Grammy Award for Best Classical Compendium

{{Short description|Music award category}} {{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] }} 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.<ref name=Grammy>{{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}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://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}}</ref>

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== {| class="wikitable" width=100% |- bgcolor="#bebebe" ! width="5%" | Year{{ref|1|[I]}} ! width="25%" | Recipient(s) ! width="25%" | Work ! width="35%" class=unsortable|Nominees (Performer(s) in parentheses) ! width="2%" class=unsortable|Ref. |- ! 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'' | {{smalldiv| * John Schneider (producer) – ''Bitter Music'' (Partch) * Emmanuelle Haïm (conductor), Daniel Zalay (producer) – ''Une Fête Baroque'' (Emmanuelle Haïm)}} |align="center"|<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/grammys-2013/1537655/grammys-2013-winners-list|title=Grammys 2013: Winners List|work=Billboard|access-date=May 5, 2017}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2014 | Christoph Eschenbach (conductor) | ''Hindemith: Violinkonzert; Symphonic Metamorphosis; Konzertmusik'' | {{smalldiv| * Dima Slobodeniouk (conductor), Preben Iwan (producer) – ''Holmboe: Concerto'' (Dima Slobodeniouk) * Maxim Rysanov (conductor), Manfred Eicher (producer) – ''Tabakova: String Paths'' (Maxim Rysanov)}} |align="center"|<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://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}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2015 | John Schneider (producer); John Baffa (engineer/mixer) | ''Partch: Plectra & Percussion Dances'' | {{smalldiv| * Jeffrey Skidmore (conductor), Colin Matthews (producer) – ''Britten to America'' (Jeffrey Skidmore) * Manfred Eicher (producer) – ''Mieczyslaw Weinberg'' (Giedré Dirvanausakité, Daniil Grishin, Gidon Kremer & Daniil Trifonov) * Mike Marshall (producer) – ''Mike Marshall & The Turtle Island Quartet'' (Mike Marshall & The Turtle Island Quartet) * Paul Daniel (conductor), Andrew Walton (producer) – ''The Solent – Fifty Years of Music by Ralph Vaughan Williams'' (Paul Daniel)}} |align="center"|<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/grammys-2015/6465551/grammys-2015-winners-57th-annual|title=Grammys 2015: And the Winners Are ...|work=Billboard|access-date=May 5, 2017}}</ref> |- ! 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'' | {{smalldiv| * 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"|<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://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}}</ref> |- ! 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'' | {{smalldiv| * Tõnu Kaljuste (conductor), Manfred Eicher (producer) – ''Gesualdo'' (Tõnu Kaljuste) * Martyn Brabbins (conductor), Andrew Walton (producer) – ''Vaughan Williams: Discoveries'' (Martyn Brabbins) * Judith Farmer & Gernot Wolfgang (producers) – ''Wolfgang: Passing Through'' (Various Artists) * Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor), Frank Filipetti & Gail Zappa (producers) – ''Zappa: 200 Motels – The Suites'' (Esa-Pekka Salonen)}} |align="center"|<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.grammy.com/nominees|title=59th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees|work=GRAMMY.com|access-date=May 5, 2017|language=en}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2018 | Giancarlo Guerrero (conductor); Tim Handley (producer) Gary Call (engineer) |''Higdon: All Things Majestic, Viola Concerto & Oboe Concerto'' | {{smalldiv| * 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"|<ref>[https://archive.today/20171202161009/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/60th-grammy-awards-full-nominees-list Grammy.com, 28 November 2017]</ref> |- ! 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'' | {{smalldiv| * Nigel Short (producer) – ''Gold'' (The King's Singers) * Simon Rattle (conductor); Christoph Franke (producer) – ''The John Adams Edition'' * Jerry Junkin (conductor); Donald J. McKinney (producer) – ''John Williams At The Movies'' * Peter Oundjian (conductor); Blanton Alspaugh (producer) – ''Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto; Oboe Concerto; Serenade to Music; Flos Campi''}} |align="center"|<ref>[https://www.grammy.com/news/2019-61st-annual-grammy-awards-nominations-complete-nominees-and-winners-list Grammy.com, 7 December 2018]</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2020 | Nadia Shpachenko (pianist); Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin (producers) | ''The Poetry of Places'' | {{smalldiv| * John Morris Russell (conductor); Elaine Martone (producer) – ''American Originals 1918'' * Giancarlo Guerrero (conductor); Tim Handley (producer) – ''Leshnoff: Symphony No. 4 Heichalos, Guitar Concerto, Starburst'' * Paul Appleby (tenor) & Natalia Katyukova (pianist); Silas Brown & Harold Meltzer (producers) – ''Meltzer: Songs and Structures'' * Hannu Lintu (conductor); Laura Heikinheimo (producer) – ''Saariaho: True Fire; Trans; Ciel d'Hiver''}} | style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2020-grammy-awards-nominations-complete-winners-list |title=2020 GRAMMY Awards: Complete Winners & Nominations List |publisher=Grammy.com |date=November 20, 2019 |access-date=January 26, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> |- ! 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'' | {{smalldiv| * 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'' }} |align="center"|<ref>[https://www.grammy.com/news/2020-grammy-awards-nominations-complete-winners-list 2020 Grammy Awards nominations list]</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2022 |Amy Andersson (conductor/producer); Mark Mattson & Lolita Ritmanis (producers) |''Women Warriors: The Voices of Change'' |{{smalldiv| * AGAVE & Reginald L. Mobley (artists); Geoffrey Silver (producer) – ''American Originals - A New World, A New Canon'' * Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor); Jack Vad (producer) – ''Berg: Violin Concerto, Seven Early Songs & Three Pieces for Orchestra'' * Timo Andres & Ian Rosenbaum (artists); Mike Tierney (producer) – ''Cerrone: The Arching Path'' * Chick Corea (artist/producer); Birnie Kirsh (producer) – ''Plays'' }} | style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2022-grammys-complete-winners-nominees-nominations-list |title=2022 GRAMMYs Awards Show: Complete Nominations List |publisher=Grammy.com |date=November 23, 2021 |access-date=November 23, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2023 |Starr Parodi & Kitt Wakely (artists); Jeff Fair, Starr Parodi & Kitt Wakely (producers) |''An Adoption Story'' |{{smalldiv| * 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'' |<ref>{{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}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 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'' | * 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'' | |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2025 |Gustavo 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 II'' |<ref>{{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}}</ref> |- ! style="text-align: center;" |2026 |Gustavo 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'' |<ref>{{Cite web |title=2026 GRAMMYS: See The Full Nominations List {{!}} GRAMMY.com |url=https://grammy.com/news/2026-grammys-nominations-full-winners-nominees-list |access-date=2025-11-08 |website=grammy.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=68th Annual GRAMMY Awards {{!}} GRAMMY.com|url=https://grammy.com/awards/68th-annual-grammy-awards-2025|website=grammy.com|access-date=2026-02-02}}</ref> |}

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== External links == *[http://www.grammy.com Official site] of the Grammy Awards

Classical Compendium Category:Awards established in 2012