Grammy Award for Best Classical Compendium

{{Infobox award

| name = Grammy Award for Best Classical Compendium

| awarded_for = quality classical compendium music albums

| image =

| imagesize = 100px

| alt = A gold gramophone trophy with a plaque set on a table

| caption = Gilded gramophone trophy presented to Grammy Award winners

| presenter = National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

| country = United States

| year = 2013

| holder = Gustavo Didamel (conductor); Dmitriy Lipay (producer) – Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina (2025)

| website = [http://www.grammy.com/ grammy.com]

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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.{{cite news|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/grammys/env-grammy_awards_info,0,5279018.htmlstory?track=center|title=Grammy Awards at a Glance|work=Los Angeles Times|publisher=Tribune Company|access-date=January 6, 2011}} 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".{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/recording_academy/ |title=Overview |access-date=May 14, 2011 |publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027163924/http://www.grammy.com/recording_academy/ |archive-date=October 27, 2009 }}

This category was created categories 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.grammy.com/news/the-recording-academy-announces-board-of-trustees-meeting-results |title=The Recording Academy Announces Board Of Trustees Meeting Results |date= June 8, 2012|access-date=June 11, 2012|publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences}}

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

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(Performer(s) in parentheses)

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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2013

| Antoni Wit (conductor); Aleksandra Nagórko & Andrzej Sasin (producers, engineers/mixers)

| Fonogrammi; Horn Concerto; The Awakening of Jacob; Anaklasis

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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2014

| Christoph Eschenbach (conductor)

| Hindemith: Violinkonzert; Symphonic Metamorphosis; Konzertmusik

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  • Dima Slobodeniouk (conductor), Preben Iwan (producer) – Holmboe: Concerto (Dima Slobodeniouk)
  • Maxim Rysanov (conductor), Manfred Eicher (producer) – Tabakova: String Paths (Maxim Rysanov)}}

|align="center"|{{Cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/grammys-2014/5885341/grammy-awards-full-winners-list-2014-complete|title=56th GRAMMY Awards: Full Winners List|work=Billboard|access-date=May 5, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2015

| John Schneider (producer); John Baffa (engineer/mixer)

| Partch: Plectra & Percussion Dances

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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2016

| Giancarlo Guerrero (conductor); Tim Handley (producer); Gary Call (engineer)

| Paulus: Three Places Of Enlightenment; Veil Of Tears & Grand Concerto

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  • Jim Ginsburg (producer) – As Dreams Fall Apart – The Golden Age of Jewish Stage and Film Music (1925–1955) (New Budapest Orpheum Society)
  • George Manahan (conductor), Judith Sherman (producer) – Ask Your Mama (George Manahan & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra)
  • Paul McCreesh (conductor), Nicholas Parker (producer) – Händel: l'Allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, 1740 (Paul McCreesh)
  • Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin (producers) – Woman at the New Piano (Nadia Shpachenko)}}

|align="center"|{{Cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/grammys/6875260/grammy-awards-2016-full-winners-list|title=Grammy Awards 2016: See the Full Winners List|work=Billboard|access-date=May 5, 2017}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2017

| Giancarlo Guerrero (conductor); Tim Handley (producer); Gary Call (engineer)

| Daugherty: Tales of Hemingway; American Gothic; Once Upon a Castle

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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2018

| Giancarlo Guerrero (conductor); Tim Handley (producer) Gary Call (engineer)

|Higdon: All Things Majestic, Viola Concerto & Oboe Concerto

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  • Alexandre Tharaud (conductor); Cécile Lenoir (producer) – Barbara (Alexandre Tharaud & Various Artists)
  • Reinbert de Leeuw (conductor); Guido Tichelman (producer) – Kurtág: Complete Works for Ensemble & Choir (Reinbert de Leeuw)
  • Jordi Savall (conductor); Benjamin Bletton (producer) – Les Routes de l'Esclavage (Jordi Savall)
  • Lucy Mauro (pianist and producer) – Mademoiselle: Première Audience – Unknown Music of Nadia Boulanger}}

|align="center"|[https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/60th-grammy-awards-full-nominees-list Grammy.com, 28 November 2017]

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2019

| JoAnn Falletta (conductor); Tim Handley (producer); Jonathan Allen (engineer)

| Fuchs: Piano Concerto 'Spiritualist'; Poems of Life; Glacier; Rush

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|align="center"|[https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2019-grammy-awards-complete-nominations-list Grammy.com, 7 December 2018]

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2020

| Nadia Shpachenko (pianist); Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin (producers)

| The Poetry of Places

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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2021

| Isabel Leonard (vocalist); Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor); Jack Vad (producer)

| From The Diary Of Anne Frank & Meditations On Rilke

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  • Mark Stone & Christianne Stotijn (performers); Thomas Adès (conductor); Nick Squire (producer) – Adès Conducts Adès
  • Clément Mao-Takacs (conductor); Hans Kipfer (producer) – Saariaho: Graal Théatre; Circle Map; Neiges; Vers Toi Qui Es Si Loin
  • José Serebrier (conductor); Jens Braun (producer) – Serebrier: Symphonic Bach Variations; Laments and Hallelujahs; Flute Concerto
  • Matt Haimovitz; Julian Wachner (conductor); Blanton Alspaugh (producer) – Woolf: Fire and Flood

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|align="center"|[https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2020-grammy-awards-complete-nominees-list#29 2020 Grammy Awards nominations list]

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2022

|Amy Andersson (conductor/producer); Mark Mattson & Lolita Ritmanis (producers)

|Women Warriors: The Voices of Change

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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2023

|Starr Parodi & Kitt Wakely (artists); Jeff Fair, Starr Parodi & Kitt Wakely (producers)

|An Adoption Story

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|{{Cite web |title=2023 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Nominees List |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2023-grammy-nominations-complete-winners-nominees-list |access-date=2022-11-15 |website=www.grammy.com}}

2024

|Alex Brown, The Harlem Quartet, Imani Winds, Edward Perez, Neal Smith & A.B. Spellman (artists); Silas Brown & Mark Dover (producers)

|Passion for Bach and Coltrane

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  • 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

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2025

|Gustavo Didamel (conductor); Dmitriy Lipay (producer)

|Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina

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|{{Cite web |title=2025 GRAMMYs: See The Full Nominations List {{!}} GRAMMY.com |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2025-grammys-nominations-full-winners-nominees-list |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=grammy.com}}

See also

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