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
Henri Dutilleux: Symphony No. 1
et al orchestral works. Christian Tetzlaff, Orchestre de Paris, Paavo Järvi. Erato 2564624244 (Warner)
Orchestral Music & Concertos
Vilde Frang – Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 5, Sinfonia Concertante KV 364. Vilde Frang, Maxim Rysanov, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen. Warner Classics 2564627677
Chamber Music
Mozart, Mendelssohn – Chiaroscuro Quartet
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet D minor KV 421; Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: String Quartet A minor op. 13. Chiaroscuro Quartet. Aparté AP 092 (harmonia mundi)
Keyboard Music
Cécile Chaminade: Piano Works
Cécile Chaminade: Sonata C minor op. 21, Etudes. Johann Blanchard. MDG 904 1871 (Naxos)
Keyboard Music
César Franck: Father of the Organ Symphony
David Noël-Hudson, Joris Verdin, Jean-Pierre Griveau. 2 DVDs and 2 CDs, Fugue State Films FSF DVD 009 (Naxos)
Opera
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Fêtes de Polymnie
Véronique Gens, Emöke Baráth et al., Orfeo Orchestra, György Vashegyi. 2 CDs, Glossa GCD 923502 (Note 1)
Opera
Richard Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
Bryn Terfel, Anja Kampe, Matti Salminen, Marco Jentzsch et al., Philharmonia Zürich, Alain Altinoglu, Andreas Homoki. DG DVD 0440 073 5173 4, Blu-ray 0440 073 5174 1 (Universal)
Choral Music
Luca Marenzio: Quinto Libro di Madrigali
a sei voci. La Compagnia del Madrigale. Glossa GCD 922804 (Note 1)
Lieder and Vocal Recital
»Green«. Mélodies françaises sur des Poèmes de Verlaine
Philippe Jaroussky, Quatuor Ebène, Jérôme Ducros et al. Erato 2564616695 (Warner)
Early Music
Francisco Guerrero, Alonso Lobo: »Flight of Angels«
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers. Coro COR 16128 (Note 1)
Historical Recordings
Johanna Martzy: RIAS Recordings
Works by Antonin Dvorák, Johannes Brahms, Johann Sebastian Bach et al. RIAS Symphonieorchester, Ferenc Fricsay et al. Audite 1023 424 ADT (Edel)
Crossover Productions
Jun Miyake: Lost Memory Theatre
Act 2. yellowbird YEB-7746 (Soulfood)
Film Music
Gary Yershon: Mr. Turner
Varèse Sarabande 302 067 310 8 (Colosseum)
Music Film
Chopin
A Documentary By Angelo Bozzolini. DVD, EuroArts 2058848 (Naxos)
Jazz
Rudresh Mahanthappa: Bird Calls
ACT 9581-2 (Edel)
World Music
Criolo: Convoque Seu Buda
Sterns 470190 (Alive)
Traditional Ethnic Music
Zomba Prison Project: I Have No Everything Here
Six Degrees / Exil 10902-2 (Indigo)
German language Singer/Songwriters
Hannes Wader: Sing
Mercury 4711473 (Universal)
Folk and Singer/Songwriters
Bube Dame König: Traumländlein
CPL Music 00649 (Broken Silence)
Pop
Ibeyi
XL Recordings 999872 (Indigo)
Alternative
Lotic: Heterocetera
Tri Angle Records 6785620 (Rough Trade)
Club and Dance
Percussions: 2011 Until 2014
Percussions Bandcamp (Download)
Electronic and Experimental
Future Brown
Warp CD 262 (Rough Trade)
R&B, Soul and Hip-Hop
D’Angelo And The Vanguard: Black Messiah
RCA 88875056552 (Sony)
Blues and Blues-related
The Blues Company: Ain’t Nothing But ...
CD + DVD, in-akustik INAK 9135
Spoken Word
H. G. Adler und Hermann Langbein: Auschwitz
Topography of a death camp. Radio feature by H. G. Adler and Hermann Langbein. With audio documents by Jehuda Bacon, Grete Salus, Otto Wolken and many more, Der Audio Verlag (WDR) ISBN 978-3-86231-507-9
Recordings for Children and Youth
Oliver Steller: Gedichte für Kinder 5
Naxos Hörbuch ISBN 978-3-89816-291-3