Classical Upcoming Releases
Classical Upcoming Releases
The following classical CD titles are due for release / re-release in the near future.
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 Louise Alder (soprano), Beth Taylor (mezzo-soprano) / Bavarian Radio Chorus, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle [ Br-Klassik / CD - due 16/Oct/2026 ] "A truly special performance of Mahler's Second Symphony, Sir Simon Rattle and his orchestra's vision of the work drawing on deep roots of shared reflection." Gramophone recording of the Month Oct 26 |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Rare Original Solo Piano Transcriptions Alexey Zuev (piano) [ Fuga Libera / 3 CD - due 16/Oct/2026 ] Rarely heard, Sergei Prokofiev's own transcriptions for solo piano reveal a fascinating new perspective on his orchestral imagination. This collection brings together rare piano versions of symphonic and ballet works, including several world premiere... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Songs without Words Bertrand Chamayou (piano) [ Erato / CD - due 16/Oct/2026 ] "Mendelssohn's Songs without Words are very well known, yet little known at the same time," says Bertrand Chamayou. "There are 48 of them in all, but fewer than ten of them feature regularly in concert programmes." With this recording of the... |
MATEO ROMERO / JOSEPH DE SAN JUAN / FRANCISCO HERNÁNDEZ Y LLANA
¡A la fiesta! Cantoría; Jorge Losana [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 16/Oct/2026 ] This recording celebrates the Christmas season and its music, but above all it offers an opportunity to discover a little-known Catalan composer, José de San Juan, one of the most famous of his time in Spain, born in Olot (Girona) in 1687 and who... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: String Quartets, op.59 no.3, op.95 & Grosse Fuge, op.133 Chiaroscuro Quartet [ BIS / CD - due 16/Oct/2026 ] The Chiaroscuro Quartet continues its thrilling journey through Beethoven's string quartets with three works that chart the composer's development in the genre. The 'Razumovsky' Quartets (1806), commissioned by Count Razumovsky for his house... |
ERIC WHITACRE
Whitacre: Eternity in an Hour Eric Whitacre (piano / synthesisers / electronics), Eric Whitacre Singers (choir), Emma Denton (cello), Jess Gillam (saxophone) [ Decca / 2 CD - due 16/Oct/2026 ] The new album by Grammy Award-winning composer and conductor Eric Whitacre is a deeply meditative hour-long work for choir, cello, piano and live electronics, it is one of Whitacre's most ambitious projects to date and the first of his classical... |
ORAZIO BENEVOLO
Benevolo: Missa si Deus pro nobis & Magnificat Hervé Niquet; Le Concert Spirituel [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 16/Oct/2026 ] Hervé Niquet possesses two constant character traits: he is an indefatigable excavator of forgotten music, and he loves polyphony and 'large forms'. A few years ago, he caused a sensation by exhuming the monumental music of Striggio. To mark the... |
GIUSEPPE MARTUCCI
Martucci: Piano Sonata, 4 Piano Pieces Op.31, Mazurka Op.35 Ilaria Sinicropi (piano) [ Piano Classics / CD - due 16/Oct/2026 ] New recordings of neglected but compelling piano works from the spring of Giuseppe Martucci's career. |
MAURICE RAVE / GUILLAUME LEKEU / PATRICK LETERME
Vivantes (Live) Katok Ensemble [ B Records / CD - due 16/Oct/2026 ] Vivantes brings together the Katok Ensemble, led by Paul Serri, and the Belgian composer Patrick Leterme for a programme conceived at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Charleroi. Spanning works by Maurice Ravel and Guillaume Lekeu, alongside a new... |
BALDASSARE GALUPPI
Galuppi: L'uomo femina Le Poème Harmonique; Lucile Richardot; Vincent Dumestre; Eva Zaïcik; Victoire Bunel; Anas Séguin; Victor Sicard; François Rougier [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / 2 CD - due 16/Oct/2026 ] Welcome to an island where gender roles are radically reversed! Here, Princess Cretidea reigns as a warrior sovereign over submissive men, condemned to vanity and superficial adornment. The unexpected arrival of Roberto and Giannino, castaways from a... |
