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 280 of 283
CARLOS GUASTAVINO
Guastavino: Guitar Works Leonardo Palacios (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 23/Jan/2026 ] The guitar output of a landmark figure in Argentinean classical music, fusing national melodies and dances with European forms in a fusion of perennial appeal. Carlos Guastavino (1912-2000) became internationally renowned, after the Second World... |
Marco Rapetti
Cui: Complete Piano Music, Volume 1 [ Piano Classics / 2 CD - released 23/Jan/2026 ] First recordings of Romantic-era piano miniatures by an overlooked figure in the 'New Russian School' of composers known as 'The Mighty Handful'. 'Irretrievably forgotten' was the verdict of the musicologist Richard Taruskin on the music of César... |
ELISABETH KUYPER
Kuyper: Piano Trio, Violin Sonata Maristella Patuzzi (violin), Alessandra Doninelli (cello), Mario Patuzzi (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 23/Jan/2026 ] Elisabeth Kuyper (1877-1953) was a Dutch composer, pianist, and conductor whose career unfolded during a time when women struggled for recognition in the professional music world. Born in Amsterdam, she studied composition at the Berlin Hochschule... |
CHRISTOPH SCHAFFRATH
Schaffrath: XII Soli per il Cembalo Marius Bartoccini (harpsichord, clavichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 23/Jan/2026 ] Christoph Schaffrath (1709-1763) was a German composer, harpsichordist, and organist active during the transition from the late Baroque to the early Classical period. Born in Hohnstein near Dresden, he studied at the University of Leipzig and later... |
CECILIO CESARE BARBETTA
Barbetta: Lute Music Mikiya Kaisho (lute) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 23/Jan/2026 ] Including many world-premiere recordings, the first-ever album dedicated to the music of a 16th-century lutenist-composer from Padova: a sequence of virtuosic, restlessly inventive fantasias and dances. The music on this album is drawn from a 1582... |
Rodolfo Ritter
Revueltas: Complete Piano Music, Volume 1 [ Piano Classics / CD - released 23/Jan/2026 ] World-premiere recordings of early works which shed new light on a foundational figure of classical music in Mexico. Until now, it has been commonly held that Silvestre Revueltas (1899-1940) only began to write music in his 30s - during the last... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Les Ages du monde: French Music for Viol Consort Through the Ages Chelys Consort of Viols, Harry Buckoke (bass viol), James Akers (theorbo, Baroque guitar) [ BIS / CD - released 16/Jan/2026 ] Following acclaimed recordings devoted to English music for viol consort, notably that of Christopher Simpson (BIS2153), Henry Purcell (BIS2583) and William Byrd (BIS2663), the Chelys Consort now presents a programme that explores the kind of music... |
KURT WEILL
Weill: Die Sieben Todsünden Wallis Giunta (soprano), Jennifer France (soprano), Katarina Andreasson (violin), Benjamin Herzl (violin), Swedish Chamber Orchestra [ BIS / CD - released 16/Jan/2026 ] Following his acclaimed recording of Kurt Weill's Symphonies 1 and 2 and excerpts from The Silver Lake (BIS2579), HK Gruber and his congenial partner, the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, present three more works by the famous musical theatre composer,... |
J.S. BACH
The Bach Recordings Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD Box Set - released 16/Jan/2026 ] 'One of the record glories of our age' THE SUNDAY TIMES For the first time ever, Angela Hewitt's complete recordings of the Bach keyboard works on Hyperion are presented in one collection of 27 CDs. This covers nearly 25 years of Angela's Bach... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Flute Concertos Julien Chauvin (violin) Amihai Grosz (viola) / Le Concert de la Loge [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 16/Jan/2026 ] The Simply Mozart adventure, dedicated to his last three symphonies, comes to an end with this third volume and the 39th symphony. The programme also includes the overture to Così fan tutte and the Sinfonia concertante. |
RAVEL / GERSHWIN / TAILLEFERRE / BLICKENDERFER / SKORYK / FEDOROVA / MOUSTAKI
Liberté Anna Fedorova (piano) / Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León, Pablo González [ Channel Classics / CD - released 16/Jan/2026 ] Ukrainian pianist Anna Fedorova's new release, Liberté, is a cultural and musical dialogue between France and America. The influence of jazz plays a central role in this tribute to French and American composers. |
VICTOR AVIAT / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Ein Portrait Victor Aviat (oboe, oboe d'amore, voice, piano), Kim Barbier (piano), Bruno Delepelaire (cello), Zoltan Szoke (horn), Naomi Shaham (double bass) [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 16/Jan/2026 ] An internationally renowned oboist, Victor Aviat was a soloist with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, the Orchestra Mozart under Claudio Abbado, and Iván Fischer's Budapest Festival Orchestra for 20 years. He also studied piano, composition, and... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: With All My Breath and All My Blood Giorgi Gigashvili (piano), Lisa Batiashvili (violin) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 16/Jan/2026 ] For his second recital, Giorgi Gigashvili chose Prokofiev, a composer he has been playing intensively for ten years. Nicknamed the "War Sonatas", these three masterpieces are, for him, "battles in themselves", sonatas to which one gives "heart and... |
IAN CUSSON / RICHARD STRAUSS
Terra Nova - Cusson: Sinfonietta Metamoderna / Strauss, Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zarathustra) Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra, Alexander Shelley [ Analekta / CD - released 16/Jan/2026 ] Terra Nova, the second opus in the Poema series, explores themes of the search for meaning and the human experience. Alexander Shelley offers an interpretation of Strauss' Also sprach Zarathustra that highlights the fragile balance between light and... |
THOMAS CLAUSEN / PALLE MIKKELBORG / CLAUS OGERMANN
Symbiosis - Tribute to Bill Evans Thomas Clausen Trio, Anders Malta (trumpet), Evgueni Brokmiller (flute), Singapore Symphony Orchestra [ Pentatone / CD - released 16/Jan/2026 ] The Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Clausen Trio, and Jean Thorel present Symbiosis - Tribute to Bill Evans, a remarkable album celebrating the enduring legacy of one of jazz's greatest pianists. Featuring three extraordinary works, the album... |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Light out of Darkness Callum Knox (organ), William Vann (director) Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea [ SOMM Recordings / CD - released 16/Jan/2026 ] In January 2026 The Elgar Society marks its 75th anniversary, and SOMM Recordings celebrates the event with several Elgar releases in gratitude for the society's generous support and encouragement from 1998 to the present day. Light Out of Darkness,... |
MAURICE RAVEL / DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH / SAMUEL BARBER
Constellations Ensemble Ouranos [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 16/Jan/2026 ] Founded ten years ago, Ensemble Ouranos is now one of the best French wind quintets in the world. For this new recording, their first for Alpha Classics, Mathilde, Amaury, Philibert, Rafael and Nicolas have brought together composers and works that... |
ERIK SATIE
Satie: amoureux Guillaume Coppola (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 16/Jan/2026 ] We know Satie as a loner, but it is less well known that Satie had also been in love. He had a brief and stormy affair with the painter Suzanne Valadon. The portrait she made of him is on the cover of this album. |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn 2032, Vol. 18: Il maestro di scuola Kammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antonini [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 16/Jan/2026 ] Joseph Haydn gave lessons in singing, keyboard instruments, theory and composition throughout his life. His pupils included Ignaz Pleyel, Sigismund Neukomm and the Pole Franciszek (Franz) Lessel. In October 1805 |
KURT WEILL
Weill: In Search of Youkali Katie Bray (mezzo-soprano), Murray Grainger (accordion), Marianne Schofield (double-bass), William Vann (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 16/Jan/2026 ] Winner of the Dame Joan Sutherland Audience Prize at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition, the British mezzo-soprano Katie Bray has become known for her magnetic stage presence and gleaming, expressive tone. Katie... |
