| 2011 | Paul Jacobs (Messiaen: Livre du Saint-Sacrement)beat 4 others- Nelson Freire (Chopin: The Nocturnes)
- Marc-André Hamelin (Hamelin: Études)
- Julia Fischer (Paganini: 24 Caprices)
- Sarah Schuster Ericsson (20th Century Harp Sonatas)
| Unrecorded |
| 2010 | Sharon Isbin (Journey to the New World)beat 4 others- Caroline Goulding (Caroline Goulding)
- Maria João Pires (Chopin)
- Ursula Oppens (Oppens Plays Carter)
- Yuja Wang (Sonatas & Études)
| Unrecorded |
| 2009 | Gloria Cheng (Piano Music of Stucky, Lutosławski)beat 4 others- Marc-André Hamelin (In a State of Jazz)
- Wei Li (Red Cliff Capriccio)
- Cameron Carpenter (Revolutionary)
- Joan Jeanrenaud (Strange Toys)
| Unrecorded |
| 2008 | Garrick Ohlsson (Beethoven Sonatas, Vol. 3)beat 4 others- Marc-André Hamelin (Haydn: Piano Sonatas)
- Kenneth Boulton (Louisiana - A Pianist's Journey)
- Manuel Barrueco (Solo Piazolla)
- Allison Brewster Franzetti (20th Century Piano Sonatas)
| Unrecorded |
| 2007 | Maurizio Pollini (Chopin: Nocturnes)beat 4 others- Gidon Kremer (Bach: The Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo)
- Paul O'Dette (Daniel Bacheler: The Bachelar's Delight)
- András Schiff (Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas, Vol. II)
- Roberto Díaz (Primrose: Viola Transcriptions)
| Unrecorded |
| 2006 | Evgeny Kissin (Scriabin, Medtner, Stravinsky)beat 4 others- Nelson Freire (Chopin: Études, Op. 10; Barcarolle, Op. 60; Sonata No. 2)
- Sarah Schuster Ericsson (Night Breeze - Harp Music of Carlos Salzedo)
- Piotr Anderszewski (Szymanowski: Piano Sonata No. 3, Métopes, Masques)
- Maxim Vengerov (Vengerov: Kreisler, Sarasate, Paganini, Wieniawski)
| Unrecorded |
| 2005 | David Russell (Aire Latino)beat 4 others- Pierre-Laurent Aimard (Debussy: Images; Études)
- Mikhail Pletnev (Pletnev Plays Schumann)
- Vladimir Ashkenazy (Shostakovich: Piano Works)
- Thomas Zehetmair (Ysaÿe: Sonatas for Violin Solo, Op. 27)
| Unrecorded |
| 2004 | Emanuel Ax (Haydn: Piano Sonatas Nos. 29, 31, 34, 25 & 49)beat 4 others- András Schiff (Bach: The Goldberg Variations)
- Piotr Anderszewski (Bach: Partitas 1, 3 & 6)
- Petronel Malan (Transfigured Bach: The Bach Piano Transcriptions of Bartók, Lipatti & Friedman)
- Evgeny Kissin (Brahms: Sonata in F Minor; Intermezzo in A Minor, etc.)
| Unrecorded |
| 2003 | Andreas Neubronner (Chopin: Études, Op. 10 & Op. 25)beat 4 others- Leif Ove Andsnes (Grieg: Lyric Pieces)
- Earl Wild (Hahn: Le Rossignol Éperdu - Poèmes Pour Piano (Complete))
- Marc-André Hamelin (Kaleidoscope (Woods, Hofmann, Blumenfeld))
- David Holzman (Wolpe: Compositions for Piano (1920-1952))
| Unrecorded |
| 2002 | Arne Akselberg (Britten Cello Suites)beat 4 others- Marc-André Hamelin (Alkan: Symphony for Solo Piano; Souvenirs: Trois Morceaux Dnas le Genre Pathetique)
- Duane Hulbert (Glazunov: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 1)
- Stephen Hough (Liszt: Sonata, Ballades and Polonaises)
- Maurizio Pollini (Schumann: Davidsbundlertanze, Op. 6)
| Unrecorded |
| 2001 | Tobias Lehmann (Dreams of a World)beat 4 others- Murray Perahia (Bach: The Goldberg Variations)
- Evgeny Kissin (Chopin: Preludes, Op. 28; Sonata No. 2, Op. 35; Polonaise, Op. 53)
- Marc-André Hamelin (Godowsky: The Complete Studies on Chopin's Études)
- Pierre-Laurent Aimard (Olivier Messiaen: Vingt Regards sur l'enfant-Jésus)
| Unrecorded |
| 2000 | Murray Perahia (Bach: The English Suites Nos. 2, 4, & 5)repeatunverifiedbeat 4 others- Evgeny Kissin (Chopin: The Four Ballades; Berceuse, Op. 57; Scherzo No. 4, Op. 54)
- Eteri Andjaparidze (Confrey: Piano Music)
- Marc-André Hamelin (Rzewski: The People United Will Never be Defeated; Down by the Riverside; Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues)
- Vladimir Ashkenazy (Shostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues, Op. 87)
| Unrecorded |
| 1999 | Murray Perahia (Bach: English Suites No. 1, 3, & 6)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Paul Galbraith (Bach: The Complete Sonatas and Partitas for Violin, Nos. 1, 2, & 3 (Arr. for 8-String Guitar))
- Leif Ove Andsnes (The Long, Long Winter Night (Works of Grieg, Tveitt, Johansen))
- David Starobin (New Dance - 18 Dances for Guitar)
- Stephen Hough (New York Variations)
| Not listed |
| 1998 | János Starker (Bach: Suites for Cello Nos. 1-6)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Pierre-Laurent Aimard (Ligeti: Works for Piano)
- Murray Perahia (Murray Perahia Plays Handel and Domenico Scarlatti)
- Leif Ove Andsnes (Schumann: Piano Sonata No. 1, Fantasy in C)
- Arcadi Volodos (Volodos - Piano Transcriptions)
| Not listed |
| 1997 | Earl Wild (The Romantic Master - Works of Saint-Saëns, Handel)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Yefim Bronfman (Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas Nos. 2, 3, 5, & 9)
- Evgeny Kissin (Schumann: Fantasy; Liszt: Transcendental Études)
- Radu Lupu (Schumann: Kinderszenen, Kreisleriana)
- Alan Feinberg (Wuorinen: Third Piano Sonata, Bagatelle, etc.; Feldman: Palais de Mari)
| Not listed |
| 1996 | Radu Lupu (Schubert: Piano Sonatas (in B Flat major and A major))unverifiedbeat 4 others- Konstantin Lifschitz (Bach: Goldberg Variations)
- Stephen Kovacevich (Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Op. 31)
- Murray Perahia (Chopin: 4 Ballades)
- Evgeny Kissin (Chopin Vol. 2: Sonatas No. 3, Mazurkas)
| Not listed |
| 1995 | Emanuel Ax (Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Nos. 32, 47, 53, 59)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Alan Feinberg (The American Innovator)
- Viktoria Mullova (Bach: Partitas for Violin Solo)
- Evgeny Kissin (Chopin Recital, Vol. 1)
- Krystian Zimerman (Debussy: Preludes (Books I & II))
| Not listed |
| 1994 | John Browning (Barber: The Complete Solo Piano Music)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Marc-Andre Hamelin (Alkan: Concerto for Piano)
- András Schiff (Bach: Six French Suites)
- Richard Goode (Beethoven: Piano Sonatas...)
- Leon Fleisher (Leon Fleisher Recital)
| Not listed |
| 1993 | Vladimir Horowitz (Horowitz - Discovered Treasures (Chopin, Liszt, Scarlatti, Scriabin, Clementi))unverifiedbeat 4 others- Emanuel Ax (Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24; 6 Piano Pieces, Op 118; 2 Rhapsodies, Op. 79)
- Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Ravel: L'Oeuvre Pour Piano Seul)
- Evgeny Kissin (Schubert: Fantasie in C and 4 Lieder; Brahms: Fantasien, Op. 116; Liszt: Ungarische Rhapsodie)
- Keith Jarrett (Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87)
| Not listed |
| 1992 | Alicia de Larrocha (Granados: Goyescas, Allegro de Concierto, Danze Lenta)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Murray Perahia (The Aldeburgh Recital)
- Alan Feinberg (The American Romantic)
- Rudolf Firkusny (Janáček: Piano Music)
- Evgeny Kissin (Evgeny Kissin: Carnegie Hall Debut Concert)
| Not listed |
| 1991 | Vladimir Horowitz (The Last Recording)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Ursula Oppens (Carter: Night Fantasies; Adams: Phrygian Gates)
- Mitsuko Uchida (Debussy: 12 Piano Études)
- Alicia de Larrocha (Mozart: Piano Sonatas K. 283, 331, 332, 333)
- Midori (Paganini: 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1)
| Not listed |
| 1990 | András Schiff (Bach: The English Suites)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Richard Goode (Beethoven: Beethoven's Late Piano Sonatas)
- Krystian Zimerman (Chopin: Four Ballades)
- Rudolf Firkusny (Martinů: Piano Sonata No. 1; Les Ritournelles; Fantasie et Toccata)
- Janos Starker (Popper: Romantic Cello Favourites)
| Not listed |
| 1989 | Alicia de Larrocha (Albéniz: Iberia; Navarra; Suite Espagnola)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Keith Jarrett (Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)
- Alfred Brendel (Liszt: Années de pèlerinage, Second Year: Italy)
- Vladimir Horowitz (Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 13 in B Flat Major, K. 333)
- Maurizio Pollini (Schubert: The Late Piano Sonatas (D. 958, 959, 960); 3 Piano Pieces, D. 946; Allegretto, D. 915)
| Not listed |
| 1988 | Vladimir Horowitz (Horowitz in Moscow)unverifiedbeat 4 others- András Schiff (Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)
- Murray Perahia (Beethoven: Piano Sonatas No. 17 and No. 26, Op. 81A)
- Itzhak Perlman (My Favourite Kreisler)
- Peter Serkin (Stravinsky; Wolpe; Lieberson)
| Not listed |
| 1987 | No Award Given (No Award Given)unverified | Not listed |
| 1986 | Vladimir Ashkenazy (Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Valses nobles et sentimentales)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Claudio Arrau (Chopin: 4 Scherzos; Polonaise-Fantaisie, Op. 61)
- Francois-Rene Duchable (Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B Flat Major and No. 3 in B Minor)
- Michael Tilson Thomas (Gershwin: Preludes for Piano; Short Story; Violin Piece for Lily Pons; Sleepless Night; Promenade)
- Julian Bream (Guitarra: The Guitar in Spain)
| Not listed |
| 1985 | Yo-Yo Ma (Bach: The Unaccompanied Cello Suites)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Emil Gilels (Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B Flat Major, Op. 06 (Hammerklavier))
- Julian Bream (Music of Spain, Vol. 7: A Celebration of Andrés Segovia)
- Glenn Gould (R. Strauss: Glenn Gould Plays Strauss)
- Alicia de Larrocha (Schubert: Piano Sonata in B Flat Major, D. 960)
| Not listed |
| 1984 | Glenn Gould (Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 12 & 13)repeatunverifiedbeat 4 others- Emil Gilels (Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Piano Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28 (Pastoral) and No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2)
- Vladimir Horowitz (Horowitz in London)
- Shlomo Mintz (Paganini: Caprices (24))
- Ivo Pogorelich (Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit; Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 6 in A Major, Op. 82)
| Not listed |
| 1983 | Glenn Gould (Bach: The Goldberg Variations)unverifiedbeat 6 others- Ruth Laredo (Barber: Sonata for Piano, Op. 26; Souvenirs, Op. 28; Nocturne, Op. 33)
- Alicia de Larrocha (Granados: Danzas Españolas)
- Isao Tomita (Grofe-Tomita: Grand Canyon Suite; Anderson-Tomita: Syncopated Clock)
- Vladimir Horowitz (Horowitz at the Met (Scarlatti, Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff))
- Emanuel Ax (Schumann: Humoreske, Op. 20, Fantasiestücke, Op. 12)
- Ronald Smith (The Alkan Project (Etudes, Op. 39, in All the Minor Keys))
|  Columbia |
| 1982 | Vladimir Horowitz (The Horowitz Concerts 79/80)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Arthur Rubinstein (Arthur Rubinstein, Schumann, Ravel, Debussy, Albeniz)
- Murray Perahia (Bartók: Sonata for Piano; Improvisation on Hungarian Peasant Songs; Suite)
- Itzhak Perlman (Itzhak Perlman Plays Fritz Kreisler, Album 3)
- Pinchas Zukerman (Virtuoso Violin)
| Not listed |
| 1981 | Itzhak Perlman (The Spanish Album)unverifiedbeat 5 others- Glenn Gould (Bach: Toccatas, Vol. 2)
- Rudolf Serkin (Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel)
- Leo Smit (Copland: The Complete Music for Piano Solo)
- Joshua Rifkin (Digital Ragtime, Music of Scott Joplin)
- Ruth Laredo (Rachmaninoff: Music for Piano, Vol. 7 (Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2))
| Not listed |
| 1980 | Vladimir Horowitz (The Horowitz Concerts 78/79)repeatunverifiedbeat 8 others- Rosalyn Tureck (Bach: Goldberg Variations)
- Glenn Gould (Bach: Toccatas, Vol. 1)
- Maurizio Pollini (Boulez: Sonata for Piano No. 2)
- Paul Jacobs (Debussy: Images, Books 1 and 2)
- Arthur Rubinstein (Franck: Prelude Chorale and Fugue for Piano; Bach-Busoni; Chaconne; Mozart; Rondo in A minor)
- Ursula Oppens (Rzewski: The People United Will Never be Defeated)
- Igor Kipnis (Scarlatti: Sonatas (12))
- Julian Bream (Villa-Lobos: Etudes and Suite Populaire Brasilienne)
| Not listed |
| 1979 | Vladimir Horowitz (The Horowitz Concerts 77/78)unverifiedbeat 6 others- Alfred Brendel (Bach: Italian Concerto; Choral Prelude;Prelude S922; Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue; Fantasy and Fugue)
- Maurizio Pollini (Beethoven: The Late Piano Sonatas)
- Charles Rosen (Beethoven: Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli)
- Paul Jacobs (Debussy: Preludes for Piano, Books I and II)
- Claudio Arrau (Liszt: 12 Transcendental Etudes and 3 Etudes de Concert)
- Rudolf Serkin (Rudolf Serkin of Television)
| Not listed |
| 1978 | Arthur Rubinstein (Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 18 in E Flat/Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 12)unverifiedbeat 6 others- Igor Kipnis (Bach: Partitas for Harpsichord No. 1 in B Flat Major and No. 2 in C minor)
- Glenn Gould (Bach: The English Suites (Complete))
- Daniel Adni (Grainger: Piano Music of Percy Grainger)
- Alicia de Larrocha (Granados: Goyescas)
- Itzhak Perlman (Itzhak Perlman Plays Fritz Kreisler: Album 2)
- Michel Beroff (Messiaen: 20 Regards de l'Enfant Jesus)
| Not listed |
| 1977 | Vladimir Horowitz (The Horowitz Concerts 1975/76)unverifiedbeat 7 others- Maurizio Pollini (Chopin: Preludes, Op. 28)
- Itzhak Perlman (Itzhak Perlman Plays Fritz Kreisler)
- Lazar Berman (Liszt: Legendary Soviet Pianist Lazar Berman Plays Liszt)
- Vladimir Ashkenazy (Rachmaninoff: Preludes)
- Alfred Brendel (Schubert: Piano Sonata in A minor, Op. 42; Hungarian Melody in B minor, (D.817))
- Andrés Segovia (The Intimate Guitar - 2)
- André Watts (Watts by George: André Watts Plays George Gershwin (Rhapsody in Blue, Preludes for Piano))
| Not listed |
| 1976 | Nathan Milstein (Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Unaccompanied)unverifiedbeat 5 others- John Williams (Bach: Suites for Lute)
- Vladimir Ashkenazy (Chopin: Études, Opp. 10 and 25)
- Alicia de Larrocha (Falla: Music of Fallas (The Three-Cornered Hat, El amor brujo))
- Peter Serkin (Messiaen: 20 Regards Sur l'Enfant Jesus)
- Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (Schumann: Carnaval)
| Not listed |
| 1975 | Alicia de Larrocha (Albéniz: Iberia)unverifiedbeat 5 others- Glenn Gould (Bach: French Suites Vol. 2, Nos. 5 and 6)
- Vladimir Horowitz (Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier)
- Maurizio Pollini (Beethoven: Piano Sonatas No. 21 in C Major (Waldstein) and No. 23 in F Minor (Appassionata))
- David Burge (Crumb: Makrokosmos)
- Itzhak Perlman (Perpetual Motion)
| Not listed |
| 1974 | Vladimir Horowitz (Horowitz Plays Scriabin)repeatunverifiedbeat 6 others- Glenn Gould (Bach: French Suites 1-4)
- Sviatoslav Richter (Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier)
- Maurizio Pollini (Chopin: Chopin)
- Virgil Fox (Heavy Organ at Carnegie Hall)
- Alfred Brendel (Schubert: Sonata in B Flat, Op 960)
- Julian Bream (The Woods So Wild)
| Not listed |
| 1973 | Vladimir Horowitz (Horowitz Plays Chopin)repeatunverifiedbeat 7 others- Rafael Puyana (Couperin: Harpsichord Pieces)
- Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (Debussy: Images, Books 1 and 2; Children's Corner Suite)
- Rudolf Firkusny (Janáček: Piano Works (Complete))
- Itzhak Perlman (Paganini: The 24 Caprices)
- William Masselos (Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze; Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 1)
- Laurindo Almeida (The Art of Laurindo Almeida)
- Charles Rosen (Beethoven: The Late Sonatas of Beethoven)
| Not listed |
| 1972 | Vladimir Horowitz (Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff)unverifiedbeat 5 others- Alicia de Larrocha (Alicia de Larrocha Plays Spanish Piano Music of the 20th Century)
- Glenn Gould (Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Vol. 3, Preludes and Fugues 17-24)
- Van Cliburn (Barber: Sonata for Piano; Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 6 in A Major)
- Stephen Bishop (Bartók: Mikrokosmos, Vol. 6; Out of Doors Suite; Sonatina)
- Rudolf Serkin (Beethoven: Sonata No. 29 in B Flat, Op. 106 (Hammerklavier))
| Not listed |
| 1966 | Vladimir Horowitz (Horowitz at Carnegie Hall - An Historic Return)repeatunverifiedbeat 5 others- Raymond Lewenthal (Alkan: Piano Music)
- Glenn Gould (Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Vol. 3 (17-24))
- Vladimir Ashkenazy (Chopin Ballades (1-4))
- Arthur Rubinstein (Chopin: 8 Polonaises and 4 Impromptus)
- Julian Bream (Julian Bream in Concert)
| Not listed |
| 1965 | Vladimir Horowitz (Horowitz Plays Beethoven, Debussy, Chopin)repeatunverifiedbeat 5 others- Arthur Rubinstein (A French Program (Ravel, Poulenc, Fauré, Chabrier))
- Glenn Gould (Bach: Two and Three Part Inventions)
- Igor Kipnis (French Baroque Music for Harpsichord)
- Julian Bream (Popular Classics for Spanish Guitar)
- Sviatoslav Richter (Richter Plays Schubert)
| Not listed |
| 1964 | Vladimir Horowitz (The Sound of Horowitz)repeatunverifiedbeat 4 others- Glenn Gould (Bach: The 6 Partitas)
- Rudolf Serkin (Beethoven: 3 Favourite Sonatas (Sonata No. 8 (Pathétique), No. 14 (Moonlight), & No. 23 (Appassionata)))
- Andrés Segovia (Granada)
- Arthur Rubinstein (Schumann: Carnaval Fantasiestücke)
| Not listed |
| 1963 | Vladimir Horowitz (Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz)unverifiedbeat 6 others- Andrés Segovia (5 Pieces From "Platero and I")
- Joseph Szigeti (Bach: The 6 Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Unaccompanied)
- Glenn Gould (Bach: The Art of the Fugue Vol. 1)
- Sviatoslav Richter (Beethoven: Sonata No. 22 for Piano)
- Robert and Gaby Casadesus (French Piano Music - Four Hands)
- Leon Goossens (The Art of Leon Goossens)
| Not listed |
| 1962 | Laurindo Almeida (Reverie for Spanish Guitar)repeatunverifiedbeat 4 others- Andrés Segovia (Bach: Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068)
- Ruggerio Ricci (Bartók, Hindemith, Prokofiev: Solo Violin Sonatas)
- Sviatoslav Richter (Beethoven: Appassionata Sonata, Funeral March Sonata)
- Vladimir Horowitz (Homage to Liszt)
| Not listed |
| 1961 | Laurindo Almeida (The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Almeida)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Jamie Laredo (Bach: Partita for Violin No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006.1)
- Paul Maynard (Brahms: Keyboard Music of the French Court)
- Arthur Rubinstein (Chopin: Ballades)
- Julian Bream (The Art of Julian Bream)
| Not listed |
| 1960 | Arthur Rubinstein (Beethoven: Sonatas No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 & No. 18 in E Flat Major, Op. 53, No. 3)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Nathan Milstein (4 Italian Sonatas)
- Laurindo Almeida (Danzas)
- Leonard Pennario (Pennario Plays)
- Jamie Laredo (Presenting Jamie Laredo)
| Not listed |
| 1959 | Andrés Segovia (Segovia Golden Jubilee)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Wanda Landowska (Art of the Harpsichord)
- Nathan Milstein (Beethoven: Sonata No. 9 and Sonata No. 8)
- Vladimir Horowitz (Horowitz Plays Chopin)
- Marcel Grandjany (Music for the Harp)
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