| Chamber | Beethoven, String Quartets nos. 12–16, Alban Berg Quartet (EMI) |
| Choral | Fauré, Requiem, John Rutter conducting Cambridge Singers and City of London Sinfonia members (Collegium) |
| Concerto (Record of the Year) | Elgar, Violin Concerto in B Minor, Vernon Handley conducting London Philharmonic Orchestra; solo: Kennedy (EMI) |
| Contemporary | Kurtag, Messages; Birtwistle,…agm…, Pierre Boulez conducting John Alldis Choir (Erato) |
| Early-Baroque | Charpentier, Medée, William Christie conducting Arts Florissants Chorus and Orchestra (Harmonia Mundi) |
| Early-Medieval | Victoria, Masses and Motets, David Hill conducting Westminster Cathedral Choir (Hyperion) |
| Engineering | Ravel, Ma Mère l'Oye, Charles Dutoit conducting Montreal Symphony Orchestra (Decca) |
| Historical Vocal | Various artists, Opera Arias and Songs, Claudio Muzio, Molajoli and Refice (EMI Références) |
| Historical Non-Vocal | Nielsen, Symphonies nos. 1–6, Erik Tuxen and Thomas Jensen conducting Danish Radio Symphony (Danacord) |
| Instrumental | Liszt, Années de Pèlerinage, Jorge Bolet (Decca) |
| Operatic | Mozart, Don Giovanni, Bernard Haitink conducting Glyndebourne Choir and London Philharmonic Orchestra (EMI) |
| Orchestral | Prokofiev, Symphony No. 6, Neeme Järvi conducting Scottish National Orchestra (Chandos) |
| Solo Vocal | Sibelius, Songs, Elisabeth Söderström and Vladimir Ashkenazy (Argo) |
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