Long List 2/2025

Published: 5th April 2025
The German Record Critics’ Award presents the second long list of 2025. 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 2/2025 will be published on the 15th of May.

Long List

Jury Orchestral Music

• »Censored Anthems« – Works by Schostakowitsch, Weinberg a.o. Parlando, Ian Niederhoffer (Delos)
• Ben-Haim: Orchestral & Chamber Music. Liv Migdal, Hagar Sharvit a.o., Staatskapelle Weimar, Jesko Sirvend (cpo)
• Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique. Cleveland O, Franz Welser-Möst (Cleveland Orchestra)
• Gershwin: Strike up the Band & Montsalvatge, Bernstein, Campo. Adriana Bignagni Lesca, Philzuid, Duncan Ward (Fuga Libera)
• Mozart: Serenades KV 250, 320 & 525 a.o. Münchener KO, Enrico Onfori, Isabelle Faust (harmonia mundi)
• Rachmaninow: Symphonies No. 1-3 a.o. WDR SO, Cristian Măcelaru (Linn)
• Sibelius: Symphonies No. 6 & 7, Stormen. Gothenburg SO, Santtu-Matias Rouvali (Alpha)
• Tschaikowsky: Suites No. 1 & 2. O Consuelo, Victor Julien-Laferrière (Mirare)

Jury Concertos

• Brahms: Violin Concerto, Suk: Fantasy. Liza Ferschtman, Brüsseler Philharmoniker, Elias Grandy (Rubicon)
• Glière, Dohnányi, Debussy: Works for Harp. Anaëlle Tourret, NDR Elbphilharmonie O, Vasily Petrenko, Stuttgarter KO, Bar Avni (Es-Dur)
• Mozart: Piano Concerto KV 491, Symphony KV 385. Hans-Jürg Strub, Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, Christian Erny (Ars Produktion)
• Mozart: Piano Concertos KV 40 & 449, Violin Concerto KV 219. Teo Gheorghiu, David Castro-Balbi, Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Howard Griffiths (Alpha)
• Quantz, Benda, CPE Bach, Graun: Recorder Concertos. Isaac Makhdoomi, Ensemble Piccante (Prospero)
• Ravel: Piano Concertos. Seong-Jin Cho, Boston SO, Andris Nelsons (DG)
• Saint-Saëns: Violin Concertos No. 1 & 2 a.o. Leia Zhu, ORF RSO Wien, Howard Griffiths (Berlin Classics)
• Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 2, Elsner: Symphony, Mozart: Symphony KV 134. Lorenzo Coppola, {oh!}orkiestra, Martyna Pastuszka (NIFC)
• Ysaÿe: Poème nocturne. Svetlin Roussev, George Tudorache, Henri Demarquette, Sarah Defrise, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Pablo González (Musique en Wallonie)

Jury Chamber Music I

• Nono: Fragments – Silence, to Diotima, Beethoven: String Quartet A minor op. 132. Pellegrini Quartet (ezz-thetics)
• Schostakowitsch, Meyer: Works for String Quartet. Eliot Quartet (Genuin)
• Schostakowitsch: String Quartets No. 2, 7 & 10. Jerusalem Quartet (BIS)
• Smetana: String Quartets. Zemlinsky Quartet (Evil Penguin)
• Telemann, Shaw, Britten, Bach JS: Works for Viola solo. Timothy Ridout (harmonia mundi)
• Tschaikowsky: String Quartets Vol. 2. Dudok Quartet Amsterdam (Rubicon)
• Weinberg: Chamber Music for Strings. Szymon Krzeszowiec, Bartłomiej Nizioł, Elżbieta Mrożek-Loska, Adam Krzeszowiec (CD Accord)
• Wieniawski: String Quartet, Paderewski: Variations and Fugue F major. Meccore String Quartet (Prelude Classics)

Jury Chamber Music II

• »Illuminations« – Improvisations on Bach (for Accordion solo). Philippe Thuriot (Challenge)
• »Recital« – Works by Strawinsky, Ravel, C Schumann a.o. Viktoria Mullova, Katia Labeque (Signum)
• »The Queenes Maskes« – Lute Music by Dowland, Ferrabosco a.o. Elisa La Marca (Arcana)
• »Unexpected America« – Works by Schoenfield, Bolcom, Copland a.o. Oscar Bohórquez, Frank Braley (Genuin)
• Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3, Schubert: Piano Quintet A major. Trio Vitruvi, Hartmut Rohde, Nabil Shehata (Orchid Classics)
• Hahn: Piano Quintet F sharp minor, Piano Quartet G major, Songs. Karim Sulayman, Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective (Chandos)
• Laks: Chamber Music. Grzegorz Mania, Jakub Jakowicz, Bartosz Koziak a.o. (SPMK)
• Schostakowitsch, Roslavets, Schönberg: Works for Piano Trio. Brackman Trio (Challenge)
• Schumann: Violin Sonatas No. 1-3. Alina Ibragimova, Cédric Tiberghien (Hyperion)
• Strauss R: Violin Sonata, Daphne-Etude, Piano Quartet, Capriccio, Metamorphoses a.o.. Renaud Capuçon, Guillaume Bellom, Paul Zientara, Julia Hagen a.o., Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Gustav Mahler Youth orchestra, Seiji Ozawa (DG)
• Szymanowski: Works for Violin and Piano. Francesca Bonaita, Saskia Giorgini (Brilliant)
• Winterberg: Chamber Music Vol. 2. Holger Groschopp, Clemens Linder, Stephan Mörth, Andre Schoch, Adele Bitter, Ania Vegry (eda)

Jury Keyboard Music I

• Bach JS: 18 Piano Pieces. Tim Allhoff (Berlin Classics)
• Bach JS: The Toccatas BWV 910-916. Jonathan Ferrucci (Audite)
• Brahms: Variations and Fugue about a über a theme by Handel; Brahms, Busoni, Reger: Bach/Brahms transcriptions. Samson Tsoy (Linn)
• Godowsky: Renaissance, Franck: Prélude, choral et fugue, Rachmaninow: Var. about a theme by Corelli. Roman Borisov (Alpha)
• Mendelssohn F & F: Four Songs for the Pianoforte, Songs without Words. Olga Pashchenko (Alpha)
• Mozart: Piano Sonatas Vol. 5. Jean Muller (Hänssler)
• Rachmaninow: Piano Sonatas No. 1 & 2, The Isle of Death. Boris Giltburg (Naxos)
• Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, La Valse. Yi Lin Jiang (ANCLEF)
• Ravel: Complete Piano Works. Seong-Jin Cho (DG)

Jury Keyboard Music II

• »Aggregate« – New Works for automated Pipe Organs. gamut inc a.o. (Wergo)
• »Bach to Notre-Dame« – Organ Works by JS Bach. Olivier Latry (La dolce volta)
• »Flemish Organ Heritage« – Organ Works by De Vaere, Callaerts a.o. Ignace Michiels (Passacaille)
• »Night Windows« – Works by Ravel, Lacôte, Waksman, Alain, Improvisations. Lucile Dollat, François Vallet (Tempéraments)
• »Nordic Journey Vol. 17« – Organ Works by Miller, Karlsen, Halley, McGregor, Sólstein, Grétarsson a.o. James D. Hicks (Pro Organo)
• Byrd: Complete Fantasies for Organ. Jangoo Chapkhana (Brilliant)
• Couperin L, le Roux, Chambonnières, Lully, d’Angelbert: Harpsichord Works. Sophie Yates (Chandos)
• de Grigny: Messe & Hymnes. Michel Bouvard & François Espinasse (CVS)
• Muffat: Apparatus musico-organisticus. Bernard Foccroulle, Marie Rouquié (CVS)
• Organ Works by JS Bach, Willan, David, Höller, Schostakowitsch. Mona Hartmann (Aeolus)
• Tartini: Concerto Transcriptions for Organ (arr. Frischmuth). Luca Scandali (Brilliant)

Jury Opera I

• de Nebra: Venus y Adonis. Paola Valentina Molinari, Natalie Pérez a.o., Los Elementos, Alberto Miguélez Rouco (Aparté)
• Desmarest/Campra: Iphigénie en Tauride. Véronique Gens, Reinaud van Mechelen a.o., Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet (Alpha)
• Händel: Rinaldo. Filippo Mineccia, Vivica Genaux a.o., Il Groviglio, Marco Angioloni (Glossa)
• Vivaldi: Arsilda, regina di Ponto. Benedetta Mazzucato, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya a.o., La Cetra Basel, Andrea Marcon (naïve)
• Zingarelli: Giulietta e Romeo. Franco Fagioli, Adèle Charvet a.o., Chœur et Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal, Stefan Plewniak, Direction: Gilles Rico (CVS)

Jury Opera II

• Massenet: Grisélidis. Vannina Santoni, Julien Dran a.o., Orchestre & Chœur Opéra National Montpellier Occitanie, Jean-Marie Zeitouni (Bru Zane)
• Ponchielli: I Lituani. Jūratė Švedaitė-Waller, Kristian Benedikt a.o., Lithuanian National SO, Kaunas State Choir, Modestas Pitrènas (Accentus)
• Puccini: Tosca. Vanessa Goikoetxea, Piero Pretti a.o., Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Daniele Gatti, Regie: Massimo Popolizio (Dynamic)
• Smareglia: Nozze Istriane. Anamarija Knego, Giorgio Surian a.o., Rijeka Opera Chorus & SO, Simon Krečič (cpo)
• Weinberg: The Passenger. Amanda Majeski, Gyula Orendt a.o., Coro & Orquesta del Teatro Real de Madrid, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (DG)

Jury Choral Music

• »Mahler (as before)«. Franui, Chor des BR, Howard Arman (col legno)
• »Strana armonia d’amore« – Madrigali a quattro, cinque e sei voci. Les Cris de Paris, Geoffroy Jourdain (harmonia mundi)
• »Una poesia muta« – Art in early Cinquecento Venice. The Marian Consort, Rory McCleery (Linn)
• Charpentier: Missa Assumpta est Maria. David Tricou, Romain Champion a.o., Ensemble Marguerite Louise, Gaétan Jarry (CVS)
• Demantius: St John’s Passion. Ensemble Polyharmonique, Alexander Schneider (cpo)
• Gervasoni: De Tinieblas. SWR Vokalensemble, IRCAM, Yuval Weinberg (Kairos)
• Manchicourt: Missa da Requiem a.o. Utopia Ensemble, Jan van Outryve (Ramée)
• Pizzetti, Ghedini: Opere corali sacre. Coro Euridice, Pier Paolo Scattolin, Maurizio Guernieri (Tactus)
• Spohr: The Saviour’s final hours. Johanna Winkel, Florian Sievers, Maximilian Vogler, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Frieder Bernius (Carus)

Jury Lieder and Vocal Recital

• »The Last Castrato« – Arias for Velluti by Rossini, Bonfichi, Mercadante a.o.. Franco Fagioli, Chœur & Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal, Stefan Plewniak (CVS)
• »Zwischen Himmel und Erde« – Songs by Messiaen, Webern, Finzi, Strauss. Monika Abel, Kathrin Isabelle Klein (Hänssler)
• Catalani, Gounod, Massenet a.o.: Arias. Vannina Santoni, Orchestre National de Lille, Jean-Marie Zeitouni (Alpha)
• Donizetti: Songs Vol. 3. Michael Spyres, Carlo Rizzi (Opera Rara)
• Gund, Grosz: Songs. Christian Immler, Helmut Deutsch (Alpha)
• Mozart: Concert Arias. Reinoud van Mechelen, A Nocte Temporis (Alpha)
• Schubert, Kurtág, Brahms: Songs. Benjamin Appl, György Kurtág, Pierre Laurent-Aimard, James Baillieu (Alpha)
• Schubert, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Schumann: Songs. Fatma Said, Sabine Meyer, Malcolm Martineau, Joseph Middleton a.o. (Warner)
• Schubert: Songs. Samuel Hasselhorn, Ammiel Bushakevitz (harmonia mundi)
• Shawn E. Okpebholo: Songs in Flight. Rhiannon Giddens, Will Liverman, Reginald Mobley, Karen Slack, Paul Sánchez, Julian Velasco (Cedille)

Jury Early Music

• »Battaglia« – Works by Biber, Schmelzer, Uccellini, Castello, Fux a.o. Ars Antiqua Austria, Gunar Letzbor (Pan)
• »Strana armonia d’amore« – Madrigali a quattro, cinque e sei voci. Les Cris de Paris, Geoffroy Jourdain (harmonia mundi)
• »The Age of Extremes« – Works by WF & CPE Bach, Benda. Il Pomo d’Oro, Francesco Corti (Arcana)
• Bach JS: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (arr. for ensemble). Nevermind (Alpha)
• Demantius: St John’s Passion. Ensemble Polyharmonique, Alexander Schneider (cpo)
• Desprez: Missa l’homme armé super voces musicales, Motets. De Labyrintho, Walter Testolin (Novantiqua)
• Fasch: Orchestral Works Vol. 4. Tempesta di Mare (Chandos)
• Manchicourt: Missa da Requiem a.o. Utopia Ensemble, Jan van Outryve (Ramée)
• Marais: Sonnerie, La Gamme, Sonate à la Maresienne. The Scale Knitters (Ricercar)
• Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli. Stile Antico (Decca)
• Theile, Bokemeyer, Förtsch, Österreich M & G, Meister a.o.: Northern German cantatas. Musica Gloria, Beniamino Paganini (Et’cetera)

Jury Contemporary Classical Music

• »Aggregate« – New Works for automated Pipe Organs. gamut inc a.o. (Wergo)
• Bauckholt: Orchestral Works. BRSO, WDR SO, Ensemble Resonanz, Basel Sinfonietta a.o. (Maria de Alvear World Edition)
• Gubaidulina: Gallows Songs à 3. Helena Rasker, Niek de Groot, Francisco Anguas (Kairos)
• John Zorn: Complete String Quartets. Jack Quartet (Tzadik)
• Lang: Sounding light. Wolfgang Kogert, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Peter Rundel (Kairos)
• Ospald: Escribi. Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Teodoro Anzellotti, Edicson Ruiz, WDR SO, Ensemble Modern (bastille musique)
• Ruzicka: Solo Concertos. Mönkemeyer, Widmann, NDR Elbphilharmonie, SWR SO, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Pintscher, Wiegers, Ruzicka a.o. (Neos)
• Scheuer: Impulsive Songs. Andreas Fischer, Delphine Grataloup a.o., ensemble risonanze erranti, Peter Tilling, Nikolai Rosenberg (Wergo)
• Schubert, Kurtág, Brahms: Songs. Benjamin Appl, György Kurtág, Pierre Laurent-Aimard, James Baillieu (Alpha)

Jury Historical Classical Recordings

• »Mravinsky in Helsinki« – Schostakowitsch, Tschaikowsky, Grieg, Ljadow (1961). Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Evgeny Mravinsky (Janus Classics)
• Debussy: Ibéria, Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte, Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain a.o. Bournemouth SO, Constantin Silvestri (ica Classics)
• The Berliner Philharmoniker and Herbert von Karajan: 1953-1969 live in Berlin (BPHR)
• Elgar: Violin Concerto, Violin Sonata. Albert Sammons, William Murdoch, New Queen’s Hall O, Henry Wood (Biddulph)
• Irmgard Seefried Edition (Australian Eloquence)
• Michael Tilson Thomas – The Complete Columbia, CBS and Sony Recordings (Sony)
• Schubert: Moments Musicaux D.780, Brahms: Handel Variations op. 24, Rhapsodies op. 79, Intermezzi op. 117. Yves Nat (Pristine Audio)
• Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 (25/1/1973). BRSO, Paul Kletzki (Janus Classics)

Jury Crossover Productions

• »Diminutions« – Works by Frescobaldi, Coelho, Sweelinck, Arauxo, Trabaci a.o. Maximilian Ehrhardt (Carpe Diem)
• »Mahler (as before)«. Franui, Chor des BR, Howard Arman (col legno)
• Jon Balke: Skrifum (ECM)
• Julie Campiche & Capella Jenensis: Transitions (Nwog)
• Malte Viefs Kammer: Winter (Auryn Musik)
• Masako Ohta & Matthias Lindermayr: Nozomi (Squama)
• Reinhard Ziegerhofer: Bassdiary II – bass pure and simple (ATS-Records)
• Terra Mater. Malena Ernman, L’Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar (Erato)

Jury Film Music

• Benjamin Wallfisch: Wolf Man (Back Lot Music)
• Cristobal Tapia de Veer: Baby Girl (A24 Music)
• Daniel Blumberg: The Brutalist. John Tilbury, Axel Dörner a.o. (Milan)
• Dascha Dauenhauer: No Beast. So Fierce (DD Records)
• Martin Phipps: Black Doves (Netflix Music)
• Paolo Buonvino: Il Gattopardo (Netflix Music)
• Timothée Chalamet: A Complete Unknown (Columbia)
• Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross: Queer. Caetano Veloso (Milan)

Jury Music Film

• Anastasia Kobekina – Jetzt oder nie! A media library series by Grete Liffers & Sophie-Caroline Danner (WDR, BR, SWR, sounding images)
• Cranko. A Film by Joachim A. Lang (Port-Au-Prince Pictures)
• Element of Crime: Wenn es dunkel und kalt wird in Berlin. A Film by Charly Hübner (DCM)

Jury Jazz I

• Bill Evans: In Norway – The Kongsberg Concert (Elemental)
• Billy Hart Quartet: Just (ECM)
• Dado Moroni Trio: Morges 2009 (TCB Music)
• Ella Fitzgerald: The Moment of Truth: Ella at the Coliseum, 1967 (Verve)
• Eyolf Dale: When Shadows Dance (Edition)
• Florian Raepke Big Band & Charlotte Illinger: Young And Foolish (JazzJazzRecords)
• Holly Cole: Dark Moon (Universal Music Canada)
• John Patitucci: Spirit Fall (Edition)
• Pablo Held: Trio Plays Standards (recordJet)
• Randy Weston: Legacy (Black Sun Music)
• Rolf Kühn: Fearless – The Last Recording (Musik Produktion Schwarzwald)
• Roni Ben-Hur: The Abraxas Sessions, Vol. 2 (Dot Time)

Jury Jazz II

• Billy Hart Quartet: Just (ECM)
• Black Flower: Kinetic (Sdban Ultra)
• Joachim Kühn: Échappée (Intakt)
• Julia Hülsmann Quartet: Under The Surface (ECM)
• Marcin Masecki, Eldar Tsalikov, Jan Pieniążek: Monk (BMC)
• Marius Neset: Cabaret (ACT)
• Nathan Ott Quartett: Continuum (An:Bruch)
• Rolf Kühn: Fearless – The Last Recording (Musik Produktion Schwarzwald)
• Steve Lehmann Trio & Mark Turner: The Music of Anthony Braxton (Pi Recordings)
• Tobias Hoffmann Trio: Start/Stop (Klaeng)

Jury World Music

• Áššu: Luohteniegut (Nordic Notes)
• Black Flower: Kinetic (Sdban Ultra)
• Desturi: Kasiva Mutua (DeliciousTunes)
• Maria João: Abundância (Galileo)
• Mario Lucio: Independance (Maremusica)
• Mila Trani: Menta Selvatica (Segell Microscopi)
• Namritha Nori: Traces and Roots (Moonlight)
• Petros Klampanis: Latent Info (enja & yellowbird)
• Piers Faccini & Ballaké Sissoko: Our Calling (Nø Førmat)
• Pulciperla: Tatekieto (Prado Records)
• Santrofi: Making Moves (Out here)
• Songhoy Blues: Héritage (Transgressive)
• Uusikuu: Piknik (Nordic Notes)

Jury Traditional Ethnic Music

• Al Andaluz Project: The Songs of Iman Kandoussi – Traditional Arabic Andalusian (Galileo)
• Áššu: Luohteniegut (Nordic Notes)
• Divinerinnen: divinerisch! (Gramola)
• Filippo Gambetta & Alessandro Scotto D’Aniello: Choropo (Visage Music)
• Frigg: Dreamscapes (Bafe’s Factory)
• Piers Faccini & Ballaké Sissoko: Our Calling (Nø Førmat)
• Songhoy Blues: Héritage (Transgressive)
• The Baltic Sisters: Värav/Vārti/Vartai (CPL Music)

Jury German language Singer/Songwriter

• 5/8erl in Ehr’n: Burn On! (Viennese Soulfood Records)
• Andreas Hauffe: Einer muss es ja machen (Housemaster)
• Aniada A Noar: Jenseits des Ganges (Self-published)
• Götz Widmann: Blütenduft (Ahuga!)
• Jule Spindler & Band: Ellenbogen zum Fenster raus (Housemaster)
• Juli Kapelle: Phase Blau (TONTräger / t&TT)
• Konstantin Wecker: Lieder meines Lebens – Duo (Live) (Sturm & Klang)
• Melvin Haack: Das letzte Einhirn (live) (Prosodia)

Jury Folk and Singer/Songwriter

• Aniada A Noar: Jenseits des Ganges (Self-published)
• Broom Bezzums: Standing Strong (Feel Your Way Music)
• Hartwin: Unfolding (Trad Records)
• Jenn Butterworth: Her by design (One in ten records)
• Malte Viefs Kammer: Winter (Auryn Musik)
• Piers Faccini & Ballaké Sissoko: Our Calling (Nø Førmat)
• Stout: Make Way (Self-published)
• The Baltic Sisters: Värav/Vārti/Vartai (CPL Music)

Jury Pop

• FKA twigs: Eusexua (Parlophone Label Group)
• Horsegirl: Phonetics On And On (Matador)
• Ikkimel: Fotze (Four Music Local)
• Kendrick Lamar: GNX (Interscope)
• Mac Miller: Balloonerism (Warner)
• Rose Gray: Louder, Please (PIAS)
• The Weeknd: Hurry Up Tomorrow (Republic)

Jury Rock

• Bonnie ‚Prince’ Billy: The Purple Bird (Domino)
• Dropkick: Primary Colours (Bobo Integral)
• Eric Clapton: Meanwhile (Surfdog)
• Gary Louris: Dark Country (Sham)
• Joe Ely: Love and Freedom (Rack ’Em)
• Matt Berry: Heard Noises (Acid Jazz)
• Sharon Van Etten: Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory (Jajaguwar)
• The Delines: Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom (Decor)
• The Limiñanas: Faded (Because Music)

Jury Hard and Heavy

• Avatarium: Between You, God, The Devil And The Dead (AFM)
• Confess: Destination Addiction (Evin Productions)
• Jonathan Hultén: Eyes Of The Living Night (Kscope)
• Killswitch Engage: This Consequence (Metal Blade)
• King Zog: Second Dawn (Hammerheart)
• Mantar: Post Apocalyptic Depression (Metal Blade)
• Sacrifice: Volume Six (High Roller)
• Savage Lands: Army of the Trees (Season Of Mist)
• Spiders: Sharp Objects (Wild Kingdom)
• Subway To Sally: Post Mortem (Napalm)
• The Halo Effect: March Of The Unheard (Nuclear Blast)
• Year Of The Cobra: Year Of The Cobra (Prophecy Productions)

Jury Alternative

• FKA twigs: Eusexua (Parlophone Label Group)
• Franz Ferdinand: The Human Fear (Domino)
• Fuffifufzich: Feel zu spät (Flirt99)
• Lambrini Girls: Who Let The Dogs Out (City Slang)
• Saya: Saya Gray (Dirty Hit/Virgin)
• Sharon Van Etten: Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory (Jajaguwar)
• The Murder Capital: Blindness (Human Season/ADA)
• Tocotronic: Golden Years (Epic)

Jury Club and Dance

• Decius: Decius Vol. II (The Leaf Label)
• Gaiko: Gaiko (Nous’klaer Audio)
• Love Over Entropy: To Sit Quietly Where Everything Is Moving Fast (Something Happening Somewhere)
• s8jfou: Dognip (Parapente)
• Traxman: Da Mind Of Traxman Vol. 3 (Planet Mu)

Jury Electronic and Experimental

• Amulets (bürgerlicher Name: Randall Taylor): Not Around But Through (Beacon Sound)
• Antoine Flipo: With Limits (Radicalis Music)
• Das Ende der Liebe x su dance110: Persist (Anunaki Tabla)
• Imperieux: Rezil (Macro)
• Jean-François Charles & 11 Guest Artists: Tenebræ (New Flore Music)
• Jules Reidy: Ghost/Spirit (Thrill Jockey)
• Le Motel: Odd Numbers / Số Lẻ (Balmat)
• Martin Tétreault: Vraiment plus de Snipettes !!! (Ambiances Magnétiques)
• Oren Ambarchi & Eric Thielemans: Kind Regards (AD93)
• Pye Corner Audio: Where Things Are Hollow: No Tomorrow (Lapsus)
• Stimmenfeuer: Pura (Ziskamusic)
• Veronika Harcsa, Anastasia Razvalyaeva, Balint Bolcsó: Schubert Now! (BMC)

Jury Blues

• Andy Fairweather Low: The Invisible Bluesman (The Last Music Company)
• Julian Sas: Miles And Memories (Cavalier)
• Kai Strauss: Wailin’ in Vienna – An Old School Blues Session (Continental Blue Heaven)
• Larkin Poe: Bloom (Tricki-Woo)
• Mitch Ryder: With Love (Ruf)
• T.G. Copperfield: All In Your Head (Timezone Records)
• Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado: House Of Sticks (Provogue)
• Tommy Castro & The Painkillers: Closer To The Bone (Alligator)

Jury R&B, Soul and HipHop

• Damon Locks: List of Demands (International Anthem)
• Ebo Taylor, Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad: Jazz is Dead 22 (Jazz Is Dead)
• Little Stranger: B-SIDES: From the Vault: VOL. 2 (Self-published)
• Mac Miller: Balloonerism (Warner)
• Michi: Dirty Talk (Stones Throw)
• Moses Pelham: Letzte Worte (3P)
• Silvan Strauss: Flukin’ (Kabul Fire)
• They.: Love.Jones (drink sum wtr)

Jury Verbal Art

• Arthur Schnitzler: Traumnovelle. Concert reading. Andreas Pietschmann, Stefan Weinzierl (Buchfunk)
• Gottfried Keller: Züricher Novellen. Frank Arnold, Ulrich Noethen a.o. (Sinus Literatur)
• Heiner Goebbels: Orakelmaschine. Music: The Mayfield, Direction: Heiner Goebbels (SWR/Deutschlandradio)
• Irmgard Keun: Das kunstseidene Mädchen (Vol. 1-4). Jella Haase, Max von Pufendorf a.o., Music: Michael Rodach, Direction: Regine Ahrem (rbb)
• Joseph Kreil: Venezianische Reise. Udo Samel a.o., Renner Ensemble, Hans Pritschet (TYXart)
• Papst Franziskus: Hoffe. The autobiography. Frank Arnold (Der Audio Verlag)

Jury Recordings for Children and Youth

• Andreas Hüging: Die Football Freunde, Touchdown für die Grasdorf Rebels. Mads Ambrosius (cbj audio)
• Anna Böhm: Die Ampelchen, Folge 1: Aus den Ampeln, fertig, los! Julian Greis (Oetinger Audio)
• Bibi Dumon Tak: Regenwurm und Anakonda. David Nathan, Cathlen Gawlich a.o. (Silberfisch)
• Carsten Henn: Das Müfflon und der Traum vom Stinken. Andreas Fröhlich (Oetinger Audio)
• David Walliams: Banditen-Papa. Thomas Nicolai (Argon Hörbuch)
• James Krüss: Der wohltemperierte Leierkasten. Wolfgang Völz, Ilse Werner (Der Audio Verlag)
• Nico Sternbaum: Such den Osterhasen. Michael-Che Koch, Liam Koch (cbj audio)
• Nina George, Jens J. Kramer: Die magische Bibliothek der Buks Vol. 2. Marian Funk (Silberfisch)