Below is a list of all classical CD titles released in the last 120 days.
MANUEL BLANCAFORT
Blancafort: Complete Songs, Vol. 2 Anna Alàs i Jové, Miquel Villalba [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Jul/2025 ] |
VLADISLAV ALIOZ / ALEXANDER WINKLER
History of the Russian Piano Trio, Vol. 7 The Brahms Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Jul/2025 ] The two composers featured on this album worked in Russia during a period when it had become part of international musical culture, with many European musicians choosing to make a living there. Famous Czech cellist, Vladislav Aloiz, whose... |
BONDS / BRYARS / CANDEY / CRAS / DUNPHY
Fields of Wonder Cantus [ Signum / CD - released 25/Jul/2025 ] Their fifth release on Signum Classics, the "engaging" (New Yorker) men's vocal ensemble Cantus presents a collection of songs cycles by contemporary and living composers, exploring different kinds of journeys through song. "These contrasting song... |
HEINRICH MARSCHNER
Marschner: Overtures and Stage Music, Vol. 3 Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava, Dario Salvi [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Jul/2025 ] Heinrich August Marschner was a master of German Romantic music, and this third volume in the series presents excerpts from some of his later operas. These include Das Schloss am Aetna with its dark Faustian themes, and Lukretia in which the composer... |
ALBERTO GINASTERA
Ginastera - String Quartets Miro Quartet, Kiera Duffy (soprano) [ Pentatone / CD - released 25/Jul/2025 ] The Miró Quartet, celebrating their 30th anniversary, presents an album featuring the complete string quartets of Alberto Ginastera, one of the most influential Lat in American composers of the 20th century. A master of vivid contrasts and emotional... |
WAGNER / WOLF / BRAHMS / VERDI / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
Otto Gerdes - Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon Otto Gerdes (conductor) with Brigitte Nilsson, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Theo Adam, Pierre Thibaud, Evelyn Lear, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon Eloquence / 11 CD Box Set - released 25/Jul/2025 ] 'Karajan's producer' on the podium - the complete recordings of Otto Gerdes for Deutsche Grammophon, including previously unpublished material and displaying some of the most thrilling versions of orchestral masterpieces to be recorded. Reviews for... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / CHARLES Villiers STANFORD
Brahms: Cello Sonatas / Stanford: Ballata Steffan Morris (cello), Alasdair Beatson (piano) [ Rubicon / CD - released 25/Jul/2025 ] Steffan Morris is the youngest ever guest principal cello with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra and has also been guest principal cello with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. |
ALAN HOVHANESS
Hovhaness: Concerto No. 2 / Works for Violin and Piano ( Zina Schiff (violin) Valerie Star (piano) / Salzburg Chamber Soloists, Avlana Eisenberg) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 25/Jul/2025 ] The music of Alan Hovhaness, one of America's most prolific composers, enchants with his signature synthesis of East and West. Influenced by his Armenian heritage and a fascination with nature and spirituality Hovhaness sought to create music 'for... |
VALENTIN SILVESTROV
Silvestrov: ...flowering over Lethe... Alexei Lubimov (piano) [ Fuga Libera / CD - released 18/Jul/2025 ] This album pays tribute to the singular world of Valentin Silvestrov, a composer whose music gently reaches out to the past while also resonating with the voices of such contemporaries as Leonid Hrabovsky, Alexander Knaifel, Arvo Pärt, and Andre... |
JOHN WILLIAMS
John Williams: The Anthology Vol. 1 Ambrosian Junior Choir, American Boychoir, Boston Pops Orchestra, Kate Capshaw, London Symphony Orchestra, John McCarthy, Mel Tormé, John Williams [ Sony Classics / 20 CD Box Set - released 18/Jul/2025 ] "I'm delighted that Sony has created John Williams: The Anthology, a definitive three-volume box set presenting a specially curated collection of the best of John's music for film and the concert stage throughout his extraordinary career." Steven S. |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphonies; Concertos; Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, with Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Yuja Wang (piano), Thomas Rolfs (trumpet), Baiba Skride (violin) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 19 CD Box Set - released 18/Jul/2025 ] The Boston Symphony Orchestra and their music director Andris Nelsons announce their upcoming album, on which they present their acclaimed Shostakovich symphony cycle to mark the 50th anniversary of the composer's death in 1975. . |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Partitas Céline Frisch (harpsichord) [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 18/Jul/2025 ] The French harpsichordist Céline Frisch has an extensive discography, including many award-winning recordings devoted to Bach. Now she presents the Partitas, the famous and abundant collection of six suites that Bach composed from 1726 onwards - at... |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart's Clavichord Georg Nigl; Alexander Gergelyfi [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 18/Jul/2025 ] How did Mozart hear his own music at home in Salzburg? This recording provides the answer, as it was made not only in the house in which he lived but also with the clavichord that he used to compose Die Zauberflöte, La clemenza di Tito and the... |
ROBERT KAJANUS / LEEVI MADETOJA / SELIM PALMGREN / VAINO RAITIO / JEAN SIBELIUS
Pictures from Finland Madetoja Music High School's Girls' Choir, Soma Ensemble, Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Rumon Gamba [ Chandos / CD - released 18/Jul/2025 ] Europadisc My Europadisc Sign in or register Wish List You must be logged in to access your wishlist. Please sign in here United KingdomUK Pound Change currency & delivery country 0 0 items in basket Total: £0.00 Click here to view your... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Variations (piano) Mathieu Gaudet [ Analekta / CD - released 18/Jul/2025 ] Volume 11 of Mathieu Gaudet's complete Schubert piano sonatas cycle brings us the fascinating second book of Impromptus D. 935, including the immortal Theme and Variation in B flat major. The youthful Sonata no. 2 in C major D. 279 and the « Noble »... |
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Alexander's Feast Miriam Kutrowatz; Daniel Johannsen; Damien Gastl; Arnold Schoenberg Chor; Zefiro; Alfredo Bernardini [ Arcana / CD - released 18/Jul/2025 ] In London in 1736, the Baroque genius Handel celebrated the power of music with his oratorio about Alexander the Great, one of the foremost successes of his life. Covent Garden was never so full as on the evening of the premiere. For this original... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 "Jenamy" & 12 / Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Major ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien; Howard Griffiths; Evren Ozel; Jan Mrá?ek [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 18/Jul/2025 ] Mozart's piano concerto in E flat KV 271 has long been known as the 'Jeunehomme' - but it was discovered in 2004 that it was actually composed for Louise Victoire Jenamy; Mozart misspelled her name as 'jenomy' in a letter to his father in 1778 and so... |
Theatro, Brian Kay (director)
Play, Music! Songs from Shakespeare's Plays [ Avie Records / CD - released 18/Jul/2025 ] The Bard frequently directed his characters to burst into song, cannily catering to the vast audiences who flocked to the Globe Theatre, expecting to enjoy the popular melodies of the day that were interwoven throughout the narrative. English... |
W. A. MOZART
Andre Schuen sings Mozart Andrè Schuen (baritone), Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Roberto Gonzalez-Monjas, with Nikola Hillebrand (soprano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 13/Jul/2025 ] A beautifully curated album of Mozart arias, duets and songs, programmed in order of moods, roles and themes in the world of opera and song. Featuring the Mozarteum Orchestra of Mozart's home town Salzburg with its chief conductor Roberto... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Richard Wagner Edition - Bayreuth Festival Bayreuth Festival / Martha Mödl; Ludwig Weber, Wolfgang Windgassen; Eberhard Wächter, Jess Thomas; George London, Birgit Nilsson, Christa Ludwig; etc [ Decca / 25 CD Box Set - released 11/Jul/2025 ] A quarter-century of postwar Bayreuth recordings, made live at the Festspielhaus by Decca, DG and Philips: this is an absorbing history in sound of Wagner interpretation featuring several albums of timeless authority. |