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The Gramophone Awards, launched in 1977, are one of the most significant honours bestowed on recordings in the classical record industry. They are often viewed as equivalent to or surpassing the American Grammy award, referred to as the British Grammy, and referred to as the Oscars for classical music. They are widely regarded as the most influential and prestigious classical music awards in the world.

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

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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.

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2016

Lifetime Achievement — Mezzosoprano Christa Ludwig

Recording of the Year — Igor Levit pf JS Bach Goldberg Variations Beethoven Diabelli Variations Rzewski The People United Will Never Be Defeated!

Artist of the Year — Daniil Trifonov

Label of the Year — Warner Classics

Orchestral — Shostakovich Symphony No 10 Boston Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons

Special Achievement — BBC Radio 3

Young Artist of the Year — Benjamin Appl

Baroque Instrumental — Biber Rosary Sonatas, Rachel Podger vn with Jonathan Manson vc, va da gamba David Miller archlute Marcin Swiatkiewicz harps, org

Baroque Vocal — Monteverdi, ‘Madrigali, Vol 1 – Cremona’ - Les Arts Florissants / Paul Agnew

Chamber — Tippett String Quartets Heath Quartet

Choral — Schoenberg Gurrelieder - Barbara Haveman sop Claudia Mahnke mez Brandon Jovanovich, Gerhard Siegel tens Thomas Bauer bar Johannes Martin Kränzle spkr Netherlands Female Youth Choir; Cologne Cathedral Choir, Male Voices and Vocal Ensemble; Chorus of the Bach-Verein, Cologne; Kartäuserkantorei, Cologne; Cologne Gürzenich Orchestra / Markus Stenz

Concerto — Britten. Korngold Violin Concertos - Vilde Frang vn Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra / James Gaffigan

Contemporary — Hans Abrahamsen let me tell you - Barbara Hannigan sop Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons

Early Music — John Taverner ‘Western Wind’ Taverner Choir & Players / Andrew Parrott

Instrumental — Igor Levit pf JS Bach Goldberg Variations Beethoven Diabelli Variations Rzewski The People United Will Never Be Defeated!

Opera — Verdi Aida - Anja Harteros sop Aida Jonas Kaufmann ten Radamès Ekaterina Semenchuk mez Amneris Ludovic Tézier bar Amonasro Erwin Schrott bass-bar Ramfis Marco Spotti bass King of Egypt Eleonora Buratto sop Priestess Paolo Fanale ten Messenger Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia / Sir Antonio Pappano

Recital — Mozart – The Weber Sisters - Sabine Devieilhe sop Arnaud de Pasquale pf/org Ensemble Pygmalion / Raphäel Pichon

Solo Vocal — ‘Néère’ - Véronique Gens sop Susan Manoff pf

2015

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Recording of the Year — Bruckner Symphony No 9 Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Claudio Abbado, DG

Artist of the Year — Paavo Järvi

Label of the Year — Channel Classics

Lifetime Achievement — Bernard Haitink

Young Artist of the Year — Joseph Moog

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

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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. Barnabás Kelemen, Zoltán 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, Elena 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

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Lifetime Achievement Claudio Abbado

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)

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

2011

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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 Mitchell 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

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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

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)

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

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 GasdIa, 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 Vaness, Maria Ewing, Elizabeth Gale, Keith Lewis, Richard Van Allan. 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, Wiesław 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)

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