Long List 1/2024

Published: 5th January 2024
The German Record Critics’ Award presents the first long list of 2024. The currently 154 jurors have nominated a total of 292 new publications from the last quarter in 32 categories, which are eligible for the next Quarterly Critic’s Choice. The Quarterly Critic’s Choice 1/2024 will be published on the 15th of February.

Long List 1/2024

Jury Orchestral Music

• »African American Voices II« – Works by Bonds, Kay a.o. Royal Scottish National O, Kellen Gray (Linn)
• »Verismo« – Works by Mascagni, Puccini, Cilea a.o.. Royal Liverpool Phil O, Domingo Hindoyan (Onyx)
• Bacewicz: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 (Orchestral Works Vol. 1). BBC SO, Sakari Oramo (Chandos)
• Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Concerto for Viola a.o.. Amihai Grosz, O National de Lille, Alexandre Bloch (Alpha)
• Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5. Scottish Chamber O, Maxim Emelyanychev (Linn)
• Mozart: Symphonies K 385 & K 297 a.o.. Xenia Löffler, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Bernhard Forck (Pentatone)
• Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (complete ballet). Sinfonia of London Chorus & O, John Wilson (Chandos)
• Saint-Saëns: Symphonic Poems, Film Music for »L’Assassinat du duc de Guise« a.o.. Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth (harmonia mundi)
• Schmidt: Symphonies Nos. 1-4. BBC National O of Wales, Jonathan Berman (Accentus)
• Schostakowitsch: Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 12 & 13. Matthias Goerne, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Symphony O, Andris Nelsons (DG)

Jury Concertos

• »Écoles de Paris – Paris pour École« – Works by Ibert, Antheil, Laks a.o.. Members of DSO Berlin, Johannes Zurl (EDA)
• »UnHEARD« – Beethoven Trilogy 3: Works for Piano solo & Orchestra. See Siang Wong, Camerata Schweiz, Howard Griffiths (RCA)
• Aho: Concertos for Recorder, Saxophone, Accordion. Eero Saunamäki, Esa Pietilä, Janne Valkeajoki, Saimaa Sinfonietta, Erkki Lasonpalo (BIS)
• Brahms: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2. Simon Trpčeski, WDR SO, Cristian Măcelaru (Linn)
• Brahms: Concerto for Violin & Cello op. 102, Works by Viotti, Dvořák. Christian & Tanja Tetzlaff, DSO Berlin, Paavo Järvi (Ondine)
• Gál: Concertinos for Cello, Piano, Violin. Nina Karmon, Justus Grimm, Oliver Triendl, Sinfonietta Riga, Normunds Šnē (Hänssler)
• Haydn J: Violin Concertos, Double Concerto. Thomas Albertus Irnberger, Barbara Moser, Münchner Kammerphil dacapo, Franz Schottky (Gramola)
• Mozart: Piano Concertos K 238 & 503. Kristian Bezuidenhout, Freiburger BarockO, Gottfried von der Goltz (harmonia mundi)
• Mozart: Piano Concertos K 449 & 488. Dejan Lazić, Bergen Philharmonic O, Jan Willem de Vriend (Challenge)
• Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Solo Works. Kirill Gerstein, Berliner Philharmoniker, Kirill Petrenko (BPHR)
• Rubinstein Anton: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2. Anna Shelest, Estonian National SO, Neeme Järvi (Music & Arts)
• Weinberg: Concertinos op. 42 & 43b, Symphony No. 7. Tassilo Probst, Wen-Sinn Yang, Andreas Skouras, Jewish Chamber O Munich, Daniel Grossmann (Onyx)

Jury Chamber Music I

• »1923: 100 Years of Radio« – Janáček, Copland, Hindemith a.o.. Schumann Quartett (Berlin Classics)
• »Solo« – Works for Violin by Matteis, Pisendel, Biber, Vilsmayr. Isabelle Faust (harmonia mundi)
• Bach JS: Goldberg Variations (for String Trio & Arabic Instruments). Trio d’Iroise, Syriab Trio (Solaire)
• Beethoven: String Quartets op. 74 & 130. Chiaroscuro Quartet (BIS)
• Boccherini: String Quintets op. 42/1, 3, 4, op. 46/3. Karski Quartet, Raphaël Feye (Evil Penguin)
• Debussy, Ravel, Attahir: String Quartets. Quatuor Arod (Erato)
• del Campo: String Quartets No. 6 & 7bis. Gerhard Quartet (MarchVivo)
• Gernsheim: String Quartet No. 5, String Quintet. Diogenes Quartett, Alexander Hülshoff (cpo)
• Ligeti: Complete String Quartets. Verona Quartet (Dynamic)
• Schubert: Complete String Trios a.o.. Sakuntala Trio (Resonus)
• Telemann: 12 Fantasias for Viola solo. Michał Bryła (Prelude)
• Wagner: Tristan und Isolde. Paraphrase for String Septet by Martina Trumpp. Soloists ensemble D’Accord (Coviello)

Jury Chamber Music II

• »Entre Soir et Matin« – Bonis: Chamber Music. Sheila Arnold, Sandrine Cantoreggi, Gustav Rivinius, Michael Faust (CAvi)
• »Éventail« – Ravel, Debussy, Messiaen a.o.. Heinz Holliger, Anton Kernjak, Alice Belugou (ECM)
• »Voyages« – Works for Saxophone Quartet by JC Bach, Glasunow, Gourzi. Eternum Quartet (Genuin)
• Fauré: Works for Violoncello & Piano. Xavier Phillips, Cédric Tiberghien (la dolce volta)
• Ravel: Piano Trio, Schostakowitsch: Piano Trio No. 2 op. 67. Busch Trio (Alpha)
• Reger, Senfter: Clarinet Quintets. Kilian Herold, Armida Quartett (CAvi)
• Schumann: Piano Quartet op. 47, Piano Quintet op. 44. Isabelle Faust, Anne Katharina Schreiber, Antoine Tamestit, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Alexander Melnikov (harmonia mundi)

Jury Keyboard Music I

• »Fantasia« – Works by JS Bach, Liszt, Berg, Busoni. Igor Levit (Sony)
• »Letter(s) to Erik Satie« – Works by Satie, Cage, Tenney. Bertrand Chamayou (Erato)
• »Reflections« – Works by Rachmaninoff. Inon Barnatan, Piano (Pentatone)
• »UnHEARD« – Beethoven Trilogy 3: Works for Piano solo & Orchestra. See Siang Wong, Camerata Schweiz, Howard Griffiths (RCA)
• »Waves« – Works by Rameau, Alkan, Ravel. Bruce Liu, Piano (DG)
• Bach JS: Goldberg Variations BWV 988. Vikingur Ólafsson (DG)
• Enescu: Piano Sonatas op. 24 Nos. 1 & 3 a.o. works. Daria Parkhomenko (Prospero)
• Granados: Goyescas, El pelele. Javier Perianes (harmonia mundi)
• Mozart: Piano Sonatas K 310, 311, 330-333. Angela Hewitt (Hyperion)
• Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No. 1 (Original Version), Preludes op. 32. Lukas Geniušas (Alpha)
• Schubert: Piano Sonatas D 958-960, D 894, Songs. Thomas E. Bauer, Claire Huangci (Berlin Classics)

Jury Keyboard Music II

• »Fantasia« – Works by Gabrieli, Byrd, Sweelinck a.o.. Andrea Buccarella (Ricercar)
• »Oh Mensch! Gib acht!« – Works by Brahms, Szathmáry, Mahler. Reinhold Friedrich, Andre & Kristina Schoch, Sebastian Küchler-Blessing (Ars Produktion)
• Bach JS: French Suites BWV 812-817. Mahan Esfahani (Hyperion)
• Byrd: Complete Harpsichord- and Organ Works. Pieter-Jan Belder (Brilliant)
• Guillou: Complete Organ Works Vol. 1. Zuzana Ferjenčíková (Aeolus)
• Lefèbure-Wély: Noël sous l’empire. Quentin Guérillot, Organ (Château de Versailles Spectacles)
• Messiaen: La Nativité du Seigneur. Mark Steinbach, Organ (Aeolus)
• Tallis, Byrd, Gibbons: Organ- and Harpsichord Works. Friederike Chylek (Oehms)

Jury Opera I

• Cavalli: Il Xerse. Carlo Vistoli, Ekaterina Protsenko a.o., O Barocca Modo Antiquo, Federico Maria Sardelli (Naxos)
• Fux: La corona d’Arianna. Monica Piccinini, Carlotta Colombo a.o., Zefiro, Alfredo Bernardini (Arcana)
• Gazzaniga: L’Isola d’Alcina. Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli a.o., l’arte del mondo, Werner Ehrhardt (dhm)
• Gluck: Écho et Narcisse. Adriana González, Cyrille Dubois a.o., Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet (Château des Versailles Spectacles)
• Leclair: Scylla et Glaucus. Véronique Gens a.o., Purcell Choir, Orfeo O, György Vashegyi (Glossa)
• Lully: Thesée. Mathias Vidal, Karine Deshayes a.o., Chœur de chambre de Namur, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (Aparté)
• Pergolesi: La Serva Padrona / Livietta e Tracollo. Amanda Forsythe, Christian Immler a.o., Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble, Stephen Stubbs, Paul O’Dette, Robert Mealy (cpo)
• Porpora: Polifemo. Yuriy Mynenko, Max Emanuel Cenčić a.o., Armonia Atenea, George Petrou (Parnassus Arts)
• Purcell: Dido & Aeneas. Fleur Barron, Matthew Brook a.o., La Nuova Musica, David Bates (Pentatone)

Jury Opera II

• Delibes: Lakmé. Sabine Devieilhe a.o., Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon, Direction: Laurent Pelly (Naxos)
• Kerker: The Belle of New York. Solisten, tfn_opernchor, tfn_philharmonie, Florian Ziemen (cpo)
• Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana. Carolina López Moreno a.o., Balthasar Neumann Choir & O, Thomas Hengelbrock (Prospero)
• Massenet: Ariane. Amina Edris, Kate Aldrich a.o., Münchner RundfunkO, Chor des BR, Laurent Campellone (Bru Zane)
• Rodgers: Oklahoma!. Soloists, Sinfonia of London, John Wilson (Chandos)
• Schreker: Der Schatzgräber. Daniel Johansson a.o., Choir & O of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Marc Albrecht, Direction: Christof Loy (Naxos)

Jury Choral Music

• »A Winged Woman« – Choral Works by Perivolaris, Tarney a.o.. The Marian Consort (Linn)
• »Credo« – Choral Works by R Strauss, Sandström a.o.. State Choir Latvija, Māris Sirmais (Hyperion)
• »Eros und Gewalt« – Madrigals by Gesualdo, Rossi. Schola Heidelberg, Walter Nußbaum, Michael Rotschopf (Genuin)
• »New Millennium« – Works by Weir, MacMillan a.o.. The Choir of St. John’s College Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha (Signum)
• »Sirens’ Songs« – Choral Works by Finzi, Holst, Stanford, Sullivan. The Sixteen, Harry Christophers (Coro)
• Bach JS: The first year of cantatas in Leipzig Vol. 1: BWV 75, 76, 21, 185, 24. Gaechinger Cantorey, Hans-Christoph Rademann (Hänssler)
• de’ Cavalieri: Lamentationes Hieremiae Prophetae. Profeti della Quinta, Elam Rotem (Pan)
• Desprez: Motets and Chansons. Cut Circle, Jesse Rodin (Musique en Wallonie)
• Handel: Messiah (Early version 1741). Viola Blache, Stefanie Schaefer a.o., Gutenberg-Kammerchor, Neumeyer Consort, Felix Koch (Rondeau)
• Handel: Messiah. Marie Lys, Margherita Maria Sala a.o., Cor de Cambra del Palau de la Música Catalana, O de l’Opéra Royal, Franco Fagioli (Château des Versailles Spectacles)
• Lully: Grands Motets Vol. 3. Les Épopées, Stéphane Fuget (Château des Versailles Spectacles)
• Rheinberger & Mendelssohn: Choral Works. Netherlands Radio Choir, Benjamin Goodson (Pentatone)
• Schumann: Missa sacra op. 147 a.o.. Swedish Radio Choir, Kaspars Putniņš (BIS)

Jury Lieder and Vocal Recital

• »À deux voix« – Music by Widor, Delibes, Devéria, Viardot, Chaminade a.o.. Adriana Gonzáles, Marina Viotti, Iñaki Enciba Oyón (Audax)
• »Enigma« – Music by Tsiartas, Rachmaninoff, Schubert, Messiaen, Ravel, Widmann a.o.. Sarah Aristidou, Daniel Arkadij Gerzenberg, Jörg Widmann (Alpha)
• Brahms: The beautiful Magelone op. 33. Stéphane Degout, Marielou Jacquard, Alain Planès, Roger Germser (Recitation in French) (B-Records)
• »Legros: Haute-Contre de Gluck« – Music by Gluck, de la Borde, Grétry, Piccinni a.o.. Reinoud von Mechelen, A nocte temporis (Alpha)
• »Light. 800 Years of German Lieder« – Oswald, JS Bach, Schubert, Wolf, Berg, Reimann a.o.. Anna Lucia Richter, Ammiel Bushakevitz (Challenge)
• »Little Cakewalk« – Songs by Ullmann. Shira Karmon, María Garzón (Gramola)
• »Mon Amant de Saint-Jean« – Works by Marais, Vierdanck, Monteverdi, Cavalli a.o.. Stéphanie D’Oustrac, Le Poème Harmonique, Vincent Dumestre (Alpha)
• »The English Tenor« – Songs by Gurney, V. Williams, Quilter, Britten, Finzi. Scott Robert Shaw, Luba Podgayskaya, Eva de Vries, William Drakett, Emilie Bastens, James Williams (divine art)
• »Winter Journeys« – Works by Hammerschmidt, Albert, Senfl, Schein a.o.. Hanna Herfurtner, David Erler, Stephan Scherpe, Jakob Ahles, Lautten Compagney Berlin, Wolfgang Katschner (dhm)
• Alfano: Liriche. Alexandra Flood, Nina Tarandek, Tanja Ariane Baumgartner, Klaus Simon (bastille musique)
• Tůma: Motets, Dixit Dominus. Andreas Scholl, Czech Ensemble Baroque, Roman Válek (Aparté)

Jury Early Music

• »Eros und Gewalt« – Madrigals by Gesualdo, Rossi. Schola Heidelberg, Walter Nußbaum, Michael Rotschopf (Genuin)
• »On Byrd’s Wings« – W. Byrd and his Circle. Dorothee Mields, Magdalene Harer, Boreas Quartett Bremen, Hathor Consort (Audite)
• »Philharmonica« – Works by Purcell, Matteis, Mrs. Philharmonica. Le Consort (Alpha)
• »Ymaginacions« – Nicholas Ludford: Mass upon John Dunstable’s Square. La Quintina, Jérémie Couleau (Paraty)
• Bach CPE: The Hamburg Symphonies WQ 182. O of the Eighteenth Century, Alexander Janiczek (Glossa)
• Bach JS: Cantatas BWV 6, 99, 147. Dorothee Mields, Alex Potter, Guy Cutting, Peter Kooij, Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe (Phi)
• Bach JS: Six Trio Sonatas BWV 525-530. The King’s Consort, Robert King (Vivat)
• Luzzaschi: Madrigals & Works by Marenzio, Monteverdi, Caccini. La Néréide, Yoann Moulin, Manon Papasergio, Gabriel Rignol (Ricercar)
• Pepusch: Chandos Anthems. Ciara Hendrick, Alex Potter, Nicholas Mulroy, Vitali Rozyko a.o., The Girl Choristers of Canterbury Cathedral, The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Robert Rawson (Accent)
• Purcell: Fantazias. John Holloway, J. Hol,loway Ensemble (ECM)
• Telemann: Trio Sonatas and Quartets. Compagnia Transalpina, Andreas Böhlen (Aeolus)
• Werner: Masses and Motets (Vol. 3). Magdalene Harer, Anne Bierwirth, Tobias Hunger, Markus Flaig, Voktett Hannover, la festa musicale, Lajos Rovatkay (Audite)

Jury Contemporary Classical Music

• »Voces, Señales« – Contemporary Music for Accordion from Columbia. Eva Zöllner (Genuin)
• Chin: Concertos for Violin, Cello, Piano a.o.. Berliner Philharmoniker, Myung-Whun Chung, Daniel Harding, Sakari Oramo, Simon Rattle, Alban Gerhardt, Barbara Hannigan, Sunwook Kim, Christian Tetzlaff (BPHR)
• Corrado: Works for Ensemble. Ensemble InterContemporain, Syntax Ensemble, Matthias Pintscher, Pasquale Corrado (Kairos)
• Dlugoszewski: Abyss and Caress. Klangforum Wien, Johannes Kalitzke, Tim Anderson, Peter Evans, Ilan Volkov (col legno)
• Ensemble Nikel: Radio Works. Ensemble Nikel, Jennifer Walshe (Self-published)
• Haven: Gasser a.o. Werke. Wolftone, Ensemble Proton Bern, Ensemble Recherche, Trio Catch, Duo Xamp, Gregor Mayrhofer (Wergo)
• Larcher: The Living Mountain. Sarah Aristidou, Alisa Weilerstein, Aaron Pilsan, Luka Juhart, Andrè Schuen, Daniel Heide, Münchner KammerO, Clemens Schuldt (ECM)
• Ligeti: Complete String Quartets. Verona Quartet (Dynamic)
• Wagemans: Cycles for Piano, Percussion and Audio Tape. Matthijs van Wijhe, Friso van Wijck, Peter-Jan Wagemans (Cybele)

Jury Historical Classical Recordings

• »475 Jahre Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden. 100 Jahre Tonaufnahmen«. Fritz Busch, Richard Strauss, Rudolf Kempe, Karl Böhm, Kurt Sanderling a.o. (Profil)
• »Herbert von Karajan: The Early Lucerne Years, 1952-1957«. Géza Anda, Robert Casadeus, Clara Haskil, Nathan Milstein, Philharmonia O, Schweizerisches FestspielO, Herbert von Karajan (Audite)
• »Herman Krebbers Edition«. Herman Krebbers a.o. (Decca/Australian Eloquence)
• Berg: Wozzeck (1949), Strawinsky: Capriccio (1948), Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 4 (1965). Sir Adrian Boult a.o. (Somm)
• Schostakowitsch: Symphony No. 8 & Kabalewski. Bournemouth SO, Constantin Silvestri (ica)
• Reger: Violin Concerto, Mozart Variations, Romantic Suite a.o. works. Georg Kulenkampff, Issay Barmas, Efrem Zimbalist, Adolf Busch, Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, Residency Orchestra of The Hague, Willem van Otterloo (Pristine)
• Russell Oberlin – The Complete Recordings On American Decca (DG)
• Victoria de los Ángeles – The Warner Classics Edition. Soloists, various Orchestras, Thomas Beecham, Georges Pretre, Vittorio Gui, Gabriele Santini, Tullio Sera (Warner)

Jury Crossover Productions

• Bach JS: Goldberg Variations (for String Trio & Arabic Instruments). Trio d’Iroise, Syriab Trio (Solaire)
• Christian Muthspiel & Orjazztra Vienna: La Melodia della Strada (col legno)
• Holst: The Planets Jazz. Arr. for Big Band by Mark Schwarzmayr (Unit)
• Jan Heinke: Singularity (tonus-music-records)
• Julio Resende: Sons Of Revolution (ACT)
• Mari Boine & Bugge Wesseltoft: Amame (By Norse Music)
• Sinikka Langeland: Wind And Sun (ECM)
• Tember Ensemble feat. Ali Ostovar: Moers Journey (Noise a Noise)
• The Gurdjieff Ensemble, Levon Eskenian: Zartir (ECM)

Jury Film Music

• Bryce Dessner: She Came To Me. André de Ridder, Katia Labèque, Bruce Springsteen (Unigram/Warner)
• James Newton Howard: The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. Yuja Wang a.o. (Sony)
• Laurence Rosenthal: Music for Film and Television. Brussels Philharmonic, Dirk Brossé (Silva Screen)
• Robbie Robertson: Killers of the Flower Moon. Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks a.o. (Masterworks)
• Saint-Saëns: Symphonic Poems, Film Music for »L’Assassinat du duc de Guise«. Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth (harmonia mundi)

Jury Music Film

• #Challenge1923: 3 People – 6 Songs. Roger Rekless, Eva Ahoulou, Matthias Bublath (Stream, BR)
• ECHT – Unsere Jugend. Narrated by Kim Frank (Stream, SWR)
• Gegen das Schweigen. Gegen Antisemitismus. Solidarity concert with Igor Levit & Guests. (Stream, rbb Kultur)
• Orphea in Love. Mirjam Mesak, Guido Badalementi, Ursula Werner a.o., Music: Martina Eisenreich, Direction: Axel Ranisch (Missing films)

Jury Jazz I

• Anke Helfrich: We’ll Rise (Yellowbird/Enja)
• Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel: A Lovesome Thing (Heartcore & Motéma Music)
• Italian Organ Trio: Nessun dorma and More Italian Songs (Ionian Sound)
• Martin Sasse Trio: Longing (JazzJazz)
• Nils Wogram: The Pristine Sound Of Root 70 (Nwog)
• Patrick Bebelaar: How Insensitive (Jazz On Vinyl)
• Sarah Chaksad Large Ensemble: Together (Clap Your Hands)
• Stacey Kent: Summer Me, Winter Me (naïve)
• The Oscar Peterson Trio: Con Alma – Live in Lugano, 1964 (Mack Avenue)
• Wes Montgomery, Wynton Kelly Trio: Maximum Swing – The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings (Resonance)

Jury Jazz II

• Angelika Niescier, Tomeka Reid, Savannah Harris: Beyond Dragons (Intakt)
• Fabian Dudek & La Campagne: Protecting a Picture That’s Fading (Traumton)
• Frode Haltli: Avant Folk – Triptyk (Jazzland)
• Irreversible Entanglements: Protect Your Light (Impulse!)
• Koma Saxo: Post Koma (We Jazz)
• Leléka & Maksym Berezhniuk: Rizdvo (Fine Musik)
• Pharoah Sanders: Pharoah (Luaka Bop)
• Ray Anderson & Bobby Previte: Double Trouble (Doublemoon)
• Sebastian Gramss’ States Of Play: Urschall – Repercussions (Rent a dog)
• Sylvie Courvoisier: Chimaera (Intakt)
• Velvet Revolution: Message In A Bubble (Budapest Music Center)

Jury World Music

• David Dorůžka, Robert Fischmann, Martin Novák: Gilgul (Animal Music)
• Johanna Juhola: A Brighter Future (Nordic Notes)
• Ladaniva: Ladaniva (Pias)
• Lalalar: En Kötü Iyi Olur (Bongo Joe)
• Las Lloronas: Out Of The Blue (Muziekpublique)
• Les Mamans du Congo & Rrobin: Ya Mizolé (Jarring Effects)
• Maher Cissoko: Kora World (Ajabu!)
• Mohammad Motamedi, Rembrandt Trio: Intizar, Songs Of Longing (Just Listen)
• Okan: Okantomi (Lulaworld)
• Tayfun Guttstadt: Tarâpzâde (Good&Lovely)

Jury Traditional Ethnic Music

• Alessandro Palmitessa a.o.: I Don’t Want Your War – Afghanistan 1969 (EGP)
• Fränder: Fränder II (Nordic Notes)
• Gustavo Pazos Conde: Rincon de las penas / Guitar works from Uruguay III (Saphrane)
• Rüüt: Kiriküüt (Nordic Notes)
• Sinikka Langeland: Wind And Sun (ECM)
• The Gurdjieff Ensemble, Levon Eskenian: Zartir (ECM)
• The Secret Museum of Mankind – Atlas of Instruments: Fiddles Vol.1. Various Artists (Jalopy)
• Transorient Orchestra: Transorient Express (Makro Musikverlag)
• Vokalensemble Glas: Zrno (Alp Fiction)

Jury German language Singer/Songwriter

• Andreas Albrecht: Nach außen, nach innen (Silberblick)
• Christina Lux & Oliver George: live deLUXe (Luxuriant)
• Johannes Kirchberg: Wie einst Lili Marleen – Eine Begegnung mit dem Dichter Hans Leip (dermenschistgut)
• Kai Degenhardt: Arbeiterlieder (plattenbau)
• Marco Tschirpke: Lapsuslieder 5 (Reptiphon)
• Nadine Fingerhut: Hafen & Meer (Sturm & Klang)
• Prächtig: Magritte (Magic Mile Music)
• Wenzel: Noch verschont von großen Kriegen – Solo Live Vol.2 (Matrosenblau)

Jury Folk and Singer/Songwriter

• Bashed Potatoes: All you can eat (Self-published)
• Catrin Finch & Aoife Ní Bhriain: Double You (bendigedig)
• Christina Lux & Oliver George: live deLUXe (Luxuriant)
• Gangar: Stubb (Grappa)
• Gjermund Larsen Trio: Tøyen Sessions (Heilo/Grappa Musikkforlag)
• Gudrun Walther & Andy Cutting: Conversations (Artes Records)
• Iontach: The Season of Mirth and of Glee (Irish Music Unlimited)
• Katie Macfarlane: An Nighean Sheunta / The Enchanted Girl (Viewbank)
• Mari Boine & Bugge Wesseltoft: Amame (By Norse Music)
• Morley: Homeward (Stereoton)
• Peter Reimer: Times and Places (Self-published)

Jury Pop

• Black Pumas: Chronicles Of A Diamond (Pias/Ato)
• Lie Ning: Sweatshop (Humming Records)
• Olivia Rodrigo: Guts (Interscope)
• Róisín Murphy: Hit Parade (Ninja Tune)
• Romy: Mid Air (Young)
• Ski Aggu: Denk mal drüber nach… (jungeratze)
• Troye Sivan: Something To Give Each Other (Capitol/EMI)

Jury Rock

• Bob Dylan: The Complete Budokan 1978 (Columbia)
• Bruce Springsteen: The Live Series: Songs on Keys (Columbia)
• Cat Power: Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert (Domino)
• CMAT: Crazymad, For Me (CMATBaby)
• Duff McKagan: Lighthouse (The World Is Flat)
• Guided By Voices: Nowhere To Go But Up (GBV)
• Harp: Albion (Bella Union)
• Israel Nash: Ozarker (Loose Music)
• Jerry Leger: Donlands (Latent)
• Teenage Fanclub: Nothing Lasts Forever (PeMa)
• The Rolling Stones: Hackney Diamonds (Polydor)

Jury Hard and Heavy

• Asinhell: Impii Hora (Metal Blade)
• Dopelord: Songs For Satan (Blues Funeral Recordings)
• Graveyard: 6 (Nuclear Blast)
• Green Lung: This Heathen Land (Nuclear Blast)
• Hexvessel: Polar Veil (Svart)
• Howling Giant: Glass Future (Magnetic Eye)
• KK’s Priest: The Sinner Rides Again (Napalm)
• Maggot Heart: Hunger (Svart)
• Mercenary: Soundtrack For The End Times (Noise Art)
• Molybaron: Something Ominous (InsideOut Music)
• Sorcerer: Reign Of The Reaper (Metal Blade)
• Spidergawd: Spidergawd VII (Crispin Glover)
• Sulphur Aeon: Seven Crowns And Seven Seals (Ván)
• Within Temptation: Bleed Out (Force Music)

Jury Alternative

• Cat Power: Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert (Domino)
• Culk: Generation Maximum (Siluh)
• Ilgen-Nur: It’s All Happening (Power Nap)
• Mitski: The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We (Dead Oceans)
• Sparklehorse: Bird Machine (Anti)
• Sufjan Stevens: Javelin (Asthmatic Kitty)
• The Kills: God Games (Domino)
• The National: Laugh Track (4AD/Beggars)

Jury Club and Dance

• Credit 00: Midnightlife Crisis (Pinkman)
• Héctor Oaks: Fuego Universal (Kaos)
• Laurel Halo: Atlas (Awe)
• Loraine James: Gentle Confrontation (Hyperdub)
• Purelink: Signs (Peak Oil)
• Róisín Murphy: Hit Parade (Ninja Tune)
• Salamanda: In Parallel (Wisdom Teeth)
• Sofia Kourtesis: Madres (Ninja Tune)

Jury Electronic and Experimental

• Actress: LXXXVIII (Ninja Tune)
• Arthur Clees: Stay, Temporary Home (Macro)
• Forest Swords: Bolted (Ninja Tune)
• H31R: HeadSpace (Big Data)
• Hilary Woods: Acts Of Light (Sacred Bones)
• Honour: Àlàáfía (Pan)
• Komendarek-Tymendorf: AtomoGenus (Requiem)
• Oneohtrix Point Never: Again (Warp)
• Philip Gayle: Mammoth Flower (Public Eyesore)
• Tember Ensemble feat. Ali Ostovar: Moers Journey (Noise a Noise)
• Tember Ensemble: Fall and Rise – Live 2022 (Self-published)
• Tonn3rr3 X Bikay: It’s A Bomb (Born Bad)
• Vince Clarke: Songs Of Silence (Mute)

Jury Blues

• Christone »Kingfish« Ingram: Live in London (Alligator)
• Jim Kahr: Keepin’ It Hot (Pepper Cake)
• Joe Bonamassa: Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 (J&R Adventures)
• Kenny Wayne Shepherd: Dirt On My Diamonds Vol. 1 (Provogue)
• Stone Water: Make Me Try (Timezone)
• The Bluesanovas: Big Love (Timezone)
• The Count Basie Orchestra feat. Scotty Barnhart: Basie Swings The Blues (Candid)

Jury R&B, Soul and HipHop

• Cleo Sol: Heaven (Forever Living Originals)
• Danny Brown: Quaranta (Warp)
• Ed Motta: Behind The Tea Chronicles (Musik Produktion Schwarzwald)
• Joy Denalane: Willpower (Four Music Local)
• Monobrother: Mir geht’s um die Menschen (Honigdachs)
• Rob Hardt: Good Time For Good Times (Sedsoul)
• Sam Greenfield: Sam Greenfield Rules (Self-published)
• Spilif: irgendetwas das du liebst (unserallereins)
• Stro Elliott: La Villa (Def Pressé & KPM)
• TheEEs: Temptations Of Sound (LOLA)
• Yacht Soul – The Cover Versions 2. Various Artists (How do you are?)

Jury Verbal Art

• Daniel Kehlmann: Lichtspiel. Ulrich Noethen (Argon)
• F. Scott Fitzgerald: Der große Gatsby. Radio Play. Michael Rotschopf, Birgit Minichmayr a.o. (Der Audio Verlag)
• Franz Kafka: Die große Hörspiel-Edition. Bruno Ganz, Gert Westphal a.o. (Der Audio Verlag)
• Jahrhundertstimmen 1945-2000. Edited by Hans Sarkowicz, Ines Geipel, Ulrich Herbert, Michael Krüger, Christiane Collorio (der Hörverlag)
• Michael Köhlmeier: Das Schöne – 59 Begeisterungen. Author reading (der Hörverlag)
• Philip Loersch: Renteninformation 2022. A satirical audio book on vinyl. Johannes Steck (Dr. Cantz’sche Verlagsgesellschaft)
• Ulrike Haage: Dear Alter Ego – Die Filmpionierin Maya Deren. Acoustic Biopic. Composition and Realisation: Ulrike Haage (Stream, BR)
• Uwe Timm: Alle meine Geister. Gert Heidenreich (Argon)
• Vladimir Nabokov: König, Dame, Bube. Peter Lieck (Der Audio Verlag)
• Werner Richard Heymann: Leben und Lieder. Katharine Mehrling, Tilmar Kuhn (Schott Music)

Jury Recordings for Children and Youth

• Anja Portin: Die Stadt der kleinen Wunder. Timo Weisschnur (sauerländer audio)
• Dominic Sandbrook: Die letzte Pharaonin – Kleopatra. David Nathan (Der Audio Verlag)
• G.Z. Schmidt: Adam und die Jagd nach der zerbrochenen Zeit. Julian Greis (Hörcompany)
• Jenny Alten, Johannes Disselhoff: Löre & Luc – Unter lautes Leben: Aufräumen ist doof; Ich lerne Radfahren. Ilja Richter, Ellis Drews a.o. (Der Audio Verlag)
• Johanna Klement: Kathas Katastrophen. Julia Nachtmann (Hörcompany)
• Lotte Schweizer: Das Vampirtier und die Sache mit den Tomaten. Katharina Thalbach (Der Audio Verlag)
• Max Mutzke: Komm mit ins Paradies der Träumer. Author reading (sauerländer audio)
• Robert M. Sonntag: Die Scanner. Omid-Paul Eftekhari (derDiwan)
• Stefanie Dahle: Die zauberhaften Drei (Teil 1-3). Philipp Schepmann (Der Audio Verlag)
• Thorsten Schleif: Darf man eigentlich Zombies töten? Unverzichtbares Rechtswissen für Film- und Serienjunkies. Author reading (Random House Audio)