Long List 3/2015

Published: 1st July 2015
The German Record Critics’ Award presents the third longlist of 2015. The currently 160 jurors have nominated a total of 284 new publications from the last quarter in 32 categories, which are eligible for the next Quarterly Critic’s Choice. The Quarterly Critic’s Choice 3/2015 will be published on the 14th of August.

Long List

Jury Symphonic and Orchestral Music

• Schubert: Symphony D 944. Orchestra Mozart, Abbado (DG)
• Schönberg: Pelleas and Melisande, Violin Concerto. Blacher, Gürzenich-O, Stenz (Oehms)
• Tschaikowsky: Symphony No. 5, Romeo and Julia. San Francisco S, Thomas (SFS Media)
• Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5, Ouvertures. LSO, Gardiner (LSO live)
• Tschaikowsky: Manfred-Symphony. City of Birmingham O, Nelsons (Orfeo)
• Chabrier, Massenet, Ravel & Debussy: France-Espagne. Les Siècles, Roth (Actes Sud)
• Haydn & W.F. Bach: Symphonies. Il Giardino Armonico, Antonini (alpha)
• D’Indy: Orchestral Works Vol. 6. Iceland Symphony O, Gamba (Chandos)
• Schubert: Symphony No. 8. Kammerakademie Potsdam, Manacorda (Sony)

Jury Concertos

• Tschaikowsky & Prokofjew: Piano Concertos. Gerstein, DSO, Gaffigan (Myrios)
• Schönberg: Pelleas and Melisande, Violin Concerto. Blacher, Gürzenich-O, Stenz (Oehms)
• Schumann: Violin Concerto, Piano Trio op. 110. Faust etc., FBO, Heras-Casado (HM)
• Mozart & Vieuxtemps: Violin Concertos. Hahn, Dt. Kammerphilh, Järvi (DG)
• Korngold & Britten: Piano Concerto etc. Stavy, O National de Lille, Polivnick (Hortus)
• Prokofjew & Schostakowitsch: Cello Concertos. Isserlis, RSO F, Järvi (Hyperion)
• Suk, Janáček, Dvořák: Violin Concertos. Špaček, Tschechische Phil, Bĕlohlávek (Supraphon)

Jury Chamber Music

• Schostakowitsch: Piano Quartet op. 57 etc. Takács Q, Hamelin (Hyperion)
• Schostakowitsch: String Quartet Nos. 1, 8 & 14. Borodin Q (Decca)
• Mendelssohn: String Quartets. Escher Q (BIS)
• Smetana: String Quartets. Pavel Haas Q (Supraphon)
• Bach, Beethoven, Ligeti etc.: Cantate e tranquillo. Keller Q (ECM)
• Brahms: Sonatas for Clarinet & Klavierstücke op. 118. Coppola, Staier (HM)
• Prokofjew, Schnittke, Schostakowitsch etc.: Memories. Troussov, Troussova (MDG)

Jury Piano Music

• Scarlatti: 39 Piano Sonatas. Huangci (Berlin Classics)
• J.S. Bach: Concerto for 2 Pianos etc. Anderson & Roe (Steinway & Sons)
• Poème de l’Extase: Works by Skrjabin, Liszt etc. Maria Lettberg (Es-Dur)
• Schubert: Piano Sonatas D 894 & 960, Moments Musicaux etc. Schiff (ECM)
• Dukas: Complete Piano Works. Billaut (Mirare)
• Beethoven & Schubert: Sonatas op. 111 & D 960. Moser (Avi Music)
• Kapustin: Piano Sonata No. 2, Variations op. 41 etc. Kim (Piano Classics)

Jury Harpsichord and Organ

• J.S. Bach & Glass: Organ Works. Apkalna (Oehms)
• Organ Moves & Grooves: 12 Improvisations. Pertiet (Ifo Classics Organ)
• Stäbler: !? musical. essay, heiss!, windows, tap, aber. Susteck (Wergo)
• Bach in Montecassino. Guglielmi (Vivat)
• H. Andriessen: Four Chorals, Sonata da chiesa etc. Saunders (Brilliant Classics)
• Bird: The Oriental Miscellany. Chapman (Signum Classics)
• Orgelkonzert in der St. Annenkirche Annaberg-Buchholz. Süß (Querstand)
• Kuhnau: Complete Organ Works. Molardi (Brilliant Classics)

Jury Opera I

• Vinci: Catone in Utica. Sancho, Fagioli, Sabadus etc., Pomo d’oro, Minasi (Decca)
• Salieri: Les Danaïdes. Wanroij etc., Les Talens Lyriques, Rousset (Palazetto Bru Zane)
• Rameau: Castor et Pollux. Ainsworth, Sempey, Negri, Pygmalion, Pichon (HM)
• Steffani: Niobe, Regina di Tebe. Balthasar-Neumann E, Hengelbrock (Opus Arte)
• Monteverdi: L’Orfeo. Capella Reial, Concerto des Nations, Savall (Alia Vox)

Jury Opera II

• Reimann: Lear. Skovhus, Kwon etc., Phil Hamburg, Young, Gruber (Arthaus)
• Janáček: Jenůfa. Vejzovic, Briscein etc., O & Chor Oper Graz, Kaftan (Oehms)
• Battistelli: Experimentum mundi. Raffone, Servillo, Battistelli, Pressburger (EuroArts)
• Verdi: Vêpres siciliennes. Schrott etc., O & Choir ROH, Pappano, Herheim (Opus Arte)
• Rossini: Guillaume Tell. Florez etc., O & Coro Teatro Bologna, Mariotti, Vick (Decca)
• Wagner: Ring des Nibelungen. Jesatko etc., O Oper Mannheim, Ettinger, Freyer (Arthaus)
• Donizetti: Les Martyrs. El-Khoury etc., O of the Age of Enlightenment, Elder (Opera Rara)
• Legrand: Les parapluies de Cherbourg. Dessay etc., O National d’Ile-de Fr., Legrand (Erato)

Jury Choral Music

• Schubert: Vol. 1, Sehnsucht. Camerata Musica Limburg, Schumacher (Genuin)
• Schostakowitsch: Cantatas. Estonian Concerto Choir, Järvi (Erato)
• Pärt: Babel. Wiltener Sängerknaben, Stecher (Col legno)
• Armarium: Aus dem Notenschrank der Thomaner. Amarcord (Raumklang)
• Talbot: Path of Miracles. Conspirare, Johnson (HMU)
• Pärt: Te Deum, Berliner Mass etc. Chor des BR, Münchner RO, Dijkstra (BR-Klassik)
• Messiaen: 3 Petites Liturgies etc. Danish National Choir & O, Creed (Our Recordings)
• »Italia«. Choral Works by Verdi, Scelsi, Nono etc. SWR VokalE Stuttgart, Creed (Hänssler)
• De Rore: Missa »Doulce Mémoire« etc. Laudantes Consort, Janssens (Sonamusica)
• Motets der Hiller-Sammlung (Harrer etc.). Sächsisches Vokalensemble, Jung (Carus)
• Psalmus (Rheinberger, Rose etc.). Deutscher Kammerchor, Pöll, Lang (Christophorus)

Jury Early Music

• J.S. Bach: Luth. Masses, Vol. 1. Blazikova, Blaze etc., Bach Collegium Japan, Suzuki (BIS)
• Simpson: Ayres & Graces. Chelys Consort of Viols, Tidhar, Akers (BIS)
• Accademia dell’Arcadia Roma 1710 (Scarlatti etc.). Sabrina Frey & Ensemble (TYXart)
• De Lalande: Leçons de Ténèbres. Karthäuser, Correspondences, Daucé (HM)
• De Rore: Missa »Doulce Mémoire« etc. Laudantes Consort, Janssens (Sonamusica)
• Ockeghem: Missa L’Homme Armé. Nusmido (Rondeau)
• J.Chr. Bach & J.M. Bach: Motets. Vox Luminis, Meunier (Ricercar)
• Caldara: Trio Sonatas. Beyer, Schayegh, Bötticher, Spaeter (Glossa)
• Vivaldi: L’Estro Armonico. Podger, Brecon Baroque (Channel)
• Gombert: Motets. Beauty Farm (Fra Bernardo)
• Berliner Gambenbuch. Laake, Art d’Echo (Capriccio)
• »absora est«. Theile, Rosenmüller etc.: Cantatas. Börner, Il Profondo (resonando)
• Armarium: Aus dem Notenschrank der Thomaner. Amarcord (Raumklang)

Jury Lieder and Vocal Recital

• »Agrippina«. Peri, Porpora, Händel etc.: Arias. Hallenberg, Pomo d’Oro, Minasi (HM)
• »Scene!« Beethoven etc.: Arias. Karg, Martineau, Pogostkina etc. (Berlin Classics)
• »Heroïque«. Rossini, Berlioz etc.: Arias. Hymel, Prager Phil, Villaume (Warner)
• »If the Owl Calls Again«. Mussorgsky etc.: Lieder. Stotijn, Tamestit etc., Oxalys (Warner)

Jury Historical Classical Recordings

• Mercury Living Presence, Vol. 3. Richter, Rostropowitsch, Romero, LSO etc. (Mercury)
• Edition Gewandhausorchester, Vol. 4. GewandhausO, Abendroth etc. (Querstand)
• Mark Hambourg, Vol. 4: Sonatas & Piecen Part 3. Hambourg (Podium)
• Sapellnikov, Scharwenka: The Complete Recordings. Sapellnikov, Scharwenka (apr)
• Anatole Kitain: The Complete Columbia Recordings 1936-1939. Kitain (Appian)
• J.S. Bach: Wohltemperiertes Klavier. Gulda (MPS)
• The Telefunken Recordings: Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Schumann. Anda (audite)

Jury Contemporary Classical Music

• Trümpy: Canti Elegiaci. Voellmy, Weiss, Svoboda, Henneberger etc. (Genuin)
• Vierk: Words Fail Me. Rüegg, Mook, Gold, Kampmeier etc. (New World Records)
• Mittmann: Kontrapunkte. Horizonte (Wergo)
• Murail: Le partage des eaux etc. BBC Symphony O, Valade (aeon)
• Lucier: Broken Line etc. Trio Nexus (mode records)

Jury Classical Music on DVD

• Barbara Hannigan: Concerto & Documentary. Mahler Chamber O, Hannigan (Accentus)
• Strauss: Am Ende des Regenbogens. Film by E. Schulz mit Fassbaender etc. (CMajor)
• Schostakowitsch: Symphonies & Concertos. O & Chor Mariinskij, Gergiev (Arthaus)
• Gulda: The Video Tapes. Gulda, Schiff, Dennerlein etc. (Arthaus)
• Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10. RSO Frankfurt, Järvi (C Major)
• Ringen um die Gegenwart: Andrés »Wunderzaichen«. Film by U. Aumüller (EuroArts)
• Battistelli: Experimentum mundi. Raffone, Servillo, Battistelli, Pressburger (EuroArts)
• Manuel de Falla: When the Fire Burns. Two Films by L. Weinstein (EuroArts)
• Argerich, Barenboim: Klavierduos. Live Recording April 2014 (EuroArts)

Jury Film Music

• Nick Cave & Warren Ellis: Loin Des Hommes (Goliath)
• Christophe Beck: Good Kill (Lakeshore)
• Junkie XL: Mad Max – Fury Road (Sony)
• Hans Zimmer: Chappie (Varese Sarabande)

Jury Crossover Productions

• Hannes Buder: Changes II (Umlaut)
• Elina Duni Quartet: Dallëndyshe (ECM)
• Erpfenbrass: Hart verzwungen Vol. 1 (Chaos)
• Jormin, Willemark, Nakagawa: Trees Of Light (ECM)
• Ralf Kaupenjohann & Emanuel Zaja: duo kzrme (augemus)
• Pascal Niggenkemper: Look With Thine Ears (Clean Feed)
• Nuñez, Wakenius etc.: Jazzpaña live (ACT)
• Karl Ivar Refseth Trio: Praying (Traumton)
• Daniel Schnyder & David Taylor: Art Of The Duo (Neuklang)

Jury Spoken Word and Cabaret

• Samuel Beckett: Mercier und Camier. Sander, Fitz (Christoph Merian Verlag)
• Fred Breinersdorfer: Elser – Hörspiel. Friedel, Klaußner etc. (Audio Verlag)
• Michel Houellebecq: Unterwerfung. Christian Berkel (Audio Verlag)
• Siri Hustvedt: Die gleißende Welt. Harfouch, Kroymann etc. (Argon)
• Thomas Kling: Die gebrannte Performance. Thomas Kling (Lilienfeld Verlag)
• Sabina van der Linden-Wolanski: Drang nach Leben. Dagmar Manzel (Audio Verlag)
• Heinrich Mann: Professor Unrat. Manfred Steffen (Hörverlag)
• Thomas Mann: Die große Originalton-Edition. Thomas Mann (Hörverlag)
• Amos Oz: Judas. Christian Brückner (parlando)
• Franz Werfel: Die vierzig Tage des Musa Dagh. Blomberg, Fehling etc. (Hörverlag)
• W.B. Yeats: Gedichte/Poems. Klaußner, Beglau, Zischler (Hörverlag)

Jury Rock

• James Bay: Chaos And The Calm (Universal)
• Blur: The Magic Whip (Parlophone)
• Faith No More: Sol Invictus (PIAS)
• Bill Fay: Who Is The Sender (Dead Oceans)
• FFS: Franz Ferdinand Sparks (Domino)
• Loretta: Soft Rock (Naïve)
• Jesse Malin: New York Before The War (One Little Indian)
• Sufjan Stevens: Carrie & Lowell (Asthmatic Kitty)
• Tocotronic: Tocotronic – Das rote Album (Universal)
• Paul Weller: Saturns Patterns (Parlophone)

Jury Pop

• Alabama Shakes: Sound & Color (Beggars Group)
• Blur: The Magic Whip (Parlophone)
• Hot Chip: Why Make Sense? (Domino)
• Grandbrothers: Dilation (Film)
• Jamie xx: In Colour (XL Recordings)
• Roisin Murphy: Hairless Toys (PIAS)
• Stealing Sheep: Not Real (PIAS)
• The Scenes: Beige (BB*Island)
• The Slow Show: White Water (Haldern Pop)
• Tocotronic: Tocotronic – Das rote Album (Universal)

Jury Alternative

• Alabama Shakes: Sound & Color (Beggars Group)
• Algiers: Algiers (Matador)
• Tyondai Braxton: Hive1 (Nonesuch)
• Dawn Of Midi: Dysnomia (Erased Tapes)
• Erfolg: Erfolg (Staatsakt)
• Holly Herndon: Platform (4AD)
• Sophie Hunger: Supermoon (Caroline)
• Jamie xx: In Colour (XL Recordings)
• Joco: Horizon (Columbia)
• Prurient: Frozen Niagara Falls (Season Of Mist)
• Colin Stetson & Sarah Neufeld: Never Were The Way She Was (Constellation)
• Sufjan Stevens: Carrie & Lowell (Asthmatic Kitty)
• Tocotronic: Tocotronic – Das rote Album (Universal)
• Young Fathers: White Men Are Black Men Too (Big Dada)

Jury Hard and Heavy

• Armored Saint: Win Hands Down (Metal Blade)
• Enslaved: In Times (Nuclear Blast)
• Hardcore Superstar: HCSS (Gain)
• Helloween: My God-Given Right (Nuclear Blast)
• Paradise Lost: The Plague Within (Century Media)
• Sorcerer: In The Shadow Of The Inverted Cross (Metal Blade)
• Sulphur Aeon: Gateway To The Antisphcre (Van)
• The Answer: Raise A Little Hell (Napalm)
• Unleashed: Dawn Of The Nine (Nuclear Blast)
• Valkyrie: Shadows (Relapse)

Jury R&B, Soul and Hiphop

• BadBadNotGood & Ghostface Killah: Sour Soul (Lex)
• Hiatus Kaiyote: Choose Your Weapon (Flying Buddha)
• José James: Yesterday I Had The Blues (Blue Note)
• Jedi Mind Tricks: The Thief And The Fallen (Enemy Soil)
• Kendrick Lamar: To Pimp A Butterfly (Interscope)
• Sachal: Slow Motion Miracles (Okeh)
• Shamir: Ratchet (XL Recordings)
• Earl Sweatshirt: I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside (Columbia)
• Tyler The Creator: Cherry Bomb (Sony)
• Vursatyl: Crooked Straights (BBE)
• Kamasi Washington: The Epic (Brainfeeder)

Jury Club and Dance

• Glenn Astro: Throwback (Tartelet)
• Dave DK: Val Maira (Kompakt)
• Holly Herndon: Platform (4AD)
• Nick Höppner: Folk (Ostgut Ton)
• Jamie xx: In Colour (XL Recordings)
• Kölsch: 1983 (Kompakt)
• Lauer: Borndom (Permanent Vacation)
• Roisin Murphy: Hairless Toys (PIAS)
• Terranova: Restless (Kompakt)

Jury Electronic and Experimental

• BadBadNotGood & Ghostface Killah: Sour Soul (Lex)
• Dawn Of Midi: Dysnomia (Erased Tapes)
• Grandbrothers: Dilation (Film)
• Holly Herndon: Platform (4AD)
• Jamie xx: In Colour (XL Recordings)
• Felix Laband: Deaf Safari (Compost)
• Annabel Lee: By The Sea And Other Solitary Places (Ninja Tune)
• Leyya: Spanish Disco (Las Vegas)
• Mbongwana Star: From Kinshasa (World Circuit)
• Roisin Murphy: Hairless Toys (PIAS)
• Ricardo Villalobos: Insanlar – Kime Ne (Honest Jon’s)
• Kamasi Washington: The Epic (Brainfeeder)
• Joy Wellboy: Wedding (BPitch Control)

Jury German language Singer/Songwriter

• Die Grenzgänger: Und weil der Mensch ein Mensch ist (Müller-Lüdenscheidt-Verlag)
• Christian Haase: Album No. 6 (hTMV)
• Schorsch Hampel: Sog Gscheid (BSC)
• Mathias Kellner: Zeitmaschin’ (alpinrecords)
• Bernd Köhler and Ewo2: In dieser Straße (Jump Up)
• Manfred Maurenbrecher: Rotes Tuch (Reptiphon)
• Wolfgang Müller: Auf die Welt (Fressmann)
• Karl Neukauf: Papperlapapp (Timezone)

Jury Folk and Singer/Songwriter

• Arstidir: Hvel (Beste Unterhaltung)
• Attwenger: Spot (Trikont)
• Knut and Ole Aastad Brâten: Til Ragna (Ta:lik)
• Naomi Brennet: Ditch Lilies (Flaming Dame Records)
• Elisabeth Cutler: Polishing Stones (Beste Unterhaltung)
• Mick Fitzgerald: Cabra Tracks (Rillenschlange)
• Harald Haugaard: Lys og forfald (Westpark)
• Kraja: Hur langt som helst (Westpark)
• Shelby Lynne: I Can’t Imagine (Rounder)
• Noeleen Ni Cholla: An Mhaighdean Mhara (Cló lar-Chonnacht)
• Dave Peabody: Right Now Blues (Blind Lemon)
• Wagenbreth & Uhlmann: Einsam heut Nacht (Skycap)

Jury Traditional Ethnic Music

• Various: Ormatan Tarawangsa – Indonésie, Java (Ocora Radio France)
• Various: Femmes pygmées de la Sangha (Ocora Radio France)
• Vardan Hovanissian & Emre Gültekin: Adana (Zephyrus)
• Souad Massi: El Mutakallimûn (Wrasse Records)
• Hanoi Masters: War Is A Wound, Peace Is A Scar (Glitterbeat)
• Moitz, Pfundner, Safer: Aniada a Noar 33 (Aniada a Noar)
• Nasiba: Majnun (Blue Flame)

Jury World Music

• Blick Bassy: Akö (No Format)
• Yilian Cañizares: Invocación (Naïve)
• Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino: 40 (Ponderosa)
• Angela Frontera: O Tempo (Chaos)
• Vardan Hovanissian & Emre Gültekin: Adana (Zephyrus)
• Marina Lledó: Noche Rara (Youkali)
• Niyaz: The Fourth Light (Six Degrees)
• Savina Yannatou: Songs Of Thessaloniki (ECM)

Jury Jazz I

• Barbara Bruckmüller Big Band: Mei Muatterl war a Weanerin (Bicolorious Music)
• Joey Calderazzo: Going Home (Sunnyside)
• Ron Carter And The WDR Big Band: My Personal Songbook (In + Out)
• Charlie Haden & Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Tokyo Adagio (Impulse!)
• Paul Heller Trio: Paul Heller Trio (Mons)
• José James: Yesterday I Had The Blues (Blue Note)
• Baden Powell: Live In Berlin (MPS)
• Jan Prax Quartett: Keepin’ A Style Alive (ACT)
• Dirik Schilgen Jazzgrooves: On The Move (Personality Records)
• Benjamin Schmid Jazz Quartet: Hot Jazz Club (Gramola)
• Dorado + Amati Schmitt Group: Live (Stunt)
• Joscho Stephan: Guitar Heroes (in-akustik)
• Kenny Werner: The Melody (Pirouet)

Jury Jazz II

• Max Clouth Clan: Return Flight (L + R Records)
• Stephan Crump & Mary Halvorson: Secret Keeper (Intakt)
• Gunnar Halle: Istanbul Sky (Ozella Music)
• Julia Hülsmann Quartet & Theo Bleckmann: A Clear Midnight (ECM)
• Rolf Kühn Unit: Stereo (MPS)
• James Brandon Lewis: Days Of Freeman (Okeh)
• Leszek Mozdzer & Friends: Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic III (ACT)
• Dejan Terzic Melanoia: Labyrinth (Enja)
• Vein feat. Dave Liebman: Jazz Talks (Unit Records)
• Kamasi Washington: The Epic (Brainfeeder)
• Nils Wogram Nostalgia: Nature (Nwog Records)

Jury Blues

• Mike Andersen: Home (Nordic Music Society)
• Micke Bjorklof & Blue Strip: Ain’t Bad Yet (Hokahey!)
• Joe Bonamassa: Muddy Wolf At Red Rocks (Provogue)
• Dr. Will feat. San2: Cuffs Off (Downhill)
• Crazy Hambones: 45 live (Stormy Monday Records)
• Harrison Kennedy: This Is From Here (Dixie Frog)
• Marcus Løvdal Band: Marcus Løvdal Band (Blue Mood Records)
• Ignaz Netzer: When The Music Is Over (Catmusic Production)
• Royal Southern Brotherhood: Don’t Look Back (Ruf)

Jury Popular Music on DVD

• Brett Morgen: Cobain – Montage Of Heck (Universal)

Jury Recordings for Children and Youth

• Kirsten Boie: Ferien im Mövenweg. Jenny Mierau (Jumbo)
• Charles Dickens: Oliver Twist. Münch, Lechtenbrink etc. (Sauerländer Audio)
• Holly Grant: Anastasia McCrumpet. Katja Riemann (Hörverlag)
• R. Hargreaves: Mr. Men & Little Miss. Miss Sonnenschein. Bartdorff etc. (Audio Verlag)
• Kai Lüftner: Rotz’n’Roll Radio – Partypiepel. Lüftner etc. (Audio Verlag)
• Julia Mata: Mein Sommer unter Hühnern. Julia Casper (Hörverlag)
• Gudrun Mebs, Harald Lesch: Evolution ist, … Lesch, Bohlmann (Random House Audio)
• Salah Naoura: Hilfe! Oma kommt zurück! Mechthild Großmann (Oetinger audio)
• Ulf Nilsson, Britta Nonnast: Mein Bruder und ich. Stefan Kaminski (Sauerländer Audio)
• James Patterson & Emily Raymond: Heart. Beat. Love. Maximiliane Häcke (Audio Verlag)
• Oliver Scherz: Ben – Schule, Schildkröten und weitere Abenteuer. M. Baltscheit (Silberfisch)
• Frauke Scheunemann: Winston. Oliver Kalkofe (Audio Verlag)