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.
Orchestral Music & Concertos
Haydn 2032 – Vol.6: Lamentatione
Joseph Haydn: Symphonien Nr. 3 G-Dur Hob. I:3, Nr.26 d-moll Hob. I:26 »Lamentatione«, Nr. 30 C-Dur Hob. I:30 »Halleluja« & Nr. 79 Hob. F-Dur I:79 Kammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antonini. Alpha 678 (Note 1)
Orchestral Music & Concertos
Leonard Bernstein: Symphony No.2 »The Age of Anxiety«
Krystian Zimerman, Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle. Deutsche Grammophon DG 483 5539 (Universal)
Chamber Music
Boulanger Trio – Tschaikowsky / Juon
Paul Juon: Litaniae op.70; Peter Tschaikowsky: Klaviertrio op.50. Boulanger Trio. CAvi 8553401 (harmonia mundi)
Keyboard Music
Claude Debussy: Préludes du 2ieme Livre, La Mer
Alexander Melnikov, Olga Pashchenko. harmonia mundi HMM 902302
Keyboard Music
César Franck: The Organ Works
Ben van Oosten. 4 CDs, Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 316 2080-2 (Naxos)
Opera
Antonio Salieri: Les Horaces
Judith van Wanroij, Cyrille Dubois, Julien Dran, Jean-Sébastien Bou, Philippe-Nicolas Martin, Andrew Foster-Williams, Les Chantres du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset. 2 CDs, Aparté AP185 (harmonia mundi)
Opera
John Adams: Doctor Atomic
Gerald Finley, Julia Bullock, Brindley Sherratt, Samuel Sakker, Andrew Staples, Jennifer Johnston, Aubrey Allicock, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Adams. 2 CDs, Nonesuch 7559 79310 7 (Warner)
Choral Music
Luca Marenzio: L’Amoroso & Crudo Stile
Ensemble Rossoporpora, Walter Testolin. Arcana A449 (Note 1)
Lieder and Vocal Recital
Debussy: Harmonie Du Soir
Claude Debussy: Mélodies. Sophie Karthäuser, Stéphane Degout, Eugene Asti, Alain Planès. 2 CDs, harmonia mundi HMM 902306.07
Early Music
Buxtehude: Abendmusiken
Dietrich Buxtehude: Kantaten BuxWV 10, 34, 41, 60 und 62; Triosonaten BuxWV 255, 267, 272. Ensemble Masques, Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier. Alpha 287 (Note 1)
Contemporary Classical Music
Malin Bång: Structures of Light and Spruce
Curious Chamber Players, Ume Duo, Karin Hellqvist. Neos 11817 (harmonia mundi)
Historical Recordings
Quartett Rosé
Works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Ludwig van Beethoven, Luigi Boccherini, Johannes Brahms, Luigi Cherubini, Frédéric Chopin, Karl Goldmark, Joseph Haydn, Pietro Nardini, David Popper, Pablo de Sarasate, Achille Simonetti, Richard Strauss. Arnold Rosé, Rosé-Quartett, Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Alwin. Podium Legenda POL-1011 (Klassik Center)
Crossover Productions
Victoria Hanna: VH
Greedy for Best Music GBM 004 (Indigo)
Music Film
Leonard Bernstein at Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival 1988
Teaching, Performing, Lectures and Master Course. Wiener Philharmoniker, Justus Frantz, Leonard Bernstein. DVD/Blu-ray CMajor 746608/746704 (Naxos)
Music Film
Open Land – Meeting John Abercrombie
A film by Arno Oehri & Oliver Primus. John & Lisa Abercrombie, Adam Nussbaum, Gary Versace, Ric McCurdy. DVD, ECM 602567511366 (Universal)
Jazz
Erroll Garner: Nightconcert
Mack Avenue Mac 1142 (in-akustik)
Jazz
Günter Baby Sommer: Baby’s Party
Guest: Till Brönner. Intakt CD303 (harmonia mundi)
Traditional Ethnic Music
Sokratis Sinopoulos: Under the Rose Tree
Tunes from the Greek Musical Traditions. Saphrane S 62619 (Galileo)
German language Singer/Songwriters
Alexander Scheer & Band: Gundermann – Die Musik zum Film
BuschFunk 00672
Folk and Singer/Songwriters
Les Poules À Colin: Morose
Steeplejack Music SJCD020 (in-akustik)
Hard and Heavy
Mantar: The Modern Art of Setting Ablaze
Nuclear Blast NB 4466-0 (Warner)
Alternative
Anna Calvi: Hunter
Domino Records WIGCD354 (Goodtogo)
Electronic and Experimental
Helena Hauff: Qualm
Ninja Tune ZENCD253 (Rough Trade)
Blues and Blues-related
Henrik Freischlader Band: Hands On The Puzzle
Cable Car CCR 0311-51
Spoken Word
Norbert C. Kaser: meine floete trinkt musik
Tobias Moretti, Otto Lechner, Peter Rosmanith, Linda Wolfsgruber. Klangbuch mit 1 CD, Mandelbaum Verlag ISBN 978-3-85476-568-4
Recordings for Children and Youth
Kirsten Boie: Thabo – Detektiv & Gentleman. Der Nashorn-Fall.
Radio play by Angela Gerrits with music by Jan-Peter Pflug. With Alma Bahr, Julia Bareither, Lientje Fischold, Julian Greis, Peter Kaempfe, Felix Lengenfelder, Katharina Matz, Jonathan Ohlrogge, Marko Pauli, Uli Pleßmann, Martin Seifert, Uta Stammer, Jürgen Uter, Benjamin Utzerath. Jumbo ISBN 978-3-8337-3947-7