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 285
JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY
Lully: Proserpine Marie Lys (soprano), Veronique Gens (soprano), Olivier Gourdy (bass), Jean-Sebastien Bou (baritone), Les Talens Lyriques [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / 3 CD - released 22/May/2026 ] Composed in 1680, Proserpine marks the reunion of Lully and Quinault after the scandal surrounding Isis (1677). Set in the splendour of Saint-Germain, the work offers a mythological mirror to the Dauphin's wedding. In it, Lully revolutionises his... |
PAUL HINDEMITH
Hindemith in Paris Christopher Park (piano), Guilhem Kusnierek (trombone) [ Naxos / CD - released 22/May/2026 ] Paul Hindemith is among the most significant German composers of the 20th century. The Sonata for Trombone and Piano - one of a multitude of sonatas he composed for various instruments - is a lively tour de force, performed here with an additional... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (Live) Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Luisi [ Delos / 13 CD - released 22/May/2026 ] The Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Fabio Luisi release a landmark live recording of Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, captured over several concerts at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas in 2024. Representing a rare... |
JOHN BULL / THOMAS TALLIS / WILLIAM BYRD etc
Music for These Troubled Times: Tallis, Byrd, Bull, Gibbons, Shalygin Dmytro Kokoshynskyy (harpsichord) [ Fuga Libera / CD - released 22/May/2026 ] Music for These Troubled Times explores the melancholy of the past through the keyboard repertoire of the English virginalists of the late 16th and 17th centuries, and links this still familiar state of mind with the present - an age of social and... |
JAVIER CONTRERAS
Contreras: Works for Two Guitars Dúo Sudamericano [ Naxos / CD - released 22/May/2026 ] This album showcases recent works for two guitars by the Chilean composer and guitarist Javier Contreras. He is joined by fellow Chilean guitarist and pedagogue, José Antonio Escobar - a decisive figure in Contreras's musical development - to explore... |
ANTON RUBINSTEIN
Rubinstein: Piano Sonatas Nos. 3 and 4 Han Chen (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 22/May/2026 ] Anton Rubinstein stood at the heart of Russian musical life for nearly half a century and had a profound influence on generations of Russian musicians, including Tchaikovsky. His piano sonatas reveal a composer intent on uniting intellect and... |
BELA BARTOK / JEAN FRANCAIX / HENRYK GORECKI / FRANCIS POULENC
Clavecin XX Justin Taylor (harpsichord), Orchestre National de Lille, Chloé Dufresne [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 22/May/2026 ] Generally labelled as a Baroque instrument and thought to have disappeared with the French Revolution, the harpsichord flourished again in the first third of the 20th century and inspired original compositions. |
CONRAD ASMAN / DAVID EARL / ROELOF TEMMINGH
Clarinet Colours: Concertos by South African Composers Maria du Toit (clarinet), Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra (orchestra) [ Channel Classics / CD - released 22/May/2026 ] South African/Dutch clarinettist Maria du Toit and the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Arjan Tien release 'Clarinet Colours' on Channel Classics. Exploring the contemporary clarinet repertoire of South African composers reveals a sound... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH / ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGANG / JOY LISNEY
Fountain of Youth: Shostakovich, Lisney & Korngold Mithras Trio [ Linn Records / CD - released 22/May/2026 ] Mithras Trio's second album for Linn showcases early works by Shostakovich, Korngold and Lisney, continuing the 'intriguing and eclectic' programming The Guardian praised on its first album Eros. Fountain of Youth highlights the surprising number of... |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Symphony no.4, Cello Concerto, Fantasie op.131 Alexander Rudin (cello), Musica Viva (orchestra) [ Fuga Libera / CD - released 22/May/2026 ] This album offers an intimate journey into Schumann's world through three emblematic works. At its heart stands the original 1841 version of the Fourth Symphony, a rarely performed score whose transparency and almost chamber-like clarity reveal a... |
ALBERTO GINASTERA / ASTOR PIAZZOLLA / GABRIEL SIVAK / SEBASTIAN PIANA etc
Figures Argentines Quatuor Voce, Pablo Márquez, Jean-Baptiste Henry [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 22/May/2026 ] Always curious and seeking new horizons, the musicians of the Voce quartet fell in love with Argentina during their concert tours. In Buenos Aires and Rosario, they frequented peñas and milongas (folk music dance clubs) and had exciting working... |
WILLIAM BYRD / JOHN TAVERNER / JOHN BULL / THOMAS MORLEY etc
Troubled Times: Music and Espionage in Renaissance England The Queen's Six, The Rose Consort of Viols [ Signum / CD - released 22/May/2026 ] Troubled Times: Music and Espionage in Renaissance England explores sacred music written amid the religious and political instability of 16th-century England. Performed by The Queen's Six with The Rose Consort of Viols, the programme examines how... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Mandoline. Dans les salons fin-de-siècle Raffaele La Ragione (mandolin), François Dumont, Sandrine Piau [ Arcana / CD - released 22/May/2026 ] After the success of Mandolin on Stage, dedicated to the most emblematic 18th-century concertos for mandolin and recorded with Il Pomo d'Oro directed by Francesco Corti, Raffaele La Ragione returns with his third album for Arcana. This time he... |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Tosca Soloists, Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Daniele Gatti [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 22/May/2026 ] Giacomo Puccini's much-loved opera Tosca contains some of hismost famous lyrical arias. It is also a powerful and tragic theatre piece set in politically dangerous times featuring moments of courage and romantic tenderness. The expressive force of... |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Fairy Tales Susan Platts, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos / CD - released 22/May/2026 ] Igor Stravinsky is renowned for his legacy of glittering fairy tales in treasured favourites such as Petrushka and The Firebird. Another favourite is the ballet Pulcinella, a lovable melange of Baroque theatricality, heard here in its concert suite... |
NICO MUHLY
Muhly: With Eys Lift Up Choir of Magdalen College Oxford, Mark Williams (conductor) [ Coro / CD - released 15/May/2026 ] Featuring 13 premiere recordings, With Eys Lift Up is a new collection of works written by American composer Nico Muhly for - and the majority commissioned by - the Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford. Comprising settings of the mass and canticles... |
Christina Pluhar, L'Arpeggiata
La Torre del Oro [ Erato / CD - released 15/May/2026 ] Named after the twelve-sided 'golden' tower that dominates the River Guadilquivir in Seville, La Torre del Oro, is the latest album from Christina Pluhar's ensemble L'Arpeggiata. Tracing and mixing the musical cross-currents that run between Spain... |
JOHANNA SENFTER
Senfter: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 9 Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie, Rheinland-Pflaz, Chelsea Gallo (cond.) [ Capriccio / CD - released 15/May/2026 ] German composer Johanna Senfter was a student of Max Reger, who recognised her musical talent and encouraged her to pursue advanced studies in his composition class in Leipzig, which she completed with distinction in 1909. In 1910, she was awarded... |
HUGO KAUDER
Kauder: Kammermusik Vol. 1 Daniel Glover, Karen Bentley Pollick [ Toccata Classics / CD - released 15/May/2026 ] In 1938 the Moravian-born Hugo Kauder (1888-1972) became one of the many Jewish musicians forced to flee Vienna into exile in the United States. Kauder's music reflects his Viennese heritage, with his generous output of chamber music in particular... |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Horn Concertos, Rondo K371 Martin Owen (horn), Manchester Camerata (orchestra), Gabor Takacs-Nagy [ Chandos / CD - released 15/May/2026 ] Mozart composed all of these pieces for the virtuoso horn player Joseph Leutgeb (or Leitgeb) (1732 - 1811). Leutgeb was born in Vienna and established his reputation as a soloist there before working in Salzburg, where Mozart made his... |
