| 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
|
2024 (38th)
|
| Sophie Hutchings
|
A World Outside
|
| Australian Chamber Orchestra and Richard Tognetti
|
Beethoven Symphonies 1, 2 & 3 'Eroica'
|
| Grigoryan Brothers
|
Amistad - Music for Two Guitars
|
| Orava Quartet
|
ORAWA
|
| Veronique Serret
|
Migrating Bird
|