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 263
ARTUR LEMBA
Lemba: Chamber Music Vol.2 Sten Lassmann (piano), M4gnet String Quartet [ Toccata Classics / CD - released 5/Jun/2026 ] The music of Artur Lemba has been strangely neglected, even in his native Estonia - although during his lifetime (1885-1963) he was held in high regard as pianist and teacher. That oversight is all the more surprising in view of the expansive,... |
AARON COPLAND / GEORGE WALKER
Copland: Symphony No. 3 / Walker: Sinfonia No. 5 London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano [ LSO Live / CD - released 5/Jun/2026 ] Aaron Copland's third symphony is a vast and beautiful work depicting sprawling landscapes, forceful intensity and the power of human resilience. Composed in the final days of World War II, it channels the spirit of a nation looking toward brighter... |
MAURICE RAVEL / ROBERT SCHUMANN / RICHARD STRAUSS / AMY BEACH etc
Deep River Miclen LaiPang (violin), Nigel Yandell (piano) [ Delos / CD - released 5/Jun/2026 ] "A force to be reckoned with" (The New York Times), violinist Miclen LaiPang makes his solo recording debut on Delos with a very personal recital. Featuring music that has accompanied him over time, "Deep River" traces a path through styles and... |
MOHAMMAD KARIMI / MOHAMMAD MUSAVI
Iran: The Masters of Music, Vol. 2 Mohammad Karimi (chant), Mohammad Musavi (ney / flute) [ Ocora / CD - released 5/Jun/2026 ] Karimi, master of singing, drew on the most authentic source of the radif (classical repertoire) to create an intimate expression far removed from any artifice, in perfect harmony with Mohammad Musavi's ney flute -a simple reed with immense... |
KJELL FLEM
Flem: Piano Concerto, Cello Concerto Oliver Triendl, Benedict Kloeckner, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin) [ Capriccio / CD - released 5/Jun/2026 ] Born in Ålesund (Norway) in 1943, Kjell Flem studied with Einar Englund and Einojuhani Rautavaara, going on to distinguish himself as a much-celebrated composer of Scandinavian contemporary music. His compositions are generally non-radical and... |
OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Respighi: Sinfonia drammatica Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Robert Treviño [ Ondine / CD - released 5/Jun/2026 ] Conductor Robert Trevino's second album release of orchestral music by Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936) together with the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI features Respighi's massive orchestral masterpiece, the Sinfonia drammatica. Respighi's... |
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Presumed Beethoven: The Six String Quartets, Anh. 2 Quartetto Alla Maniera Italiana [ Arcana / 2 CD - released 5/Jun/2026 ] In 1927, at the time of the first Beethoven centenary, the celebrated French musicologist Saint-Foix drew attention to an anonymous manuscript collection of six quartets that once belonged to the publisher Domenico (III) Artaria and is today... |
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Late String Quartets Quatuor Diotima [ Pentatone / 3 CD - released 5/Jun/2026 ] Quatuor Diotima presents an album of Beethoven's late string quartets, bringing renewed clarity and passion to some of the most profound works in the chamber repertoire. Written in the final years of his life, these late quartets unfold as deeply... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Santtu conducts Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 and Moscow, Cheryomushki Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor), Philharmonia Orchestra [ Signum / CD - released 5/Jun/2026 ] Santtu conducts Shostakovich: Moscow Cheryomushki and Symphony No. 1 is the seventh album from Philharmonia Records. Led by Santtu-Matias Rouvali, these performances were recorded live at the Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall, where they are... |
BELA BARTOK / FREDERIC CHOPIN / / FRANZ LISZT / MAURICE RAVEL / CARL MARIA VON WEBER / ALEXI STANCHINSKY
Debut Sasha Stychkina (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 5/Jun/2026 ] Greek-Russian pianist Sasha Stychkina, born in December 2003 in Moscow into a family of musicians and filmmakers, is the youngest finalist and winner in the history of the Marguerite Long International Piano Competition in Paris in November... |
JOHN FIELD
Field: Piano Sonatas, Variations, Rondo, Waltz Tyler Hay (piano) [ Piano Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2026 ] The Irish-born composer John Field is still celebrated today as 'the father of the nocturne' for his creation of a genre which went on to inspire Chopin and generations of Romantic-era composers for the piano. |
ANTONIO VIVALDI / ASTOR PIAZZOLLA etc
From Venice to Buenos Aires Andres Gabetta (violin), Veronica Cangemi (soprano), Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi (bandoneon / accordion), Gabetta Consort [ Pentatone / CD - released 29/May/2026 ] Andrés Gabetta (violin and direction), Veronica Cangemi (soprano), Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi (bandoneon and accordion), and the Gabetta Consort present From Venice to Buenos Aires, a remarkable journey from 18th-century Venice to the streets of... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT / FLORENCE PRICE / LILI BOULANGER / WILLIAM GRANT STILL / CARL REINECKE
The Deep Has Always Known Me Brandon Patrick George (flute), Bryan Wagorn (piano) [ Pentatone / CD - released 29/May/2026 ] GRAMMY-winning flutist Brandon Patrick George and pianist Bryan Wagorn present The Deep Has Always Known Me, an album inspired by the myth of Undine - her emergence from the depths, her experience of love, and her transformation into human form. The... |
COLIN MATTHEWS
Matthews: Seascapes Claire Booth (soprano), Marcus Farnsworth (baritone), The Nash Ensemble, Jessica Cottis (conductor) [ Onyx / CD - released 29/May/2026 ] Colin Matthews is one of the UK's leading composers and celebrates his 80th birthday this year. Known for his large-scale orchestral works, chamber works and smaller scale ensemble compositions such as the song cycles on this album, Matthews is also... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Elegance - French Music for Flute and Harp Juliette Hurel (flute), Isabelle Moretti (harp) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 29/May/2026 ] Juliette Hurel and Isabelle Moretti present an inspired selection of French music for flute and harp, featuring key masterpieces alongside some rare delights. From the intensely vocal melodic line of Fauré and Debussy's playful exploration of timbres... |
Mikhail Pletnev, Rachmaninoff International Orchestra, EuroArts
Pletnev: Rachmaniana / Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances [ Warner Classics / CD - released 29/May/2026 ] Alongside Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances, this release features the world premiere recording of Mikhail Pletnev's Rachmaniana, which was first performed in January 2026 at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg. The eight short pieces of the Rachmaniana... |
GARTH NEUSTADTER
Neustadter: Seaborne The Percussion Collective, Kjell van Sice (conductor) [ Pentatone / CD - released 29/May/2026 ] The Percussion Collective, under the artistic guidance of Robert van Sice, presents the album Seaborne, an extraordinary journey across the ocean where music and imagery converge to reveal the sea in all its wonder. From the soaring aerial vistas of... |
PHILIP GLASS
Glass: Music With Changing Parts (2026 Reissue LP) Philip Glass Ensemble [ Superior Viaduct / LP - released 29/May/2026 ] Philip Glass, the great American composer, was already in his mid-30s before his first album appeared, and then only because he produced the double LP himself. Music With Changing Parts was the inaugural release on his own Chatham Square imprint in... |
ANTONIN DVORAK / JOHAN WAGENAAR
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" + Wagenaar: "Cyrano de Bergerac" Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Lahav Shani [ Warner Classics / CD - released 29/May/2026 ] Dvořák's much-loved Symphony No. 9 'From the New World' now joins the sequence of symphonies, ranging from the dawn of musical Romanticism to the 1930s, recorded for Warner Classics by the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and its Chief Conductor... |
J.S. BACH / VALENTIN SILVESTROV
Bach + Silvestrov Vadim Gluzman (violin), Zachary Carrettin (violin), Mina Gajic (piano), COmpass REsonance (ensemble) [ Onyx / CD - released 29/May/2026 ] Violinist Vadim Gluzman writes that in working with the Boulder, Colorado based ensemble COmpass REsonance, (CORE) he found a group that shared his artistic values, and they now have a close working relationship. 'Combining the music of J. S. Bach... |
