Long List 4/2022

Published: 5th October 2022
The German Record Critics’ Award presents the fourth long list of 2022. The currently 153 jurors have nominated a total of 223 new publications from the last quarter in 32 categories, which are eligible for the next Quarterly Critic’s Choice. The Quarterly Critic’s Choice 4/2022 will be published on the 15th of November.

Long List

Jury Orchestral Music

• Adams: Orchestral Works. Tonhalle-O Zürich, Järvi (Alpha)
• Beethoven: Symphonies. Chamber O of Europe, Nézet-Séguin (DG)
• Dvořák: Legends op. 59, Czech Suite op. 39. WDR SO, Măcelaru (Linn)
• Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7-9. Los Angeles Philharmonic, Dudamel (DG)
• Mahler: Symphony No. 4. Sabine Devieilhe, Les Siècles, Roth (harmonia mundi)
• Prokofjew: Violin Concerto No. 2 et al.. Bergische Symphoniker, Huppert (Prospero)
• Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8. GewandhausO Leipzig, Blomstedt (DG)
• Strawinsky: Le sacre du Printemps et al.. Milstein, O Phil de Radio France, Franck (Alpha)

Jury Concertos

• Bernstein, Copland et al.: Trumpet Works. Alison Bolsom, Britten Sinfonia, Stroman (Warner)
• Brahms, Berg: Violin Concertos. Tetzlaff, Deutsches SO Berlin, Ticciati (Ondine)
• Decruck: Concertante Works. Huang, Koffman et al., Jackson Symphony O, Aubin (Claves)
• Mozart: Piano Concertos KV 453 & 491. Le Sage, Gävle SymfoniO, Leleux (Alpha)
• Prokofjew, Britten et al.: Works for Violin. Hadelich, WDR SO, Măcelaru (Warner)
• Szymanowski, Chausson et al. Works for Violin. Batiashvili, Philadelphia O, Nézet-Séguin (DG)

Jury Chamber Music I

• »L’Aurore« – Works by Ysaÿe, Benjamin, von Bingen, Enescu, Bach JS. C Widmann (ECM)
• Berg: String Quartet op.3, Schönberg: String Quartet op.10 et al. Sampson, Heath Quartet (Signum)
• Franck: String Quartet D Major, Piano Quintet F minor. Eliot Quartett, Ablogin (Genuin)
• Harrison: Three Descriptions of Place and Movement. Quatuor Bozzini (Huddersfield)
• Raff: String Quartets op. 138 & op. 192,2. Leipziger Streichquartett (Dabringhaus und Grimm)
• Verdi, Tschaikowsky, Puccini: String Quartets. Streichquartett der Staatskapelle Berlin (Linn)

Jury Chamber Music II

• Beethoven, Ries, Brahms et al.: Clarinet Trios. D Ottensamer, Ch Traxler, St Koncz (Decca)
• Brouwer: Works for Accordion and Guitar. Lux Nova Duo (Genuin)
• Franck: String Quartet D Major, Piano Quintet F minor. Eliot Quartett, Ablogin (Genuin)
• Ruhe, JF: 4 Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and b.c.. Zeike, Mészáros (Genuin)
• Smetana: Piano Trio G minor, Dvořák: Piano Trio E minor op.90. Oliver Schnyder Trio (Prospero)
• Wolf-Ferrari: Piano Quintet op.6 et al.. Quartetto Guadagnini, Catena, Cicchese (Brilliant)

Jury Keyboard Music I

• »Salzburg Recital« – Works by Berg, Chrennikov, Gershwin, Chopin. Kissin (DG)
• Artemis, Rayeva, Grime, Czernowin et al.: Fenster et al. Works. Fidan Aghayeva-Edler (Genuin)
• Bach JS: The Well-Tempered Piano, Part 1 BWV 846-869. Nosrati (CAvi)
• Bach JS: Partitas BWV 825-830. Bindman (Delos)
• Blumenfeld: 24 Préludes. Viner (Piano Classics)
• Cage: »Four Walls« for Voice & Piano. Pousseur, Lubimov (Fuga Libera)
• Debussy: Works for 2 Pianos. Lortie, Mercier (Chandos)
• Schubert: Sonata D958, Czerny: Sonata op. 124. Vişovan (passacaille)

Jury Keyboard Music II

• »Elizabethan Organ Music« – Works by Munday, Farnaby, Bull et al. Leonhardt (Paradizo)
• English Keyboard Music. Gilia Nuti (arcana)
• Hagedorn T: Music for Organ and Electronic. Susteck, Hagedorn (Are)
• Martini: Complete Organ Works. Tomadin (Brilliant)
• Müller-Hartung, Töpfer, Sulze, Jadassohn, Ritter: Organ Works. Baltrusch (Audite)
• Ravel, Dukas, Elgar, Strawinsky, Danksagmüller: Organ Duos. Krall, Schwarze (Genuin)
• Scheidt, Buxtehude, Bach, Glaus, Danksagmüller: Organ Works. Metzger (Organum)

Jury Opera I

• Monteverdi: Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria. Les Épopées, Fuget (Château de Versailles)
• Monteverdi: L’Incoronazione di Poppea. English Baroque Soloists, Gardiner (Opus Arte)
• Scarlatti: Griselda. Pe, Carmela, Ascioti et al., Coro Ghislieri, La Lira di Orfeo, Petrou (Dynamic)

Jury Opera II

• Blech: Alpenkönig und Menschenfeind. Collett et al., Opernchor and SO Aachen, Ward (Capriccio)
• Janáček: Jenůfa. Grigorian et al., O of the Royal Opera House, Nánási, Stage direction: Guth (Opus Arte)
• Krasavin: Paquita. Malkovich et al., Ural Opera Ballet O, Klinichev, Stage direction: Samodurov (BelAir)
• Lortzing: Zum Groß-Admiral. Fritsch, et al., Chorus of BR, Münchner RundfunkO, Schirmer (cpo)
• Nono: Intolleranza 1960. Panikkar et al., Wiener Philh., Metzmacher, Stage direction: Lauwers (Arthaus)
• Puccini: Madama Butterfly. Wiener Symphoniker, Mazzola, Stage direction: Homoki (C Major)
• Rimski-Korsakow: Der Goldene Hahn. Ulyanov et al., O et Chœurs de l’Opera National de Lyon, Rustioni, Stage direction: Kosky (Naxos)
• Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer. Chorus & O Bayreuther Festspiele, Lyniv, Stage direction: Tcherniakov (DG)

Jury Choral Music

• Baquedano: Música para la catedral de Santiago. La Grande Chapelle, Recasens (Lauda)
• Händel: Coronation Anthems, Dettinger Te Deum. Le Concert Spirituel, Niquet (Alpha)
• Saint-Saëns, Hahn: Choral Works. Kohn, Accentus, Grapperon (Alpha)
• Szymanowski: Stabat Mater et al., Chorus sine nomine, Wiener Konzertchor, ORF RSO, Gielen (Orfeo)
• Vivaldi: Gloria et al. sacral Works. Karthäuser et al., Les Arts Florissants, Agnew (harmonia mundi)
• Vulpius: Motets. Capella Daleminzia, Capella Vocale Waldheim, Röder (Querstand)

Jury Lieder and Vocal Recital

• Berg, Schumann, Wolf, Schostakowitsch, Brahms – Songs. Goerne, Trifonov (DG)
• Britten: Les Illuminations, Serenade et al.. Staples, Parkes, Swedish RSO, Harding (harmonia mundi)
• Britten: Our Hunting Fathers et al. Landshamer, Padmore, SO Basel, Bolton (Prospero)
• Cerha: Keintate I, II. for Baritone and Wiener Schrammel Quartet. Falk, attensam quartett (Kairos)
• Massenet: Orchestral Songs. Devos, Gens et al., Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Niquet (Bru Zane)
• Schumann, Widmann. Songs. Immler, Frese (Alpha)
• Strauss R: Songs. Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, WDR SO, Eschenbach (Pentatone)
• Verdi, Giordano, Bizet, Ponchelli: Arias. Tetelman, O Filarmonica de Gran Canaria, Chichon (DG)

Jury Early Music

• Bach JS: Harpsichord Concertos Vol. 1. Sarecchia, Naessens, Kuijken, La Petite Bande, S Kuijken (Accent)
• Biber: Sonatae Violino Solo 1681. Nikitassova, Les Élémens (cpo)
• Coprario: Fantasias after Ferrabosco et al.. Pluto-Ensemble, Hathor Consort, de Cat, Lischka (Ramée)
• de Baquedano: Música para la catedral de Santiago. La Grande Chapelle, Recasens (Lauda)
• Du Bellay: »Heureux qui, comme Ulysse«. Doulce Mémoire, Kwal, Dadre (Alpha)
• Haydn: 6 Divertimenti Hob.IV:6-11. Zhitnukhina, Ramazanova, Streich, Bullok, Gornowskij (Genuin)
• Monteverdi: Selva Morale e Spirituale. Le Nuove Musiche, Koetsveld (Brilliant)
• Telemann, Bach JS et al.: Works for Baroque Viola. Henrichs, Braczi, Perl, Behringer, Beller (Carpe Diem)
• Vivaldi, Razzi, Locatelli: Nisi Dominus et al. Works. Le poème harmonique, Dumestre (Alpha)
• Wagenseil: Trio Sonatas. Ensemble Klingekunst (cpo)

Jury Contemporary Music

• »SDLW« – Works by and with Stefanovich, Dell, Lillinger, Westergaard (bastille musique)
• Brümmer: Spheres Of Resonance (Wergo)
• H. Goebbels: A House Of Call. My Imaginary Notebook (ECM)
• Phillips, Kurtág jr.: Face à Face (ECM)
• Razaz: The Strange Highway et al.. All-American Cello-Band et al., Metropolis Ensemble, Cyr (BIS)

Jury Historical Recordings

• »The young Friedrich Gulda« – Gulda, Wiener Phil, London SO, Collins, Andrae et al. (Profil Hänssler)
• Busch A: Divertimento, Clarinet Sonata et al.. R. & P. Serkin, Harold Wright et al. (Pristine)
• Ferras: Violin Concertos and Chamber Music. RSO Stuttgart et al. Blomstedt, Gielen et al. (SWR Classic)
• Haydn, Schubert: String Quartets et al.. Musical Art Quartet (Biddulph)
• Haydn: Symphony No. 99, Schönberg et al.. Ogdon, New Philharmonia O, Kubelik (Audite)
• Rosbaud conducts Debussy, Ravel, Roussel et al.. Südwestfunk-O Baden-Baden (SWR Classic)
• Walter Gieseking – Debussy: The first Columbia recordings. Walter Gieseking (apr)
• Wilhelm Kempff – The Decca Legacy (Decca Eloquence)

Jury Crossover Productions

• »SDLW« – Works by and with Stefanovich, Dell, Lillinger, Westergaard (bastille musique)
• Barre Phillips, György Kurtág jr.: Face à Face (ECM)
• Brouwer: Works for Accordion and Guitar. Lux Nova Duo (Genuin)
• Giger: ars moriendi. Vitzthum, Giger, Dähler, Lehmann, Carmina Quartett (ECM)
• H. Goebbels: A House Of Call. My Imaginary Notebook (ECM)
• Niggli, Loibner: Still Storm (Intakt)
• Porter: cycle.sound.color (Bhakti)
• Yasuda: The Ninth Wave. Önder, Hawthorne, Werani, Winter et al., Zapico (Winter & Winter)

Jury Film Music

• »Elvis«. Elvis Presley, Austin Butler, Doja Cat et al. (RCA International)
• Michael Abels: Nope (Back Lot Music)
• Sarah Schachner: Prey (Century Studios)

Jury Music Film

• The Beatles: Get Back. Direction: Peter Jackson, Michael Lindsay-Hogg (Apple)
• Total Thrash: The Teutonic Story. Film by Daniel Hofmann (Mindjazz Pictures)

Jury Jazz I

• Julia Hülsmann Quartet: The Next Door (ECM)
• Lorenz Hargassner: Golden Standards (Major Music)
• Reinhardt Winkler: Flying Home (Challenge)
• Sandro Roy: Discovery (Skip)
• Vadim Neselovskyi: Odesa. A musical walk through a legendary city (Sunnyside)

Jury Jazz II

• »SDLW« – Works by and with Stefanovich, Dell, Lillinger, Westergaard (bastille musique)
• Athina Kontou Mother: Tzivaeri (nwog)
• Billy Mohler feat. Speed, Wood, Endsley: Anatomy (Contagious)
• Gard Nilssen Acoustic Unity: Elastic Wave (ECM)
• Günter »Baby« Sommer & The Lucaciu 3: Karawane (Intakt)
• I Am feat. Isaiah Collier & Michael Shekwoaga Ode: Beyond (Division 81)
• Jan Klare: alto eager – young u (Umland Records)
• Julia Hülsmann Quartet: The Next Door (ECM)
• Vadim Neselovskyi: Odesa. A musical walk through a legendary city (Sunnyside)

Jury World Music

• Athina Kontou Mother: Tzivaeri (nwog)
• Avalanche Kaito (Glitterbeat)
• BKO: Djine Bora (Les Disques Bongo Joe)
• Ibrahim Maalouf, Angelique Kidjo: Queen of Sheba (Mister Ibé)
• Inswingtief: Home Cookin’ (HS Digital Audio)
• Joaquín Alem New Tango Group: Romeo y Julieta (Calygram)
• Khiyo: Bondona (Arc Music)
• Kolínga: Legacy (Underdog)
• Lass: Boumayé (Chapter Two)
• Meszecsinka: arnyék – shadow (CPL)
• Noori & his Dorpa Band: Beja Power! Electric Soul & Brass from Sudan’s Red Sea Coast (Ostinato)
• Päivi Hirvonen: Kallio (Nordic Notes)
• Quintetango: Tangente (Galileo)
• Sessa: Estrela Acesa (Mexican Summer)

Jury Traditional Ethnic Music

• Cimarròn: La Recia (Cimarrón)
• Federspiel: Albedo (O-Tone)
• He Jinhua: Songs of the Naxi of Southwest China (Smithsonian Folkways)
• Kouglof: Fernsicht (Brambus)
• Misagh Joolaee & Sebastian Flaig: Qanat (Pilgrims Of Sound)
• Päivi Hirvonen: Kallio (Nordic Notes)
• Papiers D’Arménies: Guenats Pashas (Meredith)
• Shadi Fathi & Bijan Chemirani: Âwât (Buda)
• Vieux Farka Touré: Les Racines (World Circuit)

Jury German Language Singer/Songwriter

• Charlotte & Elisabeth: Chansons aus Porzellan (Hörrausch)
• Das schottische Prinzip: Jolly (Bader Molden)
• Funny van Dannen: Kolossale Gegenwart (Trikont)
• Molden, Strauss, Pixner, Petrova, Randi: Oame Söö (Bader Molden)
• Lieder von Christof Stählin. Grosche, Prosa & Fink, Ellsässer et al. (Buschfunk)
• Tempi Passati: Anomie (Der Mensch Ist Gut)
• Zupfgeigenhansel: Miteinander: 50 Jahre – 70 Lieder (D7)

Jury Folk and Singer/Songwriter

• Damian McKee, Gudrun Walther, Aaron Jones: high doh (Artes)
• Hannes Wader: Noch hier – was ich noch singen wollte (Stockfisch)
• Ketil Bjørnstad: New Morning (Grappa)
• Kim Carnie: And so we gather (Cárn)
• Songs of Christof Stählin. Grosche, Prosa & Fink, Ellsässer et al. (Buschfunk)
• Optur: Nordic Free Folk (GO’ Danish Folk Music)
• Päivi Hirvonen: Kallio (Nordic Notes)
• St. Beaufort: Those Windows (Blue Whale)
• Tempi Passati: Anomie (Der Mensch Ist Gut)

Jury Pop

• Amanda Shires: Take It Like A Man (ATO)
• Beyoncé Knowles: Renaissance (Columbia)
• Josh Rouse: Going Places (Yep Roc)
• Lizzo: Special (Atlantic)
• Porcupine Tree: Closure/Continuation (Columbia)

Jury Rock

• Amanda Shires: Take It Like A Man (ATO)
• Arlo McKinley: This Mess We’re In (Oh Boy)
• Automatic: Excess (Stones Throw)
• Caamp: Lavender Days (Mom + Pop)
• Del Amitri: Fatal Mistakes – Outtakes & B-Sides (Cooking Vinyl)
• Early James: Strange Time To Be Alive (Easy Eye Sound)
• Jack White: Entering Heaven Alive (Third Man)
• Muse: Will Of The People (Warner)
• Sorry Gilberto: Psychoactive Ghosts (Solaris Empire)
• The Lounge Society: Tired of Liberty (Speedy Wunderground)
• Wesemann und das Kraftstrom-Orchester: Der Lack ist ab (Calygram)

Jury Hard and Heavy

• Amon Amarth: The Great Heathen Army (Metal Blade)
• A-Z (Metal Blade)
• Blind Guardian: The God Machine (Nuclear Blast)
• H.E.A.T: Force Majeure (Earmusic)
• Mantar: Pain is forever and this is the end (Metal Blade)
• The Halo Effect: Days Of The Lost (Nuclear Blast)
• Undertow: Bipolar (El Puerto)
• Witchery: Nightside (Century Media)

Jury Alternative

• Black Midi: Hellfire (Rough Trade)
• Life: North East Coastal Town (The Liquid Label)
• Regina Spektor: Home, before and after (Warner)
• Shearwater: The Great Awakening (Polyborus)
• Soccer Mommy: Sometimes, Forever (Concord)
• Wu-Lu: Loggerhead (Warp)
• Zola Jesus: Arkhon (Sacred Bones)
• Σtella: Up and Away (Sub Pop Records)

Jury Club and Dance

• µ-Ziq: Magic Pony Ride (Planet Mu)
• Emeka Ogboh: 6°30’33.372”N 3°22’0.66”E (Danfotronics)
• Hudson Mohawke: Cry Sugar (Warp)
• Jennifer Vanilla: Castle In The Sky (Sinderlyn)
• Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith: Let’s Turn It Into Sound (Ghostly)
• Lynyn: Lexicon (Sooper)
• Mall Grab: What I Breathe (Looking For Trouble)
• MCR-T: My Voice My Weapon of Choice (Live From Earth)
• Schacke: Apocalyptic Decadence (Instruments of Discipline)
• Thugwidow: Seventh Circle Of Litness (Western Lore)
• Tomu DJ: Half Moon Bay (Franchise)

Jury Electronic and Experimental

• Feldermelder feat Julian Sartorius: Bonn Route (-OUS)
• Hatis Noit: Aura (Erased Tapes)
• Italo Brutalo: Heartware (Bungalo Disco)
• Kuedo: Infinite Window (Brainfeeder)
• Ludger Brümmer: Spheres Of Resonance (Wergo)
• Morimoto Naoki: Kotoba (Seil Records)
• Sounds of Abscence. Verschiedene Künstler (Gruenrekorder)
• Ströme: Nr. 2 (Compost)
• Terence Etc.: Vortex (Brainfeeder)
• Vanessa Porter: cycle.sound.color (Bhakti)

Jury Blues

• Bywater Call: Remain (Gipsy Soul)
• Grant Haua: Ora Blues at the Chapel (Dixie frog)
• Lars Kutschke: While We’re Here (Timezone)
• Marcus King: Young Blood (Republic)
• Nick Woodland: Land ho! (Solid Pack)
• Pugsley Buzzard & The Swamp Orchestra: Feelin’ Lucky (Music Hub)
• Shemekia Copeland: Done Come Too Far (Alligator Records)
• Tedeschi Trucks Band: I Am The Moon, Vol. 1-4

Jury R&B, Soul and HipHop

• Aisha Vibes: Elevate (Aisha Vibes)
• Beyoncé Knowles: Renaissance (Columbia)
• Brent Faiyaz: Wasteland (Lost Kids)
• Ina Forsman: All there is (Jazzhaus)
• Kokoroko: Could We Be More (Brownswood)
• Magro: II (XJazz!)
• Megan Thee Stallion: Traumazine (300 Entertainment)
• Movements Vol. 11. Compiled by Tobias Kirmayer. Various Artists (Tramp)

Jury Verbal Art

• Alex Capus: Susanna. Author’s reading (der Hörverlag)
• Arno Camenisch: Die Welt. Author’s reading (Diogenes)
• Françoise Sagan: Bonjour tristesse. Schlott, Rotschopf et al., Direction: Ulrich Lampen (Der Audio Verlag)
• Isabel Allende: Violeta. Angela Winkler (der Hörverlag)
• Marion Leonie Pfeifer: Sahara. No Man’s Land. Halm, Amberger, Pfennig (MatreEdition)
• Patrick Modiano: Unterwegs nach Chevreuse. Walter Kreye (Hörbuch Hamburg)
• Serhij Zhadan: Internat. Frank Arnold (Steinbach sprechende Bücher)
• Werner Herzog: Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle. Erinnnerungen. Werner Herzog (tacheles!)

Jury Recordings for Children and Youth

• Adam Silvera: More happy than not. Jonas Minthe (Hörcompany)
• Christine Haas: Ein kleines bißchen Vampir. Lena Conrad (derDiwan)
• Gabriele Clima: Der Geruch von Wut. Moritz Pliquet (derDiwan)
• Inés Garland: Lilo. Glück kann man schnuppern. Andreas Fröhlich (sauerländer audio)
• Jan Weiler: Max – Memoiren eines Schulanfängers. Author’s reading (der Hörverlag)
• Lotte Schweizer: Detektei für magisches Unwesen. Sarah Dorsel (Der Audio Verlag)
• Melvin Burgess: Voll verzählt? Martin Baltscheit (Hörcompany)