Classical New Releases
Classical New Releases
Below is a list of all classical CD titles released in the last 120 days.
Displaying items 161 to 180 of 284
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Queen Elisabeth Competition: Cello 2026 Various Performers, Antony Hermus, Vahan Mardirossian (conductors) [ Queen Elisabeth Comp / 4 CD - released 4/Sep/2026 ] This box set from the third cello session of the Queen Elisabeth Competition brings together the 12 prize-winners who offered audiences exceptional musical moments throughout the competition. It opens with the concertos performed by the first four... |
KAIJA SAARIAHO
Saariaho: Saarikoski Songs, Vista, Three Preludes Anu Komsi (soprano), Marzi Nyman, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo [ Ondine / CD - released 4/Sep/2026 ] WORLD PREMIERE RECORDINGS of three works by Kaija Saariaho (1952-2023) from soprano Anu Komsi, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Sakari Oramo. Vista (2019), an expansive orchestral landscape, was the composer's final work for orchestra.... |
SAMUEL BECKETT
Beckett: Stirrings Still Trevor Baca, Jack Quartet, Paul Griffiths [ ECM New Series / CD - released 4/Sep/2026 ] Stirrings Still was Samuel Beckett's last message in prose, completed in 1987, and first published the following year. More monologue than story, it comes from a narrator on the edge between life and what lies beyond, which might be a vast wheatfield... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT / CESAR FRANCK / SERGEY RACHMANINOV / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Transcriptions For Two Guitars Bluvenduo (Sebastian Rhodes, Zhanxiang Shi) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Sep/2026 ] The prizewinning guitar duo Bluvenduo present a versatile selection of transcriptions for two guitars, several of which have never previously been arranged for this format. The freshness and sense of discovery in Schubert's Sonata in A major is a... |
LEOŠ JANÁČEK / LEO TOLSTOY / VÍTĚZSLAVA KAPRÁLOVÁ
the earth trembled Signum Quartett [ Pentatone / CD - released 4/Sep/2026 ] Signum Quartett presents the album the earth trembled, recontextualising the visionary string quartets of Leoš Janáček alongside the striking String Quartet Op. 8 by Vítězslava Kaprálová. Janáček's lifelong engagement with folk traditions shaped... |
J.S. BACH
Bach: Köthener Trauermusik Solomon's Knot [ Linn Records / 2 CD - released 4/Sep/2026 ] For its first album on Linn, Solomon's Knot performs one of Bach's most fascinating works. Although not a single note of the Köthener Trauermusik survives, almost every other detail of the performance does: we know its date, the first performers, the... |
ROLAND DE LASSUS
Roland de Lassus: Requiem Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier [ Ricercar / CD - released 4/Sep/2026 ] "Vocal ensemble Vox Luminis offer listeners a masterclass in performing music of this era - impeccable intonation, distinctive individual voices and lines, all beautifully balanced." Gramophone Editor's Choice Oct 26 |
LILI BOULANGER / GABRIEL FAURE
Boulanger / Fauré: Clair-Obscur Tal Walker (piano) [ Antarctica / CD - released 4/Sep/2026 ] Clair-obscur applied to the piano repertoire immediately evokes the white and black keys of the instrument. The piano music by Lili Boulanger and Gabriel Fauré on Tal Walker's album explores subtle harmonic gradations and the full spectrum of... |
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
Piazzolla: 4 Seasons of Buenos Aires Xavier Phillips, Lausanne Soloists [ La Dolce Volta / CD - released 4/Sep/2026 ] Recognisable throughout the world and marked by an unmistakable authenticity, Astor Piazzolla's musical language has achieved a truly universal resonance. Following on from Carlos Gardel, the Argentine bandoneonist and composer reinvented the... |
ROXANNA PANUFNIK
Panufnik: Love Songs & Lullabies Zeynep Ozsuca (piano), Peter Moore (trombone), Mary Bevan (soprano), Matthew Barley (cello), Brodsky Quartet [ Signum / CD - released 4/Sep/2026 ] Love songs and lullabies from all over the world, composed or reimagined by Roxanna Panufnik. Collaborating on new musical genres but retaining her unique and very personal harmonic and melodic style. |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Complete Flute Quartets Anna Besson (flute), A nocte temporis [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 28/Aug/2026 ] It was during his stay in Mannheim between October 1777 and March 1778 that Mozart received commissions for two string quartets with flute (K285 and K285a), an instrument that was in vogue at the time, likely because Prince-Elector Karl Theodor of... |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Marches Christopher Williams (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Aug/2026 ] Franz Liszt's lifelong engagement with the March is the focus of this volume. The March form offered a medium laden with public meaning allied to the possibility of reinvention and harmonic adventurousness. The symphonic depth of the... |
VANNI MORETTO / GIOVANNI SOLLIMA / FRANCESCO ZAPPA / FRANK ZAPPA
Wild Love Giovanni Sollima (cello), Il Pomo d'Oro (orchestra), Vanni Moretto [ Arcana / CD - released 28/Aug/2026 ] Frank and Francesco. It all began with a misunderstanding. In the early 1980s Frank Zappa came across an entry on "Zappa" in the New Grove Dictionary, only to discover it concerned an obscure 18th-century Milanese composer of almost the same name.... |
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH / BÉLA BARTÓK / JOHANNES BRAHMS / HEINRICH WILHELM ERNST / GEORGE GERSHWIN / RICHARD WAGNER / HENRYK WIENIAWSKI / EUGÈNE YSAŸE
Song & Dance Jacques Forestier (violin), Boris Kusnezow (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 28/Aug/2026 ] The young Canadian violinist Jacques Forestier makes his recording debut alongside pianist Boris Kusnezow with Song & Dance, a compendium of violin works inspired by voice and movement. Following his victory in the 2024 Joseph Joachim International... |
ARTHUR FOOTE
Foote: The Complete Cello Works Julian Schwarz (cello), Marika Bournaki (piano), Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra [ Delos / CD - released 28/Aug/2026 ] Cellist Julian Schwarz makes his debut on Delos with a trailblazing album featuring Arthur Foote's complete cello works, including the world-premiere commercial recording of his Cello Concerto. As the only composer of the Boston Six to have been... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / EUSEBIUS MANDYCZEWSKI
Melancolie: Brahms, Mandyczewski Konstantin Krimmel (baritone) Ammiel Bushakevitz (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 28/Aug/2026 ] "Having different backgrounds is an asset. Growing up in a multilingual environment fosters cognitive flexibility... I was fortunate enough to live between Romania and Germany," says Konstantin Krimmel. Together with his longtime musical partner... |
JOHANN MICHAEL NICOLAI / ANONYMOUS
Nicolai: Sonatas & Suites for Viols Francois Joubert-Caillet (bass viol), L'Acheron (viol consort) [ Ricercar / CD - released 28/Aug/2026 ] The viola da gamba enjoyed a degree of popularity in Germany during the 17th century. Not only was it often paired with the violin in compositions in which the two instruments engaged in a dialogue, but it also had its own repertoire. Johann Michael... |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Don Giovanni Budapest Festival Orchestra, Andrè Schuen (baritone), Iván Fischer [ Channel Classics / 3 CD - released 28/Aug/2026 ] Iván Fischer and Channel Classics release a recording of Mozart's Don Giovanni with the Budapest Festival Orchestra. Recorded live in October 2025 at the spectacular Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, this is the first volume of a Mozart trilogy, with The... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 (On Period Instruments) Mahler Academy Orchestra, Philipp von Steinaecker [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 28/Aug/2026 ] Following the critical and public success of Mahler's Symphony no.9, Philipp von Steinaecker and the Mahler Academy Orchestra continue their recording of Mahler's symphonies on period instruments with the Fifth Symphony. For this recording, the new... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / MAX REGER
Brahms & Reger: Clarinet Quintets Michael Collins (clarinet), Escher String Quartet [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 28/Aug/2026 ] "Michael Collins's third recording of Brahms's Quintet (here with the Escher Quartet) and his first of Reger's, both performances full of communicative spirit and elegance." Gramophone Editor's Choice Oct 26 |
