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 269
PAQUITO D'RIVERA / OMAR MASSA / YAMANDU COSTA / SÉRGIO ASSAD
Horizons: Live at Festival PAAX GNP Alondra de la Parra; The Impossible Orchestra [ Fuga Libera / CD - released 18/Sep/2026 ] Fuga Latina is a new collection from Outhere Music dedicated to honouring the voice of Latin America in all its richness and complexity; its composers, musicians and creators, its diverse traditions, and the creative dialogues it has with the world,... |
FRANZ LISZT / PETER CORNELIUS
Liszt: Via Crucis Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Peter Dijkstra [ BR Klassik / CD - released 18/Sep/2026 ] The church music Franz Liszt composed in his later years was always innovative, radical and thoroughly idiosyncratic, yet was frequently and unjustly overlooked in the repertoire. Now, the Bavarian Radio Chorus, conducted by Peter Dijkstra, has taken... |
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Giulio Cesare The English Concert, Harry Bicket [ Linn Records / 3 CD - released 18/Sep/2026 ] Alexandria, 48 BC: Caesar lands in Egypt and is handed the severed head of his rival Pompey. What follows is an opera of power, revenge and seduction; Cleopatra and her brother Ptolemy at war for the throne, Pompey's widow and son bent on vengeance,... |
CLAUDIO MERULO / CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI / ANONYMOUS / GIOVANNI GABRIELI / GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA PALESTRINA
Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine InAlto, Lambert Colson [ Ricercar / 2 CD - released 18/Sep/2026 ] The 1610 Vespers, composed at a pivotal moment in Claudio Monteverdi's life when he sought not only to establish his new musical language but also to obtain high-placed employment, take on new significance here. Based on a renewed philological... |
CHRISTOPHER SIMPSON
Simpson: The Seasons, The Monthes & other divisions of Time - II Les Lucioles [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 18/Sep/2026 ] Twenty years have passed since the release of The Seasons, The Monthes & other divisions of Time - I (ALPHA1289, also reissued) by the violist Sophie Watillon, who died prematurely a year after the album's release. Lucile Boulanger and the... |
HEINRICH IGNAZ FRANZ BIBER / JOHANN HEINRICH SCHMELZER / JOHANN PAUL VON WESTHOFF / JOHANN JOSEPH VILSMAYR / SAMUEL CAPRICORNUS / JOHANN PHILIPP KRIEG
Aurora Germanica Louise Ayrton (violin) [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / CD - released 18/Sep/2026 ] Long before Bach's genius came to the fore, a line of intrepid minds patiently paved the way for the dawn of the Baroque violin in the Holy Roman Empire, lifting it out of the shadow of the voice to establish it as a commanding solo instrument. From... |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 KV 466 & 22 KV 482 Marie-Ange Nguci (piano), Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Howard Griffiths [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 18/Sep/2026 ] The sixteenth volume of the 'Next Generation Mozart Soloists' series - the penultimate instalment in this collection dedicated to the younger generation of performers, produced in collaboration with the Orpheum Foundation - is fast becoming... |
FERDINAND HEROLD
Hérold: Zampa ou La Fiancée de marbre (CD & Book) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Erik Nielsen; Julien Henric; Hélène Carpentier; Cyrille Dubois; Héloïse Mas; François Roug [ Bru Zane / 2 CD/Book - released 18/Sep/2026 ] Zampa enjoyed a triumph at the Opéra-Comique on 3 May 1831. This was probably because Mélesville's libretto displayed some resemblances to Mozart's Don Giovanni: a godless and lawless protagonist, the pirate Zampa, attempts to force Camille,... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / EDVARD GRIEG
Mendelssohn & Grieg: String Quartets Opus13 [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 18/Sep/2026 ] The Opus13 Quartet was formed in 2014 and takes its name from the String Quartet in A minor, Op. 13, by Felix Mendelssohn, a passionate early work and the first piece they ever played together. Comprising two Norwegians (violinists Sonoko Miriam... |
FRANZ LISZT / JOHN ADAMS
Liszt: Dante-Sinfonie / Adams: The Black Gondola Choeur Symphonique de Namur, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liege, Gergely Madaras (cond.) [ BIS / CD - released 18/Sep/2026 ] Following their critically acclaimed recording of the Faust Symphony (BIS2510), the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, conducted by Gergely Madaras and joined by the Choeur Symphonique de Namur, now presents Liszt's Dante Symphony - a work... |
AFTAB DARVISHI / ANNELIES VAN PARYS / CALLIOPE TSOUPAKI / AÏDA SHIRAZI / SASKIA VENEGAS
They Have Waited Long Enough Ragazze Quartet; Katharine Dain; Osama Abdulrasol; Elif Canfezâ Gündüz; Agate Kruszewska; Anna voor de Wind [ Channel Classics / CD - released 18/Sep/2026 ] The music on this album grew from the idea for a new song cycle in which women - so often silent in history and mythology - were to speak for themselves and in which all material would be created and performed by women. The Ragazze Quartet found a... |
FRANZ LISZT / ALEXANDER SCRIABIN / KAIJA SAARIAHO
Passage. A Spiritual Odyssey Salome Jordania [ La Dolce Volta / CD - released 18/Sep/2026 ] With Passage, her debut solo album, the Georgian pianist Salomé Jordania (née 1996) presents a spiritual and vertiginous journey by way of the music of Franz Liszt, Alexander Scriabin and Kaija Saariaho. Moving between mysticism, darkness and the... |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY / MAURICE RAVEL / HUGO WOLF / RICHARD STRAUSS / ALEXANDER VON ZEMLINSKY / MEL BONIS / LOUISE DIDIER / FRANCIS POULENC etc
Contes Sandrine Piau; David Kadouch [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 18/Sep/2026 ] Sandrine Piau and David Kadouch are reuniting for a project that the French soprano conceived as the second part of a diptych begun with Voyage intime (Alpha 911). This time we enter the world of childhood, but even though this album is called... |
FRANK LOESSER
Loesser: Guys and Dolls - A Musical Fable of Broadway Sinfonia of London, John Wilson (conductor) [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 18/Sep/2026 ] John Wilson and Sinfonia of London continue their series of complete recordings of shows from the golden age of Broadway with Frank Loesser's Guys and Dolls. The show opened in 1950, ran for 1,200 performances, and won the Tony Award for Best... |
EDOUARD LALO / CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens & Lalo: Cello Concertos Sol Gabetta (cello), Les Siècles [ Sony Classical / CD - released 18/Sep/2026 ] Sony Masterworks is thrilled to announce the release of Saint-Saens & Lalo: Cello Concertos by Sol Gabetta and Les Siècles. Cellist Sol Gabetta presents three cornerstone works of the Romantic cello repertoire, recorded with the French orchestra Les... |
Trio Azura
Higdon / Harbison / Ives: Storytellers [ Delos / CD - released 18/Sep/2026 ] Trio Azura's Storytellers launches the Colburn Collection: an exclusive new recording partnership between Delos and the Colburn School, Los Angeles, whose main design is to be a powerful springboard for the next generation of musicians. Nearly a... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Je chante la nuit Agathe Peyrat, Pierre Cussac [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 11/Sep/2026 ] The soprano (and ukulele player) Agathe Peyrat and the accordionist (and singer) Pierre Cussac form a unique duo, free-spirited and open to blending genres. In this programme, they embrace a classical repertoire, while putting their own spin on... |
Aleksander Dębicz
12 Dreams for Piano [ Warner Classics / CD - released 11/Sep/2026 ] A mysterious and romantic project inspired by dreaming, the pieces are rooted in Dębicz's clearly defined cinematic classical style, while simultaneously drawing on the tradition of the classical piano cycle. Aleksander Dębicz - pianist, composer,... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Intermezzi, Op. 117 - Klavierstücke, Opp. 118 & 119 Anna Fedorova (piano) [ Channel Classics / CD - released 11/Sep/2026 ] Anna Fedorova presents the late keyboard works of Brahms. "These works feel as if he is speaking to us in a more private voice than ever before. The music is deeply personal, full of tenderness, nostalgia, love, and quiet reflection" says Fedorova.... |
ERNEST BLOCH
Bloch: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 'Poème mystique' Spectrum Concerts Berlin, Boris Brovtsyn (violin), Dian Ketler (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Sep/2026 ] The full range of Ernest Bloch's music for violin and piano can be heard on this album, which journeys from his fiery early works to one of his last compositions. Both violin sonatas explore personal themes: the First, in its barbarism, alludes to... |
GUILLAUME de MACHAUT
Machaut Chanticleer [ Delos / CD - released 11/Sep/2026 ] Following the huge success of its first Delos recording ("hallmark powdery blend and intonation so pure" - The New York Times), the GRAMMY® Award-winning vocal ensemble Chanticleer, under the leadership of Music Director Tim Keeler, is now turning to... |
CHOI KYUNG-MAN
Korea: Piri & Taepyeongso Oboes CHOI Kyung-man, KIM Young-gil, YOON Soon-byeong [ Ocora / CD - released 11/Sep/2026 ] CHOI Kyung-man, a virtuoso of the piri and taepyeongso oboes, acclaimed for his mastery of rhythm and improvisation, moves with ease between tradition and contemporary creation. This recording explores new roles for these instruments, offering a... |
EUGEN d'ALBERT
d'Albert: Piano Music 1: Suite in five movement Sofja Gülbadamova (piano) [ Grand Piano / CD - released 11/Sep/2026 ] Eugen d'Albert was one of the great pianists of his age and wrote a series of exciting pieces for the instrument. The expressive, forward‑looking harmonies of the Suite are as notable as the work's Baroque style. The Four Pieces-pyrotechnically... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV / CHRISTOPHER ROUSE / TOSHIO HOSAKAWA
Ceremony Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Dresdner Philharmonie, Jonathan Stockhammer [ Warner Classics / CD - released 11/Sep/2026 ] Emmanuel Pahud is one of the few living flautists who can effortlessly bridge multiple genres. In this recording, he glides seamlessly from the cinematic, historical weight of Prokofiev, to the avant-garde spiritualism of Hosokawa, and finally to the... |
MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER / HENRY PURCELL / GIOVANNI BATTISTA FERRANDINI
Historiæ sacræ Ensemble Il Caravaggio, Camille Delaforge [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 11/Sep/2026 ] Il Caravaggio is an ensemble founded and conducted by Camille Delaforge, bringing together a new generation of musicians playing period instruments; the ensemble will celebrate its tenth anniversary in 2027. They are joining Alpha Classics for... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Six Piano Pieces Op. 118 Francesco Piemontesi, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Manfred Honeck [ Pentatone / CD - released 11/Sep/2026 ] Francesco Piemontesi, Manfred Honeck, and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig continue their Brahms journey with a powerful new recording of the Piano Concerto No. 1, a work born from Brahms' personal and artistic crisis following Robert Schumann's... |
MARK ANDRE / NIKOLAUS BRASS / KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN
Musica Viva 52 - Andre, Brass, Stockhausen: Works for Solo Double Bass Frank Reinecke (double bass) [ BR Klassik / CD - released 11/Sep/2026 ] The latest musica viva CD presents three contemporary works for double-bass, performed by the renowned double bassist Frank Reinecke (born 1960), who was a member of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra from 1984 to 2024 and is in great demand at... |
Insula Orchestra, Insula camerata, Laurence Equilbey
Beethoven Extended: Symmphonies Nos. 5 & 7 [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 11/Sep/2026 ] Combining the vigorous forces of the Insula orchestra and Insula camerata, Laurence Equilbey revives a historic tradition: that of the double orchestra. Beethoven, who was familiar with this principle, composed with the great festivals in mind at... |
FRANZ LISZT / RICHARD WAGNER / ALEXANDER VON ZEMLINSKY / WALTER BRAUNFELS / ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD / HUGO WOLF
Tristan Generation Juliette Journaux (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 11/Sep/2026 ] Following Wanderer Without Words (Alpha 984), which demonstrated her talents as a transcriber and pianist - "we applaud both the skill of the composition and the performance, which alternates between subtle gestures and flashes of passion", wrote... |
GEROGE ENESCU
Enescu: String Octet, Piano Quintet Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective [ Chandos / CD - released 11/Sep/2026 ] The Romanian composer George Enescu was a child prodigy and in October 1888, aged seven, become the youngest student ever admitted to the Vienna Conservatory (and the first non-Austrian), from which he graduated at the age of twelve. In addition to... |
CONRADO del CAMPO
Conrado del Campo: String Quartets Nos. 11 & 12 (Live at the Fundación Juan March) Kuss Quartet [ MarchVivo / CD - released 11/Sep/2026 ] This album is a mastering of the concert performed by the Kuss Quartet at the Fundación Juan March in Madrid on April 08, 2026. It features the world premiere recording of Quartets No. 11 and 12 by Conrado del Campo (1878-1953), one of the most... |
HILDEGARD von BINGEN
Hildegard von Bingen: Divan-e Shohud - The Book of Visions Lieselot De Wilde, Eugénie de Mey, Illuminans Tenebras,Tristan Driessens [ Ramée / CD - released 11/Sep/2026 ] With the present recording Illuminans Tenebras hopes to shed new light on the music of Hildegard von Bingen, one of the most remarkable women of the Middle Ages. The musical approach of the ensemble shows that the monophony in the songs of Hildegard... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
A German Spirit - 17th Century Music For the Time of Witsun and Trinitatis Margaretha Consort, Marit Broekroelofs [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Sep/2026 ] With A German Spirit, the Margaretha Consort completes the trilogy following A German Christmas (2018) and A German Passion (2023). This release, too, is more than a historical reconstruction: it is a living musical experience in which sound,... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Complete Sacred Choral Works 1 WDR Radio Choir, Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Christoph Poppen [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Sep/2026 ] Sacred choral music played a critical role in Mendelssohn's life. The steady stream of Psalm settings made throughout his career provided a means through which he could make heartfelt responses to the texts of his faith. This first volume in the... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphonies nos. 1 & 2 Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, Kent Nagano [ BIS / 2 CD - released 11/Sep/2026 ] Recipient of the prestigious Brahms Prize of the Schleswig-Holstein Brahms Society in 2024, Kent Nagano, leads the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra, of which he was principal conductor from 2015 until 2025, in the first two symphonies by the... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 (Live) San Diego Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Payare [ Delos / CD - released 11/Sep/2026 ] The San Diego Symphony Orchestra is one of the United States' leading orchestras. Led by Music and Artistic Director Rafael Payare, the Orchestra has experienced an explosive artistic expansion, transforming its repertoire and forging a distinctive... |
OLLE ADOLPHSON
Adolphson: Balladen Torsten Mossberg (tenor) [ Sterling / CD - released 4/Sep/2026 ] Olle Adolphson (1934-2004) is one of the most important representatives of the Swedish ballad during the second half of the 20th century. He wrote a long series of ballads that are loved by the Swedish people. Many of them have become so well-known... |
ANTONIO CALDERA
48° North. Caldara, from Venice to Vienna The BanXhies, Emmanuel Arakelian [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 4/Sep/2026 ] In Celtic mythology, the 'Banshee' is a messenger between worlds. The four musicians of The BanXhies have come together around this figure, seeking to use music as a conduit from the outer world to the inner world. For their very first album, Roxana... |
FRANZ LISZT / FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN / GEORGE GERSHWIN / JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH - FERRUCCIO BUSONI / LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Cherkassky: Nimbus Rediscovered Recordings Vol. 3 Shura Cherkassky (piano) [ Nimbus / CD - released 4/Sep/2026 ] Shura Cherkassky was introduced to Nimbus by Wilfred Stiff, then a director of the London agent Ibbs & Tillett. Wilfred recognised a young label pushing ahead fast at the transition point between LP and CD, one with a fondness for artists whose... |
CHARLOTTE DE ROTHSCHILD / FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN
The Chopin Connection Vol. 1 Inbar Rothschild (piano) [ CRD / CD - released 4/Sep/2026 ] "When celebrating our 50th anniversary in 2025, we reflected on a legacy that is as much personal as it is professional. For us, this volume represents a profound homecoming: we grew up with Chopin's Nocturnes sat enthroned on our family piano, our... |
