Grammy Award for Best Classical Compendium

The Grammy Award for Best Classical Compendium is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards,[1] to recording artists for quality compendium albums in the classical music genre. 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]

Grammy Award for Best Classical Compendium
Awarded forquality classical compendium music albums
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded2013
Last awarded2019
Websitegrammy.com

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) and engineer(s) of over 51% of playing time of the album, if other than the artist(s).

Winners
Year Winner(s) Title Performers Nominees Ref.
2013 Antoni Wit (conductor)
Aleksandra Nagórko & Andrzej Sasin (producers)		 Fonogrammi; Horn Concerto; The Awakening of Jacob; Anaklasis Composer(s): Krzysztof Penderecki; Orchestra(s): Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra; Artist(s): Urszula Janik, Jennifer Montone, Elzbieta Stefanska
[4]
2014 Christoph Eschenbach (conductor) Hindemith: Violinkonzert; Symphonic Metamorphosis; Konzertmusik Composer(s): Hindemith; Orchestra(s): North German Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Artist(s): Midori (Violin)
  • Dima Slobodeniouk (conductor), Preben Iwan (producer) – Holmboe: Concerto
  • Maxim Rysanov (conductor), Manfred Eicher (producer) – Tabakova: String Paths
 [5]
2015 Partch (artists)
John Schneider (producer)		 Partch: Plectra & Percussion Dances Composer(s): Partch; Artist(s): PARTCH ENSEMBLE
[6]
2016 Giancarlo Guerrero (conductor)
Tim Handley (producer)
Gary Call (engineer)		 Paulus: Three Places Of Enlightenment; Veil Of Tears & Grand Concerto Composer(s): Stephen Paulus; Orchestra(s): Nashville Symphony; Artist(s): Nathan J. Laube (organ)
  • New Budapest Orpheum Society (artists), Jim Ginsburg (producer) – As Dreams Fall Apart – The Golden Age of Jewish Stage and Film Music (1925–1955)
  • George Manahan (conductor), Judith Sherman (producer) – Ask Your Mama
  • Paul McCreesh (conductor), Nicholas Parker (producer) – Händel: l'Allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, 1740
  • Nadia Shpachenko (artist), Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin (producers) – Woman at the New Piano
 [7]
2017 Giancarlo Guerrero (conductor)
Tim Handley (producer)
Gary Call (engineer)		 Daugherty: Tales of Hemingway; American Gothic; Once Upon a Castle Composer(s): Michael Daugherty, Orchestra(s): Nashville Symphony Orchestra; Artist(s): Zuill Bailey (Cello), Paul Jacobs (Organ)
[8]
2018 Giancarlo Guerrero (conductor); Tim Handley (producer) Gary Call (engineer) Higdon: All Things Majestic, Viola Concerto & Oboe Concerto Composer(s): Jennifer Higdon, Orchestra(s): Nashville Symphony Orchestra; Artist(s): Roberto Díaz (Viola), James Button (Oboe)
  • Alexandre Tharaud (conductor); Cécile Lenoir (producer) – Barbara
  • Reinbert de Leeuw (conductor); Guido Tichelman (producer) – Kurtág: Complete Works for Ensemble & Choir
  • Jordi Savall (conductor); Benjamin Bletton (producer) – Les Routes de l'Esclavage
  • Lucy Mauro (pianist and producer) – Mademoiselle: Première Audience – Unknown Music of Nadia Boulanger
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2019 JoAnn Falletta (conductor); Tim Handley (producer) Fuchs: Piano Concerto 'Spiritualist'; Poems of Life; Glacier; Rush Composer(s): Kenneth Fuchs, Orchestra(s): London Symphony Orchestra; Artist(s): Jeffrey Biegel (Piano), Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen (Countertenor), Timothy McAllister (Saxophone), D. J. Sparr (Electric guitar)
[10]
2020 Nadia Shpachenko (pianist); Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin (producers) The Poetry of Places
  • 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
 [11]

See also

References
  1. "Grammy Awards at a Glance". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Retrieved January 6, 2011.
  2. "Overview". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on October 27, 2009. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  3. "The Recording Academy Announces Board Of Trustees Meeting Results". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. June 8, 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
  4. "Grammys 2013: Winners List". Billboard. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  5. "56th GRAMMY Awards: Full Winners List". Billboard. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  6. "Grammys 2015: And the Winners Are ..." Billboard. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  7. "Grammy Awards 2016: See the Full Winners List". Billboard. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  8. "59th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees". GRAMMY.com. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  9. Grammy.com, 28 November 2017
  10. Grammy.com, 7 December 2018
  11. 2020 Grammy Awards nominations list
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