1980s
- Grammy Awards of 1989
- John Adams (composer), Edo de Waart (conductor) & the San Francisco Symphony for Adams: Nixon in China
- Grammy Awards of 1988
- Krzysztof Penderecki (composer & conductor), Mstislav Rostropovich & the Philharmonia Orchestra for Penderecki: Cello Concerto No. 2
- Grammy Awards of 1987
- Witold Lutosławski (composer) & Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) for Lutosławski: Symphony No. 3
- Grammy Awards of 1986
- Andrew Lloyd Webber (composer), Sarah Brightman & Plácido Domingo for Lloyd Webber: Requiem
- Grammy Awards of 1985
- Samuel Barber (composer) & Christian Badea (conductor) for Antony and Cleopatra
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