| Year[I] | Recipients(s) | Work | Nominees (Conductors are identified with "cd") | Ref. |
| 1959 | Felix Slatkin conducting the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra | "Gaîté Parisienne" | - Charles Münch conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra – Barber: Meditation and Dance of Vengeance
- Bruno Walter conducting the Columbia Symphony Orchestra – Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major
- Pierre Monteaux conducting the London Symphony Orchestra – Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
- Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic – Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Primtemps
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| 1960 | Charles Münch conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra | "Debussy: Images for Orchestra" | - Pierre Monteaux conducting the Vienna Philharmonic – Beethoven: Symphony No. 6
- Fritz Reiner conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Rossini: Overture
- Morton Gould conducting His Orchestra – Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture; Ravel: Bolero
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| 1961 | Fritz Reiner conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta" | - Aaron Copland conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra – Copland: Appalachian Spring
- Morton Gould conducting the Morton Gould Orchestra – Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite
- Thomas Beecham conducting the Royal Philharmonic – Haydn: Solomon Symphonies, Vol. 2
- Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic – Ives: Symphony No. 2
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| 1962 | Charles Münch conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra | "Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé" | - Herbert von Karajan conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra – Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta; Hindemith: Mathis der Mahler
- Bruno Walter conducting the Columbia Symphony Orchestra – Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E Flat Major; Wagner: Tannhauser Overture and Venusberg Music
- Fritz Reiner conducting the Chicago Symphony – Strauss: Don Juan; Debussy: La Mer
- George Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra – Strauss: Don Quixote
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| 1963 | Igor Stravinsky conducting the Columbia Symphony Orchestra | "Stravinsky: The Firebird Ballet" | - Otto Klemperer conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra – Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E Major
- Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic – Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor
- Bruno Walter conducting the Columbia Symphony Orchestra – Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor
- Fritz Reiner conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
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| 1964 | Erich Leinsdorf conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra | "Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra" | - Fritz Reiner conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 (Pastorale)
- Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic – Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies (Complete)
- George Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra – Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
- Arturo Toscanini conducting the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra – Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C Major (The Great)
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| 1965 | Erich Leinsdorf conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra | "Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor; Berg: Wozzeck Excerpts" | - Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra – Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
- Yehudi Menuhin conducting the Bath Festival Chamber Orchestra – Handel: Concerti Grossi (12), Op. 6
- Fritz Reiner conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Haydn: Symphony No. 95 in C Minor; Symphony No. 101 in D Major (Clock)
- Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic – Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C (Resurrection)
- Bruno Walter conducting the Columbia Symphony Orchestra – Mozart: Last 6 Symphonies
- George Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra – Strauss: Symphonia Domestica
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| 1966 | Leopold Stokowski conducting the American Symphony Orchestra | "Ives: Symphony No. 4" | - Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic – Bach: Brandenburg Concertos
- Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra – Berlioz: Romeo et Juliette
- Morton Gould conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Gould: Spirituals for Orchestra; Copland: Dance Symphony
- Erich Leinsdorf conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra – Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 in E Flat Minor
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| 1967 | Erich Leinsdorf conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra | "Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A Minor" | - George Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra – Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
- Pierre Boulez, Antal Doráti conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra – Boulez: Le Soleil des Eaux; Messiaen Chronochromie; Koechlin: Les Bandar-Log
- Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic – Ives: Fourth of July
- Gould conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Ives: Symphony No. 1 in D Minor
- Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra – Mahler: Symphony No. 10
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| 1968 | Igor Stravinsky conducting the Columbia Symphony Orchestra | "Stravinsky: The Firebird and Petrouchka Suite" | - Adrian Boult conducting the New Philharmonia Orchestra – Holst: The Planets
- Morton Gould conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Ives Orchestra Set No. 2; Robert Browning Overture: Putnam's Camp
- Leonard Bernstein conducting the Vienna Philharmonic – Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
- Georg Solti conducting the London Symphony Orchestra – Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor (Resurrection)
- Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic – Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E Minor
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| 1969 | Pierre Boulez conducting the New Philharmonic Orchestra | "Boulez Conducts Debussy (La Mer, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, Jeux)" | - Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting the Concentus Musicus Wien – Bach: 4 Suites for Orchestra
- Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic – Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A Minor and Symphony No. 9 in D Major
- Seiji Ozawa conducting the Toronto Symphony Orchestra – Messiaen: Turangalila; Takemitsu: November Steps
- Erich Leinsdorf conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra – Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
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| 1970 | Pierre Boulez conducting the Cleveland Orchestra | "Boulez Conducts Debussy, Vol. 2, Images Pour Orchestra" | - Pierre Boulez conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra – Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
- Jean Martinon conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole; Mother Goose Suite; Alborada del Gracioso; Introduction and Allegro
- Zubin Mehta conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic – Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
- George Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra – Wagner: Great Orchestral Highlights from Der Ring Des Nibelungen
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| 1971 | Pierre Boulez conducting the Cleveland Orchestra | "Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps" | - Seiji Ozawa conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
- Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Berlioz: Romeo et Juliette
- George Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra – Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor
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| 1972 | Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Major" | - Pierre Boulez conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra – Boulez Conducts Boulez: Pli Selon Pli
- Antal Doráti conducting the Philharmonia Hungarica – Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 65-72 (Vol. 1)
- Bernard Haitink conducting the London Philharmonic – Holst: The Planets
- Jascha Horenstein conducting the London Symphony Orchestra – Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor
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| 1973 | Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E Minor" | - Pierre Boulez conducting the New York Philharmonic – Boulez Conducts Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin and Dance Suite
- Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra – Glière: Ilya Murometz (Symphony No. 3)
- Antal Doráti conducting the Philharmonia Hungarica – Holst: The Planets
- Leopold Stokowski conducting the London Symphony Orchestra – Ives: Orchestral Set No. 2
- Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic – Schumann: Symphonies (4)
- Maxim Shostakovich conducting the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra – Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15
- Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra – Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Primtemps)
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| 1974 | Pierre Boulez conducting the New York Philharmonic | "Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra" | - Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor
- Seiji Ozawa conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra – Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
- Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic – Holst: The Planets
- Lorin Maazel conducting the Cleveland Orchestra – Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
- André Previn conducting the London Symphony Orchestra – Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (Complete)
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| 1975 | Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique" | - Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic – Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
- Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic – Bernstein Conducts Ravel
- André Previn conducting the London Symphony Orchestra – Holst: The Planets
- José Serebrier conducting the London Philharmonic – Ives: Symphony No. 4
- Leonard Bernstein conducting the London Symphony Orchestra – Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor
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| 1976 | Pierre Boulez conducting the New York Philharmonic | "Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé" | - Colin Davis conducting the Concertgebouw Orchestra – Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
- James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G Major
- Rafael Kubelik conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra – Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
- Sir Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Beethoven: Symphonies (9) Complete
- Carlos Kleiber conducting the Vienna Philharmonic – Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor
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| 1977 | Raymond Minshull (producer), Sir Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra" | - Jean Martinon conducting the ORTF National Orchestra – Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
- James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor
- Sir Georg Solti conducting the London Philharmonic – Elgar: Symphony No. 2 in E Flat Major
- Pierre Boulez conducting the New York Philharmonic – Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat (Boulez Conducts Falla)
- Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the Columbia Jazz Band – Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
- Jean Martinon conducting the Orchestre de Paris – Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (Complete)
- Zubin Mehta conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic – The Fourth of July! (Ives: Symphony No. 2, Variations on America/Copland: Appalachian Spring/Bernstein: Overture to Candidate/Gershwin: American in Paris)
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| 1978 | Gunther Breest (producer), Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D Major" | - Pierre Boulez conducting the New York Philharmonic – Bartók: The Wooden Prince
- Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic – Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor
- James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor
- Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Ravel: Bolero
- André Previn conducting the London Symphony Orchestra – Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
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| 1979 | Michel Glotz (producer), Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic | "Beethoven: Symphonies (9) (Complete)" | - Zubin Mehta conducting the New York Philharmonic – Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
- André Previn conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
- Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra – Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1 in D Minor
- André Previn conducting the London Symphony Orchestra – Messiaen: Turangalila Symphony
- Kurt Masur conducting the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra – Mendelssohn: Symphonies (5) (Complete)
- Claudio Abbado conducting the Vienna Philharmonic – Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D Major
- Neville Marriner conducting the Concertgebouw Orchestra – Holst: The Planets
- Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor
- Pierre Boulez conducting the New York Philharmonic – Varèse: Ameriques; Arcana; Ionisation (Boulez Conducts Varese)
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| 1980 | James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Brahms: Symphonies (4) (Complete)" | - Andreas Holschneider (producer), Alexander Van Wijnkoop conducting the Camerata Bern – Zelenka: Orchestral Works (Complete)
- André Previn conducting the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G Major
- Dennis Russell Davies conducting the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra – Ives: Three Places in New England
- Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra – Sibelius: Four Legens from the Kalevala
- Georg Solti conducting the London Philharmonic – Holst: The Planets
- Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony – Rachmaninoff: Symphonies No. 2 in E Minor and No. 3 in A Minor
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| 1981 | Raymond Minshull (producer), Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A Major" | - Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic – Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
- Leonard Bernstein conducting the Vienna Philharmonic – Beethoven: Symphonies (9)
- Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the Buffalo Philharmonic – Ruggles: Complete Music
- Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic – Respighi: Feste Romane; Fountains of Rome
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| 1982 | James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor" | - André Previn conducting the London Symphony Orchestra – Gershwin: Porgy and Bess (Symphonic Picture); Cuban Overture and Second Rhapsody
- Christopher Hogwood & Jaap Schröder conducting the Academy of Ancient Music – Mozart: The Symphonies: Salzburg 1775–1983, Vol. 5
- James Levine conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra – Mahler: Symphony No. 10 (Deryck Cooke final version)
- Simon Rattle conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra – Holst: The Planets
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| 1983 | Jay David Saks, Thomas Z. Shepard (producers), James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E Minor (Song of the Night)" | - Christopher Hogwood conducting the Academy of Ancient Music – Mozart: Symphonies, Vol. 1 (The Early Works)
- Eduardo Mata conducting the Dallas Symphony Orchestra – Strauss: Death and Transfiguration; Don Juan; Salome, Dance of the Seven Veils
- Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic – Holst: The Planets
- Leonard Slatkin conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Debussy: La Mer; Prelude a l'Après-Midi d'un Faune; Danses Sacrée et Profane
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| 1984 | James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D Major" | - Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra – Del Tredici: In Memory of a Summer Day (Child Alice, Part One)
- Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic – Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
- Christopher Hogwood conducting the Academy of Ancient Music – Mozart: The Symphonies, Vol. 6
- Leonard Bernstein conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic – Bernstein: West Side Story Symphonic Dances with Candide Overture; Barber: Adagio for Strings; Schumann: American Festival Overture (Album)
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| 1985 | Jay David Saks (producer), Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra | "Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B Flat, Op. 100" | - Claudio Abbado conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14
- Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G Major
- James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C Major (The Great)
- Morton Gould conducting the American Symphony Orchestra – Gould: Burchfield Gallery and Apple Waltzes
- Neville Marriner conducting the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields – Amadeus
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| 1986 | Robert Woods (producer), Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | "Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande" | - James Conlon conducting the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra – Liszt: A Faust Symphony
- James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 in D Minor
- Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra – Prokofiev: Cinderella (Suite)
- Louis Lane conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra – Respighi: Pines of Rome; The Birds; Fountains of Rome
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| 1987 | Michael Haas (producer), Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Liszt: A Faust Symphony" | - Bernard Haitink conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra – Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antarctica
- Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra – Copland: Billy the Kid and Rodeo (Complete Ballets)
- Riccardo Muti conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra – Respighi: Pines of Rome; Fountains of Rome; Roman Festival
- Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus – Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor (Choral)
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| 1988 | Michael Haas (producer), Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor (Choral)" | - Charles Dutoit conducting the Montreal Symphony Orchestra – Holst: The Planets
- James Levine conducting the Berlin Philharmonic – Berg, Webern, Schoenberg: Orchestral Pieces
- Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic – Copland: Symphony No. 3; Quiet City
- Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra – Hanson: Symphony No. 2 (Romantic)
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| 1989 | Robert Woods (producer), Robert Shaw & Louis Lane conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | "Rorem: String Symphony; Sunday Morning; Eagles" | - Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E
- Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic – Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor (Resurrection)
- Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra – Copland: Appalachian Spring (Complete); Letter from Home; John Henry; Cortege Macabre from Grohg
- Roger Norrington conducting the London Classical Players – Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor
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| 1990 | Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic | "Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor" | - Charles Dutoit conducting the Montreal Symphony Orchestra – Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
- Herbert von Karajan conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra – Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor
- Orpheus Chamber Orchestra – Copland: Appalachian Spring; Short Symphony; 3 Latin American Sketches; Quiet City
- Gerard Schwarz conducting the Seattle Symphony Orchestra – Hanson: Symphony Nos. 1 in E Minor 'Nordic' and 2 'Romantic', Elegy in Memory of Serge Koussevitsky
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| 1991 | Leonard Bernstein conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Shostakovich: Symphonies No. 1 & 7" | - Sir Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7 in A & 8 in F
- Gerard Schwarz conducting the Seattle Symphony Orchestra – Hanson: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 6
- Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic – Ives: Symphony No. 2; The Gong On the Hook and Ladder; Central Park In the Dark; The Unanswered Question
- Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra – Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8, Op. 65
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| 1992 | Daniel Barenboim conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Corigliano: Symphony No. 1" | - Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony – Copland: Symphony No. 3; Music for a Great City
- James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Holst: The Planets
- Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Ives: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4
- Rafael Kubelik conducting the Czech Philharmonic – Smetana: Ma Vlast
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| 1993 | Leonard Bernstein conducting the Berlin Philharmonic | "Mahler: Symphony No. 9" | - Nicholas Harnoncourt conducting the Chamber Orchestra of Europe – Beethoven: Symphonies (Complete)
- David Zinman conducting the London Sinfonietta – Górecki: Symphony No. 3
- Myung-Whun Chung conducting the Orchestre de l'Opera Bastille – Messiaen: Turangalila Symphonie
- Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra – Schumann: Symphony No. 10; New Endlang Triptych; American Festival Overture
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| 1994 | Pierre Boulez conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Bartók: The Wooden Prince" | - David Zinman conducting the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra – Barber: Adagio, Symphony No. 1, The School for Scandal, Essays
- Pierre Boulez conducting the Cleveland Orchestra – Debussy: Images, Printemps, Prélude à l'Après-midi D'un Faune
- Ingo Metzmacher conducting the Ensemble Modern – Ives: A Portrait of Charles Ives
- Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra – Ives: Symphony No. 3; Three Places In New England; The Unanswered Question; Central Park In the Dark
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| 1995 | Pierre Boulez conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12" | - John Eliot Gardiner conducting the Orchestra Revolutionnaire et Romantique – Beethoven: Nine Symphonies
- Oliver Knussen conducting the Cleveland Orchestra, London Sinfonietta – Copland: Grohg; Hear Ye! Hear Ye!; Prelude
- Orpheus Chamber Orchestra – Ives: A Set of Pieces (Three Places in New England, Symphony No. 3, etc.)
- Myung-Whun Chung conducting the Orchestre de l'Opera Bastille – Messiaen: Eclairs Sur L'Au-Dela...
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| 1996 | Pierre Boulez conducting the Cleveland Orchestra | "Debussy: La Mer" | - Pierre Boulez conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Bartók: Divertimento, Dance Suite, Etc.
- Simon Rattle conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra – Elgar: Enigma Variations, Falstaff, Grania and Diarmid
- Wolfgang Sawallisch conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra – Hindemith: Mathis Der Maler Symphony
- André Previn conducting the London Symphony Orchestra – Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8
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| 1997 | Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the San Francisco Symphony | "Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (Scenes from the Ballet)" | - Pierre Boulez conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus – Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
- Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic – Lutosławski: Symphony No. 2
- Pierre Boulez conducting the Cleveland Orchestra – Messiaen: Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum; Chronochromie, Etc.
- Yuri Temirkanov conducting the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra – Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 'Leningrad'
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| 1998 | Pierre Boulez conducting the Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus | "Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Tristia" | - Sir Charles Mackerras conducting the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus – Brahms: The Four SYmphonies; Academic Festival Overture, Etc.
- Franz Welser-Möst conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra – Korngold: Symphony In F Sharp, Op. 40
- Christopher Lyndon-Gee conducting the Arnhem Philadelphia Orchestra – Markevitch: Complete Orchestral Music, Vol. 1 (Le Nouvel Age; Sinfonietta In F; Cinema Ouverture)
- Riccardo Chailly conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra – Shostakovich: The Dance Album (Moscow-Chermoushki; The BOlt, Etc.)
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| 1999 | Pierre Boulez conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Mahler: Symphony No. 9" | - Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting the Berliner Philharmonic and Chorus – Brahms: The Symphonies (Nos. 1-4; Haydn Variations; Tragic Overture, Etc.
- Oliver Knussen conducting the London Sinfonietta – Henze: Undine
- Yoel Levi conducting the Women of the Atlanta Symphony Chorus, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra – Holst: The Planets
- Christoph von Dohnányi conducting the Cleveland Orchestra – Ives: Three Places In New England; Orchestral Set No. 2/Ruggles Sun-Treader Men and Mountains
- Riccardo Chailly conducting the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra – Varese: The Complete Works
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| 2000 | Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the Peninsula Boys Choir, San Francisco Girl's Chorus, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra & Chorus | "Stravinsky: The Firebird, The Rite of Spring, Persésophone" | - Pierre Boulez conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Mahler: Symphony No. 1
- Simon Rattle conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus, Ladies of the City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra – Mahler: Symphony No. 3; 8 Lieder from "Des Knaben Wunderhorn"
- Benjamin Zander conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra – Mahler: Symphony No. 9
- Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group – Revueltas: Sensemayá (Sensemayá; Ocho Por Radio; First Little Serious Piece, Etc.)
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| 2001 | Simon Rattle conducting the Berliner Philharmonic | "Mahler: Symphony No. 10" | - Daniel Barenboim conducting the Berliner Staatskapelle – Beethoven: The Symphonies
- Charles Mackerras conducting the Scottish Chamber Orchestra – Mahler: Symphony No. 10
- Mikko Franck conducting the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra – Sibelius: En Saga, Op. 9; Lemminkäinen Legends, Op. 22
- Valery Gergiev conducting the Kirov Orchestra – Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 :Pathétique; Romeo and Juliet, Etc.
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| 2002 | Pierre Boulez conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Boulez Conducts Varèse (Amériques; Arcana; Deserts; Ionisation)" | - Claudio Abbado conducting the Eric Ericson Chamber Orchestra, Swedish Radio Chorus, Berliner Philharmonic – Beethoven: Die Symphonien
- Osmo Vänskä conducting the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra – Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor
- Kent Nagano conducting the Berliner Philharmonic – Messiaen: Turangalila-Symphonie (1990 Version)
- José Serebrier conducting the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra – Schumann: Violin Concerto; New England Triptych/Ives: Variations On "America"
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| 2003 | Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the San Francisco Symphony | "Mahler: Symphony No. 6" | - Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting the Chamber Orchestra of Europe – Dvořák: Slavonic Dances
- Daniel Barenboim conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Furtwängler: Symphony No. 2
- Mstislav Rostropovich conducting the London Symphony Orchestra – Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11
- Jesús López-Cobos conducting the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra – Turina: Danzas Fantàsticas; Sonfonia Sevillana, Etc./Debussy: Iberia
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| 2004 | Pierre Boulez conducting the Vienna Boys' Choir, Women's Chorus of the Vienna Singverein, Vienna Philharmonic, Various Artists | "Mahler: Symphony No. 3" | - Roger Norrington conducting the Radio-Sonfonieorchestre, Stuttgart des SWR – Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9
- José Serebrier conducting the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra – Rorem: Three Symphonies
- Wolfgang Sawallisch conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra, Various Artists – Schumann: Symphonies 1-4; Manfred Overture, Etc.
- José Serebrier conducting the Toulouse National Chamber Orchestra, Various Artists – Serebrier: Symphony No. 3; Passacaglia and Perpetuum Mobile, Etc.
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| 2005 | Lorin Maazel conducting the New York Philharmonic, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, New York Choral Artists | "Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls" | - David Lloyd-Jones conducting the Royal Scottish National Orchestra – Bax: Symphony No. 7; Tintagel (Tone Poem)
- José Serebrier conducting the Royal Scottish National Orchestra – Glazunov: Symphony No. 5; The Seasons, Op. 67 (Complete Ballet)
- Robert Spano conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra – Higdon: City Space; Concerto for Orchestra
- Jirí Belohlávek conducting the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra – Martinů: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4
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| 2006 | Mariss Jansons conducting the Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks | "Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13" | - Hugh Wolff conducting the Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt – Antheil: Symphony No. 3 "American"
- Yakov Kreizberg conducting the Wiener Symphoniker – Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
- José Serebrier conducting the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra – Mussorgsky/Stokowski: Pictures at an Exhibition
- Leon Botstein conducting the London Symphony Orchestra – Popov: Symphony No. 1; Shostakovich: Theme & Variations
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| 2007 | Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the San Francisco Symphony | "Mahler: Symphony No. 7" | - Vernon Handley conducting the BBC Philharmonic – Bax: Tone Poems
- José Serebrier conducting the Royal Scottish National Orchestra – Glazunov: Symphonies 4 & 7
- Iván Fischer conducting the Budapest Festival Orchestra – Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A Minor
- Valery Gergiev conducting the London Symphony Orchestra – Prokofiev: The Complete Symphonies
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| 2008 | Leonard Slatkin conducting the Nashville Symphony | "Tower: Made In America" | - Osmo Vänskä conducting the Minnesota Orchestra – Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
- José Serebrier conducting the Royal Scottish National Orchestra – Shostakovich: The Golden Age
- Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic – Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Primtemps
- Robert Spano conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra – Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5, Fantasia On a Theme by Thomas Tallis, Serenade to Music
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| 2009 | Bernard Haitink conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | "Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4" | - Rumon Gamba conducting the Iceland Symphony Orchestra – D'Indy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1
- José Serebrier conducting the Royal Scottish National Orchestra – Glazunov: Symphony No. 6, La Mer, Introduction and Dance from Salome
- Alan Gilbert conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Prokofiev: Scythian Suite, Op. 20
- Chris Walden conducting the Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra – Walden, Chris: Symphony No. 1, The Four Elements
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| 2010 | James Levine conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus | "Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé" | - Simon Rattle conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker – Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
- Benjamin Zander conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra – Bruckner: Symphony No. 5
- Valery Gergiev conducting the Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater – Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 15
- Antoni Wit conducting the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra – Szymanowski: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4
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| 2011 | Giancarlo Guerrero conducting the Nashville Symphony | "Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deux Ex Machina" | - Mariss Jansons conducting the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra – Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4
- Gil Rose conducting the Catch Electric Guitar Quartet; Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Synergy Vocals – Mackey, Steven: Dreamhouse
- Thomas Fey conducting the Mannheimer Mozartorchester – Salieri: Overtures & Stage Music
- Pierre Boulez conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Stravinsky: Pulcinella; Symphony In Three Movements; Four Études
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| 2012 | Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic | "Brahms: Symphony No. 4" | - Andrew Davis conducting the BBC Philharmonic – Bowen: Symphonies 1 & 2
- Nicholas McGegan conducting the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra – Haydn: Symphonies 104, 88 & 101
- Marek Janowski conducting the Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin – Henze: Symphonies Nos. 3-5
- Jirí Belohlávek conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra – Martinů: The Six Symphonies
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| 2013 | Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the San Francisco Symphony | "Adams: Harmonielehre & Short Ride in a Fast Machine" | - Ivan Fischer conducting the Budapest Festival Orchestra – Mahler: Symphony No. 1
- Carlos Kalmar conducting the Oregon Symphony – Music for a Time of War
- Valery Gergiev conducting the London Symphony Orchestra – Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
- Osmo Vänskä conducting the Minnesota Orchestra – Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5
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| 2014 | Osmo Vänskä conducting the Minnesota Orchestra | "Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4" | - Neeme Järvi conducting the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra – Atterberg: Orchestral Works Vol. 1
- Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic – Lutosławski: Symphony No. 1
- Claudio Abbado conducting the Orchestra Mozart – Schumann: Symphony No. 2; Overtures Mangred & Genoveva
- Simon Rattle conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker – Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps
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| 2015 | David Robertson conducting the St. Louis Symphony | "Adams: City Noir" | - Ludovic Morlot conducting the Seattle Symphony – Dutilleux: SYmphony No. 1; Tout un Monde Lointain; The Shadows of Time
- Manfred Honeck conducting the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Dvořák: Symphony No. 8/Janácek: Symphonic Suite from Jenufa
- Simon Rattle conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker – Schumann: Symphonien 1-4
- Robert Spano conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra – Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7; Tapiola
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| 2016 | Andris Nelsons conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra | "Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphony No. 10" | - Manfred Honeck conducting the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Bruckner: Symphony No. 4
- Ludovic Morlot conducting the Seattle Symphony – Dutilleux: Métaboles; L'Arbre des Songes; Symphony No. 2, 'Le Double'
- Carlos Kalmar conducting the Oregon Symphony – Spirit of the American Range
- Darrell Ang conducting the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra – Zhou Long & Chen Yi: Symphony Humen 1839
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| 2017 | Andris Nelsons conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra | "Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphony Nos. 5, 8 & 9" | - Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra – Bates: Works for Orchestra
- Neeme Järvi conducting the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande – Ibert: Orchestral Works
- Mariss Jansons conducting the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra – Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100
- Alan Gilbert conducting the New York Philharmonic – Rouse: Odna Zhizn; Symphonies 3 & 4; Prospero's Rooms
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| 2018 | Manfred Honeck conducting the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | "Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio" | - Louis Langrée conducting the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra – Concertos for Orchestra
- Leonard Slatkin conducting the Detroit Symphony Orchestra – Copland: Symphony No. 3; Three Latin American Sketches
- Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the San Francisco Symphony – Debussy: Images; Jeux & La Plus Que Lente
- Osmo Vänskä conducting the Minnesota Orchestra – Mahler: Symphony No. 5
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| 2019 | Andris Nelsons conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra | "Shostakovich: Symphonies No. 4 & 11" | - Manfred Honeck conducting the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Beethoven: Symphony No. 3/Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1
- Thomas Dausgaard conducting the Seattle Symphony – Nielsen: Symphony No. 3 & Symphony No. 4
- David Alan Miller conducting the National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic – Ruggles, Stucky & Harbison: Orchestral Works
- Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the San Francisco Symphony – Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1-4
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| 2020 | Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic | "Norman: Sustain" | - Manfred Honeck conducting the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Bruckner: Symphony No. 9
- Leonard Slatkin conducting the Detroit Symphony Orchestra – Copland: Billy the Kid; Grohg
- Louis Langrée conducting the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra – Transatlantic
- Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Kremerata Baltica – Wienberg: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 21
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| 2021 | Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic | "Ives: Complete Symphonies" | - Carlos Kalmar conducting the Oregon Symphony – Aspects of America: Pulitzer Edition
- Daniel Bjarnason conducting the Iceland Symphony Orchestra – Concurrence
- Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the San Francisco Symphony – Copland: Symphony No. 3
- Hannu Lintu conducting the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra – Lutosławski: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3
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| 2022 | Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra | "Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3" | - Giancarlo Guerrero conducting the Nashville Symphony Orchestra – Adams: My Father Knew Charles Ives; Harmonielehre
- Manfred Honeck conducting the Mendelssohn Choir Of Pittsburgh & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
- Nico Muhly conducting the San Francisco Symphony – Muhly: Throughline
- Thomas Dausgaard conducting the Seattle Symphony Orchestra – Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Scriabin; The Poem of Ecstasy
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| 2023 | Michael Repper conducting the New York Youth Symphony | "Works by Florence Price, Jessie Montgomery & Valerie Coleman" | - Doug Perkins (cd); Musicians Of The University Of Michigan Department Of Chamber Music; University Of Michigan Percussion Ensemble; The Crossing; JACK Quartet (ensembles) - Adams, John Luther: Sila - The Breath of the World
- Gustavo Dudamel (cd); Los Angeles Philharmonic (orchestra) - Dvorák: Symphonies Nos. 7-9
- Christopher Rountree (cd); Wild Up (ensemble) - Eastman: Stay On It
- John Williams (cd); Berlin Philharmoniker (orchestra) -The Berlin Concert
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| 2024 | Gustavo Dudamel (conductor); Los Angeles Philharmonic | Adès: Dante | - Karina Canellakis (cd); Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra - Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Four Pieces
- Yannick Néget-Séguin (cd); The Philadelphia Orchestra - Price: Symphony No. 4; Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony
- JoAnn Falletta (cd); The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra - Scriabin: Symphony No. 2; The Poem of Ecstasy
- Esa-Pekka Salonen (cd); San Francisco Symphony - Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
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| 2025 | Gustavo Dudamel (conductor); Los Angeles Philharmonic | Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina | - Marin Alsop (cd); ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra - Adams: City Noir, Fearful Symmetries & Lola Montez Does the Spider Dance
- JoAnn Falletta (cd); Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra - Kodály: Háry János Suite; Summer Evening & Symphony in C Major
- Susanna Mälkki (cd); Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra - Sibelius: Karelia Suite; Rakastava & Lemminkäinen
- Esa-Pekka Salonen (cd); San Francisco Symphony - Stravinsky: The Firebird
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| 2026 | Andris Nelsons (conductor); Boston Symphony Orchestra | Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie | - Michael Repper (cd); The National Philharmonic - Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint l'Ouverture; Ballade op. 4; Suites From '24 Negro Melodies'
- Gustavo Dudamel (cd); Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela - Ravel: Boléro; M. 81
- Yannick Nézét-Seguin (cd); The Philadelphia Orchestra - Still & Bonds
- Esa-Pekka Salonen (cd); San Francisco Symphony - Stravinsky: Symphony In Three Movements
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