Best Classical Compendium
2026 • 68th Annual Grammy Awards
Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2024 and Aug 30, 2025
2026 Winner is Gustavo Dudamel with "Ortiz: Yanga"
Nominees 2026
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Ortiz: Yanga
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Cerrone: Don't Look Down
Jonathan Allen, Victor Caccese, Christopher Cerrone, Ian Rosenbaum, Terry Sweeney, Mike Tierney
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The Dunbar/Moore Sessions, Vol. II
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Seven Seasons
Janai Brugger, Isolde Fair, M.B. Gordy, Starr Parodi, Nicholas Dodd, Jeff Fair, Kitt Wakeley
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Tombeaux
Winners
| Year | Winner | Work |
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| 2026 | Gustavo Dudamel, Dmitriy Lipay | Ortiz: Yanga |
| 2025 | Gustavo Dudamel, Dmitriy Lipay | Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina |
| 2024 | Silas Brown, Mark Dover | Passion For Bach And Coltrane |
| 2023 | Starr Parodi, Kitt Wakeley, Jeff Fair | An Adoption Story |
| 2022 | Amy Andersson, Mark Mattson, Lolita Ritmanis | Women Warriors - The Voices Of Change |
| 2021 | Michael Tilson Thomas, Jack Vad | Thomas, M.T.: From The Diary Of Anne Frank & Meditations On Rilke |
| 2020 | Nadia Shpachenko, Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin | The Poetry Of Places |
| 2019 | JoAnn Falletta, Tim Handley | Fuchs: Piano Concerto 'Spiritualist'; Poems Of Life; Glacier; Rush |
| 2018 | Giancarlo Guerrero, Tim Handley | Higdon: All Things Majestic, Viola Concerto & Oboe Concerto |
| 2017 | Giancarlo Guerrero, Tim Handley | Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway; American Gothic; Once Upon A Castle |
| 2016 | Giancarlo Guerrero, Tim Handley | Paulus: Three Places Of Enlightenment; Veil Of Tears & Grand Concerto |
| 2015 | John Schneider | Partch: Plectra & Percussion Dances |
| 2014 | Christoph Eschenbach | Hindemith: Violinkonzert; Symphonic Metamorphosis; Konzertmusik |
| 2013 | Antoni Wit, Aleksandra Nagórko, Andrzej Sasin | Penderecki: Fonogrammi; Horn Concerto; Partita; The Awakening Of Jacob; Anaklasis |