1981 Gramophone Awards

Updated September 9, 2022 | Infoplease Staff
ChamberBartók, String Quartets nos. 1–6, Tokyo Quartet (Deutsche Grammophon)
ChoralDelius, Fenby Legacy, Eric Fenby conducting Royal Philharmonia Orchestra (Unicorn-Kanchan)
ConcertoBeethoven, Violin Concerto in D Minor, Carlo Maria Giulini conducting Philharmonia; solo: Perlman (EMI)
ContemporaryTippett, King Priam, David Atherton conducting London Sinfonietta (Decca)
Early MusicVarious artists, German Chamber Music, Cologne Music Antiqua (Archiv)
EngineeringMassenet, Werther, Sir Colin Davis conducting Royal Opera House Orchestra (Philips)
Historical VocalVarious artists, Hugo Wolf Society Lieder, various artists (HMV)
Historical Non-VocalBrahms, Chamber Works, Busch Quartet, Rudolf Serkin, Reginald Kell and Aubrey Brain (World Records)
InstrumentalLiszt, Piano Works, Alfred Brendel (Philips)
Operatic (Record of the Year)Wagner, Parsifal, Herbert von Karajan conducting Deutsche Opera and Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon)
OrchestralMahler, Symphony No. 9, Herbert von Karajan conducting Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon)
Solo VocalLiszt, Lieder, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Daniel Barenboim (Deutsche Grammophon)

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