| Chamber | Bartók, String Quartets nos. 1–6, Tokyo Quartet (Deutsche Grammophon) |
| Choral | Delius, Fenby Legacy, Eric Fenby conducting Royal Philharmonia Orchestra (Unicorn-Kanchan) |
| Concerto | Beethoven, Violin Concerto in D Minor, Carlo Maria Giulini conducting Philharmonia; solo: Perlman (EMI) |
| Contemporary | Tippett, King Priam, David Atherton conducting London Sinfonietta (Decca) |
| Early Music | Various artists, German Chamber Music, Cologne Music Antiqua (Archiv) |
| Engineering | Massenet, Werther, Sir Colin Davis conducting Royal Opera House Orchestra (Philips) |
| Historical Vocal | Various artists, Hugo Wolf Society Lieder, various artists (HMV) |
| Historical Non-Vocal | Brahms, Chamber Works, Busch Quartet, Rudolf Serkin, Reginald Kell and Aubrey Brain (World Records) |
| Instrumental | Liszt, Piano Works, Alfred Brendel (Philips) |
| Operatic (Record of the Year) | Wagner, Parsifal, Herbert von Karajan conducting Deutsche Opera and Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon) |
| Orchestral | Mahler, Symphony No. 9, Herbert von Karajan conducting Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon) |
| Solo Vocal | Liszt, Lieder, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Daniel Barenboim (Deutsche Grammophon) |
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