Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year – Large Ensemble

The Juno Award for "Classical Album of the Year" for ensembles has been awarded since 1985 (under four award headings), as recognition each year for the best classical music album in Canada.

It was a split from the prior category for Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year, alongside a separate new category for Classical Album of the Year – Solo or Chamber Ensemble.

Winners

Best Classical Album: Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) With Large Ensemble Accompaniment (1985–1987) Year Winner(s) Album Nominees Ref.1985 Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit – Conductor Ravel: Ma Mere L'oye/Pavane Pour un Infante Debunte/Tombeau de Couperin And Valses Nobles et Sentimentales Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique — Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit conductor The Brandenburg Concertos — CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi conductor Serenade in Harmony — Elmer Iseler Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps — Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit conductor1986 Toronto Symphony, Andrew Davis – Conductor Holst: The Planets Franck: Symphony in D Minor & Berlioz: King Lear — Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Kazuyoshi Akiyama conductor Great Verdi Arias — Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Uri Mayer conductor, Louis Quilico baritone Schubert: Symphony No. 8 & Strauss: Metamorphosen — National Arts Centre Orchestra, Franco Mannino conductor Suppe: Overtures — Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit conductor1987 Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit – Conductor Holst, The Planets Beethoven, Piano Concertos – Toronto Symphony, Anton Kuerti Berlioz: Romeo et Juliette – Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor) Stravinsky, The Firebird – Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor) Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Capriccio Italien, March Slave, Nutcracker Suite – Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit, (conductor)

Best Classical Album (Large Ensemble) (1989–1999) Year Winner(s) Album Nominees Ref.1989 Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit – Conductor Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Music For Strings, Percussion and Celesta Berlioz: Harold in Italy, Rob Roy and Corsaire Overtures — Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit conductor Fauro: Requiem — Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit conductor Handel: Messiah — Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis conductor Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Night on Bare Mountain — Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit conductor1990 Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Boccherini: Cello Concertos and Symphonies Fête à la Français — Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris — Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit, piano Louis Lortie Haydn Symphonies No. 1 and 5 — National Arts Centre Orchestra, conductor Gabriel Chmura Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 5 — Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit1991 Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit – Conductor Debussy: Images, Nocturnes Debussy la mer, Jeux, Prélude a l'apres-midi d'un faune — Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit Music on Hebrew Themes — I Musici de Montréal Chamber Orchestra, conductor Yull Turovsky Ravel Piano Concertos — Louis Lortie piano and London Symphony Orchestra Schumann Symphony No. 3 and Konzertstück — Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Mario Bernardi Zelenka Missa del Filii — Tafelmusik Orchestra1992 Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit – Conductor Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande Bloch: Schelomo and Bruch Koi Nidrel — Ofra Harnoy Mozart: German Dances — Tafelmusik Mozart: Overtures — Tafelmusik Mozart: Six Symphonies After Serenades — Tafelmusik1993 Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, with Alan Curtis, Catherine Robbin, Linda Maguire, Nancy Argenta, Ingrid Attrot, Mel Braun and Jeanne Lamon Handel: Excerpts From Floridante Haydn: Sumphonies Nos. 44, 51 and 52 — Tafelmusik with Bruno Wolf, leader Jeanne Lamon Prokofiev: Alexander Novsky and Lieutenant Kike — Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit Schumann and Chopin: Piano Concertos —Louis Lortie, the Philharmonia with Neeme Järvi Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake — Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit1994 Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon – Director Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op.3 No. 1-6 Barok: The Miraculous Mandarin — Montreal Symphony Orchestra Gluck: Ballet Pantomimes — Tafelmusik Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 4 — Arthur Ozolins, Toronto Symphony Orchestra Stravinsky, Szymanowski: Violin Concertos — Chantal Juillet and Montreal Symphony Orchestra1995 Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon – Director Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1–6 Ibert: Escales, Flute Concerto — Timothy Hutchins, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit Shostakovich: Symphonies 1 and 15 — Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit Stravinsky: Apollon Musagete — Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 7 - Henselt and Alkan, piano Marc-André Hamelin, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins1996 Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit – Conductor Shostakovich: Symphonies 5 & 9 Debussy: Children's Corner — Montreal Symphony Orchestra Mendelssohn: Symphonies 1 and 5, Hebrides Overture — Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Purcell: Ayres for the Theatre — Tafelmusik Tchaikovsky and Sibelius: Violin Concertos — Leila Josefowicz, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields1997 I Musici de Montréal Ginastera/Villa-Lobos/Evangelista Handel: Water Music — Tafelmusik, musical director Jeanne Lamon Kodaly: Hary Janos, Peacock Variations — Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit Mussrogsky: Pictures of an Exhibition — Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste Ravel: The Piano Concertos — Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit, soloist Jean-Yves Thibaudet1998 James Sommerville; CBC Vancouver Orchestra; Mario Bernardi Mozart Horn ConcertosCarnaval Romain — Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit Bizet: Symphony in C — Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit Tabuh-Tabuhan, Music of Colin McPhee — Esprit Orchestra, Alex Pauk Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 4 — Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste, piano Alexei Lubimov, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir1999 Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon – musical director Handel: Music for the Royal FireworksBartok: Dance Suite, Music for Strings — Toronto Symphony Orchestra Reverie et Caprice: Violin Romances — Chantal Juillet, Montreal Symphony Orchestra Saint-Saëens - Fauré - Roussel — Stéphane Lemelin, CBC Vancouver Orchestra Schnittke, Part, Gorecki — I Musici de Montreal

Best Classical Album: Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) With Large Ensemble Accompaniment (2000–2002) Year Winner(s) Album Nominees Ref.2000 Montreal Symphony Orchestra Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque Brahms: Two Piano Concertos – Anton Kuerti, Orchestre Métropolitain Handel: Arias and Dances – Excerpts from Agrippina and Alcina – Tafelmusik, Karina Gauvin Nights in the Gardens of Spain – Angela Cheng, Hans Graf, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Vivaldi: Concerti for Strings – Les Violons du Roy2001 Toronto Symphony Orchestra with Jukka-Pekka Saraste Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite – Night Ride and Sunrise Chausson: Poeme — Chantal Juillet, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit Henry Dutilleux: Orchestral Works — Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste Liszt: Piano Concerti — Janina Fialkowska, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Mendelssohn, Glazunov: Violin Concertos — Leila Josefowicz, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit Telemann: Orchestral Suites, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra2002 James Ehnes (violin), Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor) Max Bruch, Concertos 1 & 3Concert Français — James Ehnes (violin), Orchestre Symphonique de Québec English Piano Concerti: Britten, Rawsthorne, Ireland, Finzi — Jane Coop (piano), CBC Radio Orchestra J.S. Bach: Art of the Fugue — Les Violons du Roy Myaskovsky - Schinittke - Denisov — Stepan Arman (violin), I Musici de Montreal

Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) With Large Ensemble Accompaniment (2003 – Present) Year Winner(s) Album Nominees Ref.2003 James Ehnes and Mario Bernardi with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra Bruch Concertos: Vol II Angela Cheng, Mario Bernardi and the CBC Radio Orchestra, The Overcoat: Music By Dmitri Shostakovich Anton Kuerti, Mario Bernardi and the CBC Radio Orchestra, Schumann Piano Works I Musici de Montreal, Nocturnal Dances of Don Juan Quixote, Tafelmusik, A Baroque Feast 2004 André Laplante (piano), Christopher Millard (bassoon), Robert Cram (flute), Joaquin Valdepenas (clarinet), CBC Radio Orchestra, Mario Bernardi – conductorConcertos: Music of Jacques HétuAlain Lefèvre and the Quebec Symphony Orchestra, Concertos: Matthieu, Addinsell, Gershwin Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra with Jeanne Lamon, Mozart Noir Yannick Nézet-Séguin with the Orchestra Métropolitain, Nino Rota: La Strada Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Bach Orchestral Suites2005 Jeanne Lamon, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Dardanus/Le temple de la gloire: Music of Jean-Phillippe RameauBramwell Tovey and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Borodin Mario Bernardi and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Frenergy: Music of John Estacio James Ehnes and the London Mozart Players, Hummel Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Orchestre Metropolitain du Grand Montreal, Mahler: Symphony No. 4 2006 Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Bruno Weil Beethoven: Symphonies nos. 5 et 6Angela Hewitt and the Australian Chamber Orchestra with Richard Tognetti, J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concertos Vol. 1 Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra with Jeanne Lamon, Concerti Virtuosi, Alexandre Da Costa and the Extremadura Symphony Orchestra with Jesús Amigo, Freitas Branco: Violin Concerto Arion Ensemble with Jaap ter Linden, Telemann: Tutti flauti! 2007 James Ehnes and the Mozart Anniversary Orchestra Mozart: Violin ConcertiJon Kimura Parker/James Parker/Ian Parker/CBC Radio Orchestra/Mario Bernardi, Mozart: Violin Concerti Alain Lefèvre and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Rhapsodies Philippe Bélanger/Orchestre Métropolitain/Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 "Organ" I Musici de Montréal, Shostakovich's Circle 2008 James Ehnes/Bramwell Tovey/Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Korngold, Barber & Walton Violin Concertos James Ehnes, Andrew Davis and the Philharmonia Orchestra, Elgar Violin Concertos Orchestre Métropolitain and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, La Mer Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Vivaldi: L’estro armonico Les Violons du Roy, Water Music 2009 Montreal Symphony Orchestra/Kent Nagano Beethoven: Ideals of the French RevolutionOrchestre symphonique de Québec and Yoav Talmi, Bach: Métamorphoses Orchestre Métropolitain and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Bruckner: Symphonie No 9 Tafelmusik and Bruno Weil, Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8 Toronto Chamber Orchestra and Kevin Mallon, Haydn: Symphonies 62, 107 & 108 2010 Alain Lefèvre/London Mozart Players Mathieu, Shostakovich, Mendelssohn: Concertino & Concertos Louis Lortie and Orchestre symphonique de Québec, Mendelssohn – Piano Concertos 1 & 2 – Symphony No. 5 National Youth Orchestra of Canada, Selections from the 2009 National Tour Yannick Nézet-Séguin & Orchestre Métropolitain, Bruckner 8 Les Violons du Roy, Bartók 2011 Scott St. John/Lara St. John Mozart: Scott and Lara St. John/The Knights Angèle Dubeau and La Pietà, Arvo Pärt: Portrait James Ehnes, James Ehnes Plays Mendelssohn Janina Fialkowska and Vancouver Symphony Orchestra under Bramwell Tovey, Chopin Piano Concertos Les Violons du Roy under Bernard Labadie, Bonbons (album)|Bonbons 2012 Alexandre Da Costa/Montreal Symphony Orchestra Daugherty: Fire and BloodJames Ehnes, Bartók Violin Concertos Yannick Nézet-Séguin with the Orchestre Métropolitain, Bruckner 4