Below is a list of all classical CD titles released in the last 120 days.
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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Late String Quartets Quatuor Diotima [ Pentatone / 3 CD - released 5/Jun/2026 ] Quatuor Diotima presents an album of Beethoven's late string quartets, bringing renewed clarity and passion to some of the most profound works in the chamber repertoire. Written in the final years of his life, these late quartets unfold as deeply... |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Santtu conducts Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 and Moscow, Cheryomushki Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor), Philharmonia Orchestra [ Signum / CD - released 5/Jun/2026 ] Santtu conducts Shostakovich: Moscow Cheryomushki and Symphony No. 1 is the seventh album from Philharmonia Records. Led by Santtu-Matias Rouvali, these performances were recorded live at the Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall, where they are... |
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BELA BARTOK / FREDERIC CHOPIN / / FRANZ LISZT / MAURICE RAVEL / CARL MARIA VON WEBER / ALEXI STANCHINSKY
Debut Sasha Stychkina (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 5/Jun/2026 ] Greek-Russian pianist Sasha Stychkina, born in December 2003 in Moscow into a family of musicians and filmmakers, is the youngest finalist and winner in the history of the Marguerite Long International Piano Competition in Paris in November... |
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JAN DISMAS ZELENKA
Zelenka Ángel Luis Sánchez Moreno, Ramón Ortega Quero, Marc Trénel, Wies de Boevé, Alfonso Sebastián Alegre [ Genuin / CD - released 5/Jun/2026 ] An unusual instrumental combination with a fascinating sound: sonatas for two oboes, bassoon, and basso continuo are rarely found in the repertoire. Yet this combination brings together three wind instruments whose tone colours complement one another... |
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JOHN FIELD
Field: Piano Sonatas, Variations, Rondo, Waltz Tyler Hay (piano) [ Piano Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2026 ] The Irish-born composer John Field is still celebrated today as 'the father of the nocturne' for his creation of a genre which went on to inspire Chopin and generations of Romantic-era composers for the piano. |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI / ASTOR PIAZZOLLA etc
From Venice to Buenos Aires Andres Gabetta (violin), Veronica Cangemi (soprano), Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi (bandoneon / accordion), Gabetta Consort [ Pentatone / CD - released 29/May/2026 ] Andrés Gabetta (violin and direction), Veronica Cangemi (soprano), Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi (bandoneon and accordion), and the Gabetta Consort present From Venice to Buenos Aires, a remarkable journey from 18th-century Venice to the streets of... |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT / FLORENCE PRICE / LILI BOULANGER / WILLIAM GRANT STILL / CARL REINECKE
The Deep Has Always Known Me Brandon Patrick George (flute), Bryan Wagorn (piano) [ Pentatone / CD - released 29/May/2026 ] GRAMMY-winning flutist Brandon Patrick George and pianist Bryan Wagorn present The Deep Has Always Known Me, an album inspired by the myth of Undine - her emergence from the depths, her experience of love, and her transformation into human form. The... |
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COLIN MATTHEWS
Matthews: Seascapes Claire Booth (soprano), Marcus Farnsworth (baritone), The Nash Ensemble, Jessica Cottis (conductor) [ Onyx / CD - released 29/May/2026 ] Colin Matthews is one of the UK's leading composers and celebrates his 80th birthday this year. Known for his large-scale orchestral works, chamber works and smaller scale ensemble compositions such as the song cycles on this album, Matthews is also... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Elegance - French Music for Flute and Harp Juliette Hurel (flute), Isabelle Moretti (harp) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 29/May/2026 ] Juliette Hurel and Isabelle Moretti present an inspired selection of French music for flute and harp, featuring key masterpieces alongside some rare delights. From the intensely vocal melodic line of Fauré and Debussy's playful exploration of timbres... |
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Mikhail Pletnev, Rachmaninoff International Orchestra, EuroArts
Pletnev: Rachmaniana / Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances [ Warner Classics / CD - released 29/May/2026 ] Alongside Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances, this release features the world premiere recording of Mikhail Pletnev's Rachmaniana, which was first performed in January 2026 at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg. The eight short pieces of the Rachmaniana... |
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GARTH NEUSTADTER
Neustadter: Seaborne The Percussion Collective, Kjell van Sice (conductor) [ Pentatone / CD - released 29/May/2026 ] The Percussion Collective, under the artistic guidance of Robert van Sice, presents the album Seaborne, an extraordinary journey across the ocean where music and imagery converge to reveal the sea in all its wonder. From the soaring aerial vistas of... |
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PHILIP GLASS
Glass: Music With Changing Parts (2026 Reissue LP) Philip Glass Ensemble [ Superior Viaduct / LP - released 29/May/2026 ] Philip Glass, the great American composer, was already in his mid-30s before his first album appeared, and then only because he produced the double LP himself. Music With Changing Parts was the inaugural release on his own Chatham Square imprint in... |
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ANTONIN DVORAK / JOHAN WAGENAAR
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" + Wagenaar: "Cyrano de Bergerac" Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Lahav Shani [ Warner Classics / CD - released 29/May/2026 ] Dvořák's much-loved Symphony No. 9 'From the New World' now joins the sequence of symphonies, ranging from the dawn of musical Romanticism to the 1930s, recorded for Warner Classics by the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and its Chief Conductor... |
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J.S. BACH / VALENTIN SILVESTROV
Bach + Silvestrov Vadim Gluzman (violin), Zachary Carrettin (violin), Mina Gajic (piano), COmpass REsonance (ensemble) [ Onyx / CD - released 29/May/2026 ] Violinist Vadim Gluzman writes that in working with the Boulder, Colorado based ensemble COmpass REsonance, (CORE) he found a group that shared his artistic values, and they now have a close working relationship. 'Combining the music of J. S. Bach... |
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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 25 KV 503 & 26 KV 537 "Coronation Concerto" Alim Beisembayev (piano), ORF Radio Symphonieorchester Wien, Howard Griffiths [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 22/May/2026 ] Alim Beisembayev is featured in this 14th volume of the Next Generation Mozart Soloists series. Under the baton of Howard Griffiths, the Kazakhstani pianist, who studied in Russia and at the Royal Academy of Music in London, presents two of Mozart's... |
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DUSAN BOGDANOVIĆ
Bogdanović: Music Gardens of the World DUO Goni-Perretta [ Naxos / CD - released 22/May/2026 ] Dušan Bogdanović's inspiration behind this project came from writing a compilation of world music pieces for his young son, but after hearing the duo of Antigoni Goni and Eleonora Perretta perform he greatly expanded the idea. The abundant spirit of... |
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GEORGE GERSHWIN / AARON COPLAND / RICHARD ROGERS / JULE STYNE
An American Dream? Barbara Hannigan; Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 22/May/2026 ] With 'An American Dream?', Barbara Hannigan explores the concept of The American Dream. "I grew up in awe of America. I am still in awe, but largely in a nostalgic way. With this repertoire, I want to express my admiration for the incredible... |
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BARRY DOUGLAS / JOHN FIELD / TRADITIONAL
Celtic Nocturne: Piano Works Barry Douglas (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 22/May/2026 ] Barry Douglas CBE has established a major international career since winning the Gold Medal at the 1986 Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition, in Moscow. In demand as a soloist and as a recitalist and chamber musician, he has performed with... |
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JOSEPH BOLOGNE de SAINT-GEORGE
Chevalier de Saint-George Portrait Theotime Langlois de Swarte (violin), Lauranne Oliva (soprano), Bastien Rimondi (tenor), Victor Sicard (baritone), Orchestre de l'Opera Royal [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / 2 CD - released 22/May/2026 ] A tireless adventurer and eclectic soul, Joseph Bologne de Saint-George is revisited here through a unique portrait that reveals the many facets of his talent. A true polymath born in Guadeloupe, he combined the arts and arms: an outstanding fencer,... |
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Capella de Ministrers, Carles Magraner
San Francesco Giullare di Dio [ Capella de Ministrers / CD - released 22/May/2026 ] Saint Francis of Assisi is one of the most universal figures in Western history, venerated not only by the Catholic tradition but also by Protestant and Orthodox communities, as well as by many non-Christians drawn to his message of poverty,... |