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