Genre
Classical
68th Annual GRAMMY® Awards
Best Classical Orchestral Performance
Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie. Andris Nelsons
68th Annual GRAMMY® Awards
Best Opera Recording
Heggie: Intelligence. Kwamé Ryan, Jamie Barton, J'Nai Bridges, Janai Brugger, Blanton Alspaugh
68th Annual GRAMMY® Awards
Best Choral Performance, Classical
Ortiz: Yanga. Gustavo Dudamel, Grant Gershon
68th Annual GRAMMY® Awards
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos. Yo-Yo Ma, Andris Nelsons
68th Annual GRAMMY® Awards
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor)
Dennehy: Land Of Winter. Alan Pierson, Alarm Will Sound
68th Annual GRAMMY® Awards
Best Classical Vocal Performance
Telemann: Ino - Opera Arias For Soprano. Amanda Forsythe, Robert Mealy, Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs
68th Annual GRAMMY® Awards
Best Classical Compendium
Ortiz: Yanga. Gustavo Dudamel, Dmitriy Lipay
68th Annual GRAMMY® Awards
Best Classical Contemporary Composition
Ortiz: Dzonot. Gabriela Ortiz
67th Annual GRAMMY® Awards
Best Classical Orchestral Performance
Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina. Gustavo Dudamel
67th Annual GRAMMY® Awards
Best Opera Recording
Saariaho: Adriana Mater. Esa-Pekka Salonen, Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Nicholas Phan, Christopher Purves, Jason O'Connell
About Classical
Music Facts: Classical
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Classical music originated in Europe in the 6th century.
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Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Schubert, Stravinsky, Gershwin, and Shostakovich are among some of the most prominent classical composers.
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Famous classical GRAMMY winners include Leonard Bernstein, Georg Solti and Yo-Yo Ma.
Grammy Awards for Classical
| Year | Category | Winner | Work | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Andris Nelsons | Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie | All Nominees |
| 2026 | Best Opera Recording | Kwamé Ryan, Jamie Barton, J'Nai Bridges, Janai Brugger, Blanton Alspaugh | Heggie: Intelligence | All Nominees |
| 2026 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Gustavo Dudamel, Grant Gershon | Ortiz: Yanga | All Nominees |
| 2026 | Best Classical Instrumental Solo | Yo-Yo Ma, Andris Nelsons | Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos | All Nominees |
| 2026 | Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor) | Alan Pierson, Alarm Will Sound | Dennehy: Land Of Winter | All Nominees |
| 2026 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Amanda Forsythe, Robert Mealy, Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs | Telemann: Ino - Opera Arias For Soprano | All Nominees |
| 2026 | Best Classical Compendium | Gustavo Dudamel, Dmitriy Lipay | Ortiz: Yanga | All Nominees |
| 2026 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Gabriela Ortiz | Ortiz: Dzonot | All Nominees |
| 2025 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Gustavo Dudamel | Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina | All Nominees |
| 2025 | Best Opera Recording | Esa-Pekka Salonen, Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Nicholas Phan, Christopher Purves, Jason O'Connell | Saariaho: Adriana Mater | All Nominees |
| 2025 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Donald Nally | Ochre | All Nominees |
| 2025 | Best Classical Instrumental Solo | Víkingur Ólafsson | Bach: Goldberg Variations | All Nominees |
| 2025 | Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor) | Caroline Shaw, Sō Percussion | Rectangles And Circumstance | All Nominees |
| 2025 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Karen Slack, Michelle Cann | Beyond The Years - Unpublished Songs Of Florence Price | All Nominees |
| 2025 | Best Classical Compendium | Gustavo Dudamel, Dmitriy Lipay | Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina | All Nominees |
| 2025 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Gabriela Ortiz | Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina | All Nominees |
| 2024 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Gustavo Dudamel | Adès: Dante | All Nominees |
| 2024 | Best Opera Recording | Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Ryan Speedo Green, Latonia Moore, Eric Owens, David Frost | Blanchard: Champion | All Nominees |
| 2024 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Nils Schweckendiek | Saariaho: Reconnaissance | All Nominees |
| 2024 | Best Classical Instrumental Solo | Yuja Wang, Teddy Abrams | The American Project | All Nominees |
| 2024 | Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor) | Roomful Of Teeth | Rough Magic | All Nominees |
| 2024 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Julia Bullock, Christian Reif | Walking In The Dark | All Nominees |
| 2024 | Best Classical Compendium | Silas Brown, Mark Dover | Passion For Bach And Coltrane | All Nominees |
| 2024 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Jessie Montgomery | Montgomery: Rounds | All Nominees |
| 2023 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Michael Repper | Works By Florence Price, Jessie Montgomery, Valerie Coleman | All Nominees |
| 2023 | Best Opera Recording | Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Angel Blue, Will Liverman, Latonia Moore, Walter Russell III, David Frost | Blanchard: Fire Shut Up In My Bones | All Nominees |
| 2023 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Donald Nally | Born | All Nominees |
| 2023 | Best Classical Instrumental Solo | Time For Three, Xian Zhang | Letters For The Future | All Nominees |
| 2023 | Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor) | Attacca Quartet | Shaw: Evergreen | All Nominees |
| 2023 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Renee Fleming, Yannick Nézet-Séguin | Voice Of Nature - The Anthropocene | All Nominees |
| 2023 | Best Classical Compendium | Starr Parodi, Kitt Wakeley, Jeff Fair | An Adoption Story | All Nominees |
| 2023 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Kevin Puts | Puts: Contact | All Nominees |
| 2022 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Yannick Nézet-Séguin | Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 | All Nominees |
| 2022 | Best Opera Recording | Karen Kamensek, J'Nai Bridges, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Zachary James, Dísella Lárusdóttir, David Frost | Glass: Akhnaten | All Nominees |
| 2022 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Gustavo Dudamel, Grant Gershon, Robert Istad, Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, Luke McEndarfer | Mahler: Symphony No. 8, 'Symphony Of A Thousand' | All Nominees |
| 2022 | Best Classical Instrumental Solo | Jennifer Koh | Alone Together | All Nominees |
| 2022 | Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor) | Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax | Beethoven: Cello Sonatas - Hope Amid Tears | All Nominees |
| 2022 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Sangeeta Kaur, Hila Plitmann, Danaë Xanthe Vlasse | Mythologies | All Nominees |
| 2022 | Best Classical Compendium | Amy Andersson, Mark Mattson, Lolita Ritmanis | Women Warriors - The Voices Of Change | All Nominees |
| 2022 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Caroline Shaw | Shaw: Narrow Sea | All Nominees |
| 2021 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Gustavo Dudamel | Ives: Complete Symphonies | All Nominees |
| 2021 | Best Opera Recording | David Robertson, David Frost, Frederick Ballentine, Angel Blue, Denyce Graves, Latonia Moore, Eric Owens | Gershwin: Porgy And Bess | All Nominees |
| 2021 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | James K. Bass, Adam Luebke, JoAnn Falletta | Danielpour: The Passion Of Yeshua | All Nominees |
| 2021 | Best Classical Instrumental Solo | Richard O'Neill, David Alan Miller | Theofanidis: Concerto For Viola And Chamber Orchestra | All Nominees |
| 2021 | Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor) | Pacifica Quartet, Simin Ganatra, Austin Hartman, Mark Holloway, Brandon Vamos | Contemporary Voices | All Nominees |
| 2021 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Sarah Brailey, Dashon Burton | Smyth: The Prison | All Nominees |
| 2021 | Best Classical Compendium | Michael Tilson Thomas, Jack Vad | Thomas, M.T.: From The Diary Of Anne Frank & Meditations On Rilke | All Nominees |
| 2021 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Christopher Rouse | Rouse: Symphony No. 5 | All Nominees |
| 2020 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Gustavo Dudamel | Norman: Sustain | All Nominees |
| 2020 | Best Opera Recording | Gil Rose, John Brancy, Andrew Craig Brown, Gabriel Preisser, Krista River, Edwin Vega | Picker: Fantastic Mr. Fox | All Nominees |
| 2020 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Robert Simpson | Duruflé: Complete Choral Works | All Nominees |
| 2020 | Best Classical Instrumental Solo | Nicola Benedetti, Cristian Măcelaru | Marsalis: Violin Concerto; Fiddle Dance Suite | All Nominees |
| 2020 | Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor) | Attacca Quartet | Shaw: Orange | All Nominees |
| 2020 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Joyce DiDonato, Chuck Israels, Jimmy Madison, Charlie Porter, Craig Terry | Songplay | All Nominees |
| 2020 | Best Classical Compendium | Nadia Shpachenko, Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin | The Poetry Of Places | All Nominees |
| 2020 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Jennifer Higdon | Higdon: Harp Concerto | All Nominees |
| 2019 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Andris Nelsons | Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11 | All Nominees |
| 2019 | Best Opera Recording | Michael Christie, Sasha Cooke, Jessica E. Jones, Edward Parks, Garrett Sorenson, Wei Wu, Elizabeth Ostrow | Bates: The (R)evolution Of Steve Jobs | All Nominees |
| 2019 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Donald Nally | McLoskey: Zealot Canticles | All Nominees |
| 2019 | Best Classical Instrumental Solo | James Ehnes, Ludovic Morlot | Kernis: Violin Concerto | All Nominees |
| 2019 | Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor) | Laurie Anderson, Kronos Quartet | Anderson, Laurie: Landfall | All Nominees |
| 2019 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Karim Sulayman, Jeannette Sorrell, Apollo's Fire | Songs Of Orpheus - Monteverdi, Caccini, D'India & Landi | All Nominees |
| 2019 | Best Classical Compendium | JoAnn Falletta, Tim Handley | Fuchs: Piano Concerto 'Spiritualist'; Poems Of Life; Glacier; Rush | All Nominees |
| 2019 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Aaron Jay Kernis | Kernis: Violin Concerto | All Nominees |
| 2018 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Manfred Honeck | Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio | All Nominees |
| 2018 | Best Opera Recording | Hans Graf, Brad Sayles, Anne Schwanewilms, Roman Trekel | Berg: Wozzeck | All Nominees |
| 2018 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Donald Nally | Bryars: The Fifth Century | All Nominees |
| 2018 | Best Classical Instrumental Solo | Daniil Trifonov | Transcendental | All Nominees |
| 2018 | Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor) | Patricia Kopatchinskaja, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra | Death & The Maiden | All Nominees |
| 2018 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Barbara Hannigan | Crazy Girl Crazy | All Nominees |
| 2018 | Best Classical Compendium | Giancarlo Guerrero, Tim Handley | Higdon: All Things Majestic, Viola Concerto & Oboe Concerto | All Nominees |
| 2018 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Jennifer Higdon | Viola Concerto | All Nominees |
| 2017 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Andris Nelsons | Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9 | All Nominees |
| 2017 | Best Opera Recording | James Conlon, Blanton Alspaugh, Joshua Guerrero, Christopher Maltman, Lucas Meachem, Patricia Racette, Lucy Schaufer, Guanqun Yu | Corigliano: The Ghosts Of Versailles | All Nominees |
| 2017 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Krzysztof Penderecki | Penderecki Conducts Penderecki, Volume 1 | All Nominees |
| 2017 | Best Classical Instrumental Solo | Zuill Bailey, Giancarlo Guerrero | Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway | All Nominees |
| 2017 | Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor) | Third Coast Percussion, Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, David Skidmore | Steve Reich | All Nominees |
| 2017 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Dorothea Röschmann | Schumann & Berg | All Nominees |
| 2017 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Ian Bostridge | Shakespeare Songs | All Nominees |
| 2017 | Best Classical Compendium | Giancarlo Guerrero, Tim Handley | Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway; American Gothic; Once Upon A Castle | All Nominees |
| 2017 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Michael Daugherty | Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway | All Nominees |
| 2016 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Andris Nelsons | Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphony No. 10 | All Nominees |
| 2016 | Best Opera Recording | Seiji Ozawa, Dominic Fyfe, Isabel Leonard | Ravel: L'Enfant Et Les Sortilèges; Shéhérazade | All Nominees |
| 2016 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Charles Bruffy | Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil | All Nominees |
| 2016 | Best Classical Instrumental Solo | Augustin Hadelich, Ludovic Morlot | Dutilleux: Violin Concerto, L'Arbre Des Songes | All Nominees |
| 2016 | Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor) | Eighth Blackbird | Filament | All Nominees |
| 2016 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Joyce DiDonato | Joyce & Tony - Live From Wigmore Hall | All Nominees |
| 2016 | Best Classical Compendium | Giancarlo Guerrero, Tim Handley | Paulus: Three Places Of Enlightenment; Veil Of Tears & Grand Concerto | All Nominees |
| 2016 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Stephen Paulus | Paulus: Prayers & Remembrances | All Nominees |
| 2015 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | David Robertson | Adams, John: City Noir | All Nominees |
| 2015 | Best Opera Recording | Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs, Aaron Sheehan | Charpentier: La Descente D'Orphée Aux Enfers | All Nominees |
| 2015 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Craig Hella Johnson | The Sacred Spirit Of Russia | All Nominees |
| 2015 | Best Classical Instrumental Solo | Jason Vieaux | Play | All Nominees |
| 2015 | Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor) | Hilary Hahn | In 27 Pieces - The Hilary Hahn Encores | All Nominees |
| 2015 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Anne Sofie Von Otter | Douce France | All Nominees |
| 2015 | Best Classical Compendium | John Schneider | Partch: Plectra & Percussion Dances | All Nominees |
| 2015 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | John Luther Adams | Adams, John Luther: Become Ocean | All Nominees |
| 2014 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Osmo Vänskä | Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 | All Nominees |
| 2014 | Best Opera Recording | Thomas Adès, Jay David Saks, Simon Keenlyside, Isabel Leonard, Audrey Luna, Alan Oke | Adès: The Tempest | All Nominees |
| 2014 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Tonu Kaljuste | Pärt: Adam's Lament | All Nominees |
| 2014 | Best Classical Instrumental Solo | Evelyn Glennie, David Alan Miller | Corigliano: Conjurer - Concerto For Percussionist & String Orchestra | All Nominees |
| 2014 | Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor) | Brad Wells, Roomful Of Teeth, Cameron Beauchamp, Dashon Burton, Martha Cluver, Eric Dudley, Estelí Gomez, Avery Griffin, Caroline Shaw, Virginia Warnken | Roomful Of Teeth | All Nominees |
| 2014 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Dawn Upshaw | Winter Morning Walks | All Nominees |
| 2014 | Best Classical Compendium | Christoph Eschenbach | Hindemith: Violinkonzert; Symphonic Metamorphosis; Konzertmusik | All Nominees |
| 2014 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Maria Schneider | Schneider, Maria: Winter Morning Walks | All Nominees |
| 2013 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Michael Tilson Thomas | Adams: Harmonielehre & Short Ride In A Fast Machine | All Nominees |
| 2013 | Best Opera Recording | James Levine, Fabio Luisi, Jay David Saks, Hans-Peter König, Jay Hunter Morris, Bryn Terfel, Deborah Voigt | Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen | All Nominees |
| 2013 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Charles Bruffy | Life & Breath - Choral Works By René Clausen | All Nominees |
| 2013 | Best Classical Instrumental Solo | Kim Kashkashian | Kurtág & Ligeti: Music For Viola | All Nominees |
| 2013 | Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor) | Eighth Blackbird, Matt Albert, Matthew Duvall, Lisa Kaplan, Michael Maccaferri, Tim Munro, Nicholas Photinos | Meanwhile | All Nominees |
| 2013 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Renee Fleming | Poèmes | All Nominees |
| 2013 | Best Classical Compendium | Antoni Wit, Aleksandra Nagórko, Andrzej Sasin | Penderecki: Fonogrammi; Horn Concerto; Partita; The Awakening Of Jacob; Anaklasis | All Nominees |
| 2013 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Stephen Hartke | Hartke, Stephen: Meanwhile - Incidental Music To Imaginary Puppet Plays | All Nominees |
| 2012 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Gustavo Dudamel | Brahms: Symphony No. 4 | All Nominees |
| 2012 | Best Opera Recording | Alan Gilbert, Jay David Saks, Meredith Arwady, Sasha Cooke, Richard Paul Fink, Gerald Finley, Thomas Glenn, Eric Owens | Adams: Doctor Atomic | All Nominees |
| 2012 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Eric Whitacre | Light & Gold | All Nominees |
| 2012 | Best Classical Instrumental Solo | Christopher Lamb, Giancarlo Guerrero | Schwantner: Concerto For Percussion & Orchestra | All Nominees |
| 2012 | Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor) | Eighth Blackbird, Matt Albert, Matthew Duvall, Lisa Kaplan, Michael Maccaferri, Tim Munro, Nicholas Photinos | Mackey: Lonely Motel - Music From Slide | All Nominees |
| 2012 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Joyce DiDonato | Diva Divo | All Nominees |
| 2012 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Robert Aldridge, Herschel Garfein | Aldridge, Robert: Elmer Gantry | All Nominees |
| 2011 | Best Classical Album | Duain Wolfe, Riccardo Muti, Chris Alder | Verdi: Requiem | All Nominees |
| 2011 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Giancarlo Guerrero | Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina | All Nominees |
| 2011 | Best Opera Recording | Kent Nagano, Martin Sauer, Daniel Belcher, Ekaterina Lekhina, Marie-Ange Todorovitch | Saariaho: L'Amour De Loin | All Nominees |
| 2011 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Duain Wolfe, Riccardo Muti | Verdi: Requiem | All Nominees |
| 2011 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Mitsuko Uchida | Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 24 | All Nominees |
| 2011 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Paul Jacobs | Messiaen: Livre Du Saint-Sacrement | All Nominees |
| 2011 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Parker Quartet, Jessica Bodner, Daniel Chong, Karen Kim, Kee-Hyun Kim | Ligeti: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 | All Nominees |
| 2011 | Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor) | Jordi Savall, Hesperion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya | Dinastia Borja | All Nominees |
| 2011 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Cecilia Bartoli | Sacrificium | All Nominees |
| 2011 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Michael Daugherty | Daugherty, Michael: Deus Ex Machina | All Nominees |
| 2011 | Best Classical Crossover Album | Lucas Richman | Tin, Christopher: Calling All Dawns | All Nominees |
| 2010 | Best Classical Album | Michael Tilson Thomas, Andreas Neubronner | Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10 | All Nominees |
| 2010 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | James Levine | Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloé | All Nominees |
| 2010 | Best Opera Recording | Daniel Harding, John Fraser, Ian Bostridge, Neal Davies, Nathan Gunn, Jonathan Lemalu, Matthew Rose, Gidon Saks | Britten: Billy Budd | All Nominees |
| 2010 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Michael Tilson Thomas | Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10 | All Nominees |
| 2010 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Evgeny Kissin | Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 | All Nominees |
| 2010 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Sharon Isbin | Journey To The New World | All Nominees |
| 2010 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Emerson String Quartet, Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel, Philip Setzer | Intimate Letters | All Nominees |
| 2010 | Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor) | Paul Hillier, Ars Nova Copenhagen, Thomas Kiorbye, Theatre Of Voices | Lang, David: The Little Match Girl Passion | All Nominees |
| 2010 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Renee Fleming | Verismo Arias | All Nominees |
| 2010 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Jennifer Higdon | Higdon, Jennifer: Percussion Concerto | All Nominees |
| 2010 | Best Classical Crossover Album | Yo-Yo Ma | Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs Of Joy And Peace | All Nominees |
| 2009 | Best Classical Album | James Conlon, Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald, Fred Vogler | Weill: Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny | All Nominees |
| 2009 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Bernard Haitink | Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 | All Nominees |
| 2009 | Best Opera Recording | James Conlon, Fred Vogler, Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald | Weill: Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny | All Nominees |
| 2009 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Simon Halsey, Simon Rattle | Symphony Of Psalms | All Nominees |
| 2009 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Hilary Hahn | Schoenberg/Sibelius: Violin Concertos | All Nominees |
| 2009 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Gloria Cheng | Piano Music Of Salonen, Stucky, And Lutoslawski | All Nominees |
| 2009 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Pacifica Quartet, Sibbi Bernhardsson, Simin Ganatra, Masumi Per Rostad, Brandon Vamos | Carter, Elliott: String Quartets Nos. 1 And 5 | All Nominees |
| 2009 | Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor) | Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Chorale | Spotless Rose: Hymns To The Virgin Mary | All Nominees |
| 2009 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Hila Plitmann | Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems Of Bob Dylan | All Nominees |
| 2009 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | John Corigliano | Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems Of Bob Dylan | All Nominees |
| 2009 | Best Classical Crossover Album | The King's Singers | Simple Gifts | All Nominees |
| 2008 | Best Classical Album | Leonard Slatkin, Tim Handley | Tower: Made In America | All Nominees |
| 2008 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Leonard Slatkin | Tower: Made In America | All Nominees |
| 2008 | Best Opera Recording | Charles Mackerras, Brian Couzens, Rebecca Evans, Jane Henschel, Jennifer Larmore | Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel | All Nominees |
| 2008 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Simon Halsey, Simon Rattle | Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem | All Nominees |
| 2008 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | James Ehnes | Barber/Korngold/Walton: Violin Concertos | All Nominees |
| 2008 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Garrick Ohlsson | Beethoven Sonatas, Vol. 3 | All Nominees |
| 2008 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Eighth Blackbird, Matt Albert, Molly Alicia Barth, Matthew Duvall, Lisa Kaplan, Michael Maccaferri, Nicholas Photinos | Strange Imaginary Animals | All Nominees |
| 2008 | Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor) | Yuri Bashmet, Moscow Soloists | Stravinsky: Apollo, Concerto In D; Prokofiev: 20 Visions Fugitives | All Nominees |
| 2008 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Lorraine Hunt Lieberson | Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs | All Nominees |
| 2008 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Joan Tower | Made In America | All Nominees |
| 2008 | Best Classical Crossover Album | Turtle Island Quartet | A Love Supreme: The Legacy Of John Coltrane | All Nominees |
| 2007 | Best Classical Album | Michael Tilson Thomas, Andreas Neubronner | Mahler: Symphony No. 7 | All Nominees |
| 2007 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Michael Tilson Thomas | Mahler: Symphony No. 7 | All Nominees |
| 2007 | Best Opera Recording | Robert Spano, Valerie Gross, Sid McLauchlan, Kelley O'Connor, Jessica Rivera, Dawn Upshaw | Golijov: Ainadamar: Fountain Of Tears | All Nominees |
| 2007 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Paul Hillier | Pärt: Da Pacem | All Nominees |
| 2007 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Angelin Chang | Messiaen: Oiseaux Exotiques (Exotic Birds) | All Nominees |
| 2007 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Maurizio Pollini | Chopin: Nocturnes | All Nominees |
| 2007 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Emerson String Quartet, Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel, Philip Setzer | Intimate Voices | All Nominees |
| 2007 | Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor) | Peter Rutenberg, Los Angeles Chamber Singers' Capella, Corey Carleton | Padilla: Sun Of Justice | All Nominees |
| 2007 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Lorraine Hunt Lieberson | Rilke Songs | All Nominees |
| 2007 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Osvaldo Golijov | Golijov: Ainadamar: Fountain Of Tears | All Nominees |
| 2007 | Best Classical Crossover Album | Bryn Terfel | Simple Gifts | All Nominees |
| 2006 | Best Classical Album | Leonard Slatkin, Tim Handley | Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience | All Nominees |
| 2006 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Mariss Jansons | Shostakovich: Sym. No. 13 | All Nominees |
| 2006 | Best Opera Recording | Colin Davis, James Mallinson, Carlos Alvarez, Bulent Bezduz, Marina Domashenko, Jane Henschel, Ana Ibarra, Maria José Moreno, Michele Pertusi | Verdi: Falstaff | All Nominees |
| 2006 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Leonard Slatkin | Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience | All Nominees |
| 2006 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Martha Argerich | Beethoven: Piano Cons. Nos. 2 & 3 | All Nominees |
| 2006 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Evgeny Kissin | Scriabin, Medtner, Stravinsky | All Nominees |
| 2006 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel, Philip Setzer | Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets | All Nominees |
| 2006 | Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor) | Pierre Boulez, Ensemble InterContemporain, Odile Auboin, Vincent Bauer, Michel Cerutti, Samuel Favre, Marie-Therese Ghirardi, Emmanuelle Ophèle | Boulez: Le Marteau Sans Maître, Dérive 1 & 2 | All Nominees |
| 2006 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Thomas Quasthoff | Bach: Cantatas | All Nominees |
| 2006 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | William Bolcom | Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience | All Nominees |
| 2006 | Best Classical Crossover Album | Turtle Island String Quartet, Ying Quartet | 4 + Four | All Nominees |
| 2005 | Best Classical Album | Lorin Maazel, John Adams, Lawrence L. Rock | Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls | All Nominees |
| 2005 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Lorin Maazel | Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls | All Nominees |
| 2005 | Best Opera Recording | René Jacobs, Martin Sauer, Patrizia Ciofi, Véronique Gens, Simon Keenlyside, Angelika Kirchschlager, Lorenzo Regazzo | Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro | All Nominees |
| 2005 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Robert Spano | Berlioz: Requiem | All Nominees |
| 2005 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Anne-Sophie Mutter | Previn: Violin Concerto "Anne-Sophie"/Bernstein: Serenade | All Nominees |
| 2005 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | David Russell | Aire Latino (Morel, Villa-Lobos, Ponce, Etc.) | All Nominees |
| 2005 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Mikhail Pletnev & Martha Argerich | Prokofiev (Arr. Pletnev): Cinderella - Suite For Two Pianos/Ravel: Ma Mère L'Oye | All Nominees |
| 2005 | Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor) | Jeff Von Der Schmidt | Carlos Chávez - Complete Chamber Music, Vol. 2 | All Nominees |
| 2005 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Susan Graham | Ives: Songs (The Things Our Fathers Loved; The Housatonic At Stockbridge, Etc.) | All Nominees |
| 2005 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Lorin Maazel | Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls | All Nominees |
| 2005 | Best Classical Crossover Album | Los Angeles Guitar Quartet | LAGQ's Guitar Heroes | All Nominees |
| 2004 | Best Classical Album | Michael Tilson Thomas, Michelle DeYoung, Andreas Neubronner | Mahler: Symphony No. 3; Kindertotenlieder | All Nominees |
| 2004 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Pierre Boulez | Mahler: Symphony No. 3 | All Nominees |
| 2004 | Best Opera Recording | Bernard Haitink, Wolfram Graul, Jerry Hadley, Karita Mattila, Eva Randova, Anja Silja, Jorma Silvasti | Janácek: Jenufa | All Nominees |
| 2004 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Tiia-Ester Loitme, Ants Soots, Paavo Järvi | Sibelius: Cantatas | All Nominees |
| 2004 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Maxim Vengerov | Britten: Violin Concerto/Walton: Viola Concerto | All Nominees |
| 2004 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Emanuel Ax | Haydn: Piano Sonatas Nos. 29, 31, 34, 35 & 49 | All Nominees |
| 2004 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Jennifer Culp, Hank Dutt, David Harrington, John Sherba | Berg: Lyric Suite | All Nominees |
| 2004 | Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor) | Jeff Von Der Schmidt, Southwest Chamber Music | Chávez: Suite For Double Quartet | All Nominees |
| 2004 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Thomas Quasthoff, Anne Sofie von Otter | Schubert: Lieder With Orchestra | All Nominees |
| 2004 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Dominick Argento | Argento: Casa Guidi | All Nominees |
| 2004 | Best Classical Crossover Album | Yo-Yo Ma | Obrigado Brazil | All Nominees |
| 2003 | Best Classical Album | Robert Spano, Norman Mackenzie, Thomas Moore | Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Sym. No. 1) | All Nominees |
| 2003 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Michael Tilson Thomas | Mahler: Symphony No. 6 | All Nominees |
| 2003 | Best Opera Recording | Jane Eaglen, Thomas Hampson, Waltraud Meier, Rene Pape, Peter Seiffert, Daniel Barenboim, Christoph Classen | Wagner: Tannhäuser | All Nominees |
| 2003 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Robert Spano | Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Sym. No. 1) | All Nominees |
| 2003 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Hilary Hahn | Brahms/Stravinsky: Violin Concertos | All Nominees |
| 2003 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Murray Perahia | Chopin: Études, Op. 10 & Op. 25 | All Nominees |
| 2003 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Edward Dusinberre, András Fejér, Károly Schranz, Roger Tapping | Beethoven: String Quartets ("Razumovsky" Op. 59, 1-3; "Harp" Op. 74) | All Nominees |
| 2003 | Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor) | Joseph Jennings | Tavener: Lamentations & Praises | All Nominees |
| 2003 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Renée Fleming | Bel Canto - Bellini, Donizetti & Rossini | All Nominees |
| 2003 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | John Tavener | Tavener: Lamentations & Praises | All Nominees |
| 2003 | Best Classical Crossover Album | Andre Previn | Previn Conducts Korngold - The Sea Hawk, Captain Blood, etc. | All Nominees |
| 2002 | Best Classical Album | Colin Davis, Michelle DeYoung, Ben Heppner, Petra Lang, Peter Mattei, Stephen Milling, Sara Mingardo, Kenneth Tarver, James Mallinson | Berlioz: Les Troyens | All Nominees |
| 2002 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Pierre Boulez | Boulez Conducts Varèse - Amériques, Arcana, Déserts & Ionisation | All Nominees |
| 2002 | Best Opera Recording | Michelle DeYoung, Ben Heppner, Petra Lang, Peter Mattei, Stephen Milling, Sara Mingardo, Kenneth Tarver, Colin Davis, James Mallinson | Berlioz: Les Troyens | All Nominees |
| 2002 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Norbert Balatsch, Erwin Ortner, Nikolaus Harnoncourt | Bach: St. Matthew Passion | All Nominees |
| 2002 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Daniel Barenboim, Dale Clevenger, Larry Combs, Alex Klein, David McGill | Strauss Wind Concertos - Horn Concerto; Oboe Concerto | All Nominees |
| 2002 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Truls Mork | Britten Cello Suites (1-3) | All Nominees |
| 2002 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Brian Dembow, Stephen J. Erdody, Kathleen Lenski, Steven Miller, Sara Parkins | Haydn: The Complete String Quartets | All Nominees |
| 2002 | Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor) | Gidon Kremer | After Mozart - Raskatov, Silvestrov & Schnittke | All Nominees |
| 2002 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Cecilia Bartoli | Dreams & Fables - Gluck Italian Arias: Tremo Fra' Dubbi Miei; Di Questa Cetra In Seno | All Nominees |
| 2002 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Christopher Rouse | Rouse: Concert De Gaudí For Guitar & Orchestra | All Nominees |
| 2002 | Best Classical Crossover Album | Béla Fleck | Perpetual Motion - Scarlatti, Bach, Debussy, Chopin | All Nominees |
| 2001 | Best Classical Album | Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel, Philip Setzer, Da-Hong Seetoo, Max Wilcox | Shostakovich: The String Quartets | All Nominees |
| 2001 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Simon Rattle | Mahler: Sym. No. 10 | All Nominees |
| 2001 | Best Opera Recording | Kim Begley, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich Henschel, Markus Hollop, Eva Jenis, Torsten Kerl, Kent Nagano, Martin Sauer | Busoni: Doktor Faust | All Nominees |
| 2001 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Helmuth Rilling | Penderecki: Credo | All Nominees |
| 2001 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Joshua Bell | Maw: Violin Concerto | All Nominees |
| 2001 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Sharon Isbin | Dreams Of A World - Works Of Lauro, Ruiz-Pipo & Duarte | All Nominees |
| 2001 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel, Philip Setzer | Shostakovich: The String Quartets | All Nominees |
| 2001 | Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor) | Orpheus Chamber Orchestra | Shadow Dances - Stravinsky Miniatures, Tango, Suite No. 1 & Octet | All Nominees |
| 2001 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Cecilia Bartoli | The Vivaldi Album - Dell'aura al sussurrar, Alma oppressa | All Nominees |
| 2001 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | George Crumb | Crumb: Star-Child | All Nominees |
| 2001 | Best Classical Crossover Album | Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Mark O'Connor | Appalachian Journey | All Nominees |
| 2000 | Best Classical Album | Michael Tilson Thomas, Andreas Neubronner | Stravinsky: Firebird; The Rite Of Spring; Perséphone | All Nominees |
| 2000 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Michael Tilson Thomas | Stravinsky: Firebird; The Rite Of Spring; Perséphone | All Nominees |
| 2000 | Best Opera Recording | Ian Bostridge, Bryn Terfel, Anne Sofie von Otter, Deborah York, John Eliot Gardiner, Nicholas Parker | Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress | All Nominees |
| 2000 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Robert Shafer | Britten: War Requiem | All Nominees |
| 2000 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Martha Argerich | Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3/Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3 | All Nominees |
| 2000 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Vladimir Ashkenazy | Shostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues, Op. 87 | All Nominees |
| 2000 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Anne-Sophie Mutter, Lambert Orkis | Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas (Nos. 1-3, Op. 12; Nos. 1-3, Op. 30; "Spring" Sonata) | All Nominees |
| 2000 | Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor) | Joseph Jennings, conductor; Chanticleer | Colors Of Love - Works Of Thomas, Stucky, Tavener & Rands | All Nominees |
| 2000 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Anne Sofie von Otter & Thomas Quasthoff | Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn | All Nominees |
| 2000 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Pierre Boulez | Boulez: Répons | All Nominees |
| 2000 | Best Classical Crossover Album | Peter Schickele, Chestnut Brass Company | Schickele: Hornsmoke (Piano Concerto No. 2 In F Major "Ole"; Brass Calendar; Hornsmoke - A Horse Opera) | All Nominees |
| 1999 | Best Classical Album | Robert Shaw, James Mallinson | Barber: Prayers Of Kierkegaard/Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem/Bartok: Cantata Profana | All Nominees |
| 1999 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Pierre Boulez | Mahler: Symphony No. 9 | All Nominees |
| 1999 | Best Opera Recording | Jessye Norman, Laszlo Polgar, Pierre Boulez, Karl-August Naegler | Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle | All Nominees |
| 1999 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Robert Shaw | Barber: Prayers Of Kierkegaard/Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem/Bartok: Cantata Profana | All Nominees |
| 1999 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Anne-Sophie Mutter | Penderecki: Violin Concerto No. 2 "Metamorphosen" | All Nominees |
| 1999 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Murray Perahia | Bach: English Suites Nos. 1, 3 & 6 | All Nominees |
| 1999 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Andre Previn, Gil Shaham | American Scenes - Works Of Copland, Previn, Barber & Gershwin | All Nominees |
| 1999 | Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor) | Steve Reich & Musicians | Reich: Music For 18 Musicians | All Nominees |
| 1999 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Renee Fleming | The Beautiful Voice - Works Of Charpentier, Gounod, Massenet & Flotow | All Nominees |
| 1999 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Krzysztof Penderecki | Penderecki: Violin Concerto No. 2 "Metamorphosen" | All Nominees |
| 1999 | Best Classical Crossover Album | Yo-Yo Ma, Jorge Calandrelli | Soul Of The Tango - The Music Of Astor Piazzolla | All Nominees |
| 1998 | Best Classical Album | Yo-Yo Ma, David Zinman, Steven Epstein | Premieres - Cello Concertos (Works Of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse) | All Nominees |
| 1998 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Pierre Boulez | Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Tristia | All Nominees |
| 1998 | Best Opera Recording | Ben Heppner, Herbert Lippert, Karita Mattila, Alan Opie, Rene Pape, Jose Van Dam, Iris Vermillion, Georg Solti, Michael Woolcock | Wagner: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg | All Nominees |
| 1998 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Robert Shaw | Adams: Harmonium/Rachmaninoff: The Bells | All Nominees |
| 1998 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Yo-Yo Ma | Premieres - Cello Concertos (Works Of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse) | All Nominees |
| 1998 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Janos Starker | Bach: Suites For Solo Cello Nos. 1-6 | All Nominees |
| 1998 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel, Philip Setzer | Beethoven: The String Quartets | All Nominees |
| 1998 | Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor) | Claudio Abbado, conductor | Hindemith: Kammermusik No. 1 With Finale 1921, Op. 24 No. 1 | All Nominees |
| 1998 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Cecilia Bartoli | An Italian Songbook - Works Of Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini | All Nominees |
| 1998 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | John Adams | Adams: El Dorado | All Nominees |
| 1997 | Best Classical Album | Leonard Slatkin, Joanna Nickrenz | Corigliano: Of Rage And Remembrance | All Nominees |
| 1997 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Michael Tilson Thomas | Prokofiev: Romeo And Juliet (Scenes From The Ballet) | All Nominees |
| 1997 | Best Opera Recording | Philip Langridge, Alan Opie, Janice Watson, Richard Hickox, Brian Couzens | Britten: Peter Grimes | All Nominees |
| 1997 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Neville Creed, David Hill, Andrew Litton | Walton: Belshazzar's Feast | All Nominees |
| 1997 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Yefim Bronfman | Bartók: The Three Piano Concertos | All Nominees |
| 1997 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Earl Wild | The Romantic Master - Works Of Saint-Saens, Handel | All Nominees |
| 1997 | Best Chamber Music Performance | James Dunham, Paul Katz, William Preucil, Peter Salaff | Corigliano: String Quartet | All Nominees |
| 1997 | Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor) | Pierre Boulez, conductor; Ensemble Intercontemporain | Boulez: ...Explosante-Fixe... | All Nominees |
| 1997 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Bryn Terfel | Opera Arias - Works Of Mozart, Wagner, Borodin | All Nominees |
| 1997 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | John Corigliano | Corigliano: String Quartet | All Nominees |
| 1996 | Best Classical Album | Pierre Boulez, Karl-August Naegler | Debussy: La Mer; Nocturnes; Jeux | All Nominees |
| 1996 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Pierre Boulez | Debussy: La Mer | All Nominees |
| 1996 | Best Opera Recording | Gary Lakes, Francoise Pollet, Gino Quilico, Deborah Voigt, Charles Dutoit, Raymond Minshull | Berlioz: Les Troyens | All Nominees |
| 1996 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Herbert Blomstedt | Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem | All Nominees |
| 1996 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Itzhak Perlman | The American Album - Works Of Bernstein, Barber, Foss | All Nominees |
| 1996 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Radu Lupu | Schubert: Piano Sonatas (B Flat Major And A Major) | All Nominees |
| 1996 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma, Richard Stoltzman | Brahms/Beethoven/Mozart: Clarinet Trios | All Nominees |
| 1996 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Sylvia McNair | The Echoing Air - The Music Of Henry Purcell | All Nominees |
| 1996 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Olivier Messiaen | Messiaen: Concert A Quatre | All Nominees |
| 1995 | Best Classical Album | Pierre Boulez, Karl-August Naegler | Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra; Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12 | All Nominees |
| 1995 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Pierre Boulez | Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra: Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12 | All Nominees |
| 1995 | Best Opera Recording | Kenn Chester, Jerry Hadley, Samuel Ramey, Cheryl Studer, Kent Nagano, Martin Sauer | Floyd: Susannah | All Nominees |
| 1995 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | John Eliot Gardiner, choral director | Berlioz: Messe Solennelle | All Nominees |
| 1995 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Yo-Yo Ma | The New York Album - Works Of Albert, Bartok & Bloch | All Nominees |
| 1995 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Emanuel Ax | Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Nos. 32, 47, 53, 59 | All Nominees |
| 1995 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Daniel Barenboim, Dale Clevenger, Larry Combs, Daniele Damiano, Hansjorg Schellenberger | Beethoven/Mozart: Quintets (Chicago-Berlin) | All Nominees |
| 1995 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Cecilia Bartoli | The Impatient Lover - Italian Songs By Beethoven, Schubert, Mozart | All Nominees |
| 1995 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Stephen Albert | Albert: Cello Concerto | All Nominees |
| 1994 | Best Classical Album | Pierre Boulez, John Aler, John Tomlinson, Karl-August Naegler | Bartók: The Wooden Prince & Cantata Profana | All Nominees |
| 1994 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Pierre Boulez | Bartók: The Wooden Prince | All Nominees |
| 1994 | Best Opera Recording | John Aler, Kathleen Battle, Michael Chance, Mark S. Doss, Marilyn Horne, Neil Mackie, Sylvia McNair, Samuel Ramey, John Nelson, Steven Paul | Handel: Semele | All Nominees |
| 1994 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Pierre Boulez | Bartók: Cantata Profana | All Nominees |
| 1994 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Anne-Sophie Mutter | Berg: Violin Concerto/Rihm: Time Chant | All Nominees |
| 1994 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | John Browning | Barber: The Complete Solo Piano Music | All Nominees |
| 1994 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel, Philip Setzer | Ives: String Quartets Nos. 1, 2/Barber: String Quartet Op. 11 (American Originals) | All Nominees |
| 1994 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Arleen Auger | The Art Of Arleen Auger (Works Of Larsen, Purcell, Schumann, Mozart) | All Nominees |
| 1994 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Elliott Carter | Carter: Violin Concerto | All Nominees |
| 1993 | Best Classical Album | Leonard Bernstein, Horst Dittberner | Mahler: Symphony No. 9 | All Nominees |
| 1993 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Leonard Bernstein | Mahler: Symphony No. 9 | All Nominees |
| 1993 | Best Opera Recording | Hildegard Behrens, Placido Domingo, Sumi Jo, Reinhild Runkel, Jose Van Dam, Julia Varady, Georg Solti, Christopher Raeburn, Stephen Trainor, Morten Winding | R. Strauss: Die Frau Ohne Schatten | All Nominees |
| 1993 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Herbert Blomstedt | Orff: Carmina Burana | All Nominees |
| 1993 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Yo-Yo Ma | Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante/Tchaikovsky: Variations On A Rococo Theme | All Nominees |
| 1993 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Vladimir Horowitz | Horowitz - Discovered Treasures (Chopin, Liszt, Scarlatti, Scriabin, Clementi) | All Nominees |
| 1993 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma | Brahms: Sonatas For Cello & Piano | All Nominees |
| 1993 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Kathleen Battle | Kathleen Battle At Carnegie Hall (Handel, Mozart, Liszt, Strauss, etc.) | All Nominees |
| 1993 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Samuel Barber | Barber: The Lovers | All Nominees |
| 1992 | Best Classical Album | Leonard Bernstein, June Anderson, Nicolai Gedda, Adolph Green, Jerry Hadley, Della Jones, Christa Ludwig, Kurt Ollmann, Hans Weber | Bernstein: Candide | All Nominees |
| 1992 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Daniel Barenboim | Corigliano: Symphony No. 1 | All Nominees |
| 1992 | Best Opera Recording | Hildegard Behrens, Reiner Goldberg, Matti Salminen, Hanna Schwarz, Cheryl Studer, Bernd Weikl, Ekkehard Wlaschiha, James Levine, Cord Garben | Wagner: Gotterdammerung | All Nominees |
| 1992 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Georg Solti | Bach: Mass In B Minor | All Nominees |
| 1992 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | John Browning | Barber: Piano Concerto | All Nominees |
| 1992 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Alicia De Larrocha | Granados: Goyescas; Allegro De Concierto; Danza Lenta | All Nominees |
| 1992 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Emanuel Ax, Jaime Laredo, Yo-Yo Ma, Isaac Stern | Brahms: Piano Quartets (Op. 25 & 26) | All Nominees |
| 1992 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Dawn Upshaw | The Girl With Orange Lips (Falla, Ravel, etc.) | All Nominees |
| 1992 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | John Corigliano | Corigliano: Symphony No. 1 | All Nominees |
| 1991 | Best Classical Album | Leonard Bernstein, Hans Weber | Ives: Sym. No. 2; Gong On The Hook And Ladder; Central Park In The Dark; The Unanswered Question | All Nominees |
| 1991 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Leonard Bernstein | Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 7 | All Nominees |
| 1991 | Best Opera Recording | Siegfried Jerusalem, Christa Ludwig, Kurt Moll, James Morris, Jan Hendrik Rootering, Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Heinz Zednik, James Levine, Cord Garben | Wagner: Das Rheingold | All Nominees |
| 1991 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Robert Shaw | Walton: Belshazzar's Feast/Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Missa Brevis | All Nominees |
| 1991 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Itzhak Perlman | Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 In A Minor/Glazunov: Violin Concerto In A Minor | All Nominees |
| 1991 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Vladimir Horowitz | The Last Recording | All Nominees |
| 1991 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Daniel Barenboim, Itzhak Perlman | Brahms: The Three Violin Sonatas | All Nominees |
| 1991 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo & Luciano Pavarotti | Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti In Concert | All Nominees |
| 1991 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Leonard Bernstein | Bernstein: Arias & Barcarolles | All Nominees |
| 1990 | Best Classical Album | Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel, Philip Setzer, Wolf Erichson | Bartók: 6 String Quartets | All Nominees |
| 1990 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Leonard Bernstein | Mahler: Symphony No. 3 In D Minor | All Nominees |
| 1990 | Best Opera Recording | Hildegard Behrens, Gary Lakes, Christa Ludwig, Kurt Moll, James Morris, Jessye Norman, James Levine, Cord Garben | Wagner: Die Walkuere | All Nominees |
| 1990 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Robert Shaw | Britten: War Requiem | All Nominees |
| 1990 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Yo-Yo Ma | Barber: Cello Concerto, Op. 22/Britten: Symphony For Cello And Orchestra, Op. 68 | All Nominees |
| 1990 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Andras Schiff | Bach: English Suites | All Nominees |
| 1990 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel, Philip Setzer | Bartók: 6 String Quartets | All Nominees |
| 1990 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Dawn Upshaw | Knoxville - Summer Of 1915 (Music Of Barber, Menotti, Harbison, Stravinsky) | All Nominees |
| 1990 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Steve Reich | Reich: Different Trains | All Nominees |
| 1989 | Best Classical Album | Robert Shaw, Robert Woods | Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses | All Nominees |
| 1989 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Louis Lane, Robert Shaw | Rorem: String Symphony; Sunday Morning; Eagles | All Nominees |
| 1989 | Best Opera Recording | Placido Domingo, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Siegmund Nimsgern, Jessye Norman, Eva Randova, Hans Sotin, Georg Solti, Christopher Raeburn | Wagner: Lohengrin | All Nominees |
| 1989 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Robert Shaw | Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses | All Nominees |
| 1989 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Vladimir Horowitz | Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 | All Nominees |
| 1989 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Alicia De Larrocha | Albeniz: Iberia, Navarra, Suite Espagnola | All Nominees |
| 1989 | Best Chamber Music Performance | David Corkhill, Evelyn Glennie, Murray Perahia, Georg Solti | Bartók: Sonata For Two Pianos & Percussion | All Nominees |
| 1989 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Luciano Pavarotti | Luciano Pavarotti In Concert | All Nominees |
| 1989 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | John Adams | Adams: Nixon In China | All Nominees |
| 1988 | Best Classical Album | Vladimir Horowitz, Thomas Frost | Horowitz In Moscow | All Nominees |
| 1988 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Georg Solti | Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 In D Minor | All Nominees |
| 1988 | Best Opera Recording | Agnes Baltsa, Kathleen Battle, Gary Lakes, Hermann Prey, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, James Levine, Cord Garben | R. Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos | All Nominees |
| 1988 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Robert Shaw | Hindemith: When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloom'd | All Nominees |
| 1988 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Itzhak Perlman | Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 2 And 4 | All Nominees |
| 1988 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Vladimir Horowitz | Horowitz In Moscow | All Nominees |
| 1988 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Vladimir Ashkenazy, Lynn Harrell, Itzhak Perlman | Beethoven: The Complete Piano Trios | All Nominees |
| 1988 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Kathleen Battle | Kathleen Battle - Salzburg Recital | All Nominees |
| 1988 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Krzysztof Penderecki | Penderecki: Cello Concerto No. 2 | All Nominees |
| 1987 | Best Classical Album | Vladimir Horowitz, Thomas Frost | Horowitz - The Studio Recordings, New York 1985 | All Nominees |
| 1987 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Georg Solti | Liszt: A Faust Symphony | All Nominees |
| 1987 | Best Opera Recording | James Billings, Joyce Castle, Maris Clement, David Eisler, Jack Harrold, John Lankston, Erie Mills, Scott Reeve, John Mauceri, Elizabeth Ostrow | Bernstein: Candide | All Nominees |
| 1987 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | James Levine | Orff: Carmina Burana | All Nominees |
| 1987 | Best Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (with or without orchestra) | Vladimir Horowitz, piano | Horowitz - The Studio Recordings, New York 1985 | All Nominees |
| 1987 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma | Beethoven: Cello And Piano Sonata No. 4 In C & Variations | All Nominees |
| 1987 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Kathleen Battle | Mozart: Kathleen Battle Sings Mozart | All Nominees |
| 1987 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Witold Lutoslawski | Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 3 | All Nominees |
| 1986 | Best Classical Album | John Aler, Robert Shaw, Robert Woods | Berlioz: Requiem | All Nominees |
| 1986 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Robert Shaw | Faure: Pelleas Et Melisande | All Nominees |
| 1986 | Best Opera Recording | Philip Langridge, Franz Mazura, Georg Solti, James Mallinson | Schoenberg: Moses Und Aron | All Nominees |
| 1986 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Robert Shaw | Berlioz: Requiem | All Nominees |
| 1986 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Yo-Yo Ma | Elgar: Cello Concerto, Op. 85/Walton: Concerto For Cello & Orch. | All Nominees |
| 1986 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Vladimir Ashkenazy | Ravel: Gaspard De La Nuit; Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte; Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales | All Nominees |
| 1986 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma | Brahms: Cello And Piano Sonatas In E Minor And F | All Nominees |
| 1986 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | John Aler, tenor | Berlioz: Requiem | All Nominees |
| 1986 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Lloyd Webber: Requiem | All Nominees |
| 1986 | Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist | Chicago Pro Musica,chamber group | Stravinsky: L' Histoire Du Soldat (The Soldier's Tale - Suite) - (also) - Walton: Façade (An Instrumental Suite In The Original Scoring) | All Nominees |
| 1985 | Best Classical Album | Neville Marriner, John Strauss | Amadeus | All Nominees |
| 1985 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Leonard Slatkin | Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In B Flat | All Nominees |
| 1985 | Best Opera Recording | Placido Domingo, Faith Esham, Julia Migenes, Ruggero Raimondi, Lorin Maazel, Michel Glotz | Bizet: Carmen | All Nominees |
| 1985 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | James Levine | Brahms: A German Requiem | All Nominees |
| 1985 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Wynton Marsalis | Wynton Marsalis-Edita Gruberova-Handel, Purcell, Etc, | All Nominees |
| 1985 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Yo-Yo Ma | Bach: The Unaccompanied Cello Suites | All Nominees |
| 1985 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Earl Carlyss, Joel Krosnick, Robert Mann, Samuel Rhodes | Beethoven: The Late String Quartets | All Nominees |
| 1985 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Jose Van Dam, Jessye Norman & Heather Harper | Ravel: Songs Of Maurice Ravel | All Nominees |
| 1985 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Samuel Barber | Barber: Antony And Cleopatra | All Nominees |
| 1984 | Best Classical Album | Georg Solti, James Mallinson | Mahler: Symphony No. 9 In D | All Nominees |
| 1984 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Georg Solti | Mahler: Symphony No. 9 In D | All Nominees |
| 1984 | Best Opera Recording | Thomas Allen, Kurt Moll, Lucia Popp, Samuel Ramey, Kiri Te Kanawa, Frederica von Stade, Georg Solti, Christopher Raeburn | Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro | All Nominees |
| 1984 | Best Opera Recording | Placido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil, Teresa Stratas, James Levine, Jay David Saks, Max Wilcox | Verdi: La Traviata | All Nominees |
| 1984 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Georg Solti | Haydn: The Creation | All Nominees |
| 1984 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Wynton Marsalis | Haydn: Trumpet Concerto In E Flat/L. Mozart: Trumpet Concerto In D/Hummel: Trumpet Concerto In E Flat | All Nominees |
| 1984 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Glenn Gould | Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 12 & 13 | All Nominees |
| 1984 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Mstislav Rostropovich, Rudolf Serkin | Brahms: Sonata For Cello And Piano In E Minor, Op. 38 And Sonata In F, Op. 99 | All Nominees |
| 1984 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Leontyne Price, Marilyn Horne | Leontyne Price & Marilyn Horne In Concert At The Met | All Nominees |
| 1983 | Best Classical Album | Glenn Gould, Samuel H. Carter | Bach: The Goldberg Variations | All Nominees |
| 1983 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | James Levine | Mahler: Sym. No. 7 In E Min. (Song Of The Night) | All Nominees |
| 1983 | Best Opera Recording | Jeannine Altmeyer, Hermann Becht, Peter Hofmann, Siegfried Jerusalem, Gwyneth Jones, Manfred Jung, Donald McIntyre, Matti Salminen, Ortrun Wenkel, Heinz Zednik, Pierre Boulez, Andrew Kazdin | Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen | All Nominees |
| 1983 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Georg Solti | Berlioz: La Damnation De Faust | All Nominees |
| 1983 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Itzhak Perlman | Elgar: Violin Concerto In B Minor | All Nominees |
| 1983 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Glenn Gould | Bach: The Goldberg Variations | All Nominees |
| 1983 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Richard Goode, Richard Stoltzman | Brahms: The Sonatas For Clarinet & Piano, Op. 120 | All Nominees |
| 1983 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Leontyne Price | Verdi: Arias (Leontyne Price Sings Verdi) | All Nominees |
| 1982 | Best Classical Album | Georg Solti, James Mallinson | Mahler: Symphony No. 2 In C Minor | All Nominees |
| 1982 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Georg Solti | Mahler: Symphony No. 2 In C Minor | All Nominees |
| 1982 | Best Opera Recording | Jiri Zahradnicek, Ivo Zidek, Vaclav Zitek, Charles Mackerras, James Mallinson | Janácek: From The House Of The Dead | All Nominees |
| 1982 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Neville Marriner | Haydn: The Creation | All Nominees |
| 1982 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Itzhak Perlman, Isaac Stern, Pinchas Zukerman | Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration | All Nominees |
| 1982 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Vladimir Horowitz | The Horowitz Concerts 1979/80 | All Nominees |
| 1982 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Vladimir Ashkenazy, Lynn Harrell, Itzhak Perlman | Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio In A Minor | All Nominees |
| 1982 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Marilyn Horne, Joan Sutherland & Luciano Pavarotti | Live From Lincoln Center - Sutherland/Horne/Pavarotti | All Nominees |
| 1981 | Best Classical Album | Pierre Boulez, Gunther Breest, Michael Horwath | Berg: Lulu (Complete Version) | All Nominees |
| 1981 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Georg Solti | Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 In A | All Nominees |
| 1981 | Best Opera Recording | Pierre Boulez, Gunther Breest, Michael Horwath | Berg: Lulu (Complete Version) | All Nominees |
| 1981 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Norbert Balatsch, Carlo Maria Giulini | Mozart: Requiem | All Nominees |
| 1981 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Itzhak Perlman | Berg: Violin Concerto/Stravinsky: Violin Concerto In D | All Nominees |
| 1981 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Itzhak Perlman, Mstislav Rostropovich | Brahms: Violin And Cello Concerto In A Minor (Double Concerto) | All Nominees |
| 1981 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Itzhak Perlman | The Spanish Album | All Nominees |
| 1981 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman | Play Music For Two Violins (Moszkowski: Suite For Two Violins/Shostakovich: Duets/Prokofiev: Sonata For Two Violins) | All Nominees |
| 1981 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Leontyne Price, soprano | Prima Donna, Vol. 5 - Great Soprano Arias From Handel To Britten | All Nominees |
| 1980 | Best Classical Album | Georg Solti, James Mallinson | Brahms: Symphonies (1-4) | All Nominees |
| 1980 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Georg Solti | Brahms: Symphonies (1-4) | All Nominees |
| 1980 | Best Opera Recording | Colin Davis, Vittorio Negri | Britten: Peter Grimes | All Nominees |
| 1980 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Georg Solti | Brahms: A German Requiem | All Nominees |
| 1980 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Maurizio Pollini | Bartók: Piano Cons. Nos. 1 & 2 | All Nominees |
| 1980 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Vladimir Horowitz | The Horowitz Concerts 1978/79 | All Nominees |
| 1980 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Dennis Russell Davies | Copland: Appalachian Spring | All Nominees |
| 1980 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Luciano Pavarotti | O Sole Mio - Favorite Neapolitan Songs | All Nominees |
| 1979 | Best Classical Album | Carlo Maria Giulini, Itzhak Perlman, Christopher Bishop | Brahms: Concerto For Violin In D | All Nominees |
| 1979 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Herbert von Karajan | Beethoven: Symphonies (9) (Complete) | All Nominees |
| 1979 | Best Opera Recording | Julius Rudel, John Coveney, George Sponhaltz | Lehar: The Merry Widow | All Nominees |
| 1979 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Georg Solti | Beethoven: Missa Solemnis | All Nominees |
| 1979 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Vladimir Horowitz | Rachmaninoff: Con. No. 3 In D Minor For Piano (Horowitz Golden Jubilee) | All Nominees |
| 1979 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Vladimir Horowitz | The Horowitz Concerts 1977/78 | All Nominees |
| 1979 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Vladimir Ashkenazy, Itzhak Perlman | Beethoven: Sonatas For Violin And Piano | All Nominees |
| 1979 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Luciano Pavarotti | Luciano Pavarotti - Hits From Lincoln Center | All Nominees |
| 1978 | Best Classical Album | Leonard Bernstein, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Vladimir Horowitz, Yehudi Menuhin, Mstislav Rostropovich, Isaac Stern, Lyndon Woodside, Thomas Frost | Concert Of The Century | All Nominees |
| 1978 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor | Mahler: Symphony No. 9 In D | All Nominees |
| 1978 | Best Opera Recording | John De Main, Thomas Z. Shepard | Gershwin: Porgy And Bess | All Nominees |
| 1978 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Georg Solti, conductor; Margaret Hillis, choral director (Various Artists) | Verdi: Requiem | All Nominees |
| 1978 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Itzhak Perlman | Vivaldi: The Four Seasons | All Nominees |
| 1978 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Artur Rubinstein | Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 18 In E Flat/Schumann: Fantasiestucke, Op. 12 | All Nominees |
| 1978 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Earl Carlyss, Joel Krosnick, Robert Mann, Samuel Rhodes | Schoenberg: Quartets For Strings (Complete) | All Nominees |
| 1978 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Janet Baker | Bach: Arias | All Nominees |
| 1977 | Best Classical Album | Daniel Barenboim, Artur Rubinstein, Max Wilcox | Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos | All Nominees |
| 1977 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Georg Solti, conductor | Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra | All Nominees |
| 1977 | Best Opera Recording | Lorin Maazel, Michael Woolcock | Gershwin: Porgy And Bess | All Nominees |
| 1977 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Andre Previn, conductor; Arthur Oldham, choral director | Rachmaninoff: The Bells | All Nominees |
| 1977 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Artur Rubinstein | Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos | All Nominees |
| 1977 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Vladimir Horowitz | Horowitz Concerts 1975/76 | All Nominees |
| 1977 | Best Chamber Music Performance | David Munrow | The Art Of Courtly Love | All Nominees |
| 1977 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Beverly Sills, soprano | Herbert: Music Of Victor Herbert | All Nominees |
| 1976 | Best Classical Album | Georg Solti, Raymond Minshull | Beethoven: Symphonies (9) Complete | All Nominees |
| 1976 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Pierre Boulez, conductor | Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloe (Complete Ballet) | All Nominees |
| 1976 | Best Opera Recording | Colin Davis, Erik Smith | Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte | All Nominees |
| 1976 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Robert Page, choral director | Orff: Carmina Burana | All Nominees |
| 1976 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Alicia De Larrocha | Ravel: Concerto For Left Hand And Concerto For Piano In G/Faure: Fantaisie For Piano And Orchestra | All Nominees |
| 1976 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Nathan Milstein | Bach: Sonatas And Partitas For Violin Unaccompanied | All Nominees |
| 1976 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Pierre Fournier, Artur Rubinstein, Henryk Szeryng | Schubert: Trios Nos. 1 In B Flat, Op. 99 And 2 In E Flat, Op. 100 (Piano Trios) | All Nominees |
| 1976 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Janet Baker | Mahler: Kindertotenlieder | All Nominees |
| 1975 | Best Classical Album | Georg Solti, David Harvey | Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique | All Nominees |
| 1975 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Georg Solti, conductor | Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique | All Nominees |
| 1975 | Best Opera Recording | Georg Solti, Richard Mohr | Puccini: La Boheme | All Nominees |
| 1975 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Colin Davis, conductor | Berlioz: The Damnation Of Faust | All Nominees |
| 1975 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | David Oistrakh | Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 | All Nominees |
| 1975 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Alicia De Larrocha | Albeniz: Iberia | All Nominees |
| 1975 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Pierre Fournier, Artur Rubinstein, Henryk Szeryng | Brahms: Trios (Complete)/Schumann: Trio No. 1 In D Minor | All Nominees |
| 1975 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Leontyne Price | Leontyne Price Sings Richard Strauss | All Nominees |
| 1974 | Best Classical Album | Pierre Boulez, Thomas Z. Shepard | Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra | All Nominees |
| 1974 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Pierre Boulez, conductor | Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra | All Nominees |
| 1974 | Best Opera Recording | Leonard Bernstein, Tom Mowrey | Bizet: Carmen | All Nominees |
| 1974 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Andre Previn, conductor; Arthur Oldham, choral director | Walton: Belshazzer's Feast | All Nominees |
| 1974 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Vladimir Ashkenazy | Beethoven: Concerti (5) For Piano And Orchestra | All Nominees |
| 1974 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Vladimir Horowitz | Scriabin: Horowitz Plays Scriabin | All Nominees |
| 1974 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Gunther Schuller | Joplin: The Red Back Book | All Nominees |
| 1974 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Leontyne Price, soprano | Puccini: Heroines | All Nominees |
| 1973 | Best Classical Album | Georg Solti, David Harvey | Mahler: Symphony No. 8 In E Flat (Symphony Of A Thousand) | All Nominees |
| 1973 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Georg Solti, conductor | Mahler: Symphony No. 7 In E Minor | All Nominees |
| 1973 | Best Opera Recording | Colin Davis, Erik Smith | Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini | All Nominees |
| 1973 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Georg Solti, conductor (Various Artists) | Mahler: Symphony No. 8 In E Flat (Symphony Of A Thousand) | All Nominees |
| 1973 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Artur Rubinstein | Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 In B Flat | All Nominees |
| 1973 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Vladimir Horowitz | Horowitz Plays Chopin | All Nominees |
| 1973 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Julian Bream, John Christopher Williams | Julian And John (Works By Lawes, Carulli, Albeniz, Granados) | All Nominees |
| 1973 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone | Brahms: Die Schone Magelone | All Nominees |
| 1972 | Best Classical Album | Vladimir Horowitz, Thomas Frost, Richard Killough | Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff (Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas) | All Nominees |
| 1972 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor | Mahler: Symphony No. 1 In D | All Nominees |
| 1972 | Best Opera Recording | Erich Leinsdorf, Richard Mohr | Verdi: Aida | All Nominees |
| 1972 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Colin Davis, conductor | Berlioz: Requiem | All Nominees |
| 1972 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Julian Bream | Villa-Lobos: Concerto For Guitar | All Nominees |
| 1972 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Vladimir Horowitz | Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff (Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas) | All Nominees |
| 1972 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Claus Adam, Earl Carlyss, Robert Mann, Samuel Rhodes | Debussy: Quartet In G Minor/Ravel: Quartet In F | All Nominees |
| 1972 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Leontyne Price | Leontyne Price Sings Robert Schumann | All Nominees |
| 1971 | Best Classical Album | Colin Davis, Erik Smith | Berlioz: Les Troyens | All Nominees |
| 1971 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Pierre Boulez, conductor | Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps | All Nominees |
| 1971 | Best Opera Recording | Colin Davis, Erik Smith | Berlioz: Les Troyens | All Nominees |
| 1971 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Gregg Smith | Ives: New Music Of Charles Ives | All Nominees |
| 1971 | Best Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (with or without orchestra) | David Oistrakh, violin; Mstislav Rostropovich, cello | Brahms: Double Concerto (Concerto In A Minor For Violin And Cello) | All Nominees |
| 1971 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Eugene Istomin, Leonard Rose, Isaac Stern | Beethoven: The Complete Piano Trios | All Nominees |
| 1971 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone | Schubert: Lieder | All Nominees |
| 1970 | Best Classical Album | Wendy Carlos, Rachel Elkind | Switched-On-Bach | All Nominees |
| 1970 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Pierre Boulez, conductor | Boulez Conducts Debussy, Vol. 2 "Images Pour Orchestre" | All Nominees |
| 1970 | Best Opera Recording | Herbert von Karajan, Otto Gerdes | Wagner: Siegfried | All Nominees |
| 1970 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Luciano Berio, conductor; Ward Swingle, choir master | Berio: Sinfonia | All Nominees |
| 1970 | Best Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (with or without orchestra) | Walter Carlos | Switched-On-Bach | All Nominees |
| 1970 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Chicago Brass Ensemble, Cleveland Brass Ensemble, Philadelphia Brass Ensemble | Gabrieli: Antiphonal Music Of Gabrieli | All Nominees |
| 1970 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Leontyne Price, soprano | Barber: Two Scenes From Antony And Cleopatra/Knoxville: Summer Of 1915 | All Nominees |
| 1969 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Pierre Boulez, conductor | Boulez Conducts Debussy (La Mer; Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune; Jeux) | All Nominees |
| 1969 | Best Opera Recording | Erich Leinsdorf, Richard Mohr | Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte | All Nominees |
| 1969 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Gregg Smith | The Glory Of Gabrieli | All Nominees |
| 1969 | Best Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (with or without orchestra) | Vladimir Horowitz, piano | Horowitz On Television (Chopin, Scriabin, Scarlatti, Horowitz) | All Nominees |
| 1969 | Best Chamber Music Performance | E. Power Biggs, Vittorio Negri, Tarr Brass Ensemble | Glory Of Gabrieli Vol. II - Canzonas For Brass, Winds, Strings And Organ | All Nominees |
| 1969 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Montserrat Caballe, soprano | Rossini: Rarities | All Nominees |
| 1968 | Best Classical Album | Pierre Boulez, Thomas Z. Shepard | Berg: Wozzeck | All Nominees |
| 1968 | Best Classical Album | Leonard Bernstein, John McClure | Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Symphony Of A Thousand) | All Nominees |
| 1968 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Igor Stravinsky, conductor | Stravinsky: Firebird And Petrouchka Suites | All Nominees |
| 1968 | Best Opera Recording | Pierre Boulez, Thomas Z. Shepard | Berg: Wozzeck | All Nominees |
| 1968 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Leonard Bernstein, conductor (Various Artists) | Mahler: Symphony No. 8 In E Flat Major (Symphony Of A Thousand) | All Nominees |
| 1968 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Eugene Ormandy, conductor; Robert Page, chorus director | Orff: Catulli Carmina | All Nominees |
| 1968 | Best Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (with or without orchestra) | Vladimir Horowitz, piano | Horowitz In Concert (Haydn, Schumann, Scriabin, Debussy, Mozart, Chopin) | All Nominees |
| 1968 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Yehudi Menuhin, Ravi Shankar | West Meets East | All Nominees |
| 1968 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Leontyne Price, soprano | Prima Donna, Volume 2 | All Nominees |
| 1967 | Best Classical Album | Morton Gould, Howard Scott | Ives: Symphony No. 1 In D Minor | All Nominees |
| 1967 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Erich Leinsdorf, conductor | Mahler: Symphony No. 6 In A Minor | All Nominees |
| 1967 | Best Opera Recording | Georg Solti | Wagner: Die Walkure | All Nominees |
| 1967 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Robert Shaw | Handel: Messiah | All Nominees |
| 1967 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Gregg Smith | Ives: Music For Chorus | All Nominees |
| 1967 | Best Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (with or without orchestra) | Julian Bream, guitar | Baroque Guitar (Works Of Bach, Sanz, Weiss, Etc.) | All Nominees |
| 1967 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Boston Symphony Chamber Players | Boston Symphony Chamber Players - Works Of Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven, Fine, Copland, Carter, Piston | All Nominees |
| 1967 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Leontyne Price, soprano | Prima Donna (Works Of Barber, Purcell, Etc.) | All Nominees |
| 1966 | Best Classical Album | Vladimir Horowitz, Thomas Frost | Horowitz At Carnegie Hall - An Historic Return | All Nominees |
| 1966 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Leopold Stokowski, conductor | Ives: Symphony No. 4 | All Nominees |
| 1966 | Best Opera Recording | Karl Bohm | Berg: Wozzeck | All Nominees |
| 1966 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Robert Shaw | Stravinsky: Symphony Of Psalms/Poulenc: Gloria | All Nominees |
| 1966 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Artur Rubinstein | Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 In G | All Nominees |
| 1966 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Vladimir Horowitz | Horowitz At Carnegie Hall - An Historic Return | All Nominees |
| 1966 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Claus Adam, Isidore Cohen, Raphael Hillyer, Robert Mann | Bartók: The Six String Quartets - Nos. 1-6 | All Nominees |
| 1966 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Leontyne Price, soprano | Strauss: Salome (Dance Of The Seven Veils, Interlude, Final Scene)/The Egyptian Helen (Awakening Scene) | All Nominees |
| 1966 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Charles Ives | Ives: Symphony No. 4 | All Nominees |
| 1966 | Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist | Peter Serkin, piano | Bach: Goldberg Variations | All Nominees |
| 1965 | Best Classical Album | Leonard Bernstein | Bernstein: Symphony No. 3 "Kaddish" | All Nominees |
| 1965 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Erich Leinsdorf, conductor | Mahler: Symphony No. 5/Berg: Wozzeck Excerpts | All Nominees |
| 1965 | Best Opera Recording | Herbert von Karajan | Bizet: Carmen | All Nominees |
| 1965 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Robert Shaw | Britten: A Ceremony Of Carols | All Nominees |
| 1965 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Isaac Stern | Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 In D | All Nominees |
| 1965 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Vladimir Horowitz | Vladimir Horowitz Plays Beethoven, Debussy, Chopin | All Nominees |
| 1965 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky | Beethoven: Trio No. 1 In E Flat, Op. 1 #1 | All Nominees |
| 1965 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Noah Greenberg | It Was A Lover And His Lass | All Nominees |
| 1965 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Leontyne Price, soprano | Berlioz: Nuits D'Ete (Song Cycle)/Falla: El Amor Brujo | All Nominees |
| 1965 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Samuel Barber | Barber: Piano Concerto | All Nominees |
| 1965 | Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist | Marilyn Horne, mezzo soprano | The Age Of Bel Canto: Operatic Scenes (Boyngne, cond.) | All Nominees |
| 1964 | Best Classical Album | Benjamin Britten | Britten: War Requiem | All Nominees |
| 1964 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Erich Leinsdorf, conductor | Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra | All Nominees |
| 1964 | Best Opera Recording | Erich Leinsdorf | Puccini: Madama Butterfly | All Nominees |
| 1964 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Lord Benjamin Britten, conductor; David Willcocks & Edward Chapman, choral directors (Pears, Vishnevskaya, Fischer-Dieskau) | Britten: War Requiem | All Nominees |
| 1964 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Artur Rubinstein | Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 In B Flat Minor | All Nominees |
| 1964 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Vladimir Horowitz | The Sound Of Horowitz | All Nominees |
| 1964 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Julian Bream | Evening Of Elizabethan Music | All Nominees |
| 1964 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Leontyne Price, soprano | Great Scenes From Gershwin's Porgy And Bess | All Nominees |
| 1964 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Benjamin Britten | Britten: War Requiem | All Nominees |
| 1964 | Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist | Andre Watts, piano | Liszt: Concerto No. 1 For Piano & Orchestra (Bernstein, cond.; N.Y. Philharmonic) | All Nominees |
| 1963 | Best Classical Album | Vladimir Horowitz | Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz | All Nominees |
| 1963 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Igor Stravinsky, conductor | Stravinsky: The Firebird Ballet | All Nominees |
| 1963 | Best Opera Recording | Georg Solti | Verdi: Aida | All Nominees |
| 1963 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Otto Klemperer, conductor; Wilhelm Pitz, choir director | Bach: St. Matthew Passion | All Nominees |
| 1963 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Isaac Stern | Stravinsky: Violin Concerto In D | All Nominees |
| 1963 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Vladimir Horowitz | Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz | All Nominees |
| 1963 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky, William Primrose | The Heifetz-Piatigorsky Concerts With Primrose, Pennario And Guests | All Nominees |
| 1963 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Eileen Farrell, soprano | Wagner: Gotterdamerung - Brunnhilde's Immolation Scene/Wesendonck Songs | All Nominees |
| 1963 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Igor Stravinsky | Stravinsky: The Flood | All Nominees |
| 1962 | Best Classical Album | Igor Stravinsky | Stravinsky Conducts 1960: Le Sacre Du Printemps; Petrouchka | All Nominees |
| 1962 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Charles Munch, conductor | Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloe | All Nominees |
| 1962 | Best Opera Recording | Gabriele Santini | Puccini: Madame Butterfly | All Nominees |
| 1962 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Robert Shaw | Bach: B Minor Mass | All Nominees |
| 1962 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Isaac Stern | Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1 | All Nominees |
| 1962 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Laurindo Almeida | Reverie For Spanish Guitar | All Nominees |
| 1962 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky, William Primrose | Beethoven: Serenade, Op. 8/Kodaly: Duo For Violin And Cello, Op. 7 | All Nominees |
| 1962 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Joan Sutherland, soprano | The Art Of The Prima Donna | All Nominees |
| 1962 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Laurindo Almeida | Almeida: Discantus | All Nominees |
| 1962 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Igor Stravinsky | Stravinsky: Movements For Piano And Orchestra | All Nominees |
| 1961 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Fritz Reiner, conductor | Bartók: Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste | All Nominees |
| 1961 | Best Opera Recording | Erich Leinsdorf | Puccini: Turandot | All Nominees |
| 1961 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Thomas Beecham, conductor | Handel: Messiah | All Nominees |
| 1961 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Sviatoslav Richter | Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 In B Flat | All Nominees |
| 1961 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Laurindo Almeida | The Spanish Guitars Of Laurindo Almeida | All Nominees |
| 1961 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Laurindo Almeida | Conversations With The Guitar | All Nominees |
| 1961 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Leontyne Price | A Program Of Song - Leontyne Price Recital | All Nominees |
| 1961 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Aaron Copland | Copland: Orchestral Suite From Tender Land Suite | All Nominees |
| 1960 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Charles Munch, conductor | Debussy: Images For Orchestra | All Nominees |
| 1960 | Best Classical Performance, Operatic or Choral | Erich Leinsdorf | Mozart: The Marriage Of Figaro | All Nominees |
| 1960 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Van Cliburn | Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 | All Nominees |
| 1960 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Artur Rubinstein | Beethoven: Sonatas No. 21 In C (Waldstein) And No. 18 In E Flat | All Nominees |
| 1960 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Artur Rubinstein | Beethoven: Sonatas No. 21 In C (Waldstein) And No. 18 In E Flat | All Nominees |
| 1960 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Jussi Bjoerling, tenor | Bjoerling In Opera | All Nominees |
| 1959 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Felix Slatkin, conductor | Gaiete Parisienne | All Nominees |
| 1959 | Best Classical Performance, Operatic or Choral | Roger Wagner | Virtuoso | All Nominees |
| 1959 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) | Van Cliburn | Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 In B Flat Minor, Op. 23 | All Nominees |
| 1959 | Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) | Andres Segovia | Segovia Golden Jubilee | All Nominees |
| 1959 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Alvin Dinkin, Paul Shure, Eleanor Aller Slatkin, Felix Slatkin | Beethoven: Quartet 130 | All Nominees |
| 1959 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Renata Tebaldi, soprano | Operatic Recital | All Nominees |
Previous Winners
Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie
Heggie: Intelligence
Kwamé Ryan, Jamie Barton, J'Nai Bridges, Janai Brugger, Blanton Alspaugh
Ortiz: Yanga
Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos
Dennehy: Land Of Winter
Telemann: Ino - Opera Arias For Soprano
Ortiz: Yanga
Ortiz: Dzonot
Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina
Saariaho: Adriana Mater
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Nicholas Phan, Christopher Purves, Jason O'Connell
Ochre
Bach: Goldberg Variations
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