So many to chose from – a real vintage year. This list will probably be updated as I remember them, which has also given me the idea of a blog for albums of 2012 as they arrive. So, not in any order …

Rock
Transatlantic – Whirlwind
Transatlantic – More Never Is Enough
Nightwish – Imaginaerium
Blind Guardian – At The Edge Of Time
Mastodon – The Hunter
Machine Head – Unto The Locust
Yes – Fly From Here
Smile – Beach Boys
Opeth – Heritage
Kate Bush – 50 Words For Snow

Classical
Jordi Savall – Mare Nostrum
Mahler – Symphony No. 9 – LSO/Gergiev
Ives – Violin Sonatas – Hilary Hahn & Valentina Lisitsa
Bruckner, Nielsen & Sibelius Symphonies – Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra & Gustavo Dudamel
Shostakovich Symphonies – Royal Liverpool Philharmonic / Vasily Petrenko