| 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 of Christ 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 with Slava and Leonard 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 and Sydney 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 and Andrea 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 and Richard Tognetti | Indies & Idols |
| Ensemble Offspring | To Listen, To Sing - Ngarra-Burria: First Peoples Composers |
| Neil Gaiman and FourPlay String Quartet | Signs Of Life |
| Roger Benedict and Simon Tedeschi | Dubussy - Ravel |
| Genevieve Lacey and various Artists | Genevieve Lacey: Breathing Space |
