Classical New Releases
Classical New Releases
Below is a list of all classical CD titles released in the last 120 days.
Displaying items 1 to 20 of 234
ALFONSO FERRABOSCO
Music to Hear… Alfonso Ferrabosco: Music for Lyra Viol from 1609, Volumes 2 & 3 Richard Boothby [ Signum / 2 CD - released 17/Apr/2026 ] Music to Hear… Alfonso Ferrabosco: Music for Lyra Viol from 1609, Volumes 2 & 3 continues Richard Boothby's acclaimed exploration of early English viol repertoire. Joined by Sam Stadlen and Jo Levine, Boothby performs Ferrabosco's Lessons for 1, 2 &... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schubert + Schumann: Piano Works Can Cakmur (piano) [ BIS / CD - released 17/Apr/2026 ] The ongoing Schubert + series produced by pianist Can Çakmur has revealed an exceptional Schubertian. Now in its sixth instalment, the series juxtaposes Schubert's works with those of composers he inspired. This latest programme shines a spotlight on... |
KAIJA SAARIAHO / HELENA TULVE
I Am a River: Choral Music Helsinki Chamber Choir [ BIS / CD - released 17/Apr/2026 ] Finnish Kaija Saariaho and Estonian Helena Tulve, two composers with highly individual voices, both explore instrumental colour as a core element of their work. Saariaho's vocal works particularly reveal the full expressive richness of her music.... |
ARVO PART
Part: Complete Symphonies Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Eva Ollikainen (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 17/Apr/2026 ] The four symphonies of Arvo Pärt were composed over a span of forty-five years, and bear little or no relationship with one another - four individual pieces that represent his output at separate parts of his creative journey. The First Symphony was... |
MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 22 Jan Lisiecki (piano), Manfred Honeck, Bamberger Symphoniker [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 17/Apr/2026 ] Celebrated Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki returns to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a decade after he devoted his Deutsche Grammophon debut to the composer's oeuvre ("beautiful Mozart playing, direct, unmannered and fresh" - The New York Times). Marking the... |
EMMERICH KALMAN / FRANZ LEHAR / PAUL ABRAHAM
Magische Töne Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Hungarian State Opera Orchestra [ Sony Classical / CD - released 17/Apr/2026 ] With Magische Töne, Jonas Kaufmann returns to the world of operetta and late‑Romantic opera, presenting a collection of some of the genre's most beautiful and beloved melodies. Recorded in Budapest with the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra under the... |
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN / ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD / RICHARD STRAUSS / CARL MARIA VON WEBER
German Opera Scenes and Arias Malin Bystrom (soprano), Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra [ BIS / CD - released 17/Apr/2026 ] Swedish soprano Malin Byström, hailed as one of today's leading singing actors, presents a captivating journey through her celebrated German repertoire. Renowned for her perfect vocal technique, Byström brings to life arias and scenes that have... |
ARVO PART
Part: Piano Chamber Works Reinis Zariņš (piano) [ Ondine / CD - released 17/Apr/2026 ] This album by pianist Reinis Zariņš and the Trio Palladio is a special personal tribute to composer Arvo Pärt (b. 1935), one of the most influential composers of our time. This album includes Pärt's timeless piano works together with a selection of... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Hoffnung Samuel Hasselhorn (baritone) Ammiel Bushakevitz (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 17/Apr/2026 ] For this third volume of their 'Schubert 200' series, Samuel Hasselhorn and Ammiel Bushakevitz celebrate the composer's refound exuberance. After the sunlit summer of 1825, 1826 was a year of renewal for Schubert, bringing an astounding rush of... |
THOMAS ADES / HARRISON BIRTWISTLE / JAMES DILLON
Vesper: Music for Guitar by Ades, Birtwistle & James Dillon Sean Shibe (guitar) [ Pentatone / CD - released 17/Apr/2026 ] Sean Shibe's fifth PENTATONE album, Vesper, presents a striking collection of contemporary guitar works by the late Harrison Birtwistle, James Dillon, and Thomas Adès, all composed by musicians who do not play the instrument themselves. Recorded here... |
Piano Laureate Recital - Jinhyung Park
[ Naxos / CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] |
GIACOMO SUSANI
Susani: A Screenshot of Now Alexander Chance (countertenor), Tim Mead (countertenor), Daniel Norman (tenor), Chinwe D John (narrator), Giacomo Susani (guitar) [ Linn Records / CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] The song cycle A Screenshot of Now is a new work by guitarist and composer Giacomo Susani on words by the poet, lyricist, author and physician Chinwe D. John. Receiving its premiere recording on this album, the collection is a series of 14 poems in... |
CELIA MCDOWALL
McDowall: A Tree is a Song - Secular choral works The Rodolfus Choir, Ralph Allwood (Conductor), Elinor Cooper (Conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] A Tree is a Song presents first recordings of a collection of recent secular choral works by Cecilia McDowall, performed by The Rodolfus Choir under Ralph Allwood and Elinor Cooper. Written between 2012 and 2024, the programme sets texts by poets... |
GUSTAV MAHLER / MAX REGER
O weh! Aude Extremo (mezzo-soprano), Stephane Degout (baritone), Quatuor Hanson, Ensemble Ouranos, L'Atelier de musique [ B Records / CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] Following Wendepunkt, Pierre Dumoussaud continues his epic through the twilight of German Romanticism: a seldom-performed three-part work by Max Reger, abundant with nocturnal hues and elfish dances, appears here alongside two of Gustav Mahler's... |
JONATHAN DOVE / GORDON JACOB / EDWARD MCGUIRE
Three British Accordion Concertos: Dove, Jacob, McGuire Owen Murray (accordion), BBC Concert Orchestra, James MacMillan (cond.) [ Toccata Next / CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] The development of an original classical repertoire for the accordion began with Mogens Ellegaard in his native Denmark and his student, the Scot Owen Murray, in the UK. In 1976 Ellegaard gave the first broadcast performance of Gordon Jacob's... |
Brú, Krishna Nagaraja
Sjungande Danser - Singing Dances from the North [ Glaux Records / CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] In this recording Brú explores repertoire from the folk dance and song heritage of Sweden, Finland, and Norway. Traditional tunes are blended with musical elements as diverse as baroque, contemporary, and a pinch of heavy metal. Tales about magical... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphonies 1-9 Czech Philharmonic, Semyon Bychkov (conductor) [ Pentatone / 11 CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] PENTATONE's release of the Czech Philharmonic's complete Mahler cycle under Bychkov brings together one of Europe's most historically resonant orchestras with a conductor internationally recognised for his structural command and interpretive... |
JOHN CORIGLIANO / CHRISTOPHER DIETZ / JENNIFER HIGCON / AARON JAY KERNIS
Switchback: Contemporary American Duos for Violin and Piano Caroline Eva Chin (violin), Laura Melton (piano) [ Toccata Next / CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] Modern American music has long been characterised by kaleidoscopic variety, reflecting the vigour and optimism of American culture more generally. John Corigliano's early Violin Sonata is a work of the mid-twentieth century. But his own assessment of... |
JOACHIM RAFF
Raff: Dame Kobold Choir of the Theatre of the City of Ústí nad Labem, West Bohemian Symphony Orchestra (Mariánské Lázne), Dario Salvi [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] Joachim Raff moved in circles that included Franz Liszt and Robert Schumann, and he ultimately became one of the best-known German composers of his day. Of Raff's six stage works Dame Kobold ('The Phantom Lady') was the first of a series of comic... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
So Poétique! Cyrille Dubois (tenor), Pierre Dumoussaud (cond.), Brussels Philharmonic [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] After exploring lesser-known works for light lyric tenor from the opéra-comique repertoire with the multi-award-winning So Romantique ! (ALPHA924), this new recording focuses on a unique genre: French mélodie with orchestra. "Deeply attuned to the... |
