Long List 2/2026

Published: 7th April 2026
The German Record Critics’ Award presents the second long list of 2026. The currently 157 jurors have nominated a total of 240 new publications from the last quarter in 32 categories, which are eligible for the next Quarterly Critic’s Choice. The Quarterly Critic’s Choice 2/2026 will be published on the 15th of May.

Jury Orchestral Music

• Barraine: Symphonies No. 1 & 2 a.o. O National de France, Cristian Măcelaru (PLG Classics)
• Bonis: Orchestral Works. WDR Radio Chorus, WDR SO Köln, Joseph Bastian (cpo)
• Kralik von Meyrswalden: Hymnic Symphony, Piano Trio. Female SO Austria, Silvia Spinnato (Gramola)
• Sicilianos: Symphonic Fantasy »Daimon«, Symphony No. 2 a.o. Athens State O, Ilias Voudouris (Genuin)
• Sohy, Milhaud, CPE Bach, Stravinsky: Symphonies. O National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Bar Avni (Alpha)
• Strauss R: A Hero’s Life, Don Juan. Singapore SO, Hans Graf (OUR)
• Stravinsky: Concerto in D major, Apollon Musagète a.o. Camerata Salzburg, Giovanni Guzzo (Channel)

Jury Concertos

• »Prophecy« – Works by Tüür, Kõrvits, Vasks. Ksenija Sidorova, Estonian Festival O, Paavo Järvi (Alpha)
• Bach JS, Mozart, Britten: Piano Concertos. Martin James Bartlett, MozarteumO Salzburg, Howard Griffiths (PLG Classics)
• Arnold Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto a.o. Ziling Guo, Hamburg SO, Ulrich Windfuhr (cpo)
• Mozart: Piano Concertos KV 238, 246 & 456. Olga Pashchenko, Il Gardellino (Alpha)
• Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos. Roberto González-Monjas, MozarteumO Salzburg (Berlin Classics)
• Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3, Tchaikovsky: »The Nutcracker« Concert Suite: a.o. works. Nobuyuki Tsujii, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic O, Domingo Hindoyan (DG)

Jury Chamber Music I

• »Chaos« – Works by Bach, Rebel, Schnittke a.o. Chaos String Quartet (Solo Musica)
• »In The Fields« – Works by Ravel, Willeitner, Bartók, Dvořák a.o. Vision String Quartet (ACT)
• »Out of Vienna« – Works by Berg, Webern, Schulhoff. Leonkoro Quartet (Alpha)
• Bach JS: Goldberg Variations (arr. for String Trio by D. Sitkovetsky). TrioFenix (Evil Penguin)
• Beethoven: String Quartets op.18/6 & op. 74, Kelterborn: String Quartet No. 6. Amaryllis Quartett (Berlin Classics)
• Mendelssohn: Octet in E-flat major, Enescu: Octet in C major. Belcea Quartet, Quatuor Ébène (Erato)
• Mozart: Complete String Quintets. Oleg Kaskiv, Alexander Grytsayenko, Eli Karanfilova, Vanlentyna Pryshlyak, Pablo de Naverán (Claves)
• Mozart: String Quartet D minor KV 421, Webern: Slow Movement, Korngold: String Quartet No. 2. Quatuor Hermès (La dolce volta)

Jury Chamber Music II

• »Art Nouveau« – French Chamber Music around 1900 by Lalo, Debussy, Bonis, Ravel. Trio Wanderer (harmonia mundi)
• »Beyond Vertigo« – Chamber Music by Film Composers. Roeland Hendrikx Ensemble (Antarctica)
• »Constellations« – Wind Quintets by Ravel, Barber, Schostakowitsch. Ensemble Ouranos (Alpha)
• »History of the Russian Piano Trio Vol. 10« – Works by Roslavets, Schostakowitsch. Brahms Trio (Naxos)
• Feldman: Piano and String Quartet. Florence Millet, JACK Quartet (bastille musique)
• Mendelssohn: Octet in E-flat major, Enescu: Octet in C major. Belcea Quartet, Quatuor Ébène (Erato)
• Mozart: Sonatas for Fortepiano and Violin Vol. 4: KV 296, 303, 380 & 481. Isabelle Faust, Alexander Melnikov (harmonia mundi)

Jury Keyboard Music I

• »Forgotten Melodies« – Works by Glinka, Medtner, Rachmaninoff a.o. Alexander Malofeev (Sony)
• »Voltiges II« – Works by Kreisler, Prokofiev, Bizet, Kapustin a.o. Tristan Pfaff (Ad Vitam)
• Bach JS: Goldberg Variations. Yunchan Lim (Decca)
• Brahms: Late Piano Works (from op. 117, 118 & 119). Piotr Anderszewski (Erato)
• Debussy: Complete Works for Piano Duo Vol. 3. Genova & Dimitrov Piano Duo (Oehms)
• Hensel, Wieck, Beach, Price: Piano Works. Claire Huangci (Alpha)
• Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas Nos. 6-8, Dance of the Knights, Bardanshvili: To Gia Kancheli. Giorgi Gigashvili, Lisa Batiashvili (Alpha)
• Schubert: 4 Impromptus D 899, Piano Sonata D 960. Christian Blackshaw (Pentatone)
• Strauß J II: Walsesr & Polkas for Piano for 4 Hands. Matthieu Idmtal & Alessandro Deljavan (Pavane)

Jury Keyboard Music II

• »Æmilia« – Renaissance Keyboard Music from Castell’Arquato Manuscripts. Andrea Chezzi (Da Vinci)
• »Color Harmonies. Veni, Creator Spiritus« – Improvisations as a symphonic organ portrait. David Franke (Motette)
• »Juvenilia« – Harpsichord Works by and surrounding the young Bach. Gabriel Smallwood (Ramée)
• Bach JS: Harpsichord Works. Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya (Linn)
• Bach JM: An »Orgelbüchlein« (Complete Organ Chorales). Cindy Castillo (Ricercar)
• Rossi: Toccate e Correnti for Organ & Harpsichord. Manuel Tomadin (Brilliant)

Jury Opera I

• Draghi: Das verwunschene Glück [The Enchanted Happiness]. Sophie Danemann, Anna Manske a.o., Ārt House 17, Michael Hell (Proud Peacock)
• Händel: Sosarme. Rémy Brès-Feuillet, Sarah Charles a.o., O de l’Opéra Royal, Marco Angioloni (CVS)
• Lully: Atys. Mathias Vidal, Véronique Gens a.o., Les Pages et le Chantres du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, Les Ambassadeurs, La Grande Écurie, Alexis Kossenko (Alpha)
• Telemann: Sieg der Schönheit [The Triumph of Beauty]. Anna Willerding, Sunhae Im a.o., Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Michael Hofstetter (cpo)

Jury Opera II

• Beer: Der Prinz von Schiras [The Prince of Shiraz]. Carlos Moreno Pelizari, Kirsten Labonte a.o., Regensburg Opera Choir & Philharmonic O, Stefan Veselka (cpo)
• Dédé: Morgiane, ou, le Sultan d’Ispahan. Mary Elizabeth Williams, Kenneth Kellogg a.o., OperaCréole Ensemble, Opera Lafayette O, Patrick Dupre Quigley (Delos)
• Mascagni: Zanetto. Yajie Zhang, Narine Yeghiyan, Chorus & O of the Berlin Opera Group, Felix Krieger (Oehms)
• Reimann: Ein Traumspiel. Denn bleiben ist nirgends [A dream come true. Because there’s nowhere else to go]. Franziska Rabl, Karsten Jesgarz a.o., DSO Berlin, Hof Symphonics, Opera Choir of Hof Theatre, Walter E. Gugerbauer, Manuel Nawri (Wergo)
• Smetana: Dvě Vdody [The Two Widows]. Adriana Kučerová, Katerina Kněžíková a.o., Prague National Theatre Chorus, Prague Radio SO, Robert Jindra (Naxos)
• Verdi: Simon Boccanegra. Ludovic Tézier, Marina Rebeka a.o., O e Coro del Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli, Michele Spotti (Prima Classic)
• Wagner: Tristan und Isolde. Klaus Florian Vogt, Camilla Nylund a.o., Dresden State Oper Chorus, Saxon State Orchestra of Dresden, Christian Thielemann, Direction: Marco Arturo Marelli (C Major)

Jury Choral Music and Vocal Ensemble

• »New Jewish Music Vol. 5« – Works by Nobles, Bardanashvili, Klartag, Trigos. Le Chœur de l’O symphonique de Montréal, Andrew Megill (Analekta)
• Bach JL: The Leipzig Cantatas. Capella Sollertia, Johanna Soller (Ricercar)
• Charpentier: Te Deum. Flore van Meersche, Kristin Mulders a.o., La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall (Alia Vox)
• de La Rue: Missa Iste Confessor Domini, Works by de Paiva, Buus, Carreira. Musurgia Ensemble, João Francisco Távora (Coviello)
• Desprez: Missa L’ami Baudichon, Motets. Cut Circle, Jesse Rodin (Musique en Wallonie)
• Fauré: Requiem op. 48. Isaure Brunner, Jean-Gabriel Saint-Martin, Chœur & O de l’Opéra Royal, Victor Jacob (CVS)
• Slixs: Close your Eyes (Hey!Classics)
• Stravinsky: Late Works. Cappella Amsterdam, Noord Nederlands Orkest, Daniel Reuss (Pentatone)
• Zelenka: Missa Circumcisionis, Missa Corporis Domini. Collegium Vocale 1704, Collegium 1704, Václav Luks (Accent)

Jury Lieder and Vocal Recital

• »Amidst The Shades« – Works by Dowland, Johnson, Holborne a.o. Ruby Hughes, Jonas Nordberg, Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann (BIS)
• »Eisnacht« – Songs by Jewish Composers. Pia Viola Buchert, Tatjana Dravenau (Genuin)
• »Prime Donne« – Works by Vivaldi, Porpora, Porta. Marina Viotti, O de l’Opera Royal, Andrés Gabetta (CVS)
• »Virtuosissima Sirena« – Works by Strozzi, Legrenzi, Castello. Laura Catrani, Accademia dell’Annunciata, Riccardo Doni (Arcana)
• Britten: Songs. Daniel Johannsen, Andreas Fröschl (Hänssler)
• Dowland, Johnson, Warlock a.o.: Songs and Improvisations. Clara Brunet, Bor Zuljan (Ricercar)
• Koechlin, Rosenthal, Aboulker a.o.: French Songs. Julie Roset, Susan Manoff (Alpha)
• Massenet: Songs with Orchestra II. Julien Henric, Hélène Guilmette a.o., O de l’Opera de Normandie Rouen, Pierre Dumoussaud (Bru Zane)

Jury Early Music

• »French Viol Consort Music through the Ages«. Chelys Consort of Viols, James Akers (BIS)
• »Tranquilles Cœurs« – Works by Böhm, Campra, Krieger, Lully a.o. Ensemble Théodora (Alpha)
• Bach JL: The Leipzig Cantatas. Capella Sollertia, Johanna Soller (Ricercar)
• Bach JS: Cantatas BWV 115 & 85 a.o. Céline Scheen, Alexander Chance, Thomas Hobbs, Benoît Arnould, Julien Barre, Le Banquet Céleste (Alpha)
• Bach WF: 6 Sonatas for Two Flutes. Manuel Granatiero, Eleonora Bišćević (Arcana)
• Biber: Mystery Sonatas. La Centifolia, Leila Schayegh (Glossa)
• Desprez: Missa L’ami Baudichon, Motets. Cut Circle, Jesse Rodin (Musique en Wallonie)
• Telemann: Sieg der Schönheit [The Triumph of Beauty]. Anna Willerding, Sunhae Im a.o., Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Michael Hofstetter (cpo)
• Vivaldi: Arias & Concerti. Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Café Zimmermann, Pablo Valetti (Alpha)

Jury Contemporary Classical Music

• »21st-Century Canadian Snare Drum« – Works by Andrew Staniland, Bekah Simms, Michael Oesterle, Christina Volpini a.o. Ryan Scott (Collection QB)
• »Next to your fire« – Works by Omelchuk, Krebber, Seidl. Ensemble Proton (Fake Marble Classical)
• Chin: Gougalōn, Graffiti, Double Concerto for Piano and Percussion. Samuel Favre, Dimitri Vassilakis, Ensemble InterContemporain, Pierre Bleuse (Alpha)
• DLW: Live at Salle Cortot. Christopher Dell, Christian Lillinger, Jonas Westergaard (bastille musique)
• Feldman: Piano and String Quartet. Florence Millet, JACK Quartet (bastille musique)
• Illés: Bowed Spaces. Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Nicolas Altstaedt, SWR Experimentalstudio, Munich Chamber O, Clemens Schuldt, Bas Wiegers (Alpha)
• Reimann: Ein Traumspiel. Denn bleiben ist nirgends [A dream come true. Because there’s nowhere else to go]. Franziska Rabl, Karsten Jesgarz a.o., DSO Berlin, Hof Symphonics, Opera Choir of Hof Theatre, Walter E. Gugerbauer, Manuel Nawri (Wergo)

Jury Historical Classical Recordings

• Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Herbert von Karajan: Live in Berlin 1970-1979 (BPHR)
• Händel, Giuliani, Leisner, Kreisler a.o.: Music for Violin and Guitar. Arturo Delmoni, David Burgess (High Definition Tape Transfers)
• Maria Tipo – The Complete Erato & Fonit Cetra Recordings 1978-1994 (Erato)
• Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts the Chamber Orchestra of Europe 1990-2004. The Complete Teldec Recordings (Warner)
• Rita Gorr: Airs d’opéras français et italiens. Rita Gorr, var. Orchestras, André Cluytens, Edward Downes, Lawrence Collingwood (Warner)
• Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia. Sesto Bruscantini, Victoria de los Angeles, Luigi Alva, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Royal Philharmonic O, Vittorio Gui (Pristine)
• Toscha Seidel: American Columbia Recordings 1918-1920 (Tchaikovsky, Wieniawski, Schubert, Chopin a.o.). Toscha Seidel, Louis Gruenberg, Harry Kaufman (Biddulph)

Jury Crossover Productions

• Björn Meyer: Convergence (ECM)
• DLW: Live at Salle Cortot. Christopher Dell, Christian Lillinger, Jonas Westergaard (bastille musique)
• Federspiel: Wir & Jetzt (sounds of servus)
• Julie Campiche: Unspoken (Ronin Rhythm)
• Malte Viefs Kammer: Reprise (Auryn Musik)
• Slixs: Close your Eyes (Hey!Classics)

Jury Film Music

• Anthony Willis: Wuthering Heights – Score Album (Milan)
• Charli XCX: Wuthering Heights – Song Album (Atlantic)
• Daniel Lopatin: Marty Supreme (A24 Music)
• Hania Rani: Sentimental Value (Gondwana)
• Hildur Guðnadóttir: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (Milan)
• Isabella Summers: Dust Bunny (Lakeshore)
• Theodore Shapiro feat. Caroline Shaw: The Housemaid Vol. 1 & 2 (Lions Gate Entertainment)

Jury Music Film

• Helmut Lachenmann: Die Energie der Klänge [The Energy of Sounds]. A film by Wiebke Pöpel. SWR SO, François-Xavier Roth a.o. (SWR)
• Louis Philippson – Plötzlich Fame (MDR)
• Paul McCartney: Man on the Run. A film by Morgan Neville (Amazon MGM Studios)
• Take That – Short Series by David Soutar. Take That, Gary Barlow, Robbie Williams, Mark Owen (Netflix)

Jury Jazz I

• Bruno Bavota & Chantal Acda: Safer Places (Challenge)
• Henri Texier: Healing Songs (Label Bleu)
• Isabelle Bodenseh: Dignity (GLM)
• Joel Ross: Gospel Music (Blue Note)
• Julia Hülsmann Octet: While I Was Away (ECM)
• Marco Mezquida Trio: Táctil (Galileo)
• Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Seek & Listen: Live at the Penthouse (Resonance)
• Thelonious Monk: Bremen 1965 (Sunnyside)
• Tobias Becker Bigband: Venti (Neuklang)
• Yusef Lateef: Golden Flower: Live In Sweden (Elemental)

Jury Jazz II

• Alexis Marcelo: Solo Piano (Intakt)
• Angelika Niescier: Chicago Tapes (Intakt)
• Craig Taborn, Tomeka Reid, Ches Smith: Dream Archives (ECM)
• DLW: Live at Salle Cortot. Christopher Dell, Christian Lillinger, Jonas Westergaard (bastille musique)
• Jan Schreiner Large Ensemble: Minora Sky (nWog)
• Marius Neset & Bergen Big Band, Anton Eger: Time To Live (ACT)
• Shake Stew: Ten One Two (Traumton)
• The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis: Deface The Currency (Impulse!)
• Thelonious Monk: Bremen 1965 (Sunnyside)
• Vincent Courtois, Robin Fincker, Daniel Erdmann: Lines For Lions (La Buisonne)

Jury World Music

• Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino: Il Mito (Ponderosa Music & Art)
• DakhaBrakha: Ptakh (DakhaBrakha)
• David Walters: Ti Love (Heavenly Sweetness)
• Dictaphone: Unstable (Denovali)
• Imarhan: Essam (City Slang)
• Kabeaushé: Iggy Swaggering Ungreatful Incessant Little Peeeaaaaaaaa (Kabeaushé)
• Keyvan Chemirani: Tales of Nar (Peewee!)
• Las Hermanas Caronni: El Espacio Del Tiempo (Les Grands Fleuves)
• Mariana Ramos: Sinfonico (Casa Verde)
• Monoswezi: Moyo (Parallell)
• Tribeqa: Sumu (Underdog)
• Tuuletar: Maammo (Nordic Notes)

Jury Traditional Ethnic Music

• Ablaye Cissoko, Kiya Tabassian, Constantinople, Patrick Graham: Estuaire (Ma Case)
• Dine Doneff: Roden Voden (neRED)
• Kairos Collective: Mulciber (TouMilou Records)
• La Cumbia Chicharra: Quinto Mundo (Le Train en Marche)
• Luisa Briguglio: Truvatura (Liburia)
• Neba Solo & Benego Diakité: A Djinn and a Hunter Went Walking (Nonesuch)
• Rahu the Fool: On The Dancefloor (CPL-Music)
• Raül Refree & Maria Mazzotta: San Paolo di Galatina (Galileo)
• Stelios Petrakis: Lyric (Buda Musique)
• WÖR x Kongero: Songbooks Live (Nordic Notes)

Jury German language Singer/Songwriters

• Burges Gränzer Schade: Jenseits schillernder Welten – Tanzende Seelen (Grenzton)
• Cuppatea: So sei die Welt (Self-published)
• Laura Liebeskind, Mondëna Quartet: Toi & Moi: Das kleinste Übel (Self-published)
• Max Prosa: Der Garten (Prosa Records)
• Maxi Pongratz: Rum & Num (Trikont)
• Rosa Hoelger: Fuer Immer Gummistiefel (unserallereins)
• Sibylle Kefer: Ma Wü Vü (Tivoli Productions)
• Sven van Thom: Ins Gras (Loob Musik)

Jury Folk and Singer/Songwriter

• Doc Rossi & Ensemble: Góntia – Contredances of Robert d’Aubat Saint-Flour (Cetra)
• Malte Viefs Kammer: Reprise (Auryn Musik)
• Pàdruig Morrison: Buin (PM01)
• Paul Kaplan: King of Hearts (Old Coat Music)
• Ragna: Ragna (GO’ Danish Folk Music)
• Rahu the Fool: On The Dancefloor (CPL-Music)
• Trio Mio: DansAnt (GO’ Danish Folk Music)
• Turner Cody & The Soldiers of Love: Out For Blood (Capitane)
• Tuuletar: Maammo (Nordic Notes)
• WÖR x Kongero: Songbooks Live (Nordic Notes)

Jury Pop

• Charli XCX: Wuthering Heights (Song Album) (Atlantic)
• Gorillaz: The Mountain (Kong)
• Iron and Wine: Hen’s Teeth (Sub Pop)
• Joji: Piss In The Wind (Palace Creek)
• Kula Shaker: Wormslayer (Strangefolk)
• Labrinth: Cosmic Opera Act I (Columbia)
• Mitski: Nothing’s About to Happen to Me (Dead Oceans)
• Nils Keppel: Super Sonic Youth (RecordJet)

Jury Rock

• Die Sterne: Wenn es Liebe ist (PIAS)
• Dry Cleaning: Secret Love (4AD)
• John Townley: Round Swamp Road (The Lollipoppe Shoppe)
• Lucinda Williams: World’s Gone Wrong (Highway 20)
• The James Hunter Six: Off The Fence (Easy Eye Sound)
• The Lone Bellow: What A Time To Be Alive (The Lone Bellow)
• The Sheepdogs: Keep Out Of The Storm (Right On)
• Tyler Ballgame: For The First Time, Again (Rough Trade)
• Whooble!: Midge’s Pocket (Soop)

Jury Hard and Heavy

• Chalice: Divine Spear (Dying Victims)
• Hällas: Panorama (Äventyr)
• Hoaxed: Death Knocks (Relapse)
• Kreator: Krushers Of The World (Nuclear Blast)
• Lone Wanderer: Exequiae (High Roller)
• Marianas Rest: The Bereaved (Noble Demon)
• Megadeth: Megadeth (BlkIIBlk/Frontiers)
• Soen: Reliance (Silver Lining)
• The Ruins Of Beverast: Tempelschlaf (Ván)
• Universum25: Die Maschinen wollen leben (Vertigo Berlin)

Jury Alternative

• Altin Gün: Garip (Glitterbeat)
• Deathcrash: Somersaults (Untitled Recs)
• Die Sterne: Wenn es Liebe ist (PIAS)
• Dry Cleaning: Secret Love (4AD)
• Gorillaz: The Mountain (Kong)
• Mitski: Nothing’s About to Happen to Me (Dead Oceans)
• Mumford & Sons: Prizefighter (Island)
• Peaches: No Lube So Rude (Kill Rock Stars)

Jury Club and Dance

• Anthony Rother: Exit Utopia (3MULATOR BOY)
• Daphni: Butterfly (Jiaolong)
• DJ Hell: Neoclash (International Deejay Gigolo)
• Exit Safe Mode: Trice (exitsafemode)
• GorpoPap: Reach 4 The Stars (Self-published)
• Midnxght: Your Cosmos, My Chaos (Extra Energy)
• nagoyaka na kaze / quiet wind. Various Artists (Wisdom Teeth)
• Neue Grafik: Rachael (Week-End)
• Nondi_: Nondi… (Planet Mu)
• Radagast: Yesta (Heimat der Katastrophe)
• styn: Bluprnt (Nachtwinkel)

Jury Electronic and Experimental

• Apparat: A Hum Of Maybe (Mute)
• Arthur Clees: All Of The Days That Go By (Sowasvon)
• Congee Rats: Congee Rats’ Clinic (Patch Cord)
• Craven Faults: Sidings (The Leaf Label)
• Hold: Instant Music For (Unit)
• Julie Campiche: Unspoken (Ronin Rhythm)
• KMRU: Kin (Editions Mego)
• Lothar Heinle: Electroacoustic Works (Neos)
• Mikalojus Čiurlionis & Roe Deers: Didysis Čiurlys (Rekūrai/Good Skills)
• Stefan Goldmann: Automation Studies Vol. 1 (Macro)
• Stephen O’Malley: Spheres Collapser (Xkatedral)
• Toninato & Thiessen: Dream Of Heat (Ambiances Magnétiques)

Jury Blues

• Elise Frank: I Didn’t Pay For It (Ruf)
• Eric Bibb: One Mississippi (Repute)
• Garret T. Willie: Bill’s Cafe (Gulf Coast)
• Heigh Chief: Tales of the Once Was (Cracker Factory Music)
• Joe Bonamassa: B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100 (KTBA)
• Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials: Slideways (Alligator)
• Matthew Curry: One For The Ride (Ruf)

Jury R&B, Soul and HipHop

• A$AP Rocky: Don’t Be Dumb (RCA)
• GENA: The Pleasure Is Yours (Lex)
• J. Cole: The Fall-Off (Dreamville/Interscope)
• Jill Scott: To Whom This May Concern (Blues Babe/Human Re Sources)
• Momoko Gill: Momoko (Strut Records/!K7)
• Moonchild: Waves (Tru Thoughts)
• Nas & DJ Premier: Light-Years (Mass Appeal)
• Peaches: No Lube So Rude (Kill Rock Stars)

Jury Verbal Art

• Caroline Labusch & Marion Pfaus: Im Lieferdienst-Universum, Part 1 & 2 (rbb)
• Hanno Leichtmann: Blue Yeti – ASMR Geräuschétude. Audrey Chen, Hanno Leichtmann (SWR)
• Irina Nekrasova: Freunde. Editing and Direction: Wiebke Stark (Experimentelles Radio Bauhaus Universität Weimar)
• Jon Fosse: Vaim. Martin Feifel, Urs Remond, Rainer Strecker (der Diwan)
• Judith Hermann: Ich möchte zurückgehen in der Zeit. Author Reading (der Hörverlag)
• Kai Grehn: Imiona Nurtu. Die Namen der Strömung. A Radio Play Oratorio. Alexander Fehling a.o. (Zweitausendeins)
• Robert Walser: Der Gehülfe. Mario Fuchs, Urs Jucker a.o., Direction: Stefan Weber (SRF/ORF)
• Thomas Pynchon: Schattennummer. Julian Mehne (Argon Edition)

Jury Recordings for Children and Youth

• Annika & Martin Bosch: Nepomuk und der Rabel, Part III – Die Pinguininsel. State Orchestra of the German National Theatre in Weimar, William Shaw (Hey!blau)
• Ferdinand von Schirach: Alexander. Author Reading (der Hörverlag)
• Heavysaurus: Metal (Europa)
• Juli Wind: Schweinehundi. Schrecklich unwiderstehlich. Monty Arnold (Argon Sauerländer)
• Lewis Carroll: Alice im Wunderland. Laura Maire, Stefan Kaminski a.o., Direction: Henrik Albrecht (NDR)
• Moa Backe Åstot: Himmelsfeuer. Jannik Schümann (Argon digital)
• Nick Brooks: Up in Smoke – Was tust du, wenn die Wahrheit nicht zählt? David Vormweg, Tami Fischer (Lübbe Audio)
• Ute Krause: Herwig & Elsie – Wo ist der große Zauberer? Andreas Fröhlich (der Hörverlag)