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 284
EINAR ENGLUND / JEAN SIBELIUS / SELIM PALMGREN / KALERVO TUUKKANEN
Scenes from Finland Oulu Sinfonia, Rumon Gamba [ Chandos / CD - released 7/Aug/2026 ] Sibelius's Scaramouche, a ballet-pantomime commissioned in 1912 by his publishers, for a play by Poul Knudsen. His story line reflects the immense early twentieth-century interest in clowns and the commedia dell'arte, and in erotic desire, death, and... |
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN / RICHARD STRAUSS
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 / Strauss: A Hero's Life Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Seiji Ozawa [ Br-Klassik / CD - released 7/Aug/2026 ] The Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa (1935-2024) conducted the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Munich only twice - yet on both occasions, nothing less than musical history was made. In July 1983, Ozawa conducted Stravinsky's Le sacre du printemps... |
FRIEDRICH SCHWINDL
Schwindl: Symphonies Op. 10; La Pastorale, Op. 3 l'arte del mondo orchestra, Werner Ehrhardt [ Capriccio / CD - released 7/Aug/2026 ] Completely forgotten today, Friedrich Schwindl (1737-1786) was a highly esteemed violinist and composer in his time. Although his name appears repeatedly in the writings of Leopold Mozart, Charles Burney and Daniel Schubart, the construction of his... |
YEVHEN STANKOVYCH
Stankovych: Complete Chamber Symphonies, Volume One Natalia Kozhushko-Maksymiv (flute), Eva Rabchevska (violin), Dmytro Tavanets (keyboards), Kyiv Chamber Orchestra, Natalia Ponomarchuk (cond) [ Toccata Classics / CD - released 7/Aug/2026 ] Between 1972 and 2018 the Ukrainian composer Yevhen Stankovych - born in 1942 and now the senior figure in Ukrainian music - produced a series of seventeen Chamber Symphonies, many of them doubling as concertos. This substantial body of music has... |
FRANCESCO WEBER
Weber: Sonatas For Mandolin And Continuo Davide Rebuffa, Luca Guglielmi, Nicola Brovelli [ Tactus / CD - released 7/Aug/2026 ] The 12 Sonatas for mandolino and continuo by Francesco Weber represent one of the most interesting collections of compositions for the baroque mandolino that have come down to us. Despite his German surname clearly suggesting German ancestry,... |
DOUGLAS GORDON WEILAND
Weiland: Chamber Music, Vol. 1 - Works For Violin and Piano Markiyan Melnichenko (violin), Rhodri Clarke (piano) [ Toccata Classics / CD - released 7/Aug/2026 ] The music of Douglas Gordon Weiland - born, like Elgar, in Worcestershire, in 1954 - is one of the better-kept secrets of British musical life: very little of his substantial catalogue of orchestral, chamber and choral works has been recorded. This... |
The Leipzig Collegium Musicum
Volume 1: Music before Bach [ Pentatone / CD - released 31/Jul/2026 ] The Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum (NBCM) and its artistic director Reinhard Goebel launch a new series with The Leipzig Collegium Musicum Vol. 1: Music before Bach, offering a vivid glimpse into Leipzig's rich musical life at the beginning of... |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Nathalie Stutzmann [ Warner Classics / CD - released 24/Jul/2026 ] With this landmark release, Nathalie Stutzmann becomes one of the few women and the first with a major U.S. orchestra to record a cornerstone of the Bruckner repertoire. Since 2022, she has shaped the ASO into a "pristine, precisely leveled"... |
JOHN WILLIAMS / BERNARD HERRMANN / HUGO FRIEDHOFER
John Williams: Flute Concerto / Bernard Herrmann: Souvenirs de Voyage Jin Ta, Ma Yue, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Darrell Ang, Joshua Tan [ Pentatone / CD - released 24/Jul/2026 ] The Singapore Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Darrell Ang and Joshua Tan, presents a compelling programme that explores the rich and often unexpected dialogue between film and concert music, featuring works by John Williams, Bernard Herrmann, and... |
Johnson: A Pocket Full of Tunes
Sheppard Skærved, Peter [ Metier / CD - released 24/Jul/2026 ] Métier presents David Hackbridge-Johnson's A Pocketful of Tunes, a collection of fascinating works for solo violin and viola written for and performed by internationally acclaimed violinist Peter Sheppard Skærved, resulting from their friendship and... |
FRANZ KROMMER
Krommer: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 Klára Mach Jasenčáková (flute), Vojtěch Podroužek (oboe), Markéta Čepická (violin), Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice, Marek Štilec [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Jul/2026 ] Franz Krommer served the Habsburg emperors as court composer in Vienna, having succeeded his Czech compatriot, Leopold Koželuch. He excelled in a vast range of music, notably the string quartet and music for winds, but he also wrote eight published... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Opp. 109, 110 & 111 Mitsuko Uchida (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 24/Jul/2026 ] "Luminous playing and a deeply personal attention to dynamics define Mitsuko Uchida's approach to Beethoven's late sonatas. Another superb recording from one of today's finest pianists." Gramophone Editor's Choice |
CHEN YI
Chen Yi: Works for Violin, Viola and Piano Patrick Yim (violin, viola), Kiu Tung Poon (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Jul/2026 ] The four works on this album by the esteemed Chinese-American composer Chen Yi are all premiere recordings, two of which - The Soulful and the Perpetual and Three Bagatelles - she has adapted specifically for violinist/violist Patrick Yim and pianist... |
JOHN McCABE
McCabe: Symphonies 2 & 3 and Cello Concerto Raphael Wallfisch (cello), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Woods (conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 24/Jul/2026 ] "No praise can be too high for these splendid performances, detailed notes by our own Guy Rickards and top-notch production by Andrew Keener. A winner!" Gramophone Editor's Choice |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Trios op.70, WoO39 & Hess48 Rautio Piano Trio [ Resonus Classics / CD - released 24/Jul/2026 ] "A period instrument performance from the Rautio Piano Trio which brings lightness, transparency and a sense of conversational intimacy to this pair of Beethoven chamber works." Gramophone Editor's Choice Oct 26 |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Schnittke: Complete Works for Two Violins Vadim Gluzman (violin), Friedemann Eichhorn (violin), Evgeny Sinaiski, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Valentin Uryupin [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Jul/2026 ] "The Saarbrücken-based DRP play with finesse and power for Valentin Uryupin in the three orchestral works, and the recording is notable for its clarity and warmth. In sum, then, a significant entry in Schnittke's discography." Gramophone |
COLEMAN / COLLINS / COPLEY / MENDOZA PETERSEN / YAGISAWA / YORK
Brass For Uncommon Times - Coleman Collins Copley Mendoza Petersen Yagisawa York Hiram Diaz (vocals), Velvet Brown (tuba) Fran Vielma (percussion), Daniel Prim (Drum Kit) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Jul/2026 ] Composed between 2004 and 2022 the seven works on this album reflect the concerns and crises of our time. These include the pandemic, racial unrest, global conflict, reflections on the realities of war, the pervasive use of gun violence, pollution... |
GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI
Pergolesi: L'Olimpiade Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani; Carlotta Colombo; Silvia Frigato; José Maria Lo Monaco; Theodora Raftis; Matteo Straffi; Francesca Ascioti; Orchestra Ghisli [ Arcana / 2 CD - released 17/Jul/2026 ] More than 60 composers have set Metastasio's libretto to music, including Caldara, Vivaldi, Hasse, Leo, Scarlatti, Piccinni, Paisiello, Cherubini and, of course, Pergolesi, who presented his Olimpiade at the Teatro Tordinona in Rome for the Carnival... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Sommernachtskonzert 2026 / Summer Night Concert 2026 Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Wiener Philharmoniker, Lorenzo Viotti (conductor) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 17/Jul/2026 ] The 2026 Summer Night Concert was held on 19 June before an audience of 50,000 enthusiastic fans. This open-air concert by the Vienna Philharmonic has been held annually since 2008 and, as always, the grounds of the UNESCO World Heritage Site at... |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
The Chopin I Love Peter Donohoe (piano) [ SOMM Recordings / CD - released 17/Jul/2026 ] A joint winner of the 1982 International Tchaikovsky Competition, Peter Donohoe has performed with all the major London orchestras and multiple European and American orchestras, as well as at the BBC Proms no less than 18 times. His impressive... |
