Classical New Releases
Classical New Releases
Below is a list of all classical CD titles released in the last 120 days.
Displaying items 261 to 273 of 273
Alexandra Dariescu (piano), Tomo Keller (violin), Richard Harwood (cello), Academy of St Martin in the Fields
A Child's Dream [ Signum / CD - released 6/Feb/2026 ] This album traces pianist Alexandra Dariescu's journey through discovery, memory and celebration, uniting masterworks with neglected gems and world premieres. Mozart's radiant Rondo in D major, K382, opens the programme, paired with Emmy Schäfer... |
AUGUSTA READ THOMAS
Thomas: Sol Alexander Hersh (cello), Marianne Parker (piano), Erica Neidlinger (conductor) [ Nimbus / CD - released 6/Feb/2026 ] 'For some twenty-five years I've had the inestimable privilege of collaborating with Augusta Read Thomas and so it is with some authority that I claim she is a singular refutation of Newtonian physics: she creates energy. In countless workshops,... |
GIUSEPPE MARTUCCI / SERGEI RACHMANINOV / OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Italian Perspectives: Martucci, Rachmaninov, Respighi Bamberger Symphoniker, Riccardo Frizza [ Pentatone / CD - released 6/Feb/2026 ] On Italian Perspectives, the Bamberger Symphoniker and Riccardo Frizza trace the revival and evolution of Italian instrumental music. Giuseppe Martucci's Symphony no.1 in D minor, completed in 1895, illuminates the Italian symphonic tradition often... |
RICHARD STRAUSS / LUDWIG Van BEETHOVEN
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben / Beethoven: Sinfonie Nr. 8 Thomas Beecham, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [ SOMM Recordings / CD - released 6/Feb/2026 ] Sir Thomas Beecham had a long association with the works of Richard Strauss, to the extent that Strauss once told him "what you have done for my works in England cannot be sufficiently appreciated." SOMM Recordings pays tribute to this collaboration... |
HEINZ KARL GRUBER
Gruber: Piano Concerto, Short Stories from the Vienna Woods, etc. Frank Dupree (piano), ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra [ Capriccio / CD - released 6/Feb/2026 ] Now over 80 years old, the ever-energetic HK Gruber has become an integral part of the music scene, and not only in Austria. As a composer, chansonnier and music educator with constructive depth and his distinctive, ironical jokes, he unfailingly... |
Heinz Holliger (oboe), Marie-Lise Schüpbach (Cor Anglais)
con slancio [ ECM New Series / CD - released 6/Feb/2026 ] "These performances, by Heinz Holliger and Marie-Lise Schüpbach, are simply astonishing in their fluency," wrote UK magazine Gramophone of Holliger's album Zwiegespräche, and the description applies with equal pertinence to con slancio, with its... |
Ruby Hughes (soprano), Jonas Nordberg (lute, archlute), Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann (viola da gamba)
Ruby Hughes: Amidst the Shades [ BIS / CD - released 6/Feb/2026 ] Soprano Ruby Hughes, celebrated for the profound "understanding and stylishness" (Gramophone) she brings to her artistry, has a distinguished discography of recitals showcasing the exquisite beauty of her voice. She is particularly known for her... |
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN / BÉLA BARTÓK
Beethoven: The Last Three Sonatas Imogen Cooper (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 6/Feb/2026 ] Regarded as one of the finest interpreters of classical and romantic repertoire, Imogen Cooper is internationally renowned for her virtuosity and lyricism. Dame Imogen writes: 'It has taken many years for me to perceive the last three sonatas by... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY / MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.6 London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda [ LSO Live / CD - released 6/Feb/2026 ] 'I have put my whole soul into this symphony' - Tchaikovsky on Symphony no.6 Tchaikovsky's final symphony, known as the 'Pathétique', is a work of haunting beauty and emotional depth - a journey from darkness to fragile light. From its... |
MIHKEL KEREM
Kerem: Orchestral Music Vol.2: Symphonies 7 & 8 Andrew Manze, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra [ Toccata Classics / CD - released 6/Feb/2026 ] The Estonian composer Mihkel Kerem - born in Tallinn in 1981 and a front-desk violinist in the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra since 2015 - used the Covid lockdown to produce no fewer than four symphonies, two of them, his Seventh and Eighth,... |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Fantasy op.17, Humoreske, Wiener Carnaval Nikolai Lugansky (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 6/Feb/2026 ] From the Fantasie Op. 17 - a pinnacle of lyricism and virtuosity - to the irresistible Carnival Scenes from Vienna , via the Humoreske that bubbles over with invention, Nikolai Lugansky explores three of Schumann's iconic masterpieces for piano: a... |
HANS CHRISTIAN LUMBYE / CARL MICHAEL ZIEHRER / STRAUSS FAMILY
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2026 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin [ Sony Classical / CD - released 6/Feb/2026 ] For the first time, the Vienna Philharmonic welcomes Canadian conductor Yannick Nézet‑Séguin to lead the legendary 2026 New Year's Concert. This world‑famous event, broadcast to over 90 countries and reaching more than 50 million viewers, has been a... |
J.S. BACH
Bach: Goldberg Variations Yunchan Lim (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 6/Feb/2026 ] It is 25 April 2025. A sold-out Carnegie Hall settles in anticipation of 21-year-old Yunchan Lim's return to perform Bach's Goldberg Variations and a moment of musical history is made. 70 years earlier - and just a few blocks from Carnegie Hall - a... |
