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Here are the 2012 GRAMMY® Nominated albums available at ClassicsOnline. We offer our congratulations to the artists and labels.

Best Orchestral Performance

	Adams: Harmonielehre & Short Ride In A Fast Machine Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony) 82193600532

	Music For A Time Of War Carlos Kalmar, conductor (Oregon Symphony) PTC5186393

	Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances Valery Gergiev, conductor (London Symphony Orchestra) LSO0688

	Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5 Osmo Vänskä, conductor (Minnesota Orchestra) BIS-SACD-1986

Best Opera Performance

	Handel: Agrippina René Jacobs, conductor; Marcos Fink, Sunhae Im, Bejun Mehta, Alexandrina Pendatchanska & Jennifer Rivera (Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin) HMC902088.90

	Vivaldi: Teuzzone Jordi Savall, conductor; Delphine Galou, Paolo Lopez, Roberta Mameli, Raffaella Milanesi & Furio Zanasi (Le Concert Des Nations) OP30513

Best Choral Performance

	Life & Breath - Choral Works By René Clausen Charles Bruffy, conductor (Matthew Gladden, Lindsey Lang, Rebecca Lloyd, Sarah Tannehill & Pamela Williamson; Kansas City Chorale) CHSA5105

	Striggio: Mass For 40 & 60 Voices Hervé Niquet, conductor (Le Concert Spirituel) GCDSA921623

	The Nightingale Stephen Layton, conductor (Michala Petri; Danish National Vocal Ensemble) 6.220605

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

	Americana Modern Mandolin Quartet DSL-92157

	Meanwhile Eighth Blackbird CDR90000-133

	Mind Meld ZOFO Duet DSL-92151

	Rupa-Khandha Los Angeles Percussion Quartet DSL-92150

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

	The Complete Harpsichord Works Of Rameau Jory Vinikour DSL-92154

	Gál & Elgar: Cello Concertos Claudio Cruz, conductor; Antonio Meneses (Northern Sinfonia) AV2237

	Holst: The Planets Hansjörg Albrecht OC683

Best Classical Vocal Solo

	Debussy: Clair De Lune Natalie Dessay (Henri Chalet; Philippe Cassard, Karine Deshayes & Catherine Michel; Le Jeune Coeur De Paris) 5099973076759

	Paris Days, Berlin Nights Ute Lemper (Stefan Malzew & Vogler Quartet) Steinway30009

	Sogno Barocco Anne Sofie Von Otter (Leonardo García Alarcón; Sandrine Piau & Susanna Sundberg; Ensemble Cappella Mediterranea) V5286

Best Classical Compendium

	Penderecki: Fonogrammi; Horn Concerto; Partita; The Awakening Of Jacob; Anaklasis Antoni Wit, conductor; Aleksandra Nagórko & Andrzej Sasin, producers 8.572482

	Une Fête Baroque Emmanuelle Haïm, conductor; Daniel Zalay, producer 5099973079958

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

	Hartke, Stephen: Meanwhile - Incidental Music To Imaginary Puppet Plays Stephen Hartke, composer (Eighth Blackbird) Track from: Meanwhile CDR90000-133

	León, Tania: Inura For Voices, Strings & Percussion Tania León, composer (Tania León, Son Sonora Voices, DanceBrazil Percussion & Son Sonora Ensemble) Track from: In Motion TROY1284

	Praulins, Ugis: The Nightingale Ugis Praulins, composer (Stephen Layton, Michala Petri & Danish National Vocal Ensemble) Track from: The Nightingale 6.220605

	Rautavaara, Einojuhani: Cello Concerto No. 2 'Towards The Horizon' Einojuhani Rautavaara, composer (Truls Mørk, John Storgårds & Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra) Track from: Rautavaara: Modificata; Percussion Concerto 'Incantations'; Cello Concerto No. 2 'Towards The Horizon' ODE1178-2

	Stucky, Steven: August 4, 1964 Steven Stucky, composer; Gene Scheer, librettist (Jaap Van Zweden, Dallas Symphony Chorus & Orchestra) DSOLive004

Best Surround Sound Album

	Quiet Winter Night Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Hoff Ensemble) 2L087PABD

	Rupa-Khandha Daniel Shores, surround mix engineer; Daniel Shores, surround mastering engineer; Marina Ledin & Victor Ledin, surround producers (Los Angeles Percussion Quartet) DSL-92150

Best Engineered Album, Classical

	Americana Daniel Shores, engineer; Daniel Shores, mastering engineer (Modern Mandolin Quartet) DSL-92157

	Beethoven: The Late String Quartets, Op. 127 & 131 Bruce Egre, engineer (Brentano String Quartet) AECD1110

	Life & Breath - Choral Works By René Clausen Tom Caulfield & John Newton, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Charles Bruffy & Kansas City Chorale) CHSA5105

	Music For A Time Of War Jesse Lewis & John Newton, engineers; Jesse Brayman, mastering engineer (Carlos Kalmar & The Oregon Symphony) PTC5186393

	Souvenir Morten Lindberg, engineer; Morten Lindberg, mastering engineer (TrondheimSolistene) 2L090A

Producer Of The Year, Classical

Blanton Alspaugh

	Gjeilo: Northern Lights (Charles Bruffy & Phoenix Chorale) CHSA5100

	In Paradisum (Brian A. Schmidt & South Dakota Chorale) G-49279

	Life & Breath - Choral Works By René Clausen (Charles Bruffy & Kansas City Chorale) CHSA5105

	Music For A Time Of War (Carlos Kalmar & The Oregon Symphony) PTC5186393

Tim Handley

	Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique (Leonard Slatkin & Orchestre National De Lyon) 8.572886

	Debussy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 7 (Jun Märkl & Orchestre National De Lyon) 8.572675

	Fuchs, K.: Atlantic Riband; American Rhapsody; Divinium Mysterium (JoAnn Falletta, Paul Silverthorne, Michael Ludwig & London Symphony Orchestra) 8.559723

	Gershwin: Piano Concerto In F; Rhapsody No. 2; I Got Rhythm Variations (Orion Weiss, JoAnn Falletta & Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra) 8.559705

	Hailstork: An American Port Of Call (JoAnn Falletta, Virginia Symphony Chorus & Virginia Symphony Orchestra) 8.559722

	Holst: Cotswolds Symphony; Walt Whitman Overture (JoAnn Falletta & Ulster Orchestra) 8.572914

	Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (Marin Alsop & Baltimore Symphony Orchestra) 8.572207

	Roussel: Le Festin De L'Araignée (Stéphane Denève & Royal Scottish National Orchestra) 8.572243

	Still: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 (John Jeter & Fort Smith Symphony) 8.559676

Marina Ledin, Victor Ledin

	Americana (Modern Mandolin Quartet) DSL-92157

	Brubeck & American Poets (Lynne Morrow & Pacific Mozart Ensemble) DSL-92160

	Mind Meld (ZOFO Duet) DSL-92151

	Rupa-Khandha (Los Angeles Percussion Quartet) DSL-92150

	Weigl: Isle Of The Dead; Six Fantasies; Pictures & Tales; Night Fantasies (Joseph Banowetz) 8.572423

James Mallinson

	Britten: War Requiem (Gianandrea Noseda, Joseph Cullen, Alastair Tighe, Choir Of Eltham College, London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra) LSO0719

	Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (Bernard Haitink & London Symphony Orchestra) The Greatest Film Scores Of Dimitri Tiomkin (Richard Kaufman, Whitney Claire Kaufman, Andrew Playfoot, London Voices & London Symphony Orchestra) LSO0716

	Massenet: Don Quichotte (Valery Gergiev, Andrei Serov, Anna Kiknadze, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Soloists' Ensemble Of The Mariinsky Academy Of Young Singers & Mariinsky Orchestra) MAR0523

	Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances (Valery Gergiev & London Symphony Orchestra) LSO0688

Dan Merceruio

	Brasileiro - Works Of Francisco Mignone (Cuarteto Latinoamericano) DSL-92147

	Change Of Worlds (Ensemble Galilei) DSL-92153

	The Complete Harpsichord Works Of Rameau (Jory Vinikour) DSL-92154

	Critical Models - Chamber Works Of Mohammed Fairouz (Various Artists) DSL-92146

	The Kernis Project: Schubert (Jasper String Quartet) DSL-92152

	Le Bestiaire (Celine Ricci) DSL-92149

	Scarlatti: La Dirindina & Pur Nel Sonno (Matthew Dirst & Ars Lyrica Houston) DSL-92159

	Two Lutes - Lute Duets From England's Golden Age (Ronn McFarlane & William Simms) DSL-92155

	Weill-Ibert-Berg (Timothy Muffitt & Baton Rouge Symphony Chamber Players) DSL-92161

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