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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"

Ortiz: Yanga

Gustavo Dudamel, Dmitriy Lipay

Nominees 2026

Cerrone: Don't Look Down

Sandbox Percussion, Jonathan Allen, Victor Caccese, Christopher Cerrone, Ian Rosenbaum, Terry Sweeney, Mike Tierney
Credits

Sandbox Percussion; Jonathan Allen, Victor Caccese, Christopher Cerrone, Ian Rosenbaum, Terry Sweeney & Mike Tierney, producers
The Dunbar/Moore Sessions, Vol. II

Will Liverman, Jonathan Estabrooks
Credits

Will Liverman; Jonathan Estabrooks, producer
Seven Seasons

Janai Brugger, Isolde Fair, M.B. Gordy, Starr Parodi, Nicholas Dodd, Jeff Fair, Kitt Wakeley
Credits

Janai Brugger, Isolde Fair, MB Gordy & Starr Parodi; Nicholas Dodd, conductor; Jeff Fair, Starr Parodi & Kitt Wakeley, producers
Tombeaux

Christina Sandsengen, Shaun Drew
Credits

Christina Sandsengen; Shaun Drew & Christina Sandsengen, producers

Winners

Year	Winner	Nomination	Actions
2026	Gustavo Dudamel, Dmitriy Lipay	Ortiz: Yanga	All Nominees
2025	Gustavo Dudamel, Dmitriy Lipay	Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina	All Nominees
2024	Alex Brown, Harlem Quartet, Imani Winds, Edward Perez, Neal Smith, A.B. Spellman, Silas Brown, Mark Dover	Passion For Bach And Coltrane	All Nominees
2023	Starr Parodi, Kitt Wakeley, Jeff Fair	An Adoption Story	All Nominees
2022	Amy Andersson, Mark Mattson, Lolita Ritmanis	Women Warriors - The Voices Of Change	All Nominees
2021	Michael Tilson Thomas, Jack Vad	Thomas, M.T.: From The Diary Of Anne Frank & Meditations On Rilke	All Nominees
2020	Nadia Shpachenko, Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin	The Poetry Of Places	All Nominees
2019	JoAnn Falletta, Tim Handley	Fuchs: Piano Concerto 'Spiritualist'; Poems Of Life; Glacier; Rush	All Nominees
2018	Giancarlo Guerrero, Tim Handley	Higdon: All Things Majestic, Viola Concerto & Oboe Concerto	All Nominees
2017	Giancarlo Guerrero, Tim Handley	Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway; American Gothic; Once Upon A Castle	All Nominees
2016	Giancarlo Guerrero, Tim Handley	Paulus: Three Places Of Enlightenment; Veil Of Tears & Grand Concerto	All Nominees
2015	John Schneider, Partch	Partch: Plectra & Percussion Dances	All Nominees
2014	Christoph Eschenbach	Hindemith: Violinkonzert; Symphonic Metamorphosis; Konzertmusik	All Nominees
2013	Antoni Wit, Aleksandra Nagórko, Andrzej Sasin	Penderecki: Fonogrammi; Horn Concerto; Partita; The Awakening Of Jacob; Anaklasis	All Nominees

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