Classical New Releases
Classical New Releases
Below is a list of all classical CD titles released in the last 120 days.
Displaying items 221 to 240 of 273
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Spiegel Im Spiegel Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson, Netherlands Chamber Choir, Martina Batič [ Channel Classics / CD - released 20/Feb/2026 ] On Spiegel im Spiegel, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, the Netherlands Chamber Choir, Candida Thompson, Martina Batič, Hülya Keser and Tim Posner perform a program of Baltic and English compositions, wherein space and time blur. The title of this album is... |
HAVERGAL BRIAN / BUSH / RAWSTHORNE / BRIDGE / ORR / FENBY / etc
Overtures from the British Isles: Volume 3 BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Rumon Gamba (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Feb/2026 ] Rumon Gamba directs the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra on the third instalment of his exploration of Overtures from the British Isles. As in the case of the previous volumes, the recorded repertoire is rarely played, and the album includes three world... |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Late Works Berit Norbakken (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo-soprano), Guy Cutting (tenor), Thomas Walker (tenor), Cappella Amsterdam [ Pentatone / CD - released 20/Feb/2026 ] Cappella Amsterdam, its celebrated chief conductor Daniel Reuss, and the Noord Nederlands Orkest present a recording of Igor Stravinsky's late works, showcasing the composer's remarkable transformation. Embracing the twelve-tone technique in his... |
PIETRO MASCAGNI
Mascagni: Zanetto Zanetto: Yajie Zhang (mezzo-soprano) / Silvia: Narine Yeghiyan (soprano) [ OehmsClassics / CD - released 20/Feb/2026 ] Since its foundation in 2013, the Berlin Opera Group has made a name for itself with Berlin premieres that include Donizetti's Deux hommes et une femme and Betly, together with other operatic rarities. This album is a Deutschlandfunk Kultur recording... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: A Moment in Time - Late Piano Works Christian Blackshaw (piano) [ Pentatone / CD - released 20/Feb/2026 ] Pianist Christian Blackshaw presents A Moment in Time, an intimate exploration of Franz Schubert's late masterworks. The album features the Four Impromptus, D899, written in 1827, in which Schubert transforms the simple Impromptu into "a harmonically... |
JOHANN LUDWIG BACH
Johann Ludwig Bach: The Leipzig Cantatas Capella Sollertia, Johanna Soller [ Ricercar / 3 CD - released 20/Feb/2026 ] Leipzig, 1726. Johann Sebastian Bach had been Cantor at the Thomaskirche for three years, and in February of that year he interrupted his regular production of cantatas to perform eighteen cantatas by his cousin Johann Ludwig Bach in the city's main... |
Cappella Artemisia, Candace Smith
Call for the Wailing Women, Laments and Lamentations in Italian Convents [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Feb/2026 ] World-premiere recordings of motets by a host of unknown names from the early Italian Baroque: the latest result of performing scholarship by a group with a notable track record of success in this repertoire. International critics have praised the... |
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Complete Flute Sonatas Duo Astra [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2026 ] Landmark works of Baroque chamber music given a 21st-century twist. The extent to which George Frideric Handel's flute sonatas 'belong' on the flute is an open question. Some sonatas were composed with the violin in mind, and then arranged by... |
JEAN-BAPTISTE GRAVIER
Gravier: Six Sonates pour le Clavecin Fernando De Luca (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Feb/2026 ] Jean-Baptiste Gravier, known as l'Abbé Gravier, was a French Catholic priest, composer and organist. Born on 21 April 1723 in Lombez, he died on 22 November 1799 in Saintes. He lived and worked throughout his life in the Occitanic region. From the... |
KALEVI AHO
Aho: Symphony no.17 Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Erkki Lasonpalo (conductor) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Feb/2026 ] "Succinct yet informative notes by the composer, and a work that demonstrably starts listeners in at the top of Aho's everexpanding symphonic odyssey." Gramophone |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart : Sonatas for pianoforte & violin Vol. 4 (K. 296, 303, 380, 481) Isabelle Faust (violin), Alexander Melnikov (fortepiano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Feb/2026 ] This fourth and last volume devoted to Mozart ' s Violin and Piano Sonatas is a virtual journey of initiation, from his light - filled ' Palatine ' Sonatas to the later, more intense and complex Viennese masterworks, with Mozart completely... |
Explorer Set: Spanish Edition
[ Piano Classics / 10 CD - released 20/Feb/2026 ] A budget introduction to the riches of the Spanish piano repertoire, including many critically acclaimed recordings. While Domenico Scarlatti was born in Naples, he spent the greater part of his career on the Iberian peninsula, and died in Madrid... |
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
Piazzolla: Bandoneon Concerto 'Aconcagua', Tres Tangos, Oblivion Klaudiusz Baran (conductor), Czestochowa Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Adam Klocek (bandoneon) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Feb/2026 ] Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) was an Argentine composer and bandoneon virtuoso who revolutionised the traditional tango by infusing it with elements of jazz, classical music and modern harmonies. His work transformed tango from a dance genre rooted in... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Violin Concertos Federico Guglielmo, Enrico Casazza (violin), Pier Luigi Fabretti (oboe), Roberto Loreggian (organ), L'Arte dell'Arco, La Magnifica Comunita [ Brilliant Classics / 13 CD - released 20/Feb/2026 ] Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) was an Italian composer, violinist, and priest, widely regarded as one of the most influential figures of the Baroque era. Born in Venice, Vivaldi was nicknamed "Il Prete Rosso" (The Red Priest) because of his red hair and... |
MICHELANGELO ROSSI
Rossi: Toccate & Corenti for Organ & Harpsichord Manuel Tomadin (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2026 ] Michelangelo Rossi (1602-1656) was an Italian composer, violinist, and organist of the early Baroque period, known for his highly expressive and often daring keyboard music. Born in Genoa, Rossi was a pupil of Girolamo Frescobaldi, one of the... |
J.S. BACH
Bach: Clavier-Übung III James McVinnie (organ) [ Pentatone / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2026 ] James McVinnie brings Johann Sebastian Bach's monumental Clavier-Übung III to life in a recording that captures both its technical brilliance and profound spiritual depth. Bach's 1739 collection, his first published volume of organ music, is a... |
CLARA SCHUMANN / DORA PEJACEVIC / CÉCILE CHAMINADE
In Her Hands Neave Trio [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Feb/2026 ] Hailed by the magazine BBC Music for its 'generous and warm-hearted, utterly beguiling playing', the GRAMMY®-nominated Neave Trio has emerged as one of the finest young ensembles of its generation. For this, their eighth album, they have once... |
OLIVIA BELLI
Belli: Daimon - Piano Concerto, Ithaca Suite & Sonatina for Nausicaa Olivia Belli (piano, piccolo), Canea Quartett, Eldbjørg Hemsing (violin), Jess Gillam (saxophone), Raphaela Gromes (cello), Deutsches Kammerorchester [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/Feb/2026 ] Known for her refined neoclassical voice, Belli draws inspiration from Bach, Chopin, Philip Glass, Arvo Pärt, and the worlds of art and literature. Daimon takes its cue from Homer's Odyssey. Belli was fascinated by Odysseus' destined return to Ithaca... |
MARTON ILLES
Márton Illés: Bowed Spaces Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Nicolas Altstaedt, SWR Experimentalstudio, Münchener Kammerorchester [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 20/Feb/2026 ] Born in Budapest in 1975 and based in Germany, composer Marton Illes studied with Detlev Muller-Siemens and Wolfgang Rihm. In 2020, he composed the violin concerto Vont-ter for Patricia Kopatchinskaja, a long-time partner who performs his music with... |
BRAHMS
Brahms: Late Piano Works Piotr Anderszewski (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 20/Feb/2026 ] "These late works by Brahms are like a testament. But what is this secretive man revealing to us here? Or rather, what is he still trying to hide? Hiding it until the very end, arousing in us an irresistible desire to guess what it is? Perhaps that... |
