Below is a list of all classical CD titles released in the last 120 days.
BEDRICH SMETANA / SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR / JOSEF SUK / FRANK MARTIN
Rooted Neave Trio [ CHANDOS / CD - released 12/Jul/2024 ] Originally recorded in May 2023 |
HORO / HOLMES / FISHER / WILLIAMS / PSATHAS / ROYAL / AUDAIN / BOWATER / YOUNG / CASTRO-ROBINSON / RITCHIE / HAMILTON
Suite Aotearoa Sharon Joy Vogan (piano), Horomona Horo (taonga pūoro) [ Atoll / CD - released 12/Jul/2024 ] This album is a beautiful complete listen, an imaginative sequence of Aotearoa magic in the form of 12 short commissions from a fine selection of composers. "Suite Aotearoa" is one of the first albums to combine concert Steinway piano and Taonga Puoro. |
DUBOIS / HAHN / FAURÉ / GOUNOD / CHAUSSON / SAINT-SAËNS
Paysage Véronique Gens (soprano), Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Hervé Niquet [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 12/Jul/2024 ] "Her soprano is in remarkably good shape, supple and elegant, her diction exemplary and her phrasing exquisite, deftly capturing the mood of each song." Gramophone Award Finalist - Voice & Ensemble |
GLAZUNOV / VILLA-LOBOS / MARTIN / RIVIER / FRANCAIX
Saxophone Concertos & Quartets Detlef Bensmann (saxophone), RIAS Berlin Sinfonietta, Berlin Saxophone Quartet [ Alto / CD - released 7/Jul/2024 ] [Villa Lobos] 'incorporates nationalistic musical elements of Brazil along with melodic, lullaby-like themes, to make a truly contrasting and interesting three-movement work.' (Classic FM) |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Goldberg Variations (recorded 1955) plus Partitas Nos 5 & 6 & 2 Fugues Glenn Gould (piano) [ Alto / CD - released 7/Jul/2024 ] (Goldbergs) "in terms of sheer keyboard wizadry …a remarkable performance" (Penguin Guide) |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano), Minnesota Orchestra, Minnesota Boychoir, Minnesota Chorale, Osmo Vänskä [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 7/Jul/2024 ] The playing of the Minnesota Orchestra, here completing their Mahler cycle, is, as we have come to expect, most accomplished. - Gramophone |
JEROME MOROSS
Moross: Symphony No 1 / Last Judgement / Variations on a Waltz for Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta [ Alto / CD - released 7/Jul/2024 ] 'Dominating my Critics' Choice for 1993 are Koch 's outstanding discs of concert works by esteemed film composers … Although the disc of Moross world premieres is especially exciting, both are distinguished not only by superb sound but also by... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphonies Nos 1 -10 (SACD Box Set) Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä [ BIS SACD / 11 SACD - released 7/Jul/2024 ] Each of Gustav Mahler's ten symphonies is a sprawling epic, full of emotional turmoil. According to the composer, the symphony 'must be like the world. It must embrace everything'. |
HILDEGARD VON BINGEN
Chants of Hildegard von Bingen Luminous Spirit Rosa Lamoreaux (soprano) with Hesperus (original instruments) [ Alto / CD - released 7/Jul/2024 ] 'Lamoreaux's sensitive recital throws new light upon the genius of the abbess. Her voice, pellucid and supple, is perfectly at ease with Hildegard's demands." Gramophone |
BERNARD HERRMANN
Herrmann: Symphony No. 1 / The Devil and Daniel Webster / Concerto Macabre / etc Sara Davis Buechner (piano) / Phonenix Symphony Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Sedares [ Alto / Koch International / CD - released 7/Jul/2024 ] "James Sedares and the NZSO are on top form throughout this valuable addition to Koch's concert works by acclaimed film composers" (Gramophone) |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Parsifal (complete opera recorded at the Bayreuth Festival in 2023) Andreas Schager, Elīna Garanča, Georg Zeppenfeld / Bayreuther Festspielorchester, Bayreuther Festspielchor, Pablo Heras-Casado [ Deutsche Grammophon / 4 CD Box Set - released 5/Jul/2024 ] The acclaimed new production of Wagner's final opera "Parsifal" is "a musical godsend" (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung). The successful partnership between Deutsche Grammophon and the Bayreuth Festival continues, and what was started with the 2015... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen [complete operas on Blu-ray audio] Jon Vickers, Martti Talvela, Thomas Stewart, Régine Crespin, Gundula Janowitz, Josephine Veasey, etc / Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-ray audio / Blu-Ray Audio - released 5/Jul/2024 ] Deutsche Grammophon is reissuing, in Blu-ray audio, Karajan's monumental Ring cycle, which he recorded together with the Berlin Philharmonic and a stunning cast of singers. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: String Quartets Nos. 1-16 (complete, inc. Grosse Fuge) Budapest String Quartet [ Sony Classical / 8 CD Box Set - released 5/Jul/2024 ] Founded 100 years ago in 1917, the Budapest Quartet was at the height of its success in the early 1950s, under the leadership of first violinist Joseph Roisman....Recorded in Stereo 1958-61. |
TRADITIONAL
Daniel Hope: Irish Roots Daniel Hope (violin) with Seán Smyth (fiddle) Kevin Crawford (flute) Trevor Hutchinson (double bass) Cillian Vallely (uilleann pipes) Siobhan Armstron [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 5/Jul/2024 ] "There's charm here for sure, though a better title might have been 'Irish Stew ' given the different array of flavours. The traditional tunes, like Morning Nightcap, are really appealing and the Ina Boyle is grand." BBC Music |
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG / GABRIEL FAURE
Schoenberg /Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Paavo Järvi [ Alpha / CD - released 5/Jul/2024 ] No fewer than four major composers - Fauré, Debussy, Schoenberg and Sibelius - were inspired by Maurice Maeterlink's play Pelléas et Mélisande (1892). Given that we celebrate anniversaries of Fauré and Schoenberg in 2024, Paavo Järvi offers his... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Inno Delle Nazioni / Quatro Pezzi Sacri Freddie De Tommaso (tenor), Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala Milan, Riccardo Chailly [ Decca / CD - released 5/Jul/2024 ] Chailly and La Scala maintain the gold standard for Verdi in this new release coupling two great but rarely recorded choral works. The Hymn of the Nations (Inno delle nazioni) features Decca's star tenor Freddie De Tommaso. |
STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Sondheim: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street (2023 castt recording) Josh Groban, Annaleigh Ashford,Jordan Fisher, Gaten Matarazzo & cast [ RCA / 2 CD - released 5/Jul/2024 ] The acclaimed Broadway revival, featuring the Tony Award®-winning score by Stephen Sondheim, stars Tony and Grammy-nominated multi-platinum recording artist Josh Groban and Tony Award winner Annaleigh Ashford 2-CD set features a 40-page booklet with... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT / CARL LOEWE
Schubert / Loewe: Mythos Konstantin Krimmel (baritone) Ammiel Bushakevitz (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 5/Jul/2024 ] Passion, solitude, nostalgia, the pain of the world, flight, death - these are the typical themes of Romanticism. Konstantin Krimmel has already explored this era of extreme emotion in Saga, his first recital album (Alpha549). Now, with collaborative... |
RACHMANINOV / CHOPIN / SCHUMANN / LISZT
Rafael Orozco - The Philips Legacy Rafael Orozco (piano) / Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Edo de Waart [ Decca / Eloquence / 8 CD Box Set - released 5/Jul/2024 ] Collected here are the complete Philips recordings of one of Spain's piano aristocracy, winner of the 1966 Leeds Piano Competition. There is passion and poetry in equal measure, and an instinctive feeling for the ebb and flow of a phrase... |
GABRIEL FAURE
Fauré: Violin Concerto, Op. 14 / etc Renaud Capuçon (violin), Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Renaud Capuçon (conductor) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 5/Jul/2024 ] Since early childhood, the works of Gabriel Fauré have been a source of inspiration for fellow French virtuoso, Renaud Capuçon. Together with treasured colleagues Guillaume Bellom and Julia Hagen, as well as his cherished Orchestre de Chambre de... |