Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year

The Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year was introduced in 1977, as recognition each year for the best classical music album in Canada.^[1] It was presented until the Juno Awards of 1985, when it was split into separate awards for Large Ensemble and Solo or Chamber Ensemble.

Winners and nominees

Year	Winner(s)	Album	Nominees
1977	Anton Kuerti	Beethoven - Vols. 1,2,& 3	Franck and Ravel — Hidetaro Suzuki & Zeyda Ruga-Suzuki Franz Schubert & Johannes Brahms — Gisela Depkat Liona — Liona Boyd Plays J.S. Bach — Pierre Grandmaison
1978	Toronto Symphony Orchestra	Three Borodin Symphonies	Mendelssoh Quartets Op. 12 & 13 — Orford String Quartet Staryk Plays Kreisler — Steven Staryk and Jane Corwin To Syngen & Pleye — The Toronto Consort
1979	Glenn Gould/Roxolana Roslak	Hindemith; Das Marienleben	A Baroque Bouquet — Toronto Baroque Trio First Lady of the Guitar — Liona Boyd Janacek Taras Bulba — Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis The Orford String Quartet — Orford String Quartet
1980	Judy Loman/R. Murray Schafer	The Crown of Ariadne	Loving — Kathy Terrell, Jean MacPhail, Susan Gudgeon, Mary Lou Fallis, Chamber Orchestra, Robert Aitken (conductor) The Nutcracker Suite — Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis Sonatas for Flute and Harpsichord No. 1,2,3 — Robert Aitken, Greta Kraus The Stratford Ensemble — Raffi Armenian, Maureen Forrester
1981	Arthur Ozolins	Stravinsky - Chopin Ballads	Bach Toccatas, Vol 2 — Glenn Gould The Village Band — Canadian Brass Orford String Quartet — Orford String Quartet François Dompierre — François Dompierre
1982	Montreal Symphony Orchestra/Charles Dutoit	Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloe (Complete Ballet)	Mozart's Serenade for 12 Winds and Double Bass — Toronto Chamber Winds Rodrigo's Concerto de Aranjuez and Fantasia Para un Gentilhombre — Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit - conductor Rossini-Respighi's La Boutique Fantastique — Toronto Symphony Orchestra York Winds — York Winds
1983	Glenn Gould	Bach: The Goldberg Variations	Haydn: The Six Last Sonatas — Glenn Gould Ravel: Bolero, La Valse, Rapsodie Espagnole, Alborada Del Gracioso — Montreal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Dutoit Stravinsky: The Firebird 1910 Version — Toronto Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kazuyoshi Akiyama Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel, Salome's Dance, Death and Transfiguration — Vancouver Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kazuyoshi Akiyama
1984	Glenn Gould	Brahms: Ballades Op. 10, Rhapsodies Op. 79	Andrew Davis Plays the Organ at Roy Thomson Hall — Andrew Davis Brass in Berlin — Canadian Brass Sibelius: Symphony #2 — Toronto Symphony Orchestra with Andrew Davis Viola Nouveau — Rivka Golani-Erdesz

References

^ "Juno Award winners" (search interface). Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2018-04-04.

[1] "Juno Award winners" (search interface). Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2018-04-04.

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v t e Juno Awards
Awards to individuals	Artist of the Year Fan Choice Group of the Year Breakthrough Artist of the Year Breakthrough Group of the Year Producer Recording Engineer Songwriter
Awards for recordings	Album of the Year Adult Alternative Adult Contemporary Alternative Blues Children's Comedy Classical – Large Ensemble Classical – Small Ensemble Classical – Solo Classical Composition CCM/Gospel Contemporary Indigenous Artist Contemporary R&B/Soul Contemporary Roots Country Dance Electronic Francophone Global Music Heavy Metal Instrumental International Jazz – Solo Jazz – Group Jazz – Vocal Pop Rap Album/EP Rap Single Reggae Rock Single of the Year Traditional Indigenous Artist Traditional R&B/Soul Traditional Roots Underground Dance
Awards for technicality	Music DVD Recording Package Video
Discontinued categories	Classical Album of the Year (1977–1985) Classical – Solo or Chamber Ensemble (1985–2021) Classical – Vocal or Choral Performance (1994–2021) Indigenous Artist or Group (1994–2021) Jazz Album (1977–1993) Jazz – Contemporary (1994–2014) Jazz – Traditional (1994–2014) Rap Recording (1991–2021) R&B/Soul Recording (1985–2020) Roots and Traditional Album (1989–1995) Roots & Traditional Album – Solo (1996–2015) Roots & Traditional Album – Group (1996–2015)
Special awards	Canadian Music Hall of Fame Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award Juno Humanitarian Award
Years	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1989¹ 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Leadership	Walt Grealis Stan Klees Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Notes	¹ Due to the rescheduling of the ceremony from late fall to early spring, no ceremony was held in 1988.
See also Music of Canada Polaris Music Prize Much Music Video Awards Félix Awards East Coast Music Awards Western Canadian Music Awards