The AHS awarded the American Handel Society Recording Prize from 1991-1998, but it has now been ceded to an international panel of judges awarding the International Handel Recording Prize (2002 & 2003).

The winners of the prize since its establishment in 1991:
1991	Giulio Cesare (Harmonia Mundi France HMU 901385.87) Jennifer Larmore, Barbara Schlick, Bernard Fink, Marianne Rřrholm, Derek Lee Ragin, Furio Zanasi, Dominique Visse, Olivier Lallouette. Concerto Köln, Rene Jacobs, conductor
1992	Judas Maccabaeus (Hyperion CDA66641/2) Jamie MacDougall, Emma Kirkby, Catherine Denley, Michael George, James Bowman, Simon Birchall. Choir of the New College, Oxford. The King's Consort, Robert King, conductor
1993	no award given
1994	Radamisto (Harmonia Mundi France HMU 907111-113) Ralf Popken, Juliana Gondek, Lisa Saffer, Dana Hanchard, Monika Frimmer, Michael Dean, Nicolas Cavallier. Freiburger Barockorchester, Nicholas McGegan, conductor.
1995	The Occasional Oratorio (Hyperion CDA66961/2) Susan Gritton, Lisa Milne, James Bowman, John Mark Ainsely, Michael George. Choir of the New College, Oxford. Choristers and Choir of The King's Consort. The King's Consort, Robert King, conductor.Almira, Königin von Castilien (CPO 999 275-2) Ann Monoyios, Patricia Rozario, Linda Gerrard, Jamie MacDougall, Douglas Nasrawi, Christian Elsner, David Thomas, and Olaf Haye. Fiori musicale, Andrew Lawrence-King, conductor.
1996	Almira, Königin von Castilien (CPO 999 275-2) Ann Monoyios, Patricia Rozario, Linda Gerrard, Jamie MacDougall, Douglas Nasrawi, Christian Elsner, David Thomas, and Olaf Haye. Fiori musicale, Andrew Lawrence-King, conductor.
1997	Alexander Balus (Hyperion CDA67241/2) Lynne Dawson, Michael George, Catherine Denley, Charles Daniels, and Claron McFadden. The Choir of New College, Oxford. The Choir of the King's Consort. The King's Consort, Robert King, conductor.
1998	Handel in Hamburg (Hyperion CDA67053) Orchestral works from Almira (HWV 1), Nero (HWV 453), Florindo and Daphne (HWV 336, 352-4), and Rodrigo (HWV 5). Also the Oboe Concerto in G minor (HWV 287). The Parley of Instruments. Peter Holman, conductor.