Long List 4/2017

Published: 18th October 2017
The German Record Critics’ Award presents the fourth longlist of 2017. The currently 157 jurors have nominated a total of 258 new publications from the last quarter in 32 categories, which are eligible for the next Quarterly Critic’s Choice. The Quarterly Critic’s Choice 4/2017 will be published on the 15th of November.

Long List

Jury Symphonic and Orchestral Music

• Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9. Gewandhaus O, Blomstedt (Accentus)
• Mahler: Symphony No.5. BR-Sinfonieorchester, Jansons (BRKlassik)
• Mahler: Symphony No.4. Düsseldorfer Symph, A.Fischer (Cavi)
• Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Symphonies 1-5. Chamber O of Europe etc. Nézet-Séguin (DG)
• Vaughan Williams: Scott of the Antarctic, Filmmusik. Royal Scottish NO, Yates (Dutton)
• G.Schumann: Symphony op.42 etc. DSO Berlin, Feddeck (cpo)
• Wagner: Der Ring ohne Worte. Staatskapelle Weimar, H.Albrecht (Oehms)

Jury Concertos

• Dvořák, Bloch: Cello Concerto, Schelomo. Coppey, DSO Berlin, Karabits (audite)
• Potter, Piano Concertos etc. Shelley, Tasmanian Symphony O (Hyperion)
• Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Violin Concerto etc. Faust, FBO Heras-Casado (harmonia mundi)
• Rachmaninow: Piano Concerto etc. Vinnitskaya, NDR Elbphil, Urbanski (Alpha)
• Walton, Bruch, Pärt: Viola Concertos. Mönkemeyer, Bamberger Symph, Poschner (Sony)

Jury Chamber Music

• Bartók: Complete String Quartets. Heath Q (harmonia mundi)
• Brahms, Janáček: Sonatas. Brill, Aner (Hänssler)
• Enescu, Ravel, Skalkottas: Violin Sonatas etc. Kadesha, Rimmer (Cavi)
• Hindemith, Schönberg: String Trios. Trio Zimmermann (BIS)
• »Légende«. Works by Francaix, Hindemith etc. Balsom, Poster (Warner)
• Milhaud, Martinu: Complete Works for String trio. Jacques Thibaut Trio (Audite)
• Mozart, Dvořák: Serenades. Ensemble Midtvest (Naxos)
• Stephan: Lieder, Music for 7 Strings etc. KussQ etc. (Sony)

Jury Piano Music

• CPE Bach: Sonatas, Fantasias etc. Lubimov (ECM)
• Beethoven: Diabelli Variations. Gorini (Alpha)
• Beethoven: Sonatas op.27,2 op.111 etc. Kissin (DG)
• Brahms: Klavierstücke op.119 etc. Freire (Decca)
• Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit, Ma Mère l’Oye etc. Koroliov (Tacet)
• Urspruch: Complete Piano Works. Markovina (Hänssler)

Jury Harpsichord and Organ

• WF Bach: Complete Works for Harpsichord. Astronio (Brilliant Classics)
• »Le Cœur & l’Oreille«. Manuscript Bauyn. Works by Couperin etc. Nuti (Arcana)
• Nørgård: The Organ Book, Canon. Christensen (DaCapo)
• Pachelbel: Works for Organ & Harpsichord. Borsányi (Klanglogo)
• »Die Ubhaus-Orgel zu Bobenthal«. Works by Krieger, Scheidt etc. Brembeck (Cantate)
• »Swamp Songs«. Improvisations, Mexico City Cathedral. Essl, Joseph (IFO Classics)
• »Splendour«. Works by Buxtehude, Hassler etc. Koito, Il canto di Orfeo (dhm)

Jury Opera I

• Charpentier: Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers. Ens Correspondances, Daucé (harmonia mundi)
• Rossi: L’Orfeo. Ens Pygmalion, Pichon (harmonia mundi)
• Händel: Ottone. Cencic, Hallenberg etc. Il Pomo d’Oro, Petrou (Decca)

Jury Opera II

• Bellini: Bianca e Gernando. Benetta, Mironov etc. Virtuosi Brunensis, Fogliani (Naxos)
• Berlioz: Béatrice & Bénedict. D’Oustrac, Appleby etc. Pelly, Manacorda (Opus Arte)
• Dvořák: Rusalka. Polkowska etc. Chor & O Opera Nova Bydgoszczy, Figas (Dux)
• Laitman: The Scarlet Letter. Claycomb etc. Chor & O Opera Colorado, Pelto (Naxos)
• Léhar: Die Juxheirat. Boog etc. Chor & O Léhar Festival Bad Ischl, Burkert (cpo)
• Squillante: The Wings of Daedalus. Luchetti, Brown etc. (Wergo)
• Suppé: Il Ritorno del Marinaio. Puscaric etc. Rijeka Opera SO, Martinolly d’Arcy (cpo)
• Wagner: Lohengrin. Netrebko, Beczala etc. Mielitz, Thielemann (DG)
• Verdi: La Traviata. Rebeka, Demuro, Hampson etc., Valentin, Wilson (Naxos)

Jury Choral Music

• JS Bach: Cantatas Vol.20. Chor & Orchester der JSB-Stiftung, Lutz (JSBStiftung)
• Esenvalds: The Doors of Heaven. Portland State Chamber Choir, Sperry (Naxos)
• JL Adams: Canticles of the Holy Wind. The Crossing, Nally (Cantaloupe)
• Kurtág: Complete Works for Choir & Ensemble. Netherl RadioCh, AskoEns, Leeuw (ECM)
• »Sovereign Beauty«. Motets by Machaut. Orlando Consort (Hyperion)

Jury Early Music

• JS Bach: Partita BWV 1004 etc. Schilde, Schulze, Nordd Kammerchor Jürgensen (MDG)
• Buxtehude: Trio Sonatas. Arcangelo (Alpha)
• Charpentier: Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers. Ens Correspondances, Daucé (harmonia mundi)
• »Le Cœur & l’Oreille«. Manuscript Bauyn. Works by Couperin etc. Nuti (Arcana)
• »Ein musikalisches Gipfeltreffen 1503«. Capella della Torre, Bäuml (Musikmuseum)
• Geminiani: The Art of Playing on the Violin. Goltz etc. (Aparté)
• »Il Cello del Cardinale«. Works by Boni etc. Accademia Ottoboni, Ceccato (Alpha)
• »Nostre Dame«. Works by Machaut, Dufay etc. Vienna Vocal Consort (klanglogo)
• »The Alehouse Sessions«. Barokksolistene, Eike (Rubicon)
• FX Richter: Symphonies etc. Capricornus Consort Basel, Barczi (Christophorus)
• »Sous l’empire d’amour« Works by Lully, Lambert etc. Chappuis, Pianca (dhm)
• »Sovereign Beauty« Motets by Machaut. Orlando Consort (Hyperion)
• Telemann: Twelf Fantasias for Violin Solo. Pietsch (Es-Dur)

Jury Lieder and Vocal Recital

• Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte, Adelaide etc. Schuen, Boulanger Trio (Cavi)
• »Russian Light«. Works by Schostakowitsch etc. Peretyatko, Ural Phil O, Liss (Sony)
• »Traumgekrönt«. Lieder by Strauss, Schönberg, Berg. Müller, Ruf (Belvedere)

Jury Historical Classical Recordings

• Paul Badura-Skoda plays Liszts B-minor-Sonata 1965/1971 (Gramola)
• Fritz Busch at Glyndebourne 1934-1950. Cosi, Figaro, Idomeno, Don Giovanni (Warner)
• André Cluytens – Complete Orchestral & Concerto Recordings (Erato)
• Ania Dorfman – Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Sony)
• Andor Foldes – Beethoven: Sonatas (Decca)
• Walter Gieseking – Complete Bach Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
• Sena Jurinac sings Schumanns Eichendorfflieder & Frauenliebe. Jurinac, Holetschek (Profil)
• Alicia de Larrocha plays Rachmaninows Conzerto No.3 1976 etc. First Decca Releases (Decca)
• Mravinsky Edition, Vol III. Leningrad Philharmonic O, Yewgeni Mravinsky (Profil)
• Karl Münchinger – The Schubert Recordings (Decca)
• Henryk Szeryng plays Mozart & Vivaldi 1969 – Orig SWR Tapes Remastered (SWR-Music)

Jury Contemporary Classical Music

• Fuentes: Broken Mirrors, Liquid Crystals etc. Quatuor Diotima (Kairos)
• Hindemith: Trio op.47 etc. Buntrock, Kolinsky, clair-obscur SaxophonQ (Wergo)
• Hope: Ephemeral Rivers etc. Hope, James, Dunscope etc. (HatArt)
• Pauset: Canons for Piano. Hodges (Wergo)
• »Heavy«. ViolinWorks by Abras, Burzynska, Doderer etc. Zádory (Genuin)
• »For Viola«. Works by Murail, Zapf, Carter etc. Kasakawa etc. (EnsembleModernMedien)
• »modern lied«. Works by Holliger, Rihm, Lachenmann, Kurtág etc. Sun, Schulze (Mode)

Jury Film Music

• Elfman: Original Soundtrack for »Tulip Fever« (Sony)
• Desplat: Soundtrack for »Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets« (Europacorp)
• Dury, Minck: Original Soundtrack for »Ce qui nous lie« Kraked United etc. (Arista)
• Oneohtrix Point Never: Original Soundtrack for »Good Times«. (Warp)
• Williams: Themes & Transcriptions for Piano. Pedroni (Varèse-Sarabande)
• Zimmer: Original Soundtrack for »Dunkirk« (Water Towers)
• Soundtrack for »Baby Driver«. Simon & Garfunkel, Beachboys, Brubeck etc. (Sony)

Jury Spoken Word and Cabaret

• Arundhaty Roi: Das Ministerium des äussersten Glücks. Gabriele Blum (Argon)
• Voker Rebell: Paul McCartney – Yesterday und heute. Reinke, Stoepel etc. (Rillenwerke)
• Stefanie Sargnagel: Statusmeldungen. Autorenlesung (Roofmusic/Tacheles)
• Gabriel Garcia Marquez: Hundert Jahre Einsamkeit. Ulrich Noethen (Hörbuch Hamburg)
• Bodo Kirchhoff: Betreff: Einladung zu einer Kreuzfahrt. Autorenlesung (Frankfurter VA)
• Joseph Brodsky: Elegie an John Donne. Christian Reiner (ECM)
• Natascha Wodin: Sie kam aus Mariupol. Dagmar Manzel etc. (Argon)
• Colson Whitehead: Underground Railroad. Helene Grass (Hörbuch Hamburg)
• Marx, Engels: Das Kommunistische Manifest. Katharina Thalbach (GoyaLit/Jumbo)
• Paul Plamper: Dienstbare Geister. Hüller, Djommou etc. (Hörspielpark)
• Virginia Woolf: Zum Leuchtturm. Puls, Posch etc. (Hörverlag)
• Samuel Shem: House of God. Noethen, Hallwachs etc. (Audioverlag)

Jury Rock

• Arcade Fire: Everything Now (Sonovox)
• Beatsteaks: Yours (Warner)
• Chuckamuck: Chuckamuck (Staatsakt)
• Chris Robinson Brotherhood: Barefoot in the Head (Megaforce)
• The Deslondes: Hurry Home (New West)
• Gov’t Mule: Revolution Come… Revolution Go (Concord)
• Iron & Wine: Beast Epic (Sub Pop)
• LCD Soundsystem: American Dream (DFA-Records)
• Offa Rex: The Queen of Hearts (Nonesuch)
• Randy Newman: Dark Matter (Nonesuch)
• The War on Drugs: A Deeper Understanding (Atlantic)

Jury Pop

• Algiers: The Underside of Power (Matador)
• Declan McKenna: What Do You Think About The Car (Sony)
• Fleet Foxes: Crack-Up (Nonesuch)
• Grizzly Bear: Painted Ruins (RCA)
• Mura Masa: Mura Masa (Polydor)
• Lana del Rey: Lust for Life (Vertigo)
• LCD Soundsystem: American Dream (DFA-Records)
• Lorde: Melodrama (Universal)
• Maya Jane Coles: Take Flight (BMG)
• Randy Newman: Dark Matter (Nonesuch)
• Stephen Wilson: To The Bone (Caroline)

Jury Alternative

• Algiers: The Underside of Power (Matador)
• Cornelius: Mellow Waves (Rostrum)
• Grizzly Bear: Painted Ruins (RCA)
• Mogwai: Every Country’s Sun (Rock Action)
• Nadine Shah: Holiday Destination (1965 Records)
• Phoenix: Ti Amo (Warner)
• Shabazz Palaces: Quazarz Vs The Jealous Machines (Sub Pop)
• Zwanie Jonson: Eleven Songs For A Girl (Staatsakt)

Jury German language Singer/Songwriter

• Faber: Sei ein Faber im Wind (Vertigo)
• Pam Pam Ida & das Silberfischorchester: Optimist (F.A.M.E. Artist)
• Fortuna Ehrenfeld: Hey Sexy (Grand Hotel van Cleef)
• Die Grenzgänger: Lieder eines Lebendigen. Herwegh, Poet & Rebell (Müller-Lüdenscheidt)
• Kirchberg etc.: Johannes R.Becher. einmal frei. und einmal glücklich sein (dermenschistgut)
• Sarah Lesch: Da draußen (Kick the Flame)
• »Sonne, Mond and Abendstern«. Feidman, Doldinger, Kreusch-Family (Argon Audio)
• Jens-Paul Wollenberg: Die Löwenzahnjahre 1990-2004 (Löwenzahn)
• Florian Schneider mit Adam Taubitz: Schangsongs 2 (Own production)
• Anna Maria Zinke und die Band im Aufbau: Verwahrung (prosodia)

Jury Folk & Singer-Songwriter

• Alma: Oeo… Irgendwo zwischen Heimaterde und einem dunklen All. (col legno)
• Black Market Tune: Drifters & Vagabonds (Galileo)
• Fara: Cross The Line (CPL)
• Frigg: Frost On Fiddles (Westpark)
• Habadekuk: Mollevit (Go Danish Folk)
• Kronos Quartet: Folksongs (Nonesuch)
• Nobody Knows: Folkslieder (prosodia)
• Paulines Choice: A Night In Stromness (prosodia)
• Saoirse Mhór: Ghosts of Tomorrow (Greenhill Media)
• Torhild Ostad, Carsten Dahl: Jeg roper til deg (NORCD)

Jury Traditional Ethnic Music

• Alma: Oeo… Irgendwo zwischen Heimaterde und einem dunklen All. (col legno)
• ComboNations: Dunya (Heilo)
• David Carmona: Un Sueño De Locura (Nuevos Medios)
• Frank London & Glass House Orchestra: Astro-Hungarian Jewish Music (Piranha)
• Frigg: Frost On Fiddles (Westpark)
• Anne Hytta: Strimur (Ta:Lik)
• Marjan Vahdat: Serene Hope (Kirkelig Kulturverksted)
• Omiri: Baile Electrónico (Bigorna)

Jury World Music

• Ariwo: Ariowo (Manana)
• Bokanté: Strange Circles (Groundup Music)
• Conexão Berlin: Produto Importado (Unit)
• Gahlia Benali & Mâäk: MwSOUL (W.E.R.F.)
• Frank London & Glass House Orchestra: Astro-Hungarian Jewish Music (Piranha)
• Frigg: Frost On Fiddles (Westpark)
• Jupiter & Okwess: Kin Sonic (Glitterbeat)
• Makan Badjé Tounkara: Daba (Buda Musique)
• Monoswezi: A Je (World Music Network)
• Rafiki Jazz: Har Dam Sahara (Riverboat)
• »Zaire 74 – The African Artists«. Makeba, Abeti, Franco & T.P.O.K.Jazz etc. (Wrasse)

Jury Jazz I

• Alan Broadbent & London Metropolitan Orchestra: Developing Story (River)
• Cleo: Let Them Talk (Luleymusic)
• Wolfgang Haffner etc.: Kind Of Spain (ACT)
• Magnus Lindgren etc.: Stockholm Underground (ACT)
• »The Passion Of Charlie Parker«, Hannigan, Porter, Gardot etc. (Impulse)
• Stefanie Schlesinger: Reality (HipJazz)
• »A Coole Breeze« SWR Bigband, Sammy Nestico (SWR Music)
• Tingvall Trio: Cirklar (Skip)
• Jukka Perko & Tritone: Dizzy (We Jazz)

Jury Jazz II

• Ahmad Jamal: Marseille (Jazz Village)
• Ambrose Akinmusire: A Rift In Decorum: Live At The Village Vanguard (Blue Note)
• Aruán Ortiz: Cubanism (Intakt)
• Silke Eberhard Trio: The Being Inn (Intakt)
• Denys Baptiste etc.: The Late Trane (Edition)
• Christoph Erb etc.: …don’t buy him a parrot… (Hat Hut)
• Yannick Delez: Live / Monotypes (Unit)
• The Great Harry Hillman: Tilt (Cuneiform)
• 1000: Anthems To Work On A Good End. Klare, Maris, de Joode, Vatcher (Umland)
• »Music From Our Soul«. Moffett, Sanders, Jordan etc.(Motema)
• Offshore: Preen (Klaeng)
• Vijay Iyer Sextet: Far From Over (ECM)

Jury Blues

• Chris Robinson Brotherhood: Barefoot in the Head (Megaforce)
• Sonny Landreth etc.: Live in Lafayette (Mascot)
• Ralph Brauner: Moving Forward (Portabile Music Trier)
• Rick Estrin & The Nightcats: Groovin’ In Greaseland (Alligator)
• Andy Frasco & The U.N.: Songs From The Road (Ruf Records)
• Kenny Wayne Shepherd & Band: Lay It On Down (Provogue)
• Walter Trout u.v.a.m.: We’re All In This Together (Mascot/Provogue)
• Wellbad: The Rotten (Blue Central records/Membran)

Jury R&B, Soul and HipHop

• Damian Jr Gong Marley: Stony Hill (Republic)
• DJ Khalid: Grateful (WTB Epic)
• Grand Slam: Funk Cruisin’ – The Neverending Voyage (Peppertone)
• Jay-Z: 4:44 (Universal)
• Moses Pelham: Herz (Sony)
• Noah Slee: Otherland (Majestic Casual)
• Shabazz Palaces: Quazarz: Born on a Ganster Star (Sub Pop)
• SZA: Ctrl (RCA)
• TLC: TLC (Starwatch)
• Vince Staples: Big Fish Theory (Def Jam)

Jury Recordings for Children and Youth

• Anna Lott: Tildas Tierbande. Ein Wollschwein im Wohnzimmer. Anita Hopt (Audioverlag)
• Timo Parvela: Ella und das Abenteuer im Wald. Friedhelm Ptok (Igel Records)
• Ursula Poznanski: Aquila. Laura Maire (Hörverlag)
• Britta Nonnast, Susanne Göhlich: Wer hat Angst vorm schwarzen Gespenst? (Argon Audio)
• Florian Beckerhoff: Nickel & Horn. Andreas Fröhlich (Silberfisch)
• John Boyne: Der Junge auf dem Berg. Boris Aljinovic etc. (Igel Records)
• Martin Schäuble: Endland. Florian Lukas etc. (Oetinger)
• »Sonne, Mond und Abendstern«. Feidman, Doldinger, Kreusch-Family (Argon Audio)

Jury Classical Music on DVD

• Beethoven etc.: Violin Concerto etc. Gluzman, O N Capitole de Toulouse, Sokhiev (EuroArts)
• Dvořák: Requiem op.89. Fink, Collegium Vocale Gent, Royal etc., Herreweghe (EuroArts)
• »Elbphilharmonie Hamburg – Das Eröffnungskonzert«. Hengelbrock etc. (CMajor)
• »Kit Armstrong Performs Bach’s Goldberg Variations & Its Predecessors« (CMajor)

Jury Popular Music on DVD

• Chick Corea – The Musician. Live At The Blue Note Jazzclub 2011 (Concord)
• Paul Simon – The Concerto in Hyde Park. (Sony)

Jury Crossover Productions

• Alexei Aigui – Dietmar Bonnen, live (Obst)
• Alma: Oeo… Irgendwo zwischen Heimaterde und einem dunklen All (col legno)
• Lukas Lauermann: How I Remember Now I Remember How (col legno)
• Frank London & Glass House Orchestra: Astro-Hungarian Jewish Music (Piranha)
• Stephan Micus: Inland Sea (ECM)
• Nataša Mirković, Michel Godard, Jarrod Cagwin: En El Amor (Carpe Diem)
• Michael Rodach: Die Zeit ist rund (Traumton)
• Arkady Shilkloper, Vadim Neselovskyi: Lustrum (Neuklang)
• Uwe Steinmetz & Daniel Stickan: Where Roots Grow (Edition Jazz aus Kirchen)

Jury Hard and Heavy

• Accept: The Rise Of Chaos (Nuclear Blast)
• Die Apokalyptischen Reiter: Der rote Reiter (Nuclear Blast)
• The Attic: Sanctimonious (Van)
• Tau Cross: Pillar Of Fire (Relapse)
• Caronte: Yoni (Van)
• Der Weg einer Freiheit: Finisterre (Season of Mist)
• Paradise Lost: Medusa (Nuclear Blast)
• Portrait: Burn The World (Metal Blade)
• Stone Sour: Hydrograd (Warner)

Jury Club and Dance

• Nick Höppner: Work (Ostgut)
• Engyn: Leaving Glenwood (Outcast Oddity)
• DJ Hell: Zukunftsmusik (International Deejay Gigolo)
• Daphni: Fabriclive 93 (Fabric)
• Perera Elsewhere: All Of This (Friends Of Friends)
• Second Storey: Lucid Locations (Houndstooth)
• Patricia: Several Shades Of The Same Color (Spectral Sounds)
• Bicep: Bicep (It Why/Ninja Tune)

Jury Electronic and Experimental

• Portico Quartet: Art In The Age Of Automation (Gondwana)
• Liars: TFCF (Mute)
• Joseph Shabason: Aytche (Western Vinyl/Cargo)
• Biogen: Halogen Continues (Trip)
• Cornelius: Mellow Waves (Rostrum)