| Chamber | Brahms, Piano Quintet, Quartetto Italiano; solo: Pollini (Deutsche Grammophon) |
| Choral | Handel, L'Allegro, il Penseroso, John Eliot Gardiner conducting Monteverdi Choir (Erato) |
| Concerto | Ravel, Piano Concerto in G, Lorin Maazel conducting French National Orchestra; solo: Collard (HMV) |
| Contemporary | Birtwistle, Punch and Judy, David Atherton conducting London Sinfonietta (Etcetera) |
| Early Music | C.P.E. Bach, Sinfonias, Trevor Pinnock conducting The English Concert (Archiv) |
| Engineering | Debussy, Nocturnes, Jeux, Bernard Haitink conducting Concertgebouw Orchestra (Philips) |
| Historical Vocal | Various artists, Gramophone Co. Recordings, Fernando de Lucia (Rubini) |
| Historical Non-Vocal | Bartók, Contrasts for Clarinet, Violin and Piano, Bela Bartók, Joseph Szigeti and Benny Goodman (Sony) |
| Instrumental | Brahms, Piano Sonatas nos. 1 and 2, Krystian Zimerman (Deutsche Grammophon) |
| Operatic (Record of the Year) | Janácek, From the House of the Dead, Sir Charles Mackerras conducting Vienna State Opera and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Decca) |
| Orchestral | Debussy, Nocturnes, Jeux, Bernard Haitink conducting Concertgebouw Orchestra (Philips) |
| Solo Vocal | Various artists, A Shropshire Lad, Graham Trew and Roger Vignoles (Meridian) |
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