Classical New Releases
Classical New Releases
Below is a list of all classical CD titles released in the last 120 days.
Displaying items 201 to 220 of 284
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
Piazzolla: Sur Daniela Mack (mezzo-soprano) [ Pentatone / CD - released 14/Aug/2026 ] Mezzo-soprano Daniela Mack presents a deeply personal exploration with Sur, an album shaped by memory, identity, and the enduring pull of home. Inspired by a vivid childhood recollection - listening from the back seat of her father's car - Mack... |
NICOLA MATTEIS & SON
Matteis: Spice of Italy - Music for Violin and Continuo Duo Dorado [ Chandos / CD - released 14/Aug/2026 ] "Following our exploration of violin sonatas by Finger (CHAN0824), immersing ourselves in the music of his London contemporaries was a logical next step. Although not wholly unknown nowadays, both Matteis Senior and his son lack the full recognition... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin Georg Nigl (baritone / reader), Alexander Gergelyfi (square piano) [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 14/Aug/2026 ] Georg Nigl and Alexander Gergelyfi present Die schöne Müllerin in a version that is quite different from what we usually hear. Thanks to the use of a Tafelklavier (square piano) built around 1810 by Carl Withum, the baritone says he has "renewed his... |
ANDERS HILLBORG
Hillborg: Lost Landscapes Ida Falk Winland; Pekka Kuusisto; Brad Lubman; Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 14/Aug/2026 ] Anders Hillborg is Sweden's leading composer: born in 1959, he has devoted himself entirely to composition since 1982, and his music is performed by the world's leading orchestras and conductors. This release on Alpha is part of the partnership... |
DANIEL-FRANCOIS-ESPRIT AUBER
Auber: Overtures, Vol. 9 Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava, Dario Salvi [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Aug/2026 ] Daniel-François-Esprit Auber was one of the most successful opera composers of the 19th century. His overtures were favourites of the light Classical repertoire with gracious melodies and dance rhythms that were hugely influential on the genre of... |
DANIEL BORTZ
Daniel Bortz: Double Concerto For One Malin Broman, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Musica Vitae, Kungsbacka Piano Trio, Alan Gilbert [ BIS SACD / CD - released 14/Aug/2026 ] Active as a composer since the mid-1960s, Daniel Bortz is widely regarded today as one of the most important composers in Swedish musical history. His music has always been characterised by its simplicity and precision, which highlight the power of... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Clavier-Ubung III Maurizio Croci (organ) [ Arcana / 2 CD - released 14/Aug/2026 ] According to his first biographer Johann Nikolaus Forkel, Bach possessed an extraordinary ability to combine organ stops in a wholly unusual manner, astonishing the organists and organ builders of his time. However, very few accounts survive of how... |
OLLI MUSTONEN / ZOLTAN KODALY
Heavenly Lights Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Olli Mustonen (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 14/Aug/2026 ] For this fifth volume in the Lockenhaus Festival series, under the artistic direction of Nicolas Altstaedt, the cellist presents two works by the Finnish composer Olli Mustonen (born 1967, a student of Rautavaara), including Heavenly Lights... |
JOSEPH MARX
Marx: Chamber Music, Vol. 1 Vida Vujić (cello), Minna Pensola (violin), Simone Sgarbanti (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Aug/2026 ] This first volume of Joseph Marx's chamber music charts a period of 30 years from the cello works of 1913-14 to the Violin Sonata No. 2, written in 1944, shortly before he ceased all composition. The Pastorale is characteristically subtle with... |
DMYTRO BORTNIANSKY
Bortniansky: Creonte National Choir of Ukraine 'Dumka', National Presidential Orchestra, Herman Makarenko (conductor) [ Toccata Classics / 2 CD - released 7/Aug/2026 ] In 1776, during a spell in Italy early in his career, the Ukrainian composer Dmytro Bortniansky (1751-1825) wrote Creonte, an opera seria based on Sophocles' tragedy Antigone and poised, like early Mozart, on the cusp between Baroque and Classical... |
MARK ADAMO
Adamo: Lysistrata Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Odyssey Opera, Gil Rose [ Pentatone / 2 CD - released 7/Aug/2026 ] Boston Modern Orchestra Project and Gil Rose present the world premiere recording of Lysistrata, or The Nude Goddess, an opera by Mark Adamo. Far removed from the familiar outlines of Aristophanes' ancient comedy, this daring reimagining reshapes a... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Lunaris Bruce Liu [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 7/Aug/2026 ] Bruce Liu, whose career has surged to worldwide fame and recognition since winning the 2021 International Chopin Piano Competition, is hailed for his "elf-like virtuosity" (Le Monde) and "elegance and lightness of touch" (The Guardian). Liu now... |
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CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR
Widor: Piano Music Daniel Grimwood (piano) [ Danacord / CD - released 7/Aug/2026 ] Widor composed for stage, voice, orchestra, chamber ensemble and, most famously, organ. When a composer's primary mode of expression is the king of instruments, a certain austerity can attach itself to their reputation and this is arguably the case... |
BARBARA / ÁNGEL CABRAL / DUŠAN BOGDANOVIĆ / DINOS CONSTANTINIDES / EDDIE McGUIRE / PETER MAXWELL DAVIES / RENE EESPERE / KOSTAS GRIGOREAS / CHARLES TR
The European Guitar Eleftheria Kotzia (guitar) [ Toccata Next / CD - released 7/Aug/2026 ] Most guitar recitals emphasise the vigorous Spanish and Latin American heritage of the instrument. This album takes a different approach, travelling round the fringes of Europe, with music from Albania, Estonia, France, Serbia, Greece and the British... |
FERDINAND HILLER / IGNAZ MOSCHELES
Four Hands On Stage - Opera And Symphony Conceived For The Keyboard Stephanie McCallum, Erin Helyard (1832 Erard piano) [ Toccata Next / CD - released 7/Aug/2026 ] In the days before recorded sound, people usually learned their orchestral music at home, playing it in piano transcriptions for two or four hands. Two German-Jewish composers took that idea a stage further: Ignaz Moscheles, protege of Beethoven,... |
MORTIZ MOSZKOWSKI
Moszkowski: Orchestral Music, Vol. 4 Ian Hobson, Sinfonia Varsovia [ Toccata / CD - released 7/Aug/2026 ] The Polish composer Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925) is best remembered for a handful of virtuoso piano pieces, but he also produced a substantial body of orchestral music, most of it unperformed for a century or more. This fourth volume presents his... |
JOSEPH HAAS
Haas: The Violin Works Ludmila Pavlova (violin), Alissa Firsova (piano) [ Ars Produktion / CD - released 7/Aug/2026 ] Joseph Haas (1879-1960) was a German composer and student of Max Reger, whose works for violin and piano (1905-1912) clearly show the development from an early style strongly influenced by Reger to greater independence. While the early sonatinas... |
ANNA CLYNE / RUTH GIPPS / CARL MARIA VON WEBER
Strange Loops: Clarinet Quintets Mark van de Wiel (clarinet), Zsolt-Tihamer Visontay & Fiona Cornall (violins), Nicholas Bootiman (viola), Karen Stephenson (cello) [ Signum / CD - released 7/Aug/2026 ] Strange Loops presents clarinettist Mark van de Wiel with colleagues from the Philharmonia Orchestra in three works spanning over two centuries of chamber music. The album centres on the first recording of Anna Clyne's Strange Loops, written in 2020... |
GAO PING
Ping: Outside The Window Michael Houstoun (piano) [ Rattle / CD - released 7/Aug/2026 ] On this beautifully produced album, Michael Houstoun performs a selection of works by the renowned composer, Gao Ping. The two central four-movement works, Outside the Window and Wanderings, are complemented by three delicate miniature waltzes,... |
