Classical New Releases
Classical New Releases
Below is a list of all classical CD titles released in the last 120 days.
Displaying items 81 to 100 of 234
CLEMENCE DE GRANDVAL
Grandval: Mazeppa Tassis Christoyannis, Nicole Car, Julien Dran, Ante Jerkunica, Pawel Trojak, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Munchner Rundfunkorchester [ Bru Zane / 2 CD/Book - released 13/Mar/2026 ] 'The subject of Mazeppa has inspired Mme Clémence de Grandval to write a truly remarkable score, the success of which will cause a stir in the musical world.' It was with these flattering words that the press greeted the premiere of the five-act... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev Nemanja Radulović (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra, Johan Dalene, Laure Favre-Kahn, Les Trilles du Diable, Santtu-Matias Rouvali [ Warner Classics / CD - released 13/Mar/2026 ] "There is something wondrous in the music of Sergei Prokofiev," says Nemanja Radulović, "as if it constantly moves between light and shadow, searching for truth through contrast, sarcasm, magic, love, irony, and beauty." Now the violinist - praised... |
BIZET / FAURE / MOZART / FALLA / STRAVINSKY / SCRIABIN / WOLF / DENISOV / etc
Barenboim conducts Orchestre de Paris: Complete EMI Classics & Erato Recordings Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim, with Kathleen Battle, Waltraud Meier, Ann Murray, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Itzhak Perlman & others [ Warner Classics / 15 CD Box Set - released 13/Mar/2026 ] Daniel Barenboim served as the Chief Conductor of the Orchestre de Paris from 1975 to 1989, following Charles Munch, Herbert von Karajan and Georg Solti, starting the role at the age of 33. His tenure was marked by a strong commitment to both the... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Divine Impresario: Nicolini on Stage Randall Scotting (countertenor), Mary Bevan (soprano), Academy of Ancient Music [ Signum / CD - released 13/Mar/2026 ] Divine Impresario is countertenor Randall Scotting's portrait of the celebrated castrato Nicolò Grimaldi ("Nicolini"), performed with the Academy of Ancient Music and Laurence Cummings. Drawing on arias and duets written for Nicolini by Handel,... |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Orchestral Music Sinfonia of London, John Wilson [ Chandos / CD - released 13/Mar/2026 ] Puccini is renowned as one of the greatest opera composers of all time and his early works - before Manon Lescaut catapulted him to international fame - offer a fascinating insight into his development as a composer. John Wilson and Sinfonia of... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Trio op.114; Robert & Clara Schumann: 3 Romances Op.22 & 94; Joseph Joachim: Hebrew Melodies Tabea Zimmermann, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Javier Perianes [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 13/Mar/2026 ] The empathy between Robert and Clara Schumann, Joseph Joachim and Johannes Brahms engendered one of Romanticism's most fruitful artistic friendships. With the aim of mining the precious jewels of that unique intimacy, three great artists have devised... |
NICO MUHLY
Muhly: No Resting Place The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips [ Linn Records / CD - released 13/Mar/2026 ] Nico Muhly and The Tallis Scholars present 'No Resting Place', a collection of world premiere recordings of works that Muhly wrote for The Tallis Scholars over the last 10 years, by invitation of their director Peter Phillips. Phillips says that... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 7 Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Paavo Järvi [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 13/Mar/2026 ] Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich continue their complete cycle of Mahler symphonies with the Seventh, considered one of his most complex and challenging symphonies: "The Mahler we encounter in Symphony No. 7 is more complex, darker and... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No.7 (LP) Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Paavo Järvi [ Alpha Classics / 2 LP - released 13/Mar/2026 ] Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich continue their complete cycle of Mahler symphonies with the Seventh, considered one of his most complex and challenging symphonies: "The Mahler we encounter in Symphony No. 7 is more complex, darker and... |
GIACOMO CARISSIMI / DOMENICO MAZZOCCHI
Carissimi: Historia di Jephte / Motets Voces Suaves, Michele Vannelli [ Arcana / CD - released 13/Mar/2026 ] "For its sixth album on the Arcana label, Voces Suaves presents a programme dedicated to one of the most influential composers of the seventeenth century, the great Giacomo Carissimi. The album features Carissimi's most famous work, the masterful... |
JOHANN JOHANNSSON
Johannsson: Piano Works Alice Sara Ott (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 6/Mar/2026 ] Alice Sara Ott presents world premiere recordings of piano transcriptions of late Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson's most famous works. It includes some of Jóhannsson's iconic works from different films as well as from his studio albums,... |
CLARA SCHUMANN / ROBERT SCHUMANN
R & C Schumann: Violin Concerto, Works for Violin and Piano Midori (violin), Ozgur Aydin (piano), Festival Strings Lucerne [ Pentatone / CD - released 6/Mar/2026 ] Violinist Midori, Festival Strings Lucerne under the direction of Daniel Dodds, and pianist Özgür Aydin present an album of Schumann: Violin Concerto & Works for Violin and Piano by Clara and Robert Schumann, highlighting two deeply connected... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss: Elektra Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Edward Gardner [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 6/Mar/2026 ] First performed in Dresden in 1909, Elektra was Strauss's first collaboration (of many) with the librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal, and is the most modernist of all of his operas. Based on the (heavily reworked) play by Sophocles, Hofmannsthal's... |
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: String Quartets, op.59 nos. 1 & 2 Chiaroscuro Quartet [ BIS / CD - released 6/Mar/2026 ] The Chiaroscuro Quartet is now offering us the fourth instalment of their ongoing complete recording of Beethoven's string quartets. This latest release spotlights the first two of the three Opus 59 quartets known as the 'Razumovsky', named for their... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Crown of Life Choir of the Queen's College, Oxford, Owen Rees [ Signum / CD - released 6/Mar/2026 ] The Crown of Life continues the Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford's exploration of overlooked treasures in twentieth-century English choral music under Owen Rees. At its centre is the first recording of Kenneth Leighton's Missa Christi (1988), the... |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY / GABRIEL FAURE / GUSTAV MAHLER / KURT WEILL etc
Lost to the World Daniel Lozakovich (violin), Hélène Mercier (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 6/Mar/2026 ] A profoundly personal and curated new recording by violinist Daniel Lozakovich, joined by pianist Hélène Mercier, inspired by his own reflections on childhood and the redemptive power of music. It combines cornerstones of the Romantic repertoire... |
HUW WATKINS
Watkins:Fanfare, Symphony no.2, Concerto for Orchestra Hallé Orchestra, Mark Elder [ Hallé / CD - released 6/Mar/2026 ] This album celebrates a warm and close musical relationship between composer, conductor and orchestra - and the extraordinary impact the Covid pandemic had on British cultural life. Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé commissioned and premiered the works on... |
SEBASTIAN de VIVANCO / CHRISTOBAL de MORALES
Lead, Kindly Light Harry Christophers & The Sixteen [ Coro / CD - released 6/Mar/2026 ] Spain's Siglo de Oro, the Age of Gold, gave rise to some of the greatest sacred choral music of the Renaissance. Lead, Kindly Light is devoted to the music of two outstanding Spanish composers exploring majestic works by Cristóbal de Morales, famed... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Cinema Hauser (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, Robert Ziegler (conductor) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 6/Mar/2026 ] With his unmistakable artistry and passion, HAUSER breathes new life into cinema's most iconic music. This collection, recorded with the prestigious London Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Robert Ziegler, spans decades of cinematic history,... |
MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Volume 12 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 6/Mar/2026 ] Jean-Efflam Bovouzet's acclaimed cycle of Mozart's piano concertos reaches its conclusion with this twelfth volume. The programme offers a suitably celebratory mood: the Overtures to Idomeneo and La finta semplice frame the A major and D major Rondos... |
