Classical New Releases
Classical New Releases
Below is a list of all classical CD titles released in the last 120 days.
Displaying items 41 to 60 of 188
DANIEL AUBER
Auber: Overtures, Vol. 7 Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava, Dario Salvi [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Nov/2024 ] This seventh volume of Auber's overtures features the 'fairy opera' Le Cheval de bronze (1835). The overture expresses the magical and mystical dynamism of the story, while the 1857 opéra-ballet version presents an interpolated dance sequence,... |
KARL JENKINS
Jenkins: Stravaganza Jess Gillam (soprano saxophone), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Jenkins [ Decca / CD - released 8/Nov/2024 ] "The catchy opening movement, Perambulation, has a dotted motif reminiscent of Mancini's theme for The Pink Panther, with the soprano saxophone melodies matched by fairground-frenzied accompaniment." BBC Music |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Lieder Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor), Jerome Ducros (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 8/Nov/2024 ] Philippe Jaroussky's new album is dedicated to Schubert, he brings all his elegance, precision, exquisite phrasing to this fabulous repertoire. Accompanist is Jérome Ducros. |
GABRIEL URBAIN FAURE
Fauré: Orchestral Works Pierre Fouchenneret (violin), Martin Johnson, Catriona Ryan RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Jean-Luc Tingaud [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Nov/2024 ] Gabriel Fauré is best known for his Requiem and Pavane, but these are not typical of an output that focused largely on solo piano pieces, songs and chamber music, many of which were orchestrated by others. His Violin Concerto was never completed... |
KERN / RODGERS / ARLEN / PORTER / AZNAVOUR / SHEARING / etc
Songbook Pierre Génisson (clarinet) Bruno Fontai (piano), with Thibaut Garcia (guitar) [ Erato Warner Classics / CD - released 8/Nov/2024 ] The latest album from French clarinetist Pierre Génisson includes a laid-back mix of material taken from the American Songbook and from French popular repertoire. He is accompanied by pianist Bruno Fontaine, along with several other special guests,... |
JOHN RUTTER
Rutter: Brass at Christmas Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus, Black Dyke Band, Darius Battiwalla, Nicholas Childs [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Nov/2024 ] John Rutter is probably the most acclaimed and successful composer of carols alive today. His large selection of popular sacred choral pieces in the genre reflect and celebrate the Christmas story. Rutter's unerring sense of melody combined with a... |
FRANZ XAVIER GRUBER
Gruber: Ukrainian Christmas Solomiya Ivakhiv Lviv National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Serhii Khorovets [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Nov/2024 ] Ukraine has a long and vibrant tradition of Christmas carols, whose melodies and meaning - now, more than ever - hold an important place in the hearts of the country's people. Some carols date back centuries and cover a wide variety of themes, but... |
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / FERRUCCIO BUSONIVEN
Busoni: Piano Music, Vol. 13 Wolf Harden [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Nov/2024 ] The final volume in this acclaimed series of Busoni's piano music focuses on beginnings and endings. Early works and transcriptions are featured, plus a substantial body of music that Busoni wrote for his multivolume Klavierübung ('Piano Exercise').... |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 / Totentanz Yoav Levanon (piano), Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Michael Sanderling [ Erato Warner Classics / CD - released 8/Nov/2024 ] "Liszt's first piano concerto is a tour de force of virtuosity and drama, while the second offers a more nuanced, introspective exploration," says Yoav Levanon. "Together, they capture Liszt's artistic vision, combining technical brilliance with deep... |
CLAUDIO SANTORO
Santoro: Complete Piano Sonatas Alessandro Santoro [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2024 ] Written over a 46-year period, Claudio Santoro's six piano sonatas document the evolution of his creative and formal skills - together they present a survey of the composer's entire aesthetic development. Always radiating a forceful inner power and... |
BEETHOVEN / BENJAMIN / DOWNLAND / JOSQUIN
Resonance Benjamin Hochman [ AVIE / CD - released 1/Nov/2024 ] In his late piano sonatas, Beethoven created music of extraordinary originality, simultaneously looking far into the future and far into the past Pianist Benjamin Hochman pays homage to this Janus-faced aspect with the inclusion of two works from... |
DE LASSUS / ERBACH / KLINGENSTEIN / DE RORE / REGNART / etc
A monk's life The Brabant Ensemble / Stephen Rice [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2024 ] For a monk resident in one of post-Reformation Germany's religious institutions, music would have served as a focus of spiritual discipline as well as a source of joy. Some real discoveries await the listener who joins The Brabant Ensemble on this... |
DAVID LONG
Long: All Things Will Stay Silent Carolyn Mills (harp), Bridget Douglas (flute), Pat Barry (clarinet), Rachel Vernon (bass clarinet), Haonan Zhu (tuba), David Long (guitar, voice) [ Rattle / CD - released 1/Nov/2024 ] A gorgeously recorded and performed suite of artful compositions featuring the cream of Wellington's finest musicians, this beautifully textured exploration of sonic environments and poetic ruminations will delight the ear as much as the... |
DIMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1 (Nos. 1-5) Cuarteto Casals [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2024 ] After being subjected to public attacks by the Soviet regime in the mid-1930s, Shostakovich sought new avenues of self-expression by turning to chamber music, and the string quartet became for him the perfect medium for private confession. To launch... |
NICCOLO PAGANINI
Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1 Itzhak Perlman (violin) [ Warner Classics / LP - released 1/Nov/2024 ] Itzhak Perlman, born in 1945, is the supreme violinist of his time. In works composed by Nicolò Paganini and Pablo de Sarasate - two virtuosi who in their own eras defined the art of the violin - Itzhak Perlman, in the recording that launched his... |
GARETH FARR / JOHN PSATHAS / PHIL DADSON / JAMES GARDNER / ANTONIA BARNETT MCINTOSH
Towards Midnight: NZ Percussion Vol 2 Justin DeHart [ Rattle / CD - released 1/Nov/2024 ] This second volume in Justin DeHart's series of New Zealand percussion music features recently commissioned works by Gareth Farr, John Psathas, Phil Dadson, James Gardner, and Antonia Barnett McIntosh, artists whose contribution to NZ percussion... |
SCOTT JOPLIN
Elite Syncopations: Marco Fumo plays Scott Joplin Marco Fumo [ ODRADEK RECORDS / CD - released 1/Nov/2024 ] Italian pianist Marco Fumo always brings joy and unique insight to his Odradek recordings, and this album of the music of Scott Joplin is particularly special, reflecting his specialist knowledge of ragtime, and representing his last... |
CHARLES IVES / FRANZ SCHUBERT / ROBERT SHUMANN
Ives: Orchestral Works Orchestra New England, Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra, James Sinclair [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2024 ] Charles Ives was a master of miniatures, and this program brings together a miscellanea of numerous shorter pieces that includes seven world premieres. Embracing ragtime before it became a craze at the end of the 19th century, Ives' Four Ragtime... |
LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Boccherini: Cello Concertos, Sonatas & Quintets - Music of the Angels Steven Isserlis [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2024 ] Has there ever been a composer of more consistent elegance?' If Steven Isserlis's rhetorical question invites the listener to think of plausible alternatives, on the evidence of this wonderful album-an imaginative selection of Boccherini's cello... |
DALE KAVANAGH
Dale Kavanagh & Friends Amadeus Guitar Duo (guitar duo), Dale Kavanagh (guitar), Aniello Desiderio, Zoran Dukic, Margarita Escarpa, Frank Gerstmeier, Sümeyye Ergün, Laura You [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Oct/2024 ] Renowned as a soloist and as a member of the Amadeus Guitar Duo, Dale Kavanagh is one of the most prominent classical guitarists of her generation. With this album she not only plays solo works composed for leading guitarists all over the world, but... |
