Every Grammys Best Classical Compendium winner

13 ceremonies, 2013–2025. 11 different winners. The longest run was Giancarlo Guerrero, 3 years straight (2016–2018).

Best Classical Compendium was first awarded in 2013, so it does not run the full 2000–2025 window.

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

Giancarlo Guerrero ×3

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

Who kept losing

Counting nominations in this category only, 2013–2025.

Most nominated, never won

Chick Corea2 noms

Most losses

Chick Corea2L · 0W
Giancarlo Guerrero1L · 3W
JoAnn Falletta1L · 1W
John Schneider1L · 1W

The full list

Year	Winner	Label
2025	Gustavo 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
2024	Alex 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
2023	Starr 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
2022	Amy 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
2021	Isabel 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
2020	Nadia 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
2019	JoAnn 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
2018	Giancarlo 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
2017	Giancarlo 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
2016	Giancarlo 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
2015	John 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
2014	Christoph Eschenbach (Hindemith: Violinkonzert; Symphonic Metamorphosis; Konzertmusik) beat 2 others Dima Slobodeniouk (Holmboe: Concerto) Maxim Rysanov (Tabakova: String Paths)	Unrecorded
2013	Antoni Wit (Fonogrammi; Horn Concerto; The Awakening of Jacob; Anaklasis) beat 2 others John Schneider (Bitter Music) Emmanuelle Haïm (Une Fête Baroque)	Unrecorded

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