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 234
PAUL BÜTTNER
Büttner: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchster Berlin, Christopher Ward (cond.) [ Cappricio / CD - released 3/Apr/2026 ] Paul Büttner was born in Dresden in 1870 and studied violin and oboe at the city's conservatory, from whence he gradually established himself as an outstanding musician. But he remained virtually unknown as a composer until 1915, when the celebrated... |
Ryuichi Sakamoto
OPUS (Deluxe Edition) [ Milan / CD - released 3/Apr/2026 ] A definitive double CD collection curated by the composer himself. Spanning decades of groundbreaking work, this anthology brings together iconic film scores, Yellow Magic Orchestra classics, and deeply personal compositions that reflect Sakamoto's... |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY / JOHN IRELAND
Archipel (Debussy: La Mer - Ireland: Sarnia) Aline Piboule (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 27/Mar/2026 ] An oceanic dialogue between two composers from the first wave of the modern musical era: such is Aline Piboule's daring new solo venture. Here the epic La Mer sprays its rainbow of colours as idiomatically as if Debussy had written it for solo piano,... |
AFTAB DARVISHI / UNSUK CHIN / JORG WIDMANN / THOMAS ADES
East Meets West Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 27/Mar/2026 ] An inspiration to entire generations of musicians and an indefatigable icon of classical music, Anne-Sophie Mutter remains an artist in motion: curious, bold, and open to what music can be today and tomorrow. For decades, she has been commissioning... |
CELIL REFIK KAYA
Kaya: Guitar Works Celil Refik Kaya (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Mar/2026 ] Celil Refik Kaya is a contemporary guitarist and composer in the great tradition of artists who have created their own unique contribution to the repertoire. Sonata No. 1 is characterised by various stylistic resemblances which include South and... |
WILLIAM SHIELD
Shield: Complete Chamber Works, Vol. 3 - Violin Duets, Opp. 1 and 2 The Dorrit Ensemble [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Mar/2026 ] William Shield's early career as a violinist and violist took him to the centre of musical life in London where he became principal violinist of the Covent Garden theatre orchestra in 1773. The publication of the Violin Duets later that decade marked... |
HENRY PURCELL / GEORG FRIEDRICH HANDEL / JOHANN JOSEPH FUX
If music… Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor), Michał Biel (piano) [ Erato / CD - released 27/Mar/2026 ] If music… showcases star countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński in 17 songs and arias by three composers of the Baroque era: Purcell, Handel and Fux. Perhaps unexpectedly, he is partnered not by an ensemble of period instruments but by a pianist - his... |
ROBERT VOLKMANN
Volkmann: Romantic Piano, Vol. 8 Levon Avagyan [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Mar/2026 ] A native of Germany, Robert Volkmann was virtually unknown as a composer until the 1840s when he moved to Hungary. It was there that Volkmann achieved wider recognition due in part to Franz Liszt, Hans von Bülow and Richard Wagner expressing... |
J.S. BACH / ROBERT SCHUMANN / GEORGES BIZET
Gold Lukas Hasler (organ) [ Pentatone / CD - released 27/Mar/2026 ] Organist Lukas Hasler presents Gold, a radiant debut album featuring his own transcriptions and arrangements for organ. What began five years ago with a fascination for Mozart's G Major Sonata in Edvard Grieg's two-piano version grew into an artistic... |
Lyyra
Rising [ Warner Classics / CD - released 27/Mar/2026 ] Rising by the American group Lyyra is a genre-defying album that showcases the multifaceted beauty of all-women a cappella. Through a program of songs dating from the 21st century to as far back as the medieval times, the six upper-voice singers... |
HENRIQUE OSWALD
Oswald: Symphony, Op. 43 Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra, Fabio Mechetti [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Mar/2026 ] Henrique Oswald was perhaps the most European of Brazilian composers, having spent a large part of his life in Italy; he also absorbed influences from France and Germany. Oswald's music always retains a lyrical character with qualities of elegance... |
NKEIRU OKOYE
Okoye: When the Caged Bird Sings Rita Coburn (Narrator), Angela Brown (Soprano), Christie Dashiell (Mezzo-soprano), Issachah Savage (Tenor), University of Michigan Symphony [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Mar/2026 ] Nkeiru Okoye's When the Caged Bird Sings is a 'musical celebration' whose compositional voice, though rooted in the African American church, also embraces minimalism and improvisational elements. Delivering a message of adversity turned to triumph,... |
DOMENICO CIMAROSA
Cimarosa: L'Italiana in Londra Soloists, Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester, Leo Hussain (conductor) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 27/Mar/2026 ] omenico Cimarosa, one of the last great exponents of the Neapolitan School, was also one of the most-performed opera composers before the arrival of Rossini. He composed over 60 such works and was esteemed from Venice to St Petersburg where he was... |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Heroines Sondra Radvanovsky, Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra, Enrique Mazzola [ Pentatone / CD - released 27/Mar/2026 ] Sondra Radvanovsky, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Enrique Mazzola present Puccini: Heroines, a live recording of an all-Puccini program performed in February 2025. Radvanovsky's extraordinary voice brings vivid individuality to each heroine, from the... |
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Baryton Trios, Treasures from the Eszterháza Palace, Vol. 3 Valencia Baryton Project [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Mar/2026 ] It was Prince Nikolaus of Esterházy's increasing infatuation with the baryton that compelled Haydn, the prince's Kapellmeister, to write an unprecedented body of 125 works for baryton trio. The instrument is more like a viola d'amore than a bass viol... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Reines Véronique Gens, Ensemble Les Surprises, Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 27/Mar/2026 ] After Passion (ALPHA747), Véronique Gens reunites with Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas' ensemble Les Surprises to celebrate a type of role intrinsically linked to 17th- and 18th-century French baroque opera: queens! |
MAX REGER
Reger: Original Compositions for piano 4-hands Davide Trivella, Daniele Trivella [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2026 ] |
FRANZ SCHUBERT / ALBAN BERG
Schubert & Berg: Piano sonatas Fazil Say (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 20/Mar/2026 ] Fazıl Say brings together two, highly contrasted Viennese piano sonatas, composed at either end of the Romantic era. Conceived on an epic scale in four movements, Schubert's Sonata in B flat major, D 960 was written shortly before his death in 1828,... |
Hayato Sumino (piano)
Chopin Orbit (LP) [ Sony Classical / 2 LP - released 20/Mar/2026 ] For this new recording, Hayato Sumino has turned his gaze on the composer who possibly means the most to him, namely Chopin (1810-1849). It was indeed Sumino's sensational performances during the 2021 International Chopin Competition where he was a... |
SERGEI BORTKIEWICZ / MAURICE RAVEL / SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Manu Sinistra Illia Ovcharenko (piano), MDR-Sinfonieorchester, Oksana Lyniv [ Pentatone / CD - released 20/Mar/2026 ] Illia Ovcharenko, together with the MDR-Sinfonieorchester under the baton of Oksana Lyniv, presents Manu Sinistra, an album devoted to concertos for the left hand by Bortkiewicz, Prokofiev, and Ravel. These works were written for the pianist Paul... |
