| Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, cond. | Academic Festival Overture | Barenboim: Brahms | Warner Classics |
| William Albright, organ; Sydney Hodkinson, percussion | Black Host - William Bolcom | New Music for Organ | Nonesuch |
| Gidon Kremer, violin | Sonata No. 2 in A Minor - II. Fugue | J.S. Bach - The Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin | Philips |
| Arch Ensemble | Cinque Canti | The Music of Luigi Dallapicolla | Arch |
| Gidon Kremer, violin | Sonata No. 1 in G Minor - II. Adagio | J.S. Bach - The Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin | Philips |
| Murray Perahia, piano | Franz Schubert - Piano Sonata in B-flat Major - II. Andante Sostenuto | Schubert Piano Sonatas | Sony Classical |
| Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, cond. | Three Portraits: I. Bugles & Birds, II. Tango Lullabye, III. The Fugue | Music of Virgil Thompson | Composers Recordings, Inc. |
| Emerson Quartet | I. Allegro con brio, II. Allegretto ma non troppo | Beethoven - The Middle Quartets | Deutsche Grammaphone |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Jean Martinon, cond. | Frank Martin - Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments, Timpani, Percussion and String Orchestra | | RCA Victor |
| Edward Laut, cello | | | |