2012 Echo Klassik Awards

• Alison Balsom
• ensemble amarcord/Leipziger Streichquartett
• Khatia Buniatishvili
• David Garrett
• Philippe Jaroussky
• Anna Prohaska
• Erwin Schrott
• Klaus Florian Vogt

• Konzerthausorchester Berlin conducted by Vasily Petrenko

The winners of the 2012 Echo Klassik awards were:^[1]

• Female Singer of the Year – Renée Fleming Poèmes
• Male Singer of the Year – Klaus Florian Vogt Helden
• Conductor of the Year – Riccardo Chailly for Beethoven symphonies
• Instrumentalists of the Year
  • Alison Balsom (trumpet)
  • Eduard Brunner (clarinet)
  • Rudolf Buchbinder (piano)
  • Isabelle Faust (violin)
  • Harald Vogel (organ)
• Ensemble of the Year
  • Modern Instruments – Quatuor Ébène, for Mozart
  • Historical Instruments – Freiburger Barockorchester for Mendelssohn
  • Vocal Music – ensemble amarcord
• Symphonic Recording of the Year
  • 19th century – Roger Norrington for Elgar: Enigma Variations
  • 20th/21st century – Simon Rattle for Schoenberg
• Concerto Recording of the Year
  • 18th century Christian Zacharias Mozart
  • 19th century Maximilian Hornung, Bamberger Symphoniker, Sebastian Tewinkel for Saint-Saëns and Dvořák cello concertos; Maurizio Pollini Staatskapelle Dresden Christian Thielemann for Brahms; Trumpet concerto: Guliano Sommerhalder, Simone Sommerhalder, Roland Fröscher for A. Ponchielli trumpet concertos. Violin concerto: Anne-Sophie Mutter and the New York Philharmonic for Rihm Lichtes Spiel Sebastian Currier Time Machines.
  • 20th/21st century – Jos Van Immerseel Anima Eterna, Bruges for Poulenc
• Opera Recording of the Year
  • 17th/18th century – Gluck: Ezio (Gluck) Alan Curtis
  • 19th century – Beethoven: Fidelio Claudio Abbado
  • 20th/21st century – Franz Schreker: Irrelohe Stefan Blunier.
  • Operatic Arias & Duets – Philippe Jaroussky/Max Emanuel Cenčić/William Christie (harpsichordist)/Les Arts Florissants; Nuria Rial Telemann: Opera Arias.
• Choral Recording of the Year
  • 16th/ 17th century – J. C. Bach: Welt, gute Nacht John Eliot Gardiner
  • 18th/19th century – Fauré: Requiem dir. Peter Dijkstra.
  • 20th/21st century – Coro Nacional de Cuba Digna Guerra, El canto quiere ser luz; Ligeti: Requiem, Apparitions, dir Péter Eötvös
• Chamber Music Recording of the Year
  • 17th/18th century strings – Amaryllis Quartett, J. Haydn, A. Webern
  • 17th/18th century wind – Manz, Trénel, Schuch, Alonso and Quero. Mozart, Beethoven quintets.
  • 19th century string – Joshua Bell, Jeremy Denk French Impressions
  • 19th century wind – Münchner Horntrio J. Brahms, G. Ligeti, C. Koechlin.
  • Mixed Ensemble – Renaud Capuçon, Gérard Caussé, Gautier Capuçon, Nicholas Angelich, Michel Dalberto, Quatuor Ebène Fauré. **20th/21st century – Martha Argerich and Friends Live from Lugano 2010.
  • 20th/ 21st century Strings – Galatea Quartet Bloch: Landscapes – Music for String Quartet. (Strings) Hilary Hahn, Charles Ives
• Solo Recording of the Year
  • 17th/18th century – (Violin) Rebekka Hartmann. (Piano) Jin Ju Beethoven, Czerny, Schubert. Piano Rafał Blechacz Debussy, Szymanowski.
• Song Recording of the Year – Werner Güra Schubert: Willkommen und Abschied
• Lifetime Achievement Award – Daniel Barenboim,
• Newcomer awards – Anna Prohaska (soprano), Khatia Buniatishvili (piano), Miloš Karadaglić (guitar), Julian Steckel (cello), Vasily Petrenko (conductor)
• The Klassik-ohne-Grenzen Prizes – Tori Amos Night of Hunters; Pera Ensemble and Valer Barna-Sabadus Baroque Oriental; Erwin Schrott Rojotango
• Editorial Achievement of the Year – Siegbert Rampe [de] Mozart: Sämtliche Clavierwerke Vol. 12
• World Premiere Recording of the Year – Michala Petri, Danish National Vocal Ensemble (DR Vokalensemblet), Stephen Layton The Nightingale – New Nordic Music for Recorder and Choir Uģis Prauliņš, Daniel Börtz.
• The Classics for Children Award – Ensemble L'art pour l'art Haltbar gemacht
• Jury Awards for the Fostering of Young Talents – Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen "Zukunftslabor". Bertelsmann Stiftung "Musikalische Grundschule"
• Music DVD Recording of the Year – (Opera) Theater Lübeck Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
• Bestseller of the Year – David Garrett Legacy
• Special Jury Awards – Israel Chamber Orchestra. Thomanerchor Leipzig