Quarterly Critic’s Choice
The best and most interesting new releases of the previous three months are awarded a place on the Quarterly Critic’s Choice. Evaluation criteria are artistic quality, repertoire value, presentation, and sound quality. From 2014 onward, the Long Lists are stored directly with each Quarterly Critic’s Choice.
NEW: Long List 2/2024, published on 5th April 2024
Orchestral Music & Concertos
Tschaikowsky – Andris Nelsons
Peter Tschaikowsky: Symphony No. 4, F minor op.36; »Francesca di Rimini« – Fantasie op.32. City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons. Orfeo C 860111 A
Orchestral Music & Concertos
Christian Tetzlaff – Schumann, Mendelssohn
Robert Schumann: Violin Concerto D minor WoO 1; Fantasie for Violin and Orchestra op.131. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Violin Concerto D minor op.64. Christian Tetzlaff, HR-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt, Paavo Järvi. Ondine ODE 1195-2 (Naxos)
Chamber Music
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Trios op.9
Trio Zimmermann (Frank Peter Zimmermann, Antoine Tamestit, Christian Poltéra). BIS SACD 1857 (Klassik Center)
Keyboard Music
Frédéric Chopin: Etudes
Frédéric Chopin: Etudes op.10; Etudes op.25. Maurizio Pollini. Testament SBT 1473 (Note 1)
Keyboard Music
Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations BWV 988
Blandine Rannou. Zig-Zag-Territoires ZZT 111001 (Note 1)
Opera
Antonio Vivaldi: Farnace. RV 711 G
Ann Hallenberg, Max Emanuel Cencic, Daniel Behle et al. Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera, I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis. 3 CD, Virgin Classics 50999 0709142-1 (EMI)
Opera
Franz Schreker: Irrelohe
Ingeborg Greiner, Daniela Denschlag, Roman Sadnik et al., Chor des Theaters Bonn, Beethovenorchester Bonn, Stefan Blunier. 3 SACD, Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 937 1687-6 (Codaex)
Choral Music
Johann Christian Bach: Missa da Requiem
& Miserere B flat major. Lenneke Ruiten, Ruth Sandhoff, Colin Balzer, Thomas E. Bauer, RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Hans-Christoph Rademann. harmonia mundi HMC 902098
Lieder and Vocal Recital
Franz Liszt: Lieder
Diana Damrau, Helmut Deutsch. Virgin Classics 50999 0709282 4 (EMI)
Early Music
Johannes Ciconia: Opera Omnia / Complete Works
Ensemble Diabolus in Musica, Antoine Guerber, Ensemble La Morra, Corina Martí, Michal Gondko. 2 CD, Ricercar RIC 316 (Note 1)
Contemporary Classical Music
Haltbar gemacht
Composition class of Ensemble L’ART POUR L’ART. Ensemble L’ART POUR L’ART. CD & DVD, Berslton 111 05 31/211 05 31 (Nurnichtnur Kunst- und Musikproduktion)
Historical Recordings
Otto Klemperer. RIAS-Recordings, Berlin 1950-1958
Works by Mozart, Beethoven, Mahler and Hindemith. RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, RSO Berlin, Otto Klemperer. 5 CD, Audite 21.408 (edel)
Crossover Productions
Frère Jacques. Round about Offenbach
Gianluigi Trovesi, Gianni Coscia. ECM 2217/278 1135 (Universal)
Film Music
Alberto Iglesias: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Silva Screen 738572136925 (edel)
Music Film
pina
(tanzt, tanzt, sonst sind wir verloren). A film for Pina Bausch by Wim Wenders. With Regina Advento, Mailou Airando et al. Music: Thom Hanreich. DVD & Blu-ray, Dolby Digital 5.1. Neue Road Movies NFP 1000227991 (Warner)
Music Film
Die singende Stadt
Calixto Bieitos Parsifal entsteht. A documentary by Vadim Jendreyko. good movies/ Realfiction 958898 (Indigo)
Jazz
Sing! Inge, sing!
Inge Brandenburg. Silver Spot 1036002SSR (edel)
Jazz
Sonny Rollins: Road Shows Vol. 2
With Ornette Coleman, Roy Hargrove et al. Doxy Records 0602527749723 (Universal)
Traditional Ethnic Music
KlangWelten
25 years of dialogue between cultures, vol. 2: 2006–2011. Rüdiger Oppermann with 28 music ensembles and soloists from 24 countries. 5 CD & DVD, KlangWeltenRecords KW 20050
German language Singer/Songwriters
Christof Stählin und Freunde
Aus freien Stücken. Nomen + Omen XON 16
Folk and Singer/Songwriters
Texas Bohemia revisited
By Thomas Meinecke and Peter Schubert. CD & DVD, Trikont US-0384
Pop
The Black Keys: El Camino
Nonesuch 00755 97963311 (Warner)
Independent (until 2014)
Feist: Metals
Polydor 06025 27798349 (Universal)
Nu & Extreme (until 2014)
Peaking Lights: 936
Weird World WEIRD009CD (Domino/Rough Trade)
Blues and Blues-related
Tommy Schneller: Smiling For A Reason
CD & LP, Cable Car Records CCR 0311-37
R&B, Soul and Hip-Hop
The Roots: Undun
Def Jam B005VR9328 (Universal)
Spoken Word
Albert Ostermaier: Schwarze Sonne scheine
Read by Albert Ostermaier. Direction: Wolfgang Stockmann, Music: Hans Platzgumer. 5 CD, Griot Hörbuch Verlag, ISBN 978-3-941234-32-1
Recordings for Children and Youth
Himmelweit. A concert for children
By Ute Kleeberg. With Christian Brückner and the SWR-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, André de Ridder. Edition Seeigel SGO 30, ISBN 978-3-935261-24-1