| Year | Recipients(s) | Work | Performing artist(s) | Nominees
Performers are in parentheses | Ref. |
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| 1959 | Sherwood Hall III (engineer) | Duets with Spanish Guitar | Laurindo Almeida &Salli Terri | | |
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| 1960 | Lewis W. Layton (engineer) | Victory at Sea, Vol. I | Robert Russell Bennett | | |
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| 1961 | Hugh Davies (engineer) | The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Almeida | Laurindo Almeida | | |
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| 1962 | Lewis W. Layton (engineer) | Ravel:Daphnis et Chloé | Charles Münch (conductor) & theBoston Symphony Orchestra | - Heinrich Keilholtz, engineer –R. Strauss:Elektra (Karl Bohm, conductor)
- Chris Parker, engineer –Prokofiev:Piano Concerto No. 3 (Erich Leinsdorf, conductor;John Browning, piano)
- Walter Ruhlmann & Paul Vavasseur, engineers –Poulenc:Concerto In G For Organ, Strings and Timpani (Georges Pretre, conductor; Maurice Durufle, organ)
- Robert Fine, engineer –Brahms:Symphony No. 2 (William Steinberg, conductor)
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| 1963 | Lewis W. Layton (engineer) | Strauss:Also Sprach Zarathustra | Fritz Reiner (conductor) & theChicago Symphony Orchestra | - Robert Fine, engineer –Prokofiev:Concerto No. 3 for Piano/Rachmaninoff:Concerto No. 1 for Piano (Kyril Konrashin, conductor;Byron Janis, piano)
- William Britten, engineer –Mahler:Symphony No. 9 in D Minor (Bruno Walter, conductor)
- Fred Plaut, engineer –Mahler:Symphony No. 3 in D Minor (Leonard Bernstein, conductor)
- John Culshaw, engineer –Holst:The Planets (Herbert von Karajan, conductor)
- Robert Fine, engineer –Copland: Billy The Kid/Appalachian Spring (Antal Dorati, conductor)
- Fred Plaut, engineer –Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz (Vladimir Horowitz, piano)
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| 1964 | Lewis W. Layton (engineer) | Puccini:Madama Butterfly | Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra | - Gordon Parry, engineer –Wagner:Siegfried (Georg Solti, conductor)
- Lewis W. Layton, engineer –Mahler:Symphony No. 1 in D ("The Titan") (Erich Leinsdorf, conductor)
- Lewis W. Layton, engineer –Great Scenes from Gershwin'sPorgy and Bess (Skitch Henderson, conductor)
- Kenneth Wilkinson, engineer –Britten: War Requiem (Benjamin Britten, conductor)
- Fred Plaut, engineer –Bernstein Conducts Tchaikovsky ("Capriccio Italien", "1812 Overture", "Marche Slave") (Leonard Bernstein, conductor)
| [1] |
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| 1965 | Douglas Larter (engineer) | Britten:The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra | Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) & thePhilharmonia Orchestra | - Fred Plaut, engineer –Vladimir Horowitz Plays Beethoven, Debussy, Chopin (Beethoven:Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique";Debussy: Preludes; Chopin: Etudes And Scherzos 1 Thru 4) (Vladimir Horowitz, piano)
- Lewis W. Layton, engineer –Verdi:Falstaff (Georg Solti, conductor)
- Lewis W. Layton, engineer –Prokofiev:Symphony No. 5, Op. 100 (Erich Leinsdorf, conductor)
- Lewis W. Layton, engineer –Mahler:Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor (Erich Leinsdorf, conductor)
- Fred Plaut, engineer –Mahler:Symphony No. 2 in C Minor ("Resurrection") (Leonard Bernstein, conductor)
| [2] |
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| 1966 | Fred Plaut (engineer) | Horowitz at Carnegie Hall - An Historic Return | Vladimir Horowitz | - Bernard Keville, engineer –Stravinsky:Symphony of Psalms (Robert Shaw, conductor)
- Anthony Salvatore, engineer –Strauss:Salome/The Egyptian Helen (Erich Leinsdorf, conductor;Leontyne Price, soprano)
- Anthony Salvatore, engineer –Prokofiev:Symphony No. 6 in E Flat Minor (Erich Leinsdorf, conductor)
- Edward (Bud) T. Graham, engineer –Ives:Symphony No. 4 (Leopold Stokowski, conductor)
- Bernard Keville, engineer –Gould: Spirituals For Orchestra/Copland: Dance Symphony (Morton Gould, conductor)
| [3] |
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| 1967 | Anthony Salvatore (engineer) | Wagner:Lohengrin | Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), the Pro Musica Chorus & theBoston Symphony Orchestra | | [4] |
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| 1968 | Edward (Bud) T. Graham (engineer) | The Glorious Sound of Brass | Philadelphia Brass Ensemble | - Gunter Hermanns, engineer –Wagner:Tristan und Isolde (Karl Bohm, conductor)
- Edward (Bud) T. Graham, engineer –Rachmaninoff:Symphony No. 1 in D (Eugene Ormandy, conductor)
- Hellmuth Kolbe, engineer –Mahler:Symphony No. 8 in E Flat (Leonard Bernstein, conductor)
- Edwin Begley, engineer –Mahler:Symphony No. 3 in D Minor (Erich Leinsdorf, conductor)
- Gordon Parry, engineer –Mahler:Symphony No. 2 in C Minor ("Resurrection") (Georg Solti, conductor)
- Gordon Parry, engineer –Mahler:Das Lied Von Der Erde (Leonard Bernstein, conductor)
| [5] |
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| 1969 | Gordon Parry (engineer) | Mahler:Symphony No. 9 in D | Georg Solti (conductor) & theLondon Symphony Orchestra | - Anthony Salvatore, engineer –Verdi:Ernani (Thomas Schippers, conductor)
- Bernard Keville, engineer –Stravinsky:Rite of Spring (Seiji Ozawa, conductor)
- Michael Moran, engineer –Rachmaninoff:Concerto No. 3 in D Minor for Piano and Orchestra (Alexis Weissenberg, piano;Georges Pretre, conductor)
- Anthony Salvatore, engineer –Prokofiev:Romeo and Juliet (Erich Leinsdorf, conductor)
- Bernard Keville, engineer –Messiaen: Turangalia/Takemitsu: November Steps (Seiji Ozawa, conductor)
- Gordon Parry &Kenneth Wilkinson, engineers –Britten:Billy Budd (Benjamin Britten, conductor)
| [6] |
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| 1970 | Walter Carlos[a] | Switched-On Bach | Walter Carlos | - Edwin Begley, engineer –Mahler:Symphony No 1 (Eugene Ormandy, conductor)
- Paul Goodman, engineer –Khachaturian: Symphony No. 3/Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture (Leopold Stokowski, conductor)
- Milton Cherin &Edward (Bud) T. Graham, engineers –Gabrieli: Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli (The Philadelphia, Cleveland And Chicago Brass Ensembles)
- Edward (Bud) T. Graham & Arthur Kendy, engineers –Boulez Conducts Debussy, Vol. 2 "Images Pour Orchestre" (Pierre Boulez, conductor)
- Ed Michalski &Fred Plaut, engineers –Berio: Sinfonia (Luciano Berio, conductor)
| [7] |
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| 1971 | Arthur Kendy,Fred Plaut, Ray Moore (engineers) | Stravinsky:Le Sacre du Printemps | Pierre Boulez (conductor) & theCleveland Orchestra | - Walter Carlos, engineer –The Well-Tempered Synthesizer[b]
- Paul Goodman, engineer –Shostakovich:Symphony No. 6 and Age of Gold (Leopold Stokowsky, conductor)
- Bernard Keville, engineer –Shostakovich:Symphony No. 13 (Eugene Ormandy, conductor)
- James Lock & Gordon Parry, engineers –R. Strauss:Der Rosenkavalier (Georg Solti, conductor)
- Gunter Hermanns, engineer –Ives:Three Places in New England/Ruggles: Sun Treader (Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor)
- Carson C. Taylor, engineer –Brahms: Double Concerto (Concerto on A Minor for Violin and Cello) (George Szell, conductor;David Oistrakh;Mstislav Rostropovich)
| [8] |
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| 1972 | Vittorio Negri (engineer) | Berlioz:Requiem | Colin Davis (conductor), theWandsworth School Boys Choir & theLondon Symphony Orchestra | - Paul Goodman, engineer –Tchaikovsky:1812 Overture/Beethoven:Wellington's Victory (Eugene Ormandy, conductor)
- Carson Taylor, engineer –Mahler:Symphony No. 1 in D Major (Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor)
- Carson Taylor, engineer –Janácek: Sinfonietta (Seiji Ozawa, conductor)
- Gunter Hermanns, engineer –Holst:The Planets (William Steinberg, conductor)
- Marc Aubort, engineer –Crumb: Ancient Voices of Children (Jan De Gaetani, mezzo soprano; Michael Dash, singer;Arthur Weisberg, conductor)
- Gordon Parry, engineer –Beethoven:Egmont - Complete Incidental Music (George Szell, conductor)
| [9] |
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| 1973 | Gordon Parry,Kenneth Wilkinson (engineers) | Mahler:Symphony No. 8 (Symphony of a Thousand) | Georg Solti (conductor) & theChicago Symphony Orchestra | - James Lock, Colin Moorfoot & Gordon Parry, engineers –Wagner:Tannhauser (Georg Solti, conductor)
- Paul Goodman, engineer –Gliere: Ilya Murometz (Symphony No. 3) (Eugene Ormandy, conductor)
- Edward (Bud) T. Graham & Ray Moore, engineers –Boulez Conducts Stravinsky (Petrushka) (Pierre Boulez, conductor)
- Edward (Bud) T. Graham & Ray Moore, engineers –Boulez Conducts Bartok/The Miraculous Mandarin (Complete) andDance Suite (Pierre Boulez, conductor)
- Don Puluse, engineer –Bernstein: Mass (Leonard Bernstein, conductor)
- Hans Lauterslager, engineer –Berlioz:Benvenuto Cellini (Colin Davis, conductor)
| [10] |
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| 1974 | Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Ray Moore (engineers) | Bartók:Concerto for Orchestra | Pierre Boulez (conductor) & theNew York Philharmonic | - Gordon Parry &Kenneth Wilkinson, engineers –Wagner:Parsifal (Georg Solti, conductor)
- Anthony Salvatore, engineer –Puccini: Heroines (Downes, conductor)
- Jack Law, Colin Moorfoot & Gordon Parry, engineers –Prokofiev:Romeo and Juliet (Lorin Maazel, conductor)
- Edward (Bud) T. Graham & Larry Keyes, engineers –Holst:The Planets (Leonard Bernstein, conductor)
- Gunter Hermanns, engineer –Bizet: Carmen (Leonard Bernstein, conductor)
- Hans Schweigmann, engineer –Berlioz:Symphonie Fantastique (Seiji Ozawa, conductor)
- Paul Goodman, engineer –Bach's Greatest Fugues (Eugene Ormandy, conductor)
| [11] |
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| 1975 | Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) | Berlioz:Symphonie Fantastique | Georg Solti (conductor) & theChicago Symphony Orchestra | - Isao Tomita, engineer –Snowflakes Are Dancing
- Anthony Salvatore, engineer –Puccini:La Bohème (Georg Solti, conductor)
- Marc Aubort & Joanna Nickrenz, engineers –Percussion Music (New Jersey Percussion Ensemble)
- Robert Auger &Paul Goodman, engineers –Ives: Symphony No. 4 (Jose Serebrier, conductor)
- Milton Cherin, Ray Moore & Stanley Tonkel, engineers –Copland: Appalachian Spring (Aaron Copland, conductor)
- Edward (Bud) T. Graham & Ray Moore, engineers –Bernstein: Candide (Original Cast)
| [12] |
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| 1976 | Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Milton Cherin, Ray Moore (engineers) | Ravel:Daphnis et Chloé (Complete Ballet) | Pierre Boulez (conductor), the Camarata Singers & theNew York Philharmonic | - James Lock &Kenneth Wilkinson, engineers –Stravinsky:The Rite of Spring (Georg Solti, conductor)
- Colin Moorfoot & Gordon Parry, engineers –Ravel:Daphnis and Chloe (Lorin Maazel, conductor)
- Edward (Bud) T. Graham & Ray Moore, engineers –Orff: Carmina Burana (Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor)
- Hans Schweigmann, engineer –Beethoven:Symphony No. 5 in C Minor (Klaus Kleiber, conductor)
- Kenneth Wilkinson, engineer –Beethoven: Symphonies (9) Complete (Georg Solti, conductor)
- Heinz Wildhagen, engineer –Bartók:Concerto for Orchestra (Rafael Kubelik, conductor)
| [13] |
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| 1977 | Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Milton Cherin, Ray Moore (engineers) | Gershwin:Rhapsody in Blue | Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor),George Gershwin, & theColumbia Jazz Band | - James Lock, engineer –Strauss:An Alpine Symphony (Zubin Mehta, conductor)
- Klaus Scheibe, engineer –Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor ("Organ") (Daniel Barenboim, conductor)
- Jack Law, James Lock & Colin Moorfoot, engineers –Mahler:Symphony No. 2 in C Minor ("Resurrection") (Zubin Mehta, conductor)
- Arthur Lilley, James Lock, Michael Mailes & Colin Moorfoot, engineers –Gershwin:Porgy and Bess (Lorin Maazel, conductor;Leona Mitchell andWillard White)
- Milton Cherin,Edward (Bud) T. Graham & Ray Moore, engineers –Falla: Three Cornered Hat (Boulez Conducts Falla) (Pierre Boulez, conductor)
- Chris Parker, engineer –Britten: Four Sea Interludes and Passagaglia From (London Symphony Orchestra)
- Paul Goodman, engineer –Brahms:Symphony No. 1 in C Minor (James Levine, conductor)
- Seth Dworken,Patrick Gleeson, Neil Schwartz & Skip Shimmin, engineers –Beyond The Sun: An Electronic Portrait of Holst's "The Planets" (Patrick Gleeson)
| [14] |
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| 1978 | Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) | Ravel:Bolero | Georg Solti (conductor) & theChicago Symphony Orchestra | - Klaus Scheibe, engineer –Mahler:Symphony No. 9 in D Major (Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor)
- Heinz Wildhagen, engineer –Mahler:Symphony No. 2 in C Minor ("Resurrection") (Claudio Abbado, conductor)
- Paul Goodman & Anthony Salvatore, engineers –Gershwin:Porgy and Bess (DeMain, conductor)
- Dick Van Dijk & S.J.W. Witteveen, engineers –Berlioz:L'Enfance Du Christ (Colin Davis, conductor)
- Milton Cherin,Edward (Bud) T. Graham & Ray Moore, engineers –Bartók:The Wooden Prince (Pierre Boulez, conductor)
| [15] |
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| 1979 | Arthur Kendy,Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Ray Moore (engineers) | Varèse: Ameriques/Arcana/Ionisation (Boulez Conducts Varese) | Pierre Boulez (conductor) & theNew York Philharmonic | - Marc Aubort, engineer –Prokofiev:Alexander Nevsky (Leonard Slatkin, conductor)
- Chris Parker, engineer –Messiaen: Turangalila Symphony (André Previn, conductor)
- Vittorio Negri, engineer –Holst:The Planets (Neville Marriner, conductor)
- Jack Renner, engineer –Frederick Fennell - Cleveland Symphonic Winds (Frederick Fennell, conductor)
- Gunter Hermanns, engineer –Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B Flat Major (Herbert von Karajan, conductor)
- Paul Goodman, engineer –Berlioz:Symphonie Fantastique (Eugene Ormandy, conductor)
- Gunter Hermanns, engineer –Beethoven: Symphonies (9) complete (Herbert von Karajan, conductor)
- Vittorio Negri, engineer –Bach: Mass in B Minor (Neville Marriner, conductor)
- Doug Sax & Bud Wyatt, engineers –Wagner:Ride of the Valkyries/Tristan: Prelude Act I/Gotterdammerung: Siegfried's Funeral Music/Siegfried: Forest Mumurs (Erich Leinsdorf, conductor)
| [16] |
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| 1980 | Anthony Salvatore (engineer) | Sondheim:Sweeney Todd | Original Cast withAngela Lansbury &Len Cariou | - Jack Renner, engineer –Stravinsky:The Firebird Suite/Borodin: Prince Igor (Robert Shaw, conductor)
- John Kurlander, engineer –Sibelius: Four Legends from The "Kalevala" (Eugene Ormandy, conductor)
- Marc Aubort & Joanna Nickrenz, engineers –Rachmaninoff: Symphonies Nos. 2 in E Minor and 3 in A Minor (Leonard Slatkin, conductor)
- Klaus Heimann, engineer –Prokofiev:Scythian Suite/Lt. Kije (Claudio Abbado, conductor)
- John Kurlander, engineer –Hindemith: Concert Music for Strings and Brass/ Symphonic Metamorphosis On Themes by Weber (Eugene Ormandy, conductor)
- Tom Jung, engineer –Copland: Appalachian Spring/Ives:Three Places in New England (Carl Davis, conductor)
- Vittorio Negri, engineer –Britten: Peter Grimes (Colin Davis, conductor)
- Jack Renner, engineer –Mussorgsky-Ravel:Pictures at an Exhibition (Lorin Maazel conducting theCleveland Orchestra)
- Klaus Heimann, engineer –Bartók: Concertos for Piano Nos. 1 and 2 (Claudio Abbado, conductor;Maurizio Pollini, piano)
- Isao Tomita, engineer –The Bermuda Triangle
| [17] |
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| 1981 | Karl-August Naegler (engineer) | Berg:Lulu (Complete Version) | Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Orchestre de l'Opera de Paris | - John McClure & Ed Michalski, engineers –Shostakovich:Symphony No. 5 (Leonard Bernstein, conductor)
- Michael Gray, engineer –Brahms: Concerto in A Minor for Violin and Cello (Bernard Haitink, conductor;Itzhak Perlman, violin,Mstislav Rostropovich, cello)
- Edward (Bud) T. Graham & Ray Moore, engineers –Bartók: Concerto for Violins and Orchestra (Zubin Mehta, conductor;Pinchas Zukerman, violin)
- Robert Norberg & Mitchell Tanenbaum, engineers –Bach: The Six Brandenburg Concertos (Gerard Schwarz, conductor)
- Phil Edwards, engineer –Almedia: First Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra (Elmer Ramsey, conductor;Laurindo Almeida)
| [18] |
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| 1982 | Andrew Kazdin,Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Ray Moore (engineers) | Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration | Zubin Mehta (conductor),Isaac Stern,Itzhak Perlman,Pinchas Zukerman, & theNew York Philharmonic | - Jules Bloomenthal, Sydney Davis,Jack Renner & Jim Wolvington, engineers –Orff: Carmina Burana/Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Weber (Robert Shaw, conductor)
- Paul Goodman & Michael Gray, engineers –Orff: Carmina Burana (Eduardo Mata, conductor; Richard Cooke, choir director)
- Jules Bloomenthal, Sydney Davis,Paul Goodman & Don Morrison, engineers –Mahler:Symphony No. 10 (Deryck Cook Final Version) (James Levine, conductor)
- Michael Sheady, engineer –Holst:The Planets (Simon Rattle, conductor)
| [19] |
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| 1983 | Paul Goodman (engineer) | Mahler:Symphony No. 7 in E Minor (Song of the Night) | James Levine (conductor) & theChicago Symphony Orchestra | - Gunter Hermanns, engineer –Holst:The Planets (Herbert Von Karajan, conductor)
- Paul Goodman, engineer –Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor (From The New World) (James Levine, conductor)
- Simon Eadon & James Lock, engineers –Berlioz:La Damnation de Faust (Georg Solti, conductor)
- Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Martin Greenblatt, John Johnson, Ray Moore & Stanley Tonkel, engineers –Bach: The Goldberg Variations (Glenn Gould, piano)
| [20] |
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| 1984 | James Lock (engineer) | Mahler:Symphony No. 9 in D | Georg Solti (conductor) & theChicago Symphony Orchestra | - Klaus Scheibe, engineer –Verdi:Falstaff (Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor)
- Paul Goodman & William King, engineers –Leontyne Price and Marilyn Horne in Concert at The Met (James Levine, conductor;Marilyn Horne,Leontyne Price)
- John Dunkerley & James Lock, engineers –Haydn: The Creation (Georg Solti, conductor)
- Marc Aubort, engineer –Del Tredici: In Memory of a Summer Day (Child Alice, Part One) (Leonard Slatkin, conductor;Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano)
- Gunter Hermanns, engineer –R. Strauss:Metamorphosen/Death and Transfiguration (Herbert von Karajan, conductor)
| [21] |
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| 1985 | Paul Goodman (engineer) | Prokofiev:Symphony No. 5 in B Flat, Op. 100 | Leonard Slatkin (conductor) & theSaint Louis Symphony Orchestra | - Tony Faulkner &Edward (Bud) T. Graham, engineers –Wynton Marsalis-Edita Gruberova, Handel, Purcell, Torelli, Fasch, Molter (Raymond Leppard, conductor;Wynton Marsalis,Edita Gruberova)
- John Dunkerley & James Lock, engineers –Mahler:Symphony No. 4 in G Major (Georg Solti, conductor)
- Paul Goodman, engineer –Brahms:Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor (James Levine, conductor)
- Paul Goodman, engineer –Brahms:A German Requiem (James Levine, conductor;Kathleen Battle,Hakan Hagegard)
| [22] |
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| 1986 | Jack Renner (engineer) | Berlioz:Requiem | Robert Shaw (conductor) & theAtlanta Symphony Orchestra | - Paul Goodman & Thomas MacCluskey, engineers –Tchaikovsky:The Nutcracker (Complete) (Leonard Slatkin, conductor)
- Jack Renner, engineer –Respighi: Pines of Rome/The Birds/Fountains of Rome (Louis Lane, conductor)
- Paul Goodman, engineer –Prokofiev:Cinderella (Leonard Slatkin, conductor)
- James Lock, engineer –Mahler:Symphony No. 1 in D Major (Georg Solti, conductor)
- Paul Goodman, engineer –Dvorák: Symphony No. 7 in D Minor (James Levine, conductor)
- Jack Renner, engineer –Berlioz:Les nuits d'été/Faure: Pelleas Et Melisande (Robert Shaw, conductor;Elly Ameling, soprano)
| [23] |
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| 1987 | Paul Goodman (engineer) | Horowitz - The Studio Recordings, New York 1985 | Vladimir Horowitz | - Michael Sheady, engineer –Respighi: The Pines of Rome, The Fountains of Rome and Roman Festivals (Riccardo Muti, conductor)
- James Lock, engineer –Liszt: A Faust Symphony (Georg Solti, conductor)
- Marc Aubort, engineer –Copland: Billy The Kid and Rodeo (Complete Ballets) (Leonard Slatkin, conductor)
- Paul Goodman, engineer –Bernstein: Candide (John Maucer, conductor)
| [24] |
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| 1988 | Jack Renner (engineer) | Fauré:Requiem/Duruflé: Requiem | Robert Shaw (conductor) & theAtlanta Symphony Orchestra | | [25] |
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| 1989 | Jack Renner (engineer) | Verdi:Requiem & Operatic Choruses | Robert Shaw (conductor) & theAtlanta Symphony Orchestra | | [26] |
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| 1990 | Jack Renner (engineer) | Britten:War Requiem | Robert Shaw (conductor), theAtlanta Symphony Orchestra & theAtlanta Boy Choir | | [27] |
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| 1991 | Jack Renner (engineer) | Rachmaninoff: Vespers | Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Robert Shaw Festival Singers | | [28] |
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| 1992 | Gregor Zielinsky (engineer) | Bernstein:Candide | Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & theLondon Symphony Orchestra | - Wolfgang Mitlehner, engineer –Wagner:Götterdämmerung (James Levine, conductor;Cheryl Studer,Hildegard Behrens,Reiner Goldberg,Hanna Schwarz,Bernd Weikl,Ekkehard Wlaschiha,Matti Salminen)
- Lawrence Rock, engineer –Corigliano: Symphony No. 1 (Daniel Barenboim, conductor)
- Stanley Goodall, engineer –Bartók:Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Etc. (Georg Solti, conductor)
- William Hoekstra, engineer –Barber: Symphony No. 1, Op. 9; Piano Concerto Op. 38; Souvenirs, Op. 28 (Leonard Slatkin, conductor;John Browning, piano)
| [29] |
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| 1993 | James Lock, John Pellowe, Jonathan Stokes & Philip Siney (engineers) | R. Strauss:Die Frau ohne Schatten | Georg Solti (conductor) & theVienna Philharmonic Orchestra | - Michael Bishop, engineer –Stravinsky:The Rite of Spring andPulcinella Suite (Yoel Levi, conductor)
- Stanley Goodall, engineer –Orff: Carmina Burana (Herbert Blomstedt, conductor)
- John Eargle, engineer –Hanson: Mosaics; Piano Con. In G; Syms. Nos. 5 and 7 (Gerard Schwarz, conductor; Carole Rosenberger, piano)
- Mitch Heller, engineer –Barber: The Lovers; Prayers of Kierkegaard (Andrew Schenck, conductor)
- Keith O. Johnson, engineer –Arnold: A Sussex Overture; Beckus The Dandipratt; The Smoke; The Fair Field (Malcolm Arnold, conductor)
| [30] |
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| 1994 | Rainer Maillard (engineer) | Bartók:The Wooden Prince &Cantata Profana | Pierre Boulez (conductor) & theChicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus | - Colin Moorfoot, engineer –Tangazo-Music of Latin America (Works of Chavez, Copland, Roldan, Piazzolla, Ginastera, Etc.) (Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor)
- Jack Renner, engineer –Haydn: The Creation (Robert Shaw, conductor)
- Marcus Herzog, engineer –Debussy:Le Martyre De Saint Sebastien (Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor)
- Henk Jansen, engineer –Adams: The Death of Klinghoffer (Kent Nagano, conductor;James Maddalena, Thomas Hammons,Sanford Sylvan, Sheila Nadler, Stephanie Friedman)
| [31] |
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| 1995 | William Hoekstra (engineer) | Copland: Music for Films (The Red Pony, Our Town, Etc.) | Leonard Slatkin (conductor) & theSaint Louis Symphony Orchestra | | [32] |
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| 1996 | Jonathan Stokes, Michael Mailes (engineers) | Bartók:Concerto for Orchestra; "Kossuth" - Symphonic Poem | Herbert Blomstedt (conductor) & theSan Francisco Symphony | - William Hoekstra & Lawrence Rock, engineers –The Typewriter - Leroy Anderson Favorites (Leonard Slatkin, conductor)
- Tony Faulkner, engineer –The Lily and The Lamb (Chant and Polyphony from Medieval England) (Anonymous 4)
- Tony Faulkner, engineer –Prokofiev:Alexander Nevsky (Yuri Temirkanov, conductor)
- William Hoekstra & Lawrence Rock, engineers –Orff: Carmina Burana (Leonard Slatkin, conductor)
| [33] |
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| 1997 | Lawrence Rock, William Hoekstra (engineers) | Copland: Dance Symphony; Short Symphony; Organ Symphony | Leonard Slatkin (conductor) & theSaint Louis Symphony Orchestra | - John Eargle, engineer –Tchaikovsky:1812 Overture (with Chorus); Moscow Coronation Cantata, Etc. (Andrew Litton, conductor)
- Keith O. Johnson, engineer –Stravinsky:The Song of The Nightingale;The Firebird Suite, Etc. (Eiji Oue, conductor)
- Charles Harbutt, engineer –Bartók: The Three Piano Concertos (Yefim Bronfman, piano)
- Lawrence Rock, engineer –Barber: Violin Concerto; Cello Concerto, Etc. (Kyoko Takezawa, violin;Steven Isserlis, cello)
| [34] |
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| 1998 | Michael J. Bishop,Jack Renner (engineers) | Copland: The Music of America (Fanfare for the Common Man;Rodeo, etc.) | Erich Kunzel (conductor) & theCincinnati Pops Orchestra | - Neil Hutchinson, Krzysztof Jarosz, James Lock & John Pellowe, engineers –Wagner:Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Georg Solti, conductor)
- Tony Faulkner, engineer –Holst:The Planets/Varèse:Arcana (Leonard Slatkin, conductor)
- Richard King, engineer –Herrmann: The Film Scores (Vertigo: Suite; Torn Curtain; Marnie: Suite, Etc.) (Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor)
- Tony Faulkner &Jack Renner, engineers –Brahms: The Four Symphonies; Academic Festival Overture, Etc. (Charles Mackerras, conductor)
| [35] |
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| 1999 | Jack Renner (engineer) | Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard/Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem/Bartók:Cantata Profana | Robert Shaw (conductor) & theAtlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus | | [36] |
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| 2000 | Markus Heiland (engineer) | Stravinsky:The Firebird;The Rite of Spring;Perséphone | Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), the Peninsula Boys Choir, theSan Francisco Girl's Chorus & theSan Francisco Symphony Orchestra & Chorus | - Michael Bishop & Thomas Knab, engineers –Mahler:Symphony No. 3 in D Minor (Jesús López-Cobos, conductor)
- Michael Bishop, engineer –Dvorák: Stabat Mater (Robert Shaw, conductor)
- Marc Aubort, engineer –Dvorák: Piano Trio "Dumky", Op. 90 /Shostakovich:Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 67/Rachmaninov: Vocalise (Eroica Trio)
- David Moulton & Curt Wittig, engineers –Crumb: Ancient Voices of Children (A Little Suite for Christmas, A. D. 1979; Three Early Songs, Etc.) (James Freeman, conductor/piano; Orchestra 2001; Barbara Ann Martin, soprano)
| [37] |
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| 2001 | John M. Eargle (engineer) | Dvořák: Requiem, Op. 89;Sym. No. 9, Op. 95 "From the New World" | Zdeněk Mácal | | [38] |
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| 2002 | Richard King (engineer) | Bernstein (Arr. Brohn &Corigliano): West Side Story Suite (Lonely Town; Make Our Garden Grow, Etc.) | Joshua Bell | - Ralph Couzens, engineer –Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (Sym. No. 2, Org. 1913 Version) (Richard Hickox)
- Keith O. Johnson, engineer –Respighi: Belkis, Queen of Sheba-Suite; Dance of The Gnomes; The Pines of Rome (Eiji Oue)
- Marc J. Aubort, engineer –Haydn: The Complete String Quartets (The Angeles String Quartet)
- Simon Rhodes, engineer –Berlioz:Les Troyens (Sir Colin Davis)
| [39] |
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| 2003 | Michael J. Bishop (engineer) | Vaughan Williams:A Sea Symphony (Sym. No. 1) | Robert Spano (conductor),Norman Mackenzie (chorus director), & theAtlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus | | [40] |
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| 2004 | Richard King & Todd Whitelock (engineers) | Obrigado Brazil | Yo-Yo Ma | | [41] |
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| 2005 | Jack Renner (engineer) | Higdon: City Scape; Concerto for Orchestra | Robert Spano & theAtlanta Symphony Orchestra | - Wolfgang Decker & Charly Morell, engineers –Turnage-Scofield: Scorched (Hugh Wolff)
- Robert J. Friedrich, engineer –LAGQ's Guitar Heroes (Towner, McLaughlin, Hendrix, Metheny, Etc.) (Los Angeles Guitar Quartet)
- Bill Maylone & Christopher Willis, engineers –Kurka: Symphonic Works (Symphony No. 2, Op. 24; Julius Caesar; Music For Orchestra, Etc.) (Carlos Kalmar)
- Jean Chatauret & Jean-Martial Golaz, engineers –Glazunov: Symphony No. 5; The Seasons, Op. 67 (Complete Ballet) (José Serebrier)
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| 2006 | Da-Hong Seetoo (engineer) | Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets | Emerson String Quartet | | [43] |
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| 2007 | Michael J. Bishop (engineer) | Elgar:Enigma Variations;Britten:The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra,Four Sea Interludes | Paavo Järvi & theCincinnati Symphony Orchestra | | [44] |
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| 2008 | John Newton (engineer) | Grechaninov: Passion Week | Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Bach Choir & the Kansas City Chorale | | [45] |
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| 2009 | David Frost, Tom Lazarus & Christopher Willis, engineers | Traditions and Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road Chicago | Miguel Harth-Bedoya,Alan Gilbert,Silk Road Ensemble,Wu Man,Yo-Yo Ma &Chicago Symphony Orchestra | | [46] |
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| 2010 | Peter Laenger (engineer) | Mahler:Symphony No. 8; Adagio FromSymphony No. 10 | Michael Tilson Thomas & theSan Francisco Symphony | - John Newton & Dirk Sobotka, engineers –Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 15 (Valery Gergiev & Orchestra of The Mariinsky Theatre)
- Jesse Lewis & John Newton, engineers –Ravel:Daphnis Et Chloé(James Levine,Tanglewood Festival Chorus &Boston Symphony Orchestra)
- Judy Kirschner, engineer –QSF Plays Brubeck (Quartet San Francisco)
- Neil Hutchinson & Jonathan Stokes, engineers –Britten:Billy Budd (Daniel Harding,Nathan Gunn,Ian Bostridge,Gidon Saks, Neal Davies,Jonathan Lemalu,Matthew Rose,London Symphony Chorus &London Symphony Orchestra)
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| 2011 | TIE- Mark Donahue, John Hill & Dirk Sobotka (engineers)
- Leslie Ann Jones, Kory Kruckenberg, Brandie Lane & David Sabee (engineers)
| | | - Steven D. Miller, Allen M. Sides & Roger Treece, engineers –Vocabularies (Bobby McFerrin)
- Leslie Ann Jones, Kory Kruckenberg, Brandie Lane & David Sabee, engineers –Porter, Quincy: Complete Viola Works (Eliesha Nelson &John McLaughlin Williams)
- Mark Donahue,David Frost, Tom Lazarus, Steven Mackey & Dirk Sobotka, engineers –Mackey, Steven: Dreamhouse (Gil Rose, Rinde Eckert, Catch Electric Guitar Quartet, Synergy Vocals & Boston Modern Orchestra Project)
- Robert J. Friedrich, engineer –Have You Ever Been...? (Turtle Island Quartet,Stefon Harris &Mike Marshall)
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| 2012 | Byeong-Joon Hwang and John Newton (engineers); Jesse Lewis (master engineer) | Aldridge:Elmer Gantry | William Boggs, Keith Phares, Patricia Risley, Vale Rideout,Frank Kelley,Heather Buck, Florentine Opera Chorus &Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra | - Torbjörn Samuelsson, engineer –Weinberg: Symphony No. 3 & Suite No. 4 from The Golden Key (Thord Svedlund &Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra)
- Arne Akselberg, engineer –Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4 (Leif Ove Andsnes,Antonio Pappano &London Symphony Orchestra)
- Tom Lazarus, Mat Lejeune, Bill Maylone & Jon Zacks (engineers); Joe Lambert (mastering engineer) –Mackey: Lonely Motel - Music from Slide (Rinde Eckert,Steven Mackey &Eighth Blackbird)
- Richard King, engineer –Glazunov: Complete Concertos (José Serebrier, Alexey Serov, Wen-Sinn Yang,Alexander Romanovsky,Rachel Barton Pine, Marc Chisson &Russian National Orchestra)
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| 2013 | Tom Caulfield & John Newton (engineers); Mark Donahue (mastering engineer) | Life & Breath - Choral Works by Casper Clausen | Charles Bruffy & the Kansas City Chorale | | [50] |
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| 2014 | David Frost, Brian Losch &Tim Martyn (engineers); Tim Martyn (mastering engineer) | Winter Morning Walks | Dawn Upshaw,Maria Schneider, theAustralian Chamber Orchestra & theSt. Paul Chamber Orchestra | - Hans-Martin Renz, Wolfgang Rixius and Ulrich Ruscher, engineers –Vinci: Artaserse (Diego Fasolis,Philippe Jaroussky,Max Emanuel Cenčić,Daniel Behle,Franco Fagioli,Valer Barna-Sabadus, Yuriy Mynenko &Concerto Köln)
- Mark Donahue & Jesse Lewis, engineers –Roomful of Teeth (Brad Wells & Roomful of Teeth)
- Morten Lindberg, engineer –La Voie Triomphale (Ole Kristian Ruud & theStaff Band of the Norwegian Armed Forces)
- Morten Lindberg –Hymn to the Virgin (Tone Bianca Sparre Dahl &Schola Cantorum)
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| 2015 | Michael Bishop (engineer/mastering engineer) | Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem; Symphony No. 4; The Lark Ascending | Robert Spano, Norman Mackenzie,Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus | | [52] |
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| 2016 | Leslie Ann Jones, John Kilgore, Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum & Justin Merrill (engineers); Patricia Sullivan (mastering engineer) | Ask Your Mama | San Francisco Ballet Orchestra &George Manahan | | [53] |
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| 2017 | Mark Donahue, David L. Williams & Fred Vogler (engineers) | Corigliano:The Ghosts of Versailles | James Conlon,Guanqun Yu,Joshua Guerrero,Patricia Racette,Christopher Maltman, Lucy Schaufer,Lucas Meachem,LA Opera Chorus & Orchestra | | [54]
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| 2018 | Mark Donahue (engineer) | Shostakovich:Symphony No. 5;Barber:Adagio | Manfred Honeck &Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | | [56] |
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| 2019 | Shawn Murphy & Nick Squire (engineers); Tim Martyn (mastering engineer) | Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11 | Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted byAndris Nelsons | - Mark Donahue, engineer and mastering engineer; Dirk Sobotka, engineer –Bates:The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs (Michael Christie, Garrett Sorenson, Wei Wu,Sasha Cooke, Edward Parks, Jessica E. Jones & Santa Fe Opera Orchestra)
- Mark Donahue, engineer and mastering engineer –Beethoven:Symphony No. 3/R. Strauss:Horn Concerto No. 1 (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conducted byManfred Honeck)
- Keith O. Johnson, engineer and mastering engineer; Sean Royce Martin, engineer –John Williams At The Movies (The Dallas Winds conducted byJerry Junkin)
- Bill Maylone, engineer and mastering engineer; Mary Mazurek, engineer –Liquid Melancholy - Clarinet Music of James M. Stephenson (John Bruce Yeh)
- Tom Caulfield, engineer; Jesse Lewis, mastering engineer –Visions and Variations (A Far Cry)
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| 2020 | Leslie Ann Jones (engineer);Robert C. Ludwig (mastering engineer) | Riley:Sun Rings | Kronos Quartet | | [58] |
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| 2021 | David Frost & Charlie Post (engineers); Silas Brown (mastering engineer) | Shostakovich:Symphony No. 13, Babi Yar | Riccardo Muti & theChicago Symphony Orchestra | - David Frost & John Kerswell, engineers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer –Gershwin:Porgy and Bess (David Robertson,Eric Owens,Angel Blue,Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)
- Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, engineers/mastering engineers –Ives: Complete Symphonies (Gustavo Dudamel & theLos Angeles Philharmonic)
- Kyle Pyke, engineer; Jesse Lewis & Kyle Pyke, mastering engineers –Hynes: Fields (Devonté Hynes &Third Coast Percussion)
- Bernd Gottinger, engineer –Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshua (JoAnn Falletta, James K. Bass, Adam Luebke, UCLA Chamber Singers,Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra & Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
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| 2022 | Leslie Ann Jones & Michael Rowanoski, engineer | Chanticleer Sings Christmas | Chanticleer | - Jonathan Lackey, Billy Maylone & Dan Nichols, engineers; Bill Maylone, mastering engineer –Archetypes (Sérgio Assad,Clarice Assad &Third Coast Percussion)
- Richard King, engineer –Beethoven: Cello Sonatas - Hope Amid Tears (Yo-Yo Ma &Emanuel Ax)
- Mark Donahue, engineer & mastering engineer –Beethoven:Symphony No. 9 (The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh & ThePittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conducted byManfred Honeck)
- Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, engineers & mastering engineers –Mahler:Symphony No. 8, "Symphony of a Thousand" (Gustavo Dudamel, Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, Luke McEndarfer, Robert Istad & Grant Gershon (soloists), Los Angeles Children's Chorus, Los Angeles Master Chorale, The National Children's Chorus, the Pacific Chorale &Los Angeles Philharmonic)
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| 2023 | Shawn Murphy, Charlie Post &Gary Rydstrom (engineers); Michael Rowanowski (mastering engineer) | Bates: Philharmonia Fantastique - The Making of the Orchestra | Edwin Outwater (conductor) & theChicago Symphony Orchestra | | [61] |
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| 2024 | David Frost & Charlie Post (engineers); Silas Brown (mastering engineer) | Contemporary American Composers | Riccardo Muti & theChicago Symphony Orchestra | - Patrick Dillet, Mitchell Graham, Jesse Lewis, Kyle Pyke,Andrew Scheps & John Weston (engineers);Helge Sten (mastering engineer) forThe Blue Hour (Shara Nova &A Far Cry)
- Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay (engineers/mastering engineers) forFandango (Gustavo Dudamel,Anne Akiko Meyers, Gustavo Castillo &Los Angeles Philharmonic)
- Christopher Moretti & John Weston (engineers); Shauna Barravecchio & Jesse Lewis (mastering engineers) forSanlıkol: A Gentleman of Istanbul - Symphony for Strings, Percussion, Piano, Oud, Ney & Tenor (Mehmet Ali Sanlikol, George Lernis &A Far Cry)
- Mark Donahue (engineer/mastering engineer) forTchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 &Schulhoff: Five Pieces (Manfred Honeck & ThePittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
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| 2025 | Mark Donahue & John Newton (engineers); Mark Donahue (mastering engineer) | Bruckner: Symphony No. 7;Bates: Ressurexit | Manfred Honeck &Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | - Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay (engineers and mastering engineers) forAdams: Girl of the Golden West (John Adams,Daniela Mack, Ryan McKinny,Paul Appleby, Hye Jung Lee,Elliot Madore,Julia Bullock,Davóne Tines,Los Angeles Philharmonic &Los Angeles Master Chorale)
- Silas Brown, Doron Schachter & Michael Schwartz (engineers);Matt Colton (mastering engineer) forAndres: The Blind Banister (Andrew Cyr,Inbal Segev & Metropolis Ensemble)
- Daniel Shores (engineer and mastering engineer) forClear Voices in the Dark (Matthew Guard & Skylark Vocal Ensemble)
- Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay (engineers and mastering engineers) forOrtiz: Revolución Diamantina (Gustavo Dudamel,Maria Dueñas, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale)
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| 2026 | Winners TBA on 1 February 2026 | | | - Mike Tierney (engineer); Alan Silverman (mastering engineer) forCerrone: Don't Look Down (Sandbox Percussion)
- Gintas Norvila (engineer); Jennifer Nulsen (mastering engineer) forEastman: Symphony No. 2; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 (Franz-Welser Möst & theCleveland Orchestra)
- Shawn Murphy & Nick Squire (engineers); Tim Martyn (mastering engineer) forShostakovich: Lady MacBeth of the Mtsensk District (Andris Nelsons,Kristine Opolais,Günther Groissböck,Peter Hoare, Brenden Gunnell &Boston Symphony Orchestra)
- Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, Bill Maylone,Judith Sherman & David Skidmore, engineers; Joe Lambert, mastering engineer forStandard Stoppages (Third Coast Percussion)
- Morten Lindberg (engineer and mastering engineer) forYule (Trio Mediæval)
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