Long List of Annual Awards 2018

Published: 4th September 2018

The jurors nominated a total of 108 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 5th of October 2018.

The following jury members were involved in the 2018 annual committee: Eleonore Büning (Jury Chamber Music), Manfred Gillig-Degrave (Jury Rock), Christine Heise (Jury Rock), Christoph Irrgeher (Jury Crossover Productions), Mike Kamp (Jury Folk & Singer/Songwriter), Kai Luehrs-Kaiser (Jury Opera I), Max Nyffeler (Jury Opera I), Wolfgang Schreiber (Jury Historical Classical Recordings), Michael Stegemann (Jury Concertos), Heinz Zietsch (Jury Crossover Productions).

Long List

• Adámek: Sinuous Voices etc. Roméo Monteiro, Ens Orchestral Contemporain, Daniel Kawka (aeon)
• Amadeus Quartett – Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon, Decca & Westminster. (DG)
• JS Bach: Sonatas & Partitas for Violin solo BWV 1001-1006. Christian Tetzlaff (Ondine)
• Bartók: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2. Christian Tetzlaff, Finnish RSO, Hannu Lintu (Ondine)
• Beethoven: Complete String Quartets Vol. 1. Cuarteto Casals (harmonia mundi)
• Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 etc. Seiji Ozawa, Martha Argerich, Mito Chamber Orchestra (Decca)
• Beethoven: Complete Symphonies. Gewandhausorchester Leipzig etc., Herbert Blomstedt (Accentus)
• Beethoven: Symphony Nos. 4 & 5. Wiener Symphoniker, Philippe Jordan (Wiener Symphoniker)
• Berlioz: Les Troyens. DiDonato, Spyres etc., O Phil de Strasbourg, Nelsons (Erato)
• »Chopin Evocations«. Trifonov, Babayan, Mahler Chamber O, Pletnev (DG)
• Louis Couperin: Dances from the Bauyn Manuscript. Kolesnikov (Hyperion)
• »Das ewige Rätsel« – Lieder by Klein, Mahler, Martin, Ravel. Kränzle, Dumno (Oehms)
• Eisler: Lieder Vol.2. Falk, Schleiermacher (MDG)
• »Enfers« – Works by Rameau & Gluck. Degout etc. Pygmalion, Pichon (harmonia mundi)
• Faccio: Hamlet. Cernoch, Sgura etc. Wiener Symphoniker, Carignani/Tambosi. DVD (CMaior)
• Franck: Organ Works. Ben van Oosten (MDG)
• »The Gate of Glory« – Music from the Eton Choirbook Vol.5. Darlington (Avie)
• Emil Gilels: The Unreleased Recitals at the Concertgebouw 1975-1980 (Fondamenta/Devialet)
• »HerzTod« – Lieder by Brahms, Wagner, Wolf, Mahler. Groissböck, Huber (Decca)
• Hindemith & Schönberg: String Trios. Trio Zimmermann (BIS)
• Schütz & Schein: Historia der Auferstehung Jesu Christi etc. La Tempête, Bestion (Alpha)
• Ligeti: Requiem, Lux aeterna. Gottwald: Transcriptions. Kammerchor Stuttgart etc. Bernius (Carus)
• »Majesté« – Works by Delalande. Le Poème Harmonique, Vincent Dumestre (Alpha)
• Messiaen: Catalogue d’Oiseaux. Aimard (Pentatone)
• Meyerbeer: Le Prophète. Osborn, Cornetti, Essener Philharmoniker, Giuliano Carella (Oehms)
• »Modern Lied« – Lieder by Holliger, Kurtág, Rihm etc. Sun, Schulze (Mode)
• Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 40 & No. 41. SymphonieO des BR, Herbert Blomsted (BR Klassik)
• »Open Your Ears. Wege zur Neuen Musik« – Gerd Albrecht dirigiert und erklärt. DVD (Arthaus)
• »Perpetual Night« – Works by Lawes etc. Richardot, Ens Correspondances, Daucé (harmonia mundi)
• Porpora: Germanico in Germania. Cencic, Lezhneva etc. Capella Cracoviensis, Adamus (Decca)
• Prokofiev: Complete Symphonies & Concertos. Baráti, Trifonof, Gergiev etc. DVD (Arthaus)
• »Prokofiev for Two« – Romeo & Julia-Suite op.64, Filmmusiken etc. Argerich, Babayan (DG)
• »Anita Rachvelishvili« – Arias. Rachvelishvili, O Sinfonico Naz della RAI, Sagripanti (Sony)
• Ravel: Ma Mère l’Oye, Shéhérazade etc. Les Siècles, Roth (harmonia mundi)
• de Rore: Portrait of the artist as a starved dog. Graindelavoix, Björn Schmelzer (Glossa)
• Schostakowitsch: Jazz Suite No. 2 etc. Leleu etc., Brandenburg StaatsO, Griffiths (Klanglogo)
• Schostakowitsch: Pianio Quintet op.57 etc. Belcea Quartet, Anderszewski (Alpha)
• Schostakowitsch: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11 »The Year 1905«. Boston Symphony O, Nelsons (DG)
• Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin. Gerhaher, Huber (Sony)
• Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 – 7. Berliner Philharmoniker, Rattle (BPH Recordings)
• »Siface. L’amor castrato« – Works by Cavalli, Stradella etc. Mineccia, Nereydas, Illán (Glossa)
• Stockhausen: Klavierstücke I-XI. Sabine Liebner (Wergo)
• Strawinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps etc. Hamelin, Andsnes (Hyperion)
• »The Paul Badura-Skoda Edition« (DG)
• Tschaikowsky: Pique Dame. Didyk, Markov etc. Concertgebouw O, Jansons/Herheim. DVD (CMajor)
• Vivaldi: Gloria, Nisi Dominus etc. Lezhneva, Fagioli etc. I Barocchisti, Fasolis (Decca)
• Wagner: Tristan und Isolde. Hofmann, Behrens etc. Chor & SO des BR, Bernstein. DVD (CMajor)
• Weinberg: The Passenger op.97. Karlova, Tenyakova etc., Dohnanyi/Strassberger. DVD (Dux)

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• 3MA: Anarouz (Mad Minute)
• Alexei Aigui, Dietmar Bonnen: ugliest parts – live (Obst)
• Andreas Dorau: Die Liebe und der Ärger der Anderen (Staatsakt)
• Anouar Brahem: Blue Maqams (ECM)
• Blue Rose Code: The Water Of Leith (Navigator Records)
• Brad Mehldau: After Bach (Nonesuch)
• Céline Rudolph & Lionel Loueke: Obsession (Obsessions)
• Christina Lux: Leise Bilder (India Media Group)
• Cordovas: That Santa Fé Channel (Ato)
• Efrén López, Stelios Petrakis, Bijan Chemirani: Taos (Buda Musique)
• Erika Stucky: Papito (Traumton)
• Esbjörn Svensson Trio: e.s.t. Live In London (Act)
• Franui: Ständchen der Dinge (col legno)
• Ghost: Prequelle (Spinefarm)
• Guido Belcanto: Liefde & Devotie (Starman)
• I’m Not Here To Hunt Rabbits. Botswana u.a (Piranha Records)
• Israel Nash: Lifted (Loose Music)
• Jamison Ross: All For One (Concord Jazz)
• Janelle Monáe: Dirty Computer (Atlantic)
• Jesper Munk: Favourite Stranger (Warner)
• John Coltrane: Both Directions At Once – The Lost Album (Impulse)
• Julian Lage: Modern Lore (Mack Avenue)
• Jun Miyake: Lost Memory Theatre – Act 3 (Yellowbird Records)
• Kamasi Washington: Heaven & Earth (Young Turks)
• Kristjan Randalu: Absence (ECM)
• Lisa Stansfield: Deeper (earMusic)
• Luther Allison: A Legend Never Dies – Essential Recordings 1976-1997 (Ruf Records)
• Machine Head: Catharsis (Nuclear Blast)
• Michael Wollny Trio: Oslo. (Act)
• Michael Wollny Trio: Wartburg (Act)
• Moses Pelham: Herz (3P)
• Musiq Soulchild: Feel The Real (Entertainment One)
• Orphaned Land: Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs (Century Media)
• Pablo Held Trio: Investigations Edition (Edition Records)
• Philipp Fankhauser: I’ll Be Around (Funk House Blues)
• Rolf Kühn: Yellow + Blue (MPS)
• Runrig: Rarities – Limited Collectors Box (RCA)
• Saz’iso: At Least Wave Your Handkerchief At Me (Glitterbeat)
• Shalosh: Studio Konzert (Neuklang)
• Shannon Shaw: Shannon In Nashville (Easy Eye Sound)
• Sleep: The Sciences (Rykodisc)
• Sophie: Oil Of Every Pearl’s Un-insides (Transgressive)
• Stephan Micus: Inland Sea (ECM)
• Takeifa: Giss Gass (Moctar Sall)
• Tania Saleh: Intersection (Kirkelig Kulturverksted)
• Thomas Bartlett & Nico Muhly: Peter Pears – Balinese Ceremonial Music (Nonesuch)
• Till Brönner & Dieter Ilg: Nightfall (OKeh)
• Tocotronic: Die Unendlichkeit (Vertigo/Capitol)
• Tracy Thorn: Record (Caroline)
• »Unter meinem Bett« Vol. 3. Brandneue Songs für Kinder. Dokter Renz, Clueso etc. (Oetinger Audio)
• Van Morrison: Roll With The Punches (Caroline)
• Wir Kinder vom Kleistpark Vol.7 »#backstage« (fünfton)

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• Marina Abramović: Durch Mauern gehen – Autobiographie. Wiebke Puls (Bonnevoice)
• Rose Ausländer: Wirf deine Angst in die Luft. Alicia Fassel, Jan Rohlfing etc. (Griot)
• Thomas Bernhard: Städtebeschimpfungen. Peter Simonischek, Michael König, etc. (Hörverlag)
• »Große Werke. Große Stimmen«. Bruno Ganz, Martina Gedeck etc. (Der Audio Verlag DAV)
• »Der Kreis des Zauberers«– Thomas Mann & Familie. Documentation (Hörverlag)
• Conrad Ferdinand Meyer: Die Gedichte. Christian Brückner, Dörte Lyssewski etc. (Sinus)
• Martin Schäuble: Endland. Florian Lukas, Jodie Ahlborn, Julian Greis & Hans Löw (Oetinger Audio)
• Song Book. Stephan Eicher, Martin Suter (Diogenes)