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The winners who defined Classical Compendium.

13 ceremonies, 2013–2025. 11 different winners. The longest run belongs to Giancarlo Guerrero, with 3 straight wins.

Who won most recently?
Gustavo Dudamel in 2025 for Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina.
Who has won the most?
Giancarlo Guerrero, 3 wins (2016, 2017, 2018).
  1. Ortiz: Revolución DiamantinaGustavo Dudamel
  2. Passion for Bach and ColtraneAlex Brown
  3. An Adoption StoryStarr Parodi & Kitt Wakely
  4. Women Warriors: The Voices of ChangeAmy Andersson
  5. From The Diary Of Anne Frank & Meditations On RilkeIsabel Leonard
  6. The Poetry of PlacesNadia Shpachenko (pianist); Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin
Years explored
2013–2025
Different winners
11
Category leader
Giancarlo Guerrero · 3
About this record

Best Classical Compendium was first awarded in 2013, so it does not run the full 1959–2025 window.

It was created for the 55th ceremony, for albums mixing classical subgenres that no other classical album category fits.

2013–2025

13 ceremonies

20132025

01 / The reigns

Giancarlo Guerrero set the longest run.

The timeline turns the 2013–2025 record into a sequence of reigns. Longer bands reveal sustained runs; color shows the credited label.

  1. 01
    Giancarlo Guerrero3 wins
Each band is one winner’s reign. Wider means a longer run. Colored by label; hover for details.
Antoni Wit'13
Christoph Eschenbach'14
John Schneider'15
Giancarlo Guerrero'16–'18×3
JoAnn Falletta'19
Nadia Shpachenko (pianist); Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin'20
Isabel Leonard'21
Amy Andersson'22
Starr Parodi & Kitt Wakely'23
Alex Brown'24
Gustavo Dudamel'25

03 / The near misses

The names that kept coming back without the ending they wanted.

Counting nominations in this category only, 2013–2025.

Most nominated, never won this award

  1. 01
    Chick Corea
    2 noms

Most losses in this category

  1. 01
    Chick Corea
    2L · 0W
  2. 02
    Giancarlo Guerrero
    1L · 3W
  3. 03
    JoAnn Falletta
    1L · 1W
  4. 04
    John Schneider
    1L · 1W

04 / The archive

Every year.
Every winner.

The complete reference behind the story, showing 2013–2025. Open any year to see the rest of the field when nominee records are available.

YearWinnerLabel
2025Gustavo Dudamel (Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina)
beat 4 others
  • Andy Akiho & Imani Winds (BeLonging)
  • Curtis Stewart (American Counterpoints)
  • JoAnn Falletta (Foss: Symphony No. 1; Renaissance Concerto; Three American Pieces; Ode)
  • Sangeeta Kaur (Mythologies II)
Unrecorded
2024Alex Brown (Passion for Bach and Coltrane)
beat 6 others
  • Anne Akiko Meyers (Fandango)
  • Christopher Rountree (Julius Eastman, Vol. 3: If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You So Rich?)
  • Peter Herresthal (Mazzoli: Dark with Excessive Bright)
  • Chick Corea (Sardinia)
  • Andy Akiho (Sculptures)
  • Aaron Diehl Trio & The Knights (Zodiac Suite)
Unrecorded
2023Starr Parodi & Kitt Wakely (An Adoption Story)
beat 3 others
  • J.P. Jofre & Seunghee Lee (Aspire)
  • Yannick Nézet-Séguin (A Concert for Ukraine)
  • Voces8 (The Lost Birds)
Unrecorded
2022Amy Andersson (Women Warriors: The Voices of Change)
beat 4 others
  • AGAVE & Reginald L. Mobley (American Originals - A New World, A New Canon)
  • Michael Tilson Thomas (Berg: Violin Concerto, Seven Early Songs & Three Pieces for Orchestra)
  • Timo Andres & Ian Rosenbaum (Cerrone: The Arching Path)
  • Chick Corea (Plays)
Unrecorded
2021Isabel Leonard (From The Diary Of Anne Frank & Meditations On Rilke)
beat 4 others
  • Mark Stone & Christianne Stotijn (Adès Conducts Adès)
  • Clément Mao-Takacs (Saariaho: Graal Théatre; Circle Map; Neiges; Vers Toi Qui Es Si Loin)
  • José Serebrier (Serebrier: Symphonic Bach Variations; Laments and Hallelujahs; Flute Concerto)
  • Matt Haimovitz; Julian Wachner (Woolf: Fire and Flood)
Unrecorded
2020Nadia Shpachenko (pianist); Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin (The Poetry of Places)
beat 4 others
  • John Morris Russell (American Originals 1918)
  • Giancarlo Guerrero (Leshnoff: Symphony No. 4 Heichalos, Guitar Concerto, Starburst)
  • Paul Appleby (tenor) & Natalia Katyukova (pianist); Silas Brown & Harold Meltzer (Meltzer: Songs and Structures)
  • Hannu Lintu (Saariaho: True Fire; Trans; Ciel d'Hiver)
Unrecorded
2019JoAnn Falletta (Fuchs: Piano Concerto 'Spiritualist'; Poems of Life; Glacier; Rush)
beat 4 others
  • Nigel Short (Gold)
  • Simon Rattle (The John Adams Edition)
  • Jerry Junkin (John Williams At The Movies)
  • Peter Oundjian (Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto; Oboe Concerto; Serenade to Music; Flos Campi)
Unrecorded
2018Giancarlo Guerrero (Higdon: All Things Majestic, Viola Concerto & Oboe Concerto)repeat
beat 4 others
  • Alexandre Tharaud (Barbara)
  • Reinbert de Leeuw (Kurtág: Complete Works for Ensemble & Choir)
  • Jordi Savall (Les Routes de l'Esclavage)
  • Lucy Mauro (Mademoiselle: Première Audience – Unknown Music of Nadia Boulanger)
Unrecorded
2017Giancarlo Guerrero (Daugherty: Tales of Hemingway; American Gothic; Once Upon a Castle)repeat
beat 4 others
  • Tõnu Kaljuste (Gesualdo)
  • Martyn Brabbins (Vaughan Williams: Discoveries)
  • Judith Farmer & Gernot Wolfgang (Wolfgang: Passing Through)
  • Esa-Pekka Salonen (Zappa: 200 Motels – The Suites)
Unrecorded
2016Giancarlo Guerrero (Paulus: Three Places Of Enlightenment; Veil Of Tears & Grand Concerto)
beat 4 others
  • Jim Ginsburg (As Dreams Fall Apart – The Golden Age of Jewish Stage and Film Music (1925–1955))
  • George Manahan (Ask Your Mama)
  • Paul McCreesh (Händel: l'Allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, 1740)
  • Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin (Woman at the New Piano)
Unrecorded
2015John Schneider (Partch: Plectra & Percussion Dances)
beat 4 others
  • Jeffrey Skidmore (Britten to America)
  • Manfred Eicher (Mieczyslaw Weinberg)
  • Mike Marshall (Mike Marshall & The Turtle Island Quartet)
  • Paul Daniel (The Solent – Fifty Years of Music by Ralph Vaughan Williams)
Unrecorded
2014Christoph Eschenbach (Hindemith: Violinkonzert; Symphonic Metamorphosis; Konzertmusik)
beat 2 others
  • Dima Slobodeniouk (Holmboe: Concerto)
  • Maxim Rysanov (Tabakova: String Paths)
Unrecorded
2013Antoni Wit (Fonogrammi; Horn Concerto; The Awakening of Jacob; Anaklasis)
beat 2 others
  • John Schneider (Bitter Music)
  • Emmanuelle Haïm (Une Fête Baroque)
Unrecorded