Long List 4/2015

Published: 24th September 2015
The German Record Critics’ Award presents the first longlist of 2015. The currently 155 jurors have nominated a total of 241 new publications from the last quarter in 32 categories, which are eligible for the next Quarterly Critic’s Choice. The Quarterly Critic’s Choice 4/2015 will be published on the 12th of November.

Long List

Jury Symphonic and Orchestral Music

  • Schubert: Symphonies D.944, D759. Wiener Symphoniker, Jordan (Solo Musica)
  • Janáček: Sinfonietta; Dvořák: Symphony No. 9. Anima Eterna, Immerseel (Alpha)
  • Bruckner: Symphony No. 6. hr-Sinfonie O, Järvi (RCA)
  • Hoffmeister: Symphonies. O della Svizzera Italiana, Griffiths (cpo)
  • Schostakowitsch: Symphony No. 10 etc. Boston SO, Nelsons (DG)
  • Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3. London SO, Gergiev (LSO)

Jury Concertos

  • JS Bach: Harpsichord-Concertos. Staier, Freiburger BO (harmonia mundi)
  • Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2 etc. Papavrami, O Phil Luxembourg, Krivine (Alpha)
  • Lutosławski: Piano Concerto etc. Zimerman, Berliner Phil, Rattle (DG)
  • Schostakowitsch: Piano Concertos etc. Vinnitskaya, Kremerata, Wellber (Alpha)
  • Sibelius, Nielsen: Violin Concertos etc. Skride, Tampere Phil O, Rouvali (Orfeo)
  • Strawinsky: Works for Piano & Orchester. Gorlatch, RSO Berlin, Parra (Sony)
  • Mendelssohn, Gade: Violin Concertos. Irnberger, Jerusalem SO, Salomon (Gramola)

Jury Chamber Music

  • Bacewicz: String Quartets Nos. 1, 3, 6, 7. Lutosławski Q (Naxos)
  • Brahms: Piano Trios Nos. 1-3. C.Tetzlaff, T.Tetzlaff, Vogt (Ondine)
  • »Rudens Turku & Friends – Souvenirs«. Works by Doppler, Paganini etc. (Oehms)
  • Grieg: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3. Pietsch, Eisinger (audite)
  • Rachmaninow: Piano Trio. C.Tetzlaff, T.Tetzlaff, Pizarro (Avi Music)
  • Scharwenka, Dvořák: Piano Quintets. Kupiec, Armida Q (Solaris)
  • Ornstein: Piano Quintet op. 92, String Quartet op. 99. Hamelin, Pacifica Q (Hyperion)
  • Mozart: String Quartets KV 169, 464, 589. Armida Q (Avi Music)
  • Dvořák: Quintet op. 77 etc. Scharoun Ensemble (Tudor)
  • Goetz: Piano Quintet op. 16 etc. Triendl, Chiche, Xu etc. (Tyxart)

Jury Piano Music

  • Debussy: Six Epigraphes antiques etc. Duo Tal & Groethuysen (Sony)
  • Jaëll: Piano Works Vol. 1. Irsen (Querstand)
  • Mendelssohn, Hensel: Lieder ohne Worte. Kirschnereit (Berlin Classics)
  • Schuncke: Grande Sonata op.3 etc. Larionova (Brillant Classics)
  • Kurtág: Játékok, Transkriptionen. Bugallo Williams Piano Duo (Wergo)
  • Haydn, Scarlatti: Sonatas. Cavé (Aeon)
  • Strawinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps etc. Silver Garburg Piano Duo (Berlin Classics)

Jury Harpsichord and Organ

  • JS Bach: Kunst der Fuge. Cook (Passacaille)
  • Beethoven: Organ Works. Kaczor (Aeolus)
  • »Komm, Heiliger Geist« Orgelimprovisationen. Franke (Motette)
  • »à modo italiano«. Works for Harpsichord by Valente, Strozzi etc. Núňez (cantus)
  • »Tientos y Glosas«. Organ Works by Arauxo, Coelho etc. Ensemble Officium, Neu (audite)
  • »Festival of English Organ Music Vol. 2«. Works by Elgar, Bridge u.a.Oosten (MDG)
  • » En sol – Musique pour le Roi-Soleil«. Works for Harpsichord by Lully etc. Maurer (Genuin)

Jury Opera I

  • Rameau: Les Indes Galantes. Arnould etc. Les Talens Lyriques, Rousset (Alpha)
  • Händel: Agrippina. Schneider, Ainslie etc. FestspielO Göttingen, Cummings (Accent)

Jury Opera II

  • Janáček: Jenůfa. Kaune etc., Deutsche Oper Berlin, Runnicles/ Loy (Arthaus)
  • Puccini: Turandot. Khudoley, Massi etc. Wiener Symph, Carignani/Marelli (Cmajor)
  • Strauss: Rosenkavalier. Erraugh, Royal etc. London Phil O, Ticciati/Jones (Opus Arte)
  • Strauss: Frau ohne Schatten. Wilson etc. Frankfurter MuseumsO, Weigle (Oehms)
  • Verdi: Traviata. Damrau, Tezier etc. O & Chor Pariser Oper, Ciampa/Jacquot (Erato)
  • David: Herculaneum. Gens, Deshayes etc. Brussels Phil, Niquet (Singulares)
  • Dvořák: Alfred. Froese, Bothmer, Rumpf etc., Prager RSO, Förster (Arco Diva)

Jury Choral Music

  • JS Bach: Mass h-moll. Gächinger Kantorei, Freiburger BO etc., Rademann (Carus)
  • Meinardus: Luther in Worms. Vieweg etc. Rheinische Kantorei, Concerto Köln, Max (cpo)

Jury Early Music

  • »La Guitarra dels Lleons«. Works by Albéniz, Sor etc., Díaz-Latorre, Estevan (Cantus)
  • JS Bach: Harpsichord Concertos. Staier, Freiburger BO (harmonia mundi)
  • JS Bach: Secular Cantatas Vol. 5. Bach Collegium Japan, Suzuki (BIS)
  • Biber, Muffat: Rosenkranzsonaten etc. Daskalakis, Ensemble Vintage Köln (BIS)
  • Compère: Magnificat, Motets, Chansons. Orlando Consort (Hyperion)
  • Lassus: Missa super Dixit Joseph, Motets. Cinquecento (Hyperion)
  • »Harmonische Freude«. Works by Homilius, Krebs etc. Austral Harmony (Chandos)
  • Telemann: Ino. Labin, La Stagione Frankfurt, Schneider (DHM)
  • »Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst Vol. 6«. Cantatas by Telemann, Bergen Barokk (Toccata)
  • Caporale, Galliard, Magito: Cello Sonatas. Goltz, Küppers (Raumklang)

Jury Lieder and Vocal Recital

  • »Rossini!« Opera Arias. Peretyatko, O del Teatro di Bologna, Zedda (Sony)
  • »Morgen!« Lieder by Brahms, Schumann etc. Schuster, Schlemmer (Oehms)
  • »Joyce & Tony«. Songs by Haydn, Rossini, Rodgers etc. DiDonato, Pappano (Erato)
  • Schubert: Goethe-Lieder. Peter, Deutsch (Sony)
  • Schubert, Berger: Die schöne Müllerin. Schäfer, Koch (Avi Music)

Jury Historical Classical Recordings

  • »Leonid Kogan Violin Concertos«. Works by Brahms & Tschaikowsky (Melodiya)
  • »Adolf Busch performs Reger«. Busch Quartett, Serkin etc. (Guild)
  • Cage: Sonatas & Interludes etc. Kirkpatrick, Cage etc. (Documents)
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast etc. Sargent, Murray etc. (Heritage)
  • » From the History of the Tschaikowsky Competition.« Phonodocuments (Melodiya)
  • Ferenc Fricsay – Complete Recordings on DG Vol. 2: Opern, Choral Works (DG)
  • Mozart: String Quartets No.16-19. Musikverein Quartett (Decca)
  • Prokofjew: The Story of a Real Man. Chor & O des Bolschoi etc., Ermler (Melodiya)
  • »Peter Schreier. Die Edition zum 80. Geburtstag« (Berlin Classics)
  • Schumann: Symphonies. Staatskapelle Dresden, Sawallisch (Warner)
  • »Stokowski Gala Night at the Opera«. Nilsson etc., Philadelphia O, Stokowski (Guild)
  • »Camilla Wicks – Five Decades of Treasured Performances« (Music & Arts)

Jury Contemporary Classical Music

  • Adams: Absolute Jest etc.. San Francisco SO, Tilson Thomas (Avie)
  • Güney: Five Compositions. Beuger, Schlothauer etc. (wandelweiser records)
  • Kurtág: Kafka-Fragmente. Melzer, Stark (BIS)
  • »Catch«. Works by Myers, Giesen, Bray, Schaller, de Man. Sirocco Saxophone Q (encora)
  • Pelzel: Sempiternal lock-in etc. Klangforum Wien, Kalitzke etc. (Wergo)
  • Terry Riley: Etude from the Old Country etc. Duo Zofo (Sono Luminus)
  • Martin Jaggi: Moloch für großes Orchester etc. Luzerner SO, Ashbury etc. (MGB)
  • Lewis Nielson: AXIS. Jack Quartet, Red Fish Blue Fish (Mode)

Jury Classical Music on DVD

  • Britten: The Complete String Quartets. Belcea Q (EuroArts)
  • »Joaquin Rodrigo: Shadows and Light«. Films by Larry Weinstein (EuroArts)
  • »Satiesfictions – Promenades with Erik Satie«. Film by Peitz & Tabakov (Accentus)

Jury Film Music

  • Frahm: Music for the Motion Picture Victoria (Erased Tapes)
  • Huppertz: Die Nibelungen (Komplette Filmmusik), hr-SinfonieO, Strobel (Pan)
  • Daniel Pemberton: The Man From U.N.C.L.E. – Original Soundtrack (Sony)
  • Heitor Pereira: Minions – Original Soundtrack (Backlot Music)
  • Poledouris: Conan the Barbarian. Filmmusik transkribiert für Orgel. Pelster (Naxos)
  • Tiersen: Pour Amelie, Piano Music zum Film. Van Veen (Brilliant Classics)

Jury Crossover Productions

  • Tigran Hamasyan: Luys i Luso (ECM)
  • Susanne Hille & Dietmar Bonnen: Acheron (Obst)
  • Lunyala Trio: dit & dat (Obst)
  • Klaus Paier, Asja Valcic: Timeless Suite (ACT)
  • Barbara Thalheim: AllTag – Filme zu Liedern (Conträr Musik)

Jury Spoken Word and Cabaret

  • Michael Ende: Der Geschichtenerzähler. Ende, Heidenreich etc. (9 CDs, Osterwold Audio)
  • Else Lasker-Schüler: Mein Herz. Gawlich, Matic etc. (Audiopool Hörbuchverlag)
  • Ulrich Peltzer: Das bessere Leben. Frank Arnold (Argon)
  • Ralf Rothmann: Im Frühling sterben. Thomas Sarbacher (Hörbuch Hamburg)
  • Rüdiger Safranski: Zeit. Frank Arnold (Random House Audio)
  • Helge Schneider: Sammlung Schneider (Roof Music)
  • Ilija Trojanow: Macht und Widerstand. Pleitgen, Thieme, Trojanow (Argon)

Jury Rock

  • Beach House: Depression Cherry (Bella Union)
  • Donald Cumming: Out Calls Only (Razor & Tie)
  • Warren Haynes: Ashes & Dust (Provogue)
  • The Maccabees: Marks To Prove It (Caroline)
  • The Strypes: Little Victories (EMI)
  • Tame Impala: Currents (Caroline)
  • Frank Turner: Positive Songs For Negative People (Vertigo)
  • Wilco: Star Wars (dBpm records)

Jury Pop

  • Destroyer: Poison Season (Dead Oceans)
  • Foals: What Went Down (Transgressive)
  • Georgia: Georgia (Domino)
  • Rickie Lee Jones: The Other Side Of Desire (Thirty Tigers)
  • Mocky: Key Change (Morr)
  • Flo Morrissey: Tomorrow Will Be Beautiful (Caroline)
  • Prinzhorn Dance School: Home Electronics (PIAS)
  • Tame Impala: Currents (Caroline)
  • Wilco: Star Wars (dBpm records)

Jury Alternative

  • Beach House: Depression Cherry (Bella Union)
  • Chelsea Wolfe: Abyss (Sargent House)
  • Everything Everything: Get To Heaven (RCA)
  • Greg Holden: Chase The Sun (Warner Bros)
  • Safi: Janus (PIAS)
  • Sleaford Mods: Key Markets (Harbinger Sound)
  • Tame Impala: Currents (Caroline)

Jury Hard and Heavy

  • Ahab: The Boats Of The Glen Carrig (Napalm)
  • Amorphis: Under The Red Cloud (Nuclear Blast)
  • Black Space Riders: Refugeeum (Black Space)
  • Black Trip: Shadowline (Steamhammer)
  • Dear Lord: Heads Held High (Century Media)
  • Ghost: Mellora (Spinefarm)
  • Iron Maiden: The Book Of Souls (Parlophone)
  • New Light Choir: Volume II (High Roller)
  • Year Of The Goat: The Unspeakable (Napalm)

Jury R&B, Soul and Hiphop

  • Daymé Arocena: Nueva Era (Brownswood)
  • Dr. Dre: Compton – A Soundtrack (Interscope)
  • La Priest: Inji (Domino)
  • Maysa: Back 2 Love (Shanachie)
  • Miguel: Wildheart (RCA)
  • Namika: Nador (Jive Germany)
  • Seth Sentry: Strange New Past (Membran)
  • Ian Simmonds: The Right Side Of Kind (Goldmin Music)
  • Vince Staples: Summertime ’06 (Def Jam)

Jury Club and Dance

  • DJ Koze: DJ Kicks – 50th Anniversary (!K7)
  • DJ Richard: Grind (Dial)
  • Four Tet: Morning/Evening (Text)
  • Funkstörung: Funkstörung (Monkeytown)
  • Helena Hauff: Discreet Desires (Werkdiscs)
  • Hunee: Hunch Music (Rush Hour)
  • Mathias Kaden: Energetic (Freude am Tanzen)
  • Matrixxman: Homesick (Ghostly International)
  • Omar Souleyman: Bahdeni Nami (Monkeytown)
  • Vilod: Safe In Harbour (Perlon)

Jury Electronic and Experimental

  • Galcher Lustwerk: Parlay (Lustwerk)
  • Helen: The Original Faces (Kranky)
  • Lambert: Stay In The Dark (Staatsakt)
  • Mocky: Key Change (Morr)
  • Hudson Mohawke: Lantern (Warp)
  • Sleep: Sleep (Staatsakt)
  • Vince Staples: Summertime ’06 (Def Jam)
  • Woolfy Vs. Projections: Stations (Permanent Vacation)

Jury German language Singer/Songwriter

  • Le-Thanh Ho: Elephant (BSC)
  • Lüül & Band: Wanderjahre (MIG Music)
  • Simon & Jan: Ach Mensch (Ahuga)
  • Tempi Passati: 14 Manöver des letzten Augenblicks (Tury Records)
  • Konstantin Wecker: Ohne Warum (Sturm & Klang)
  • Wenzel: Sterne glühn – Wenzel singt Johannes R. Becher (Matrosenblau)

Jury Folk and Singer/Songwriter

  • Jaurena Ruf Project: Tango Tales (GP Arts)
  • John Jones: Never Stop Moving (Westpark)
  • Elin Kåven: Frozen Music (Nordic Notes)
  • Jens Kommnick: Redwood (Siúnta Music)
  • Legendary Shack Shakers: Cockadoodledon’t (Hound Gawd!)
  • Christina Lux: Embrace (Focus)
  • Old Man Luedecke: Domestic Eccentric (True North)
  • Noemi Waysfeld & Blik: Alfama (AWZ Records)
  • Otava Yo: What Are Those For Songs (CPL-Music)

Jury Traditional Ethnic Music

  • A Filetta: Castelli (World Village)
  • Checkpoint 303: The Iqrit Files (Kirkelig Kulturverksted)
  • Fannie Lou Hamer: Songs My Mother Taught Me (Smithsonian)
  • Les Amabassadeurs: Rebirth (World Village)
  • Shura Lipovsky & Ensemble Novaya Shira: Vaytinke (Music And Words)
  • Wendy MacIsaac: Off The Floor (Trade Root Music Group)
  • Stelios Petrakis: Kreta – L’Art De La Lyra (Ocora)

Jury World Music

  • Elida Almeida: Ora Doci Ora Margos (Lusafrica)
  • Various: Musiques Métisses – 40 Ans de Festival D’Angouleme (3 CDs, Lusafrica)
  • Monsieur Doumani: Sikoses (Monsieur Doumani)
  • Jan Eggum: Rio (Grappa)
  • El Juntacadaveres: Twists And Turns (MW Records)
  • Tigran Hamasyan: Luys i Luso (ECM)
  • Magic System: Radio Africa (Parlophone)
  • Novalima: Planetario (Wonderwheel)
  • Arturo O’Farrill & Afro Latin Jazz Orch.: Cuba – The Conversation Continues (Motema)
  • Rosario Smoving: No Te Prometo Nada (Flowfish)
  • Carmen Souza & Theo Pascal: Epistola (Galileo)

Jury Jazz I

  • Franco Ambrosetti: After The Rain (Enja)
  • Bürkle, Petrocca etc.: Swingin’ Woods – A Tribute To Nat King Cole (Mochermusic)
  • Thomas Faist: Stories To Tell (Bassic Sounds)
  • London, Meader, Pramuk, Ross: Royal Bopsters Project (Motema)
  • Cécile McLorin Salvant: For One To Love (Mack Avenue)
  • Oscar Peterson: Exclusively For My Friends (8 CDs, MPS)
  • Oscar Peterson Trio: Live In Cologne 1970 (Jazzline)
  • Thomas Rückert Trio: Parvaneh (Double Moon)
  • Schneider, Vallet, Schmidlin: Live At The Bird’s Eye (TCB)

Jury Jazz II

  • Avishai Cohen’s Triveni: Dark Nights (Anzic)
  • Jeff Denson Trio & Lee Konitz: Jeff Denson Trio & Lee Konitz (Ridgeway)
  • Doran, Stucky, Studer, Tacuma: Call Me Helium (Double Moon)
  • Partikel: String Theory (Whirlwind)
  • Iiro Rantala: My Working Class Hero (ACT)
  • Enrico Rava Quartet: Wild Dance (ECM)
  • Irène Schweizer & Han Bennink: Welcome Back (Intakt)
  • Omri Ziegele: Billiger Bauer (Intakt)

Jury Blues

  • Down Home Percolators: And Friends (L + R Records)
  • Samantha Fish: Wild Heart (Ruf Records)
  • Buddy Guy: Born To Play Guitar (RCA)
  • Warren Haynes: Ashes & Dust (Provogue)
  • Chris Kramer: Die kleine Mundharmonika (Hörbuch & Musik-CD, Blow Till Midnight)
  • John Mayall: Find A Way To Care (Forty Below Records)
  • John Primer, Billy Branch, James Cotton etc.: Muddy Waters 100 (CRS)

Jury Popular Music on DVD

  • Barbara Thalheim & Band: AllTag – Filme zu Liedern (Conträr Musik)

Jury Recordings for Children and Youth

  • Kate DiCamillo: Flora & Ulysses. Wawrczeck, Moll etc. (Hörbuch Hamburg)
  • Christian Duda: Elke. Nina Petri (Hörcompany)
  • Ralph Erdenberger, Bodo Primus: Faust Jr. ermittelt. Primus, Naujoks (Igel)
  • Sandy Hall: Klar ist es Liebe. David, Emken etc. (Argon)
  • Dimiter Inkiow: Die Abenteuer des Odysseus. Aljinovic, Maire (Igel)
  • Jory John, Mac Barnett: Miles & Niles 1. Christoph Maria Herbst (Hörverlag)
  • Ursula Poznanski: Layers. Jens Wawrczeck (Hörverlag)
  • te Reh, König: Music Was My First Love (Mombotz Music-Production)
  • Annette Roeder: Der Sommer, als wir den Esel zähmten. Wilkening (Hörverlag)
  • Sabine Schoder: Liebe ist was für Idioten. Wie mich. Icks (Argon)
  • Holly Goldberg Sloan: Glück ist eine Gleichung …. Pohl etc. (Silberfisch)
  • David Solomons: Anastasia McCrumpet. Baltscheit (Hörbuch Hamburg)
  • Andreas Steinhöfel: Froschmaul-Geschichten. Steinhöfel (Silberfisch)
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