| Chamber (Record of the Year) | Haydn, Piano Trios, Beaux Arts Trio (Philips) |
| Choral | Schoenberg, Gurrelieder, Seiji Ozawa conducting Tanglewood Festival Chorus and Boston Symphony Orchestra (Philips) |
| Concerto | Bartók, Piano Concertos nos. 1 and 2, Claudio Abbado conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra; solo: Pollini (Deutsche Grammophon) |
| Contemporary | Maxwell Davies, Symphony No. 1, Simon Rattle conducting Philharmonia Orchestra (Decca) |
| Early Music | Mozart, Symphonies Vol. 3, Christopher Hogwood conducting Academy of Ancient Music (L'Oiseau-Lyre) |
| Engineering | Debussy, Images, Prélude à l'après-midi, André Previn conducting London Symphony Orchestra (EMI) |
| Historical | Various artists, Record of Singing Vol. 2, various artists (HMV) |
| Instrumental | Bach, Organ Works Vol. 3, Peter Hurford (Argo) |
| Operatic | Berg, Lulu, Pierre Boulez conducting Paris Opera Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon) |
| Orchestral | Debussy, Images, Prélude à l'après-midi, André Previn conducting London Symphony Orchestra (EMI) |
| Solo Vocal | Grechaninov, etc., Five Children's Songs, Elisabeth Söderström and Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca) |
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