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)