Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year – Solo or Chamber Ensemble

The Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year has been awarded since 1985, as recognition each year for the best classical music album in Canada. It was a split from the prior category for Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year, alongside a separate new category for Classical Album of the Year – Large Ensemble or Soloist with Large Ensemble Accompaniment.

As of the Juno Awards of 2022 the award is no longer presented, and instead two separate awards are presented for Classical Album of the Year - Solo and Classical Album of the Year - Small Ensemble.

Winners

Best Classical Album: Solo or Chamber Ensemble (1985–2002) 1985 – The Orford String Quartet, W.A. Mozart-String Quartets 1986 – James Campbell (clarinet), Stolen Gems 1987 – The Orford String Quartet, Ofra Harnoy (cello), Schubert, Quintet In C 1989 – Ofra Harnoy, Arpeggione Sonata 1990 – Louis Lortie, 20th Century Original Piano Transcriptions 1991 – The Orford String Quartet, Schafer: Five String Quartets 1992 – Louis Lortie (piano), Liszt: Annees De Pelerinage 1993 – Louis Lortie, Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 1994 – Louis Lortie, Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Opus 10, No 1-3 1995 – Erica Goodman, Erica Goodman Plays Canadian Harp Music 1996 – Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano), Alkan: Grande Sonate/Sonatine/ Le Festin d'Esope 1997 – Marc-André Hamelin, Scriabin: The Complete Piano Sonatas 1998 – Marc-André Hamelin, Marc-André Hamelin Plays Franz Liszt 1999 – Angela Hewitt, Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier - Book 1 2000 – St. Lawrence String Quartet, Schumann: String Quartets 2001 – James Ehnes, Bach: The Six Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin 2002 – Angela Hewitt, Bach Arrangements

Classical Album of the Year: Solo or Chamber Ensemble (2003–2021) 2003 – Marc-André Hamelin, Liszt: Paganini Studies & Schubert March Transcriptions 2004 – Gryphon Trio, Murphy, Chan, Hatzis, Kulesha: Canadian Premieres 2005 – Angela Hewitt, Bach: The English Suites 2006 – Marc-André Hamelin, Albéniz: Iberia 2007 – Jean-Marie Zeitouni/Les Violons du Roy, Piazzolla 2008 – Marc-André Hamelin, Alkan Concerto for Solo Piano 2009 – James Ehnes, Homage 2010 – Joel Quarrington, Joel Quarrington: Garden Scene 2011 – Gryphon Trio, Beethoven: Piano Trios Op. 70 No. 1, Ghost & No. 2: Op 11 2012 – Marc-André Hamelin, Liszt Piano Sonata 2013 – Amici Chamber Ensemble, Levant 2014 – James Ehnes, Prokofiev Complete Works for Violin 2015 – James Ehnes, Bartok: Chamber Works for Violin Vol. 3 2016 – James Ehnes, Franck & Strauss: Violin Sonatas 2017 – New Orford String Quartet, Brahms: String Quartets, Op. 51 NOS. 1 & 2 2018 – Janina Fialkowska, Chopin Recital 3 2019 - Gryphon Trio, The End of Flowers: Works by Clarke & Ravel 2020 - Angela Schwarzkopf, Detach 2021 - Ensemble Made in Canada, MosaïqueHolly Gordon and Andrea Warner, "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, June 4, 2021.

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