A selected list of nominees from the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards is below. Check Acorn for current availability and more nominees.
| Best Chamber Music Performance | Emerson String Quartet, Intimate Letters | CD MUS-12650 |
| Best Choral Performance | Krzysztof Penderecki, Utrenja (Warsaw Phil. Choir and Orchestra, Antoni Wit, cond.) | CD MUS-12648 |
| Best Classical Album | Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 8; Adagio from Symphony No. 10 (San Francisco Symphony & Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas) | CD MUS-12657 |
| Best Classical Contemporary Composition | George Crumb, American Songbooks II & IV | CD MUS-12647 |
| Best Classical Vocal Performance | Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Recital at Ravinia | CD MUS-12705 |
| Best Contemporary World Music Album | Béla Fleck, Throw down your heart: Tales from the acoustic planet, Vol. 3, African sessions | CD MUS-12053 |
| Best Instrumental Soloist(s) with Orchestra | Béla Bartók, Concertos (Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet, Berlin Philharmonic, Pierre Boulez, cond.) | CD MUS-12691 |
| Best Jazz Instrumental Album | Allen Toussaint, The Bright Mississippi | CD MUS-12653 |
| Best Opera Recording | Dmitry Shostakovich, The Nose (Chorus and Orchestra of The Mariinsky Theatre; Valery Gergiev) | CD MUS-12372 |
| Best Small Ensemble Performance | Stile Antico, Song of Songs | CD MUS-12649 |