Long List of Annual Awards 2015

Published: 1st October 2015
The jurors nominated a total of 148 outstanding new recording productions that were released on the German-speaking market in the last eighteen months – titles from all musical genres, including audiobooks. The 10 titles that will come out ahead will be announced on the 1st of December 2015.

The following jury members were involved in the 2015 annual committee: Jan Reichow (Jury Traditional Ethnic Music), Jörg Wachsmuth (Jury Black Music), Werner Stiefele (Jury Jazz I), Matthias Inhoffen (advisory), Sabine Fallenstein (Jury Harpsichord & Organ), Eleonore Büning (Jury Chamber Music), Torsten Fuchs (Jury Black Music), Norbert Hornig (Jury Concertos), Michael Kube (Jury Orchestral Music), Albrecht Thiemann (Jury Lieder and Vocal Recital), Wolfgang Schiffer (Jury Spoken Word) and Susanne Benda (Jury Choral Music).

Long List

Early & Contemporary Music, Classical Music & Romantic

  • Andre: … auf … SWR SinfonieO, Cambreling (Wergo)
  • »Amorosi pensieri«. Songs for the Habsburg Court. Cinquecento (Hyperion)
  • Avant l’Opera. Italian Baroque Overtures. Charivari Agreable, Kah-Ming Ng (Signum)
  • Battistelli: Experimentum Mundi. Raffone, Servillo, Handwerker von Albano, Battistelli etc. (DVD EuroArts)
  • JS Bach: Suites for Cello solo. Enders (Berlin Classics)
  • JS Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier. Gulda (MPS)
  • JS Bach: »Bach in context Vol. 4«. Vater unser. Gesualdo Consort, Musica Amphion, Belder (Etcetera)
  • JS Bach: Goldberg Variations. Xiao-Mei (DVD, Accentus)
  • Bach & Ysaÿe: Works for Violin. Weithaas (Cavi)
  • Barraqué: Sonate pour piano. Woodward (Celestial Harmonies)
  • Beethoven: Piano Sonatas op. 109 – 111. Koroliov (Tacet)
  • Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas. Brautigam (BIS)
  • Beethoven: Cello Sonatas. Queyras, Melnikov (harmonia mundi)
  • Berg: Lulu. Hannigan, Henschel etc., O Symph. de la Monnaie, Daniel (2 DVDs, BelAir)
  • Boulez: Complete Columbia Album Collection (Sony)
  • Bruckner: Symphony No. 9. Lucerne Festival O, Abbado (DG)
  • Callas Remastered – The Complete Studio Recordings 1949-69 (Warner)
  • Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Concerto Italiano. Yang, SWR SinfonieO etc. (Naxos)
  • Catel: Les Bayadères. Musica Florea, Talpain (Ediciones Singulares)
  • Chin: 3 Concertos. Gerhardt, Kim etc., Seoul PhilO, Chung (DG)
  • Corelli: Trio Sonatas 1 & 3. Avison Ensemble, Beznosiuk (Linn)
  • Delalande: Symphonies pour les soupers du Roy. Elbipolis BarockO Hamburg (Challenge)
  • Enescu: Symphonie Concertante, Symphony No. 1. Truls Mørk, Tampere PhilO, Lintu (Ondine)
  • Fricsay Complete Recordings Vol. 1, Orchestral Works (DG)
  • Grieg: Holberg Variations. Hadland, Skomsvoll, Bjøranger (Simax)
  • Hannigan: Concert Documentary. Barbara Hannigan etc. (DVD, Accentus)
  • Haydn: Symphonies Vol. 1. Il Giardino Armonico, Antonini (Alpha)
  • Hosokawa: Quintets & Solos. Yoshino, Suzuki, Arditti Q etc. (Wergo)
  • »Invocation«. Works by Bach, Liszt, Messiaen etc., Schuch (Naïve)
  • Kuhnau: Complete Sacred Works 1. Opella Musica, Camerata Lipsiensis, Meyer (cpo)
  • »Liebeslieder«. Various composers. ensemble recherche (Wergo)
  • Mahler: Symphony No. 1. NDR SinfonieO, Hengelbrock (Sony)
  • Mahler: Symphonies 1 – 6. RSO Frankfurt, Järvi (3 Einzel-BDs, 3 Doppel-DVDs, C Major)
  • Menuhin: Bruno Monsaingeon Edition Vol. 2 (4 BD oder 8 DVDs, EuroArts)
  • Mercury Living Presence Collector’s Edition Vol. 3 (Mercury)
  • Mozart: Cosí fan tutte. MusicAeterna, Currentzis (Sony)
  • Müthel: The 5 Keyboard Concertos. Marcin Swiatkiewicz, Arte dei Suonatori (BIS)
  • Schubert .»Nachtviolen«. Lieder, Gerhaher, Huber (Sony)
  • Nielsen: Symphonies 1 – 6. Royal Stockholm PhilO, Oramo (BIS)
  • Nielsen: Symphonies 1 – 6. London SO, Davis (LSO)
  • Paris 1937. Trio Lézard (Coviello)
  • Pekinel. Güher & Süher Pekinel in Concert (2 DVDs, Arthaus)
  • Penderecki. »Paths Through The Labyrinth«. The Composer Krzysztof P. Schmidt (DVD oder BD, C Major)
  • »Polyphonies oubliées«. La maîtrise de Toulouse, Ensemble Gilles Binchois etc. (Aparté)
  • Richter: Complete Decca/Philips/DG Recordings of Swjatoslaw R. (Decca)
  • Rosen. Complete Columbia and Epic Album Collection of Charles Rosen (Sony)
  • Schönberg: Moses und Aron. Grundheber, SWR SinfonieO, Cambreling (Hänssler)
  • Schubert: Lieder. Vol. 1 – 10. Goerne etc. (harmonia mundi)
  • Schubert: String Quartets D 703, D 804 etc. Klenke Q (Genuin)
  • Schubert: Sonatas D 894, D 960 etc. Schiff (ECM)
  • Schumann & Holliger: Sechs Stücke, Romancendres etc. Holliger, Leuzinger, Kernjak (ECM)
  • Scriabin: Complete Poêms. Ohlsson (Hyperion)
  • Sokolov: The Salzburg Recital of Grigori S. (DG)
  • Spohr: Die letzten Dinge. Kammerchor Stuttgart, Dt. Kammerphilh. Bremen, Bernius (Carus)
  • Steffani: Niobe, Regina di Thebe. Jaroussky, Boston Early Music Fest. O etc. (Erato)
  • Stockhausen: Complete Early Percussion Works. Avery, Schick etc. (mode records)
  • Strawinsky: Le sacre du printemps, Petruschka. Les Siècles, Roth (harmonia mundi)
  • Strawinsky: Le sacre du printemps. Tonhalle-O Zürich, Zinman (RCA)
  • Szymanowski: Violin Concertos etc. Skride, Oslo PhO, Petrenko (Orfeo)
  • Telemann etc. Bürgerkapitänsmusiken. Kasper, Hörner, Bierwirth etc. (DHM)
  • Verdi: Les Vêpres Siciliennes. Hymel, Schrott, O of Royal Opera House, Pappano (BD, Opus Arte)
  • Wagner: Ring des Nibelungen. Mannheimer Opernensemble, O d. Nationaltheaters, Ettinger, Freyer (7 DVDs, Arthaus)
  • Zelenka: Lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae. Guillon, Collegium Marianum etc. (Supraphon)

Rock, Pop & Blues

  • Olafur Arnalds & Janus Rasmussen: Kiasmos (Erased Tapes)
  • Balbina: Über das Grübeln (Four Music)
  • Caribou: Our Love (City Slang)
  • The Church: Further / Deeper (Unorthodox Records)
  • Con Funk Shun: More Than Love (Shanachie)
  • Cool Million: Sumthin’ Like This (SedSoul Records)
  • D’Angelo And The Vanguard: Black Messiah (RCA)
  • Faith No More: Sol Invictus (PIAS)
  • Marianne Faithfull: Give My Love To London (Naïve)
  • Fatima Al Qadiri: Asiatisch (Hyperdub)
  • FKA Twigs: LP1 (XL Recordings)
  • Hozier: Hozier (Island)
  • Kofelgschroa: Zaun (Trikont)
  • Kendrick Lamar: To Pimp A Butterfly (Interscope)
  • My Brightest Diamond: This Is My Hand (Asthmatic Kitty)
  • Night Demon: Curse Of The Damned (Steamhammer)
  • Robert Plant: Lullaby and … the Ceaseless Roar (Nonesuch)
  • Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado: Too Many Roads (Ruf Records)
  • Sleaford Mods: Divide And Exit (Harbinger Sound)
  • The Slow Show: White Water (Haldern Pop)
  • Spoon: They Want My Soul (Anti)
  • Scott Walker & Sunn O))): Soused (4AD)
  • Zodiac: Sonic Child (Napalm)

Jazz, Folk & Song

  • Kenny Barron & Dave Holland: The Art Of Conversation (Impulse)
  • Anouar Brahem: Souvenance (ECM)
  • Georg Breinschmid: Double Brein (2 CDs, Preiser Records)
  • Charlie Haden, Keith Jarrett: Last Dance (ECM)
  • Dee Dee Bridgewater: Dee Dee’s Feathers (Okeh)
  • Caprize: Ganes (Blanko Musik)
  • Olivier Holland: Gypsy Meets Groove (Timezone)
  • Vijay Iyer Trio: Break Stuff (ECM)
  • Roger Hanschel: Niederschlagsmengen (Tacet)
  • Köster, Hocker: Kumm Jangk – Tom Waits (GMO)
  • »Magic Kamancheh«. The String Lutes Vol.1: Asia (4 CDs & 1 DVD, NoEthno)
  • Rudresh Mahanthappa: Bird Calls (ACT)
  • Maurenbrecher etc. »Klagen ist für Toren«. Schubertlieder (Reptiphon)
  • Jun Miyake: Lost Memory Theatre – Act 2 (Enja)
  • Leszek Mozdzer & Friends: Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic III (ACT)
  • Schlippenbach Trio: Features (Intakt)
  • Irene Schweizer & Jürg Wickihalder: Spring (Intakt)
  • Sternal Symphonic Society: Volume 2 (Traumton)
  • Susheela Raman: Queen Between (World Village)

Spoken Word

  • Thomas Kling: Die gebrannte Performance (4 CDs, Lilienfeld Verlag)
  • Döblin: November 1918 – Eine deutsche Revolution. Rudolph, Diehl etc. (Hörverlag)
  • Baltscheit: Nur 1 Tag. Hübner, Louisan etc. (Oetinger audio)
  • F. Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald: Wir waren furchtbar gute Schauspieler – Psychogramm einer Ehe. Moretti etc. (DHV)
  • Gontscharow: Oblomow. Brückner (Parlando)
  • Thomas Mann: Die große Originalton-Edition. Kurzke (17 CDs, Hörverlag)
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