Long List 3/2025

Published: 5th July 2025
The German Record Critics’ Award presents the third long list of 2025. The currently 153 jurors have nominated a total of 283 new publications from the last quarter in 32 categories, which are eligible for the next Quarterly Critic’s Choice. The Quarterly Critic’s Choice 3/2025 will be published on the 15th of August.

Jury Orchestral Music

• Bacewicz, Lutosławski a.o.: Symphonic Works. Royal Scottish NO, Thomas Søndergård (Linn)
• Beach: »Gaelic« Symphony a.o. Camille Schnoor, Angela Brower, Munich Symphonic O, Joseph Bastian (Solo Musica)
• Kalitzke: Zeitkapsel a.o. (musica viva #46). BRSO, Johannes Kalitzke (BR Klassik)
• Lang: tönendes licht. Wolfgang Kogert, Wiener Symphoniker, Peter Rundel (Kairos)
• Mahler: Symphony No. 5. Tonhalle O Zurich, Paavo Järvi (Alpha)
• Mozart: Post Horn Serenade KV 320. Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Reinhard Goebel (Berlin Classics)
• Rósza: Sinfonia concertante op. 29 a.o. Harriet Krijhg, Nikita Boriso-Glebsky, Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Gregor Bühl (Capriccio)
• Scriabin: Symphony No. 3 »Le Divin Poème«. Brussels Philharmonic, Kazushi Ono (Evil Penguin)
• Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Suite No. 3, Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol. NDR Radiophilharmonie, Stanislav Kochanovsky (harmonia mundi)

Jury Concertos

• Auerbach, Wallen: Violin Concerto a.o. Philippe Quint, Royal Scottish NO, Andrew Litton (Pentatone)
• Gulda, Weill: Concertos for Violin and Wind Orchestra. Benjamin Schmid, Salzburg Wind Philharmonic, Hansjörg Angerer (Gramola)
• Lalo: Symphonie espagnole op. 21, Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3, Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy op. 25. James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena (Chandos)
• Paradis: Ouverture, Fantasy; Haydn, Mozart: Piano Concertos. Hofkapelle München, Ragna Schirmer, Rüdiger Lotter (Berlin Classics)
• Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 2, Cello Sonata op. 40, Britten: Cello Sonata. Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Isata Kanneh-Mason, Sinfonia of London, John Wilson (Decca)
• Shostakovich: Cello Concertos No. 1 & 2. Yo-Yo Ma, Boston SO, Andris Nelsons (DG)
• Shostakovich: Piano Concertos No. 1 & 2 a.o. Yuja Wang, Boston SO, Andris Nelsons (DG)
• Strauss: Violin Concerto op. 8, Lalo: Symphonie espagnole op. 21. Franziska Pietsch, Orquesta Ciudad de Granada, Jonathan Pasternack (Aria Classics)
• Vivaldi: Works with obbligato Organ. Claudio Rado, Priska Comploi, Francesca Ascioti, Sestier Armonico, Giulio De Nardo (inAures)

Jury Chamber Music I

• Berio, Bartók: Duos for two Violins. Maria Milstein, Mathieu van Bellen (Channel)
• Berio: Complete String Quartets. Quatuor Molinari (Atma Classique)
• Boulez: Livre pour quatuor. Quatuor Diotima (Pentatone)
• Brunetti: String Quartets op. 3. Concerto 1700, Daniel Pinteño (1700 Classics)
• Mendelssohn: String Quartet op. 80, Dvořák: String Quartet op. 106. Simply Quartet (Genuin)
• Prokofiev: String Quartets No. 1 & 2, Visions Fugitives. Quatuor Danel (Accentus)
• Shostakovich: String Quartets No. 1-6. Asasello-Quartett (Genuin)

Jury Chamber Music II

• »Mozart 1 · 2 · 3 · 4« – Mozart: Piano Sonata KV 282, Violin Sonata KV 377, Piano Trio KV 502, Piano Quartet KV 478. Julien Libeer, Pierre Colombet, Máté Szücs, Eckart Runge (harmonia mundi)
• »Unraveled – Homage to Maurice Ravel« – Works by Ravel, Rameau, Urquiza, Pérez-Villegas. Kebyart (Linn)
• Brahms: Piano Quartets No. 2 & 3. Krystian Zimerman, Maria Nowak, Katarzyna Budnik, Yuya Okamoto (DG)
• Farrenc, Firsova, Bonis: Chamber Music. Ensemble Louise Farrenc (cpo)
• Liebmann: Violin Sonata, Cello Sonata, Piano Trio. Gernot Süßmuth, Ramón Jaffé, Monica Gutman (cpo)
• Mozart, Gatti: Oboe Quartets. Céline Moinet, Mohamed Hiber, Sindy Mohamed, Tim Park (Berlin Classics)

Jury Keyboard Music I

• »Hallelujah Junction« – Works by Adams, Copland a.o. Lukas Geniušas & Anna Geniushene (Alpha)
• »Pilgrimage« – Works by Silvestrov, Liszt, Debussy, Liebermann. Dmytro Choni (naïve)
• »Ravel Fragments« – Works by Ravel, Nin, Sciarrino, Durieux a.o. Bertrand Chamayou (Erato)
• Bach JS: The Well-Tempered Piano, Part II. Aaron Pilsan (Alpha)
• Bach JS: The English Suites BWV 806-811. Francesco Tristano (naïve)
• Beethoven: Bagatelles & Variations opp. 33, 76 & 119, WoO 53, 65 & 80. Michael Korstick (cpo)
• Debussy: Complete Works for Piano Duo Vol. 1. Genova & Dimitrov Piano Duo (Oehms)
• Scriabin: Vers la flamme, Sonate 4 a.o. Piano Works. Yevgeny Sudbin (BIS)

Jury Keyboard Music II

• »Dédicaces« – Guilain: Pièces d’orgue pour le Magnificat a.o. Thomas Ospital, Ensemble Saint-Honoré, Valentin Rouget (CVS)
• »A little piano book« – Works by Reincken, Buxtehude, Böhm, Bruhns. Yoann Moulin (Ricercar)
• »Gothika« – Organ Works by Wennerberg-Reuter, Sjögren, Mankell a.o. Jan H. Borjesson (Proprius)
• »Signale« – Works with Organ by Aska, Backes, Ernst, Watanabe a.o. Kerstin Petersen, Ada Namani, Lin Chen (Genuin)
• »Symphonic Expressions« – Organ Works by Schmidt, Karg-Elert, Marx, Reger. Matthias Maierhofer (Ambiente Audio)
• »Wonder in Venice« – Galuppi: Sonatas & Concertos for Harpsichord. Arianna Radaelli, La Filarete (Arcana)
• Bach JS: Arrangements & Transcriptions for Organ. Jean-Baptiste Dupont (Audite)
• Bach JS: Concertos for 3 and 4 Harpsichords. Violaine Cochard, Bertrand Cuiller, Olivier Fortin, Pierre Gallon, Jean-Luc Ho, Davor Krkljus, Le Caravansérail (Ramée)
• Erb: Organ Works Vol. 2. Jan Lehtola (Toccata)

Jury Opera I

• Bembo: L’Ercole amante. Yannick Debus, Davod Tricou, Anita Rosati a.o., il Gusto Barocco, Jörg Halubek (cpo)
• Lully: Alceste. Véronique Gens, Nathan Berg, Cyril Auvity a.o., Chœur de L’Opéra Royal, Les Épopées, Stéphane Fuget (CVS)
• Philidor: Ernelinde. Reinoud van Mechelen, Judith van Wanroij a.o., Les Chantes du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, Vox Nidrosiensis, Orkester Nord, Martin Wåhlberg (CVS)
• Rameau: Platée. Mathias Vidal, Marie Lys a.o., La Chapelle Harmonique, Valentin Tournet (CVS)
• Salieri: Cublai. Mirco Palazzi, Marie Lys a.o., Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (Aparté)

Jury Opera II

• Bizet: Djamileh, Vasco de Gama a.o. Cyrille Dubois, Melissa Petit, Reinoud Van Mechelen, Orchestre National de Lyon, Les Siecles, Ben Glassberg, Julien Chauvin a.o. (Bru Zane)
• Foccroulle: Cassandra. Katarina Bradić, Jessica Niles a.o., La Monnaie SO & Chorus, Kazushi Ono (Fuga Libera)
• Hahn: Le Dieu Bleu. Les Frivolités Parisiennes, Dylan Corlay (b-records)
• Janáček: Jenůfa. Agenta Eichenholz, Katarina Karnéus a.o., LSO, Simon Rattle (LSO Live)
• Lalo: Le Roi d’Ys. Judith van Wanroij, Cyrille Dubois a.o., Hungarian National Choir & Philharmonic O, György Vashegyi (Bru Zane)
• Prokofiev: War and Peace. Andrei Zhilikhovsky, Olga Kulchynska a.o., Choir & O of Bavarian State Opera, Vladimir Jurowski, Direction: Dmitri Tcherniakov (Bayerische Staatsoper Recordings)
• Verdi: Macbeth. Ludovic Tézier, Martina Serafin a.o., Choir & O of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Giampaolo Bisanti, Direction: Christof Loy (C Major)
• Verdi: Simon Boccanegra. Germán Enrique Alcántara, Eri Nakamura a.o., Chorus of Opera North, The Hallé, Sir Mark Elder (Opera Rara)

Jury Choral Music

• »Adriano 6« – Willaert: Missa Laudate Deum. Dionysos Now!, Tore Tom Denys (Evil Penguin)
• »Maria« – Vocal Music by Josquin des Prez from Leipzig Manuscripts. amarcord (Raumklang)
• Bach JS: Mass in B minor. Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon (harmonia mundi)
• Colonna: Missa Concertata, Handel: Dixit Dominus. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo García-Alarcón (Ricercar)
• Dvořák: Stabat Mater. Hanna-Elisabeth Müller a.o., MDR Leipzig Radio Choir, Dresden Philharmonic O, Marek Janowski (Pentatone)
• Elgar: The Kingdom. Francesca Chiejina, Sarah Connolly a.o., Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players, David Temple (Signum)
• Glass: Another Look at Harmony – Part IV. Les Métaboles, Léo Warynski (b-records)
• Greene: Jephtha. Andrew Staples a.o., Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn (Chandos)
• Pärt: »…lente«. Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Concerto Copenhagen, Tönu Kaljuste (Berlin Classics)
• Telemann: St. Luke’s Passion 1744. Sophie Junker a.o., Dresden Chamber Choir, Wrocławska Orkiestra Barokowa, Jaroslaw Thiel (Carus)
• Victoria: Missa »Ave Maris Stella«. RIAS Chamber Choir, Justin Doyle (dhm)

Jury Lieder and Vocal Recital

• »Jewish Vienna« – Works by Zemlinsky, Winter, Korngold, Mahler, Grünfeld. Chen Reiss, Jewish Chamber O Munich, Daniel Grossmann (Onyx)
• »Libertas« – Songs by Schubert, Beach, Marx a.o. Äneas Humm, Doriana Tchakarova (Rondeau)
• »Samsara« – Songs by Schumann and Fauré. Kate Lindsey, Éric Le Sage (Alpha)
• »Silence is Golden« – Works by Schubert, Gershwin, Britten, Bernstein, Ligeti. Sarah Maria Sun, Kilian Herold, Jan Philip Schulze (Hänssler)
• »Un destin étincelant « – Lehmann: Songs. Lucile Richardot, Anne de Fornel (La Boîte à Pépites)
• Brahms: Songs. Christian Gerhaher, Gerold Huber (Sony)
• Dupont: Complete Songs. Cyrille Dubois, Tristan Raës (Aparté)
• Korngold, Mahler, Pfitzner, Schreker, Walter, Zemlinksy: Songs. Raoul Steffani, Julius Drake (Challenge)
• Shostakovich: Michelangelo Suite, Britten: Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo. Mark Milhofer, Mirco Palazzi, Marco Scolastra (Brilliant)
• Shostakovich: Michelangelo Suite, October. Matthias Goerne, O Philharmonique de Radio France, Mikko Franck (Alpha)
• Weinberg: Songs. Joanna Klisowska, Katarzyna Neugebauer (Brilliant)

Jury Early Music

• »Adriano 6« – Willaert: Missa Laudate Deum. Dionysos Now!, Tore Tom Denys (Evil Penguin)
• »Begin the Song!« – Works by Purcell, Croft, Eccles, Blow a.o. Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Le Consort (harmonia mundi)
• »Maria« – Vocal Musik by Josquin des Prez from Leipzig Manuscripts. amarcord (Raumklang)
• »More than Muses – Female creative power in the Golden Age« – Works by Duarte, Luidhens, Matthysz, Caccini, Rossi a.o. Vernon Consort, Tabea Schwartz (Challenge)
• »Voix humaines« – Marais: Pièces inédites pour flûte. Les musiciens de Saint-Julien, François Lazarevitch, Lucile Boulanger, Éric Bellocq (Alpha)
• »Vox Feminae« – Works by Strozzi, Bembo, Leonarda, Campana a.o. Les Kapsber’girls (Alpha)
• Bach JS: 6 Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord BWV 1014-1019. Liv Heym, Paolo Zanzu, Christophe Coin (Paraty)
• Bach JS: Concertos for 3 and 4 Harpsichords. Violaine Cochard, Bertrand Cuiller, Olivier Fortin, Pierre Gallon, Jean-Luc Ho, Davor Krkljus, Le Caravansérail (Ramée)
• Telemann: Gulliver’s Travels. Capricornus Consort Basel, Péter Barczi (Christophorus)
• Telemann: Six Ouvertures à 4 ou 6. L’Orfeo Barockorchester, Carin van Heerden (cpo)

Jury Contemporary Classical Music

• »At Which Point« – Works by Ayanna Woods, Wang Lu, Tawnie Olson. The Crossing, Donald Nally (New Focus)
• Boulez: Éclat-Multiples. Collegium Novum Zurich, Ensemble Contrechamps, Michael Wendeberg (bastille musique)
• Czernowin: Seltene Erde & Atara. Uli Fussenegger, Klangforum Vienna, Johannes Kalitzke, Sofia Jernberg, Holger Falk, ORF Radio SO Vienna, Christian Karlsen (Kairos)
• Evan Johnson: dust book. Marco Fusi (Another Timbre)
• Hainbach: Primer. Hainbach & Ensemble Modern (Ensemble Modern Medien)
• Lang: emblemata sonantes. Ārt House 17 (Proud Peacock)
• Odeh-Tamimi, Lim, Fujikura, Shiphorst: Recorder Concertos. Jeremias Schwarzer, Bamberg Symphonic O, Ensemble Resonanz, Munich Chamber O, SWR SO (New Focus)
• Stockhausen: Cosmic Clarinets. Michele Marelli, Gianluca Cascioli (Kairos)
• Turazzi: Occasioni. Francesco Dillon, Heiko Maschmann, Emiliano Turazzi (Novantiqua)
• Ueda: Someone Out There is Praying for Peace. Saeed Mirzazadeh, Geling Jiang, Naomi Sato, Ensemble Bios, Andrea Vitello (Stradivarius)

Jury Historical Classical Recordings

• »The Lost Tapes« – Beethoven: Piano Sonatas No. 18, 27, 28 & 31. Swjatoslaw Richter (DG)
• Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Bruckner: Symphonies a.o. Works. Lovro von Matačić, Czech Philharmonic O (Supraphon)
• Eugene Ormandy: The RCA Victor Recordings 1935-1942 (Sony)
• Leopold Stokowski Vol. 2 – 1961-1974 (ica)
• Mahler: Complete Symphonies. Royal Concertgebouw O, R. Chailly, D. Gatti, E. von Beinum, W. Mengelberg, B. Haitink, M. Jansons a.o. (Warner)
• Prokofiev: Romeo and Julia (excerpts), Schönberg: Transfigured Night, Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis. New York Philharmonic O, Dmitri Mitropoulos (Gramola)
• Sergio Fiorentino: The Legacy 1953-1997 (Brilliant)

Jury Crossover Productions

• »Ground« – Toccatas & Ambients. Tamar Halperin (Neue Meister)
• »Ordo Ritualis« – Works by Mazzoli, Evans, Dessner, Padding, a.o. Maya Fridman (trptk)
• Anouar Brahem: After The Last Sky (ECM)
• Asja Valcic: Inner Voice (Quinton)
• Elfi Aichinger: Core II (Alessa)
• Enji: Sonor (Squama)
• Heinali & Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko: Hildergard (Unsound)
• Jean-Paul Dessy: Voices Of The Animals (Cypres)
• Oona Kastner: memorial 6.0 (Umland)
• Savina Yannatou, Primavera en Salonico, Lamia Bedioui: Watersong (ECM)
• Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith: Defiant Life (ECM)

Jury Film Music

• Antonio Sánchez: The Studio (Lions Gate)
• David Holmes: Black Bag (Back Lot Music)
• Federico Jusid, Francisco Sokolowicz: El Eternauta (Netflix Music)
• Frederikke Hoffmeier (Puce Mary): The Girl With The Needle (Oona Soundtracks)
• Gustavo Santaolalla & David Fleming: The Last of Us. Season 2 (HBO/Milan)
• Johnny Klimek, Tom Tykwer: The Light [Das Licht] (X Filme)
• Lorne Balfe: The Woman in the Yard (Back Lot Music)
• Mark Orton: On Swift Horses (Madison Gate)
• Mogwai: The Bombing of Pan Am 103 (Rock Action)
• PC Nackt: Punching the World with your Fist [Mit der Faust in die Welt schlagen] (Naked)

Jury Music Film

• Country – This Is America. Series by Ken Burns (Stream, Public Media Distribution)
• The Alchemy of Piano. A film by Jan Schmidt-Garre (Naxos)
• Pierre Boulez – The Path to the Unknown. A film by Thomas von Steinaecker (Stream, SWR/Arte/3B)
• Rebel Country. From Johnny Cash to Lil Nax X. Direction: Francis Whateley (Stream, Arte)

Jury Jazz I

• Bill Evans: Further Ahead. Live in Finland 1964-1969 (Elemental Music)
• Charles Mingus: Mingus in Argentina: The Buenos Aires Concerts 1977 (Resonance)
• Christian Pabst feat. André Nendza & Erik Kooger: Rhythm Riot (Jazzsick)
• David Murray Quartet: Birdly Serenade (Impulse!)
• Ferdinand Kraemer (Mr. Jelly Roll): A Bunch of Birds (Gutfeeling)
• Imogen Ryall & Chris Coull Quartet: On the roof – The Music of Tom Harrell (Rubicon Jazz)
• Kristina 4: On & On (Jazzwerkstatt)
• Nils Wogram: Nostalgia – The Walk (nWog)
• Stefanie Schlesinger & Wolfgang Lackerschmid: Sharing Secrets (Dot Time)
• Sultan Stevenson: El Roi (Edition Redords)
• Thomas Rückert Trio: For All We Know (Double Moon)
• Tobias Wiklund: Inner Flight Music (Stunt)
• Zurich Jazz Orchestra feat. Thomas Gansch: Neat Little Songs (Mons)

Jury Jazz II

• Anouar Brahem: After The Last Sky (ECM)
• Arve Henriksen, Trygve Seim, Anders Jormin, Markku Ounaskari: Arcanum (ECM)
• Branford Marsalis Quartet: Belonging (Blue Note)
• David Murray Quartet: Birdly Serenade (Impulse!)
• Eishan Ensemble: Northern Rhapsody (Acel/Inouie)
• Fabian Dudek: This Every Place (Traumton)
• Geoff Goodman, Matthieu Bordenave, Rudi Mahall: Mostly Monk (Unit)
• James Brandon Lewis Quartet: Abstraction Is Deliverance (Intakt)
• Keith Jarrett: New Vienna (At the Musikverein 2016) (ECM)
• Nils Wogram Nostalgia: The Walk (nWog)
• Timo Lassy Trio: Live In Helsinki (We Jazz)

Jury World Music

• Alune Wade: New African Orleans (Enja/Yellowbird)
• Fanfare Ciocarlia & Adrian Raso: The Devil Rides Again (Asphalt Tango)
• Kanazoé Orkestar: Balabeatz (Antipodes Music)
• Melane: Mirrors & Windows (MNK Productions)
• Natalia Lafourcade: Cancionera (Sony Music México)
• Päivi Hirvonen: Maa palaa (Nordic Notes)
• Raúl Paz: Guajiro Chic (Coloma)
• Rita Donte: Ritual (Ansonia)
• Rodrigo Leão: O Rapaz da Montanha (Galileo)
• Sami Galbi: Ylh Bye Bye (Les Disques Bongo Joe)
• Toi Et Moi: Mon Armoire (GMO)
• Trilok Gurtu with Arkè String Quartet: Mirror (Jazzline)
• Trio Merak: Zora – Balkan Awakening (Self-published)
• Värttinä: Kyly (Rockadillo)

Jury Traditional Ethnic Music

• Assafir: Traversées (Rakomelo)
• Danças Ocultas: Inspirar (Galileo)
• Dreamer’s Circus: Handed on (Vertical)
• Elias and the Yiddish Maidels: Bei mir bistu sheyn (Gramola)
• Frigg: Dreamscapes (Bafe’s Factory)
• Mustafa Said & Asil Ensemble: Maqam Pilgrims (Mapamundi Música)
• Natalia Lafourcade: Cancionera (Sony Music México)
• Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson: What Did The Blackbird Say To The Crow (Nonesuch)
• Savina Yannatou, Primavera en Salonico, Lamia Bedioui: Watersong (ECM)
• Tempus Fugit: Da Caminu (Self-published)

Jury German language Singer/Songwriter

• Johan Meijer: Ohneland Blues (Nederossi)
• Jon Flemming Olsen: Haus der Liebe (Superlaut)
• Liederjan: Es macht ja auch Spaß (Westpark Music)
• Lucy Van Kuhl: Geschickt verpackt (Sturm & Klang)
• Strom & Wasser: Plan C (Traumton)
• Synje Norland: Wunderland (Norland Music)
• Tobias Panwitz: Erinnerungen machen (Requa)

Jury Folk and Singer/Songwriter

• Bluegrass Cash & Kikki Géron: No One Stands Alone (Housemaster)
• Family Gerstenberg: The Early Years (Self-published)
• Fanfare Ciocarlia & Adrian Raso: The Devil Rides Again (Asphalt Tango)
• Liederjan: Es macht ja auch Spaß (Westpark Music)
• Old Salt: Bindle (Self-published)
• Päivi Hirvonen: Maa palaa (Nordic Notes)
• Peggy Seeger: Teleology (Red Grape)
• Silja: Tradtuur (Prosodia)
• Sound of the Sirens: The Other Me (Self-published)
• The See See Riders: Having Fun With (Self-published)

Jury Pop

• Blumengarten: Ich liebe dich für immer (Self-published)
• Circuit des Yeux: Halo On The Inside (Matador)
• Kayla Shyx: Sad Girl Summer (Jive)
• Lady Gaga: Mayhem (Interscope)
• Sophia Kennedy: Squeeze Me (City Slang)

Jury Rock

• Black Country, New Road: Forever Howlong (Ninja Tune)
• Butler, Blake & Grant: Butler, Blake & Grant (355 Recordings)
• Cardinal Black: Midnight At The Valencia (Jump In)
• Ken Pomeroy: Cruel Joke (Rounder)
• Kinky Friedman: The Poet of Motel 6 (Blue Elan)
• Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke: Tall Tales (Warp)
• My Morning Jacket: is (ATO)
• Oona Kastner: memorial 6.0 (Umland)
• Peter Doherty: Felt Better Alive (Strap Originals)
• Stereophonics: Make ‘Em Laugh, Make ‘Em Cry, Make ‘Em Wait (EMI)
• Valerie June: Owls, Omens, And Oracles (Concord)

Jury Hard and Heavy

• Alien Weaponry: Te Rā (Napalm)
• Arch Enemy: Blood Dynasty (Century Media)
• Behemoth: The Shit Ov God (Nuclear Blast)
• Benediction: Ravage Of Empires (Nuclear Blast)
• Coheed And Cambria: The Father Of Make Believe – Vaxis Act III (Virgin)
• Ghost: Skeletá (Concord)
• Giant: Stand And Deliver (Frontiers Music)
• Kadavar: I Just Want To Be A Sound (Clouds Hill)
• Pagan Altar: Never Quite Dead (Dying Victims Productions)
• Sanhedrin: Heat Lightning (Metal Blade)
• The Haunted: Letters Of Last Resort (Century Media)
• Tower: Let There Be Dark (Cruz Del Sur)

Jury Alternative

• Arcade Fire: Pink Elephant (Columbia)
• Blond: Ich träum doch nur von Liebe (Beton Klunker/Butter)
• Cari Cari: One More Trip Around The Sun (Perla Nera/Believe)
• Die Heiterkeit: Schwarze Magie (Buback)
• Giorgio Poi: Schegge (Bomba Dischi – Puro Srl)
• Sophia Kennedy: Squeeze Me (City Slang)
• Tamino: Every Dawn’s A Mountain (Communion)
• Xmal Deutschland: Gift – The 4AD Years (4AD)

Jury Club and Dance

• Anthony Naples: Scanners (ANS)
• Hieroglyphic Being: Dance Music 4 Bad People (Smalltown Supersound)
• JakoJako: Tết 41 (Mute)
• Mattheis: Waiting for the Silhouette (Nous’klaer Audio)
• Monolake: Gravity (Field Records)
• Nørbak: Casa (Hayes)
• Planet Mu 30. Various Artists (Planet Mu)
• Shanti Celeste: Romance (Method 808)
• Shinetiac: Infiltrating Roku City (West Mineral Ltd.)
• Steffi x Virginia: Patterns of Vibration (Rush Hour Amsterdam/Dekmantel)
• Tobias. Doltz.: Versus (Delsin)

Jury Electronic and Experimental

• »Ground« – Toccatas & Ambients. Tamar Halperin (Neue Meister)
• Andrea Cichecki: Drawn Into The Edge Effect (Castles in Space)
• Bella Wakame: Bella Wakame (Umor-Rex)
• Bicep, Dove, Kehina, Hammer, Eliza, B.D.B.: Chroma 001-010 (Box Set, Chroma)
• DZ’OB: The Playground (Abyshomzk & Igor Shamych)
• Eska: The Ordinary Life of a Magic Woman (Earthling)
• Fatwires & Atsushi Izumi: Kyukan (Holotone)
• Frederikke Hoffmeier (Puce Mary): The Girl With The Needle (Oona Soundtracks)
• Hüma Utku: Dracones (Editions Mego)
• Jiahui Wu & Alireza Ostovar: Times of the Day (Self-published)
• Marc Melià: Pièces Monophoniques (Vlek)
• Quicche: Frisia (R&S)
• Sumac & Moor Mother: The Film (Thrill Jockey)

Jury Blues

• Ally Venable: Money & Power (Ruf)
• Big Dave & The Dutchmen: Big Dave & The Dutchmen (Naked)
• Carolyn Wonderland: Truth Is (Alligator)
• Charlie Musselwhite: Look Out Highway (Forty Below)
• Micke Bjorklof & Blue Strip: Outtakes (Hokahey!)
• Popa Chubby & Friends: I Love Freddie King (Gulf Coast)
• Samantha Fish: Paper Doll (Rounder)
• Schwarzbrenner: Auf dem Flügelross (Self-published)
• Southern Avenue: Family (Alligator)
• The See See Riders: Having Fun With (Self-published)
• WellBad: Oyster & Pearl (BlueCentral)

Jury R&B, Soul and HipHop

• Adja: Golden Retrieve Her (Sdban Ultra)
• Annie & The Caldwells: Can’t Lose My (Soul) (Luaka Bop)
• Captain Gips: Meuterei Till I Die (Audiolith)
• Cold Specks: Light For The Midnight (Mute)
• Ellen Beth Abdi: Ellen Beth Abdi (Sweet Twenty-Three)
• Emma-Jean Thackray: Weirdo (Brownswood)
• José James: 1978: Revenge Of The Dragon (Rainbow Blonde)
• Tom Caruana: Salsa Verde (Def Pressé Editions)
• Young Gun Silver Fox: Pleasure (Légère Recordings)

Jury Verbal Art

• »Invisible Landscapes« – Sound art with Willem Dafoe and Jim Jarmusch. Direction: Stephan Crasneanscki (Stream, DLR)
• Annika Büsing: Wir kommen zurecht. Shenja Lacher (Bonnevoice)
• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Dream Count. Abak Safaei-Rad (Argon edition)
• David Safier: Die Liebe sucht ein Zimmer. Katharina Thalbach (Argon Hörbuch)
• Oliver Hilmes: Ein Ende und ein Anfang. Julian Mehne (DAV)
• Ralf Haarmann: Misophonie – Hass auf Geräusche (Stream, BR2)
• Robert Bloch: Psycho (Filmed by Alfred Hitchcock Vol. 19). Jens Wawrczeck (audoba)
• Sathyan Ramesh: Lélé. Julia Jäger, Matthias Habich (hr 2 Kultur)
• V.O.T. – Sound Art with the Vocal Chords by Matthias Duderstadt and Christoph Ogiermann (Stream, DLF Kultur)
• Yasmina Reza: Die Rückseite des Lebens. Birgitta Assheuer (Hörbuch Hamburg)

Jury Recordings for Children and Youth

• David Williams: Familie von Murks. Stefan Kaminski (Argon Hörbuch)
• Jean-Claude Mourlevat: Jefferson ärgert sich. Benjamin Vinnen (Buchfunk)
• Liz Kessler: Geheimname Eisvogel. Inka Löwendorf, Natalia Belitski a.o. (sauerländer audio)
• Maria Parr: Himbeereis am Fluss. Sascha Icks (Oetinger Audio)
• Matthäus Bär: Drei Wasserschweine wollen’s wissen. Dietmar Bär (Argon Hörbuch)
• Niemand ist zu klein, um groß zu sein! MC Pieps, Cassandra Steen, Lina Maly a.o. (Europa)
• Silke Siefert: Mister O’Lui sucht das Glück & Mister O’Lui und das Mutigsein. Martin Baltscheit (Baumhaus)
• Tom Percival: Der Junge mit den falschen Schuhen. Benito Bause (sauerländer audio)