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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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven - Hammerklavier Sonata / An die ferne Geliebte Nobuyuki Tsujii (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - due 28/Mar/2025 ] Nobuyuki Tsujii - no stranger to challenges - has chosen this technically and intellectually demanding work, which brought him victory in the prestigious Van Cliburn Competition. |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV / ALEXEY SHOR
Prokofiev & Shor: Piano Concertos Behzod Abduraimov, Vasily Petrenko, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 28/Mar/2025 ] Many people have been waiting for Behzod Abduraimov's performance of Prokofiev's second piano concerto - that powerful work which caused a scandal when it was first performed near St Petersburg in 1913 because it was considered too futuristic. |
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Con eleganza Clément Lefebvre [ La Dolce Volta / CD - due 28/Mar/2025 ] Is there a more singular composer than Alexander Nikolayevich Skrjabin (1872-1915)? Light years away from those of his Russian contemporaries, his original trajectory is that of an incandescent comet in the musical firmament of his time, whose thousa |
FRANCESCO GASPARINI
Gasparini: Atalia Emmanuel Resche-Caserta, Ensemble Hemiolia, Camille Poul, Bastien Rimondi, Mélodie Ruvio, Furio Zanasi [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / CD - due 28/Mar/2025 ] The terrible Atalia, having eliminated the entire royal family in order to secure her power, reigns mercilessly over Jerusalem. |
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
J.S. Bach: The Complete Violin Concertos James Ehnes, Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra [ Analekta / 2 CD - due 28/Mar/2025 ] On this double album, acclaimed violinist James Ehnes joins forces with Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra, an ensemble he's had a friendship and artistic partnership with for more than three decades, to fulfil his longtime goal of recording... |
HAVERGAL BRIAN
Brian: Agamemnon & Symphonies Nos 6 & 12 John Findon, Eleanor Dennis, Stephanie Wake-Edwards, Robert Murray, Clive Bayley / English National Opera Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / CD - due 28/Mar/2025 ] With Havergal Brian's 'Agamemnon' and Symphonies Nos 6 & 12, Martyn Brabbins and his English National Opera forces pay tribute to one of the great mavericks of British music. All three works belong to Brian's immensely productive old age and display... |
ANTONIN DVORAK / FLORENCE PRICE
Dvořák & Price: Piano Quintets Takacs Quartet, Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - due 28/Mar/2025 ] Collaborations between the Takács Quartet and Marc-André Hamelin can always be relied on to deliver rather special results, and their fifth Hyperion album together-Piano Quintets by Antonín Dvořák & Florence Price-is no exception. |
GABRIEL FAURÉ / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Samsara: Schumann & Fauré Kate Lindsey (mezzo-soprano), Éric Le Sage (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 28/Mar/2025 ] For her fourth recital on Alpha Classics, mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey has chosen to record two cycles, Schumann's well-known Frauenliebe und Leben and Fauré's La Chanson d'Ève, a much more unfamiliar work. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart - Piano Concertos 6, 9, 11-13, 18 & 25 Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano) / Freiburger Barockorchester [ Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD - due 28/Mar/2025 ] "I have no doubt that this cycle is set to become a benchmark. There is nothing fussy or mannered about Bezuidenhout's Mozart, and the tempos provide no surprises." International record Review |
ALBENIZ / BOCCHERINI / de FALLA / RAVEL / TARREGA / TRADITIONAL
Meisinger: The Spanish Album Krzysztof Meisinger (guitar) Patrycja Betley (percussion) Meisinger Soloists [ Chandos / CD - due 28/Mar/2025 ] Born in 1984, Krzysztof Meisinger is one of the most fascinating and charismatic classical guitar players of our time, his artistic development having benefited from the profound influence of such teachers and music authorities as Aniello Desiderio... |
Various Composers
Vox Feminae Les Kapsber'girls [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 28/Mar/2025 ] After their explorations of Italian repertoire in Che fai tù? (MU-037) and French in Vous avez dit brunettes? |
MARIN MARAIS
Voix humaines. Marais: Pièces inédites pour flûte Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, François Lazarevitch, Lucile Boulanger, Éric Bellocq [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 28/Mar/2025 ] While Marin Marais is best known for his works for viola da gamba, he also composed for the flute; Michael Lynn's recent rediscovery of manuscripts containing pieces for flute and basso continuo as well as duets caught the attention of François... |
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Johann Sebastian Bach Marco Serino [ Arcana / CD - due 28/Mar/2025 ] Though naturally closely associated with the organ and harpsichord, Bach had a special relationship with the violin, his father's instrument, throughout his life. |
BÉLA BARTÓK / LUCIANO BERIO
Bartók & Berio: Duos for Two Violins Maria Milstein, Mathieu van Bellen [ Channel Classics / 2 CD - due 28/Mar/2025 ] Celebrated violinists Maria Milstein and Mathieu van Bellen pair Béla Bartók's 44 Duos for Two Violins with Luciano Berio's 34 Duetti per Due Violini. Bartók's miniature masterpieces have inspired and delighted countless young musicians. |
Various Composers
Roots Pierre Fontenelle [ Cypres Records / CD - due 28/Mar/2025 ] Does the passport reflect cultural identity or nationality? Belgian by birth, but raised in Seattle in the United States, the question of identity has been a constant in the life of young cellist |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Balbulus: Liber ymnorum Schola Antiqua of Chicago, Michael Alan Anderson [ Naxos / CD - due 28/Mar/2025 ] Notker Balbulus, also known as Notker of St Gall or Notker the Stammerer, was a renowned Benedictine monk at the Abbey of St Gall in Switzerland who made substantial contributions to both the music and literature of his time. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Brockes Passion Robert Sellier, Vanessa Waldhart, Yulia Sokolik, Romelia Lichtenstein, Michael Zehe / Oper Halle Chorus, Handelfestspielorchester Halle, Michael Hofst [ Naxos / 2 CD - due 28/Mar/2025 ] Barthold Heinrich Brockes was an influential German poet who added reflective and descriptive poetry into the texture of his Passion. Among several musical settings, the most famous is the one by Handel. |
ERROLLYN WALLEN
Wallen - Orchestral Works Ruby Hughes (mezzo-soprano), Idunnu Munch (mezzo-soprano), Miwa Rosso (cello), BBC Concert Orchestra, John Andrews [ Resonus / CD - due 28/Mar/2025 ] This new album of orchestral works by Errollyn Wallen, performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra under the direction of John Andrews, offers a rich journey through over two decades of the composer's diverse and innovative music. |
NED ROREM
Rorem - Choral Works St Martin's Voices, Piatti String Quartet, Andrew Earis [ Resonus / CD - due 28/Mar/2025 ] Ned Rorem, renowned for his vivid art songs and unapologetic diaries, also composed a vast and underappreciated body of choral works. This album, featuring St Martin's Voices, showcases selections from his impressive choral output spanning seven... |
ORLANDO GIBBONS
Gibbons - Keyboard Works Stephen Farr (organ, harpsichord) [ Resonus / CD - due 28/Mar/2025 ] To mark the 400th anniversary of Orlando Gibbons's death, organist and harpsichordist Stephen Farr presents a stunning tribute to one of England's greatest composers of the early seventeenth century. |
