Long List of Annual Awards 2025

Published: 5th September 2025
The jurors nominated a total of 100 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 9th October 2025.

The following jury members are involved in the 2025 annual committee: Julia Kaiser (Jury Lieder and Vocal Recital), Kai Luehrs-Kaiser (Jury Opera I), Joachim Mischke (Jury Film Music), Carsten Niemann (Jury Early Music), Sabrina Palm (Jury Folk and Singer/Songwriters), Elisabeth Richter (Jury Chamber Music II), Petra Rieß (Jury R&B, Soul and HipHop), Petra Schwarz (Jury German language Singer/Songwriters), Nastassja von der Weiden (Jury Club and Dance)

Long List of Annual Awards 2025

• »#LetsBaRock« – Works by Purcell, Vivaldi a.o. Jakub Józef Orliński, Aleksander Dębicz, Wojciech Gumiński, Marcin Ułanowski, Madison Nonoa (Erato)
• »Evening Music« – Works by Buxtehude, Tunder a.o. Capella de la Torre, Katharina Bäuml (dhm)
• »Bach’s Oboe« – Bach JS: Sonatas BWV 1030b & 1031 a.o. Xenia Löffler, Flóra Fábri, Daniel Deuter, Vittorio Ghielmi (Accent)
• »Contemplation« – Arias and Lieder by Thomas, Gounod, Mahler a.o. Huw Montague Rendall, Opéra O Normandie Rouen, Ben Glassberg (Erato)
• »Dancing Queen – Rameau meets ABBA«. Asya Fateyeva, Lautten Compagney Berlin, Wolfgang Katschner (dhm)
• »Dreames & Imaginations« – Works by Jones, Corkine, Hume a.o. Anna-Lena Elbert, Evangelina Mascardi, Angèlique Mauillon, Friederike Heumann (TYXart)
• »Ex Nihilo« – Works by Deprez, Obrecht, Ockeghem a.o. Graindelavoix, Björn Schmelzer (Glossa)
• »Furrer 70« – Media Box. Beat Furrer, Klangforum Wien a.o. (Klangforum)
• »Mahler (as before)«. Franui, Chor des BR, Howard Arman (col legno)
• »Michel Béroff – Complete Erato Recordings« (Erato)
• »RUSH« – Works by Platti, Eilish, Vivaldi, Samith a.o. Juri Vallentin, Sergio Sanchez, ensemble reflektor, Joosten Ellée (Berlin Classics)
• »Sergio Fiorentino: The Legacy 1953-1997« (Brilliant)
• »Silence is Golden« – Works by Schubert, Gershwin a.o. Sarah Maria Sun, Kilian Herold, Jan Philip Schulze (Hänssler)
• »Un destin étincelant« – Lehmann: Songs. Lucile Richardot, Anne de Fornel (La Boîte à Pépites)
• »Waldeslust« – Compositions for chorus a cappella by Reger, Mendelssohn, Kopp a.o. Bundesjugendchor, Anne Kohler (Carus)
• »Zarzuela« – Arias by Torroba, Luna a.o. Juan Diego Flórez, O y Coro Juvenil Sinfonía por el Perú, Guillermo García Calvo (Flórez)
• Aho: String Quartets Nos. 1-3. Stenhammar Quartet (BIS)
• Bach JS: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (arr. for ensemble). Nevermind (Alpha)
• Bach JS: Partitas BWV 825-830. Francesco Tristano (Naïve)
• Bach JS: Six Trio Sonatas for Organ BWV 525-530. Aart Bergwerff (Challenge)
• Bauckholt: Orchestral Works. BRSO, WDR SO, Ensemble Resonanz a.o. (Maria de Alvear World Edition)
• Beethoven: Bagatelles & Variations opp. 33, 76 & 119, WoO 53, 65 & 80. Michael Korstick (cpo)
• Bowen: Piano Works. Nuron Mukumi (Prospero)
• Brahms: A German Requiem. Elsa Dreißig, Michael Volle, Vienna Singverein, Vienna Philharmonic O, Christian Thielemann (Unitel)
• Brahms: Piano Quartets No. 2 & 3. Krystian Zimerman, Maria Nowak, Katarzyna Budnik, Yuya Okamoto (DG)
• Cage: Winter Music. Sabine Liebner (Wergo)
• The Berlin Philharmonic O and Herbert von Karajan: 1953-1969 live in Berlin (BPHR)
• Donizetti: Songs Vol. 1-4. Michael Spyres, Lawrence Brownlee, Carlo Rizzi a.o. (Opera Rara)
• Elgar: Violin Concerto. Vilde Frang, DSO Berlin, Robin Ticciati (PLG Classics)
• Erlanger: La Sorcière. Andreea Soare, Jean-François Borras a.o., Choir & O de la Haute École de Musique de Genève, Guillaume Tourniaire (B-records)
• Flury: Casanova e l’Albertolli. Lavinia Bini a.o., Coro della Radiotelevisione svizzera, O della Svizzera italiana, Diego Fasolis (Toccata)
• Gervasoni: De Tinieblas. SWR Vokalensemble, IRCAM, Yuval Weinberg (Kairos)
• Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide. Judith van Wanroij a.o., Le Concert de la Loge, Julien Chauvin (Alpha)
• Greene: Jephtha. Andrew Staples a.o., Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn (Chandos)
• Knaifel: Chapter Eight. Patrick Demenga, State Choir Latvija, Riga Cathedral Boys Choir, Youth Choir Kamēr, Andres Mustonen (ECM)
• Mahler: Symphony No. 9. Mahler Academy O, Philipp von Steinaecker (Alpha)
• Mozart: Concert Arias. Reinoud van Mechelen, A Nocte Temporis (Alpha)
• Mozart: Requiem a.o. Soloists, Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon (harmonia mundi)
• Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli. Stile Antico (Decca)
• Pandolfi Mealli: Violin Sonatas op. 3 & 4. Daniel Sepec, Hille Perl, Lee Santana, Michael Behringer (Coviello)
• Rodgers: Carousel. Nathaniel Hackmann, Mikaela Bennett a.o., Sinfonia of London, John Wilson (Chandos)
• Scarlatti A: Il Giardino di Rose. Nuria Rial, Alicia Amo a.o. La Ritirata, Josetxu Obregón (dhm)
• Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 1-6. Asasello-Quartett (Genuin)
• Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4-6. Oslo Philharmonic O, Klaus Mäkelä (Decca)
• Schubert, Mendelssohn a.o.: Songs. Fatma Said, Sabine Meyer, Malcolm Martineau a.o. (Warner)
• Schubert: String Quartet No. 14, Works by Schiphorst, Andre. Maurice Steger, Kuss Quartett (Rubicon)
• Schumann R & C, Liszt: Piano Works. Daniel Grimwood (Danacord)
• Theile, Förtsch, Österreich M & G a.o.: North-German Cantatas. Musica Gloria, Beniamino Paganini (Et’cetera)
• Verdi: Il Trovatore. Jussi Björling a.o., RCA Victor O and Robert Shaw Chorale, Renato Cellini (High Definition Tape Transfers)
• Victoria: Missa »Ave Maris Stella«. RIAS Kammerchor, Justin Doyle (dhm)

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• Lorenz Dangel: September 5. The Day Terror Went Live (Königskinder Music)
• Dascha Dauenhauer: No Beast. So Fierce (DD Records)
• John Gürtler, Jan Miserre: The Outrun (Decca)

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• Älice: Wo die Mango wächst (Raposa)
• Amulets: Not Around But Through (Beacon Sound)
• Anouar Brahem: After The Last Sky (ECM)
• Augst & Daemgen, Sophie Agnel, marburgjazzorchestra: 1945 before/after (textXTND)
• Beyoncé: Cowboy Carter (Sony)
• Chat Pile: Cool World (The Flenser)
• Father John Misty: Mahashmashana (Bella Union)
• Franziska Günther: Sobald die Sonne scheint (recordJet)
• Fuffifufzich: Feel zu spät (Flirt99)
• Galliano: Halfway Somewhere (Brownswood)
• Ghost: Skeletá (Concord)
• Ghosts & Robots: Den Sorte Skole (self-published)
• Jenn Butterworth: Her by design (One in ten records)
• Joachim Kühn: Échappée (Intakt)
• Joe Ely: Love and Freedom (Rack ’Em)
• Julia Hülsmann Quartet: Under The Surface (ECM)
• Karl Neukauf: Karleidoskop Vol. 1 (Timezone)
• Knats: Knats (Gearbox)
• Marcin Masecki, Eldar Tsalikov, Jan Pieniążek: Monk (BMC)
• Maria Baptist: Hopes & Fears (Urban Birds Artists)
• Maria Faust Sacrum Facere: Marches Rewound and Rewritten (Stunt)
• Marshall Allen’s Ghost Horizons: Live In Philadelphia (Otherly Love)
• Mauro Durante & Justin Adams: Sweet Release (Ponderosa Music)
• MC5: Heavy Lifting (earMUSIC)
• Melvin Haack: Das letzte Einhirn (Prosodia)
• Michael Moravek: Night Songs (Backseat)
• Mitch Ryder: With Love (Ruf)
• Oded Tzur: My Prophet (ECM)
• Propaganda: Propaganda (Bureau b)
• Royal Street Orchestra: Metamorphose (Royal Street)
• Samuel Rohrer: Music For Lovers (Arjunamusic)
• Schlagsaite: Fantasie von Übermorgen (Herztöne)
• Stereolab: Instant Holograms On Metal Film (Warp)
• Sumac & Moor Mother: The Film (Thrill Jockey)
• Sylvie Courvoisier: To Be Other-Wise (Intakt)
• Synje Norland: Wunderland (Norland Music)
• The Cure: Songs Of A Lost World (Polar/Polydor)
• Tobias Hoffmann Trio: Start/Stop (Klaeng)
• Trio Merak: Zora – Balkan Awakening (self-published)
• Ty Segall: Posession (Drag City)
• Warren Haynes: Million Voices Whisper (Fantasy)
• Web Web: Plexus Plexus (Compost)

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• Robert Bloch: Psycho (Adapted for film by Alfred Hitchcock Vol. 19). Jens Wawrczeck (audoba)
• Mars-Leo Frei: Der Schwobbel. Mechthild Großmann (sauerländer audio)
• Gottfried Keller: Züricher Novellen [Zurich Novellas]. Frank Arnold, Ulrich Noethen a.o. (Sinus Literatur)
• Joseph Kreil: Venezianische Reise [A Venetian Journey]. Udo Samel a.o., Renner Ensemble, Hans Pritschet (TYXart)
• Thomas Mann: The Zauberberg. Thomas Sarbacher (Argon edition)