Concerto Italiano / Rinaldo Alessandrini (Naïve Opus 111)
• Chamber – Takács Quartet Beethoven: String Quartets Op 18 (Decca)
• Concerto – Edvard Grieg and Robert Schumann Piano Concertos Leif Ove Andsnes – Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (EMI)
• Contemporary – Thomas Adès America, A Prophecy CBSO (EMI)
• Early Music – Orlando Gibbons Consorts for viols, Phantasm (Avie)
• Historic Reissue – Ernest Chausson, Claude Debussy, Henri Duparc, Maurice Ravel Mélodies Gérard Souzay (baritone), Jacqueline Bonneau (piano), Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire / Edouard Lindenberg (Testament)
• Orchestral – Arnold Bax The Symphonies, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Vernon Handley (Chandos)

2003

• Artist of the Year – Marin Alsop
• Lifetime Achievement Award – Leontyne Price
• Special Achievement Award – Vernon Handley
• Label of the Year – Harmonia Mundi
• Chamber Music (Record of the Year) – Schumann String Quartets Nos 1 & 3 – Zehetmair Quartet, ECM
• Classic FM Listener's Choice – Cecilia Bartoli
• Début Disc and Editor's Choice – Prokofiev; Scriabin; Stravinsky; Tchaikovksy Piano Works, Simon Trpceski
• Baroque Vocal – Handel: Arcadian Duets. Emmanuelle Haïm, Le Concert d'Astrée. Virgin Classics.
• Choral – Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Masses, Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox (Chandos Records)
• Orchestral – Sibelius: Rondo of the waves; Lahti SO, Osmo Vänskä (BIS)
• Concerto – Antonio Vivaldi, Violin Concertos, Op 4, La Stravaganza, Arte dei Suonatori, Rachel Podger Channel Classics CCS19598)
• Contemporary – Steve Reich: City Life. Ensemble Modern. RCA.
• Early Music – The Call of the Phoenix: Rare 15th-century English Church Music. The Orlando Consort. Harmonia Mundi.
• Instrumental – Chopin, Etudes, Opp 10 & 12, Murray Perahia (Sony Classical SK61885)
• Opera – Benjamin Britten, The Turn of the Screw, Ian Bostridge, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Harding (Virgin Classics)

2002

• Artist of the Year – Maxim Vengerov
• Lifetime Achievement – Mirella Freni
• Concerto (Record of the Year) – Saint-Saëns, Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra, Stephen Hough/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sakari Oramo (Hyperion)
• Editor's Choice – R Strauss, Four Last Songs, Soile Isokoski / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Marek Janowski (Ondine)
• Baroque Instrumental – Biber, Violin Sonatas Nos 2, 3, 5 & 7. Nisi Dominus. Passacaglia, Sonnerie/ Monica Huggett / Thomas Guthrie (ASV Gaudeamus)
• Baroque Vocal – Monteverdi, Selva morale e spirituale, Cantus Cölln / Concerto Palatino / Konrad Junghänel (Harmonia Mundi)
• Chamber – Beethoven, Three String Quartets, Rasumovsky, Op 59. String Quartet in E-flat, 'Harp', Op 74, Takács Quartet (Decca)
• Choral – Schoenberg, Gurrelieder, Schoenberg Gurrelieder Karita Mattila / Anne Sofie von Otter / Thomas Moser / Philip Langridge / Thomas Quasthoff / Berlin Radio Chorus / MDR Radio Chorus, Leipzig / Ernst Senff Choir / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (EMI)
• Concerto – Saint-Saëns, Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra, Stephen Hough / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (Hyperion)
• Contemporary – Birtwistle, Pulse Shadows, Claron McFadden / Arditti Quartet / Nash Ensemble / Reinbert de Leeuw (Teldec)
• Debut Recording – Jonathan Lemalu sings songs by Brahms, Fauré, Finzi etc., Jonathan Lemalu / Roger Vignoles (EMI Debut)
• DVD – John Adams, El Niño, Dawn Upshaw / Lorraine Hunt Lieberson / Willard White / Maîtrise de Paris Children's Choir / London Voices / Theatre of Voices / Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, Berlin / Kent Nagano / Peter Sellars (Stage director) / Peter Maniura (Video director) (ArtHaus Musik)
• Early Music – Marenzio, Madrigals, Marenzio Madrigals Il Concerto Italiano / Rinaldo Alessandrini (Opus 111)
• Historic Archive – Great conductors of the twentieth century: Ferenc Fricsay (EMI/IMG)
• Historic Reissue – Fauré, 13 Nocturnes, Germaine Thyssens-Valentin (Testament)
• Instrumental – Grieg, Lyric Pieces—excerpts, Leif Ove Andsnes (EMI)
• Opera – Berlioz, Les Troyens, Ben Heppner / Michelle DeYoung / Petra Lang / Sara Mingardo / Peter Mattei / Stephen Milling / Kenneth Tarver / Toby Spence / Orlin Annastassov / Tigran Martirossian / Isabelle Cals / Alan Ewing / Guang Yang / Andrew Greenan / Roderick Earle / Bülent Bezd (LSO Live)
• Orchestral – Bruckner. Symphony No. 8. Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Gunter Wand (RCA)
• Recital – Gluck, Italian Arias, Cecilia Bartoli / Akadema für Alte Musik, Berlin / Bernhard Forck (Decca)
• Vocal – Chaminade, Mots d'amour, Anne Sofie von Otter / Bengt Forsberg / Nils-Erik Sparf / Peter Jablonski (DG)

2001

• Artist of the Year – Cecilia Bartoli
• Lifetime Achievement – Victoria de los Ángeles
• Retailer of the Year – Bath Compact Discs
• Orchestral (Record of the Year) – Vaughan Williams, A London Symphony and Butterworth, The Banks of Green Willow, London Symphony Orchestra / Hickox (Chandos Records)
• Classic FM People's Choice Award – Verdi, Verdi: Heroines, Angela Gheorghiu; Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra, Milan/Chailly (Decca)
• Editor's Choice – Handel, Rinaldo, David Daniels Cecilia Bartoli/Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre)
• Baroque Instrumental – Bach, Partitas, BWV 825–30, Trevor Pinnock (Hannsler Classic)
• Baroque Vocal – Bach, St. Matthew Passion, Christoph Prégardien tenor Evangelist; Matthias Goerne baritone Christus; Christine Schäfer, Dorothea Röschmann sopranos; Bernarda Fink, Elisabeth von Magnus contraltos; Michael Schade, Markus Schäfer tenors; Dietrich Henschel, Oliver Widmer basses; Vienna Boys’ Choir; Arnold (Teldec)
• Chamber – Vaughan Williams, String Quartets Nos 1 & 2. Phantasy Quintet, Maggini Quartet with Garfield Jackson (Naxos Records)
• Choral – Britten, AMDG. Choral Dances from ‘Gloriana’. Chorale after an Old French Carol. A Hymn to the Virgin. Sacred and Profane, Op 91, Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion)
• Concerto – Schoenberg, Piano Concerto, Mitsuko Uchida/Cleveland Orchestra/Pierre Boulez (Philips)
• Contemporary – Boulez, Anthèmes 2. Messagesquisse. Sur incises, Ensemble Intercontemporain/Pierre Boulez (DG)
• Debut Recording – Debussy, Dutilleux, Ravel, String Quartets, Belcea Quartet (EMI)
• DVD – Berlioz, La damnation de Faust, Vesselina Kasarova/Willard White/Staatskapelle Dresden/Sylvian Cambreling (ArtHaus Musik)
• Early Music – Gesualdo, Il quarto libro di madrigali, La Venexiana/Claudio Cavina (Glossa)
• Instrumental – Bach, Goldberg Variations, Murray Perahia (Sony Classical)
• Opera – Massenet, Manon, Angela Gheorghiu/Roberto Alagna/Chorus and SO of La Monnaie/Antonio Pappano (EMI)
• Recital – French Arias, Roberto Alagna/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Betrand de Billy (EMI)
• Vocal – Love Songs, Magdalena Kožená/Graham Johnson (DG)

2000

• Artist of the Year – Antonio Pappano
• Lifetime Achievement – Carlo Bergonzi
• Special Achievement – Wagner, Götterdämmerung, soloists; Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival/Knapperstsbusch (Testament)
• Retailer of the Year – HMV 150 Oxford Street & Bath Compact Discs
• Orchestral (Record of the Year) – Mahler, Symphony No 10 in F-sharp, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle (EMI)
• Classic FM People's Choice Award – Verdi, Verdi: Heroines, Angela Gheorghiu; Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra, Milan/Chailly (Decca)
• Baroque Instrumental – Pandolfi, Violin Sonatas Op. 3, Nos 1–6; Op. 4, Nos 1–6, Andrew Manze, Richard Egarr (Harmonia Mundi)
• Baroque Vocal – Handel, Acis and Galatea, Les Arts Florissants/William Christie (Erato)
• Chamber – Shostakovich, Complete String Quartets (Nos 1–15), Emerson Quartet (DG)
• Choral – L Boulanger, Faust et Hélène: Psaume 24. D’un soir triste. D’un matin de printemps. Psaume 130, ‘Du fond de l'abîme,’ Dawson, Murray, Bottone, Mackenzie, Howard; CBSO Chorus; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/Tortelier (Chandos)
• Concerto – Haydn, Piano Concertos Nos 3, 4 & 11, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra/Andsnes (EMI)
• Contemporary – Elliott Carter, Symphonia: sum fluxae pretium spei. Clarinet Concerto, Elliott Carter (DG)
• Early Music – William Byrd, Complete Keyboard Works, Davitt Moroney (Hyperion)
• Instrumental – Leopold Godowsky, The Complete Studies on Chopin's Etudes, Marc-André Hamelin (Hyperion)
• Opera – Karol Szymanowski, King Roger. Symphony No 4 ‘Symphonia concertante,' Op 60, soloists; CBS Youth Chorus; CBS Chorus; Andsnes; CBSO/Rattle (EMI)
• Recital – Verdi, Verdi: Heroines, Angela Gheorghiu; Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra, Milan/Chailly (Decca)
• Vocal – Barbara Bonney, Diamonds in the Snow: Songs by Alfvén, Grieg, Sibelius, Sjöberg and Stenhammar, Antonio Pappano (Decca)

Gramophone Awards of the 1990s

1999

• Artist of the Year – Martha Argerich
• Lifetime Achievement – Isaac Stern
• Special Achievement – Philip's Great Pianists of the 20th Century
• Opera (Record of the Year) – Antonín Dvořák, Rusalka, Mackerras (Decca)
• Editor's Choice – Naxos's British music series
• Baroque Instrumental – Jacquet de la Guerre, Premiére livre, Carole Cerasi (Metronome)
• Baroque Vocal – A Scarlatti, Il primo omicidio, René Jacobs (Harmonia Mundi)
• Chamber – Robert Schumann, Piano Trios, Florestan Trio (Hyperion)
• Concerto – Frédéric Chopin, Piano Concertos, Martha Argerich/Dutoit (EMI)
• 20th-Century Concerto – Maurice Ravel, Piano Concertos, Krystian Zimerman; Pierre Boulez (Deutsche Grammophon|DG)
• Early Music – Guillaume Dufay, Missa Jacobi, Binchois Consort/Kirkman (Hyperion)
• Contemporary – Toru Takemitsu, Quotation of Dream, Knussen (DG)
• Instrumental – Arcadi Volodos, Arcadi Volodos Live at Carnegie Hall (Sony Classical)
• Orchestral – Anton Bruckner, Symphony No. 4, Wand (RCA)
• Recital – Renée Fleming, I Want Magic!, Renée Fleming; Levine (Decca)
• Solo Vocal – Ludwig van Beethoven, Lieder, Stephen Genz; Vignoles (Hyperion)
• 20th-Century Chamber – Elliott Carter, String Quartets, Arditti Quartett (Auvidis)
• 20th-Century Instrumental – Luciano Berio, Sequenzas, various artists (DG)
• 20th-Century Opera – Carl Nielsen, Maskarade, Schirmer (Decca)
• 20th-Century Orchestral – Edgar Varèse, Complete Orchestral Works, Riccardo Chailly (Decca)
• 20th-Century Vocal – Hanns Eisler, Hollywood Songbook, Goerne; Schneider (Decca)

1998

• Artist of the Year – Riccardo Chailly
• Lifetime Achievement – Menahem Pressler
• Choral (Record of the Year) – Martin, Pizzetti, Die Schöpfung, Westminster Cathedral Choir/James O'Donnell (Hyperion)
• Best-selling disc – James Horner, Titanic–Original Soundtrack (Sony Classical)
• Editor's Choice – Thomas Adès, Adès: Arcadiana Op. 12. The origin of the harp, soloists; Endellion Quartet; London Sinfonietta; King's college choir, Cambridge/Adès, Stenz, Cleobury (EMI Debut)
• Baroque Non-Vocal – Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset, Rameau—Overtures (L'Oiseau-Lyre)
• Baroque Vocal – Monteverdi, Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini;
• Chamber – Bartók, String quartets, Takacs Quartet (Decca)
• Concerto – Joshua Bell, Barber, Bloch, Walton, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra/David Zinman (Decca)
• Contemporary – Birtwistle The Mask of Orpheus, Andrew Davis, Martyn Brabbins, Birtwistle, soloists; BBC Singers; BBC Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Davis, Martyn Brabbins (NMC)
• Early Music – Canciones and Ensaladas, Ensemble Clément Janequin/Dominique Visse (Harmonia Mundi)
• Early Opera – Rameau, Les fêtes d'Hébé, Soloists; Les Arts Florissants Chorus and Orchestra/William Christie (Erato)
• Film Music – Kenneth Alwyn, The Ladykillers, Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Kenneth Alwyn (Silva Screen)
• Instrumental – Stephen Hough, Mompou (Hyperion)
• Music Theatre – Kander & Ebb, Chicago, Broadway Cast/Rob Fisher (RCA Victor)
• Opera – Rossini, Il Turco in Italia, soloists; Milan La Scala Chorus and Orchestra/Riccardo Chailly (Decca)
• Orchestral – Bartók, The Miraculous Mandarin, Hungarian Radio Chorus; Budapest Festival Orchestra/Ivan Fischer (Philips)
• Solo Vocal – Schumann, Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake (EMI)

1997

• Artist of the Year – Yo-Yo Ma
• Lifetime achievement – Mstislav Rostropovich
• Young Artist of the Year – Béla Bartók: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1. Solo Vi, Isabelle Faust; Ewa Kupiec, Harmonia Mundi
• Record of the year & Opera – Giacomo Puccini: La rondine, London Voices; London SO / Pappano, EMI
• Best-selling disc – Agnus Dei, New College Choir, Oxford / Higginbottom, Erato
• Editor's Choice – Monica Huggett, Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, EMI/Virgin Veritas
• Britannia Music Members' award – Something Wonderful: Bryn Terfel sings Rodgers, Terfel; Chorus of Opera North; English Northern Philharmonia / Daniel, Deutsche Grammophon
• Baroque non-vocal – Henry Purcell: Fantazias, Joanna Levine; Susanna Pell; Phantasm, Simax
• Baroque vocal – Antonio Caldara: Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis / Rene Jacobs, Harmonia Mundi
• Chamber – Maurice Ravel: Violin Sonatas etc., Juillet; Mork; Rogé, Decca
• Choral – Joseph Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists / Gardiner, Archiv Produktion
• Concerto – Karol Szymanowski: Violin Concertos etc., Zehetmair; Avenhaus; CBSO / Rattle, EMI
• Contemporary – György Ligeti: Etudes, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Sony Classical
• Early music – Johannes Ockeghem: Requiem etc., The Clerks' Group / Edward Wickham, ASV
• Early opera – Jean-Philippe Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie, Les Arts Florissants / Christie, Erato
• Engineering – Dyson: The Canterbury Pilgrims, London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Hickox, Chandos
• Film music – Bernard Herrmann: Vertigo, Royal Scottish National Orchestra / McNeely, Varèse Sarabande
• Instrumental – George Frideric Handel, Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Suites and Sonatas, Murray Perahia, Sony Classical
• Music theatre – Lerner & Loewe: My Fair Lady, National Symphony Orchestra / J. Owen Edwards, TER
• Orchestral – Jean Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4, London SO / Davis, RCA
• Solo vocal – Robert Schumann: Complete Lieder Vol. 1, Christine Schafer; Graham Johnson, Hyperion
• Video – Alban Berg: Lulu, Soloists; London PO / Davis, NVC Arts

1996

• Artist of the Year – Anne Sofie von Otter
• Lifetime achievement – Yehudi Menuhin
• Young Artist of the Year – David Pyatt
• Record of the year & Concerto – Emil von Sauer, Xaver Scharwenka: Piano Concertos; Hough; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Lawerence Foster, Hyperion Records
• Best-selling disc – Lesley Garrett – Soprano in Red; Lesley Garrett (sop); Crouch End Festival Chorus; Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, Holmes Silva Classics
• Baroque non-vocal – Vivaldi: Il Proteo – Double, Triple Concertos; Coin (vc); Il Giardino Armonico / Antonini, Teldec
• Baroque vocal – Vivaldi: Stabat mater. Cessate, omai ces; Scholl (alto); Ensemble 415 / Banchini, Harmonia Mundi
• Chamber – Haydn: String Quartets Op. 33 Nos 2, 3 and 5; Quatuor Mosaiques; Auvidis Astree
• Choral – Grainger: Songs and Dancing Ballads; Monteverdi Choir; English Country Gardiner Orchestra / Gardiner, Philips
• Concerto – Sauer, Scharwenka: Piano Concertos; Hough; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Lawerence Foster, Hyperion Records
• Contemporary – Harrison Birtwistle: Gawain; Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Howarth, Collins Classics
• Early music – Dunstable: Sacred Choral Works; Orlando Consort, Metronome
• Early opera – Handel: Ariodante; Wilhelmshaven Vocal Ensemble; Freiburg Baroque Orchestra / McGegan, Harmonia Mundi
• Engineering – Sibelius: Symphony No 5. En saga; Lahti SO / Vänskä, BIS
• Historic non-vocal – Debussy: Complete Piano Works; Walter Gieseking (pf), EMI
• Historic vocal – Lucrezia Bori: Opera and Operetta Arias; Bori (sop) with various artists (restored by Ward Marston), Romophone
• Instrumental – Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonatas; Mikhail Pletnev (pf), Virgin Classics
• Music theatre – Gershwin: Oh Kay! Orchestra of St Luke's / Stern, Nonesuch
• Opera – Prokofiev: The Fiery Angel; Kirov Opera / Gergiev, Philips
• Orchestral – Schmidt: Symphony No 4. Variations on a Hussar; London PO / Franz Welser-Möst EMI
• Solo vocal – Schubert: Lieder, Volume 25. Die schöne Mullerin; Bostridge (ten); Fischer-Dieskau (narr); Johnson (pf), Hyperion
• Video – Yehudi Menuhin – The Violin of the Century, EMI

1995

• Artist of the Year – Pierre Boulez
• Lifetime achievement – Sir Michael Tippett
• Special achievement – Entartete Musik – Korngold: Das Wunder des Heliane; Berlin Radio Chorus; Deutsches SO / Mauceri, Decca
• Record of the year & Concerto – Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No 1. Shostakovich: Vio; Maxim Vengerov; London Symphony Orcheestra / Rostropovich, Teldec
• Best-selling disc – The Three Tenors in Concert, 1994; José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti; Los Angeles Music Center Opera Chorus; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra / Zubin Mehta, Teldec
• Baroque non-vocal – Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber: Violin Sonatas; Romanesca, Harmonia Mundi
• Baroque vocal – Jean-Philippe Rameau: Grand Motets; Les Arts Florissants / William Christie, Erato
• Chamber – Gabriel Fauré: Piano Quintets; Domus, Hyperion
• Choral & engineering – Karol Szymanowski: Stabat mater. Symphony No. 3. City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Chorus / Rattle, EMI
• Concerto – Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No 1. Dmitri Shostakovich: Vio; Maxim Vengerov; London Symphony Orcheestra / Rostropovich, Teldec
• Contemporary – György Ligeti: Concertos – Piano; Violin; Cello; Gawriloff; Queyras; Aimard; Ensemble InterContemporain / Boulez DG
• Early music – Robert Fayrfax: Missa O quam glorifica, etc. The Cardinall's Musick / Carwood, ASV Gaudeamus
• Early opera – Henry Purcell: King Arthur; Soloists; Les Arts Florissants / Christie, Erato
• Engineering – Karol Szymanowski: Stabat mater. Symphony No. 3. City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Chorus / Rattle, EMI
• Historic non-vocal – Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9; Soloists; Lucerne Festival Chorus; Philharmonia / Furtwängler, Tahra mono
• Historic vocal – Maurice Ravel: L'enfant et les sortileges; French Radio National Chorus and Orchestra / Bour, Testament
• Instrumental – Frédéric Chopin: Four Ballades. Mazurkas. Etudes. Nocturne; Murray Perahia (pf), Sony Classical
• Music theatre – I wish it so – The Songs of Vernon Duke; Dawn Upshaw (sop); orchestra / Eric Stern (pf), Elektra Nonesuch
• Opera – William Walton: Troilus and Cressida; Chorus & Orchestra of Opera North / Hickox, Chandos
• Orchestral – Arnold Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No 1. Erwartung; Phyllis Bryn-Julson (sop); Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Rattle, EMI
• Solo vocal – Franz Schubert: Lieder; Bryn Terfel (bar); Malcolm Martineau (pf), DG
• Video – The Art of Conducting – Great Conductors of the Past, Teldec

1994

• Instrumental & Record of the Year – Debussy: Preludes; Krystian Zimmerman (pf), DG
• Chamber – Tchaikovsky: String Quartets No. 1 – No.3 / Souvenir de Florence; Yuri Yurov (va), Mikhail Milman (vc), Borodin Quartet; Teldec
• Opera – Britten: Gloriana; Josephine Barstow, Phillip Langridge, Welsh National Opera / Charles Mackerras, Argo
• Historic Vocal – Britten: Peter Grimes / The Rape of Lucretia / Folksong Arrangements; Peter Pears (t), Joan Cross (s), BBC Theatre Chorus, Orchestra of The Royal Opera House / Nancy Evans (ca), Pears, Cross, English Opera Group Chamber Orchestra / Sophie Whyss (s), Pears, Britten (pf); EMI
• Historic Non-Vocal – Schoenberg: Verklaerte Nacht / Schubert: String Quintet in C major; Alvin Dinkin(va), Kurt Reher(vc), Hollywood String Quartet; Testament
• Engineering – Dutilleux: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2; BBC Philharmonic / Yan Pascal Tortelier, Chandos
• Orchestral – Koechlin: The Jungle Book, Symphonic Poems; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / David Zinman, RCA
• Choral – Delius: Sea Drift, Songs of Farewell, Songs of Sunset; Bryn Terfel (b), Sally Burgess (ms), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Hickox, Chandos
• Concerto – Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2, Rhapsodies Nos. 1 & 2; Kyung-wha Chung, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Rattle, EMI
• Contemporary – Robin Holloway: Second Concerto for Orchestra; BBC Symphony Orchestra / Oliver Knussen, NMC
• Solo Vocal – Samuel Barber: Complete Songs; Cheryl Studer, Thomas Hampson, John Browning, DG
• Music Theatre – Bernstein: On The Town; LSO / Michael Tilson Thomas, DG
• Baroque Vocal – Fourth Book of the Montev; Concerto Italiano, Opus 111
• Baroque Non-vocal – Bach: Goldberg Variations; Pierre Hantai, Opus 111
• Young Artist of the Year – Maxim Vengerov
• Lifetime Achievement – Klaus Tennstedt
• Special Achievement – Richter: The Authorized Edition; Sviatoslav Richter (pf), Phillips
• Best Selling Record – Canto Gregoriano; Coro de monjes del Monasterio Benedictino de Santo Domingo de Silos / Ismael Fernández de la Cuesta, EMI
• Early Music – Cipriano de Rore: Missa Praeter rerum seriem; The Tallis Scholars / Peter Phillips, Gimell
• Video – Bernstein: On The Town; LSO/ Michael Tilson Thomas, Barbican Centre, June 1992, DG
• Artist of the Year – John Eliot Gardiner

1993

• Solo Vocal (Record of the Year) – Grieg Songs Anne Sofie von Otter (mez); Bengt Forsberg (pf)
• Baroque Non-Vocal – Heinichen Dresden Concertos. Musica Antigua Koeln / Reinhard Goebel
• Baroque Vocal – San Giovanni Battista Stradella. Catherine Bott, Christine Batty (sops); Gérard Lesne (alto); Richard Edgar-Wilson (ten); Philippe Huttenlocher (bar); Les Musiciens du Louvre / Marc Minkowski
• Chamber – Quatuor Mosaiques Haydn String Quartet Op. 20
• Choral – Felix Mendelssohn. Elias. Miles, Donath, van Nes, George, MDR-Chor Leipzig, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Masur
• Concerto – Brahms Piano Concerto No.1 in D Minor Op. 15 Stephen Kovacevich (pf); London Philharmonic Orchestra / Wolfgang Sawallisch (coupled with Zwei Gesänge, Op. 91 with Ann Murray, Nobuko Imai
• Contemporary – James MacMillan. The Confession of Isobel Gowdie / Tryst (Koch). BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Maksymiuk.
• Early Music – Venetian Vespers. Gabrieli Consort and Players / Paul McCreesh
• Engineering – Debussy, Le martyre de Saint Sébastien. Sylvia McNair (sop); Nathalie Stutzmann (contr); Ann Murray (mez); Leslie Caron (narr); London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas
• Historical Non-Vocal – Rachmaninov. The Complete Recordings Sergei Rachmaninov RCA Victor Gold Seal
• Historical Vocal – Singers of Imperial Russia. Vols.1–4.
• Instrumental – 80th Birthday Recital. Shura Cherkassky.
• Music Theatre – George Gershwin. Lady, Be Good! Eric Stern, Lara Teeter, Ann Morrison.
• Opera – Poulenc. Dialogues des Carmélites / Dubosc, Gorr, Yakar, Dupuy, Fournier, van Dam, Viala, Opéra National de Lyon, Nagano
• Orchestral – Hindemith. Kammermusik. Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Chailly.
• Video – Wagner. Der Ring des Nibelungen. 1989 Bavarian State Opera. Sawallisch.
• Special Achievement – Edward Greenfield.
• Best-selling Record – Henryk Gorecki: Symphony 3 "Sorrowful Songs." Zinman. London Sinfonietta. Upshaw.
• Young Artist of the Year – Sarah Chang.
• Artist of the Year – Simon Rattle.
• Lifetime Achievement – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.

1992

• Orchestral (Record of the Year) – Beethoven 9 Symphonies. Nikolaus Harnoncourt. The Chamber Orchestre of Europe.
• Baroque Vocal – Handel. Giulio Cesare. Larmore, Schlick, Fink, Rorholm, Ragin. Rene Jacobs. Concerto Koeln.
• Baroque Non-Vocal – Rameau. Harpsichord Works. Christophe Rousset.
• Chamber – Symanowski String Quartets No 1 in C Major, Op.37; No. 2 Op. 56 / Webern Langsamer Satz. Carmina Quartet
• Choral – Britten. War Requiem, Op. 66; Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20; Ballad of Heroes, Op. 14. Harper, Langridge, Hill, Shirley-Quirk. St Paul's Cathedral Choristers, London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Richard Hickox.
• Concerto – Medtner. Piano Conccertos No.2 in C Minor, Op. 50; No 3. in E Minor, Op. 60. Nickolai Demidenko. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Jerzy Maksymiuk.
• Contemporary – John Tavener. The Protecting Veil; Thrinos / Britten. Solo Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87. Steven Isserlis. London Symphony Orchestra. Rozhdestvensky.
• Early Music – The Rose and The Ostrich Feather. Music from the Eton Choirbook. Volume I. The Sixteen. Harry Christophers.
• Engineering – Britten. War Requiem, Op. 66; Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20; Ballad of Heroes, Op. 14. Harper, Langridge, Hill, Shirley-Quirk. St Paul's Cathedral Choristers, London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Richard Hickox.
• Historical Vocal – Covent Garden on Record: A History.
• Historical Non-Vocal – The Elgar Edition. Volume 1. London Symphony Orchestra. Royal Albert Hall Orchestra. Elgar.
• Instrumental – Alkan. 25 Preludes dans les tons majeurs et mineur, Op. 31 / Shostakovich. 24 Preludes, Op. 34. Olli Mustonen.
• Music Theatre – Bernstein. Candide. Hadley, Anderson. London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus. Bernstein (cond).
• Opera – Strauss. Die Frau ohne Schatten. Behrens, Domingo, Runkel, van Dam, Varady, Jo. Wiener Philharmoniker. George Solti.
• Solo Vocal – Schubert. Lieder. Brigitte Fassbaender, Aribert Reimann.
• Special Achievement – Abbey Road Studios.
• Best-selling Record – Essential Opera.
• Young Artist of the Year – Bryn Terfel.
• Artist of the Year – Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa.
• Lifetime Achievement – Sir George Solti.

1991

• Record of the Year & Choral – Beethoven. Missa Solemnis. Gardiner. English Baroque Soloists. Margiono, Robbin, Kendall, Miles, Monteverdi Choir.
• Baroque Vocal – Handel. Susanna. Hunt, Minter, Feldman, Parker, Jeffery Thomas, David Thomas. Nicholas McGegan. Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus.
• Baroque Non-Vocal – Biber. Mystery Sonatas. Holloway (vn), Davitt Moroney(org/hpd), Tragicomedia.
• Chamber – Brahms: Piano Quartets. Opp. 25, 26 & 60. Ax, Stern, Laredo, Ma.
• Concerto – Sibelius. Violin Concerto in D Major, op. 47. Kavakos(vn). Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Vanska.
• Contemporary – John Casken. Golem. Clarke, Hall, Rozario, Robson, Wilson, Morris, Harrhy, Thomas. Music Project London. Richard Bernas.
• Early Music – Palestrina. Missa Assumpta est Maria/ Missa Sicut Iilium. Tallis Scholars. Peter Phillips.
• Engineering – Wordsworth. Symphony Nos. 2 & 3. London Philharmonic Orchestra. Braithwaite.
• Historical Non-Vocal – Berg. Violin Concerto/Lyric Suite. Louis Krasner(vn), Galimir Quartet, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Webern.
• Historical Vocal – Faure/Chausson/Airs Français. Gerard Souzay. Bonneau (pn).
• Instrumental – Shostakovich. 24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87. Tatyana Nikolaieva (pf).
• Music Theatre – Sondheim. Into The Woods. Original London Cast.
• Opera – Mozart. Idomeneo. Johnson, von Otter, Martinpelto, McNair, Robson, Winslade. John Eliot Gardiner. English Baroque Soloists.
• Orchestral – Nielsen. Symphony No. 2 Op. 16 "The Four Temperaments" / Symphony No. 3 Op. 27 "Espansiva." Fromm, McMillan. San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. Herbert Blomstedt.
• Solo Vocal – Schubert. Die Schoene Mullerin. Schreier, Schiff.
• Special Achievement – Complete Mozart Edition
• Artist of the Year – Pavarotti
• Lifetime Achievement – Joan Sutherland

1990

• Chamber – Respighi, Violin Sonata in B Minor, Kyung-Wha Chung and Krystian Zimerman; Deutsche Grammophon
• Choral – Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri; Edith Wiens, S. Herman, A. Gjevang; L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Armin Jordan (cnd)
• Concerto – Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 99, Violin Concerto No. 2 in C-sharp minor, Op. 129; Lydia Mordkovitch (vn); SNO, Neemi Järvi (cnd); Chandos
• Contemporary – George Benjamin: Antara, Boulez: Dérive, Memoriale; Harvey: Song Offerings; Walmsley-Clark (sp), Bell (fl); London Sinfonietta, George Benjamin (cnd); Nimbus
• Early Music – Gabrieli: A Venetian Coronation 1595, The Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh (cnd); Virgin Classics
• Engineering – Britten: The Prince of the Pagodas; London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen (cnd); Virgin Classics
• Historic (vocal) – Massenet: Werther; Georges Thill (ten), Vallin (mez) Roque(bar), Faraldy(sop), Narcon(bass); Chorus and Orchestra of the Opera-Contique, Elie Cohen(cnd); EMI
• Historic (nonvocal) – Delius: Paris, Eventyr, Irmelin Prelude, Over the Hills and Far Aways; LPO, Sir Thomas Beecham; EMI
• Instrumental – Debussy: Piano Works; Zoltán Kocsis; Philips
• Music Theatre – Cole Porter, Anything Goes; John McGlinn; EMI
• Opera (Record of the Year) – Prokofiev: L'Amour des trois oranges; Choeurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Kent Nagano; Virgin Classics
• Orchestral – Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony; Lott (sp), Summers (bar); LPO, Bernard Haitink (cnd); EMI
• Solo Vocal – Schubert: Schwanengesang, Heine and Seidl Lieder; Peter Schreier (ten), András Schiff (pf); Decca
• Special Achievement – Bach: Complete Sacred Cantatas Vol. 1–45; Vienna Concentus Musicus, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (cnd); Leonhardt Consort, Gustav Leonhardt (cnd); Teldec

Gramophone Awards of the 1980s

1989

• Chamber (Record of the Year) – Bartók: String Quartets Nos. 1–6; Emerson Quartet; DG
• Choral – Handel: Jephtha; Dawson, Holton (sops), Sofie von Otter (mez), Chance (counterten), Robson (ten), Varcoe (nar), Ross (hpd), Nicholson (org); Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (cnd); Philips
• Concerto – Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 / Nielsen: Violin Concerto, Op. 33; Cho-Liang Lin (vn); Philharmonia Orchestra of London / Swedish Radido Symphony, Esa-Pekka Salonen(cnd); CBS
• Contemporary – Robert Simpson: Ninth Symphony; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Handley; Hyperion
• Early Music (Baroque) – Corelli: Concerto Grossi, Op. 6; The English Concert, Pinnock (cnd); Arkiv
• Early Music (Medieval and Renaissance) – "A Song for Francesca"; Gothic Voices; Hyperion
• Engineering and Production – Tubin: Symphonies 3, 8; Stockholm Radio Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi; BIS
• Historic (Non-Vocal) – Mahler: Symphony, No. 9; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Walter (cnd); EMI
• Historic (Vocal) – Record of Singing, Volume 4; EMI
• Instrumental – Mozart: Piano Sonatas 1–18; Mitsuko Uchida, Philips
• Musical Theatre – Jerome Kern: Show Boat; John McGlinn; EMI
• Operatic – Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Glyndebourn, Rattle; EMI
• Orchestral – Schubert: Symphonies; Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Abbado (cnd); DG
• Remastered CD – Ravel: L'enfant et les sortilèges; French Radio National Orchestra, Lorin Maazel (cnd); DG
• Solo Vocal – Schubert: Lieder, Volume 1; Janet Baker(mez), Graham Johnson (pf); Hyperion

1988

• Chamber – Menndelssohn: Violin Sonatas in F minor and F major; Shlomo Mintz(vn), Paul Ostrovsky(pf); DG
• Choral – Verdi: Requiem; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Robert Shaw; Telarc
• Concerto – Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2; Peter Donohoe(pf); Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai; EMI
• Contemporary – Sir Harrison Birtwistle: Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum, Silbury Air, Secret Theatre; London Sinfonietta, Elgar Howarth; Etcetera
• Early Music (Baroque) – Leclair: Scylla et Glaucus; Donna Brown, Rachel Yakar, Howard Cookk; Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner; Erato
• Early Music (Medieval and Renaissance) – "The Service of Venus and Mars: Music for the Knights of the Garter; Gothic Voices, Christopher Page; Hyperion
• Engineering and Production – Mahler: Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection"; Arleen Augér, Janet Baker; City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Orchestra; Simon Rattle
• Historic (Non-Vocal) – Brahms: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 / Sibelius: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D, Op. 77; Ginette Neveu (vn); Philharmonia Orchestra, Issay Dobrowen, Walter Süsskind; EMI
• Historic (Vocal) – Feodor Chaliapin: 1873–1938; Chaliapin(bass) et al.; EMI
• Instrumental – Poulenc: Piano Works; Pascal Roge; Decca Musical Theatre
• Operatic – Benjamin Britten: Paul Bunyan; The Plymouth Music Series Chorus and Orchestra; Philip Brunelle; Virgin Classics
• Orchestral (Record of the Year) – Mahler: Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection"; Arleen Augér, Janet Baker; City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Orchestra; Simon Rattle
• Period Performance – Haydn: Mass in D minor, "Nelson" / Te Deum in C major; Felicity Lott, Carolyn Watkinson, Maldwyn Davies, David Wilson-Johnson; The English Concert and Choir; Trevor Pinnock; Archiv;
• Remastered CD – Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier; Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig, Teresa Stich Randall, Otto Edelmann, Eberhard Wächter; London Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Herbert von Karajan; EMI
• Solo Vocal – Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin; Olaf Bär(bar), Geoffrey Parsons(pf); EMI

1987

• Chamber – Chausson: Concert in D major for Piano, violin, and string quartet, String quartet in C minor. Jean-Phillipe Collard, (pf), Augistine Dumay(vn), Muir Quartet. EMI
• Choral – Handel: Athalia. Joan Sutherland, Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, Aled Jones, Anthony Johnson, David Thomas. The Academy of Ancient Music / Christopher Hogwood. Decca
• Concerto – Hummel: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A minor, Op 85; No. 3 in B minor, Op 89. Stephen Hough. English Chamber Orchestra / Bryden Thomson. Chandos
• Contemporary – Sir Michael Tippett: The Mask of Time. Faye Robinson, Sarah Walker, Robert Tear, John Cheek. BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus / Andrew Davis. EMI
• Early Music (Record of the Year) – Josquin Desprez: Missa Pange lingua, Missa La sol fa re mi. The Tallis Scholars / Peter Phillips. Gimell
• Engineering and Production – Holst: The Planets. Montréal Symphony Orchestra / Charles Dutoit. Decca.
• Historic (Non-Vocal) – Schubert: String Quartets, Piano Trio, Fantasia. Busch Quartet, Rudolf Serkin (pf). EMI.
• Historic (Vocal) – The Art of Tito Schipa. Tito Schipa (ten). EMI.
• Instrumental – Haydn: Piano Sonatas. Alfred Brendel (pf). Philips.
• Operatic – Verdi: La forza del destino. Rosalind Plowright, Agnes Baltsa, José Carreras, Bruson, Burchuladze, Pons, Tomlinson, Ambrosian Opera Chorus. Philharmonia Orchestra / Giuseppe Sinopoli. DG.
• Orchestral – Mahler: Symphony No. 8. Elizabeth Connell, Edith Wiens, Felicity Lott, Trudeliese Schmidt, Nadine Denize, Richard Versalle, Jorma Hynnimen, Hans Sotin, Tiffin School Boys' Choir. London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir / Klaus Tennstedt. EMI.
• Period Performance – Beethoven: Symphonies 2 & 8. London Classical Players / Sir Roger Norrington. EMI.
• Remastered CD – Beecham Conducts Delius: The Complete Stereo Recordings. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham. EMI.
• Solo Vocal – Liszt, R. Strauss: Lieder. Brigitte Fassbaender, Irwin Gage. DG.

1986

• Operatic (Record of the Year) – Rossini: Il Viaggio a Reims. Katia Ricciarelli, Lucia Valentini-Terrani, Lella Cuberli, Cecilia Gasda, Francisco Araiza, Eduardo Gimenez, Leo Nucci, Ruggero Raimondi, Samuel Ramey, Enzo Dara. Prague Philharmonic Chorus, The Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Claudio Abbado. DG.
• Chamber – Faure: Piano Quartets No. 1 in C minor, Op 15; No. 2 in G minor, Op 45. Domus. Hyperion.
• Choral – Janáček: Glagolitic Mass. Elisabeth Söderström, Drahomíra Drobková, František Livora, Richard Novák. Czech Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras. Supraphon
• Concerto – Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4. Murray Perahia. Concertgebouw Orchestra / Bernard Haitink. CBS.
• Contemporary – Lutosławski. Symphony No. 3. Los Angeles Philharmonic / Salonen. CBS.
• Early Music (Baroque) – Bach: Die Kunst Der FugeBWEV 1080. Davitt Moroney(hp). Harmonia Mundi.
• Early Music (Medieval and Renaissance) – Chansons de Toile au temps du Roman de la Rose. Ether Lamandier. Alienor.
• Historic (Non-Vocal) – Beethoven: Late String Quartets. HMV.
• Historic (Vocal) – The Record of Singing: Vol.3. HMV.
• Instrumental – Shubert: Fantasie in F minor for piano duet, D940 / Mozart: Sonata for 2 pianos in D major, K448. Murray Perahia, Radu Lupu. CBS
• Orchestral – Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antartica. Sheila Armstrong. London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir / Bernard Haitink. EMI.
• Solo Vocal – Schubert: Winterreise. Peter Schreier, Sviatoslav Richter. Philips.
• Remastered CD – Britten: Peter Grimes. Peter Pears, Claire Watson, James Pease. Royal Opera House Chorus & Orchestra / Benjamin Britten. London.
• Engineering and Production – Respighi: Belkis, Queen of Sheba; Metamorphoseon. Philharmonia Orchestra / Geoffrey Simon. Chandos.

1985

• Concerto (Record of the Year) – Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor Op. 61. Nigel Kennedy. London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vernon Handley. EMI.
• Chamber – Beethoven: Late String Quartets Opp. 127, 130, 131, 132, 133 & 135. Alban Berg Quartett. HMV.
• Choral – Faure: Requiem, Cantique de Jean Racine Op. 11. Caroline Ashton, Stephen Varcoe, Simon Standage, John Scott. The Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia / John Rutter. Conifer.
• Contemporary – Kurtag: Messages de Feu Demoiselle R.V. Troussova: 21 poèmes de Rimma, Dalos, Op. 17 / Britwistle: ...Agm.... Adrienne Csengery, Marta Fabian. John Alldis Choir. Ensemble Intercontemporain / Pierre Boulez. Erato.
• Early Music (Baroque) – Charpentier: Médée. Jill Feldman, Jacques Bona, Sophie Boulin, Phillipe Cantor, Agnes Mellon, Gilles Ragon. Les Arts Florissants / William Christie. Harmonia Mundi.
• Early Music (Medieval and Renaissance) – Victoria: O quam gloriosum, Ave maris stella. Westminister Cathedral Choir / David Hill. Hyperion.
• Historic (Non-Vocal) – Carl Nielsen: Symphonies. Erik Tuxen, Launy Grøndhal, Thomas Jensen / Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Danacord.
• Historic (Vocal) – Claudia Muzio: The Columbia Recordings 1934–5. Italian Opera Arias, Italian, French and German Songs. HMV.
• Instrumental – Liszt: Anées de pèlerinage: Première Anée: Suisse. Jorge Bolet. Decca.
• Operatic – Mozart: Don Giovanni. Thomas Allen, Carol Verness, Maria Ewing, Elizabeth Gale, Keith Lewis, Richard Van Allen. Glyndebourne Chorus. London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bernard Haitink. HMV.
• Orchestral – Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 in E-flat minor Op. 111, Three waltzes Op. 110. Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Järvi. Chandos.
• Solo Vocal – Sibelius: Complete Songs. Tom Krause, Irwin Gage, Elisabeth Söderstöm, Vladimir Ashkenzay. Decca.
• Engineering and Production – Ravel: Ma Mère l'Oye, Pavane pour une infante défunte, Le Tombeau de Couperin, Valses nobles et Sentimentales. Montréal Symphony Orchestra / Charles Dutoit. Decca.

1984

• Orchestral (Record of the Year) – Mahler: Symphony No. 9. Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/ Herbert von Karajan. DG.
• Chamber – Beethoven: Late String Quartets Opp. 127, 130, 131, 132, 133 & 135. Lindsay Quartet. ASV.
• Choral – Mozart: Requiem. Margaret Price. Trudeliese Schmidt. Francisco Araiza. Theo Adam. Dresden State Orchestra / Peter Schreier. Philips.
• Concerto – Mozart: Piano Concertos No 15, 16. Murray Perahia. English Chamber Orchestra. CBS.
• Contemporary – Brian Ferneyhough: Quartet No. 2 / Jonathan Harvey: Quartet No. 2 / Carter: Quartet No. 3/ Arditti Quartet (Irvine Arditti, Levine Andrade, Lennox MacKenzie, Rohan de Saram). RCA.
• Early Music (Baroque) – Bach: Kammermusik. Musica Antigua Köln / Reinhard Goebel. Archiv.
• Early Music (Medieval and Renaissance) – Dunstable: Motets. Hilliard Ensemble / Paul Hiller. EMI.
• Historic (Non-Vocal) – Beethoven: Piano Sonatas No. 30 in E major, Op. 109, No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110, No 32 in C minor Op. 111. Egon Petri. dell'Arte.
• Historic (Vocal)
• Instrumental – Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106. Emil Gilels. DG.
• Operatic – Janáček: Jenůfa. Elisabeth Söderström, Weslav Ochman, Petr Dvorskẙ, Evan Randová, Lucia Popp. Vienna Philharmonic. Charles Mackerras. Decca.
• Solo Vocal – Strauss: Four Last Songs. Jessye Norman. Leipzig Gewandhaus / Kurt Masur. Philips.
• Engineering and Production – Bax: Symphony No. 4 and Tintagel. Ulster Orchestra / Bryden Thomson. Chandos.

1983–1982

• Chamber – Borodin, String Quartets nos. 1 and 2, Borodin Quartet (EMI)
• Choral – Bach, Mass in B Minor, Joshua Rifkin conducting Bach Ensemble (Elektra-Nonesuch)
• Concerto (Record of the Year) – Tippett, Triple Concerto, Sir Colin Davis conducting London Symphony Orchestra (Philips)
• Contemporary – Boulez, Pli Selon Pli, Pierre Boulez conducting BBC Symphony Orchestra; solo: Bryn-Julson (Erato)
• Early-Baroque – Acteon, William Christie conducting Les Arts Florissants Vocal (Harmonia Mundi)
• Early-Medieval – Hildegard of Bingen, A Feather on the Breath of God – Sequences and Hymns, Christopher Page conducting Gothic Voices (Hyperion)
• Engineering – Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5, Bernard Haitink conducting Concertgebouw Orchestra (Decca)
• Historical Vocal – Schubert, Historical Recordings of Lieder, various artists (HMV)
• Historical Non-Vocal – Bartók, At the Piano Vol. 1, Béla Bartók (Hungaraton)
• Instrumental – Liszt, Piano Sonata in B Minor, Alfred Brendel (Philips)
• Operatic – The Cunning Little Vixen, Sir Charles Mackerras conducting Vienna State Opera and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Decca)
• Orchestral – Strauss, Metamorphosen, Herbert von Karajan conducting Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
• Solo Vocal – Brahms, Lieder, Kurt Masur conducting Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; solo: Norman (Philips)

1981

• Operatic (Record of the Year) – Wagner, Parsifal, Herbert von Karajan conducting Deutsche Opera and Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon)
• Chamber – Bartók, String Quartets nos. 1–6, Tokyo Quartet (Deutsche Grammophon)
• Choral – Delius, Fenby Legacy, Eric Fenby conducting Royal Philharmonia Orchestra (Unicorn-Kanchan)
• Concerto – Beethoven, Violin Concerto in D Minor, Carlo Maria Giulini conducting Philharmonia; solo: Perlman (EMI)
• Contemporary – Tippett, King Priam, David Atherton conducting London Sinfonietta (Decca)
• Early Music – Various artists, German Chamber Music, Cologne Music Antiqua (Archiv)
• Engineering – Massenet, Werther, Sir Colin Davis conducting Royal Opera House Orchestra (Philips)
• Historical Vocal – Various artists, Hugo Wolf Society Lieder, various artists (HMV)
• Historical Non-Vocal – Brahms, Chamber Works, Busch Quartet, Rudolf Serkin, Reginald Kell and Aubrey Brain (World Records)
• Instrumental – Liszt, Piano Works, Alfred Brendel (Philips)
• Orchestral – Mahler, Symphony No. 9, Herbert von Karajan conducting Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon)
• Solo Vocal – Liszt, Lieder, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Daniel Barenboim (Deutsche Grammophon)

1980

• Operatic (Record of the Year) – Janáček, From the House of the Dead, Sir Charles Mackerras conducting Vienna State Opera and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Decca
• Chamber – Brahms, Piano Quintet, Quartetto Italiano; solo: Pollini (Deutsche Grammophon)
• Choral – Handel, L'Allegro, il Penseroso, John Eliot Gardiner conducting Monteverdi Choir (Erato)
• Concerto – Ravel, Piano Concerto in G, Lorin Maazel conducting French National Orchestra; solo: Collard (HMV)
• Contemporary – Birtwistle, Punch and Judy, David Atherton conducting London Sinfonietta (Etcetera)
• Early Music – C.P.E. Bach, Sinfonias, Trevor Pinnock conducting The English Concert (Archiv)
• Engineering – Debussy, Nocturnes, Jeux, Bernard Haitink conducting Concertgebouw Orchestra (Philips)
• Historical Vocal – Various artists, Gramophone Co. Recordings, Fernando de Lucia (Rubini)
• Historical Non-Vocal – Bartók, Contrasts for Clarinet, Violin and Piano, Béla Bartók, Joseph Szigeti and Benny Goodman (Sony)
• Instrumental – Brahms, Piano Sonatas nos. 1 and 2, Krystian Zimerman (Deutsche Grammophon)
• Orchestral – Debussy, Nocturnes, Jeux, Bernard Haitink conducting Concertgebouw Orchestra (Philips)
• Solo Vocal – Various artists, A Shropshire Lad, Graham Trew and Roger Vignoles (Meridian)

1979

• Chamber (Record of the Year) – Haydn, Piano Trios, Beaux Arts Trio (Philips)
• Choral – Schoenberg, Gurrelieder, Seiji Ozawa conducting Tanglewood Festival Chorus and Boston Symphony Orchestra (Philips)
• Concerto – Bartók, Piano Concertos nos. 1 and 2, Claudio Abbado conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra; solo: Pollini (Deutsche Grammophon)
• Contemporary – Maxwell Davies, Symphony No. 1, Simon Rattle conducting Philharmonia Orchestra (Decca)
• Early Music – Mozart, Symphonies Vol. 3, Christopher Hogwood conducting Academy of Ancient Music (L'Oiseau-Lyre)
• Engineering – Debussy, Images, Prélude à l'après-midi, André Previn conducting London Symphony Orchestra (EMI)
• Historical – Various artists, Record of Singing Vol. 2, various artists (HMV)
• Instrumental – Bach, Organ Works Vol. 3, Peter Hurford (Argo)
• Operatic – Berg, Lulu, Pierre Boulez conducting Paris Opera Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon)
• Orchestral – Debussy, Images, Prélude à l'après-midi, André Previn conducting London Symphony Orchestra (EMI)
• Solo Vocal – Grechaninov, etc., Five Children's Songs, Elisabeth Söderström and Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca)

1978

• Chamber – Bartók, Sonata for 2 Pianos; Debussy, En Blanc; Mozart, Andante With 5 Variations for Piano, Martha Argerich, Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich, Willy Goudswaard and Michael de Roo (Philips)
• Choral – Handel, Dixit Dominus, John Eliot Gardiner conducting Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra (Erato)
• Concerto – Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 1, Simon Rattle conducting London Symphony Orchestra; solo: Gavrilov (EMI Studio Plus)
• Contemporary – Webern, Complete Works, Pierre Boulez conducting Juilliard String Quartet and London Symphony Orchestra (Sony)
• Early Music – Handel, Acis and Galatea, John Eliot Gardiner conducting English Baroque Soloists (Archiv)
• Historical – Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice, Charles Bruck conducting Netherlands Opera Chorus and Orchestra (EMI)
• Instrumental – Liszt, Piano Works, Alfred Brendel (Philips)
• Operatic (Record of the Year) – Puccini, La Fanciulla del West, Zubin Mehta conducting Royal Opera House Choir and Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon)
• Orchestral – Mozart, Symphonies nos. 25 and 29, Benjamin Britten conducting English Chamber Orchestra (Decca)
• Solo Vocal – Chausson, Poeme; Duparc, Melodies, André Previn conducting London Symphony Orchestra; solo: Baker (HMV)

1977

• Chamber – Shostakovich, String Quartets nos. 4 and 12, Fitzwilliam Quartet (Decca)
• Choral – Elgar, Coronation Ode; Parry, I Was Glad, Philip Ledger conducting Kings College Choir and New Philharmonia Orchestra (EMI)
• Concerto – Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 22, Neville Marriner conducting Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; solo: Brendel (Philips)
• Contemporary – Berio, Concerto for Two Pianos, Pierre Boulez conducting London Symphony Orchestra and Luciano Berio conducting BBC Symphony Orchestra (RCA Red Seal)
• Early Music – Dowland, Lute Works, Julian Bream (RCA Red Seal)
• Historical – Various artists, Record of Singing, various artists (HMV)
• Instrumental – Beethoven, Piano Sonatas nos. 27–32, Maurizio Pollini (Deutsche Grammophon)
• Operatic (Record of the Year) – Janáček, Kata Kabanova, Charles Mackerras conducting Vienna State Opera and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Decca)
• Orchestral – Elgar, Symphony No. 1, Sir Adrian Boult conducting London Philharmonic Orchestra (EMI)
• Solo Vocal – Shostakovich, Suite, Six Songs to Lyrics, etc., Maxim Shostakovich conducting Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra (HMV Melodiya)

References

1. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article2260637.ece
2. http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/gramophone.php
3. http://www.classicfm.co.uk/music/music-news-and-features/classic-fm-gramophone-awards
4. http://www.classicfm.com/radio/shows/david-mellor/gramophone-awards-2012/
5. http://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecadence/2013/08/27/215749389/slimmed-down-gramophone-awards-honor-home-team
6. http://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecadence/2011/10/06/141110545/the-gramophone-awards-2011-what-do-you-think
7. http://voiceofrussia.com/2011/10/07/58348170/
8. http://rt.com/art-and-culture/russian-violinist-gramophone-music-award/
9. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/scotland/article2748607.ece
10. http://www.albion-media.com/clients/gramophone-awards
11. http://www.deccaclassics.com/gb/gpp/index/deccaclassics-gramophone
12. http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/gramophone-classical-music-awards-2013-announced
13. http://www.joshuabell.com/awards
14. http://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/info/Actualites/Qobuz-Exclusive-Win-tickets-to-the176045
15. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-grammys-gramophone-story.html#page=1
16. Artist of the Year 2015
17. Label of the Year 2015
18. Lifetime Achievement 2015
19. Young Artist of the Year 2015
20. Lifetime Achievement 2012
21. Supraphon 2012 Gramophone Award

External links

• current Gramophone Awards winners