Below is a list of all classical CD titles released in the last 120 days.
ADOLPHE ADAM
Adam: Griseldis Marija Jelic (soprano) / Sofia Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra, Dario Salvi [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 16/May/2025 ] Adolphe Adam is famous for the popular ballets Giselle and Le Corsaire, with his stage works being highly influential in the development of 19th-century musical theatre, most especially in the evolution of the Romantic ballet. The colourful and... |
C. P. E. BACH
CPE Bach: Solo Keyboard Music Vol.42 Miklos Spanyi (clavichord) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/May/2025 ] With this recording, volume 42 of the complete music for solo keyboard by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Miklos Spányi continues his exploration of transcriptions of concertos originally written for keyboard and orchestra, to which he adds some movements... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Op 61 Nicola Benedetti (violin) / Aurora Orchestra, Nicolas Collon [ Decca / CD - released 16/May/2025 ] ""Benedetti's first entry is swift, weightless and agile, landing as it does on the softest of pianissimos, the effect at once both virtuosic and ethereal.." Gramophone |
MENDELSSOHN / BRUCH / TURINA / ALBÉNIZ / TORROBA / RODRIGO / etc
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos - The Decca Legacy Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Narciso Yepes, Alicia de Larrocha, Ion Voicu [ Decca Eloquence / 11 CD Box Set - released 16/May/2025 ] Of German parentage, but growing up in Burgos, Spain, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos had an innate sympathy with both musical traditions of his heritage, and Decca played to this strength. |
SVEN HELBIG
Helbig: Requiem A René Pape (bass), Dresdner Kreuzchor, Staatskapelle Dresden, Martin Lehmann [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 16/May/2025 ] Dresden-based composer and producer Sven Helbig creates Requiem A to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, honouring the victims of war and sending a profound plea for peace. |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos, Solo Works Yuja Wang (piano) Thomas Rolfs (trumpet) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 16/May/2025 ] "A genuine collaborative spirit presides over these Shostakovich concerto performances, not to mention the dazzling execution and playful characterisation one expects from this particular piano soloist." Gramophone Editor's Choice June 2025 |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Symphony no.1 / Symphonic Dances Sinfonia of London, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/May/2025 ] John Wilson and Sinfonia of London complete their set of Rachmaninov symphonies with this recording of the First Symphony and the Symphonic Dances. |
W. A. MOZART / DUKAS / SMETANA / RACHMANINOV / PROKOFIEV / BARTOK / etc
Walter Weller - The Decca Legacy Walter Weller, Pascal Rogé, Mayumi Fujikawa, Pilar Lorengar [ Decca Eloquence / 20 CD Box Set - released 16/May/2025 ] A violinist-conductor who understood orchestras from the inside out: commanding power and Viennese warmth in the complete Decca symphonic recordings of the Austrian conductor Walter Weller. Includes complete cycles of the Rachmaninoff and.Prokofiev. |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 16/May/2025 ] Benefiting from the superb audio quality achieved in the exceptional acoustic of Boston's Symphony Hall, Yo-Yo Ma gives inspired performances of Shostakovich's two cello concertos. |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos (LP) Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 LP - released 16/May/2025 ] Benefiting from the superb audio quality achieved in the exceptional acoustic of Boston's Symphony Hall, Yo-Yo Ma gives inspired performances of Shostakovich's two cello concertos. The inventive First was written for another friend, Mstislav... |
VON BINGEN / STROZZI / FARRENC / SCHUMANN / BEACH / BACEWICZ / GUBAIDULINA / etc
Female Composers Ensemble San Felice, Cappella di Santa Maria degli Angiolini, Cappella Artemisia, Canto Fiorito [ Naxos / 25 CD Box Set - released 9/May/2025 ] This remarkable set gathers many individual recordings of music by women composers, which Brilliant Classics has quietly yet actively championed in their catalogue for decades, uniting it with exciting new outings. |
CESAR GUERRA-PEIXE
Guerra-Peixe: Symphonies Nos.1 & 2 / Nonet Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra, Neil Thomson [ Naxos The Music of Brazil / CD - released 9/May/2025 ] César Guerra-Peixe's compact First Symphony and the colourful Nonet date from his years as part of the Música Viva group - a collective of young composers influenced by Hans-Joachim Koellreutter, the German composer and teacher who brought serial... |
OLIVER DAVIS
Davis: Life Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Julian Kershaw (conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 9/May/2025 ] The latest installment from composer Oliver Davis, an album inspired by his work Life Cycle for violin and strings, with all the works that followed playing on the theme of life. Featuring works for violin, piano, strings, harp and orchestra, Davis... |
STRAUSS / LEHAR / HEUBERGER / KALMAN / MOZART / BELLINI / DONIZETTI / HANDEL / etc
Richard Bonynge: The Opera Collection Yvonne Kenny, Isabel Buchanan, Joan Sutherland, Deborah Riedel, Heather Begg, Angela Denning, etc / Richard Bonynge, conductor [ ABC Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 9/May/2025 ] Richard Bonynge is renowned as one of the finest opera conductors of his generation. His musicianship has been acclaimed around the globe - but it is at home in Australia that many of his closest musical collaborations have developed. |
LEPO SUMERA
Sumera: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6 Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Olari Elts [ Ondine / CD - released 2/May/2025 ] |
VIKTOR KALABIS
Kalabis: Duettina, Chamber music & Diptych Gidon Kremer (violin & conductor) / The Kremerata Baltica [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/May/2025 ] Composer and works may be unfamiliar, but Viktor Kalabis's Duettina, Chamber music & Diptych are very much the sort of repertoire in which Gidon Kremer and Kremerata Baltica (to both of whom Hyperion extends the warmest of welcomes) specialize. All... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
1612 Italian Vespers I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth [ Coro / CD - released 2/May/2025 ] On this 2012 recording, previously available on Decca, Robert Hollingworth leads his celebrated ensemble, I Fagiolini, on a journey unearthing incredible lost works from the late Renaissance and early Baroque, adding to their acclaimed 'Colossal... |
HENRI SAUGUET / GORDON JACOB / MICHAEL HEAD / THOMAS SIMAKU / RUTH GIPPS / etc
Honey-coloured cow Laurence Perkins (bassoon), Carducci String Quartet, John Flinders (piano), Amy Thompson, Matthew Kitteringham (bassoons) [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/May/2025 ] Laurence Perkins is not only an extremely accomplished bassoonist; he also has the enviable talent of devising memorable and attractive programmes (and album titles) for his instrument. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem Miku Yasukawa (soprano) Jochen Kupfer (bass-baritone) Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/May/2025 ] Before conquering concert halls with his symphonies, Johannes Brahms made a name for himself as a choral conductor. He led vocal ensembles in his hometown of Hamburg, in Detmold and Vienna, enriching the repertoire with his own music. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Complete Symphonies - The Chief Conductors Edition Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly, Daniele Gatti, Willem Mengelberg, Bernard Haitink, Mariss Jansons, Eduard van Beinum [ RCO Live SACD / 15 CD Box Set - released 2/May/2025 ] In 1903, Gustav Mahler conducted his own work with the Concertgebouw Orchestra for the first time. He was ecstatic about orchestra, choirs and audience: 'The music culture in this country is astonishing! The way these people can listen!' |