Long List 2/2017

Published: 29th March 2017
The German Record Critics’ Award presents the second longlist of 2017. The currently 155 jurors have nominated a total of 256 new publications from the last quarter in 32 categories, which are eligible for the next Quarterly Critic’s Choice. The Quarterly Critic’s Choice 2/2017 will be published on the 16th of May.

Long List

Jury Symphonic and Orchestral Music

  • Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9. Ars Nova Copenhagen etc. Copenhagen Phil, Shui (Orchid)
  • Dvořák: Symphony 9. NDR ElbphilO, Urbanski (Alpha)
  • Elgar: Symphony 2 etc. Royal Liverpool Phil O, Vasily Petrenko (Onyx)
  • Liszt: Faust Symphony. Davislim, O Wiener Akademie etc., Haselböck (Alpha)
  • Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde. Saccà, Gadd, Bamberger Symph, Nott (Tudor)
  • Mahler: Symphony 3. SO des BR, Haitink (BR)
  • Mendelssohn: Sommernachtstraum. Monteverdi Choir, London SO, Gardiner (LSO Live)
  • Mendelssohn: Symphonies 1 & 3. NDR RadioPhil, Manze (Pentatone)
  • R Strauss: Symphonia Domestica. SWR Baden-Baden, Roth (SWR)
  • »La Scala – Overtures, Preludes & Intermezzi«. Works by Verdi etc. Chailly (Decca)

Jury Concertos

  • Guretzky: Concertos. The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen (Chaconne)
  • Halvorsen etc.: Violin Concertos. Kraggerud, SO Malmö, Engeset (Naxos)
  • Levina: Piano Concertos 1 & 2. Lettberg, Rundfunk SO Berlin, Matiakh (Capriccio)
  • Schostakowitsch: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 etc. Giltburg etc., Royal Liverpool PO, Vasily Petrenko (Naxos)
  • Tüür: Peregrinus Ecstaticus etc. Sundquist, Kuusisto, RSO Finnland, Lintu (Ondine)
  • Weber: Complete Works for Clarinet. Manz etc., RSO Stuttgart, Méndez (Berlin Classics)

Jury Chamber Music

  • Draeseke: Chamber Music. Moraguès, Joulain, Schatzmann, Chilemme, Pia, Triendl (TyxArt)
  • Dvořák: Piano Trios. Trio Wanderer (harmonia mundi)
  • Rachmaninov: Piano Trios. Kremer, Trifonov, Dirvanauskaite (DG)
  • »Frühwerke«. Works by Henze, Schostakowitsch etc. Trio Rafale (Coviello)
  • Schostakowitsch, Schubert: Works for Viola & Piano. Sachse, Skride (CAvi)
  • »Hungarian Treasures«. Works by Bartók etc. Notos Q (Red Seal)
  • »Rostropovich-Encores«. Works by Strawinsky etc. Gerhardt, Becker (Hyperion)

Jury Piano Music

  • JS Bach: Goldberg Variations. Rana (Warner)
  • JS Bach: Italian Concerto, Partitas etc. Blechacz (DG)
  • Beethoven: Diabelli Variations etc. Brautigam (BIS)
  • Bolcom: Piano Rags. Myer (Steinway & Sons)
  • Ginastera: Sonatas 1 & 3, Tre piezas etc. Korstick (cpo)
  • »Fantasies«. Works by Mozart and Schumann. Anderzewski (Warner)
  • Schubert: Impromptus, Kupelwieser Walzer etc. Endres (Oehms Classic)
  • Schumann: Kreisleriana, Waldszenen etc. Florian Glemser (Ars Produktion)
  • Mussorgsky etc.: Bilder einer Ausstellung etc. Guilhon-Herbert (Calliope)
  • »Go East«. Works for 4 hands by Strawinsky, Hindemith etc. Ensari, Schuch (CAvi)

Jury Harpsichord and Organ

  • Czerny: Zwanzig kurze Voluntaries, 12 Präludien etc. Quinn (Naxos)
  • Frescobaldi: Missa della Madonna, Bergamasca etc. B Foccroulle etc. (Ricercar)
  • Hassler: Orgelmesse, Introitus in d etc. Kelemen (Oehms Classic)
  • Messian: Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinité. Andrews (Loft Recordings)
  • Markull: Choralvorspiele, Nachspiele etc. Szadeiko (MDG)
  • Pescetti: Complete Works for Organ & Harpsichord. Bottini (Brilliant Classics)
  • »A Giant Reborn«. Works by Händel, Bull, Green etc. Brooks (Fugue State Records)
  • »Fortuna Desperata«. Works by Machaut, Busnois etc. Breilschmidt etc. (Genuin)
  • »Play It Cool«. Works by Wammers. Nooijer (Querstand)

Jury Oper l

  • Cesti: L’Orontea. Murrihy, Geyer etc., MuseumsO Frankfurt etc., Bolton (Oehms Classic)
  • Lully: Persée. Vidal, Guilmette etc., Le Concerto Spritiuel, Niquet. (Alpha)
  • Méhul: Uthal. Deshayes, Beuron etc., Talens Lyriques etc. Rousset (Palazzetto Bru Zane)

Jury Oper ll

  • Bizet: Die Perlenfischer. Damrau, Kwiecien etc., Met O, Noseda (Erato)
  • Sommer: Rübezahl und der Sackpfeifer von Neiße. PhilO Altenburg-Gera etc., Wagner (Pan Classics)
  • Wagner: Das Liebesverbot. Uhl, Maltman etc., O Teatro Real Madrid etc., Bolton (Opus Arte)
  • Méhul: Uthal. Deshayes, Beuron etc., Talens Lyriques etc. Rousset (Palazzetto Bru Zane)
  • Braunfels: Ulenspiegel. Horus, Ratzenböck etc., Israel Chamber O, Sieghart (Capriccio)
  • Mercadante: Francesca da Rimini. Bonilla, Wakizoni etc. O Internazionale, Luisi (Dynamic)
  • Schubert: Die Winterreise. Goerne, Hinterhäuser, Kentridge (C Major)

Jury Choral Music

  • A Scarlatti: Passio secundum Johannem. Chor de chambre de namur, Alarcon (Ricercar)
  • JS Bach: Johannespassion. Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben etc., Homburg (MDG)
  • Mayr: Mass in C, Stabat Mater. Orpheus Vokalensemble etc., Helgath (Carus)
  • Mozart: Mass in c. Kammerchor Stuttgart etc., Bernius (Carus)
  • Poulenc: Mass in G, Ave verum corpus etc. The Sixteen, Christophers (Coro)
  • Vecchi: Requiem. Graindelavoix, Schmelzer (Glossa)
  • »Divine Theatre«. Motets by de Wert. Stile Antico (harmonia mundi)
  • »Finland«. Works by Sibelius, Rautavaara etc. SWR Vokalensemble, Creed (SWR Classics)

Jury Early Music

  • Buxtehude: Trio Sonatas. La Reveuse, Perrot (harmonia mundi)
  • Farina: Sonata e Canzoni. Schayegh, Halubek, Caminiti, Pesek (Pan Classics)
  • Froberger: Works for Harpsichord. Dragosits (Divox)
  • Jenkins, Lawes etc.: Fantasias & Suites. Theorema (Etcetera)
  • Meder etc.: Barocke Cantatas. Smolka etc., Goldberg Vocalensemble, Szadejko (MDG)
  • Telemann: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott. Johann Rosenmüller-Ens (Christophorus)
  • »Divine Theatre«. Motets by de Wert. Stile Antico (harmonia mundi)
  • »Heroines Of Love And Loss«. Works by Mozart. Huges, Brinkmann, Nordberg (BIS)
  • »Metamorfosi Trecenta«. Works of Ars Nova. La Fonte Musica, Pasotti (Alpha)

Jury Lieder and Vocal Recital

  • Brahms: Die schöne Magelone. Gerhaher, Walser, Huber (Sony)
  • Händel: Arias for Soprano. Yoncheva, Academia Montis Regalis, De Marchi (Sony)
  • »Unanswered Love«. Works by Rihm, Henze etc. Banse, Deutsche RadioPhil, Poppen (Wergo)
  • »Verismo«. Arias for Soprano. Stoyanova, RO München, Baleff (Orfeo)

Jury Historical Classical Recordings

  • Bartók: String Quartets. Végh Q (harmonia mundi)
  • Beethoven etc.: Diabelli Variations etc.. Baumgartner, Then-Bergh (DG)
  • »Annie Fischer – Milestones Of A Legend« (Documents)
  • »Michael Gielen Edition Vol. 4« (SWR music)
  • »Karlrobert Kreiten – Historical Recordings« (CAvi)
  • »Tatjana Nikolajewa – Prag Recordings 1951-54« (Supraphon)
  • »The Pierre Fournier Edition«. Complete Recordings. Fournier etc. (DG)
  • »The Stokowski Transcriptions«. Transcriptions of JS Bach etc. London SO (Dutton)

Jury Contemporary Classical Music

  • Berio, Carter, Kurtág, Müller-Wieland: Works for Viola. Kufferath (Genuin)
  • Gyöngyösi, Donatoni etc.: Works for Piccolo Flute. Schwaabe, Schulze (Divine Art)
  • Kagel: Die Stücke der Windrose. Ensemble Aleph (evidence)
  • Schnebel: Movimento. AG am Leininger-Gymnasium Grünstadt, Egeler-Wittmann (Wergo)
  • Sciarrino: Un ‚Immagine di Arpocarte etc. C Widmann, SO des BR etc., Nott (NEOS)
  • »From Post War Sounds To Early Krautrock«. Works by H. Genzmer. Pichler etc., Manhart (paladino)
  • »Funambules«. Works by Asperghis, Schöllhorn, Riehm. Trio accanto (Wergo)
  • »Tun. Tu«. Works by Wang. Manufaktur für aktuelle Musik etc. Wang (Wergo)
  • »Unanswered Love«. Works by Rihm, Henze etc. Banse, Deutsche RadioPhil, Poppen (Wergo)

Jury Film Music

  • Hurwitz etc.: Original Soundtrack for La La Land. Gosling, Stone etc. (Interscope)
  • Holkenborg: Original Soundtrack for Brimstone (Milan Records)
  • Levi: Original Soundtrack for Jackie. (Milan Records)
  • O’Halloran, Hauschka: Original Soundtrack for Lion (Sony)
  • Williams, Giacchino: Soundtrack after the Originalscore for Rogue One (Disney Records)
  • »Film Musik Vol. 4«. Film Music by Alwyn. BBC Phil, Gamba (Chandos)

Jury Spoken Word and Cabaret

  • J.Barnes: Der Lärm der Zeit. Arnold (Argon Edition)
  • F.Dostojewski: Verbrechen und Strafe. Groth (DAV)
  • H.Rowohlt: In Schlucken-zwei-Spechte. Rowohlt (Edition Tiamat)
  • Das Geld liegt auf der Fensterbank, Marie: Paradiesseits (Roof Records)
  • T.C.Boyle: Die Terranauten. Diehl, Tscharre etc. (Der Hörverlag)
  • C.Emcke: Gegen den Hass. Kunzendorf (HörbuchHamburg)
  • B.Bjerg: Auerhaus. Letkowski (Audio Verlag)
  • C.Goll, I.Goll: Nichts fehlt – außer dir. Quadflieg, Tukur (Random House)
  • I.Aichinger: Die größere Hoffnung. Bennent, Lechner etc. (Mandelbaum Klangbuch)
  • N.Gomringer, P.Scholz: Peng Peng Peng. Gomringer, Scholz (Voland & Quist)
  • M.Duras: Der Liebhaber. Manzel, Beer etc. (HörbuchHamburg)

Jury Rock

  • Chuck Prophet: Bobby Fuller Died For Your Sins (Yep Roc Records)
  • Seth Lakeman: Ballads Of The Broken Few (Cooking Vinyl)
  • Son Volt: Notes Of Blue (Transmit Sound)
  • Drive Like Maria: Creator, Preserver, Destroyer (Caroline International)
  • Train: A Girl A Bottle A Boat (Columbia)
  • Vant: Dumb Blood (Parlophone)
  • Neil Young: Peace Trail (Reprise Records)
  • Bilderbuch: Magic Life (Maschin Records)

Jury Pop

  • Jens Lekman: Life Will See You Now (Cargo Records)
  • Bilderbuch: Magic Life (Maschin Records)
  • Balbina: Fragen über Fragen (Sony)
  • Rhiannon Giddens: Freedom Highway (Nonesuch)
  • The XX: I See You (Young Turks/XL/Beggars Group)
  • Sampha: Process (XL)
  • Neil Young: Peace Trail (Reprise Records)
  • Sleaford Mods: English Tapas (Rough Trade/Beggars Group)
  • Thundercat: Drunk (Brainfeeder)
  • Bonobo: Migration (Ninja Tune)
  • Dirty Projectors: Dirty Projectors (Domino Records)
  • José James: Love In A Time Of Madness (Blue Note)
  • Foxygen: Hang (Jagjaguwar)

Jury Alternative

  • Candelilla: Camping (Trocadero)
  • Rainer von Vielen: Überall Chaos (Motor)
  • Electric Guest: Plural (Because Music)
  • Sampha: Process (XL)
  • Locas In Love etc.: Mach’s besser — 25 Jahre Die Sterne (Materie Records)
  • Klez.E: Desintegration (Staatsakt)
  • Blanck Mass: World Eater (Sacred Bones)
  • Sinkane: Live & Livin’ It (City Slang)
  • Bilderbuch: Magic Life (Maschin Records)
  • Sleaford Mods: English Tapas (Rough Trade/Beggars Group)
  • The Flaming Lips: Oczy Mlody (Pias Coop/Bella Union)

Jury German language Singer/Songwriter

  • Balbina: Fragen über Fragen (Sony)
  • Eickhoff, Malessa: Hier stehe ich, ich könnt auch anders (Courage)
  • Meijer: Dazumal (Nederossi)
  • a daneem: Gschichten aus dem Hinterland (BSC Music)
  • Reiter: Von guten & anderen Zeiten (Phonector)
  • Falk: Skizzen (Ahuga)

Jury Folk and Singer/Songwriter

  • Marie’s Wedding: Both Sides (Prosodia)
  • Seth Lakeman: Ballads Of The Broken Few (Cooking Vinyl)
  • Mánran: An Dá Lá (Magnetic Music)
  • Awa Ly: Five And A Feather (Naive)
  • Gjermund Larsen Trio: Salmeklang (Galileo)
  • Dama & Erick Manana: Vaonala (Acoustic Music)
  • Warsaw Village Band: Sun Celebration (Jaro)
  • Helene Blum: Dråber Af Tid (Westpark)
  • Le Clou: Pierre qui roule (Moustache Records)
  • Voices of Ashkenaz: Voices Of Ashkenaz (CPL Music)
  • Giora Feidman & Rastrelli Cello Quartett: Feidman Plays Beatles (Pianissimo Music)

Jury Traditional Ethnic Music

  • Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita: Transparent Water (World Village)
  • Debashish Bhattahcharya: Hawaii To Kalkuttta (Riverboat Records)
  • Familia Valera Miranda: Son & Bolero (Ocora)
  • Ialma: Camino de Bruxellas a Santiago (Homerecords)
  • Nishtiman Project: Kobane (Accords croisés)
  • Unni Løvlid: Hymn (Grappa)

Jury World Music

  • »Lost In China«. Off The Beaten Tack From Beijing To Xinjiang (Riverboat)
  • Lula Pena: Archivo Pittoresco (Crammed Discs)
  • Amira Medunjanin: Damar (World Village)
  • Carminho: Canta Tom Jobim (Parlophone)
  • Tinariwen: Elwan (Pias Coop/wedge)
  • Warsaw Village Band: Sun Celebration (Jaro)
  • Aurelio: Darandi (Real World)
  • Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita: Transparent Water (World Village)
  • Ron Carter & Richard Galliano: An Evening With… (In & Out Records)

Jury Jazz I

  • Julian & Roman Wasserfuhr: Landed In Brooklyn (ACT)
  • Jan Lundgren: Potsdamer Platz (ACT)
  • Kordes, Tetzlaff, Godejohann: Heimlich, still and leise (eastersuite.de)
  • Curtis Stigers: One More For The Road (Concord Records)
  • Von der Goltz: Paradise (Trouble In The East)
  • Stephan-Max Wirth Experience: Calling Europe (Jaro)
  • Chano Dominguez: Over The Rainbow (Sunnyside)
  • Richard Galliano: New Jazz Musette (Ponderosa)
  • Catherine Russell: Harlem On My Mind (Jazz Village)

Jury Jazz II

  • Fabian Almazan & Realm Of Possibilities: SWR New Jazz Meeting 2015 (Jazzhaus)
  • Colin Vallon Trio: Danse (ECM)
  • Enrico Pieranunzi, Rosario Giuliani: Duke’s Dream (Intuition)
  • David Murray & Aki Takase: Cherry – Sakura (Intakt)
  • Ralph Towner: My Foolish Heart (ECM)
  • Craig Taborn: Daylight Ghosts (ECM)
  • Julian & Roman Wasserfuhr: Landed In Brooklyn (ACT)
  • Eskelin, Weber, Griener: Sensations Of Tone (Intakt)
  • Schaerer, Hildegard lernt fliegen: The Big Wig (ACT)
  • Trichotomy: Known – Unknown (Challenge)
  • Konitz: Frescalalto (Impulse)
  • Julia Hülsmann Trio: Sooner And Later (ECM)

Jury Blues

  • Big Daddy Wilson: Neckbone Stew (Ruf Records)
  • John Mayall: Talk About That (Forty Below Records)
  • Ben Granfelt: Another Day (Tuohi Records)
  • Uschi Brüning & Engerling: Live 2016 (Buschfunk)
  • Schneller etc.: 30 Years Blue Monday Blues Jam (Pogo Pop Musik)
  • Vanessa Collier: Meeting My Shadow (Ruf Records)

Jury R&B, Soul and Hiphop

  • Iam: Rêvolution (Def Jam Recordings)
  • Khalid: American Teen (RCA)
  • Nadia Rose: Highly Flammable (Relentless Records)
  • Sampha: Process (XL)
  • Thundercat: Drunk (Brainfeeder)
  • Run The Jewels: Run The Jewels 3 (Cooking Vinyl)
  • Omar: Love In Beats (Peppermint Jam)
  • Gabriel Garzón-Montano: Jardin (Stones Throw Records)
  • Pharrell Williams, Alicia Keys etc.: Original Sountrack for Hidden Figures (Columbia)
  • Karriem Riggins: Headnod Suite (Stones Throw Records)

Jury Recordings for Children and Youth

  • D.Morosinotto: Die Mississippi-Bande. Esser etc. (Cbj audio)
  • H.Ullrich: Die Häschenschule – Jagd nach dem goldenen Ei. Berger (Silberfisch)
  • K.Bendixen: Zorro, der Mops – Abenteuer im Bammelwald. Missler (Audio Verlag)
  • K.Vogel, S.Weber: Gloria Glühwürmchen. Bohlmann (Cbj audio)
  • M.Cuevas: Kasimir Karton – Mein Leben als unsichtbarer Freund. Noethen (DAV)
  • M.Evans: Die Götter sind los. Baltscheit (Silberfisch)
  • C.Gliemann: Papas Seele hat Schnupfen. Geburtzky etc. (Monterosa)
  • Y.Umbrella. Der Reaggehase Boooo. Ring Ring (Silberfisch)
  • U.Hub: An der Arche um Acht. Hub (Sauerländer)
  • N.Kermani: Ayda, Bär und Hase. Bär (Sauerländer)
  • D.Walliams: Ratten-Burger. Thalbach (Argon)

Jury Classical Music on DVD

  • Stillwater: Shining Night – A Portrait of Composer Morten Lauridsen (Hänssler Classic)
  • Schubert: Winterreise. Goerne, Hinterhäuser, Kentridge (C Major)
  • Operngala Deutsche Aids-Stiftung. Kermes etc., Beethoven O Bonn, Blunier (C Major)
  • JS Bach: Johannes-Passion. Concerto Köln etc. Dijkstra (BR Klassik)
  • Bruckner: Symphony 6. Staatskapelle Dresden, Thielemann (C Major)
  • »Frank Peter Zimmermann plays Mozart and Bach«. Berliner Phil, Haitink (EuroArts)
  • »Great American Orchestras«. Boston SO, Chicago SO, New York PhilO etc. (EuroArts)

Jury Popular Music on DVD

  • Bodo Wartke: Bei dir heute Nacht. Wartke, Haupt, Klein etc. (Reimkultur)
  • Ok: Carlo, Keep Swingin’. Bohländer, Copeland, Ramsey etc. (W-Film)
  • Mumford & Sons: Live In South Africa – Dust And Thunder (Eagle Vision)

Jury Crossover Productions

  • Nguyên Lê & Ngô Hồng Quang: Hà Nôi Duo (ACT)
  • Paolo Fresu & Uri Caine: Two Minuettos – Live In Milano (Tuk Music)
  • Johannes Wakolbinger: Iris Electrum (col legno)
  • Brot & Sterne: Tales Of Herbst (Traumton Records)
  • »The Disorientalists« Gurzhy, Frenk, Kahn: Who Was Essad Bey? (Oriente)
  • Jaakko Laitinen & Väära Raha: Näennäinen (Playground)
  • Theo Bleckmann: Elegy (ECM)

Jury Hard and Heavy

  • Kreator: Gods Of Violence (Nuclear Blast)
  • Overkill: The Grinding Wheel (Nuclear Blast)
  • Sanctuary: Inception (Century Media)
  • Battle Beast: Bringer Of Pain (Nuclear Blast)
  • Pain Of Salvation: In The Passing Light Of Day (InsideOut)
  • Dool: Here Now, There Then (Prophecy Productions)
  • Horisont: About Time (Century Media)

Jury Club and Dance

  • Vermont: II (Kompakt)
  • Talaboman: The Night Land (R&S)
  • Fjaak: Fjaak (Monkeytown)
  • Carsten Jost: Perishable Tactics (Dial)
  • Moiré: No Future (Ghostly International)

Jury Electronic and Experimental

  • SOHN: Rennen (4AD)
  • Sampha: Process (XL)
  • Bing & Ruth: No Home Of The Mind (4AD)
  • Bonobo: Migration (Ninja Tune)
  • Moiré: No Future (Ghostly International)
  • Fjaak: Fjaak (Monkeytown)
  • Candelilla: Camping (Trocadero)
  • PVT: New Spirit (Felte)
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