Long List 2/2019

Published: 16th April 2020
The German Record Critics’ Award presents the second longlist of 2019. The currently 154 jurors have nominated a total of 230 new publications from the last quarter in 32 categories, which are eligible for the next Quarterly Critic’s Choice. The Quarterly Critic’s Choice 2/2019 will be published on the 15th of May.

Long List

Jury Symphonic and Orchestral Music

• Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 8. Wiener Symphoniker, Jordan (Sony)
• Berlioz: Harold en Italie etc. Zimmermann, Degout, Les Siècles, Roth (harmonia mundi)
• Järnefelt: Song of the Scarlet Flower (Full Score of the 1919 Film). Gävle SO, Kuusisto (Ondine)
• Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 40 & 41. NDR Radiophilharmonie, Manze (Pentatone)
• Respighi: Feste romane, Fontane di Roma etc. Buffalo Philhar O, Falletta (Naxos)
• Schostakowitsch: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7 etc. Boston Symphony O, Nelsons (DG)
• Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 op.39 etc. Gothenburg Symhony O, Rouvali (Alpha)
• Wilson: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 etc. Royal Scottish National O, Macdonald (Linn)

Jury Concertos

• »Horizon 9« – Works by Roukens, Eötvös, Tüür etc. Royal Concertgebouw O, Gimeno etc. (RCO)
• Beethoven: Tripelkonzert etc.. Pires, Nikolitch, Hugh, Vogt, LSO, Haitink (LSO Live)
• Berlioz: Harold en Italie etc. Zimmermann, Degout, Les Siècles, Roth (harmonia mundi)
• Leclair: Concerti per violino opp. 7 & 10. Schayegh, La Cetra BarockO (Glossa)
• Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 etc. Lisiecki, Orpheus Chamber O (DG)
• Mozart: Horn Concertos Nos. 1-4. Klieser, Camerata Salzburg (Berlin Classics)
• Offenbach: Grand Concerto; Gulda: Cello Concerto. Moreau, Les Forces Majeures, Merlin (Erato)
• Reger: Piano Concerto op. 114 etc. Becker, NDR Radiophil, Weilerstein (CAvi)
• Schumann: Cello Concerto op. 129 etc. Capuçon, Argerich, Chamber O of Europe, Haitink (Erato)

Jury Chamber Music

• »Portraits« – Works by Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Rachmaninoff etc. Quatuor Modigliani (Mirare)
• »Widmung« – Works by Brahms and R & C Schumann. Sournatcheva, Shaikin (MDG)
• Berg: Lyrische Suite; Schubert: Der Tod and das Mädchen. Novus Quartet (Aparté)
• Clarke: Viola Sonata; Bridge: Cello Sonata etc. Clein, Ihle Hadland (Hyperion)
• F & C Doppler: Kompositions for Flute. Adorján, Pahud, Schulze, Arcis Hornquartett (Farao)
• Schubert: Piano Trios D 898 and D 929 etc. Trio Les Esprits (Sony)

Jury Piano Music

• JS Bach: Partita IV, Italienisches Konzert etc. Colli (Chandos)
• Haydn: Piano Sonatas Vol.1. Bezuidenhout, Hammerklavier (harmonia mundi)
• Liszt: Études d’exécution transcendante etc. Boris Giltburg (Naxos)
• Mozart: Piano Sonatas Vol.1. Muller, Piano (Hänssler)
• Schubert, Vasks, Strawinsky: Music for two pianos. Leine, Marshinina (Es-Dur)

Jury Harpsichord and Organ

• »From Byrd to Byrd« – Works by Byrd, Dowland, Locke etc. Chylek (Oehms)
• »Le Clavecin Mythologique« – Works by d’Anglebert, Rameau etc. Dragosits (L’Encelade)
• »Splendid Silbermann« – Works by JS Bach, Verdin, Boëly etc. von Blohn (Oehms)
• F Couperin: Les Nations. Accardo, Bissolo (Stradivarius)
• De Cabezón: Tientos, Diferencias y Glosadas. Berben (Aeolus)
• Putignano etc.: Organ Works. Stabentheiner, Peretti (Tactus)

Jury Opera I

• Händel: Acis & Galatea. Budd, Davidson, Young etc. The Sixteen, Christophers (Coro)
• Rameau: Les Indes Galantes. Santon-Jeffrey, Gens etc. Purcell Choir, Orfeo O, Vashegyi (Glossa)

Jury Opera II

• Benjamin: Lessons in Love & Violence. Degout, Hannigan, Benjamin, Mitchell etc.. DVD (Opus Arte)
• Bernstein: Wonderful Town. O & Chœur de l’Opéra de Toulon etc., Blank, Bénézech. DVD (Bel Air)
• Janáček: Das schlaue Füchslein. Alder, Carlstedt etc., Frankfurter MuseumsO etc. Debus (Oehms)
• Kálmán: Die Faschingsfee. Schnoor, Zeintl etc., O & Chor Gärtnerplatztheater, Brandstätter (cpo)
• Liszt: Sardanapalo; etc. El-Khoury, Hernández, Pushniak etc., Staatskapelle Weimar, Karabits (Audite)
• Messager: Les P’tites Michu. Polchi etc., O National des Pays de la Loire, Dumoussaud (Bru Zane)
• Prokofieff: Romeo & Julia. Paixa, Haydee etc., Württemberg StaatsO, Tuggle. Blu-ray (Unitel)
• Verdi: I Lombardi. Jeroc, Talaba, de la Guardia etc., Cappella Aquileia etc. Bosch (Coviello)

Jury Choral Music

• »Ossesso« – Madrigals by Willaert, Arcadelt etc.. Ratas del viejo Mundo, de Rycker (Ramée)
• »Skandinavische Chormusik« – Works by Gade, Alfven etc. Amadeus-Chor, Matt (Ars Produktion)
• Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem. Sampson, Morsch, Cappella Amsterdam etc., Reuss (Glossa)
• Britten: Hymn to St Cecilia op.27 etc.. RIAS Kammerchor, Justin Doyle (harmonia mundi)
• Cardoso: Lamentationes, Missa pro defunctis, Magnificat. Cupertinos, Toscano (Hyperion)
• De Rore: Madrigals. La Compagnia del Madrigals (Glossa)
• Todd: Passion Music, Jazz Missa Brevis. Simon, Turville, St. Martin’s Voices etc. Todd (Signum)
• Zelenka: Psalmi Varii Separatim Scripti. Ensemble Inégal, Prague Baroque Soloists, Viktora (Nibiru)

Jury Early Music

• »Baroque Consolation« – Works by Conti, Fuy, Caldara etc. van Mol, Oltremontano, Becu (Accent)
• »In a Strange Land« – Works by Philips, Dering, Dowland etc. Stile Antico (harmonia mundi)
• »Porta Magna« – Cello Sonatas von A Scarlatti, D Gabrielli u.a.Veggetti, Ensemble Cordia (Brilliant)
• »Venez chère ombre« – Works by Monteclair, Clérambault etc. Zaicik, Le Consort, Taylor (Alpha)
• F Couperin: Les Nations. Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (Aparté)
• Erlebach: Complete Trio Sonatas. L’Achéron, Joubert-Caillet (Ricercar)
• Händel: Acis & Galatea. Budd, Davidson, Young etc. The Sixteen, Christophers (Coro)
• Morel: Premier Livre de Pièces de Violle. Diniz, Martí Duran, Jalôto, Holtslag (conditura)

Jury Lieder and Vocal Recital

• »L’Alessandro Amante« – Works by Bononcini etc. Sabata, Vespres D’Arnadí, Espasa (Aparté)
• »Songplay« – Works by Ellington, Rodgers, Caccini etc. Didonato, Terry, Greco etc. (Erato)
• Offenbach: Arias. Devos, Münchner RundfunkO, Campellone (Alpha)
• Schubert: Lieder. Richter, Huber, Schorn (Pentatone)

Jury Historical Classical Recordings

• JS Bach: Piano Concertos Vol. 2. Nikolayeva, The Lithuanian Chamber O, Sondeckis (Doremi)
• Jorge Bolet – Berlin Radio Recordings 1961-1974, Vol. 3. RSO Berlin, Atzmon (Audite)
• Juillard String Quartet – The Complete RCA Recordings 1957-1960. (RCA Red Seal)
• Karl Klingler: Violin Concerto etc. Hoelscher, Raucheisen, SO des BR Raucheisen (MDG)
• Tossy Spivakovsky – Live Performances with the New York Phil 1943-1962. (Doremi)
• Van Cliburn – An American wins in Russia. Moscow Phil SO, Kondraschin etc. (Profil)
• Wilhelm Furtwängler – The Radio Recordings 1939-1945. (BPH)
• Yvonne Loriod – The Complete VÉGA Recordings 1956 – 1963. (Decca)

Jury Contemporary Classical Music

• Barraqué: Œuvres pour piano. Collot (Winter & Winter)
• Billone: Face for Voice & Ensemble. Hauf, Phace, Garms (Kairos)
• Cage: Ryonanji; Works by Wood and Ferneyhough. Ensemble Vertigo, Dohms (Neos)
• Fenn: The Clash of Icicles etc. Hong Kong New Music Ensemble (Kairos)
• Finnis: The Air, Turning, Elsewhere etc. Volov, BBC Scottish SO, Baker etc. (NMC)
• Nunes: Minnesang for 12 voices a cappella etc. SWR Vokalensemble, Creed etc. (Wergo)
• Sezer: simultaneity. Young Euro Classic Festival O, Trio Coriolis etc. (Neos)
• Winther Christensen: Almost in G, String trio, Sextett etc. Nawri, Asp Christensen etc. (col legno)

Jury Film Music

• »Roma«. Motion Picture Soundtrack. Produced by Alfonso Cuarón etc. (Columbia)
• Nicholas Britell: Vice. Original Motion Picture Score (Decca)
• Patrick Doyle: All Is True. Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Sony)
• Marc Shaiman: Mary Poppins Returns. Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Walt Disney)

Jury Spoken Word and Cabaret

• Julian Barnes: Die einzige Geschichte. Frank Arnold (Argon)
• T.C. Boyle: Das Licht. Florian Lukas (Der Hörverlag)
• Annie Ernaux: Die Jahre. Hörspiel mit Harfouch, Heesters etc. (Audio Verlag)
• Elena Ferrante: Frau im Dunkeln. Eva Mattes (Der Hörverlag)
• Michel Houllebecq: Serotonin. Christian Berkel (Audio Verlag)
• Abbas Khider: Deutsch für alle. Das endgültige Lehrbuch. El-Saeidi (Hörbuch Hamburg)
• Mariana Leky: Erste Hilfe – Von dreien, die auszogen, das Fürchten zu verlernen. Hüller (Tacheles!)
• Pierre Lemaitre: Die Farben des Feuers. Torben Kessler (Audio Verlag)
• Maxim Leo: Wo wir zu Hause sind. Die Geschichte meiner verschwundenen Familie. Noethen (Argon)

Jury Rock

• Ryan Bingham: American Love Song (Axster Bingham)
• Hayes Carll: What It Is (Dualtone)
• Die goldenen Zitronen: More than a Feeling (Buback)
• Die Heiterkeit: Was passiert ist (Buback)
• Kowsky: Blinder Fleck (recordJet)
• J.S. Ondara: Tales of America (Verve)
• Sleaford Mods: Eton Alive (Extreme Eating)
• Rival Sons: Feral Roots (Atlantic)
• Bruce Springsteen: On Broadway (CBS)
• Tiwayo: The Gypsy Soul Of Tiwayo (Blue Note)
• töericht: alles andere wäre (Laaber)

Jury Pop

• Bilderbuch: Vernissage My Heart (Maschin)
• James Blake: Assume Form (Polydor)
• Gary Clark jr.: This Land (Warner)
• Joe Jackson: Fool (earMUSIC)
• Kehlani: While we wait (Atlantic)
• LCD Soundsystem: Electric Lady Sessions (Columbia)
• Rustin Man: Drift Code (Domino)
• Benny Sings: City Pop (Stones Throw)
• Solange: When I Get Home (Columbia)
• The Specials: Encore (Universal)

Jury Alternative

• Bilderbuch: Vernissage My Heart (Maschin)
• James Blake: Assume Form (Polydor)
• Blood Red Shoes: Get Tragic (Jazz Life)
• Die goldenen Zitronen: More than a Feeling (Buback)
• Die Türen: Exoterik (Staatsakt)
• Efdemin: New Atlantis (Ostgut)
• Holiday Ghosts: West Bay Playroom (Pnkslm)
• Nkisi: 7 Directions (UIQ)
• Panda Bear: Buoys (Domino)
• Yak: Pursuit Of Momentary Happiness (Caroline)

Jury German language Singer/Songwriter

• AnnenMayKantereit: Schlagschatten (Vertigo)
• Josef Hien: Mit Dir (Sturm & Klang)
• Kalle Johannsen: Ströntistel (Fritz Musik)
• Keimzeit: Das Schloss (Comic Helden)
• Lukas Meister: Leuchten (Kick The Flame)
• Ringsgwandl: Andacht und Radau (Blanko)
• Singadjo: Tango bis zuletzt (Jigit!)
• Tobias Thiele: Alles kann anders sein (RedHeadMusic)
• Wenzel: Wo liegt das Ende dieser Welt (Matrosenblau)

Jury Folk and Singer/Songwriter

• Dallahan: Smallworld (Westpark)
• Richard Dobson: I hear singing (Brambus)
• Katie Doherty & The Navigators: And Then (Steeplejack)
• Järventaus & Dluzewski: Jorden Svart (Nordic Notes)
• Martyn Joseph: Here Come The Young (Beste! Unterhaltung)
• Gemma Ray: Psychogeology (Bronzerat)
• Katleen Scheir: Border Guards (Starman)
• The Gloaming: The Gloaming 3 (Realworld)
• Tone Fish: Open Your Eyes (Prosodia)

Jury Traditional Ethnic Music

• Vardan Hovanissian & Emre Gültekin: Karin (Muziekpublique)
• Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba: Miri (Out Here)
• Kronos Quartet, Mahsa & Marjan Vahdat: Placeless (KVV – Kirkelig Kulturverksted)
• Albin Paulus: Albin Paulus Pur (Non Food Factory)
• Rudolstadt Festival 2018. 2 CDs & DVD (Löwenzahn)

Jury World Music

• Cochemea: All my Relations (Daptone)
• Daniel Haaksman: With Love, From Berlin (MAN)
• Fokn Bois: Afrobeats Lol (Fokn Bois)
• Gregor Huebner: El Violin Latino Vol. 3 – Los Soñadores (GLM)
• Javier Girotto Trio: Tango Nuevo Revisited. Alessandro Gwis, Gianni Iorio (Act)
• Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba: Miri (Out Here)
• Kronos Quartet, Mahsa & Marjan Vahdat: Placeless (KVV – Kirkelig Kulturverksted)
• Leyla McCalla: The Capitalist Blues (Jazz Village)
• Lulo Reinhardt: Gypsy meets India (DMG Germany)
• Ponk: Diedina (Skywardsmusic)
• Aziz Sahmaoui & University of Gnawa: Poetic Trance (Blue Line)

Jury Jazz I

• Alvin Queen Trio: OP – A Tribute to Oscar Peterson (Stunt)
• Branford Marsalis Quartet: The Secret Between The Shadow And The Soul (Okeh)
• Cannonball Adderley: Swingin’ in Seattle. Live At The Penthouse 1966-1967 (Reel to Real)
• Herwig Gradischnig etc.: Mo is on – The music of Elmo Hope Vol. 2 (Triorecords)
• Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis: Una Noche Con Rubén Blades (Blue Engine)
• Jazzodrom: Movements From The Basements (ATS)
• Markus Schinkel Trio & Joscho Stephan: Classic Meets Gypsy (MGL)
• Michel Petrucciani, Gary Peacock, Roy Haynes: One Night in Karlsruhe (SWR Jazzhaus)
• Olaf Polziehn, Hans Dekker, Ingmar Heller, Fay Claassen: Gentle Touch (OP)

Jury Jazz II

• Randy Brecker Rocks. Randy Brecker & NDR Big-band etc. (Jazzline)
• Das Kapital: Vive la France (Label Bleu)
• Joey DeFrancesco: In The Key Of The Universe (Mack Avenue)
• Dominic Egli’s Plurism: Azania In Mind (Unit)
• Joachim Kühn: Melodic Ornette Coleman – Piano Works XIII (Act)
• Joe Lovano, Marilyn Crispell, Carmen Castaldi: Trio Tapestry (ECM)
• Wadada Leo Smith: Rosa Parks: Pure Love. An Oratorio Of Seven Songs (TUM)
• Tom Rainey Trio: Combobulated. With Mary Halvorson & Ingrid Laubrock (Intakt)
• Gebhard Ullmann: Basement Research – Impromptus and Other Short Works (WhyPlayJazz)

Jury Blues

• Blues Company: Ain’t Giving’ Up (Inakustik)
• Jens Filser: Organic Blues Project (Valve)
• Ludwig Seuss Band: Live im Lustspielhaus (Solid Pack Records)
• John Mayall: Nobody Told Me. John Mayall & Band feat. Joe Bonamassa etc. (Forty Below)
• Stefano Ronchi, Klaas Wendling & Micha Maass: Soul Mining (Stormy Monday)
• Walter Trout & Band: Survivor Blues (Provogue)
• Watermelon Slim & Band: Church Of The Blues (Northern Blues)

Jury R&B, Soul and Hiphop

• Dendemann: Da Nich Für! (Vertigo)
• Ice Cube: Everythangs Corrupt (Interscope)
• Chaka Khan: Hello Happiness (Island)
• Luciel: … and that’s all I remember (Herzog)
• Gucci Mane: Evil Genius (Atlantic)
• Smif’n’Wessun: The All (Duck Down)
• Solange: When I Get Home (Columbia)

Jury Recordings for Children and Youth

• Anne Fleming: Ziegen bringen Glück. Andreas Steinhöfel (Silberfisch)
• Torben Kuhlmann: Edison. Das Rätsel des verschollenen Mäuseschatzes. Pastewka (Der Hörverlag)
• Kai Lüftner: Sei kein Frosch! Ein Tierkrimi in Grün … äh Blau. Benno Fürmann (Argon)
• Angelika Niestrath, Andreas Hüging: Die Gäng vom Dach. Oliver Kalkofe (cbj audio)
• Jason Reynolds: Sunny. Der Sound der Welt. Julian Greis (Hörcompany)
• Christine Schulz-Reiss: Die geheimnisvolle Welt des Leonardo Da Vinci. Rudolph (Hörcompany)
• Ali Sparkes: Die Nachtflüsterer. Das Erwachen. Oliver Rohrbeck (Der Hörverlag)
• Mary Stewart: Der verhexte Besen. Katharina Thalbach (Hörcompany)
• Jakob Martin Strid: Die unglaubliche Geschichte von der Riesenbirne. Peter Kaempfe (Igel)
• Jochen Till: Luzifer Junior Teil 5: Ein höllischer Tausch. Christoph Maria Herbst (Der Audio Verlag)
• Silke Vry, Martin Haake: Verborgene Schätze, versunkene Welten. Gerhard Garbers (Hörcompany)

Jury Classical Music on DVD

• Leonard Bernstein’s Young People’s Concerts with the New York Philharmonic, Vol. 2 (Unitel)
• Mozart: Symphony No. 40; Tschaikowski: Symphony No. 6. GewandhausO, Nelsons (Accentus)
• Rostropowitsch: L’Archet indomptable. A film by Bruno Monsaingeon. (Naxos)

Jury Popular Music on DVD

• Coldplay: Live In Sao Paulo – Live In Buenos Aires – A Head Full Of Dreams (Parlophone)
• Könige der Welt. Documentation by Christian von Brockhausen & Timo Großpietsch (W-Film)

Jury Crossover Productions

• »Blank Page« – New Impressions of Debussy. Dohrmann, Staudt etc. (Mochermusic)
• »Songplay« – Works by Ellington, Rodgers, Caccini etc. Didonato, Terry, Greco etc. (Erato)
• Kinan Azmeh: Uneven Sky. Azmeh, Yo-Yo Ma, DSO Berlin, Nawri (Dreyer Gaido)
• Grand Ensemble Koa: Beat (Neuklang)
• Wadada Leo Smith: Rosa Parks: Pure Love. An Oratorio Of Seven Songs (TUM)
• Norbert R. Stammberger: Poem X (Gnu)
• Simon Zöchbauer & Koehne Quartett: Achad (col legno)

Jury Hard and Heavy

• Avantasia: Moonglow (Nuclear Blast)
• Candlemass: The Door To Doom (Napalm)
• Flotsam and Jetsam: The End Of Chaos (AFM)
• Metal Inquisitor: Panopticon (Massacre)
• Our Survival Depends On Us: Melting The Ice In The Hearts Of Men (Ván)
• Overkill: The Wings of War (Nuclear Blast)
• Rotting Christ: The Heretics (Season of Mist)
• Soilwork: Verkligheten (Nuclear Blast)
• Spidergawd: Spidergawd V (Crispin Glover)
• Sulphur Aeon: The Scythe Of Cosmic Chaos (Ván)

Jury Club and Dance

• Bonobo: Fabric presents Bonobo (Stream Fabric)
• Chrissy: Resilience (Chiwax)
• Efdemin: New Atlantis (Ostgut)
• E.R.P.: Afterimage (Forgotten Future)
• Daniel Haaksman: With Love, From Berlin (MAN)
• Modeselektor: Who Else? (Monkeytown)
• Sound Stream: Love Remedy (Sound Stream)

Jury Electronic and Experimental

• Donna Regina: Transient (Karaoke Kalk)
• Efdemin: New Atlantis (Ostgut)
• Fred and Luna: Im Tiefenrausch (Compost)
• Gudrun Gut: Moment (Monika)
• Jonny Nash: Make A Wilderness (Music From Memory)
• Odette: To A Stranger (Caroline)
• Panda Bear: Buoys (Domino)
• Silk Road Assassins: State Of Ruin (Planet Mu)
• Little Simz: Grey Area (Age 101)
• Sneaks: Highway Hypnosis (Merge)
• Weval: The Weight (Kompakt)