Long List 2/2014

Published: 14th March 2014
The German Record Critics’ Award presents the second longlist of 2014. The currently 138 jurors have nominated a total of 197 new publications from the last quarter in 27 categories, which are eligible for the next Quarterly Critic’s Choice. The Quarterly Critic’s Choice 2/2014 will be published on the 15th of April.

Long List

Jury Symphonic and Orchestral Music

  • Schacht: Symphonies. Evergreen SO, Schmalfuss (cpo)
  • Schubert: Symphonies. Swedish ChO, Dausgaard (BIS)
  • Nielsen: Symphonies. Royal Stockholm PhO, Oramo (BIS)
  • Schumann: Symphonies. ChO of Europe, Nézet-Séguin (DG)
  • Henze: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 10. RSB, Janowski (Wergo)
  • Schostakowitsch: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 15. Netherlands Radio PhO, Wigglesworth (BIS)

Jury Concertos

  • Mozart: Piano Concertos. Argerich, Orchestra Mozart, Abbado (DG)
  • Bach, Liszt, Strawinsky: Piano Concertos. GrauSchumacher, DSO, Brabbins (Neos)
  • Rachmaninow, Prokofjew: Piano Concertos. Wang, Simon Bolivar SO, Dudamel (DG)
  • Mozart, Piano Concerto No.5, Cristofori, Schoonderwoerd (Accent)
  • Britten, Weinberg: Violin Concertos. Roth, DSO, Kütson (Challenge)
  • Bloch, Caplet, Ravel: Cello music. Wallfisch, BBC National O of Wales (Nimbus)
  • Haydn: Violin Concertos. Seiler, Concerto Köln (Berlin Classics)

Jury Chamber Music

  • Kletzki: Piano Trio etc. Kling-Fender, Blaszczyk, Fender, Manijak (Dux)
  • Franck: Piano Trios. Swiss Piano Trio (audite)
  • Tschaikowsky/Prokofjew/Schostakowitsch: String Quartets. Apollon Musagète Q (Oehms)
  • Ibert, Ravel, Ligeti, Barber etc.: Music for Winds. Les Vents Francais (Warner)
  • Berg, Schönberg: Chamber Music. Ensemble Resonanz, Queyraz (harmonia mundi)
  • Haydn: String Quartets. Q Modigliani (Mirare)
  • Beethoven: Piano Trios. Faust, Melnikov, Queyras (harmonia mundi)
  • Sarasate: Spanische Tänze etc. Fischer, Chernyavska (Decca)
  • Beethoven: Cello Sonatas etc. Isserlis, Levin (Hyperion)
  • Janácek, Smetana: String Quartets. Jerusalem Q (harmonia mundi)

Jury Piano Music

  • Adams, Barber, Beach, Bernstein etc.: Piano Music. Diluka (Mirare)
  • Herzogenberg: Piano Works. Veljkovíc (cpo)
  • Szymanowski: Etudes etc. Tiberghien (Hyperion)
  • Mozart: Piano Works. Bezuidenhout (harmonia mundi)
  • Beethoven/arr. Liszt: Symphonies. Martynov (Zig-Zag)
  • Bach: Kunst der Fuge. Pescia (Aeon)
  • CPE Bach: Complete Piano Works. Markovina (Hänssler)
  • Beethoven: Piano Sonatas opp. 90, 101, 109, 110. Ugorskaja (Cavi)
  • Beethoven: Piano Sonatas opp. 13, 27/2, 31/2 Gorlatch (Oehms)
  • Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Vol.2. Bavouzet (Chandos)

Jury Harpsichord and Organ

  • English Organ Music. Works by Hollins, Elgar, Stanford etc. Oosten (MDG)
  • Titelouze: Complete Organ Works. Bates (Loft Recordings)
  • Bach: Partiten BWV 825-830. Puyana. (Sanctus)
  • Tango Organtino. Works by Cholley, Bret, Rutter etc. Heini (Guild)
  • Britannic Organ Vol.7. Welte-Philharmonie-Orgel Seewen. Breitenbach etc. (Oehms)
  • Nystedt, Hovland, Baden, Nordheim: Organ Works. Herresthal (Pro Musica)
  • Bach: Partiten BWV 770, Sonata BWV 963 etc. Mansuy (TYXArt)
  • Silbermann Französisch. Works by Bach, Grigny etc. Koch (Querstand)

Jury Opera I

  • Caccini: L’Euridice. Concerto italiano, Alessandrini (naïve)
  • Charpentier: La Couronne de Fleurs etc. Boston Early Music, Stubbs (cpo)
  • Telemann: Miriways. L’Orfeo BarockO, Gaigg (cpo)
  • Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro. MusicAeterna, Currentzis (Sony)
  • Scarlatti: Carlo Re d’Alemagna. Stavanger SO, Biondi (agogique)

Jury Opera II

  • Bellini: La Sonnambula. Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Ferro (Euroarts)
  • Franck: Stradella. O de l’Opéra de Wallonie, Arrivabene. (Dynamic)
  • Benjamin: Written on Skin. Royal Opera House O, Benjamin (Opus Arte)
  • Wagner: Parsifal. Met Opera O, Gatti (Sony)
  • Tschaikowsky: Eugen Onegin. Met Opera O, Gergiev (DG)
  • Britten: Gloriana. Royal Opera House O, Daniel (Opus Arte)
  • Mussorgski: Boris Godunow. Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Nagano (Belair)

Jury Choral Music

  • CPE Bach: Magnificat etc. RIAS-Kammerchor, Rademann (harmonia mundi)
  • Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem. Chorus sine nomine, Hiemetsberger (Gramola)
  • Charpentier, Lully: Te Deum. Capella Cracoviensis, Dumestre (Alpha)
  • Homilius: Motets II. Sirventes Berlin, Stefan Schuck (Carus)
  • Preisung. Works by Wawer, Distler, Nystedt etc. Sjaella (Querstand)
  • Russian Treasures. Works by Rachmaninow etc. Tenebrae, Nigel Short (Signum)

Jury Early Music

  • CPE Bach: Symphonies etc. Berliner Barock Soloists, Goltz (dhm)
  • CPE Bach: Magnificat etc. RIAS-Kammerchor, Rademann (harmonia mundi)
  • Bach: Brandenburgische Konzerte. Freiburger BarockO (harmonia mundi)
  • Graupner: Cantatas. Feuersinger, Capricornus Consort Basel, Barczi (Christophorus)
  • Händel: Your tuneful Voice. Davies, The King’s Consort etc. (Vivat)
  • Monteverdi: Madrigals. Arcangelo, Gilchrist (Hyperion)
  • Sacred Music for the Poor. Concerto Romano, Quarta (Christophorus)
  • Vinci: Alto Arias. Mineccia, Stile Galante, Aresi (Hyperion)
  • Zelenka: Missa Paschalis. Prague Baroque Soloists, Viktora etc. (Nibiru)

Jury Lieder and Vocal Recital

  • Donizetti: Heroines. Mosuc, O des Kroatischen Rundfunks, Lipanovic (Sony)
  • Hasse: Arias. Cencic, Armonia Atenea, Petrou (Decca)
  • Verdi: Arias. Stoyanova, Münchner RO, Baleff (Orfeo)

Jury Historical Classical Recordings

  • Beethoven, Brahms: Symphonies. Klemperer, Kempe etc. (Documents)
  • Lied-Bekenntnisse. Elfriede Trötschel, Hubert Giesen etc. (Profil)
  • Reger: Recordings 1936 to 1943. Lehmann, Beinum etc. (Guild)
  • Strauss: Operas. Wiener Philharmoniker, Böhm etc. (Documents)
  • The Berlin Recordings 1921-1929. Busch etc. (Guild)
  • The Westminster Legacy Collector’s Edition. Div. Interpreten (Westminster)

Jury Contemporary Classical Music

  • Aperghis: Wölfli-Kantata. Neue Vocalsolisten, SWR-Vokalensemble, Creed (cypres)
  • Eötvös: Kosmos, Sonata per Sei etc. GrauSchumacher etc. (Wergo)
  • Kagel: Piano Trios. Trio Imàge (CAvi)
  • Stockhausen: Momente etc. Kölner Rundfunk-Chor, Stockhausen etc. (Wergo)
  • Tulve: Arboles lloran por lluvia. Ensemble Vox Clamantis, Elts, Tulve etc. (ECM)

Jury Classical Music on DVD

  • Beethoven in Stalingrad. Film by Claudia & Günter Wallbrecht (dreyer gaido)

Jury Crossover Productions

  • Michael Wollny Trio: Weltentraum (Act)
  • Vijay Iyer & String Quartet: Mutations (ECM)
  • Anne Hytta: Draumsyn (Carpe Diem)
  • Albrecht Maurer, Norbert Rodenkirchen: Loplop’s Call (Nemu Records)

Jury Spoken Word and Cabaret

  • Wolfgang Herrndorf: Arbeit und Struktur. Diehl (Argon)
  • Paul Plamper: Stille Nacht (Ruhe 3). Broich, Kamerun etc. (Hörspielpark)
  • Marguerite Duras: Das ist alles. C’est tout. Moreau, Fehling etc. (Hörbuch Hamburg)
  • Fjodor Dostojewski: Schuld und Sühne. Wischnewski etc. (Audio Verlag)
  • Yasmina Reza: Glücklich die Glücklichen. Brandt, Koch etc. (Hörbuch Hamburg)
  • Émile Zola: Das Geld. Ohaus, Riessler Klaußner, Grothgar etc. (Hörbuch Hamburg)
  • Gaito Gasdanow: Das Phantom des Alexander Wolf. Blomberg etc. (Hörverlag)

Jury Pop and Rock

  • Fun. Die Nerven (This Charming Man Records)
  • Dreams. WhoMadeWho (Darup Associates)
  • Blue Film. Lo-Fang (4 AD)
  • Croz. David Crosby (Blue Castle)
  • Blank Project. Neneh Cherry (Smalltown Supersound)
  • Falling Faster Than You Can Run. Nathaniel Rateliff (Mod Y Vi Records)
  • Lions. William Fitzsimmons (Groenland)
  • Close to the Glass. The Notwist (City Slang)
  • Total Strife Forever. East India Youth (Stolen Recordings)
  • High Hopes. Bruce Springsteen (Columbia)
  • Morning Phase. Beck (Universal)

Jury Independent

  • All Love’s legal. Planningtorock (Human Level Recordings)
  • Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son. Damien Jurado (Secretly Canadian)
  • Too Much Information. Maximo Park (Vertigo Berlin)
  • Libertatia. Ja Panik (Staatsakt)
  • In the Silence. Asgeir (On Little Indian)
  • MarieMarie. Dream Machine (Electrola)
  • Annagemina. III (Libelle Music)
  • Close to the Glass. The Notwist (City Slang)
  • Present Tense. Wild Beasts (Domino)
  • Where The Wild Oceans End. Andres Schroeder (Glitterhouse)
  • Age. The Hidden Cameras (Evil/Evil/Rare)

Jury Nu and Extreme

  • Blank Project. Neneh Cherry (Smalltown Supersound)
  • Close to the glass. The Notwist (City Slang)
  • Morgan Delt. Morgan Delt (Trouble in Mind Records)
  • All Love’s legal. Planningtorock (Human Level Recordings)
  • Beautyfear. Marsen Jules (Oktaf)
  • The Infinity Dub Sessions. Deadbeat & Paul St Hilaire (BLKRTZ)
  • Time. Anthony Joseph (Heavenly Sweetness)
  • Moodymann. Kenny Dixon Jr. (Mahogani Music)

Jury Singer/Songwriter

  • Wenn die Nacht den Tag verdeckt. Desiree Klaeukens (Tapete)
  • Kommen und Gehen. Rüdiger Mund & Band (DMG Germany)
  • Feelosophie. Fee Badenius and Band (Reimkultur)
  • Mea Ois Gean. Die Strottern (Cracked Anegg)
  • Ho Rugg. Molden, Resetarits, Sokya, Wirth (Monkey)
  • Kamionka. La Fortenbacher & Die Carolinger (Forore)
  • Schaurige Märchen. Götz Rausch Band (Rainsong)
  • NordFolk. Kannemann & Miko Mikulicz (Rainsong)
  • Fein sein, beinander bleibn. Geschwister Well (Well Musik)

Jury Folk and Folklore

  • Louder than Words. The Henry Girls (Beste Unterhaltung)
  • Devil’s Tale. Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocarlia (Asphalt Tango)
  • Fein sein, beinander bleibn. Geschwister Well (Well Musik)
  • Saga. Poeta magica (Westpark Music)
  • Time. Lloyd Williams (Beste Unterhaltung)
  • Easy Heart. Jens Lysdal (Divine Records)
  • Quattro. Herbert Pixner Projekt (Three Saints Records)
  • Kärlekssanger. Ulrika Bodén Band (Westpark)
  • Lo Testament. Mara Aranda & Solatge (Bureo musiques)
  • American Songbirds. V.A. (Jaro)

Jury Traditional Ethnic Music

  • Korea Arirang and Minyo Singing. Chung Hee-Lee (Ocora)
  • Legends and Legacies. Flaco Jimenez and Max Baca (Smithsonian Folkways)
  • China: Uyghur Music. Musiciens Treaditionnels (Ocora)
  • Présence. Ostad Elahi (Le Chant du monde)
  • +10:1. Tinariwen. Emmaar (PIAS)

Jury World Music

  • Live at Lagny Jazz Festival. Carmen Souza (Galileo)
  • Symphonic Taraab. The Norwegian Radio Orchestra (Jaro)
  • +10:1. Tinariwen. Emmaar (PIAS)
  • Sormeh. Sormeh (Lotus)
  • Devil’s Tale. Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocarlia (Asphalt Tango)
  • Where Water Travels Home. Simin Tander (Jazzhaus)
  • Lo Testament. Mara Aranda & Solatge (Bureo Musiques)

Jury Jazz I

  • Willow weep for me. Christof Sänger (Laika Records)
  • Standard Time. Lakatos, McNeely, Nussbaum, Anderson (Skip Records)
  • Bring It Back. Catherine Russel (Jazz Village)
  • Boonoonoonous. Jan Luley feat. Thomas L’Etienne (Luley Music)
  • Jazz, Baby. Alexandra Lehmler Quintett (Jazznarts)
  • The Truth And The Abstract Blues. Anne Czichowsky Quintett (Challenge)
  • Great Voices Of Harlem & Paul Zauner’s Blue Brass (PAO)
  • Almah. Avishai Cohen (Parlophone)
  • True Paradise. Soul Jazz Alliance (O-Tone Music)

Jury Jazz II

  • Time’s Tales. Jeff Ballard Trio (Okeh)
  • Mira. Arild Andersen Trio (ECM)
  • Dance Without Answer. Norma Winstone (ECM)
  • Jazz Racine Haiti. Jacques Schwarz-Bart (Motema)
  • Michael Wollny Trio: Weltentraum (Act)
  • Moscow. Joachim Kühn & Alexey Kruglov Duo Art (Act)
  • Tubes and Wires. Nils Klein (Nwog records)
  • It Takes All Kinds. Jon Irabagon Trio (Jazzwerkstatt)
  • Extended Circle. Tord Gustavsen Quartet (ECM)
  • Golden Age. Nir Felder (Okeh)

Jury Blues

  • A Day In Nashville. Robben Ford & Band (Provogue Mascot)
  • Far As I Can See. Matt Schofield (Provogue)
  • The Devil You Know. Tommy Castro (Alligator)
  • Brand New! First Class Blues Band (Acoustic Music)
  • It’s Crap. Richard Bargel & Dead Slow Stampede etc. (Meyer Records)
  • From His Head To His Heart To His Hands. Mike Bloomfield (Columbia)
  • Temptation. Laurence Jones (Ruf)

Jury Black Music

  • Beyoncé. Beyoncé (Columbia)
  • We Must Fight. The Pepper Pots (Légère Recordings)
  • Convergence. Malia mit Boris Blank (Embracy)
  • Give The People What They Want. Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings (Daptone)
  • Moodymann. Moodymann (KDJ)
  • The song is you. Jennifer Holliday (Euphonic Records)
  • Time. Anthony Joseph (Naïve )
  • Rejuiced phat shake. Nick Pride And The Pimp Tones (Kudos Records)
  • Haiti Direct. Various Artists (Strut)

Jury Recordings for Children and Youth

  • Kirsten Boie: Es gibt Dinge, die kann man nicht erzählen. Jürgen Uter etc. (Jumbo)
  • Cornelia Funke: Drachenreiter – Das Hörspiel. Sascha Icks, Helmut Krauss etc. (Oetinger)
  • Catharina Valckx: Pfoten hoch! Valckx etc. (Audiolino)
  • Paul Maar, Simon Michael: Wenn das Faultier Tango tanzt. Simon Sternheim etc. (Oetinger)
  • Ralph Erdenberger: Aeneas – Von Troja nach Rom. Peter Kaempfe. (Igel-Genius)
  • Ken Kimura: 999 Froschgeschwister ziehen um. Simon Jäger (Oetinger)
  • Jeffrey Wipprecht, Christian Zeiger: Minas Abenteuer. Beate Gerlach etc. (Audio Verlag)
  • Kai Lüftner & Klabauterband: Rotz’n Roll Radio. Kiki Brunner etc. (Audio Verlag)
  • Sebastian Cichocki: Sommerschnee und Wurstmaschine. Ulrich Noethen etc. (Oetinger)
  • Katherine Hannigan: Die Wahrheit, wie Delly sie sieht. Jodie Ahlborn (Silberfisch)
  • Ute Kleeberg: Jonny Flughase. Eva Mattes, Thomas Wellen etc. (Edition Seeigel)
  • Adam Rex: Happy Smekday. Cathlen Gawlich (Audio Verlag)
  • Colleen Hoover: Weil ich Laiken liebe. Katharina Ganslandt (Jumbo)
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