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 284
ANONYMOUS / ARCHIE FISHER / JERRY HOLLAND / JAMES OSWALD / NIEL GOW / THOMAS D'URFEY / WILLIAM THOMSON / FRANCESCO GEMINIANI / THOMAS RAVENCROFT etc
Songs from the North Country Rosemary Standley, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, François Lazarevitch [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 25/Sep/2026 ] As great lovers of traditional music, Rosemary Standley and François Lazarevitch were bound to meet one day. The founding leader of Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien proposed collaborating on a programme of English ballads with the iconic singer from the... |
MANUEL de FALLA
Falla: Orchestral Works The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Domingo Hindoyan [ Onyx / CD - released 25/Sep/2026 ] "A wonderful addition to the 150th birthday celebrations of Falla, Domingo Hindoyan and his superb RLPO alive to this music's rhythmic intensity and vivid sound world." Gramophone Editor's Choice Oct 26 |
FEDERICO MOMPOU / DÉODAT DE SÉVERAC / ISAAC ALBÉNIZ
Cataluña Wilhem Latchoumia [ La Dolce Volta / CD - released 25/Sep/2026 ] "Musical sound waves circulate through space. From which is derived that seductive, yet also elusive, unstable, phenomenon, known as music." Thus wrote Vladimir Jankélévitch in his essay La Présence lointaine (Distant Presence), exploring the... |
The Mozartists, Ian Page (conductor)
Sturm und Drang Vol 4 [ Signum / CD - released 19/Sep/2026 ] The fourth instalment in the Mozartists projected seven-volume series conducted by Ian Page pairs two turbulent minor-key symphonies by Kraus and Haydn with operatic scenes featuring soprano Alexandra Lowe. Kraus's rarely heard Symphony in C minor,... |
PAQUITO D'RIVERA / OMAR MASSA / YAMANDU COSTA / SÉRGIO ASSAD
Horizons: Live at Festival PAAX GNP Alondra de la Parra; The Impossible Orchestra [ Fuga Libera / CD - released 18/Sep/2026 ] Fuga Latina is a new collection from Outhere Music dedicated to honouring the voice of Latin America in all its richness and complexity; its composers, musicians and creators, its diverse traditions, and the creative dialogues it has with the world,... |
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JOHANNES BRAMS
Brahms: Klavierstücke [piano pieces] András Schiff (piano) [ ECM New Series / 2 CD - released 18/Sep/2026 ] "Late Brahms played by András Schiff on a beautiful and distinctive-sounding 1859 vintage Blüthner piano, which adds a memorable colour to performances rich in character." Gramophone Bookmark recording Oct 26 |
FRANZ LISZT / PETER CORNELIUS
Liszt: Via Crucis Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Peter Dijkstra [ BR Klassik / CD - released 18/Sep/2026 ] The church music Franz Liszt composed in his later years was always innovative, radical and thoroughly idiosyncratic, yet was frequently and unjustly overlooked in the repertoire. Now, the Bavarian Radio Chorus, conducted by Peter Dijkstra, has taken... |
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Giulio Cesare (complete opera) Louise Alder, Meili Li, John Holiday, Morgan Pearse, Christophe Dumaux / The English Concert, Harry Bicket [ Linn Records / 3 CD Box Set - released 18/Sep/2026 ] "A splendid recording of Handel's Giulio Cesare in Egitto, rich in character throughout, whether from the superb soloists or the brilliant players under Harry Bicket." Gramophone Recording of the Month (Oct 2026) |
DANIELE DI BONAVENTURA / ENZO FAVATA / MARCELLO PEGHIN
Ritornare Enzo Favata, Quintetto Atlantico [ ECM / CD - released 18/Sep/2026 ] Enzo Favata's Atlantico quintet explores the musical space where jazz, chamber music dynamics and improvisation meet - never predictable, but with a strong sense of direction grounded in vast musical backgrounds, including the multitude of... |
CLAUDIO MERULO / CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI / ANONYMOUS / GIOVANNI GABRIELI / GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA PALESTRINA
Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine InAlto, Lambert Colson [ Ricercar / 2 CD - released 18/Sep/2026 ] The 1610 Vespers, composed at a pivotal moment in Claudio Monteverdi's life when he sought not only to establish his new musical language but also to obtain high-placed employment, take on new significance here. Based on a renewed philological... |
CHRISTOPHER SIMPSON
Simpson: The Seasons, The Monthes & other divisions of Time - II Les Lucioles [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 18/Sep/2026 ] Twenty years have passed since the release of The Seasons, The Monthes & other divisions of Time - I (ALPHA1289, also reissued) by the violist Sophie Watillon, who died prematurely a year after the album's release. Lucile Boulanger and the... |
HEINRICH IGNAZ FRANZ BIBER / JOHANN HEINRICH SCHMELZER / JOHANN PAUL VON WESTHOFF / JOHANN JOSEPH VILSMAYR / SAMUEL CAPRICORNUS / JOHANN PHILIPP KRIEG
Aurora Germanica Louise Ayrton (violin) [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / CD - released 18/Sep/2026 ] Long before Bach's genius came to the fore, a line of intrepid minds patiently paved the way for the dawn of the Baroque violin in the Holy Roman Empire, lifting it out of the shadow of the voice to establish it as a commanding solo instrument. From... |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 KV 466 & 22 KV 482 Marie-Ange Nguci (piano), Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Howard Griffiths [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 18/Sep/2026 ] The sixteenth volume of the 'Next Generation Mozart Soloists' series - the penultimate instalment in this collection dedicated to the younger generation of performers, produced in collaboration with the Orpheum Foundation - is fast becoming... |
FERDINAND HEROLD
Hérold: Zampa ou La Fiancée de marbre (CD & Book) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Erik Nielsen; Julien Henric; Hélène Carpentier; Cyrille Dubois; Héloïse Mas; François Roug [ Bru Zane / 2 CD/Book - released 18/Sep/2026 ] Zampa enjoyed a triumph at the Opéra-Comique on 3 May 1831. This was probably because Mélesville's libretto displayed some resemblances to Mozart's Don Giovanni: a godless and lawless protagonist, the pirate Zampa, attempts to force Camille,... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / EDVARD GRIEG
Mendelssohn & Grieg: String Quartets Opus13 [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 18/Sep/2026 ] The Opus13 Quartet was formed in 2014 and takes its name from the String Quartet in A minor, Op. 13, by Felix Mendelssohn, a passionate early work and the first piece they ever played together. Comprising two Norwegians (violinists Sonoko Miriam... |
FRANZ LISZT / JOHN ADAMS
Liszt: Dante-Sinfonie / Adams: The Black Gondola Choeur Symphonique de Namur, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liege, Gergely Madaras (cond.) [ BIS / CD - released 18/Sep/2026 ] Following their critically acclaimed recording of the Faust Symphony (BIS2510), the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, conducted by Gergely Madaras and joined by the Choeur Symphonique de Namur, now presents Liszt's Dante Symphony - a work... |
AFTAB DARVISHI / ANNELIES VAN PARYS / CALLIOPE TSOUPAKI / AÏDA SHIRAZI / SASKIA VENEGAS
They Have Waited Long Enough Ragazze Quartet; Katharine Dain; Osama Abdulrasol; Elif Canfezâ Gündüz; Agate Kruszewska; Anna voor de Wind [ Channel Classics / CD - released 18/Sep/2026 ] The music on this album grew from the idea for a new song cycle in which women - so often silent in history and mythology - were to speak for themselves and in which all material would be created and performed by women. The Ragazze Quartet found a... |
FRANZ LISZT / ALEXANDER SCRIABIN / KAIJA SAARIAHO
Passage. A Spiritual Odyssey Salome Jordania [ La Dolce Volta / CD - released 18/Sep/2026 ] With Passage, her debut solo album, the Georgian pianist Salomé Jordania (née 1996) presents a spiritual and vertiginous journey by way of the music of Franz Liszt, Alexander Scriabin and Kaija Saariaho. Moving between mysticism, darkness and the... |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY / MAURICE RAVEL / HUGO WOLF / RICHARD STRAUSS / ALEXANDER VON ZEMLINSKY / MEL BONIS / LOUISE DIDIER / FRANCIS POULENC etc
Contes Sandrine Piau (soprano) David Kadouch (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 18/Sep/2026 ] "A haunting album of songs reflecting different, sometimes dark, aspects of fairy tales and childhood, performed with expressive depth and elegance by soprano Sandrine Piau and pianist David Kadouch." Gramophone Editor's Choice Oct 26 |
FRANK LOESSER
Loesser: Guys and Dolls - A Musical Fable of Broadway Sinfonia of London, John Wilson (conductor) [ Chandos / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 18/Sep/2026 ] "The band sounds marvellous, playing with a sophistication and style that are hallmarks of Wilson's series; the winds are particularly flavourful. The cast, too, reaches high standards." BBC Music |
