| Year | Winner(s) | Album title |
|---|
1987
(1st) |
| Barry Conyngham | Southern Cross Ice Carving |
| Australian Chamber Orchestra | Mozart in Delphi |
| Grant Foster | Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra |
| Robert Allworth | Last Look at Bronte |
| Sydney University Chamber Choir | The Victoria Requiem |
1988
(2nd) | Australian Opera | Voss |
1989
(3rd) |
| Flederman | Flederman |
| George Dreyfus | Rush -The Adventures of Sebastian the Fox and Other Goodies |
| Jennifer McGregor | The Jennifer McGregor Album |
| Sydney Symphony Orchestra,Australian Youth Orchestra,Joan Carden,John Howard | Australia Day / Child of Australia |
| Various Artists | Tropic of Capricorn |
1990
(4th) |
| Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players | Vivaldi: The Four Seasons |
| Australian Youth Orchestra | Works of Koehne, Stravinsky, Messiaen, Ravel |
| Geoffrey Collins &David Miller | Flute Australia Volume 2 |
| Jane Rutter | Nocturnes & Preludes for Flutes |
| Various Artists | Landscapes |
1991
(5th) |
| Stuart Challender,Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Sculthorpe: Orchestral Works |
| David Helfgott | David Helgott |
| Geoffrey Simon,Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Percy Grainger: Orchestral Works |
| Hartley Newnham &Nicholas Routley | Hermit of Green Light |
| The Choir ofChrist Church St Laurence | Victoria: Missa Surge Propera |
1992
(6th) |
| Stuart Challender,Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Vine: 3 Symphonies |
| Australian Ensemble | Cafe Concertino |
| The Australian Opera | Mozart Arias & Scenes |
| Geoffrey Lancaster | Fortepiano |
| Roger Woodward | Prokofiev Piano Works |
1993
(7th) |
| Australian Chamber Orchestra &Richard Tognetti | Janáček: Kreutzer Sonata for Strings, Barber: Adagio for Strings, Walton: Sonata for Strings |
| The Brandenburg Orchestra | The Brandenburg Orchestra |
| West Australian Symphony Orchestra | The Transposed Heads |
| Geoffrey Lancaster | Mozart Sonatas for Fortepiano |
| Roger Woodward | The Music of Frédéric Chopin |
1994
(8th) |
| Dene Olding,Sydney Symphony Orchestra,Challender,Porcelijn | Ross Edwards Orchestral Works |
| Australian Chamber Orchestra &Richard Tognetti | Mendelssohn: Octet in E Flat for Strings Op. 20 Sinfonia No. 9 in C. Swiss |
| Australian Chamber Orchestra &Richard Tognetti | Symphony Serenades and Suites |
| Nigel Butterley | John Cage |
| Dene Olding,Melbourne Symphony Orchestra,Iwaki | Violin Concertos |
1995
(9th) |
| Yvonne Kenny,Melbourne Symphony Orchestra,Vladimir Kamirski | Simple Gifts |
| Adelaide Symphony Orchestra,David Porcelijn,János Fürst | Powerhouse Three Poems of Byron – Capriccio Nocturnes Unchained Melody |
| Duncan Gifford | Debussy Preludes Books I & II |
| Slava Grigoryan | Spirit of Spain |
| Graham Pushee,Australian Brandenburg Orchestra,Paul Dyer | Handel: Opera Arias |
1996
(10th) |
| Australian Chamber Orchestra | Peter Sculthorpe: Music for Strings |
| Australian Chamber Orchestra | Spirit |
| Australian Ensemble | Shostakovich |
| Macquarie Trio | Beethoven Piano Trios |
| Marshall McGuire | Awakening |
1997
(11th) |
| Adelaide Symphony Orchestra,David Porcelijn | Peter Sculthorpe: Sun Music |
| Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, David Porcelijn | Peter Sculthorpe: The Fifth Continent |
| Tamara Anna Cislowska | The Enchanted Isle |
| Renaissance Players | Mirror of Light |
| Australian Chamber Orchestra | Il Tramonto - The Sunset |
1998
(12th) |
| Yvonne Kenny,Paul Dyer,Australian Brandenburg Orchestra | Handel: Arias |
| Tamara Anna Cislowska | The Persian Hours |
| Slava Grigoryan | Dance of the Angels |
| Karin Schaupp | Leyenda |
| Sydney Alpha Ensemble | Elena Kats-Chernin: Clocks |
1999
(13th) |
| Gerard Willems | Piano: Beethoven Sonatas Volume 1 |
| Sara Macliver (soprano),Australian Brandenburg Orchestra,Paul Dyer | If Love's a Sweet Passion |
| Tamara Anna Cislowska | Piano: The Russian Album |
| Paul Dean (clarinet),Queensland Symphony Orchestra,Richard Mills | Ariel's Music |
| Melbourne Symphony Orchestra,Vernon Handley | The Eternal Rhythm |
2000
(14th) |
| Gerard Willems | Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas |
| Rosamund Illing,Richard Bonynge,Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra | Amoureuse: Sacred and Profane Arias |
| Michael Kieran Harvey | Messiaen: Twenty Contemplations of the Infant Jesus |
| Simon Tedeschi | Simon Tedeschi |
| Richard Tognetti,Australian Chamber Orchestra | Beethoven Violin Concerto & Mozart Symphony No. 40 |
2001
(15th) |
| Genevieve Lacey,Brandenburg Orchestra,Paul Dyer | Vivaldi - Ii Flauto Dolce |
| Macquarie Trio | Schubert: Complete Piano Trios |
| Shu Cheen Yu | Lotus Moon |
| Stephanie McCallum | Perfume |
| Woof! | Tuneful Percussion |
2002
(16th) |
| Slava Grigoryan | Sonatas & Fantasies |
| David Hobson | Handel: Arias |
| Genevieve Lacey,Linda Kent | Piracy |
| Geoffrey Lancaster | Haydn: Keyboard Sonatas Volume 1 |
| Yvonne Kenny,Adelaide Symphony Orchestra | Gorecki: Symphony No. 3 |
2003
(17th) |
| Saffire | Saffire - The Australian Guitar Quartet |
| Marshall McGuire | The 20th Century Harp |
| Slava Grigoryan,Leonard Grigoryan | Play |
| Teddy Tahu Rhodes | Mozart Arias |
| Yvonne Kenny | Make Believe |
2004
(18th) |
| Teddy Tahu Rhodes | The Voice |
| Diana Doherty | Souvenirs |
| Sara Macliver,Sally-Anne Russell | Bach Arias and Duets |
| William Barton,The Queensland Orchestra | Sculthorpe: Songs of Sea and Sky |
| Gerard Willems,Sinfonia Australis | Beethoven Complete Piano Concertos |
2005
(19th) |
| Australian Brandenburg Orchestra | Sanctuary |
| Elena Kats-Chernin | Wild Swans |
| Michael Kieran Harvey | Rabid Bay |
| Sara Macliver &Sally-Anne Russell | Baroque Duets |
| Slava Grigoryan | Afterimage |
2006
(20th) |
| Richard Tognetti | Bach Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin |
| Amelia Farrugia | Joie De Vivre |
| Niki Vasilakis,Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra,Sebastian Lang-Lessing | Mendelssohn, Bruch, Ravel |
| Simon Tedeschi,The Queensland Orchestra,Richard Bonynge | Piano Concertos: Tchaikovsky, Grieg |
| Slava Grigoryan,Leonard Grigoryan,The Queensland Orchestra,Brett Kelly | Rodrigo Guitar Concertos |
2007
(21st) |
| Richard Tognetti,Australian Chamber Orchestra | Bach Violin Concertos |
| Accademia Arcadia | Trio Sonatas |
| Adelaide Symphony Orchestra,Arvo Volmer | Sculthorpe Requiem and Orchestral Works |
| Michael Kieran Harvey | Carl Vine Piano Music 1990-2006 |
| Slava Grigoryan,Leonard Grigoryan | Impressions |
| State Opera of South Australia,Adelaide Symphony Orchestra,Asher Fisch | Wagner: Das Rheingold |
2008
(22nd) |
| Richard Tognetti,Neal Peres Da Costa,Daniel Yeadon | Bach Sonatas for Violin & Keyboard |
| Brett Dean,Sydney Symphony | Brett Dean |
| Elena Kats-Chernin | Slow Food |
| Roger Woodward | Johann Sebastian Bach: Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue, Partita no. 2 & Partita no. 6 |
| Slava Grigoryan,Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra,Benjamin Northey | Baroque Guitar Concertos |
2009
(23rd) |
| Australian Brandenburg Orchestra,Paul Dyer | Handel: Concerti Grossi Opus 6 |
| Australian Chamber Orchestra | Classical Destinations II |
| Emma Matthews | Emma Matthews in Monte Carlo |
| Slava &Leonard Grigoryan | Distance |
| Teddy Tahu Rhodes,David Hobson | You'll Never Walk Alone |
| Goldner String Quartet | Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets |
2010
(24th) |
| Australian Brandenburg Orchestra &Paul Dyer | Tapas - Tastes of the Baroque |
| Aleksandr Tsiboulski | Australian Guitar Music |
| Li-Wei Qin | Beethoven Cello Sonatas |
| David Hobson | Enchanted Way |
| Geoffrey Lancaster | Haydn: Complete Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 1 |
| Richard Tognetti, Christopher Moore &Australian Chamber Orchestra | Mozart Violin Concertos |
| Teddy Tahu Rhodes | Bach Arias |
2011
(25th) |
| Sally Whitwell | Mad Rush: Piano Music of Philip Glass |
| Karin Schaupp &Flinders Quartet | Fandango |
| Latitude 37 | Latitude 37 |
| Richard Tognetti (violin),Australian Chamber Orchestra | Mozart Violin Concertos Vol 2 |
| Teddy Tahu Rhodes | Serious Songs |
2012
(26th) |
| William Barton | Kalkadungu |
| Jose Carbo withSlava andLeonard Grigoryan | My Latin Heart |
| Orchestra of the Antipodes | Bach: Brandenburg Concertos |
| Sally Whitwell | The Good, the Bad and the Awkward |
| Sydney Symphony,Vladimir Ashkenazy | Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius |
2013
(27th) |
| Sally Whitwell | All Imperfect Things: Solo Piano Music of Michael Nyman |
| Amy Dickson,Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Catch Me If You Can |
| David Hansen | Rivals: Arias for Farinelli & Co. |
| Jane Sheldon, Genevieve Lang &Acacia Quartet | North + South: Ten Folk Songs |
| Nigel Westlake,Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Missa Solis: Requiem for Eli |
2014[5]
(28th) |
| Nigel Westlake, Lior andSydney Symphony Orchestra | Compassion |
| Australian World Orchestra,Zubin Mehta | Stravinsky Rite of Spring / Mahler Symphony No. 1 |
| Emma Matthews,Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra,Marko Letonja | Mozart Arias |
| Joe Chindamo &Zoë Black | Dido's Lament |
| Latitude 37 | Empires |
| Andrew Macleod,Melbourne Symphony Orchestra,Benjamin Northey,Markus Stenz | Ades Polaris / Stanhope Piccolo Concerto |
| Topology | Share House |
2015
(29th) |
| Tamara-Anna Cislowska | Peter Sculthorpe: Complete Works for Solo Piano |
| Amy Dickson | Island Songs |
| Australian Brandenburg Orchestra | Brandenburg Celebrates |
| Grigoryan Brothers | This Time |
| Sally Whitwell | I Was Flying |
2016
(30th) |
| Flight Facilities | Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra |
| Joe Chindamo &Zoë Black | The New Goldberg Variations |
| Katie Noonan &Brodsky Quartet | With Love and Fury |
| Nicole Car,Australian Opera, Australian Ballet Orchestra andAndrea Molino | This Kiss |
| Richard Tognetti &Australian Chamber Orchestra | Mozart's Last Symphonies |
2017
(31st) |
| Slava Grigoryan | Bach: Cello Suites Volume I |
| Grigoryan Brothers | Songs Without Words |
| Jayson Gillham,Melbourne Symphony Orchestra &Benjamin Northey | Medtner: Piano Concerto No 1 /Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No 2 |
| Kate Miller-Heidke &Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Live at the Sydney Opera House |
| Tamara-Anna Cislowska | Elena Kats-Chernin: Unsent Love Letters - Meditations on Erik Satie |
2018
(32nd) |
| Slava Grigoryan | Bach: Cello Suites Volume II |
| Greta Bradman,Adelaide Symphony Orchestra,Adelaide Chamber Singers &Luke Dollman | Home |
| Ray Chen | The Golden Age |
| Sally Whitwell | Philip Glass: Complete Etudes for Solo Piano |
| Tamara Anna Cislowska,Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra &Johannes Fritzsch | Into Silence: Part|Vasks|Gorecki|Pelecis |
2019
(33rd) |
| Paul Kelly,James Ledger | Thirteen Ways to Look at Birds |
| Diana Doherty,Sydney Symphony Orchestra,Nigel Westlake, David Robertson, Synergy Vocals | Nigel Westlake: Spirit of the Wild / Steve Reich: The Desert Music |
| Genevieve Lacey | Soliloquy: Telemann Solo Fantasias |
| Grigoryan Brothers,Adelaide Symphony Orchestra,Benjamin Northey | Bach Concertos |
| Nicole Car,Australian Chamber Orchestra,Richard Tognetti | Heroines |
2020
(34th) |
| Richard Tognetti &Erin Helyard | Beethoven & Mozart Violin Sonatas |
| Alicia Crossley &Acacia Quartet | Muse |
| David Greco & Erin Helyard | Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin |
| Jayson Gillham,Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Carter | Beethoven Piano Concertos |
| Slava & Sharon Grigoryan | Our Place: Duets For Cello And Guitar |
2021
(35th) |
| Genevieve Lacey &Marshall McGuire | Bower |
| Christian Li | Vivaldi: The Four Seasons |
| Emily Sun & Andrea Lam | Nocturnes |
| Grigoryan Brothers | This Is Us (A Musical Reflection of Australia) |
| Nat Bartsch | Hope |
2022
(36th) |
| Melbourne Symphony Orchestra &Sir Andrew Davis | The Enchanted Loom: Orchestral Works by Carl Vine |
| Amy Dickson,Colin Currie,Lothar Koenigs,Yvonne Kenny,David Zinman,Sydney Symphony Orchestra,Markus Stenz &Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Ross Edwards: Frog and Star Cycle / Symphonies 2 & 3 |
| Lachlan Skipworth | Chamber Works, Vol. 2 |
| Luke Howard | All of Us |
| Tamara Anna Cislowska and Guests | Duet |
2023
(37th) |
| Australian Chamber Orchestra andRichard Tognetti | Indies & Idols |
| Ensemble Offspring | To Listen, To Sing - Ngarra-Burria: First Peoples Composers |
| Neil Gaiman andFourPlay String Quartet | Signs Of Life |
| Roger Benedict andSimon Tedeschi | Dubussy - Ravel |
| Genevieve Lacey and Various Artists | Genevieve Lacey: Breathing Space |
2024
(38th) |
| Sophie Hutchings | A World Outside |
| Australian Chamber Orchestra andRichard Tognetti | Beethoven Symphonies 1, 2 & 3 'Eroica' |
| Grigoryan Brothers | Amistad - Music for Two Guitars |
| Orava Quartet | ORAWA |
| Veronique Serret | Migrating Bird |
2025
(39th) |
| Andrea Lam | Piano Diary |
| Australian Chamber Orchestra andRichard Tognetti | Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings and Adante Cantabile / Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony in C Minor |
| Nat Bartsch | Forever Changed |
| Simone Young andSydney Symphony Orchestra | Mahler: Symphony No. 2 / Barton: Of the Earth |
| Sophie Hutchings | Become the Sky |
