Long List of Annual Awards 2020

Published: 25th September 2020
The jurors nominated a total of 112 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 7th of October 2020.

The following jury members were involved in the 2020 annual committee: Manuel Brug (Jury Opera II), Eleonore Büning (Jury Chamber Music), Torsten Fuchs (advisory, Jury R&B, Soul, HipHop), Christine Heise (Jury Rock), Christoph Irrgeher (Jury Crossover Productions), Hans-Jürgen Linke (Jury Jazz II), Max Nyffeler (Jury Opera I), Tobias Rapp (Jury Club & Dance), Wolfgang Schreiber (Jury Historical Classical Recordings), Michael Stegemann (Jury Concertos) und Juliane Streich (Jury Rock)

Long List

• Adam Baron: Freischwimmen – Wer die Wahrheit sucht, muss tief tauchen. Julian Greis (Silberfisch)
• Die Bibel. Rufus Beck (Deutsche Bibelgesellschafft/Audio-Verlag)
• Einsiedeln. Thomas Hürlimann erzählt seine Kindheit und Jugend im Kloster. (supposé)
• Martin Muser: Kannawoniwasein! Vol.1.: Manchmal muss man einfach verduften. (Silberfisch)
• Susan Kreller: Schneeriese. Constanze Weinig (Der Diwan Hörbuchverlag)

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• »Arturo Benedetto Michelangeli – Ein unfassbarer Pianist«. Film by Syrtos Dreher etc. (SWR/3b)
• »Barbirolli – The Complete Warner Recordings« (Warner Music)
• »Beethoven’s Ninth – Symphony for the world«. Film by Christian Berger (C-Major)
• »Cantilena« – Works by Piazzolla etc. Tabea Zimmermann, Javier Perianes (harmonia mundi)
• »Chormusik der Welt«. SWR Vokalensemble, Creed (SWR Classic)
• »City Lights« – Works by Chaplin, Legrand, Siegel, Morricone etc.. Batiashvili etc. (DG)
• »Dimensionen – Innenwelt« – Works by Schubert, Duparc etc. Petersen, Lademann (Solo Musica)
• »Dirty Minds« – Lieder by Mozart, Weill, Schönberg, Wolf etc.. Vermeulen, Schulze (Challenge)
• »Edith Mathis, Liedrecital« Lucerne Festival 1975. (Audite)
• »Elegy« – Duets by Purcell & Blow. Davis, Hall, The King’s Consort, King (Vivat)
• »Encounter« – Works by Busoni, Reger, Feldman etc. Levit (Sony)
• »Fauré et ses poètes«. Works by …. Mauillon, Le Bozec (harmonia mundi)
• »Il Gondoliere Veneziano« – Works by Tartini, Vivaldi, Cerutti etc.. Falk, Nuovo Aspetto (Prospero)
• »La Passione« – Works by Nono, Haydn, Grisey. Ludwig Orchestra, Hannigan (Alpha)
• »Le Secret De Monsieur Marais« – Works by Marais. Pianca, Il Suonar Parlante O, Ghielmi (Alpha)
• »Les Éspaces Électroacoustiques II« – Works by Nono, Koenig etc.. Sun, ICST Zürich (col legno)
• »Libertà! Mozart et l’Opéra« – Works by Soler etc. Pygmalion etc., Pichon (harmonia mundi)
• »Mare Balticum Vol. 2« – Ensemble Peregrina, Budzińska-Bennett (tacet)
• »Michael Gielen Edition« Vol. 1-10 (SWR Music)
• »Paradise Lost« – Lieder by Ravel, Bernstein, Messiaen etc.. Prohaska, Drake (Alpha)
• »Saga« – Works by Schumann, Loewe, Jensen, Schubert. Krimmel, Tchakarova (Alpha)
• »Travel Diaries« – Works by Rihm, Tabakova, Sokolović etc. Goldmund Quartet (Berlin Classics)

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• Adès: In Seven Days etc. Gerstein, Adès, Tanglewood Music Centre Orchestra (Myrios)
• Alkan: Concerto pour piano seul etc. Nosrati (CAvi-Music)
• JC Bach, JM Bach, H Bach: Cantatas. Vox Luminis, Meunier (Ricercar)
• Beethoven: Complete String Quartets. Quatuor Ébène (Erato)
• Beethoven: Complete String Quartets. Kuss Quartett (Rubicon)
• Beethoven: Leonore op.72a. Petersen etc. Zürcher Sing-Akademie, FBO, Jacobs (harmonia mundi)
• Beethoven: Symphonies Nos.1-9. Royal Albert Hall 1970 (Otto-Klemperer-Film-Foundation)
• Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas. Levit (Sony)
• Beethoven: Piano Trios Vol. 1 & 2. Atos Trio (Wigmore Hall Live)
• Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 5. Bezuidenhout, FBO, Heras-Casado (harmonia mundi)
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 5. Currentzis, Musica Eterna (Sony)
• Beethoven, Knecht: Pastoral Symphonies. Akademie für alte Musik Berlin, Forck (harmonia mundi)
• Beethoven, Ebers, Ries: Symphonies Nos.1-3 arranged for Nonet. Compagnia di Punto (dhm)
• Beethoven, Vasks: Violin Concertos. Clamagirand, English Chamber Orchestra, Masur (Mirare)
• Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 9. Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Abbado (Accentus)
• Debussy, Rameau: Piano Pieces. Víkingur Ólafsson (DG)
• Dvořák, Tschaikowski: Serenades for Strings. Balkan Chamber Orchestra, Yanagisawa (Audite)
• Gesualdo: Madrigali a cinque voci. Exaudi Vocal Ensemble, Weeks (Winter & Winter)
• Gesualdo: Tenebrae. Responsories. Graindelavoix, Schmelzer (Glossa)
• Kapsberger: Libri di Villanelle. Les Kapsber’girls (Muso)
• Leclair: Violin Concertos. Schayegh, La Cetra Barockorchester (Glossa)
• Mahler: Symphony No. 9. Bamberger Symphoniker, Blomstedt (Accentus)
• Mendelssohn: Oedipus in Kolonos etc. Kammerphilharmonie Bremen etc. Bernius (Carus)
• Messiaen: Harawi. Sun, Perifanova (Mode)
• Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39-41. Ensemble Resonanz, Riccardo Minasi (harmonia mundi)
• Nono, Sciarrino: Parole e Testi. Schola Heidelberg, ensemble aisthesis, Nußbaum (Divox)
• Offenbach: Maître Péronilla. Gens, Huchet etc. Orchestre National de France, Poschner (Bru Zane)
• Reicha, Romberg: Cello Concertos. Delepelaire, Koncz, Deutsche Radio Phil, Goebel (Sony)
• Rihm: Jakob Lenz. Nigl etc. Orchestre de la Monnaie, Ollu. Direction: Breth (Alpha)
• Rossini: L’Italiana in Algeri. Bartoli etc. Ensemble Matheus, Spinosi. Direction: Leiser & Caurier (Unitel)
• Saint-Saëns: Le Timbre d’Argent. Guilmette, Devos etc. Les Siecles, Accentus, Roth (Bru Zane)
• Scarlatti: Sonatas. Debargue (Sony)
• Scarlatti: Complete Sonatas. Ullrich (tacet)
• Schubert: Piano Sonata D 960 etc. Ugorskaja (CAvi-Music)
• Stevens: String Quartets etc. Behn Quartet, Botbol (Divine Art)
• R Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra etc. NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Urbánski (Alpha)
• R Strauss: Cello Sonatas. Gromes, Riem (Sony)
• Verdi: Ernani. Gordon, Park, Pop etc., Cappella Aquileia, Marcus Bosch (Coviello)
• Wagner: Tannhäuser. Davidsen, Gould etc. Orch Bayreuther Festspiele, Gergiev. Direction: Kratzer (DG)
• Zemlinsky: Der Zwerg. Tsallagova etc. Orch Deutsche Oper Bln, Runnicles. Direction: Kratzer (Naxos)

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• »Aretha Franklin: Amazing Grace«. Direction: Alan Elliott and Sydney Pollack (Weltkino Filmverleih)
• »Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis«: Music Of Wayne Shorter (Blue Engine)
• »Mark-Almond: Fifty-Year Anniversary Edition« (Black Sun)
• »Nils Wogram: Root 70«. 2000-2020 Anniversary Box (nWOG Records)
• »Paul Kuhn & Eugen Cicero live at Bernhard Theater Zürich« (IN + OUT)

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• AceMoMa: A New Dawn – 007Haus (Haus of Altr)
• AËR-Trio: The Lugano Session. Losinger, Heinke, Eser (Tonus-Music)
• Andrew Pekler: Sounds From Phantom Islands (Faitiche)
• Awa Ly: Safe & Sound (Flowfish)
• Bob Dylan: Rough And Rowdy Ways (Columbia)
• Brian Ó Headhra & Fiona Mackenzie: Tuath – Songs of the Northlands (Naxos)
• Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow: Life Goes On (ECM)
• Die Arbeit: Material (recordJet)
• Dietmar Bonnen: Fries (Obst)
• Fink: Bloom Innocent (R’COUP’D)
• Frank Zappa: The Hot Rats Sessions (Zappa Records)
• Franziska Günther: Besser wenn der Kopf nicht hängt (recordJet)
• Hayiti: Sui Sui (Haiyti Records)
• Inga: Tears And Teeth (Trikont)
• Jack Marsina & Flo’s Jazz Casino: Coolin’ (Alessa)
• Jazzmeia Horn: Love And Liberation (Prestige)
• Julianna Barwick: Healing Is A Miracle (Ninja Tune)
• Keiji Haino, Sumac: Even For Just The Briefest Moment/Keep Charging This Expiation…“ (Trost)
• Kummer: Kiox (Kiox Tonträger)
• kŽrme: pierogi, schabbes und das schwarze gold. Zaja, Kaupenjohann, Zajac (Musikverlag augemus)
• Leonard Cohen: Thank You for the Dance (Columbia)
• Marius Neset & London Sinfonietta: Viaduct (ACT)
• Matthieu Saglio: el camino de los vientos (ACT)
• Mentrix: My Enemy, My Love (House of Strength)
• Moses Sumney: Græ (Jagjaguwar)
• Niels Frevert: Putzlicht (Grönland)
• Nighthawks: Next To The Roxy (Live) (Herzog Records)
• Nihiloxica: Kaloli (Crammed Disc)
• Octo Octa: Resonant Body (T4T LUV NRG)
• Pablo Held: Ascent. Burgwinkel, Landfermann, Held, Veras (Edition Records)
• Porridge Radio: Every Bad (Secretly Canadian)
• Raul Midón: The Mirror (artistry / Mack Avenue Records)
• Robert Vincent: In This Town You’re Owned (Robert Vincent Music)
• Shabaka & The Ancestors: We Are Sent Here By History (Impulse!)
• Shake Stew: Gris Gris (Traumton)
• Sooon: Youchz Now. Sonja Morgenegg, Tony Majdalani, John Wolf Brennan (Narrenschiff)
• Terez Sliman: When the Waves (Kirkelig Kulturverksted)
• The Düsseldorf Düsterboys: Nenn mich Musik (Staatsakt)
• The Jayhawks: XOXO (Sham)
• Yaeji: What We Drew (XL Recordings)