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 150
Signum Quartett A dark flaring (String Quartets from South Africa)
A dark flaring (String Quartets from South Africa) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 27/Jun/2025 ] A Dark Flaring marks the Signum Quartett's impressive return to ECM's New Series after debuting for the label with striking performances on Erkki-Sven Tüür's acclaimed chamber music recording Lost Prayers (2020). Here, the quartet has put together a... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 3 "Eroica", 4 & 5 (2 LP) Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics / 2 LP - released 27/Jun/2025 ] "This fine 1999 set of Beethoven's symphonies offers a near-ideal balance of expressive warmth, moment-to-moment imagination and wide musical vision." ClassicFM |
BERLIOZ / BIZET / DELIUS / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / BRAHMS / GRIEG / MOZART / etc
Sir Thomas Beecham - Complete Stereo Recordings on Warner Classics Victoria de los Angeles, Ilse Hollweg , Lois Marshall, Janine Micheau, Ernest Blanc, John Cameron, Xavier Depraz, Beecham Choral Society, etc [ Warner Classics / 35 CD Box Set - released 27/Jun/2025 ] "Beecham inspires his players to prodigies of virtuosity" (Gramophone) |
KORNGOLD / SCHUBERT / BRAHMS / WOLF / DEBUSSY / EISLER / etc
For Dieter: Hommage à Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Benjamin Appl (baritone), James Baillieu (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 20/Jun/2025 ] "His dignified manner - stately tempos and a cool, antiseptic recording ambience - stands back from the repertoire...Whether or not Appl felt dutybound to give back to the master with this tribute, I hope he considers this mission accomplished" Gramo |
LOCATELLI / WILHELMINE von BAYREUTH / HAGEN / PFEIFFER
In Wilhelmine's footsteps Camerata Øresund [ Channel Classics / CD - released 20/Jun/2025 ] Baroque ensemble Camerata Øresund and their musical director / violinist Peter Spissky explore the musical world of composer, instrumentalist, and patron of the arts, Wilhelmine von Bayreuth (1709-1758). The recording brings to light works by... |
RODNEY LISTER
Lister: Of Mere Being - Choral Works The Choir of the Church of the Advent, Boston ChengCheng Ma (piano), Mark Dwyer [ Metier / CD - released 20/Jun/2025 ] Rodney Lister's choral compositions represent a remarkable synthesis of literary sensitivity, harmonic sophistication, and an abiding commitment to vocal expressivity. |
Christopher Hobbs / John Adams / Gavin Bryars
Ensemble Pieces (LP) [ Superior Viaduct / LP - released 20/Jun/2025 ] Between 1975 and 1978, Brian Eno's Obscure imprint produced ten LPs to document the work of virtually unknown composers at the time. These records continue to inspire both practitioners and fans of experimental, ambient and modern classical... |
J.S. BACH
Bach: The Art of Fugue on Bach's Original Instruments Collegium Musicum '23 [ Ramée / CD - released 20/Jun/2025 ] Johann Sebastian Bach took the opportunity to enhance the previously mediocre inventory of string instruments in Leipzig's two main churches in 1729 by purchasing four violins, two violas and two cellos from the workshop of Johann Christian Hoffmann... |
J.S. BACH
Bach: Cantata a 2 Emmanuelle Dauvin (violin), Heather Newhouse (soprano) [ Hitasura / CD - released 20/Jun/2025 ] Since 2017, violinist Emmanuelle Dauvin plays whilst accompanying herself on the organ pedalboard - recalling the musical technique of Nicolaus Bruhns at the end of the seventeenth century. This is OVNI Baroque : a spectacular yet forgotten musical... |
ERKKI-SVEN TUUR
Tüür: Aeris Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Olari Elts [ ECM New Series / CD - released 20/Jun/2025 ] Aeris is the ninth ECM New Series album to feature the vibrant and highly expressive music of Erkki-Sven Tüür. |
NAJI HAKIM
Naji Hakim: Works for Cello Gwendeline Lumaret (cello) Naji Hakim (piano) [ Metier / CD - released 20/Jun/2025 ] This album presents a striking collection of solo and chamber works for cello by Naji Hakim, performed by Gwendeline Lumaret with clarity, virtuosity, and deep expressive insight. Known for his distinctive synthesis of Western classical traditions... |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 - Nielsen: Symphony No. 5 (Live) Jascha Horenstein [ ICA Classics / CD - released 20/Jun/2025 ] Jascha Horenstein (1898-1973) was born in Kiev but studied in Vienna. After a move to Berlin, he became Wilhelm Furtwängler's assistant and during the 1920s he conducted both the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic. At this time, he... |
John White / Gavin Bryars
Machine Music LP [ Superior Viaduct / LP - released 20/Jun/2025 ] Between 1975 and 1978, Brian Eno's Obscure imprint produced ten LPs to document the work of virtually unknown composers at the time. These records continue to inspire both practitioners and fans of experimental, ambient and modern classical... |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn 2032, Vol.17: Per il Luigi Kammerorchester Basel; Giovanni Antonini [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 20/Jun/2025 ] Per il Luigi is the 17th volume of the complete Haydn 2032 collection and presents a number of Haydn's earliest symphonies; these had been composed to display the talent of the musicians who had joined the Esterházy court orchestra during the same... |
ANTONIO CESTI / FRANZ LISZT / PALOLO TOSTI / OTTORIN RESPIGHI
Karine Babajanyan - Sentimenti Karine Babajanyan (soprano), Alessandro Amoretti (piano) [ Oehms Classics / CD - released 20/Jun/2025 ] Soprano Karine Babajanyan presents Sentimenti, her second album on the Oehms Classics label. The programme features a selection of works by Italian composers (and poets) from the 16th to the 20th century - Respighi, Tosti and Cesti |
GILLES BINCHOIS
Binchois: Loyal souvenir Le Miroir de Musique; Baptiste Romain [ Ricercar / CD - released 20/Jun/2025 ] Gilles Binchois (ca 1400-1460), was one of the most eminent composers of the early Renaissance. Highly esteemed by his fellows, Binchois left a lasting legacy, notably through his polyphonic chansons and sacred works, although these remain unfamiliar... |
DONIZETTI / GOUNOD / MASSENET / PUCCINI / etc
Beloved Arias Liparit Avetisyan (tenor), Constantine Orbelian (conductor), Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra [ Delos / CD - released 20/Jun/2025 ] Acknowledged as one of the most exciting lyric tenors of his generation, Liparit Avetisyan releases his first solo album on Delos: a crowd-pleasing programme of celebrated arias which the Armenian has performed in major opera houses including the... |
SHOSTAKOVICH / SCHNITTKE / PROKOFIEV / RACHMANINOV / STRAVINSKY / WEINBERG
From Eastern Europe - Cello Sonatas Marie-Elisabeth Hecker (cello) & Martin Helmchen (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 20/Jun/2025 ] The Hecker/Helmchen duo is renowned for the high standard of their performances, which is reflected in their recordings. The German cellist Marie-Elisabeth Hecker caused a sensation by winning both the First Prize and two Special Prizes at the eighth... |
CAMILLE SAINT SAENS / MEL BONIS / CLAUDE DEBUSSY
La Mer: French Piano Trios Neave Trio [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Jun/2025 ] The Neave Trio's new album celebrates French works for piano trio, focussing on three works composed around the turn of the twentieth century. Saint-Saëns's Piano Trio no.2 dates from 1892 and comprises five movements. Unusually for Saint-Saëns, the... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphonies 3 & 4 Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, Kent Nagano [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Jun/2025 ] Recently awarded the prestigious Brahms Prize of the Schleswig-Holstein Brahms Society, Kent Nagano and the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra, of which he was principal conductor from 2015 until 2025, perform the last two symphonies by the... |
