1979 Gramophone Awards

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)