Long List of Annual Awards 2019

Published: 6th September 2019
The jurors nominated a total of 129 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 4th of October 2019.

The following jury members were involved in the 2019 annual committee: Eleonore Büning (Jury Chamber Music), Torsten Fuchs (Jury R&B, Soul, HipHop), Christoph Irrgeher (Jury Crossover Productions), Mike Kamp (Jury Folk & Singer/Songwriter), Joachim Mischke (Jury Opera I), Max Nyffeler (Jury Opera I), Wolfgang Schreiber (Jury Historical Classical Recordings), Michael Stegemann (Jury Concertos), Juliane Streich (Jury Rock), Heinz Zietsch (Jury Crossover Productions).

Long List

• »Abendmusiken«. Cantatas & Sonatas by Buxtehude. Ens Masques, Vox Luminis, Meunier (Alpha)
• »Apollo & Dionysus«. European Music Archaeology Project, Vol.5. (Delphian)
• »Bailar Cantando«. Codex Trujillo, 1788. Hesperion XXI, Savall (Alia Vox)
• »Der Klang der Stimme«. A Film by Bernard Weber. Schaerer, Mühlemann etc. (Mindjazz)
• »Harmonie Du Soir«. Claude Debussy: Mélodies. Karthäuser, Degout, Planès etc. (harmonia mundi)
• »Hans Rosbaud dirigiert Mozart« Historical Recordings 1951-1962 (SWR Classics)
• »Les Trois Sonates – The Late Works«. Works by Debussy. Faust, Tamestit etc. (harmonia mundi)
• »Leonard Bernsteins Young People’s Concerts«, Vol. 1 & 2. DVD (Unitel)
• »Mstislav Rostropovich – L’Archet indomptable«. A film by Bruno Monsaingeon. (Naxos)
• »Notturno«– Piano Works by Crumb, Debussy, Chopin, Field, Scriabin etc. Veit (TYXart)
• »Portraits« – Works by Anderson, Barber, Korngold, Kreisler etc. Quatuor Modigliani (Mirare)
• »Portraying Passion«. Songs by Weill, Paus, Ives. Augestad, Oslo Phil O, Weilerstein, Eggen (Lawo)
• »Rafael Kubelík: The Munich Symphonic Recordings 1963 to 1985« (Orfeo)
• »The Liberation of the Gothic« – Works by Ashwell & Browne. Graindelavoix, Schmelzer (Glossa)
• »to catch a running poet« – New Works for Harpsichord by Ferek-Petrić, Nassif etc. Mijatović (Neos)
• »Wilhelm Furtwängler – The Radio Recordings 1939-1945« (BPhil Recordings)
• »Wolfgang Rihm und die Orgel« – Künstler im Gespräch Vol.12 Martin Schmeding etc. (Cybele)
• »2000 Jahre Musik auf der Schallplatte« Vol.8. (Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung)
• Adams: Doctor Atomic. Finley, Bullock, Sherratt u.a, BBC Singers, BBC SO, Adams (Nonesuch)
• Arcadelt: Motetti, Madrigali. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Cappella Mediterranea (Ricercar)
• Bång: Structures of Light and Spruce. Curious Chamber Players, Ume Duo, Hellqvist (Neos)
• Beethoven: Chorphantasie op.80, Tripelkonzert op.56. Clein, Kadouch etc. Accentus, Equilbey (Erato)
• Benevolo: Missa Si Deus pro nobis, Magnificat. Le Concert spirituel, Hervé Niquet (Alpha)
• Berlioz: Harold en Italie; Les Nuits d’été. Zimmermann, Degout, Les Siècles, Roth (harmonia mundi)
• Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust. Vidal, Antonacci etc. Les Siècles, Roth DVD (Chateau de Versailles)
• Berlioz: Complete Works. Various Artists. 27 CDs (Warner)
• Brahms: Symphony No. 4; Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 Bamberger Symphoniker, Hrůša (Tudor)
• Brahms, Ligeti: Violin Concertos. Hadelich, Norwegian Radio O, Harth-Bedoya (Warner)
• Cardoso: Lamentationes, Missa pro defunctis, Magnificat. Cupertinos, Luís Toscano (Hyperion)
• Couperin: Les Nations (1726). Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (Aparté)
• Debussy: Préludes du 2ieme Livre, La Mer. Melnikov, Pashchenko (harmonia mundi)
• Dohnányi: String Quartet, Serenade for String Trio etc. Nash Ensemble (Hyperion)
• Erlebach: Complete Trio Sonatas. L’Achéron, Joubert-Caillet (Ricercar)
• Händel: Messiah. Semenzato, Schachtner, Adam, Stražanac. Collegium 1704, Luks (Accent)
• Händel, Vivaldi: Arias for Soprano. Davidson, Academy of Ancient Music, Crouch (Signum)
• Kurtág: Scenes from a Novel op.19 etc. Vitrenko, Grimal, Gaggero, Niek de Groot (Audite)
• Liszt: Via Crucis. Collegium Vocale Gent, Reinbert de Leeuw (Alpha)
• Mahler: Symphony No. 6. MusicAeterna, Currentzis (Sony)
• Mahler: Symphony No. 9. Bamberger Symphoniker, Blomstedt (Accentus)
• Manoury: Le temps, mode d’emploi. Klavierduo GrauSchumacher, SWR Experimentalstudio (Neos)
• Offenbach: Arias. Devos, Charvet, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Campellone (Alpha)
• Offenbach: Works for Cello. Gromes, Riem, Wen-Sinn Yang (Sony)
• Paganini: Complete Edition. Various Artists. 40 CDs (Dynamic)
• Placeless. Mahsa & Marjan Vahdat, Kronos Quartet (Kirkelig Kulturverksted)
• Rachmaninow: Piano Concertos Nos. 2&4. Trifonov, Philadelphia O, Nézet-Séguin (DG)
• Rihm: Works for Violin & Orchestra Vol. 1&2. Yang etc. Dt Staatsphil Rheinland Pfalz (Naxos)
• Saint-Saëns: Ascanio. Lapointe etc., Chor & O der Musikhochschule Genf, Tourniaire (B-Records)
• Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5. Kantorow, Tapiola Sinfonietta (BIS)
• Salieri: Tarare. Dubois, Deshayes, Wanroij etc. Les Talens Lyriques, Rousset (Aparté)
• Schubert: Piano Sonatas D 958, D 959, D 960 etc. Lonquich (Alpha)
• Schubert: Piano Sonatas D 958, D 959, Impromptus D 899, etc. Schiff (ECM)
• Schumann: Complete Lieder Vol. 1.Gerhaher, Huber (Sony)
• Schütz: Psalmen & Friedensmusiken. Sämann, Mields etc., Dresdner Kammerchor, Rademann (Carus)
• R Strauss: Salomé. Grigorian, Daszak, J.Prégardien etc., Wiener Philh, Welser-Möst DVD (Unitel)
• Tschaikowsky: Symphony No. 6. Berliner Philharmoniker, Petrenko (BPhil Recordings)
• Ullmann: fremde zeit addendum 5 – solo V for Piano. Rickli (Edition RZ)
• Vivaldi: Opera Arias. Bartoli, Ensemble Matheus, Spinosi (Decca)
• Vivaldi: Musica sacra & Arie e cantate per contralto. Galou etc. Vivaldi Edition Vol 59 & 60 (naïve)
• Wagner: Lohengrin. Beczala etc. O der Bayreuther Festspiele, Thielemann, Sharon DVD (DG)
• Weinberg: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 21. CBSO, Kremerata Baltica, Gražinytė-Tyla, Kremer (DG)
• BA Zimmermann: Violin Concerto, Vocal Symphony etc. Josefowicz etc., Finnish RSO, Lintu (Ondine)

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• 2000: Plant. Jan Klare, Bart Maris Steve Swell, Elisabeth Coudoux etc. (Umland)
• Astronauts Etc: Living in Symbol (Company)
• Bagar aka Tricky D/V.A.: Colombian Soul (BBE)
• Joep Beving: Henosis (DG)
• Eric Bibb: Global Griot (Dixie Frog)
• Bilderbuch: Vernissage My Heart (Maschin)
• Black Pumas: Black Pumas (ATO)
• Claus Boesser-Ferrari: In Praise Of Shadows (Acoustic)
• Joe Bonamassa: Redemption (Provogue/Mascot)
• Brad Mehldau: Finding Gabriel (Nonesuch)
• Betty Carter: The Music Never Stops (Blue Engine)
• Neneh Cherry: Broken Politics (Smalltown Supersound)
• Das Kapital: Vive la France. Daniel Erdmann, Hasse Poulsen, Edward Perraud (Label Bleu)
• Helmut Debus: Frömde Frünnen (Helmut Debus)
• Christopher Dell: Das arbeitende Konzert/The Working Concert. Revision VI-VII. (Ed. Niehler Werft)
• Dendemann: Da Nich Für! (Vertigo)
• Die Grenzgänger: Revolution (Brokensilence)
• Billie Eilish: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (Interscope)
• Element Of Crime: Schafe, Monster und Mäuse (Vertigo Berlin)
• Emile Parisien Quartet: Double Screening (Act)
• Farangi – Du Baroque à l’Orient. Renaud García-Fons, Claire Antonini (e-motive)
• Faustus: Cotton Lords (Westpark)
• Fred Frith: Live At The Stone – All is Always Now (Intakt)
• Gang Of Four: Happy Now (Gang Of Four)
• Erroll Garner: Nightconcert (Mack Avenue)
• Stefan Goldmann: Tacit Script (Macro)
• Grips Theater – Die schönsten Lieder aus 50 Jahren (Argon Sauerländer)
• Hands On Strings: Free ride (Doctor Heart)
• Jazz Funk Soul: Life and times (Shanachie)
• J Jazz Vol.2 – Deep Modern Jazz From Japan 1969 –1983 (BBE)
• Köster & Hocker: fremde feddere (GMO – The Label)
• Sebastian Krämer und das Metropolis Orchester Berlin: Vergnügte Elegien (Reptiphon)
• Tyva Kyzy: Ayalgalar – Melodies (Pan Records)
• Dave Liebman & Richie Beirach: Eternal Voices (Jazzline)
• Liederjan: Ernsthaft locker bleiben (Westpark)
• Mark Lockheart: Days On Earth (Edition)
• Makaya McCraven: Universal Beings (International Anthems)
• Malaka Hostel: Dizko Fatale (Malaka Hostel/Soulfire Artists)
• Mara: Erbarmungslos ehrlich (Timezone)
• Marilyn Mazur: Shamania (Rare Noise)
• Cécile McLorin Salvant: The Window (Mack Avenue)
• New York Trio feat. Jonathan Finlayson. Niescier, Tordini, Cleaver (Intakt)
• J.S. Ondara: Tales Of America (Verve)
• Albin Paulus: Albin Paulus Pur (Non Food Factory)
• Lee Scratch Perry: Rainford (ON-U Sound)
• Purple Mountains: Purple Mountains (Drag City)
• Reinhardt Repke: Club der toten Dichter – Theodor Fontane neu vertont: So und nicht anders (Argon)
• Patrice Rushen: Remind Me 1978 –1984 (Strut)
• Shakespears Sister: Singles Party 1988 – 2019 (London Records)
• Small Island Big Song. Alena Murang, SiaoChun Tai, Charles Maimarosia etc. (CDBaby)
• Soft Machine: Hidden Details (Dyad)
• Söllner: Genug (Trikont)
• Bruce Springsteen: Western Stars (Smi Col)
• Stray Cats: 40 (Surfdog/Mascot)
• Aki Takase: Aki Takase Japanic – Thema Prima (BMC)
• Aki Takase: Hokusai: Piano Solo (Intakt)
• The Gloaming: The Gloaming 3 (Realworld)
• The Stanley Clarke Band: The Message (Mack Avenue)
• The Teskey Brothers: Half Mile Harvest (Vertigo)
• Triakel: Händelser i Nord 2019 (Westpark)
• Vertigo Trombone Quartet: The Good Life (nWog)
• Florian Weber: Lucent Waters. Ralph Alessi, Linda May Han Oh, Nasheet Waits (ECM)
• Wenzel: Wo liegt das Ende dieser Welt (Matrosenblau)
• Yola: Walk Through Fire (Nonesuch/Easy Eye Sound)
• Yves Theiler Trio: WE (Intakt)

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• Jonas Jonasson: Der Hundertjährige, der zurückkam, um die Welt zu retten. Hallervorden (Hörverlag)
• The Poets’ Collection: Englischsprachige Lyrik im Originalton & in deutscher Übersetzung (Hörverlag)
• Stefan Weiller: Deutsche Winterreise. Von Menschen im Abseits. Mattes, Harzer etc. (Speak Low)