The Grammy Award for Best Classical Compendium is an honor presented to recording artists for the best compendium album in the classical music genre at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and which was originally called the Gramophone Awards. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".
This category was created for the 55th Grammy Awards. According to the category description guide it is intended "for an album collection containing at least 51 percent playing time of newly recorded material of performances (vocal or instrumental) by various soloist(s) and/or ensemble(s) involving a mixture of classical subgenres" It also states that these albums may not be entered in other classical album categories and classical crossover albums might be eligible.
The Grammy is awarded to the artist(s), album producer(s), engineer(s) and mixer(s) if they are responsible for over 51% of playing time of the album, if other than the artist(s).
Recipients Year Recipient(s) WorkNominees(Performer(s) in parentheses)Ref. 2013 Antoni Wit (conductor); Aleksandra Nagórko & Andrzej Sasin (producers, engineers/mixers) Fonogrammi; Horn Concerto; The Awakening of Jacob; Anaklasis 2014 Christoph Eschenbach (conductor) Hindemith: Violinkonzert; Symphonic Metamorphosis; Konzertmusik 2015 John Schneider (producer); John Baffa (engineer/mixer) Partch: Plectra & Percussion Dances 2016 Giancarlo Guerrero (conductor); Tim Handley (producer); Gary Call (engineer) Paulus: Three Places Of Enlightenment; Veil Of Tears & Grand Concerto 2017 Giancarlo Guerrero (conductor); Tim Handley (producer); Gary Call (engineer) Daugherty: Tales of Hemingway; American Gothic; Once Upon a Castle 2018 Giancarlo Guerrero (conductor); Tim Handley (producer) Gary Call (engineer)Higdon: All Things Majestic, Viola Concerto & Oboe Concerto 2019 JoAnn Falletta (conductor); Tim Handley (producer); Jonathan Allen (engineer) Fuchs: Piano Concerto 'Spiritualist'; Poems of Life; Glacier; Rush Grammy.com, 7 December 2018 2020 Nadia Shpachenko (pianist); Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin (producers) The Poetry of Places 2021 Isabel Leonard (vocalist); Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor); Jack Vad (producer) From The Diary Of Anne Frank & Meditations On Rilke 2020 Grammy Awards nominations list 2022Amy Andersson (conductor/producer); Mark Mattson & Lolita Ritmanis (producers)Women Warriors: The Voices of Change 2023Starr Parodi & Kitt Wakely (artists); Jeff Fair, Starr Parodi & Kitt Wakely (producers)An Adoption Story J.P. Jofre & Seunghee Lee (artists); Enrico Fagone (conductor); Jonathan Allen (producer) for Aspire Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor); David Frost (producer) for A Concert for Ukraine Voces8 (artists); Barnaby Smith & Christopher Tin (conductors); Sean Patrick Flahaven & Christopher Tin (producers) for The Lost Birds 2024Alex Brown, The Harlem Quartet, Imani Winds, Edward Perez, Neal Smith & A. B. Spellman (artists); Silas Brown & Mark Dover (producers)Passion for Bach and Coltrane Anne Akiko Meyers (artist); Gustaveo Dudamel (conductor); Dmitry Lepay (producer) for Fandango Christopher Rountree (conductor); Lewis Pecasov (producer) for Julius Eastman, Vol. 3: If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You So Rich? Peter Herresthal (artist); Tim Weiss (conductor); Hans Kipfer (producer) for Mazzoli: Dark with Excessive Bright Chick Corea (artist); Chick Corea & Bernie Kirsh (producers) for Sardinia Andy Akiho (artist); Andy Akiho & Sean Dixon (producers) for Sculptures The Aaron Diehl Trio & The Knights (artists); Eric Jacobsen (conductor); Aaron Diehl & Eric Jacobson (producers) for Zodiac Suite 2025Gustavo Dudamel (conductor); Dmitriy Lipay (producer)Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina Andy Akiho & Imani Winds (artists); Andy Akiho, Sean Dixon & Mark Dover (producers) - BeLonging Curtis Stewart (artist); James Blachley (conductor), Blanton Alspaugh (producer) - American Counterpoints JoAnn Falletta (conductor); Bernd Gottinger (producer) - Foss: Symphony No. 1; Renaissance Concerto; Three American Pieces; Ode Sangeeta Kaur, Omar Najmi, Hilá Plitmann, Robert Thies & Danaë Xanthe Vlasse (artists); Michael Shapiro (conductor); Jeff Atmajian, Emilio D. Miler, Hai Nguyen, Robert Thies, Danaë Xanthe Vlasse & Kitt Wakeley (producers) - Mythologies II2026Gustavo Dudamel (conductor); Dmitriy Lipay (producer)Ortiz: Yanga Sandbox Percussion (artists); Jonathan Allen, Victor Caccese, Christopher Cerrone, Ian Rosenbaum, Terry Sweeney & Mike Tierney (producers) - Don't Look Down Will Liverman (artist); Jonathan Estabrooks (producer) - The Dunbar/Moore Sessions, Vol. II Janai Brugger, Isolde Fair, MB Gordy & Starr Parodi (artists); Nicholas Dodd (conductor); Jeff Fair, Starr Parodi & Kitt Wakely (producers) - Seven Seasons Christina Sandsengen (artist); Shaun Drew & Christina Sandsengen (producers) - Tombeaux
See also Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition
References
External links Official site of the Grammy Awards