1980 Gramophone Awards

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, Bela Bartók, Joseph Szigeti and Benny Goodman (Sony)
Instrumental	Brahms, Piano Sonatas nos. 1 and 2, Krystian Zimerman (Deutsche Grammophon)
Operatic (Record of the Year)	Janácek, From the House of the Dead, Sir Charles Mackerras conducting Vienna State Opera and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Decca)
Orchestral	Debussy, Nocturnes, Jeux, Bernard Haitink conducting Concertgebouw Orchestra (Philips)
Solo Vocal	Various artists, A Shropshire Lad, Graham Trew and Roger Vignoles (Meridian)