Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2012 -

45 Finalists. 15 categories. The second round results have been released from the perennially anticipated event. Once again, the classical record industry has delivered! Click the links below to browse the shortlisted discs in each category. The winners will be revealed at the Gramophone Classical Music Awards on September 27th.

Record of the Year Schutz: Musicalische Exequien - Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier, Masato Suzuki
Special Historic Award Václav Talich - Live 1939 - Smetana Má vlast Dvorák Slavonic Dances
Artist of the Year: Joseph Calleja, tenor - -All Works-
Lifetime Achievement Award: Claudio Abbado, conductor - -All Works-
The Piano Award Murray Perahia - -All Works-
Young Artist of the Year: Benjamin Grosvenor, pianist - -All Works-
Label of the Year: Naďve - -All Works-

Recital
Vivaldi: Opera Arias Roberta Invernizzi, La Risonanza, Fabio Bonizzoni More...	Wagner Scenes Rene Pape, Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim More...	Arias for Guadagni Iestyn Davies, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen More...
Baroque Instrumental
Bach, J S: Orchestral Suites Nos. 1-4, BWV1066-1069 Freiburger Barockorchester More...	Handel: Concerti Grossi Nos. 1-6, HWV312-317 Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen More...	Vivaldi: The French Connection 2 Concertos for flute, oboe, violin, bassoon and strings Adrian Chandler, La Serenissima More...
Baroque Vocal
Bach, JS: Mass in B minor, BWV232 Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe More...	Schutz: Musicalische Exequien Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier, Masato Suzuki More...	Zelenka: Responsoria pro hebdomada sancta Collegium 1704 & Collegium Vocale 1704, Vaclav Luks More...
Chamber
Ives: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-4 Hilary Hahn, Valentina Lisitsa More...	Schumann: Complete Piano Trios Leif Ove Andsnes, Christian Tetzlaff & Tanja Tetzlaff More...	Schumann: String Quartets Op. 41 Nos. 1-3 Doric String Quartet More...
Choral
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem Monteverdi Choir & Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot More...	Howells: Requiem & other works Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Stephen Layton More...	Half Monk / Half Rascal Vocal music by Francis Poulenc, Danish National Vocal Ensemble, Stephen Layton More...
Concerto
Bartok: Violin Concertos & Viola Concerto James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda More...	Beethoven & Berg: Violin Concertos Isabelle Faust, Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado More...	Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Alexander Melnikov, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Teodor Currentzis More...
Solo Vocal
Britten: Serenade & Nocturne Mark Padmore, Britten Sinfonia, Jacqueline Shave More...	Britten: Songs and Proverbs of William Blake Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside More...	Songs of War Simon Keenlyside, Malcolm Martineau More...
Contemporary
Per Norgard: Violin Concertos Peter Herresthal, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Rolf Gupta More...	Rautavaara: Modificata Towards the Horizon & Incantations, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgards More...	Saariaho: D'OM LE VRAI SENS Laterna Magica, Leino Songs, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo More...
DVD Documentary
	Jascha Heifetz God's Fiddler, A film by Peter Rosen More...
DVD Performance Category
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major Nowak edition, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado More...	Lully: Atys Les Arts Florissants, William Christie More...	Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten Christian Thielemann, Christof Loy More...
Orchestral
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 & Overtures Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly More...	Martinu: Symphonies Nos. 1-6 BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek More...	Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring & Firebird Suite Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer More...
Early Music
Ciconia: Opera Omnia Diabolus In Musica & La Morra, Antoine Guerber & Michal Gondko More...	Josquin - Missa De beata virgine Credo quarti toni, Messe Ave Maris Stella, The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips More...	Victoria: Sacred Works Ensemble Plus Ultra, Michael Noone More...
Opera
Beethoven: Fidelio Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado More...	Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Marek Janowski More...	Massenet: Werther ROH Orchestra & Chorus, Antonio Pappano Rolando Villazon, Sophie Koch, Audun Iversen, Eri Nakamura More...
Historic
Chopin: Etudes Opp. 10 & 25, Maurizio Pollini More...		Anthology of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Vol. 6 1990-2000 More...
Instrumental
Chopin, Liszt, Ravel Benjamin Grosvenor More...	Chopin: The Complete Waltzes Stephen Hough More...	Schubert: Piano Sonatas Paul Lewis More...