| Year | Recipients(s) | Work | Performing artist(s) | Nominees
Performers are in parentheses | Ref. |
| 1959 | Sherwood Hall III (engineer) | Duets with Spanish Guitar | Laurindo Almeida & Salli Terri | | |
| 1960 | Lewis W. Layton (engineer) | Victory at Sea, Vol. I | Robert Russell Bennett | | |
| 1961 | Hugh Davies (engineer) | The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Almeida | Laurindo Almeida | | |
| 1962 | Lewis W. Layton (engineer) | Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé | Charles Münch (conductor) & the Boston 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) & the Chicago 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's Porgy 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)
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| 1965 | Douglas Larter (engineer) | Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra | Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) & the Philharmonia Orchestra | - Fred Plaut, engineer – Vladimir Horowitz Plays Beethoven, Debussy, Chopin (Beethoven: Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique"; Debussy: Preludes; Chopin: Etudes Adn 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)
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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)
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| 1967 | Anthony Salvatore (engineer) | Wagner: Lohengrin | Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), the Pro Musica Chorus & the Boston Symphony Orchestra | | |
| 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)
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| 1969 | Gordon Parry (engineer) | Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D | Georg Solti (conductor) & the London 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)
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| 1970 | Walter Carlos | 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)
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| 1971 | Arthur Kendy, Fred Plaut, Ray Moore (engineers) | Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps | Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Cleveland Orchestra | - Wendy Carlos, engineer – The Well-Tempered Synthesizer
- 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)
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| 1972 | Vittorio Negri (engineer) | Berlioz: Requiem | Colin Davis (conductor), the Wandsworth School Boys Choir & the London 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)
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| 1973 | Gordon Parry, Kenneth Wilkinson (engineers) | Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Symphony of a Thousand) | Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago 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) and Dance Suite (Pierre Boulez, conductor)
- Don Puluse, engineer – Bernstein: Mass (Leonard Bernstein, conductor)
- Hans Lauterslager, engineer – Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini (Colin Davis, conductor)
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| 1974 | Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Ray Moore (engineers) | Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra | Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the New 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)
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| 1975 | Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) | Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique | Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago 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)
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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 & the New 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)
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| 1977 | Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Milton Cherin, Ray Moore (engineers) | Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue | Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), George Gershwin, & the Columbia 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 and Willard 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)
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| 1978 | Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) | Ravel: Bolero | Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago 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)
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| 1979 | Arthur Kendy, Edward (Bud) T. Graham, Ray Moore (engineers) | Varèse: Ameriques/Arcana/Ionisation (Boulez Conducts Varese) | Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the New 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)
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| 1980 | Anthony Salvatore (engineer) | Sondheim: Sweeney Todd | Original Cast with Angela 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 the Cleveland Orchestra)
- Klaus Heimann, engineer – Bartók: Concertos for Piano Nos. 1 and 2 (Claudio Abbado, conductor; Maurizio Pollini, piano)
- Isao Tomita, engineer – The Bermuda Triangle
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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)
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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, & the New 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)
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| 1983 | Paul Goodman (engineer) | Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E Minor (Song of the Night) | James Levine (conductor) & the Chicago 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)
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| 1984 | James Lock (engineer) | Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D | Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago 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)
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| 1985 | Paul Goodman (engineer) | Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B Flat, Op. 100 | Leonard Slatkin (conductor) & the Saint 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)
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| 1986 | Jack Renner (engineer) | Berlioz: Requiem | Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta 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)
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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)
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| 1988 | Jack Renner (engineer) | Fauré: Requiem/Duruflé: Requiem | Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | | |
| 1989 | Jack Renner (engineer) | Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses | Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | | |
| 1990 | Jack Renner (engineer) | Britten: War Requiem | Robert Shaw (conductor), the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & the Atlanta Boy Choir | | |
| 1991 | Jack Renner (engineer) | Rachmaninoff: Vespers | Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Robert Shaw Festival Singers | | |
| 1992 | Gregor Zielinsky (engineer) | Bernstein: Candide | Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the London 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)
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| 1993 | James Lock, John Pellowe, Jonathan Stokes & Philip Siney (engineers) | R. Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten | Georg Solti (conductor) & the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | - Michael Bishop, engineer – Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring and Pulcinella 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)
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| 1994 | Rainer Maillard (engineer) | Bartók: The Wooden Prince & Cantata Profana | Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Chicago 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)
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| 1995 | William Hoekstra (engineer) | Copland: Music for Films (The Red Pony, Our Town, Etc.) | Leonard Slatkin (conductor) & the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra | | |
| 1996 | Jonathan Stokes, Michael Mailes (engineers) | Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; "Kossuth" - Symphonic Poem | Herbert Blomstedt (conductor) & the San 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)
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| 1997 | Lawrence Rock, William Hoekstra (engineers) | Copland: Dance Symphony; Short Symphony; Organ Symphony | Leonard Slatkin (conductor) & the Saint 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)
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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) & the Cincinnati 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)
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| 1999 | Jack Renner (engineer) | Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard/Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem/Bartók: Cantata Profana | Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus | | |
| 2000 | Markus Heiland (engineer) | Stravinsky: The Firebird; The Rite of Spring; Perséphone | Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), the Peninsula Boys Choir, the San Francisco Girl's Chorus & the San 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)
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| 2001 | John M. Eargle (engineer) | Dvořák: Requiem, Op. 89; Sym. No. 9, Op. 95 "From the New World" | Zdeněk Mácal | | |
| 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)
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| 2003 | Michael J. Bishop (engineer) | Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Sym. No. 1) | Robert Spano (conductor), Norman Mackenzie (chorus director), & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus | | |
| 2004 | Richard King & Todd Whitelock (engineers) | Obrigado Brazil | Yo-Yo Ma | | |
| 2005 | Jack Renner (engineer) | Higdon: City Scape; Concerto for Orchestra | Robert Spano & the Atlanta 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 | | |
| 2007 | Michael J. Bishop (engineer) | Elgar: Enigma Variations; Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Four Sea Interludes | Paavo Järvi & the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra | | |
| 2008 | John Newton (engineer) | Grechaninov: Passion Week | Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Bach Choir & the Kansas City Chorale | | |
| 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 | | |
| 2010 | Peter Laenger (engineer) | Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10 | Michael Tilson Thomas & the San 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 René Clausen | Charles Bruffy & the Kansas City Chorale | | |
| 2014 | David Frost, Brian Losch & Tim Martyn (engineers); Tim Martyn (mastering engineer) | Winter Morning Walks | Dawn Upshaw, Maria Schneider, the Australian Chamber Orchestra & the St. 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 & the Staff 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 | | |
| 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 | | |
| 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 | |
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| 2018 | Mark Donahue (engineer) | Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio | Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | | |
| 2019 | Shawn Murphy & Nick Squire (engineers); Tim Martyn (mastering engineer) | Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11 | Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andris 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 by Manfred Honeck)
- Keith O. Johnson, engineer and mastering engineer; Sean Royce Martin, engineer – John Williams At The Movies (The Dallas Winds conducted by Jerry 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 | | |
| 2021 | David Frost & Charlie Post (engineers); Silas Brown (mastering engineer) | Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, Babi Yar | Riccardo Muti & the Chicago 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 & the Los 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 & The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conducted by Manfred 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) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | | |
| 2024 | David Frost & Charlie Post (engineers); Silas Brown (mastering engineer) | Contemporary American Composers | Riccardo Muti & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | - Patrick Dillet, Mitchell Graham, Jesse Lewis, Kyle Pyke, Andrew Scheps & John Weston (engineers); Helge Sten (mastering engineer) for The Blue Hour (Shara Nova & A Far Cry)
- Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay (engineers/mastering engineers) for Fandango (Gustavo Dudamel, Anne Akiko Meyers, Gustavo Castillo & Los Angeles Philharmonic)
- Christopher Moretti & John Weston (engineers); Shauna Barravecchio & Jesse Lewis (mastering engineers) for Sanlikol: 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) for Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 & Shulhoff: Five Pieces (Manfred Honeck & The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
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