Classical New Releases
Classical New Releases
Below is a list of all classical CD titles released in the last 120 days.
Displaying items 121 to 140 of 179
Sophie de Bardonnèche; Lucile Boulanger; Justin Taylor
Destinées [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 4/Oct/2024 ] Destined to be musicians? The female composers to whom Baroque violinist Sophie de Bardonnèche pays tribute enjoyed very different fates: while the name Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665-1729) continued to be remembered, who knows Mlle Duval (born... |
GLINKA / GRIEG / SIBELIUS / ILYICH / TCHAIKOVSKY
Everlasting Seasons Vanessa Wagner [ La Dolce Volta / CD - released 4/Oct/2024 ] Her curiosity, her thirst for discovery and her audacity have led her to cultivate eclecticism, to follow paths less travelled and to take us to places where we might not have expected her to go. |
DEBUSSY / RAVEL / SATIE
Piano Twins Vanessa Wagner; Wilhem Latchoumia [ La Dolce Volta / CD - released 4/Oct/2024 ] "Wilhem Latchoumia and Vanessa Wagner are adventurous pianists whose mastery extends from the standard repertoire to contemporary music. Their duo sprang from the ephemeral quartet of pianists assembled for that project, when they discovered they... |
MODEST PETROVICH MUSSORGSKY
Mussorgsky: Sorochintsï Fair & Salammbô Suite Carina Schmieger, Tair Tazhi, Opernchor des Theater Freiburg, members [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Sep/2024 ] Modest Mussorgsky's operatic output is dominated by the epic Boris Godunov and Khovanshchina, but of his notable unfinished works Sorochintsï Fair is the most prominent example |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Golden Horizon Christoph Ess, Sonja Gornik, Sinfonieorchester Aachen, Christopher Ward [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Sep/2024 ] Richard Strauss is considered to be both the last 'Classical' composer and a champion of modernity. His wide-ranging output stands as a monument to one of the most successful and influential composers of the 20th century. |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
The Chopin Project (Black & White Marble LP) Ólafur Arnalds (cello) Alice Sara Ott (piano) [ Mercury Classics / LP - released 27/Sep/2024 ] Award-winning young Icelandic musician Ólafur Arnalds (celebrated composer of the score for TV series Broadchurch) has always loved the piano music of Frédéric Chopin, but had grown weary of the uniform and standardized perfection of recordings.... |
CLAUDIO SANTORO
Santoro: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 6 Pedro Bittencourt, Emmanuele Baldini Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra, Goiânia Symphony Choir, Neil Thomson [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Sep/2024 ] The fourth volume in this series explores a pivotal decade in Claudio Santoro's compositions. |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: La Mer / Trois Nocturnes (LP) Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini [ Warner Classics / LP - released 27/Sep/2024 ] "I love music passionately. And because I love it I try to free it from barren traditions that stifle it... There is no theory. You only have to listen. Pleasure is the law". Claude Debussy |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 63: Weihnachtsbaum Wojciech Waleczek (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Sep/2024 ] The piano pieces Franz Liszt composed in his final decade are both secular and sacred with a startling originality that is far removed from the virtuoso character of his earlier works. |
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
Piazzolla: Music for Guitar Yuri Liberzon, Piotr Pakhomkin [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Sep/2024 ] Astor Piazzolla's introduction of new rhythms and harmonies into the tango won him worldwide fame. |
FRANZ SCHMIDT
Franz Schmidt: Complete Symphonies Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Vassily Sinaisky [ Naxos / 4 CD Box Set - released 27/Sep/2024 ] Franz Schmidt's symphonies cover the years 1899 to 1933 and chart a development securely within the Austro-German tradition. |
MAURICE RAVEL / FRANCIS POULENC / GABRIEL FAURE
Réveiller - Violin Sonatas Bella Hristova (violin), Michael Houstoun (piano) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 26/Sep/2024 ] Réveiller is an exploration of some of the most exquisite French works for violin and piano, featuring sonatas by Ravel, Poulenc, and Fauré. Each piece evokes a unique character, blurring the lines between dreams and reality. |
GABRIEL FAURE
New.Pavane - Best of Fauré (LP) Linda Chesis (flute), Patricia Nagle (flute), Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson (conductor) [ Erato / LP - released 25/Sep/2024 ] Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) was a seminal composer, organist, and teacher, pivotal in bridging the Romantic and modern eras in music. Born in Pamiers, France, he studied under Camille Saint-Saëns at the École Niedermeyer. Fauré's compositions are noted... |
ROBERT SCHUMANN / CLARA SCHUMANN
Robert & Clara Schumann: Works for Oboe and Piano Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Julius Drake (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 23/Sep/2024 ] Following the success of last year's release of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, John Wilson and Sinfonia of London turn their attention to Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel. As in the case of the previous release in the series, this world première... |
GERSHWIN / BEACH / BARBER
Made in USA: Gershwin, Beach & Barber Claire Huangci [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 20/Sep/2024 ] Presented as 'An Experiment in Modern Music' when it was premiered in 1924, Rhapsody in Blue made George Gershwin famous, and he soon set to work on a version for solo piano, recorded here by Claire Huangci. In her first solo disc for Alpha Classics,... |
CARLO GESUALDO
Gesualdo: Silenzio mio. Il quarto libro di madrigali Collegium Vocale Gent; Hannah Ely; Barbora Kabátková; Mélodie Ruvio; Benedict Hymas; Tore Tom Denys; Jonas Nordberg; Philippe Herreweghe [ PHI LPH / CD - released 20/Sep/2024 ] "Broadly speaking, his singers lean into dissonance without a hint of surprise and thus Gesualdo's harmonic eccentricities are soothed by understatement and impeccable ensemble singing." Gramophone Editor's Choice Oct 2024 |
NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, A Tale Ensemble K; Simone Menezes; Golshifteh Farahani; Kristin Winters [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2024 ] This album offers a new approach to the character of Scheherazade, with Rimsky-Korsakov's musical masterpiece transcribed for the forces of Ensemble K and a previously unpublished text, freely adapted from the Thousand and One Nights and ancient love... |
Florent Marie
Dowland: Sweet Melancholy [ Carpe Diem / CD - released 20/Sep/2024 ] French lutenist Florent Marie presents his second solo album on Carpe Diem Records: A collection of Renaissance lute music by the famous John Dowland. |
Joseph Swensen; Christiane Libor; Michael Weinius; Derek Welton; Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine; Salvatore Caputo; Chœur de l'Opéra National de
Ring Odyssey [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2024 ] "'If, in a parallel universe, Wagner wrote a symphony rather than a sixteen-hour Ring, it might actually resemble my Ring Odyssey.' These are the words used by the new music director of the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Joseph Swensen, to... |
Lucile Boulanger
La messagère: XVII-XXIe siècles, un portrait de la viole de gambe [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 20/Sep/2024 ] After the immense success of her Bach-Abel album (ALPHA783), Lucile Boulanger celebrates the French viol through the centuries: 'This transchronological dialogue traces the history of a dynasty of composers in a subjective, even emotional way', from... |
