Long List of Annual Awards 2023

Published: 27th August 2023
The jurors nominated a total of 96 outstanding new recording productions that were released on the German-speaking market in the last four quarters – titles from all musical genres, including audiobooks.

The titles that will come out ahead will be announced on the 27th of September 2023.

The following jury members are involved in the 2023 annual committee: Laura Aha (Jury Club and Dance), Manuel Brug (Jury Opera II), Ralf Dombrowski (Jury Pop), Jörn Florian Fuchs (Jury Verbal Art), Julia Kaiser (Jury Chamber Music II), Sabrina Palm (Jury Folk and Singer/Songwriter), Isabel Steppeler (Jury Electronic and Experimental), Markus Thiel, Albrecht Thiemann (both Lieder and Vocal Recital) and Matthias Wegner (Jury Jazz II)

Long List of Annual Awards 2023

  • »Ciaccona!« – Works by Purcell, Bertali a.o.. La Centifolia, Schayegh (Glossa)
  • »Contra-Tenor« – Arias by Lully, Handel, Vivaldi a.o.. Spyres, Il pomo d’oro, Corti (Erato)
  • »Echo« – Songs by Schubert, Loewe, Schumann, Wolf. Georg Nigl, Olga Pashchenko (Alpha)
  • »Father and Son« – Piano Works by CPE & JS Bach. Einav Yarden (Challenge)
  • »Femmes« – Works by female composers. Gromes, Riem, Festival Strings Lucerne, Dodds (Sony)
  • »Genug« – Choral Works by JS Bach, Schelle a.o.. BachWerkVokal, Gordon Safari (MDG)
  • »Gradus Ad Parnassum« – Works by Palestrina, Fux, Haydn a.o.. Jean Rondeau (Erato)
  • »Heimat« – 500 years of homeland songs and lyrics. Behle, Adorf, German Hornsound (Prospero)
  • »Mein Traum« – Works by Schubert, Schumann, Weber. Degout, Devieilhe, Pygmalion, Pichon (harmonia mundi)
  • »Opercussion Original Grooves« – Percussionists of the Bayerische Staatsoper (BSTO Recordings)
  • »SDLW« – Works by and with Stefanovich, Dell, Lillinger, Westergaard (bastille musique)
  • »So Romantique!« – Works by Auber, Godard a.o.. Dubois, O National de Lille, Dumoussaud (Alpha)
  • »The Golden Renaissance« – Works by William Byrd. Stile Antico (Decca)
  • »Walking In The Dark« – Works by Barber, Adams a.o.. Bullock, Reif, Philharmonia O (Nonesuch)
  • Bach JS: Goldberg Variations (Unreleased 1981 Studio Sessions). Glenn Gould (Sony)
  • Beethoven, Strawinsky: Violin Concertos: Vrang, Deutsche Kammerphil Bremen, Kuusisto (Warner)
  • Beethoven: Violin Concerto, Fragment WoO 5. Eberle, London Symphony O, Rattle (LSO)
  • Beethoven: Violin Sonatas op.12/2, op.24, op.47 (Vol. 1). Weithaas, Várjon (CAvi)
  • Belcea Quartet – The Complete Warner Classics Edition 2000-2009 (Warner)
  • Bernd Ruf: Thunderous Silence. Beethoven’s Heiligenstadt Testament (GP Arts)
  • Boismortier: Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse. Solisten, Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet (Château de Versailles)
  • Charpentier: David et Jonathas. van Mechelen, Arnaud a.o., Ensemble Marguerite Louise, Jarry (Château de Versailles)
  • Dessau: Lanzelot. Hindrichs, Sólyom-Nagy a.o., various choirs, Staatskapelle Weimar, Beykirch (Audite)
  • Goldberg, Fasch, Handel, Janitsch a.o.: Sonate a quattro. Ensemble Diderot, Pramsohler (Audax)
  • Handel: Theodora. Oropesa, DiDonato, Spyres a.o., il pomo d’oro, Emelyanychev (Erato)
  • John Eliot Gardiner – The Complete Works on Erato (Erato)
  • Korngold: String Quartets Nos. 1-3. Tippett Quartet (Naxos)
  • Lully: Acis et Galatée. Les Talens Lyriques, Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Rousset (Aparté)
  • Monteverdi: Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria. Les Épopées, Fuget (Château de Versailles)
  • Mozart: String Quartets KV 575, KV 589, KV 590. Chiaroscuro Quartet (BIS)
  • Obrecht: Missa Maria zart. Cappella Pratensis, Stratton Bull (Challenge)
  • Rimski-Korsakow: Christmas Eve. Soloists, Frankfurt Opera- and Museum O, Choir, Weigle, Stage Direction: Loy (Naxos)
  • Robert Craft – The Complete Columbia Album Collection (Sony)
  • Schostakowitsch: Symphonies Nos. 8-10. Berliner Philharmoniker, Petrenko (BPHR)
  • Schubert: Piano Trios No. 1 & 2 a.o.. Christian & Tanja Tetzlaff, Lars Vogt (Ondine)
  • Schumann: Kreisleriana, Jensen: Eroticon a.o.. Severin von Eckardstein (Artalinna)
  • Szymanowski: Preludes op. 1 No. 1, 2, 7, 8; Masques op. 34 Nos. 1-3 a.o.. Zimerman (DG)
  • The Complete Carl Seemann Edition on Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
  • Zimmermann BA: Recomposed. Sarah Wegener, Marcus Weiss a.o., WDR SO, Heinz Holliger (Wergo)

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  • A.S.O.: A.S.O. (Low Lying Records)
  • Anna Murtola: La Tierra Blanca (Nordic Notes)
  • Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily: Love In Exile (Verve)
  • Art Ensemble of Chicago: The Sixth Decade – From Paris to Paris. Live at Sons d’Hiver (RogueArt)
  • Björk: Fossora (One Little Independent)
  • Caamp: Lavender Days (Mom + Pop)
  • Cynthia Nickschas & Friends: Is’ halt so! (Kick The Flame)
  • Del Amitri: Fatal Mistakes – Outtakes & B-Sides (Cooking Vinyl)
  • Depeche Mode: Memento Mori (Columbia)
  • Dinner Party: Enigmatic Society (Sounds of Crenshaw/Empire)
  • Element of Crime: Morgens um vier (Vertigo)
  • Ellen Arkbro & Johan Graden: I Get Along Without You Very Well (Thrill Jockey)
  • Esbjörn Svensson: HOME.S (ACT)
  • Felix Meyer & project île: Später noch immer (spv)
  • Heiner Goebbels: A House Of Call. My Imaginary Notebook (ECM)
  • Henrik Freischlader & Band: Recorded By Martin Meinschäfer II (Cable Car)
  • José Afonso: Venham mais cinco (Mais Cinco)
  • Kokoroko: Could We Be More (Brownswood)
  • Kutiman: Open (Siyal)
  • Laibach: Love Is Still Alive (Mute)
  • Lana Del Rey: Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd (Polydor)
  • Lankum: False Lankum (Rough Trade)
  • Latin Quarter: Remember – On Stage at the Half Moon (Westpark Music)
  • Liv Alma: Liv Alma (Papercup Records)
  • London Brew: London Brew (Concord Jazz)
  • Louis Sclavis, Annabelle Luis, Bruno Ducret, Keyvan Chémirani: Les cadences du monde (Disques JMS)
  • Lucrecia Dalt: ¡Ay! (Rvng Intl.)
  • Ludger Brümmer: Sonic Patterns (Wergo)
  • Ludger Brümmer: Spheres Of Resonance (Wergo)
  • Maria Schüritz: Der Lack ist ab (Löwenzahn/RUM)
  • MD Pallavi & Andi Otto: Songs For Broken Ships (Pingipung)
  • Misagh Joolaee & Sebastian Flaig: Qanat (Pilgrims Of Sound)
  • Monika Roscher Bigband: Witchy Acitivities and the Maple Death (Zenna)
  • Nils Wogram, Helmut Joe Sachse: Freies Geröll (nWog)
  • Ralph Towner: At First Light (ECM)
  • Richard Bargel: Dead Slow Stampede (Clementine Music)
  • Ryūichi Sakamoto: 12 (Milan Records)
  • Sainkho Namtchylak: Where Water Meets Water: Bird Songs & Lullabies (Ponderosa Music)
  • Soft Crash feat. Marie Davidson: Your Last Everything (Bite)
  • Souad Massi: Sequana (Wrasse)
  • Susanne Ørum: Get real (SedSoul Records/Vocal Corner)
  • System Olympia: New Erotica Collection (Okay Nature Records)
  • The Beatles: Get Back. Direction: Peter Jackson, Michael Lindsay-Hogg (Apple)
  • The Düsseldorf Düsterboys: Duo Duo (Staatsakt)
  • The Pretty Things: The Complete Studio Albums 1965-2020 (Madfish)
  • The Smile: A Light For Attracting Attention (XL Recordings)
  • Weyes Blood: And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow (Sub Pop)
  • Wilco: Cruel Country (Ada)
  • Wolfgang Rieck: Geben und Nehmen (RUM)

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  • Emily Dickinson & Kai Grehn: Mögen Sie Emily Dickinson? (Zweitausendeins/Major Label)
  • Händl Klaus: Zrugg. In memory of Moser-Schiffmann Rachèle. Direction: Martin Sailer (ORF)
  • Ingrid Lausund: Am nebenan. Monologues for the Home. Fritzi Haberlandt, Jens Harzer a.o. (speaklow)
  • Jon Fosse: So ist das. Radioplay. Christian Redl, Bo Wiget a.o., Direction: Giuseppe Maio (ARD)
  • Juli Zeh, Simon Urban: Zwischen Welten. Julia Nachtmann, Max Urlacher a.o. (der Hörverlag)
  • Lucy Maud Montgomery: Anne of Green Gables. Eva Mattes (sauerländer audio)
  • Stefan Weiller: Die schöne Müllerin (Schubert/Müller). Jens Harzer, Dagmar Manzel a.o. (speak low)
  • Werner Fritsch: Mixing Memory & Desire. Angela Winkler, Ilse Ritter, Sylvester Groth a.o. (SWR 2)
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