Grammy Nominations 2013

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Album of the Year

• The Black Keys: El Camino
• Fun.: Some Nights 
• Mumford & Sons: Babel   *WINNER*
• Frank Ocean: Channel Orange 
• Jack White: Blunderbuss 

Best Rock Album

• The Black Keys: El Camino  *WINNER*
• Coldplay: Mylo Xyloto 
• Muse: The 2nd Law 
• Bruce Springsteen: Wrecking Ball 
• Jack White: Blunderbuss 

Best Alternative Music Album

• Fiona Apple: The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do 
• Bjork: Biophilia 
• Gotye: Making Mirrors   *WINNER*
• M83: Hurry Up, We're Dreaming 
• Tom Waits: Bad As Me 

Best Rap Album

• Drake: Take Care   *WINNER*
• Lupe Fiasco: Food And Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album, Pt. 1 
• Nas: Life Is Good 
• The Roots: Undun 
• Rick Ross: God Forgives, I don't 
• 2 Chainz: Based On A T.R.U. Story 

Best Jazz Vocal Album

• Denise Donatelli: Soul Shadows
• Kurt Elling: 1619 Broadway: The Brill Building Project 
• Al Jarreau (And The Metropole Orkest): Live 
• Luciana Souza: The Book Of Chet 
• Esperanza Spalding: Radio Music Society   *WINNER*

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

• Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez & Paul Motian: Further Explorations 
• Chick Corea & Gary Burton: Hot House 
• Kenny Garrett: Seeds From The Underground
• Ahmad Jamal: Blue Moon 
• Pat Metheny: Unity Band   *WINNER*

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

• Gil Evans Project: Centennial: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans
• Bob Mintzer Big Band: For The Moment 
• Arturo Sandoval: Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You)   *WINNER*

Best Latin Jazz Album

• Chano Dominguez: Flamenco Sketches 
• The Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band: !Ritmo!   *WINNER*
• Bobby Sanabria Big Band: Multiverse 
• Luciana Souza: Duos III
• Manuel Valera New Cuban Express: New Cuban Express 

Best Americana Album

• The Avett Brothers: The Carpenter 
• John Fullbright: From The Ground Up 
• The Lumineers: The Lumineers 
• Mumford & Sons: Babel 
• Bonnie Raitt: Slipstream   *WINNER*

Best Bluegrass Album

• Dailey & Vincent: The Gospel Side Of Dailey & Vincent
• The Grascals: Life Finds A Way 
• Noam Pikelny: Beat The Devil And Carry A Rail
• Special Consensus: Scratch Gravel Road
• Steep Canyon Rangers: Nobody Knows You   *WINNER*

Best Blues Album

• Shemekia Copeland: 33 1/3 
• Dr. John: Locked Down   *WINNER*
• Ruthie Foster: Let It Burn 
• Heritage Blues Orchestra: And Still I Rise 
• Joan Osborne: Bring It On Home 

Best Folk Album

• Carolina Chocolate Drops: Leaving Eden 
• Ry Cooder: Election Special 
• Luther Dickinson: Hambone's Meditations 
• Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile: The Goat Rodeo Sessions   *WINNER*
• Various Artists: This One's For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark 

Best World Music Album

• Amadou & Mariam: Folila 
• Daniel Ho: On A Gentle Island Breeze
• Hugh Masekela: Jabulani 
• Anoushka Shankar: Traveller 
• Ravi Shankar: The Living Room Sessions Part 1  *WINNER*

Best Musical Theater Album

• Follies 
• Porgy And Bess 
• Newsies 
• Nice Work If You Can Get It 
• Once: A New Musical   *WINNER*

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media

• The Adventures of Tintin - The Secret Of The Unicorn 
• The Artist 
• The Dark Knight Rises 
• The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo   *WINNER*
• Hugo 
• Journey 

Best Orchestral Performance

• Adams: Harmonielehre & Short Ride In A Fast Machine   *WINNER*
  (Michael Tilson Thomas, Conductor. San Francisco Symphony)
• Mahler: Symphony No. 1 
  (Ivan Fischer, Conductor. Budapest Festival Orchestra)
• Music For A Time Of War 
  (Carlos Kalmar, Conductor. Oregon Symphony)
• Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances 
  (Valery Gergiev, Conductor. London Symphony Orchestra)
• Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5 
  (Osmo Vanska, Conductor. Minnesota Orchestra)

Best Opera Recording

• Berg: Lulu (dvd)
• Handel: Agrippina 
• Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (dvd)
• Vivaldi: Teuzzone 
• Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen (dvds)  *WINNER*
  • Rheingold
  • Walküre
  • Siegfried
  • Götterdämmerung

Best Choral Performance

• Handel: Israel In Egypt 
  (Julian Wachner & Trinity Baroque Orchestra, Trinity Choir Wall Street)
• Life & Breath - Choral Works by Rene Clausen   *WINNER*
  (Charles Bruffy and Kansas City Chorale)
• Ligeti: Requiem; Apparitions; San Francisco Polyphony
  (Peter Eotvos & WDR Sinfonieorchester Koln, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart & WDR Rundfunkchor Koln)
• The Nightingale 
  (Stephen Layton and the Danish National Vocal Ensemble)
• Striggio: Mass for 40 & 60 Voices  
  (Herve Niquet and Le Concert Spirituel)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

• Americana 
  (Modern Mandolin Quartet)
• Meanwhile    *WINNER*
  (Eighth Blackbird)
• Mind Meld  
  (ZOFO Duet)
• Profanes Et Sacrees
  (Boston Symphony Chamber Players)
• Rupa-Khandha  
  (Los Angeles Percussion Quartet)

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

• Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Clavier  
  (Andras Schiff)
• The Complete Harpsichord Works of Rameau 
  (Jory Vinikour)
• Gal & Elgar: Cello Concertos  
  (Claudio Cruz, Conductor; Antonio Meneses)
• Holst: The Planets  
  (Hansjorg Albrecht)
• Kurtag & Ligeti: Music For Viola   *WINNER*
  (Kim Kashkashian)

Best Classical Vocal Solo

• Debussy: Clair De Lune  
  (Natalie Dessay)
• Homecoming - Kansas City Symphony Presents Joyce DiDonato (dvd)
  (Joyce DiDonato)
• Paris Days, Berlin Nights 
  (Ute Lemper)
• Poemes    *WINNER*
  (Renee Fleming)
• Sogno Barocco  
  (Anne Sofie Von Otter)

Best Comtemporary Classical Composition

• Hartke, Stephen: Meanwhile - Incidental Music to Imaginary Puppet Plays   *WINNER*
• Leon, Tania: Inura For Voices, Strings, And Percussion 
• Praulins, Ugis: The Nightingale 
• Rautavaara, Einojuhani: Cello Concerto No. 2 'Towards The Horizon' 
• Stucky, Steven: August 4, 1964 

• Album of the Year
• Best Musical Theater Album
• Best Visual Media Soundtrack
• Best Orchestral Performance
• Best Opera Recording
• Best Choral Performance
• Best Small Ensemble Performance
• Best Classical Instrumental Solo
• Best Classical Vocal Solo
• Best Contemporary Classical Composition
• Best Jazz Vocal Album
• Best Jazz Instrumental Album
• Best Large Jazz Instrumental Album
• Best Latin Jazz Album
• Best Blues Album
• Best Rock Album
• Best Alternative Music Album
• Best Rap Album
• Best Americana Album
• Best Bluegrass Album
• Best Folk Album
• Best World Music Album