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 40 of 188
JAN FREIDLIN / ROBERTO SIERRA
21st Century Works for Clarinet & Guitar Andreas Hermanski, Émilie Fend [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Dec/2024 ] Classical guitarist Émilie Fend and clarinettist Andreas Hermanski share an ambitious artistic vision to promote their relatively unusual instrumental combination through the commissioning of new repertoire. Including world premiere recordings,... |
ALEXY SHORE
Shor: Composer's Notebook, Vol. 1 Anna Ulaieva, Marc Bouchkov Kyiv Virtuosi, Dmitry Yablonsky, John Warner [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Dec/2024 ] Travel Notebook, Suite for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 by Ukrainian composer Alexey Shor is cast in a neo-Classical vein. It offers personal impressions of places he has visited, with music that is harmonically traditional and melodic. |
ARTHUR MALAWSKI
Malawski: Orchestral Works Beata Bilińska Artur Malawski Podkarpacka Philharmonic, Mariusz Smolij [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Dec/2024 ] Having sustained an injury to his left hand, Artur Malawski had to abandon his career as a virtuoso violinist and went on to become a successful teacher and composer in his native Poland. The Symphonic Études of 1947 brought him international... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (complete ballet) (LP) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics LP / 2 CD - released 6/Dec/2024 ] "Some of the tunes are so famous that you even forget that someone had to write them: what could be more perfect than the pas de deux after the Waltz of the Flowers, which is just a G major scale? We fell in love with this music, rehearsing and... |
ANDRE PARFENOV
Parfenov: Bandoneon-Story Iuliana Münch, André Parfenov, Omar Massa [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Dec/2024 ] After being subjected to public attacks by the Soviet regime in the mid-1930s, Shostakovich sought new avenues of self-expression by turning to chamber music, and the string quartet became for him the perfect medium for private confession. To launch... |
CRISTIAN CARRARA
Carrara: The Devil's Bridge Erica Piccotti, Sonia Prina (contralto), Massimo Mercelli FVG Orchestra, Nir Kabaretti [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Dec/2024 ] Cristian Carrara, born and educated in the Friuli region of north-east Italy, has earned critical admiration as one of the most creative composers of his generation. Clarity and directness inform much of his music, as does a sense of mystery,... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Complete Songs, Vol. 6 Esther Valentin-Fieguth, Konstantin Ingenpaß, Ulrich Eisenlohr [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Dec/2024 ] Brahms'lifelong preoccupation with the solo voice can be heard to great effect in this sixth volume of his complete songs. The ghostly and dreamlike opening of the Four Duets, Op. 28 and moods of desolation and loss in the Nine Songs, Op. 69 are... |
EDWARD ELGAR / WILLIAM WALTON
Elgar & Walton: Cello Concertos Gautier Capuçon (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 6/Dec/2024 ] "A dream team in the making, I suspect. Capuçon and Pappano may be collaborating here for the first time but it's a meeting of musical minds and sensibilities for sure." Gramophone Editor's Choice November 2024 |
HEINRICH AUGUST MARSCHNER
Marschner: Piano Trios, Vol. 1 Gould Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Dec/2024 ] Heinrich Marschner's role as Germany's leading Romantic operatic composer in the generation between Weber and Wagner has tended to draw attention away from his accomplished chamber compositions. Marschner had a high regard for the piano trio genre,... |
GIUESEPPE MARTUCCI
Martucci: Piano Works Matteo Generani [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Dec/2024 ] Giuseppe Martucci was one of the formative figures in the re-establishment of Italian instrumental music in the second half of the 19th century. His orchestral music had advocates as powerful as Mahler and Toscanini, and his piano concertos won... |
ERICH ZEISL
Zeisl: Songs by Erich Zeisl, Vol. 2 Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano), Jeremy Reger [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 6/Dec/2024 ] Though he composed in a variety of genres - choral and orchestral works and an opera among them - Erich Zeisl was a consummate Lieder composer whose songs are richly melodic, inventive, and cast in a late Romantic idiom. |
MAX BRUCH & OTHERS
Ray Chen - Player 1 Ray Chen (violin) with Julien Quentin (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra Robert Trevino [ Decca / CD - released 6/Dec/2024 ] Blending classical music with the immersive world of gaming, the album comprises a thrilling array of themes from television, Anime and film including The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Pokémon, and Squid Game. |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Harold en Italie / Nuits d'été / Symphonie fantastique Stéphane Degou (baritone) Tabea Zimmermann (viola) / Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 6/Dec/2024 ] Berlioz the pioneer. A new aesthetic calls for new forms: such is the challenge the composer set for himself in the two works presented here. In Les Nuits d'été, Berlioz pioneered, well before Mahler and Ravel, a song cycle for voice and orchestra.... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / FRANZ SCHUBERT
Alexandre Kantorow plays Brahms and Schubert Alexandre Kantorow (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 29/Nov/2024 ] "Kantorow's playing can be torrential but it's never reckless; his sound can be full but his playing is often laced with delicacy; and because of his uncanny ability to balance inner lines, he manages to untangle Brahms's thickest passages." Gramopho |
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford / Steven Grahl (director), Benjamin Sheen (organ)
A Lullaby Carol: Christmas at Christ Church [ AVIE / CD - released 29/Nov/2024 ] The resounding refrains of The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford reverberate throughout A Lullaby Carol: Christmas from Christ Church, a rich tapestry of traditional and contemporary works celebrating the choir's musical heritage, particularly... |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: The Complete Works with Piano François Xavier Poizat (piano) / The Philharmonia Orchestra, with Michael Foyle, Jamie Walton,Louis Schwizgebel & others [ Aparte / 6 CD Box Set - released 29/Nov/2024 ] "What a stunning collection this is! His keyboard artistry embodies all the best qualities characterising Ravel's greatest interpreters...No Ravel lover should miss this important release." Recording of the Month Gramophone Magazine November 2024 |
SMYTH / WALLEN / ALBERGA / BEAMISH / YI
Voices for Solo Piano Hanni Liang (piano) [ Delphian / CD - released 29/Nov/2024 ] "The pianist does full justice to the five women whose works on this disc add up to one of the most unhackneyed, unpredictable, well-constructed, musically diverse and interpretatively gratifying piano releases I've encountered." Editor's Choice Gram |
YVES CASTAGNET
Castagnet: Magnificat Thaïs Raï-Westphal (sop), Carlos Builes Velez (bass), Anouk Defontenay (mezzo), Jordan Mouaïssia (tenor), Yves Castagnet (organ), Maîtrise Notre-Dame [ Warner Classics / CD - released 29/Nov/2024 ] The new album of the Maîtrise de Notre Dame de Paris is a world-premiere recording of a new Magnificat written by composer and long-time Notre Dame choir organist Yves Castagnet. The recording was made by the Maîtrise de Notre-Dame de Paris, Chœur... |
EDWARD MACDOWELL
MacDowell: Piano Concerto No.1, etc Xiayin Wang (piano), BBC Philharmonic, John Wilson (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 29/Nov/2024 ] Edward MacDowell was the most highly regarded American composer of his generation, and the first to acquire a truly international reputation. Born in New York, he briefly studied piano as a teenager at the Paris Conservatoire, but quickly left to... |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: The Seasons Bruce Liu (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 22/Nov/2024 ] "His playing is exquisitely polished, but free of mannerisms; every phrase seems to have a totally natural shape and its own colour...The whole disc is a model of ego-free piano playing." Guardian Five Stars |
SHUYING LI • JESS LANGSTON TURNER • KEN STEEN GILDA LYONS • ROBERT CARL • JOSEPH TURRIN
Crimson Roses: Contemporary American Choral Music Erinn Sensenig, Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano) Musica Viva NY Choir, Musica Viva NY Orchestra, Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Nov/2024 ] The three world premiere choral recordings on this album represent the enduring commitment of Musica Viva NY's artistic director, Alejandro Hernandez Valdez, to perform new works by living composers. Richard Einhorn's The Luminous Ground is a deeply... |
JULES EMILE FREDERIC MASSENET
Massenet: Hérodiade Marko Mimica (bass-baritone), Nicole Car (soprano), Étienne Dupuis (baritone), Matthew Polenzani (tenor) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 22/Nov/2024 ] Many years before Richard Strauss composed his opera on the subject of Salome and John the Baptist, Jules Massenet had explored the same relationship in Hérodiade. |
TOM COULT
Tom Coult: Pieces That Disappear Martyn Brabbins, Daniel Pioro, Anna Dennis, Andrew Gourlay, Elena Schwarz [ NMC Recordings / CD - released 22/Nov/2024 ] On 22 November 2024, NMC Recordings releases Pieces that Disappear - the debut album from the composer Tom Coult performed by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: The Seasons Maurizio & Daniele Pollini (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 22/Nov/2024 ] "The Pollinis deliver a valid performance that speaks to seamless musical and artistic unity; there is appreciable vocal contouring in the more lyrical sections and expansive, symphonic sound qualities in the emotionally charged moments"ClassicReview |
MICHEL SOGNY
Sogny: Piano Works Tamar Beraia (piano) [ Odradek Records / CD - released 22/Nov/2024 ] Georgian-Swiss pianist Tamar Beraia has been collaborating with Sogny for many years and brings that special insight to this release. |
BACH / DEBUSSY / FAURE / MESSIAEN / LISZT / SAINT-SAENS / MacDOWELL
Andrew von Oeyen - Angel & Demons Andrew von Oeyen (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 15/Nov/2024 ] American-born pianist Andrew von Oeyen has an ambitious new album that combines works for solo keyboard with piano transcriptions from orchestral, opera and choral repetoire. The album possess a unique duality between the 'angelic' works of Bach,... |
BRUCE WOLOSOFF
Rising Sun Variations Bruce Wolosoff [ AVIE / CD - released 15/Nov/2024 ] Bruce Wolosoff is a formidable pianist, lauded for his integration of classical, jazz, blues, and contemporary influences in his compositions His new magnum opus, Rising Sun Variations, is an extended and innovative set of improvisations on the... |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
The Young Schumann: Carnaval, Papillons, Intermezzi, Abegg Variations Charles Owen [ AVIE / CD - released 15/Nov/2024 ] The Young Schumann, the new release by British pianist Charles Owen, is a musical narrative of Robert Schumann's early career, featuring works written in the 1830s when the composer was in his 20s His first two published works, Abegg Variations... |
ELISION Ensemble
Scalar [ Huddersfield Contemporary Records / CD - released 15/Nov/2024 ] Exhibiting their trademark virtuosity and sense of musical exploration, these seven newly commissioned works explore openness, improvisation and instrumental extremes. scalar captures this seasoned ensemble at their most musically nuanced, bursting... |
SAM RUD-JONES
Rudd-Jones: Three Sonatas Huw Watkins, Darragh Morgan, Kate Romano, Ed Lyon, Sam Rudd-Jones [ Prima Facie / CD - released 15/Nov/2024 ] 'Three Sonatas' is a debut collection of chamber music recordings from the exciting young composer Sam Rudd-Jones The majority of works on the album are in dialogue with older music, in particular classical forms (Three Sonatas, Variations) and... |
TCHAIKOVSKY / PROKOFIEV / SCHUMANN / BRAHMS / SAINT-SAENS / WIENIAWSKI / KREISLER / etc
Joshua Bell - Complete Decca Recordings Joshua Bell (violin), with Samuel Sanders (piano), Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Orchestre symphonique de Montréal , Cleveland Orchestra, etc [ Decca Eloquence / 14 CD Box Set - released 15/Nov/2024 ] A new-world virtuoso with old-world musicianship: the complete Decca recordings of JOSHUA BELL, capturing the first decade of the violinist's career on record. |
GRIEG / SHOSTAKOVICH / SCHUMANN / SIBELIUS / BRAHMS / PART / TUUR / FAURE / etc
Paavo Järvi: The Complete Erato Recordings Peter Mattei, Camilla Tilling, Nicholas Angelich, Renaud Capuçon, Christian Tetzlaff, Evelyn Glennie, Natalie Dessay, Truls Mork, Solveig Kringelborn [ Erato / 31 CD Box Set - released 15/Nov/2024 ] Born in Tallinn in 1962, Paavo Järvi is renowned for his dynamic interpretations and innovative programming. He has held prominent positions with leading orchestras, including the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, NHK Symphony... |
Steve Hackett
Tribute (LP) [ Insideoutmusic / LP - released 15/Nov/2024 ] Steve Hackett's classical catalogue continues to get the reissue treatment. Tribute, originally released in 2008, saw Steve paying homage to some of his favourite composers including Bach, Byrd, Barrios and more, using only his nylon- stringed... |
ARNOLND / HOROVITZ / STANFORD / FINZI
British Music for Clarinet and Piano Michael Collins (clarinet), Michael McHale (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 13/Nov/2024 ] Together with pianist Michael McHale, Michael Collins continues his exploration of the chamber repertoire for clarinet, turning to British music with this recital covering a hundred years of music for clarinet and piano which reflects the special... |
VITTORIO RIETI
Rieti: Piano Concertos Alessandro Marangoni (piano), Orazio Sciortino Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, Giuseppe Grazioli [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Nov/2024 ] Dedicated to Francis Poulenc, Vittorio Rieti's First Piano Concerto formed part of his early success in Paris during the 1920s, the work's high spirits reflecting Rieti's recent marriage and the birth of his son Fabio. The Second Piano Concerto... |
FERRUCCIO BUSONI
Busoni: Doktor Faust Davide Livermore (director), Wilhelm Schwinghammer, Dietrich Henschel (baritone), Martin Piskorski, Marian Pop, Łukasz Konieczny, Dominic Barberi, Dan [ Naxos / 3 CD - released 8/Nov/2024 ] Doktor Faust, which Busoni considered a personal creative drama and which occupied him for over twelve years, was left incomplete on his death at the age of 58. He had searched for a dramatic subject that he hoped would represent the apex and... |
TCHAIKOVSKY / CHOPIN / DVORAK / RACHMANINOV / SHOSTAKOVICH
Edgar Moreau - Rococo Edgar Moreau (cello), with David Kadouch (piano) / Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Michael Sanderling [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 8/Nov/2024 ] Recorded with Luzerner Sinfonie Orchester and conducted by Michael Sanderling, Edgar's new album features a key piece in the cello repertoire: Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Works for Cello and Piano, Vol. 2 Gabriel Schwabe (cello), Nicholas Rimmer (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Nov/2024 ] After establishing a new genre with his Sonatas for Piano and Cello, Op. 5, Beethoven returned to it a decade later, working on his Sonata in A major, Op. 69 in parallel with his Fifth and Sixth symphonies. With its unexpected shifts of harmony and... |
FERENCZ LISZT
Liszt: Piano Favourites Goran Filipec (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Nov/2024 ] Franz Liszt was a unique personality in the musical world of the 19th century. He was a model and inspiration for many generations of musicians and was magnificently successful as a virtuoso pianist, educator, composer and conductor. |
ENRICH JAQUES WOLFF
Wolff: Complete Songs, Vol. 3 Hans Christoph Begemann Klaus Simon [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Nov/2024 ] Regarded as a first-rate but tragically neglected composer of Lieder, Erich J. Wolff has, until recently, only been familiar to a small number of music enthusiasts. The beautiful 1909 song cycle Neun Gedichte, set to texts by the composer's close... |
