Classical New Releases
Classical New Releases
Below is a list of all classical CD titles released in the last 120 days.
Displaying items 141 to 160 of 263
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Fairy Tales Susan Platts, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos / CD - released 22/May/2026 ] Igor Stravinsky is renowned for his legacy of glittering fairy tales in treasured favourites such as Petrushka and The Firebird. Another favourite is the ballet Pulcinella, a lovable melange of Baroque theatricality, heard here in its concert suite... |
NICO MUHLY
Muhly: With Eys Lift Up Choir of Magdalen College Oxford, Mark Williams (conductor) [ Coro / CD - released 15/May/2026 ] Featuring 13 premiere recordings, With Eys Lift Up is a new collection of works written by American composer Nico Muhly for - and the majority commissioned by - the Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford. Comprising settings of the mass and canticles... |
Christina Pluhar, L'Arpeggiata
La Torre del Oro [ Erato / CD - released 15/May/2026 ] Named after the twelve-sided 'golden' tower that dominates the River Guadilquivir in Seville, La Torre del Oro, is the latest album from Christina Pluhar's ensemble L'Arpeggiata. Tracing and mixing the musical cross-currents that run between Spain... |
JOHANNA SENFTER
Senfter: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 9 Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie, Rheinland-Pflaz, Chelsea Gallo (cond.) [ Capriccio / CD - released 15/May/2026 ] German composer Johanna Senfter was a student of Max Reger, who recognised her musical talent and encouraged her to pursue advanced studies in his composition class in Leipzig, which she completed with distinction in 1909. In 1910, she was awarded... |
HUGO KAUDER
Kauder: Kammermusik Vol. 1 Daniel Glover, Karen Bentley Pollick [ Toccata Classics / CD - released 15/May/2026 ] In 1938 the Moravian-born Hugo Kauder (1888-1972) became one of the many Jewish musicians forced to flee Vienna into exile in the United States. Kauder's music reflects his Viennese heritage, with his generous output of chamber music in particular... |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Horn Concertos, Rondo K371 Martin Owen (horn), Manchester Camerata (orchestra), Gabor Takacs-Nagy [ Chandos / CD - released 15/May/2026 ] Mozart composed all of these pieces for the virtuoso horn player Joseph Leutgeb (or Leitgeb) (1732 - 1811). Leutgeb was born in Vienna and established his reputation as a soloist there before working in Salzburg, where Mozart made his... |
J.S. BACH / NICOLA MATTEIS / JOHANN PAUL VON WESTHOFF
Plucked Bach III Alon Sariel (mandolin, mandola, lute, bağlama) [ Pentatone / CD - released 8/May/2026 ] With Plucked Bach III, Alon Sariel deepens his acclaimed Bach cycle, shaping a sound world marked by exceptional refinement and inward focus. This final volume enriches the series with new colours: a further relative of the lute family-the Ottoman... |
ANDERS HILLBORG
Vaporised Tivoli - Orchestral and Concertante Works Vol.1 Tamara Stefanovich (piano), Nicholas Altstaedt (cello), Swedish Chamber Orchestra [ BIS / CD - released 8/May/2026 ] Following his critically acclaimed recording of Galina Ustvolskaya's five symphonies (BIS2304), conductor Christian Karlsen, together with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, now takes on the orchestral and concertante works of Anders Hillborg, Sweden's... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / CLAUDE DEBUSSY / FRANZ LISZT / IGOR STRAVINSKY / CARL CZERNY
Inferno Behzod Abduraimov (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 8/May/2026 ] Behzod Abduraimov's performances combine great musical depth with phenomenal technique: 'He has a magical touch,' wrote The Times. This recital is yet another illustration of his many talents: it begins with variations by Carl Czerny, a pupil of... |
JOHN BULL / PETER PHILIPS / ABRAHAM van den KERCKHOVEN / PEETER CORNET
Organ Music from the Low Countries Bernard Foccroulle (organ) [ Ricercar / CD - released 8/May/2026 ] The Brussels court attracted some of the greatest composers and organists of the time at the beginning of the 17th century, including Peter Philips, Peeter Cornet, John Bull and, a little later, Abraham Van den Kerckhoven, all of whom explored new... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Piano Trios, Vol. 2 Busch Trio [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 8/May/2026 ] For this second volume of their complete Beethoven piano trios, the Busch Trio illustrates the great variety that the composer was able to draw from an ensemble of just three instruments. The Trio in G Major, begun in 1793, is the second of three... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Venezuela: Music of the Orinoco Cheo Hurtado (cuatro, bandola guayanesa) [ Ocora / CD - released 8/May/2026 ] Cheo Hurtado, virtuoso of the cuatro and bandola guayanesa, presents part of the vast traditional Venezuelan repertoire, mainly derived from pre-baroque and baroque Hispanic music: melodic richness and rhythmic vigour. The Spanish conquest... |
J. S. BACH
Bach on the Edge. A Selection of Harpsichord Works Cristiano Gaudio (harpsichord) [ Arcana / CD - released 8/May/2026 ] A vocation for experimentation was unquestionably an essential component of Bach's mindset. It was a desire to surpass, in every possible respect, whatever had been achieved up until then in a given genre or musical form, while extending to the... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations Gabriel Schwabe, Sinfonieorchester Aachen, Christopher Ward [ Naxos / CD - released 8/May/2026 ] Tchaikovsky composed the Variations on a Rococo Theme for cellist Wilhelm Fitzenhagen who re-ordered the variations, infuriating the composer. The cello part for the virtuosic Pezzo capriccioso was also altered by its dedicatee, Anatoly Brandukov. In... |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn 2032, Vol.19: Trauer Giovanni Antonini, Il Giardino Armonico [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 8/May/2026 ] This 19th volume of Haydn's complete symphonies coincides with the 40th anniversary of Il Giardino Armonico, the ensemble created and conducted by Giovanni Antonini, artistic director of the Haydn 2032 series. Il Giardino has made its mark on the... |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn 2032, Vol.15 : La Reine (LP) Giovanni Antonini, Kammerorchester Basel [ Alpha Classics / 2 LP - released 8/May/2026 ] The fifteenth volume of the Haydn2032 cycle is entitled 'La Reine'. One might think that this nickname refers to Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, queen of numerous territories, but in fact the monarch honoured by the popular title of Symphony no.85... |
GUSTAV MAHLER / JOCELYN MIENNIEL
Le Chant de la Terre - Pour Mahler Jocelyn Mienniel; Jean-Christophe Quenon; Fiona Monbet; Marielou Jacquard; Shao-Huan Hung; Yaping Wang; Roberto Negro; Simon Drappier; Sylvain Lemêtre [ B Records / CD - released 8/May/2026 ] This new b•records album sees the unclassifiable Jocelyn Mienniel (composer) and Fiona Monbet (musical director) collaborate on a resolutely hybrid reinterpretation of Gustav Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde, created during a residency at the Royaumont... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / DORA PEJACEVIC
Brahms & Contemporaries Vol.3 Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective (ensemble) [ Chandos / CD - released 8/May/2026 ] 'We can imagine some eyebrows being raised at the description of Dora Pejačević as a contemporary of Brahms; the two composers were born more than fifty years apart, and their lives only overlapped by twelve years. Yet both works by Pejačević are... |
ROBERT SCHUMANN / G.F. HANDEL / ADOLF SCHULZ-EVLER
Schumann, Handel, Strauss & Schulz-Evler Nelson Goerner (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 8/May/2026 ] For his tenth solo recording for Alpha Classics and Outhere Music, Nelson Goerner returns to a composer he particularly cherishes: Schumann, here with the Davidsbündler, his imaginary music society created to combat the Philistines, musicians... |
OLIVIER MESSIAEN / FRANCIS POULENC / KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI / JEAN YVES DANIEL-LESUR / CAROLINE MARCOT
Dialogue NFM Choir, Lionel Sow [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 8/May/2026 ] The NFM choir from Wrocław juxtaposes Penderecki and French composers, creating a dialogue between Polish and French music of the 20th century, between the singers from Wrocław, where the choir is based, and Frenchman Lionel Sow, its conductor since... |
