Classical New Releases
Classical New Releases
Below is a list of all classical CD titles released in the last 120 days.
Displaying items 61 to 80 of 288
JEAN MOUTON
Mouton: Missa Faulte d'argent & Motets The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jul/2022 ] "The Brabant ensemble strike gold again with a fine disc by a composer who deserves to be more highly regarded." MusicWeb |
HUGO WOLF
Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Allan Clayton (tenor), Joseph Middleton (piano) [ BIS SACD / CD - released 1/Jul/2022 ] Composed in feverish bouts interrupted by long periods of inaction, Hugo Wolf's Italienisches Liederbuch was brought to completion in 1896. The 46 songs are settings of poems in German by Paul Heyse, after Italian folk songs - miniatures with a... |
ALLAN PETTERSSON
Pettersson: Symphony No.15 & Viola Concerto Ellen Nisbeth (viola) / Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Christian Lindberg [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jul/2022 ] Allan Pettersson's Symphony No. 15 is characterized by a high degree of tension right from the striking opening: brief, emphatic chords from horns and trombones above the tremolo of a side drum. Soon an expressive melodic subject is heard from the... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: The Music for String Quartet Emperor Quartet [ BIS SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jul/2022 ] Between 2010 and 2014, the British Emperor Quartet released the three discs gathered here, with all of Benjamin Britten's published music for string quartet - as well as his one work for string quintet, the Phantasy in F minor. |
ALBAN BERG / ANTON WEBERN / ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Berg: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 3 - Webern: Langsamer Satz - Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10 Heath Quartet, Caroline Smapson (soprano) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2022 ] Signum Classics are proud to announce the first album from the Heath Quartet with acclaimed soprano Carolyn Sampson. Together the three works on the present CD demonstrate the extraordinary advances made in the development of the musical language of... |
ALOYS SCHMITT
Schmitt: Piano Concertos / Rondeau brilliant Howard Shelley (piano) / Ulster Orchestra / Howard Shelley [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 84 / CD - released 1/Jul/2022 ] Great Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 84. Composer and conductor, pianist and pedagogue: Aloys Schmitt (1788-1866) was respected by his peers and largely forgotten by posterity. As so often in this series, the three works recorded here will have... |
JOHN WILBYE
Wilbye: Draw On Sweet Night I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth [ Coro / CD - released 1/Jul/2022 ] "British ensemble I Fagiolini puts aside its beloved Monteverdi to uncover its own national heritage: the best of John Wilbye's classic Golden Age madrigals. Whilst his oeuvre may have been small (just 75 works that we know of and most just a couple... |
JOHN ADAMS
John Adams - Collected Works San Francisco Symphony, Orchestra Of St. Luke's, London Sinfonietta, Sanford Sylvan (baritone), Leila Josefowicz (violin), etc [ Nonesuch Records / 40 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2022 ] Nonesuch Records releases the forty-disc John Adams Collected Works, a box set featuring recordings spanning more than four decades of the composer's career with the label. |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Concertos for Harpsichord, Vol. 2 Masato Suzuki (harpsichord & direction), Bach Collegium Japan [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jul/2022 ] The concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach for solo harpsichord and strings are some of the earliest, if not the very first, keyboard concertos. In all likelihood Bach wrote them for his own use (or that of his talented sons) - probably to be performed... |
FERDINAND RIES
Ries: Piano Trio & Sextets The Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jul/2022 ] Sextets featuring piano and harp may be a rarity, but the one included here is a real delight. The three companion pieces are no less attractive, showcasing the individual and collective strengths of The Nash Ensemble.. |
KLAS TORSTENSSON
Torstensson: Lantern Lectures I - IV for sinfonietta Norrbotten NEO / Christian Karlsen [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jul/2022 ] Although born in Sweden, Klas Torstensson has spent most of his working life in the Netherlands following his studies in Utrecht in the early 1970s. Stylistically, he may call to mind Varèse, Xenakis and - perhaps more distantly - Stravinsky. First... |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1 Alexander Ullman (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor) [ Rubicon / CD - released 24/Jun/2022 ] Alexander Ullman was the winner of the 2011 Franz Liszt International Piano Competition in Budapest. He studied at the Purcell School, the Curtis Institute and the Royal College of Music. His teachers include William Fong, Leon Fleischer and Dmitri... |
NICCOLO PAGANINI / ALESSANDRO ROLLA
Paganini and Rolla: Chamber Music for Strings and Bassoon Andrea Bressan; Giovanni Guzzo [ Channel Classics / CD - released 24/Jun/2022 ] Bassoonist Andrea Bressan (Principal; Budapest Festival Orchestra) and violinist Giovanni Guzzo (Concertmaster; Camerata Salzburg & Guest Concertmaster; London Symphony Orchestra) have teamed up to record new - or never played - repertoire for... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Sonatas for Fortepiano and Cello, Vol. 1 Bruno Cocset (cello), Maude Gratton (fortepiano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 24/Jun/2022 ] Bruno Cocset, an eminent ambassador of the Baroque cello, here makes a teenage dream come true: to record the Beethoven sonatas. 'When we rediscover it from the inside, this music overwhelms us: its art of the mise en abyme, its ability to deviate... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Samâ-ï Canticum Novum, Emmanuel Bardon [ Ambronay Éditions / CD - released 24/Jun/2022 ] Emmanuel Bardon and his fellow musicians are tireless explorers, reviving the wonders of the poetic, literary and musical history of one of the oldest cities in the world: Aleppo. An enchanting journey at the crossroads of traditional repertoires and... |
EDIE HILL / JONATHAN SANTORE / CRAIG BRANDWEIN / JESSICA RUDMAN
These Distances Between Us Emily Jaworski Koriath (mezzo-soprano) Tad Koriath (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 24/Jun/2022 ] The four American composers on this album have all won recognition for their diverse approaches to contemporary art song. |
ARCANGELO CORELLI / GIOVANNI LORENZO LULIER / ALESSANDRO MELANI
Corelli & Melani: Trionfo romano Emmanuel Resche-Caserta, Ensemble Exit, Hemiolia [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / CD - released 24/Jun/2022 ] The most impressive public celebration in baroque Rome was given in honour of Louis XIV in 1686. To celebrate the undisputed protector of the Catholic Church, and one year later the successful operation on the anal fistula of the Great King, the... |
BETTINELLI / BRESCIANELLO / CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO / GHEDINI / GIULIANI / etc
Italian Guitar Rarities Giuseppe Buscemi (Guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Jun/2022 ] This programme represents a harvest of rare Italian gems from Baroque to contemporary masters for an instrument that has been of great significance to Italian culture for centuries. Exploration of the guitar's expressiveness ranges from the lyrical... |
HENRY PURCELL / JOHANN SIGISMUND KUSSER
The Hibernian Muse. Music for Ireland by Purcell and Cousser Irish Baroque Orchestra, Peter Whelan, Sestina [ Linn Records / CD - released 24/Jun/2022 ] Continuing their investigation into the wealth of forgotten Baroque music from Ireland, the Irish Baroque Orchestra and its Music Director Peter Whelan now explore music by Cousser and Purcell. Johann Sigismund Kusser or Cousser was a Hungarian... |
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Trios Vol. 7 - Nos. 16, 19, 35, 37 & 41 Oberlin Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Jun/2022 ] Much of Joseph Haydn's musical life was spent in service at the palace of Eszterháza on the Hungarian plains, a complex of buildings to rival Versailles in magnificence. Haydn's reputation abroad was, however, already considerable by 1790, and he was... |
