1985 Gramophone Awards

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)