In the association Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik (German Record Critics’ Award), music critics and journalists from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland have come together to award outstanding music and spoken word productions.

Current Winners

  • Early Music
    Quarterly Critic’s Choice
    03/2024
    Early Music

    Padovano: Missa A la dolc’ombra

    Annibale Padovano: Missa A la dolc’ombra & Missa Domine a lingua dolosa. Cinquecento. Hyperion CDA68407 (Note 1)

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  • Electronic and Experimental
    Quarterly Critic’s Choice
    03/2024
    Electronic and Experimental

    Brian Eno, Holger Czukay, J. Peter Schwalm: Sushi. Roti. Reibekuchen

    CD/2 LPs/Digital, Grönland Records CDGRON 290 (Rough Trade)

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  • Lieder and Vocal Recital
    Quarterly Critic’s Choice
    03/2024
    Lieder and Vocal Recital

    Mozart, Strauss: Lieder

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Richard Strauss: Lieder. Sabine Devieilhe, Mathieu Pordoy, Vilde Frang. Erato 5054197948862 (Warner)

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  • Hard and Heavy
    Quarterly Critic’s Choice
    03/2024
    Hard and Heavy

    Judas Priest: Invincible Shield

    CD/2 LPs, Columbia International 0196588516528 (Sony)

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  • Orchestral Music & Concertos
    Quarterly Critic’s Choice
    03/2024
    Orchestral Music & Concertos

    Britten: Violin Concerto

    Benjamin Britten: Violin Concerto op. 15, Reveille (Concert Study), Suite for Piano and Violin op. 6, Two Pieces for Violin, Viola and Piano. Isabelle Faust, Boris Faust, Alexander Melnikov, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Jakub Hrůša. harmonia mundi HMM 902668 (harmonia mundi/Bertus)

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  • Jazz
    Quarterly Critic’s Choice
    03/2024
    Jazz

    Art Tatum, Everett Barksdale, Slam Stewart: Jewels In The Treasure Box

    The 1953 Chicago Blue Note Jazz Club Recordings. 3 CDs, Resonance Records HCD-2064 (harmonia mundi/Bertus)

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  • R&B, Soul and Hip-Hop
    Quarterly Critic’s Choice
    03/2024
    R&B, Soul and Hip-Hop

    Yaya Bey: Ten Fold

    LP/Digital, Big Dada BD314 (Rough Trade)

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  • Folk and Singer/Songwriters
    Quarterly Critic’s Choice
    03/2024
    Folk and Singer/Songwriters

    Malin Lewis: Halocline

    CD/LP, Hudson Records HUD051 (direct sales)

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  • Choral Music
    Quarterly Critic’s Choice
    03/2024
    Choral Music

    »The Lamb’s Journey«

    A Choral Narrative from Gibbons to Barber. Ensemble Altera, Christopher Lowrey. Alpha Classics 1029 (Naxos)

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  • Historical Recordings
    Quarterly Critic’s Choice
    03/2024
    Historical Recordings

    William Steinberg: Complete Command Classics Recordings

    Works by Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Bruckner, Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov and others (1961–1968). Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg. 17 CDs, Deutsche Grammophon 4864442 (Universal)

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  • Chamber Music
    Quarterly Critic’s Choice
    03/2024
    Chamber Music

    Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Vol. III

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonatas No. 1, 5, 6 & 10 (Vol. III). Antje Weithaas, Dénes Várjon. 2 CDs, CAvi 4260085535088 (Bertus)

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  • Music Film
    Quarterly Critic’s Choice
    03/2024
    Music Film

    Vienna Calling

    A film by Philipp Jedicke. Voodoo Jürgens, Der Nino aus Wien, EsRAP, Kerosin95, Lydia Haider, Gutlauninger, ZINN, Samu Casata and others. DVD, Falter Verlag – Edition Filmladen ISBN 978-3-85439-745-8 (mindjazz pictures)

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  • Chamber Music
    Quarterly Critic’s Choice
    03/2024
    Chamber Music

    Ysaÿe: Sonatas for Violin

    Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonatas for solo Violin op. 27 No. 1-6. Sergey Khachatryan. naïve V 5451 (Indigo)

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  • Jazz
    Quarterly Critic’s Choice
    03/2024
    Jazz

    Kamasi Washington: Fearless Movement

    2 CDs/2 LPs, Young/Beggars Group YO350 (Indigo)

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  • Keyboard Music
    Quarterly Critic’s Choice
    03/2024
    Keyboard Music

    J.S. Bach: Six Partitas

    Johann Sebastian Bach: Six Partitas BWV 825-830. Martin Helmchen. 2 CDs, Alpha Classics 994 (Naxos)

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  • Blues and Blues-related
    Quarterly Critic’s Choice
    03/2024
    Blues and Blues-related

    Leif De Leeuw Band: Mighty Fine

    CD/LP, Leif De Leeuw Band LDLB09 (direct sales)

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  • Opera
    Quarterly Critic’s Choice
    03/2024
    Opera

    Giacomo Meyerbeer: L’Africaine – Vasco da Gama

    Michael Spyres, Claudia Mahnke, Kirsten MacKinnon, Brian Mulligan, Andreas Bauer Kanabas and others, Frankfurt Opera Chorus, Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra, Antonello Manacorda. 3 CDs, Naxos 8.660558-60

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  • Opera
    Quarterly Critic’s Choice
    03/2024
    Opera

    Domenico Cimarosa: L’Olimpiade

    Josh Lovell, Rocío Pérez, Marie Lys, Maité Beaumont, Mathilde Ortscheidt, Alex Banfield, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset. 2 CDs, Château de Versailles Spectacles CVS143 (Naxos)

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  • World Music
    Quarterly Critic’s Choice
    03/2024
    World Music

    Ali Doğan Gönültaş: Keyeyi

    CD/Digital, Mapamundi Música MM002 (direct sales)

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  • World Music
    Quarterly Critic’s Choice
    03/2024
    World Music
  • Crossover Productions
    Quarterly Critic’s Choice
    03/2024
    Crossover Productions

    DLW: Extended Beats

    Dell-Lillinger-Westergaard, Klangforum Wien, Sonar Quartett, Tamara Stefanovich, Martin Adámek, Johannes Brecht. CD/2 LPs, bastille musique bm028 (rudi mentaire distribution)

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  • Spoken Word
    Quarterly Critic’s Choice
    03/2024
    Spoken Word

    Alice and what she found in wonder

    Susanne Aßmann & Lisa Ossowski: »Alice und was sie im Wundern fand« (Alice and what she found in wonder). A 3D radio play based on motifs by Lewis Carroll. Ellen Neuser, Danne Hoffmann, Thorsten Giese, Charlotte Puder, Alexander Pensel and others, music: Johannes Grimm, direction: Lisa Ossowski. Digital, Buchfunk ISBN 978-3-86847-629-3

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  • Orchestral Music & Concertos
    Quarterly Critic’s Choice
    03/2024
    Orchestral Music & Concertos

    Bruckner: Symphony No. 9

    Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D minor. Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Jakub Hrůša. accentus music ACC30605 (Naxos)

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  • Club and Dance
    Quarterly Critic’s Choice
    03/2024
    Club and Dance

    Jlin: Akoma

    CD/2 LPs/Digital, Planet Mu ZIQ460 (direct sales)

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  • Pop
    Quarterly Critic’s Choice
    03/2024
    Pop

    Beth Gibbons: Lives Outgrown

    CD/LP/Digital, Domino Recording WIGCD287 (Believe Digital)

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  • Contemporary Classical Music
    Quarterly Critic’s Choice
    03/2024
    Contemporary Classical Music

    Stockhausen: Mantra

    Karlheinz Stockhausen: Mantra. GrauSchumacher Piano Duo, SWR Experimentalstudio. Neos 12320 (harmonia mundi/Bertus)

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  • Recordings for Children and Youth
    Quarterly Critic’s Choice
    03/2024
    Recordings for Children and Youth

    »Huhn oder Ei« (Chicken or egg)

    Johannes Kirchberg sings James Krüss. Johannes Kirchberg, Joerg Nassler. dermenschistgut Musik INDIGO CD 252042 (Indigo)

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  • Keyboard Music
    Quarterly Critic’s Choice
    03/2024
    Keyboard Music

    »enSuite«

    Works by Joseph-Hector Fiocco, Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, Georg Anton Benda, Francesco Geminiani, Jacques Duphly. Korneel Bernolet. Ramée RAM 2304 (Naxos)

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We strive for independent judgments, untouched by the interests of producers and the music industry. With currently 32 specialist juries we cover the entire, diverse spectrum of genres, from symphonic music to opera to harpsichord music and spoken word, from jazz to folklore and heavy metal to rock and hip-hop. We publish Quarterly Critic’s Choices honoring the best new releases and also present Annual Awards and Honorary Awards, as well as the »Nachtigall« (Nightingale).

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News

05.10.2024

The new long list 4/2024 is here!

The German Record Critics’ Award presents the current long list 4/2024.

The new longlist of the annual awards 2024 is online!
15.09.2024

The new longlist of the annual awards 2024 is online!

The German Record Critics’ Award presents the long list with all nominations for the annual awards of 2024.

Schedule

  • 10.10.2024
    Publication

    Annual Awards 2024

  • 15.11.2024
    Publication

    Quarterly Critic’s Choice 4/2024

  • 17.11.2024
    Leipzig, Opera

    Quartet of Critics (Topic: V. Bellini: Norma)

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