Classical New Releases
Classical New Releases
Below is a list of all classical CD titles released in the last 120 days.
Displaying items 101 to 120 of 288
ASSAD / BROUWER / CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO / KAYA / LAM / etc
Bokyung Byun - Winner 2021 Guitar Foundation of America Competition Bokyung Byun (guitar) [ Naxos Guitar Laureate Series / CD - released 10/Jun/2022 ] Bokyung Byun, one of the most formidable classical guitarists of the younger generation, presents here a wide variety of compositions from diverse nationalities and eras. |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: La Scala di Seta [The Silken Ladder] (complete opera) Claudia Urru, Meagan Sill (sopranos) Michele Angelini, Remy Burnens (tenors) Emmanuel Franco (baritone) Eugenio Di Lieto (bass) / Kraków Philharmonic [ Naxos Opera / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Jun/2022 ] Gioachino Rossini was only 20 when he was commissioned to compose La scala di seta. It is one of four farsa comica operas which fed popular demand for this genre in Venice in the early 19th century and was wildly successful. |
FERNANDO LOPES-GRACA
Lopos-Graca: Divertimento / Sinfonieta Cinco Velhos / Romances Portugueses / Quatro Invenções Eldar Nebolsin (piano) / Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto - Casa da Música, Matthias Bamert [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jun/2022 ] Fernando Lopes-Graça was one of Portugal's greatest composers of the 20th century, whose artistic credo was the binding together of the folk music of his native country with modern techniques to create an alternative and original national identity. |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
The New Four Seasons - Vivaldi Recomposed Chineke! Orchestra, Elena Urioste (violin), Max Richter [ Deutsche Gramophon / CD - released 10/Jun/2022 ] When Max Richter's Recomposed first exploded into our collective ears almost a decade ago, a 59-minutes-28-seconds sonic starburst, the effect for so many people was total. We hadn't heard anything like that, ever. |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
The New Four Seasons - Vivaldi Recomposed (LP) Chineke! Orchestra, Elena Urioste (violin), Max Richter [ Deutsche Gramophon / LP - released 10/Jun/2022 ] When Max Richter's Recomposed first exploded into our collective ears almost a decade ago, a 59-minutes-28-seconds sonic starburst, the effect for so many people was total. We hadn't heard anything like that, ever. Experiencing it felt as though we... |
STEVE REICH
Reich: Reich / Richter Ensemble Intercontemporain, George Jackson [ Nonesuch / Warner / CD - released 10/Jun/2022 ] Nonesuch Records releases the first recording of Steve Reich's 'Reich/Richter', performed by Ensemble Intercontemporain and conducted by George Jackson. |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Ouvertures [Suites] Ensemble Masques; Olivier Fortin [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 10/Jun/2022 ] "Excellent performances and initiative." MusicWeb |
TONU KORVITS / ULO KRIGUL / HELENA TULVE / TAUNO AINTS / LEPO SUMERA
Estonian Premieres Estonian Festival Orchestra; Paavo Järvi [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 10/Jun/2022 ] After two recordings released on Alpha Classics (including a monograph devoted to Erkki-Sven Tüür - ALPHA595 - that won a Diapason d'Or in 2020), the Estonian Festival Orchestra and Paavo Järvi present six works by five internationally renowned... |
SIGISMOND THALBERG
Thalberg: Fantasies on Operas by Verdi, Rossini and Bellini Francesco Nicolosi (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jun/2022 ] A student of Hummel, Sigismond Thalberg was one of the great virtuoso pianist-composers of the 19th century, who enjoyed a celebrated rivalry with Liszt that was largely fomented by the press. |
SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR
Coleridge-Taylor: Early Chamber Works - Nonet / Piano Trio / Piano Quintet Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective [ Chandos / CD - released 10/Jun/2022 ] Samuel Coleridge-Taylor is best known for his cantata Hiawatha's Wedding Feast, which brought him international success as well as propelling his career at home in the UK - success which was remarkable in stuffy late-Victorian England because of his... |
HONEGGER / ENESCU / FRANCAIX / GERSHWIN
Intrada Omar Tomasoni (trumpet), Jeroen Bal (piano), Femke Ijstra (saxophone) [ Channel Classics / CD - released 10/Jun/2022 ] "This album presents some of the all-time "classics" of the classical trumpet repertoire. After much deliberation on how, when, what and why, trumpeter Omar Tomasoni explains that two specific events convinced him that now was the time to make the... |
GIAN FRANCESCO MALIPIERO
Malipiero: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / etc Paolo Chiavacci (violin) / Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, Francesco La Vecchia [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jun/2022 ] |
GRIEG
Lyric Pieces Volume 1 Peter Donohoe (Piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 10/Jun/2022 ] If Chopin 'invented' the Mazurka, then surely by the same token Grieg 'invented' the Lyric Piece. Over his lifetime he published ten volumes of Lyric Pieces, containing sixty-six individual works. Born in Bergen, Grieg studied in Leipzig and became... |
TAN DUN
Tan Dun: Eight Memories in watercolor / C-A-G-E-(In Memory of John Cage) / Film Music Sonata / etc Ralph van Raat (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jun/2022 ] |
JOHN IRELAND
Ireland: Orchestral Works Sinfonia of London, John Wilson (conductor) [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Jun/2022 ] "An absolutely outstanding disc in superb sound...The presentation is up to Chandos's normal high standards, with a very detailed analysis of each work and a history of the orchestra." MusicWeb recommended June 2022 |
TREVOR DUNCAN
Duncan: 20th Century Express / A Little Suite / Children in the Park Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra, Theodore Kuchar [ Naxos British Light Music Vol 8 / CD - released 10/Jun/2022 ] Allied to his melodic gifts, early experiences as a sound and balance engineer equipped Trevor Duncan with a profound understanding of instrumental colour. During the 1950s he composed light music that became instantly recognisable. |
BORIS MIKOLAYOVICH LYATOSHYNSKY
Lyatoshynsky: Complete Symphonies Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra, Theodore Kuchar [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Jun/2022 ] Boris Lyatoshynsky was a leading member of the Ukrainian cultural renaissance in the 20th century and his five symphonies remain the most important cycle in his country's musical history. |
OLIVIER MESSIAEN
Messiaen: Vingt Regards sur l'enfant Jésus (with works by Kurtag, Harvey, etc) Bertrand Chamayou (piano) [ Erato / 2 CD - released 3/Jun/2022 ] 'Above all, what impresses is how profoundly nuanced his playing is - holding the sometimes conflicting elements in balance.' Gramophone Editor's Choice July 2022 |
BARTOK / MITROPOULOUS / SAYGUN / ENESCU
Without Borders Can Çakmur (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Jun/2022 ] Towards the end of the 19th century, several composers were taking a new interest in folk music. Folk tunes, or imitations of them, had previously mainly been used in order to provide local colour or as a way of catering to nationalist sentiments,... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / FELIX MENDELSSOHN / J. S. BACH
Beethoven / Mendelssohn / Bach: Prism IV Danish String Quartet [ ECM New Series / CD - released 3/Jun/2022 ] The Danish String Quartet has the unusual distinction of being a group of young musicians with an extensive history of musical collaboration. Its three Danish-born members, Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, Frederik Øland and Asbjørn Nørgaard first played... |
