Long List 4/2018

Published: 1st October 2018
The German Record Critics’ Award presents the fourth longlist of 2018. The currently 156 jurors have nominated a total of 231 new publications from the last quarter in 32 categories, which are eligible for the next Quarterly Critic’s Choice. The Quarterly Critic’s Choice 4/2018 will be published on the 15th of November.

Long List

Jury Symphonic and Orchestral Music

• Brahms: Symphonies 1-4, Serenades. Tapiola Sinfonietta, Venzago (Sony)
• J.Haydn: Symphonies Vol. 6. KammerO Basel, Antonini (Alpha)
• M.Haydn: Symphonies, Notturno. Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss, Larsen (cpo)
• Maintz: Hängende Gärten, Tríptico Vertical. DSO Berlin etc., Münchner Phil, Eschenbach (Neos)
• Mozart: Symphonies 39, 40, 41; Fagottkonzert. Gower, Anima Eterna Brugge, Immerseel (Alpha)
• Mozart: Symphonies 40 & 41. SymphonieO des BRs, Blomstedt (BR Klassik)
• Schostakowitsch: Symphony 5. NDR Elbphilharmonie O, Urbanski (Alpha)
• Schostakowitsch: Symphonies 4 & 11, »The Year 1905«. Boston Symphony O, Nelsons (DG)
• Schubert: Symphony D 944. SymphonieO des BR, Jansons (BR Klassik)
• Stenhammar: Symphony 2; Music to »Ett Drömspel«. Antwerp Symphony O, Lindberg (BIS)
• R.Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Don Quixote. Frankfurter Opern & MuseumsO, Weigle (Oehms)
• R.Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie, op. 64. Frankfurt RSO, Orozko-Estrada (Pentatone)
• A.Zimmermann: Symphonies. l’arte del mondo, Ehrhardt (dhm)

Jury Concertos

• »EntArteOpera Festival«. Works by Kaprálová, Martinů etc. Irnberger, Korstick etc. (Gramola)
• »Transfigured Night« – Works by J.Haydn & Schönberg. Weilerstein, Lotsberg etc. (Pentatone)
• JS Bach: Violin Concertos 1 & 2 etc. Lozakovich, KammerO des SO des BR (DG)
• Bernstein: Symphony 2 »The Age of Anxiety«. Zimerman, Berliner Phil, Rattle (DG)
• Blackford: Niobe. Waley-Cohen, Czech Philh, Gernon (Signum)
• Malipiero, Busoni: Violin Concertos. Nordio, O Sinf di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Ceccherini (Sony)
• Rachmaninow: Piano Concerto 3 etc. Giltburg, Royal Scottish National O, Prieto (Naxos)
• Vivaldi: Double Concertos for Horns, Oboes, Bassoon etc. La Serenissima etc. Chandler (Avie)
• Wieniawski, Schostakowitsch: Violin Concertos. Kim, Warsaw Philharmonic O, Kaspszyk (Warner)

Jury Chamber Music

• Beethoven: Complete String Quartets Vol. I. Cuarteto Casals (harmonia mundi)
• Beethoven: Trios for Piano, Clarinet & Cello. Le Sage, Meyer, Bohórquez (Alpha)
• Brahms: Cello Sonatas. Bohórquez, Nagy (Berlin classics)
• Juon, Tschaikowsky: Piano Trios, Boulanger Trio (CAvi)
• Schostakowitsch: String Quartets No.3 & 9. Goldmund Q (Berlin classics)
• Schulhoff, Poulenc, Arnold: Works for Clarinet & Piano. Duo Cernavca (Musicom)

Jury Piano Music

• »Sonata Reminiscenza« – Works by Catoire, Ljadow, Skrjabin. Zassimova (Hänssler Classic)
• Balakirev, Glazunow, Kosenko: Piano Sonatas. Maltempo (Piano Classics)
• Beethoven, Liszt: Eroica Variations, Piano Sonata b-minor etc. Beraia (CAvi)
• Debussy: Préludes II etc. Melnikov, Pashchenko (harmonia mundi)
• Liszt: Scherzo & Marsch, 2 Balladen, La Romanesca etc. Pierdomenico (Piano Classics)
• Skrjabin: Préludes, Etuden & Sonatas. Kholodenko (harmonia mundi)
• Stockhausen: Klavierstücke I – XI. Liebner (Wergo)

Jury Harpsichord and Organ

• D.Scarlatti, Yun, Tiensuu, Borboudakis etc.: Works for Harpsichord. Skouras (Neos)
• JS Bach: Goldberg Variations. Rübsam, Lute-Harpsichord (Naxos)
• L.Couperin: Nouvelles suites de clavecin. Rousset (harmonia mundi)
• Duruflé: Complete Organ Works. Mottuol (Aeolus)
• Franck: The Organ Works. van Oosten (MDG)
• Nowowiejski: Organ Works. Diwiszek (Acte Préalable)
• Reuchsel: La Vie du Christ & Bouquet de France. Nieminski (Resonus)

Jury Opera I

• Mozart: La clemenza di Tito. DiDonato, Villazón etc. Chamber O of Europe, Nézet-Séguin (DG)
• Rameau: Le Temple de la Gloire. Labonnette, Martin etc. Phil Baroque O, McGegan (Philharmonia)
• Salieri: Les Horaces. Van Wanroij, Dubois etc., Les Talens Lyriques, Rousset (Aparté)

Jury Opera II

• Adams: Doctor Atomic. Finley, Bullock etc. BBC Symphony O, Adams (Nonesuch)
• Berg: Wozzeck. Goerne, Grigorian etc. Wiener Phil, Jurowski, Kentridge DVD (harmonia mundi)
• Bernstein: A Quiet Place. Boyle, Kaiser, Bintner etc. O Symphonique de Montreal, Nagano (Decca)
• Bernstein: Wonderful Town. De Niese, Umphress, Gunn etc., London Symph O, Rattle (LSO)
• Donizetti: La Favorite. Simeoni, Albelo etc. O del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Luisi (Dynamic)
• Gounod: Le Tribut de Zamora. Holloway, van Wanroij etc. Münchner RundfunkO, Niquet (Bru Zane)
• Massenet: Cendrillon. Strebel, Jung, Czarny etc., Philharmonisches O Freiburg, Bollon (Naxos)
• Wagner: Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Volle, Vogt etc. O der Bayreuther Festspiele, Jordan (DG)

Jury Choral Music

• »Chansons Françaises« – Works by Debussy, Hindemith etc. NDR Chor, Ahmann (Es-Dur)
• »Gott ist unsere Zuversicht« – Works by Scheidt, Rolle etc. Stadtsingechor Halle, Flämig (Rondeau)
• »The Music Prints of Christophe Plantin«. Huelgas Ensemble, Paul van Nevel (dhm)
• Arcadelt: Motets, Madrigals, Chanons. Chœur de Chambre de Namur etc. Dadre (Ricercar)
• Buxtehude: Abendmusiken. Vox Luminis, Ensemble Masques, Meunier (Alpha)
• Charpentier: Leçons de Ténèbres. Degout, Boden, Arcangelo, Cohen (Hyperion)
• Marenzio: Madrigals. Ensemble Rossoporpora, Testolin (Arcana)

Jury Early Music

• »Salterio italiano« – Works by Perotti, Martini etc. Basso etc. Il Dolce Conforto (Christophorus)
• »Vater unser« – Works by JC Bach, Theile, Franck etc. Ensemble Clematis, Bündgen (Ricercar)
• Arcadelt: Motets, Madrigals, Chanons. Ch de Chambre de Namur etc., Dadre (Ricercar)
• JS Bach: Secular Cantatas Vol. 10. Sampson, Blaze etc. Bach Collegium Japan, Suzuki (BIS)
• JS Bach: Violin Sonatas. Petra Müllejans, Sabine Bauer, Marie Deller (bastille musique)
• Buxtehude: Abendmusiken. Vox Luminis, Ensemble Masques, Meunier (Alpha)
• Caldara: Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo. De Negri etc. Le Banquet Celeste, Guillon (Alpha)
• De Lublin: Tabulature. Keyboard Music from Renaissance Poland. Marti (Brillant Classics)
• Telemann & Molter: Quartets for Flute- & Oboe. Camerata Bachiensis (Brilliant Classics)

Jury Lieder and Vocal Recital

• Debussy: Mélodies. Karthäuser, Degout, Asti, Planès (harmonia mundi)
• Eisler: Lieder, Vol. 3. Falk, Schleiermacher (MDG)
• Hindemith: Das Marienleben. Banse, Helmchen (Alpha)
• Schubert: Lieder. Schuen, Heide (CAvi)

Jury Historical Classical Recordings

• Arnold Rosé & sein Quartett – Works by Sarasate, Goldmark, Mendelssohn etc. (Podium Legenda)
• Carlo Zecchi – The Complete Cetra Solo Recordings. (Appian)
• Ferenc Fricsay conducts R Strauss, Weber, Goossens, RIAS SO Berlin etc. (audite)
• Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten – BBC Recordings. Lieder by Schubert. (Testament)
• Swjatoslaw Richter plays Liszt & Chopin 1948-1963. Dorliac, Kondrashin, Ancerl etc. (Profil)

Jury Contemporary Classical Music

• »Back to the Future« – 10 Years Ensemble 20/21. Works by Seidl, Katzer, Pagh-Paan etc. (Neos)
• Bång: Chamber Music. Curious Chamber Players, UmeDuo, Hellqvist (Neos)
• Eastman: Piano Interpretations. kukuruz quartet (Intakt)
• Eggert: Klavierlieder. Kurka, Tchiba, Eggert (Spektral)
• Krebber: Neolithic Brass. Mihaly, Ahrendt, Sonar Quartett, Ensemble Garage etc. (Wergo)
• von Reusner: Anamorphosis, Sphären der Untätigkeit etc. (Neos)
• Séverine Ballon: Inconnaisance (all that dust)
• Stockhausen: Klavierstücke I – XI. Liebner (Wergo)
• Takemitsu: Complete Piano Works. Huisman (Piano Classics)

Jury Film Music

• Colin Stetson: Hereditary (Milan Records)
• Daniel Pemberton: Ocean’s 8 (Sony Classical)
• Terence Blanchard: BlacKkKlansman (Back Lot Music)

Jury Spoken Word and Cabaret

• Alex Capus: Königskinder. Vollständige Lesung. Ulrich Noethen (Hörverlag)
• Alexander Schumacher: Daniel Kehlmann. Tyll. Puntin, Wameling, Rudolph, Groth etc. (Argon)
• Dalai Lama & Sofia Stril-Rever: Der neue Appell des Dalai Lama an die Welt (Audioverlag)
• David Foster Wallace: Die wahre Traurigkeit der Erwachsenen. Eidinger, Ulmen etc. (tacheles!)
• James Baldwin: Beale Street Blues. Ungekürzte Lesung. Constanze Becker (Audioverlag)
• Marcel Proust: Sodom & Gomorrha. Kretzschmar, Heinz, Wameling, Jung etc. (Hörverlag / SWR)
• Michael Ondaatje: Kriegslicht. Frank Stieren (Audiobuch Verlag)
• Nino Haratischwili: Die Katze & der General. Kaempfe, Kessler etc. (Hörbuch Hamburg)
• Norbert C. Kaser: Meine Flöte trinkt Musik. Moretti, Lechner, Rosmanith (Mandelbaum Verlag)
• Thilo Bode: Die Diktatur der Konzerne. Christian Brückner (Edition parlando)

Jury Rock

• Boz Scaggs: Out Of The Blues (Concord)
• Cowboy Junkies: All That Reckoning (Proper)
• Get Well Soon: The Horror (Caroline)
• Gorillaz: The NowNow (Parlophone)
• Houndmouth: Golden Age (Reprise)
• Luluc: Sculptor (Sub Pop)
• Miles Kane: Coup De Grace (Virgin / EMI)
• Mourn: Sopresa Familia (Captured Tracks)
• Parker Millsap: Other Arrangements (Thirty Tigers)
• Paul Rodgers: Free Spirit: Live At The Royal Albert Hall (Quarto Valley Records)
• Sanna: Open Hearts (Sunny Jonez)
• Shannon Shaw: Shannon In Nashville (Easy Eye)
• Stella Sommer: 13 Kinds of Happiness (Affairs Of The Heart)

Jury Pop

• Ben Khan: Ben Khan (Caroline)
• Dirty Projectors: Lamp Lit Prose (Domino Records)
• Drake: Scorpion 2018 (Republic)
• Kamasi Washington: Heaven & Earth (XL Recordings / Beggars)
• Luluc: Sculptor (Sub Pop)
• Mitski: Be The Cowboy (Dead Oceans)
• Punch Brothers: All Ashore (Nonesuch)
• Sophie: Oil Of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides (Transgressive)

Jury Alternative

• Anna Calvi: Hunter (Domino Records)
• Astronauts, etc.: Living in Symbol (Carpark)
• Dirty Projectors: Lamp Lit Prose (Domino Records)
• Ebony Bones: Nephilim (1984 Recordings)
• Great Lake Swimmers: The Waves, The Wake (Nettwerk)
• John Parish: Bird Dog Dante (Thrill Jockey)
• Let’s Eat Grandma: I’m All Ears (Transgressive)
• Martyn: Voids (Ostgut Ton)
• Melody’s Echo Chamber: Bon Voyage (Domino Records)
• Mogwai: KIN (Rock Action)
• Sophie: Oil Of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides (Transgressive)
• Stella Sommer: 13 Kinds of Happiness (Affairs Of The Heart)
• Zeal & Ardor: Stranger Fruit (MVKA)

Jury German language Singer/Songwriter

• Thomas Kaczerowski: 3 Sekunden Island (Pias)
• Alexander Scheer & Band: Gundermann – Die Musik zum Film (Buschfunk)
• Ernst Molden: Hurra (Bader Molden Recordings)
• Florian Schneider, Roman Bislin, Adam Taubitz: Schangsongs 3 (florian-schneider.ch)
• Milian Otto: Wahnwitz and Gelegenheit (Tape-Water-Records)
• Roger Stein: Alles vor dem Aber (Sturm and Klang)
• Tempi Passati: Teuflischer Plan (dermenschistgut Musik)
• Trio Lepschi: Oleanda! (Non Food Factory)

Jury Folk and Singer/Songwriter

• Anne-Mari Kivimäki: Ilja (Nordic Notes)
• Ben Caplan: Old Stock (Under Control)
• Enkel: We Are Enkel (Nordic Notes)
• Juuri & Juuri: Korpin Marssi – The Raven’s March (Nordic Notes)
• Les Poules À Colin: Morose (Steeplejack Music)
• Olivia Chaney: Shelter (Nonesuch)
• Solju: Odda Áigodat – New Times (Nordic Notes)
• Svjata Vatra: Muutused Zminy (Nordic Notes)

Jury Traditional Ethnic Music

• Anandi Bhattacharya: Joys Abound (Riverboat)
• Baul Meets Saz: Namaz (Seyir Muzik)
• Clannad: Turas 1980 (MIG)
• Cristina Branco: Branco (O-Tone)
• Grupo Mono Blanco: Sones Jarochos de Veracruz (Smithsonian Folkways)
• Herbert Pixner Projekt: Lost Elysion (Geco Tonwaren)
• Juuri & Juuri: Korpin Marssi – The Raven’s March. (Nordic Notes)
• Okonkolo: Cantos (Big Crown)
• Reyna de Los Angeles: Mariachi (Smithsonian Folkways)
• Sokratis Sinopoulos: Under the Rose Tree – Tunes from the Greek Musical Traditions (Saphrane)

Jury World Music

• Delgres: Mo Jodi (Groupe Yapuka)
• Fanfara Station: Tebourba (Augualoca)
• Los Texmaniacs: Cruzando Borders (Smithsonian Folkways)
• Okonkolo: Cantos (Big Crown)
• Plaza Francia Orchestra: Plaza Francia Orchestra (Because)
• Red Baraat: Sound The People (Rhyme & Reason)
• Susheela Raman: Ghost Gamelan (Naïve)
• Sväng: Sväng plays Tango (Galileo)
• Tormis Quartet: Tormisele – Hommage to Veljo Tormis (Nordic Notes)
• Trio ELF & Marco Lobo: The Brazilian Album (Yellowbird)

Jury Jazz I

• Blossom Dearie: The Lost Sessions from the Netherlands (Fondamenta)
• Diknu Schneeberger Trio: Feuerlicht (City Park Records)
• Enrico Pieranunzi & Thomas Fonnesbaek: Blue Waltz – Live at Gustavs (Stunt)
• Erroll Garner: Nightconcert (Mack Avenue)
• Fainschmitz: Fainschmitz begins (Three Saints)
• Harold López-Nussa: Un Día Cualquiera (Mack Avenue)
• John Coltrane: Both Directions At Once – The Lost Album (Impulse!)
• Sven Decker’s Juli Quartett: Lost in Poll (Green Deer Music)
• Trio ELF & Marco Lobo: The Brazilian Album (Yellowbird)

Jury Jazz II

• Baby’s Party – Guest: Till Brönner (Intakt)
• Charles Lloyd & The Marvels & Lucinda Williams: Vanished Gardens (Blue Note)
• Kalle Kalima, Jelena Kuljic, Frank Möbus, Christian Lillinger: KUU! Lampedusa Lullaby (Act)
• Eastman: Piano Interpretations. kukuruz quartet (Intakt)
• Markku Ounaskari, Mats Eilertsen, Kristjan Randalu, Trygve Seim: Helsinki Songs (ECM)
• Sfumato live in Marciac. Emile Parisien Quintet, Rolf Kühn, Wynton Marsalis etc. (Act)
• Svårmod Och Vemod Är Värdesinnen: The End (RareNoise)
• The Jamie Saft Quartet: Blue Dream (RareNoise)

Jury Blues

• Buddy Guy: The Blues Is Alive And Well (RCA)
• Elvin Bishop’s Big Fun Trio: Something Smells Funky ’Round Here (Alligator)
• Henrik Freischlader Band: Hands On The Puzzle (Cable Car)
• Josh Smith & Band: Burn To Grow (m2 music)

Jury R&B, Soul & HipHop

• Buddy Guy: The Blues Is Alive And Well (RCA)
• Drake: Scorpion 2018 (Republic)
• Jonathan Butler: Close to you (Artistry)
• Rebelution: Free Rein (Easy Star)
• Young Thug: Slime Language (Younger Stone)

Jury Recordings for Children and Youth

• Christian Thielmann & Nikolai Renger: Die Kakerlakenbande: Applaus für die Laus (Argon)
• Claudia Praxmayer: Bienenkönigin. Leonie Landa (Hörverlag)
• Heiko Woltersdorf: Die Marzipanpiraten. Frank Zander, Helmut Krauss u.v.a. (Audioverlag)
• Jennifer Mathieu: Moxie – Zeit, zurückzuschlagen. Lisa Hagmeister (Hörcompany)
• Josef Guggenmos, Dorothée Kreusch-Jacob: Oh, Verzeihung, sagte die Ameise (Sauerländer)
• Kathi Appelt & Alison McGhee: Renn, Senna, Renn. Johann von Bülow (Audioverlag)
• Kirsten Boie: Thabo. Detektiv und Gentlemen. Der Nashorn-Fall (Jumbo)
• Marc-Uwe Kling: Der Tag, an dem die Oma das Internet kaputt gemacht hat. (Silberfisch)
• Miriam Borgermans: Annabelleke. Das allerfrechste Kind der Welt. Julia Nachtmann (Hörcompany)
• Sylvia Bishop: Das Mädchen, das im Buchladen gefunden wurde. Ilka Teichmüller (Argon)
• Ursula Poznanski: Thalamus. Jens Wawrczeck (Hörverlag)

Jury Classical Music on DVD

• »Andris Nelsons – Antrittskonzert in Leipzig«. Works by Berg, Schleiermacher etc. (Accentus)
• J.Haydn: Symphonies. Wiener Philharmoniker, Bernstein (C-Major)
• Leonard Bernstein at Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival 1988 (C-Major)
• Opening Gala Concerto: A John Williams Celebration (C-Major)
• Through the Eyes of Yuja. A Road Movie by Anais & Olivier Spiro. Yuja Wang etc. (C-Major)

Jury Popular Music on DVD

• Beside Bowie – Zhe Mick Ronson Story. A Jon Brewer Film. Mick Ronson, David Bowie (Universal)
• Open Land: Meeting John Abercrombie. A film by Arno Oehri & Oliver Primus (ECM)
• Scream For Me Sarajewo. A story of hope in a time of war. Bruce Dickinson (Eagle)
• Sfumato live in Marciac. Emile Parisien Quintet, Rolf Kühn, Wynton Marsalis etc. (Act)

Jury Crossover Productions

• »Bailar Cantando. Fiesta Mestiza en el Perú«. Hesperion XXI u.a.Savall (Alia Vox)
• Beethoven/Mitterer: Nine in One. Mitterer, Haydn O of Bolzano & Trento, Kuhn (col legno)
• Bruno Helstroffer: Calling The Muse. Old & New Pieces for Theorbo (Alpha)
• Nesrine Belmokh, Matthieu Saglio, David Gadea: NES Ahlam (Act)
• Pago libre & Friends: got hard (Leo Records)
• Die Strottern: waunsd woadsd (cracked anegg)
• Sungjae Son, Suwuk Chung, Yulhee Kim, Soojin Suh: Near East Quartet (ECM)
• Ulrike Haage, Christian Meyer: Stills (Blue Pearls)
• Victoria Hanna: Victoria Hanna (Greedy for Best Music)

Jury Hard and Heavy

• Alice In Chains: Rainier Fog (BMG)
• Deafheaven: Ordinary Corrupt Human Love (Epitaph)
• Immortal: Northern Chaos Gods (Nuclear Blast)
• Khôrada: Salt (Prophecy)
• Mantar: The Modern Art of Setting Ablaze (Nuclear Blast)
• Motorowl: Atlas (Century Media)
• Powerwolf: The Sacrament of Sin (Napalm)
• Redemption: Long Night’s Journey Into Day (Metal Blade)
• Saltatio Mortis: Brot and Spiele (Universal)
• The Night Flight Orchestra: Sometimes The World Ain’t Enough (Nuclear Blast)
• U.D.O.: Steelfactory (AFM)

Jury Club and Dance

• Helena Hauff: Qualm (Ninja Tune)
• La Fraicheur: Self Fulfilling Prophecy (Infine)
• Martyn: Voids (Ostgut Ton)

Jury Electronic and Experimental

• Beethoven/Mitterer: Nine in One. Mitterer, Haydn O of Bolzano & Trento, Kuhn (col legno)
• Gaika: Basic Volume (Warp)
• Galcher Lustwerk: 200% Galcher (Lustwerk Music)
• Helena Hauff: Qualm (Ninja Tune)
• Okzharp & Mante Ribane: Closer Apart (Hyperdub)
• Phil France: Circle (Gondwana)
• Sophie: Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides (Transgressive)
• Steve Hauschildt: Dissolvi (Ghostly International)
• Sven Helbig & Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin: Tres Momentos (Neue Meister)
• Tirzah: Devotion (Domino)