| Chamber (Record of the Year) | Bartók, String Quartets nos. 1–6, Emerson Quartet (Deutsche Grammophon) |
| Choral | Handel, Jephtha, John Eliot Gardiner conducting Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists (Philips) |
| Concerto | Nielsen and Sibelius, Violin Concertos, Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra; solo: Lin (Sony) |
| Contemporary | Simpson, Symphony No. 9, Vernon Handley conducting Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (Hyperion) |
| Early-Baroque | Corelli, 12 Concerti Grossi, Trevor Pinnock conducting The English Concert (Archiv) |
| Early-Medieval | Various artists, A Song for Francesca, Christopher Page conducting Gothic Voices (Hyperion) |
| Engineering | Tubin, Symphonies nos. 3 and 8, Neeme Järvi conducting Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bis) |
| Historical Vocal | Various artists, Record of Singing Vol. 4, various artists (EMI) |
| Historical Non-Vocal | Mahler, Symphony No. 9, Bruno Walter conducting Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (EMI Réfé rences) |
| Instrumental | Mozart, Complete Piano Sonatas, Mitsuko Uchida (Philips) |
| Music Theatre | Kern and Hammerstein, Show Boat, John McGlinn conducting London Sinfonietta (EMI) |
| Operatic | Gershwin, Porgy and Bess, Simon Rattle conducting London Philharmonic Orchestra and Glyndebourne Chorus (EMI) |
| Orchestral | Schubert, Symphonies nos. 1–6, 8 and 9, Claudio Abbado conducting Chamber Orchestra of Europe (Deutsche Grammophon) |
| Re-Mastered CD | Ravel, L'enfant et les Sortilèges, Lorin Maazel conducting French Radio National Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon) |
| Solo Vocal | Schubert, Lieder Vol. 1, Dame Janet Baker and Graham Johnson (Hyperion) |
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