1988 Gramophone Awards

Chamber	Mendelssohn, Violin Sonatas in F Major and F Minor, Shlomo Mintz and Paul Ostrovsky (Deutsche Grammophon)
Choral	Verdi, Messa da Requiem, Choruses, Robert Shaw conducting Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Choir (Telarc)
Concerto	Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 2, Rudolf Barshai conducting Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; solo: Donohoe (EMI)
Contemporary	Birtwistle, Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae, Elgar Howarth conducting London Sinfonietta (Etcetera)
Early-Baroque	Leclair, Scylla et Glaucus, John Eliot Gardiner conducting Monteverdi Choir (Erato)
Early-Medieval	Various artists, Service of Venus and Mars, Christopher Page conducting Gothic Voices (Hyperion)
Engineering (Record of the Year)	Mahler, Symphony No. 2, Simon Rattle conducting City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (EMI)
Historical Vocal	Various artists, Feodor Chaliapin, Feodor Chaliapin (EMI Treasury)
Historical Non-Vocal	Brahms and Sibelius, Violin Concertos, Walter Susskind conducting Philharmonia Orchestra; solo: Neveu (EMI Références)
Instrumental	Poulenc, Piano Works, Pascal Rogé (Decca)
Operatic	Britten, Paul Bunyan, Philip Brunelle conducting Plymouth Choir and Orchestra (Virgin Classics)
Orchestral (Record of the Year)	Mahler, Symphony No. 2, Simon Rattle conducting City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (EMI)
Period Performance	Haydn, Mass in D Minor, etc., Trevor Pinnock conducting The English Concert and Choir (Archiv)
Re-Mastered CD	Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier, Herbert von Karajan conducting Philharmonia Orchestra (EMI)
Solo Vocal	Schubert, Die Schöne Müllerin, Olaf Bär and Geoffrey Parsons (EMI)