Long List 1/2025

Published: 5th January 2025
The German Record Critics’ Award presents the first long list of 2025. The currently 153 jurors have nominated a total of 290 new publications from the last quarter in 32 categories, which are eligible for the next Quarterly Critic’s Choice. The Quarterly Critic’s Choice 1/2025 will be published on the 14th of February.

Long List

Jury Orchestral Music

• Bacewicz: Complete Symphonic Works Vol. 3. WDR SO, Łukasz Borowicz (cpo)
• Bruckner: Symphony No. 2. Bamberg Symphonic, Christoph Eschenbach (Accentus)
• Bruckner: Symphony No. 4. Anima Eterna Brugge, Pablo Heras-Casado (harmonia mundi)
• Dvořák: Symphonies No. 7, 8 & 9. Czech Philharmonic, Semyon Bychkov (Pentatone)
• Haydn: London Symphonies Vol. 2. Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Paavo Järvi (RCA)
• Haydn: Symphonies, Vol. 16. Il Giardino Armonico, KO Basel, Giovanni Antonini (Alpha)
• MacDowell: Orchestral Works Vol. 1. Xiayin Wang, BBC Philharmonic, John Wilson (Chandos)
• Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Le Concert des Nations a.o., Jordi Savall (Alia Vox)
• Rimsky-Korsakow: Scheherazade. Ensemble K, Simone Menezes (Alpha)
• Steinberg: Symphony No. 3, Schostakowitsch: The Bolt. Ural Youth SO, Dmitry Filatov (Fuga Libera)
• Strauss R: Don Quixote a.o.. Amihai Grosz, Jian Wang, O National de Lyon, Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider (Channel)

Jury Concertos

• Bowen, Walton: Viola Concertos. Diyang Mei, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Brett Dean (SWR Music)
• Elgar: Violin Concerto. Vilde Frang, DSO Berlin, Robin Ticciati (PLG Classics)
• Forkel: 4 Piano Concertos. Tobias Koch, Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens (cpo)
• Kapustin: Piano Concertos No. 2 & 6 a.o.. Frank Dupree, SWR Big Band & SO, Dominik Beykirch (Capriccio)
• Rosetti, Mozart, Simrock, Beethoven: Works with 2 Horns. Bart Aerbeydt, Gijs Laceulle, Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz (Aparté)
• Sibelius: Violin Concerto a.o.. James Ehnes, Bergen Philharmonic O, Edward Gardner (Chandos)
• Weinberg, Schönberger, Goedicke, Rachmaninow: Trumpet Works. Matilda Lloyd, LSO, Lee Reynolds (Chandos)
• Widor, Lalo: Cello Concertos. Graham du Plessis, Mecklenburgische Staatskapelle Schwerin, Māris Kupčs (Solaire)

Jury Chamber Music I

• »A Tres Voces« – Works by Frensel Wegener, León, Reger, Hyde. TriOlogie String Trio (Prospero)
• »Impressions parisiennes« – Works by Debussy, Fauré, Satie a.o.. Quatuor Van Kuijk (Alpha)
• »The Late Quartets Vol. 1« – Beethoven op. 127, Shostakovich op. 122. Alma Quartet (Challenge)
• Bach JS: The Art of the Fugue. Quartetto di Cremona (Orchid)
• Beethoven: String Quartets op. 59 No. 1-3 & 74. Narratio Quartet (Challenge)
• Beethoven: String Quartets op. 59 No. 1-3, 74 & 95. Calidore String Quartet (Signum)
• Boccherini: Complete Duets for 2 Violins. Igor Ruhadze, Daria Gorban (Brilliant)
• Dvořák: String Quartet No. 14 a.o.. Quatuor Akilone (Klarthe)
• Mendelssohn, Dvořák: String Quartets & Works by Albrecht, Casals. Gropius Quartett (Hänssler)
• Schubert: String Quartet No. 14, Works by Schiphorst, Andre. Maurice Steger, Kuss Quartett (Rubicon)

Jury Chamber Music II

• »Merry Harmonica« – Christmas songs for Harmonica and Piano. Konstantin Reinfeld, Benyamin Nuss (Berlin Classics)
• »Srikandi« – Chamber Music by McPhee, Bartók, Debussy, Crumb a.o.. Duo Saraswati (Challenge)
• »Who’s afraid of…?« – Works by female composers Andrée, Strozzi, Paradis a.o.. Boulanger Trio (Berlin Classics)
• Bach JS, Lang, van Eyck a.o.: Works for Harp & Recorder. Margret Koell, Stefan Temmingh (Accent)
• Brahms: Piano Quartets No. 2 & 3. Tanja & Christian Tetzlaff, Barbara Buntrock, Lars Vogt (Ondine)
• Chausson, Vierne: Works for Violin, Piano and String Quartet. Éric Le Sage, Daishin Kashimoto, Schumann Quartett (Sony)
• Pejačević, Röntgen-Maier: Piano Trios. Trio Orelon (Da Vinci)
• Schubert: Complete Works for Violin and Piano. Maria & Nathalia Milstein (Mirare)
• Schubert: String Quartet No. 14, Works by Schiphorst, Andre. Maurice Steger, Kuss Quartett (Rubicon)
• Winterberg: Chamber Music Vol. 1. Adamello Quartett, Hartmut Rohde, Andre Schoch, Holger Groschopp (EDA)

Jury Keyboard Music I

• »72 Preludes« – Preludes by Chopin, Scriabin, Yashiro. Mao Fujita (Sony)
• »Made in USA« – Works by Gershwin, Beach, Barber, Wild. Claire Huangci (Alpha)
• »My American Story: North« – Works by Green, Gershwin, Copland, Young a.o.. Daniil Trifonov, The Philadelphia O, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG)
• »Out of Place« – Works by Grieg, Korngold, Schumann. Nikita Volov (Genuin)
• »Sisters of the Moon« – Works by Montgeroult, Mendelssohn, Price, Montero a.o.. Susana Gómez Vázquez (Eudora)
• Bach JS: English Suites BWV 806-811. Zhu Xiao-Mei (Accentus)
• Bach JS: Partitas BWV 825-830. Francesco Tristano (Naïve)
• Bowen: Piano Works. Nuron Mukumi (Prospero)
• Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 1, Works by Schubert. Alexandre Kantorow (BIS)
• Couperin G-F: Sonatas, Variations & Rondo. Simone Pierini (Brilliant)
• Liszt: Années de pèlerinage No. 1-3. Roger Muraro (Alpha)

Jury Keyboard Music II

• »The Simnacher Organ« – Works by Muffat, Bach JB, Pachelbel a.o.. Winfried Lichtscheidel (Ambiente Audio)
• Bach CPE: Sonatas with varied reprises Wq 50. Tom Beghin (Evil Penguin)
• Bach JS: Six Trio Sonatas for Organ BWV 525-530. Aart Bergwerff (Challenge)
• Bull: Virginal Works. Maciej Skrzeczeczkowski (Ricercar)
• Cook: Olympus and Apollo (Organ Symphonies No. 8 & 9). Kevin Bowyer (Divine Art)
• The organs in Freiburg Cathedral: Marienorgel. Matthias Maierhofer (Ambiente Audio)
• Karg-Elert: Ultimate Organ Works Vol. 9. Elke Völker (Aeolus)
• Schumann: Organ Works opp. 56, 58 & 60. Henry Fairs (Ars Produktion)

Jury Opera I

• Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide. Judith van Wanroij, Cyrille Dubois a.o., Le Concert de la Loge, Julien Chauvin (Alpha)
• Mozart: Mitridate, re di Ponto. Pene Pati, Ana Maria Labin a.o., Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski, Stage Direction: Satoshi Miyagi (C Major)
• Rameau: Les Boréades. Sabine Devieilhe, Reinoud van Mechelen a.o., Purcell Choir, Orfeo Orchestra, György Vashegyi (Erato)

Jury Oper II

• Antheil: Venus in Africa. Claudia Barainsky, Miljenko Turk a.o., Bochumer Symphoniker, Steven Sloane (cpo)
• Bizet: Carmen. Deepa Johnny, Stanislas de Barbeyrac a.o., Choir & O of the Opéra de Rouen Normandie, Ben Glassberg, Stage Direction: Romain Gilbert (Bru Zane)
• Defoort: The Time of Our Singing. Claron McFadden, Mark S. Doss a.o., La Monnaie Chamber O, Kwamé Ryan (Fuga Libera)
• Erlanger: La Sorcière. Andreea Soare, Jean-François Borras a.o., Choir & O de la Haute École de Musique de Genève, Guillaume Tourniaire (B-records)
• Massenet: Hérodiade. Etienne Dupuis, Clémentine Margaine a.o., Choir & O of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Enrique Mazzola (Naxos)
• Mussorgsky: Der Jahrmarkt von Sorotschinsy. Opera Chorus of the Freiburg Theatre, The Lily’s Project a.o., Fabrice Bollon (Naxos)
• Offenbach: La Vie Parisienne. Véronique Gens a.o., Choir & O du Capitole de Toulouse, Romain Dumas (Bru Zane)
• Verdi: Ernani. Saimir Pirgu, Guanqun Yu a.o., Vienna Symphonic O, Enrique Mazzola, Stage Direction: Lotte de Beer (C Major)

Jury Choral Music

• »Cries for peace« – Works by Ullmann, Krenek, Reger, Brahms, Schumann. Cornelia Samuelis, Henriette Gödde, Cornelia Glassl, Ensemble Seicento Vocale, Jan Croonenbroeck, Alexander Toepper (resonando)
• Amon: Missa quatuor vocum pro defunctis, Sacrae Cantiones. Huelgas Ensemble, Paul van Nevel (dhm)
• Bach JS: Mass in B minor. Soloists, La Cetra Basel, Andrea Marcon (Arcana)
• Beal: The Salvage Men, Works by Barber, Nelson, Whitacre. Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Fredrik Malmberg (BIS)
• Mealor: The Light of Paradise. The Zurich Chamber Singers, sonic.art Saxophonquartett, Christian Erny (Berlin Classics)
• Mozart: Requiem a.o.. Soloists, Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon (harmonia mundi)
• Schnittke, Vedel, Bortniansky: Choral Concerts. SWR Vokalensemble, Yuval Weinberg (SWR Classic)
• Schütz: Weihnachtshistorie. Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier (Ricercar)
• Schütz: Weihnachtshistorie. La Capella Ducale, Musica Fiata, Roland Wilson (dhm)
• Zelenka: Missa gratias agimus tibi a.o. Soloists, Chamber Choir and Baroque O Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius (Carus)

Jury Lieder and Vocal Recital

• »La Comédie Humaine. Chansons balzaciennes« – Songs by Désaugiers, Dupont, Auber, Béranger a.o.. Lucille Richardot, Cyrille Dubois, Arnaud Marzorati, Jérôme Varnier, Les Lunaisiens (Alpha)
• Auric: Mélodies & Chansons. Holger Falk, Steffen Schleiermacher (MDG)
• Fröhlich: Johannes & Esther (Lied cycle). Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake (Hänssler)
• Mägi: Complete Songs for female voice. Maarja Purga, Sten Lassmann, Mari-Liis Vind, Kirill Ogorodnikov, Valle-Rasmus Roots (Toccata)
• Monteverdi, Cavalli, Vivaldi, Händel a.o.: Arias. Nahuel Di Pierro, Ensemble Diderot, Johannes Pramsohler (Audax)
• Reichhardt, Mozart a.o.: Arias. Bruno de Sá, Wrocław Baroque O, NFM Choir, Jarosław Thiel (Erato)
• Reimann, Schubert, Mozart a.o.: Songs. Adrian Eröd, Christoph Traxler (Quinton)
• Vaughan Williams, Bloch, Mahler, Schubert: Songs. Alexandre Beuchat, Marija Bokor (Prospero)
• Vivaldi: Stabat Mater, Nisi Dominus, Concerti. Carlo Vistoli, Akademie für Alte Musik, Georg Kallweit (harmonia mundi)
• Wolff EJ: Complete Songs Vol. 3. Hans Christoph Begemann, Klaus Simon (Naxos)

Jury Early Music

• »Bach’s Roots« – Works by Drese, Pachelbel, Schelle, Strattner, Ahle a.o.. Voces Suaves, Akademie für Alte Musik (Arcana)
• »Ex Nihilo. Polyphony beyond the order of things« – Works by Deprez, Obrecht, Ockeghem, de Ribera a.o.. Graindelavoix, Björn Schmelzer (Glossa)
• »Pilgrimage« – Musical Journey of Kryštof Harant to Jerusalem. Cappella Mariana, Ensemble Constantinople (Supraphon)
• Castaldi: Capricci 1622, Pellegrini: Armoniosi Concerti. Albane Imbs, Rolf Lislevand (Alpha)
• Erlebach, Fischer, Kusser: Ouvertures & Suites. Altberg Ensemble, Jörg-Andreas Bötticher (Dux)
• Fasch: Serenata »Die vier Tageszeiten«. Soloists, L’arpa festante, Markus Uhl (Christophorus)
• Händel, Alberti, Pepusch, Sammartini, Carbonelli u.a: Works for Recorder. Max Volbers, Alexander von Heißen (Berlin Classics)
• Händel: Complete Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord. Bojan Čičić, Steven Devine (Delphian)
• Monteverdi: Vespro della Madonna. Soloists, Le Poème Harmonique, Vincent Dumestre (CVS)
• Pandolfi Mealli: Violin Sonatas op. 3 & 4. Daniel Sepec, Hille Perl, Lee Santana, Michael Behringer (Coviello)
• Sammartini, Roman, Vivaldi, Fiorenza: Recorder Concertos. Clara Guldberg Ravn, Bremer Barockorchester, Néstor Fabián Cortés Garzón (arcantus)
• Werner: Sacral Music Vol. 4. Voktett Hannover, la festa musicale, Lajos Rovatkay (audite)

Jury Contemporary Classical Music

• »Furrer 70« – Media Box. Beat Furrer, Klangforum Wien a.o. (Klangforum)
• »Palette«. Karin Hellqvist, Carola Bauckholt, Henrik Strindberg, Jenny Hettne, Christian Wallumröd, Liza Lim (Lawo)
• »Simple Music« – Works by Pärt, Silvestrov, Kancheli. Polina Osetinskaya (Evidence)
• Benjamin: Palimpsests a.o.. Anna Prohaska, Ensemble Modern, George Benjamin (Ensemble Modern)
• Brass: Der goldene Steig. Sarah Maria Sun, Tabea Zimmermann, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, BRSO, Peter Rundel, Vimbayi Kaziboni, Peter Eötvös (BR Klassik)
• Cage: Winter Music. Sabine Liebner (Wergo)
• Furrer: Spur, String Quartets No. 1-4 a.o.. Quatuor Diotima, Claudia Chan, Thorsten Johanns (bastille musique)
• Lei Liang: Six Seasons. Marco Fusi, Charles Deluga, Lei Liang (Kairos)
• Nimikry: Bird of Paradise. Klangforum Wien, Johannes Kalitzke, Bas Wiegers, Alessandro Baticci, Rafał Zalech (Kairos)
• Osojnik: Doorways. Maiken Beer, Black Page Orchestra (col legno)
• Staud: Chamber Music. Boulanger Trio, Sebastian Manz, Christine Whittlesey, Ensemble Modern, Stefan Asbury, Ensemble Recherche, Ludwig Chamber Players (Neos)
• Yaron Deutsch: Soul, Soul, Soul, Sweet Soul (Self-published)

Jury Historical Classical Recordings

• Charles Ives – The RCA and Columbia Album Anthology 1945-1976 (Sony)
• David Oistrach – The Warner Remastered Edition (Warner)
• Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 a.o., Smetana: Prelude of »Libuše«. Czech Philharmonic O, Václav Neumann (audite)
• Emanuel Feuermann – The Complete RCA Album Collection (Sony)
• Grieg, Sibelius: String Quartets (Recordings 1933/37). Budapest Quartet (Pristine)
• Haydn, Schönberg, Tschaikowsky. John Ogdon, New Philharmonia O, Rafael Kubelík (audite)
• Live in Leningrad 1963. Staatskapelle Dresden, Otmar Suitner (Hänssler)
• Schubert: Symphony No. 8 & Rehearsals (excerpts). BRSO, Leonard Bernstein (BR Klassik)
• Smetana: My Country. Wiener Philharmoniker, Rafael Kubelik (Gramola)

Jury Crossover Productions

• Augst & Daemgen, Sophie Agnel, marburgjazzorchestra: 1945 before/after (textXTND)
• bLuzLand. julakim & julakim Trio (Self-published)
• Dancing Queen – Rameau meets ABBA. Asya Fateyeva, Lautten Compagney Berlin, Wolfgang Katschner (dhm)
• GoldMund: MehrOderWeniger Legenden (Self-published)
• Joel Lyssarides & Georgios Prokopiou: Arcs & Rivers (ACT)
• Lariza: Luminance (Unit)
• Milestones. The Jazz Album. Quatuor Ébène (Erato)
• Neset M: Who We Are. Marius Neset, Leif Ove Andsnes, Louisa Tuck, Ingrid Neset (Simax)
• Studio Dan: Braxton et al (Records & Other Stuff)
• Theo Travis: Aeolus: One Hour Duduk Meditation (Panegyric)
• Thomas Strønen: Relations (ECM)

Jury Film Music

• Clēment Ducol & Camille: Emilia Pérez (Sony)
• Freya Arde: Riefenstahl (Freyda Arde)
• Joaquin Phoenix & Lady Gaga: Joker – Folie à Deux (Interscope)
• John Gürtler, Jan Miserre: The Outrun (Decca)
• Karzan Mahmood: The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Music Super Circus)
• Osvaldo Golijov: Megalopolis (Milan)
• Peter Thomas Sound Orchester: Edgar Wallace – Music from the Original Movies (Allscore)
• Stephen Schwartz: Wicked – The Soundtrack (Republic)
• Volker Bertelmann: Conclave (Back Lot Music)

Jury Music Film

• »Das deutsche Woodstock – Flower-Power in der Pfalz«. A Film by Katarina Schickling (Stream, Arte)
• »DJ Mehdi: Made in France (1/6): Die Kinder des Rap«. Direction: Thibaut de Longeville, Pedro Winter, Mokobé, Kery James a.o. (Stream, Arte)
• Insight Wilhelm Furtwängler. Audio visual documents with and about Furtwängler (musicas.de & Wilhelm Furtwängler Gesellschaft)
• »Jamel – Lauter Widerstand«. Direction: Martin Groß (Stream, ARD)
• »Spiel um dein Leben« (Title of series): Vol. 1-5 (Stream, MDR)

Jury Jazz I

• Al Jarreau & NDR Bigband: Ellington (ACT)
• Axel Fischbacher Trio: The London Session (JazzSick)
• Emily Remler: Cookin’ At The Queens. Live in Las Vegas 1984 & 1988 (Resonance)
• Joerg & Leander Widmoser: Like Standards, Vol. 2 (Upsolute Music)
• Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Paul Motian: The Old Country (ECM)
• Michael Dease: Found in Space: The Music of Gregg Hill (Origin)
• Miles Davis Quintet: Live In France 1963 & 1964 (Sony)
• Peter Lehel, Amalien-Quartett: Coltrane String Ballads (Finetone Music)
• Sun Ra Arkestra: Lights On A Satellite (In + Out)
• The Oscar Peterson Quartet: City Lights – Live in Munich 1994 (Mack Avenue)
• Tobias Hoffmann Jazz Orchestra: Innuendo (Mons)

Jury Jazz II

• Arild Andersen: Landloper (ECM)
• Arne Jansen, Anders Jormin, Uwe Steinmetz: The Pilgrimage (Traumton)
• Ben Wendel: Understory: Live At The Village Vanguard (Edition Records)
• Jeff Parker: The Way Out Of Easy (International Anthem)
• Joachim Kühn French Trio: The Way (ACT)
• Louis Sclavis, Benjamin Moussay: Unfolding (ECM)
• Nubya Garcia: Odyssey (Concord Jazz)
• Oli Bott Trio: Chronicles Of Jazz (O-Tone-Music)
• Patricia Brennan Septet: Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic)
• Peter Evans: Extra (We Jazz Records)
• Sun Ra Arkestra: Lights On A Satellite (In + Out)
• Sylvie Courvoisier: To Be Other-Wise (Intakt)
• Tomin: A Willed and Conscious Balance (International Anthem)

Jury World Music

• Al-Qasar: Uncovered (Wewantsounds/Modulor)
• Ayom: Sa.Li.Va (Ayom)
• Carmen Souza: Port’Inglês (Galileo)
• Djely Tapa: Dankoroba (Djely Tapa)
• Jaune Toujours: Vertigo (Choux de Bruxelles)
• Lo’Jo: Feuilles Fauves (Yotanka)
• Lolomis: Carmen 404 (Airfono)
• Mari Boine: Alva (By Norse Music)
• Mauro Durante & Justin Adams: Sweet Release (Ponderosa Music)
• Momi Maiga: Kairo (Microscopi)
• Nesrine: Kan Ya Makan – Once Upon A Time (ACT)
• Stephany Ortega Trio: Adiós Nonino Astor Piazzolla (Luxembourg Classics)
• Tovte: Bukovina (Nußbaum)

Jury Traditional Ethnic Music

• Aboubakar Traoré & Balima: Sababu (Zephyrus)
• Isabel Frey: Di fliendike pave (Borscht Beat)
• Joolaee Trio: Morgenwind (gwk)
• Mari Boine: Alva (By Norse Music)
• Tovte: Bukovina (Nußbaum)
• Wishamalii: Al-Bahr (Nordic Notes)

Jury German language Singer/Songwriter

• Carolin No: On & On (Fuego)
• Dominik Plangger: Limes (Sturm & Klang)
• Florian Paul & Die Kapelle der letzten Hoffnung: Alles wird besser (Blaue Katze)
• Franziska Günther: Sobald die Sonne scheint (recordJet)
• IC Falkenberg: Komm an Land (Mollwerk)
• Karl Neukauf: Karleidoskop Vol. 1 (Timezone)
• Nessi Tausendschön, William Mackenzie: Rumeiern – Grüsse aus der Irrelevanz (Con anima)
• Schlagsaite: Fantasie von Übermorgen (Herztöne)
• Toni Kater: Jemals (Toni Kater Records)
• Wenzel: Strandgut der Zeiten (Matrosenblau)

Jury Folk and Singer/Songwriter

• Árstíðir: Vetrarsól – Voices Of The Wintersun (Árstíðir)
• Fjärin: Forundring (Go! Danish Folk Music)
• Kristine Heebøll: Bølgen – Ny dansemusik til bal (Go! Danish Folk Music)
• Lind: De Leit (CPL Music)
• Michael Coult: Overflow (Self-published)
• Nadia Birkenstock: A Light So Bright (Adriana)
• Paulson|Bengtsson: Chimär (Kråktjärn)
• Stundom: Hvis ikke de er døde, lever de endnu (Go! Danish Folk Music)
• Viik: Sagt (Nordic Notes)
• Wishamalii: Al-Bahr (Nordic Notes)

Jury Pop

• Brigitte Fontaine: Pick Up (Verycords)
• Finneas: For Cryin’ Out Loud (Interscope)
• Max Herre & Joy Denalane: Alles Liebe (Four Music Local)
• Michael Kiwanuka: Small Changes (Polydor)
• Primal Scream: Come Ahead (BMG)
• The Smile: Cutouts (XL/Beggars)
• Tindersticks: Soft Tissue (City Slang)

Jury Rock

• Beth Hart: You Still Got Me (Mascot/Provogue)
• Bright Eyes: Five Dice, All Threes (Dead Oceans)
• Carolin No: On & On (Fuego)
• Chuck Prophet & ¿Qiensave?: Wake The Dead (Yep Roc Rec.)
• Cracker: Alternative History: A Cracker Retrospective (Cooking Vinyl)
• Father John Misty: Mahashmashana (Bella Union)
• Frank Wesemann: Phase 5 (Timezone)
• International Music: Endless Rüttenscheid (Timeless Melancholic Music)
• JD McPherson: Nite Owls (New West/Red Eye)
• Paul Kelly: Fever Longing Still (Cooking Vinyl)
• Smokestack Lightnin’: My Vinyl Resting Place (Witchcraft International)
• The Cure: Songs Of A Lost World (Polar/Polydor)

Jury Hard and Heavy

• 40 Watt Sun: Little Weight (Fisher’s Folly)
• Aiwaz: Darrkh… It Is! (Hammerheart)
• Amethyst: Throw Down The Gauntlet (No Remorse)
• Blood Incantation: Absolute Elsewhere (Century Media)
• Flotsam And Jetsam: I Am The Weapon (AFM)
• Iotunn: Kinship (Metal Blade)
• Sólstafir: Hin Helga Kvöl (Century Media)
• Swallow The Sun: Shining (Century Media)
• The Crown: Crown Of Thorns (Metal Blade)
• Unto Others: Never, Neverland (Century Media)

Jury Alternative

• Bright Eyes: Five Dice, All Threes (Dead Oceans)
• Jamie XX: In Waves (Young/Beggars)
• Laura Marling: Patterns in Repeat (Chrysalis)
• Safi: Groteske (Rookie)
• Soap & Skin: Torso (PIAS)
• The Cure: Songs Of A Lost World (Polar/Polydor)

Jury Club and Dance

• Afar Odea: You’ll be better soon (12“/Teleskop)
• Ätna: Lucky Dancer (recordJet)
• Ben Klock & Fadi Mohem: Layer One (Layer)
• Civilistjävel!: Brödföda (Felt)
• Confidence Man: 3AM (La La La) (Polydor)
• Kelly Lee Owens: Dreamstate (Dh2/Virgin Music)
• Low End Activist: Municipal Dreams (Sneaker Social Club)
• LP Giobbi: Dotr (Counter Records)
• Purple Disco Machine: Paradise (Columbia Local)
• Sakura Tsuruta: GEMZ (All My Thoughts)
• The Blessed Madonna: Godspeed (Warner)
• Two Shell: Two Shell (Young)
• Varum: Breakbeat Business (Piccolo Series)

Jury Electronic and Experimental

• Coco Schwarz & Jan-Filip Ťupa: Ludwig*s DNA (Paraxenos)
• Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn: Quiet In A World Full Of Noise (Merge)
• Isabelle Lewis: Greetings (Bedroom Community)
• Lara Sarkissian: Remnants (btwn Earth+Sky)
• Pascal Plantinga: Das Volk ist ein fressender Kadaver (Blowpipe)
• Roedelius: 90 (Grönland Records)
• Samuel Rohrer: Music for Lovers (Arjunamusic)
• Stefan Goldmann: Scale and Scope (Macro Rec.)

Jury Blues

• Bad Temper Joe: The Maddest of Them All (Timezone)
• Beth Hart: You Still Got Me (Mascot/Provogue)
• Eric Bibb: In The Real World (Repute)
• Jochen Volpert: Ten (World of audio records)
• Kenny Wayne Shepherd: Dirt On My Diamonds, Vol. 2 (Mascot/Tonpool)
• Khalif Wailin’ Walter: Phoenix Risin’ (Timezone)
• Richie Arndt: Tennessee & Alabama – Songs Along The Road #2 (Fuego)
• Warren Haynes: Million Voices Whisper (Fantasy)

Jury R&B, Soul and HipHop

• Allysha Joy: The Making Of Silk (First Word/Légère)
• Black Pumas: Live From Brooklyn Paramount (ATO)
• Curse: Unzerstörbarer Sommer (Indie NeueWelt)
• Die Fantastischen Vier: Long Player (Rekord Music and Distribution)
• Fulton Street: Hard Truths (Stoic)
• LL Cool J: The Force (Virgin/Def Jam)
• Michael Kiwanuka: Small Changes (Polydor)
• Robert Glasper: Keys To The City (Volume One) (Loma Vista)
• The Mighty Tiny & The Many Few: Be The Good People (AND&)
• The O’My’s: Trust The Stars (HiyaSelf)
• Thee Sacred Souls: Got A Story To Tell (Daptone)

Jury Verbal Art

• »Trakl-Sound« – Georg Trakl Poems. Paula Beer, Tobias Moretti a.o. (DAV)
• Andreas Ammer & Driftmachine: Radiologie (Stream, Deutschlandfunk Kultur)
• Claudia Weber: Sunny Stirbt. Marie Dziomber, Markus Hennes (Stream, SWR Kultur)
• Leona Jones: apeiron. Vocal soloist: Audrey Chen, Composition & Direction: Leona Jones (Stream, SWR)
• Liquid Penguin Ensemble: Vokabelmeer. Music: Carl Ludwig Hübsch, Stefan Scheib, Wolfgang Schliemann, Direction: Katharina Bihler, Stefan Scheib (Stream, SR/BR)
• Lucy Fricke: Das Fest. Bettina Hoppe (Hörbuch Hamburg)
• Rike Reiniger: Mit gefesselten Fäusten. Triumph und Tragödie eines Sinto-Boxers. Direction: Paul Worms, Constantin Wiedemann (Griot Hörbuchverlag)

Jury Recordings for Children and Youth

• Gisa Pauly: Käpt’ns Dinner: Familienchaos ahoi. Betrix Hermens, Tessa Mittelstaedt (Random House Audio)
• Kornelia Wald, Houssein Kahin: Die Tasche. Luise von Finckh, Max Hegewald a.o. (DAV)
• Nicole Röndings: Battle of Schools – Panik in der Pampa. Matthias Matschke (cbj audio)
• Saša & Nikolai Stanišić: Hey, hey, hey Taxi! (Vol. 2). Author’s reading (der Hörverlag)
• Simon Rasch: Hase Hollywood und das Geheimnis des Drachenlandes. Simon Rasch, Stefano Bernardin, Tom Kanty, Luise Lunow, Stefan Kaminski a.o. (Hasenfrosch Verlag)
• Sophie Schoenwald: Schlafenszeit im Zoo. Vier Zoogeschichten. Thomas Nicolai (DAV)
• Torben Kuhlmann: Earhart. Der abenteuerliche Flug einer Wühlmaus um die Welt. Bastian Pastewka (der Hörverlag)
• Ursula Poznanski: Buchstabendschungel & Zahlenallerlei. Laura Maire (der Hörverlag)