Grammy Award for Best Classical Compendium

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Grammy Award for Best Classical Compendium
Awarded forquality classical compendium music albums
CountryUnited States
Presented by National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded2013
Currently held by Starr Parodi, Kitt Wakely & Jeff Fair – An Adoption Story (2023)
Website grammy.com

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. [1] 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". [2]

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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. [3]

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 [I] 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
 [4]
2014 Christoph Eschenbach (conductor) Hindemith: Violinkonzert; Symphonic Metamorphosis; Konzertmusik
  • Dima Slobodeniouk (conductor), Preben Iwan (producer) – Holmboe: Concerto (Dima Slobodeniouk)
  • Maxim Rysanov (conductor), Manfred Eicher (producer) – Tabakova: String Paths (Maxim Rysanov)
 [5]
2015 John Schneider (producer); John Baffa (engineer/mixer)Partch: Plectra & Percussion Dances
 [6]
2016 Giancarlo Guerrero (conductor); Tim Handley (producer); Gary Call (engineer) Paulus: Three Places Of Enlightenment; Veil Of Tears & Grand Concerto
  • 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)
 [7]
2017 Giancarlo Guerrero (conductor); Tim Handley (producer); Gary Call (engineer) Daugherty: Tales of Hemingway; American Gothic; Once Upon a Castle
 [8]
2018 Giancarlo Guerrero (conductor); Tim Handley (producer) Gary Call (engineer) Higdon: All Things Majestic, Viola Concerto & Oboe Concerto
  • 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
[9]
2019 JoAnn Falletta (conductor); Tim Handley (producer); Jonathan Allen (engineer) Fuchs: Piano Concerto 'Spiritualist'; Poems of Life; Glacier; Rush
 [10]
2020 Nadia Shpachenko (pianist); Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin (producers)The Poetry of Places
 [11]
2021 Isabel Leonard (vocalist); Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor); Jack Vad (producer)From The Diary Of Anne Frank & Meditations On Rilke
  • 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
 [12]
2022 Amy Andersson (conductor/producer); Mark Mattson & Lolita Ritmanis (producers)Women Warriors: The Voices of Change
 [13]
2023 Starr Parodi & Kitt Wakely (artists); Jeff Fair, Starr Parodi & Kitt Wakely (producers)An Adoption Story [14]
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
2025TBA on 2 February 2025 [15]

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