Long List 2/2016

Published: 23rd March 2016
The German Record Critics’ Award presents the second longlist of 2016. The currently 153 jurors have nominated a total of 247 new publications from the last quarter in 32 categories, which are eligible for the next Quarterly Critic’s Choice. The Quarterly Critic’s Choice 2/2016 will be published on the 17th of May.

Long List

Jury Symphonic and Orchestral Music

• Chagrin: Symphonies 1 & 2. BBC Symphony O, Brabbins (Naxos)
• Ginastera: Orchestral Works 1, Pampeana etc. BBC Philharmonic, Mena (Chandos)
• Lutosławski: Concerto for Orchestra etc. NDR SO, Urbánski (Alpha)
• Mendelssohn: Symphonies 3 & 4. Freiburger BarockO, Heras-Casado (harmonia mundi)
• Prokofjev: Symphonies & Concertos. Volodin, Mariinsky O, Gergiev (Mariinsky)
• Prokofjev: Symphony 5 etc. DSO Berlin, Sokhiev (Sony)
• Ravel: Orchestral Works 3, Daphnis & Chloé etc. RSO Stuttgart, Deneve (SWR music)
• Beethoven, Pleyel, Dussek: Orchestral Works. Wiener Akademie, Haselböck (Alpha)
• Strawinsky: Sacre du Printemps, Feuervogel. RSO Frankfurt, Arozco-Estrada (Pentatone)
• Szymanowski, Lutosławski: Orchestral Works. Polish National RSO, Liebreich (accentus)

Jury Concertos

• CPE Bach: Cello Concertos. Steckel, KO Stuttgart, von Gutzeit (Hänssler)
• Brahms, Bartók: Violin Concertos. Jansen, London SO, Accademia S.Cecilia, Pappano (Decca)
• Britten, Korngold : Violin Concertos. Frang, RSO Frankfurt, Gaffigan (Warner)
• Elgar, Walton: Cello Concertos. Isserlis, Philharmonia O, P.Järvi (Hyperion)
• Jaëll: Concertos. Philipps, Violi etc., Brussels Phil etc. Niquet, Swensen (Ediciones Singulares)
• Mozart, Weber, Widmann: Clarinet Concertos. Widmann, DSO Berlin, Ruzicka (Naxos)
• Weber: Clarinet Concertos 1 & 2. P.Meyer, O de Chambre de Lausanne (MDG)

Jury Chamber Music

• Bartók: Complete Works for Violin & Piano. Becker-Bender, Nagy (SWR music)
• Beethoven, Ries: Cello Sonatas. Teichmanis, Staemmler (Ars)
• Brahms: Cello Sonatas. Kniazev, Korobeinikov (Mirare)
• Brahms: Piano Trios op.8 & op.60. Trio Wanderer (harmonia mundi)
• Bumcke: Works for Saxophone & Piano. Stoll, Pisareva (Rime)
• Debussy: Chamber Music. Kuijken Ensemble (Arcana)
• Haydn, Reger, Hindemith: String Quartets. Aris Q (Telos)
• Reger, Busch, Weinreich: Suites for Viola Solo. Glassl (audite)
• Schostakowitsch: Piano Quintet etc. Delian Q, Ugorski (Oehms)

Jury Piano Music

• Chopin, Mozart, Liszt: Piano Works. Avdeeva (Mirare)
• Ravel: Complete Piano Works. Chamayou (Erato)
• Scarlatti: Sonatas. Sudbin (BIS)
• Schubert, Mozart, Grieg: Piano Sonatas. Leonskaja, Richter (harmonia mundi)
• Schubert, Beethoven: Late Piano Works. Sokolov (DG)
• Mozart: Piano Works Vol. 8 & 9. Bezuidenhout (harmonia mundi)
• »JS Bach als Europäer«. Musikalisches Opfer, Ital. Concerto etc.. Günther (cybele)

Jury Harpsichord and Organ

• JS Bach: Trio Sonatas for Orgel. Böhme (Rondeau)
• Reincken: Works for Harpsichord. Kemnitzer (Dabringhaus)
• Ravel, Fauré, Liszt: Transcriptions for Organ. Kofler (querstand)
• Tunder: Organ Works. Tomadin (Stradivarius)
• Karg-Ehlert: Works for Art-Harmonium. Verdin (Gallo)
• »Flaschenpost-Geheimnisse«. Works by Dukas, Alain, Messiaen, Duruflé. Heindl (Rondeau)
• »Gassenhauer. Die Salonorgel im Palais Esterházy«. Holzapfel (Orlando)
• JS Bach: Transcriptions by Brahms, WF Bach etc. for Harpsichord. J.Rondeau (Erato)
• Widor: Organ Works. Brooks, Near, Roth (Fugue State Films)
• »The Britannic Organ 11«: Improvisations. Lemare, Wolstenholme, Mania etc. (Oehms)

Jury Opera I

• Händel: Imeneo. Staveland, Hallenberg etc. Europa Galante, Biondi (Glossa)
• Purcell: The Indian Queen. Bullock, Li etc., MusicaAeterna, Currentzis (Sony)

Jury Opera II

• Nielsen: Saul und David. Reuter, Riis etc. Royal Danish O, Schonwandt, Pountney (Dacapo)
• Ricci: Crispino e la Comare. Colaianni etc., O Internazionale d’Italia, Bignamini (Dynamic)
• Verdi: La forza del destino. Harteros etc., Bayerisches StaatsO, Fisch, Kusej (Sony)
• Vivier: Kopernikus. Opera Factory Freiburg, Holst-Sinfonietta, Simon (bastille musique)
• Ziehrer: Die Landstreicher. Behle, Stein etc. WDR SO, Froschauer (Capriccio)

Jury Choral Music

• JS Bach: Matthäuspassion. Kammerchor Stuttgart, Bernius (Carus)
• Heroldt, Clinio: Passionen. Ensemble Triagonale, Paumgarten (cpo)
• Rachmaninow: Ganznächtliche Vigil. Rundfunkchor WDR, Fink (Carus)
• Zelenka: Psalmi Vespertini I. Ensemble Inégal, Prague Baroque S, Viktora (Nibiru)
• »Romantic Moments«. Works by Cornelius etc. Taipei Male Choir u,a,, Bernius (Carus)

Jury Early Music

• »London«. Arias by Ariosti. Mineccia, Ensemble Odyssee, Friggi (Glossa)
• JS Bach: Sonatas for Violin Solo & Harpsichord. Schayegh, Halubek (Glossa)
• Bertali: La Maddalena. Scherzi musicali, Achten (Ricercar)
• »Conversations avec Dieu«. Works by Bruhns etc. Concerto Étranger, Jedlin (Ambronay)
• Forqueray: Pièces de Viol. Sakai, Rousset, Martineau (Aparté)
• Händel: Wassermusik. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin (harmonia mundi)
• A & H de Lantins: Secular Works. Le Miroir de Musique, Romain (Ricercar)
• Luzzaschi: Madrigals & Motets. Profeti della Quinta (Pan)
• Marais: Pieces Favorites. Joubert-Caillet, L’Archeron (Ricercar)
• Rameau: Dardanus. Ensemble Pygmalion, Pichon (Alpha)
• »The Lion’s Ear«. Works by Mantovan, Piacenza, Isaac etc. La Morra (Ramée)

Jury Lieder and Vocal Recital

• Henze: Being Beauteous etc. Prohaska, Gijsbertsen, NDR SO, Ruzicka (Wergo)
• »Mädchenherzen«. Lieder by Strauss, Thiulle, Wolf. Hagen, Mörk (Genuin)
• »The Weber Sisters«. Arias by Mozart. Devieilhe, Pygmalion, Pichon (Erato)
• »Stunden, Tage, Ewigkeiten«. Heine-Lieder by Schumann etc. Appl, Baillieu (Champs Hill)

Jury Historical Classical Recordings

• Mozart, Beethoven: Piano Concertos. de Larrocha, SWR SO etc. Navarro, Bour (SWR Music)
• Maria Tipo plays Mozart & Scarlatti. SO Wien, Perlea (Vox)
• Ivry Gitlis, Concertos & Recital. Works by Bartok, Brahms etc. (SWR Music)
• The Mono Era 1948-1957. Various Works & Artists (DG)
• Sergio Fiorentino Early Recordings 1953-1966. Works by Chopin etc. (Piano Classics)
• Inge Borkh & Ljuba Welitsch. The Decca Recitals. (Decca)
• Antonio Janigro & Zagreb Soloists. Works by Corelli, Mozart, etc. (Audite)

Jury Contemporary Classical Music

• Abrahamsen: let me tell you. Hannigan, BR-SO, Nelsons (Winter&Winter)
• Andreyev: Moving. Ensemble Proton Bern (Klarthé)
• Barden: Monoliths etc. Ensemble Intercontemperain etc. (col legno)
• Bauckholt: Ich muß mit Dir reden etc. Ensemble Cikada, Eggen (BR Audio Lindberg)
• Cerha: Chamber Music. Boulanger Trio (Avi)
• Henze: Being Beauteous etc. Prohaska, Gijsbertsen, NDR SO, Ruzicka (Wergo)
• Ianotta: A failed entertainment etc. ensemble recherche etc. (edition rz)
• Pena: Caffeine. Ensemble Mosaik etc. (Wergo)

Jury Classical Music on DVD

• Bruckner: Symphony No. 9. Staatskapelle Dresden, Thielemann (Unitel)
• Beethoven: Violin Concerto, Symphony No. 6. Faust, Berliner Phil, Haitink (EuroArts)
• Beethoven, Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos. Znaider, GewandhausO , Chailly (Accentus)
• Mozart: String Quintets. Capuçon, Ibragimova etc. (Belvedere)
• »Tschaikowsky – Bekenntnisse eines Komponisten«: Film by Ralf Pfleger (EuroArts)

Jury Film Music

• Carter Burwell: Hail, Caesar! (Backlot Music)
• Ennio Morricone: The Hateful Eight (Decca)
• Ryuichi Sakamoto, Alva Noto: The Revenant (Milan)

Jury Crossover Productions

• Ches Smith: The Bell (ECM)
• Clemens Wenger: Neapel (Jazzwerkstatt)
• George Gurdjieff: Meethings with Remarkable Melodies (Obst Music)
• Lasse-Marc Riek: rein_strom (Grünrekorder)
• Maja Osojnik: Let Them Grow (Unrecords)
• Masar Hubb: Path of Love (Gramola)
• Sainkho Namtchylak: Lika A Bird Or Spirit, Not A Face (Ponderosa)
• Tord Gustavsen etc.: What was said (ECM)
• Uwe Rasch: Ein Materialhaufen zu Franz Schuberts Winterreise (Grünrekorder)

Jury Spoken Word and Cabaret

• Abbas Khider: Ohrfeige. El-Saeidi etc. (Hörbuch Hamburg)
• Charlotte Brontë: Jane Eyre. Icks, Redl, Groth etc. (Hörverlag)
• Elisabeth Laban: So wüst und schön sah ich noch keinen Tag. Fröhlich, Artajo (DAV)
• Heinz Strunk: Der goldene Handschuh. (Tacheles/Roof Music)
• Irmgard Keun: Kind aller Länder. Ahlborn (Audio Verlag)
• Jan Wagner: Selbstporträt mit Bienenschwarm. Wagner (Hörverlag)
• Margot Friedlander, etc.: Versuche, dein Leben zu machen. Friedlander (speak low)
• Michael Köhlmeier: Das Mädchen mit dem Fingerhut. Köhlmeier (Hörverlag)
• Miguel de Cervantes: Don Quijote. Brückner (parlando)
• Peter Müller, etc.: Klaus Barbie. Müller, Koppelmann, etc. (DAV)
• Swetlana Alexijewitsch: Secondhand-Zeit. Diekhoff etc. (Hörbuch Hamburg)

Jury Rock

• David Bowie: Blackstar (Sony)
• Desert Mountain Tribe: Either That Or The Moon (Membran)
• Eliot Sumner: Information (Island)
• Matthew Logan Vasquez: Solicitor Returns (Devil Duck)
• Monster Truck: Sittin’ Heavy (Mascot)
• Nada Surf: You Know Who You Are (City Slang)
• Ride etc.: Still In A Dream (Cherry Red)
• Ron Pope & The Nighthawks (Brooklyn Basement)
• Savages: Adore Life (Matador)
• The Dirty Nil: Higher Power (Dine Alone Records)
• The Temperance Movement: White Bear (Earache)

Jury Pop

• Ben Caplan: Birds With Broken Wings (Coalition)
• Eliot Sumner: Information (Island)
• Grimes: Art Angels (Beggars Group)
• Hinds: Leave Me Alone (Lucky Number)
• Junior Boys: Big Black Coat (City Slang)
• Poliça: United Crushers (Memphis Industries)
• Daughter: Not To Disappear (Beggars Group)
• David Bowie: Blackstar (Sony)

Jury Alternative

• Animal Collective: Painting With (Domino)
• Get Well Soon: Love (Caroline)
• Jochen Distelmeyer: Songs From The Bottom Vol.1 (Four Music)
• Me And My Drummer: Love is A Fridge (Sinnbus)
• Nevermen: s/t (Lex)
• Radiation City: Synesthetica (Polyvinyl)
• Santigold: 99 Cent (Warner)
• Savages: Adore Life (Matador)
• Turbostaat: Abalonia (PIAS)
• Yorkston, etc.: Everything Sacred (Domino)

Jury Hard and Heavy

• Megadeth: Dystopia (Universal)
• Anthrax: For All Kings (Nuclear Blast)
• Exumer: The Raging Tides (Metal Blade)
• Mars Red Sky: Apex III Praise For The Burning Soul (Listenable)
• Mourning Beloveth: Rust & Bone (Van)
• Hexvessel: When We Are Death (Century)
• Lethal Steel: Legion Of The Night (High Roller)
• Oceans Of Slumber: Winter (Century)

Jury R&B, Soul and Hiphop

• Anderson .Paak: Malibu (Steel Wool)
• Adrian Younge: Something About April 2 (Linear Labs)
• Ado Kojo: Reise X (Polydor)
• Ed Motta: Perpetual Gateways (MustHaveJazz)
• Hilltop Hoods: Drinking From The Sun, Walking Under Stars Restrung (Golden Era)
• Kanye West: The Life Of Pablo (Good)
• Logic: The Incredible True Story (Def Jam)
• R. Kelly: The Buffet (RCA)

Jury Club and Dance

• Daniel Haaksman: African Fabrics (Man Recordings)
• Kalipo: Wanderer (Audiolith)
• Moodymann: DJ-Kicks (!K7)
• Moomin: A Minor Thought (Smallville)
• Thug Entrancer: Arcology (Software)

Jury Electronic and Experimental

• Alex Smoke: Love Over Will (R&S)
• Iggy Pop, Alva Noto, Tarwater: Leaves Of Grass (Morr Music)
• Jeanne Added: Be Sensational (Naïve)
• Junior Boys: Big Black Coat (City Slang)
• MM Studio: Good Star Dubs (Albumlabel)
• Nonkeen: The Gamble (R&S)
• Post Industrial Boys: Unintended (Karaoke Kalk)
• Sarah Neufeld: The Ridge (Paper Bag)
• Ulver: ATGCLVLSSCAP (House Of Mythology)

Jury German language Singer/Songwriter

• Antiquariat: Vida de Carrusel (Acoustic Music)
• Christian Haase: Träum doch mal von Blumen (hTMV)
• Dota: Keine Gefahr (Kleingeldprinzessin)
• Falk: Smogsehnsucht (Ahuga!)
• Herman van Veen: Fallen oder Springen (Harlekijn)
• Niedeckens BAP: Lebenslänglich (Vertigo)
• Stefan Noelle: Meinetwegen im Regen (nasswetter music group)
• Strom & Wasser: Reykjavík (Traumton)
• Williams Wetsox: Wohi? Wohi? (BSC Music)

Jury Folk and Singer/Songwriter

• Aniada a Noar & Trio Altrioh: In Compagnia (Eigenverlag)
• Antiquariat: Vida De Carrusel (Acoustic Music)
• Ben Caplan: Birds With Broken Wings (Coalition)
• Cara: Yet We Sing (Artes)
• Jan Erik Lundqvist: Leonard Cohen den tredje (Eigenverlag)
• Matt Andersen: Honest Man (True North)
• Martin Klein, etc.: Radio Vienna Sounds From The 21st Century (Galileo)
• Reelroad: Past The Gates (CPL Music)
• Songbirds Collective: Four Voices/Four Worlds (Jaro Medien)
• Värttinä: Viena (Westpark Music)

Jury Traditional Ethnic Music

• Franui: Tanz! (Franz) (col legno)
• Polýnushka: In unserer Straße (Eigenverlag)
• V.A.: Mauretanien Nouakchott & Chingetti 1/Vol.9 (Benkadi e.V.)

Jury World Music

• Celenka: Celenka (Nordic Notes)
• Djelimady Tounkara: Djely Blues (Label Bleu)
• Idan Raichel: At The Edge Of The Beginning (Cumbancha)
• Jaimeo Brown: Work Songs (Motema)
• Oum: Zarabi (LOF)
• Reelroad: Past The Gates (CPL Music)
• Rokia Traoré: Né So (Nonesuch)
• The Gloaming: 2 (PIAS)

Jury Jazz I

• Christoph Neuhaus Path4: The Present & Path (Double Moon)
• David Linx & Brüssels Jazz Orchestra: Brel (Jazz Village)
• Frank Muschalle: Live In Vannes (Styx)
• Joe Haider Jazz Orchestra: Keep it Dark (Double Moon)
• Jutta Hipp: Lost Tapes – The German Recordings 1952-1955 (SWR Music)
• Kenny Barron Trio: Book Of Intuition (Impulse)
• Lorenzo Petrocca Organ Trio: Live In Studio (inVivo)
• Marialy Pacheco: Studiokonzert (Neuklang)
• Matthias Nadolny, Bob Degen: You’re My Everything (Klaeng)
• Nils Landgren with Janis Siegel: Some Other Time – A Tribute To Leonard Bernstein (ACT)

Jury Jazz II

• Angelika Niescier & Florian Weber: NYC Five (Intakt)
• Barry Guy: Time Passing (Maya Recordings)
• Bill Frisell: When You Wish Upon A Star (OKeh)
• Jazz Bigband Graz: True Stories (Natango Music)
• Matthias Nadolny, Bob Degen: You’re My Everything (Klaeng)
• Michael Formanek, Ensemble Kolossus: The Distance (ECM)
• Michael Wollny Trio: In Concert Klangspuren (ACT)
• Nils Wogram & Root 70: Wise Men Can Be Wrong (nWog)
• Norbert Stein, Pata Messengers: Play Rainer Maria Rilke »Das Karussel« (Pata Music)
• Sachie Matsushita etc.: Free (fixcel records)

Jury Blues

• Big Boy Bloater & The Limits: Luxury Hobo (Mascot)
• Bonnie Raitt: Dig In Deep (Redwing)
• Frankfurt City Blues Band: Live im »Neuen Theater« Frankfurt/Höchst (bellaphon)
• Kirk Fletcher: Burning Blues (M2 Music)
• Tasha Taylor: Honey For The Biscuit (Ruf)
• Tedeschi Trucks Band: Let Me Get By (Concord)
• The Record Company: Give It Back To You (Concord)
• Toronzo Cannon: The Chicago Way (Alligator)
• Tommy Schneller Band: Backbeat (Timezone)
• V.A.: God Don’t Never Change (Alligator)

Jury Popular Music on DVD

• Robert Trujillo Presents: Jaco (Iron Horse)
• Eberhard Weber: The Jubilee Concerto (SWR Jazzhaus)

Jury Recordings for Children and Youth

• Otfried Preußler: Das kleine Gespenst. Tohuwabohu auf Burg Eulenstein (Der Audio Verlag)
• Jörg Schade, Franz-Georg Stähling: Der Teufel mit den goldenen Löckchen (Hörstars)
• Stephanie Blake: Pipi kack und weitere Hasengeschichten (Der Audio Verlag)
• Julian Greis, Paul Grote, Cedric von Borries: Becky Albertalli »Nur Drei Worte« (Silberfisch)
• Mechthild Großmann etc.: Bibi Dumon Tak: Mücke, Maus und Maulwurf (oetinger audio)
• Laura Maire: Anna und der Schwalbenmann (Hörverlag)
• Hendrik Kleinschmidt: Thabo – Detektiv & Gentleman, Der Nashorn-Fall (Jumbo)
• Kirsten Boie: Bestimmt wird alles gut: Syrische Kinder erzählen von ihrer Flucht (Jumbo)
• Udo Wachveitl u.v.a.: Andreas Steinhöfel: Anders, Das Hörspiel (Silberfisch)
• Robert Missler: Pekkas geheime Aufzeichnungen, die Wunderelf (Igel Records)
• Robert Missler: Liz Pichon: Tom Gates – Eins-a-Ausreden (Igel Records)
• Manfred Steffen u. Kinder: IN die Wälder gegangen, einen Löwen gefangen (Hör Company)
• Christoph Maria Herbst: WILF. Plötzlich Held. Wilf and der Superschurke (Silberfisch)