In the June-issue of Fonoforum they publish the "viertaljahresliste"
(quarterly list) of "Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik" (the German
record award.  It goes as follows:

   Symphony and Concerto
   Brahms, Piano concerto no. 1 Pollini, BPO/Abbado, DG
   Brahms Symphony no 4 NDRSO/Wand, RCA
   Racmaninoff, Symphony no 1, /Janssons, Emi
   Stravinsky, Le sacre de Printemps, BPO/Haitink, Philips

   Chamber & Piano
   Ives, Violin sonatas 1-4 Schneeberger /Cholette, ECM
   Mendelssohn, Sting Quartets op 12 o 13, Julliard Quartet, Sony
   Rebel: Violin sonatas, Manze, Egarr, ter Linden, Harmonia Mundi
   Arcadi Volodos, Live at Carnegie Hall, Sony

   Opera
   Mozart, Cosi fan tutte,  Jacobs, Harmonia Mundi
   Offenbach, Orphee aux Enfers, Minkowski, Emi

   Choral and song
   Handel, Salomon, McCreesh, DG Archiv
   Cecilia Bartoli: Live in Italy, Thibaubet (piano), Decca
   Lieder von Liebe und tod, Cristoph Pregardien, Tilman Hoppstock
   (guitar!), Signum

   Organmusic
   Andrea Marcon, The Art of Organ Playing, Divox

   New Music
   Berio, Sequenzas I-XIII, Ensemble InterContemporain, DG
   Boulez, Repons, Dialogue de l'hombre double, Ensemble
   InterContemporain/Boulez, DG

   Historical
   The Wilhelm Kappel Edition, RCA
   New York Philharmonic, The Mahler Broacasts 1948-1982

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