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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MICHEL CORRETTE
Corrette: Premier Livre de Pièces de Clavecin Agustín Álvarez (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - due 23/Jan/2026 ] Michel Corrette (1707-1795) was born in a musical family, his father was organist, his grandfather dancing master. He was a famous composer, teacher and organist, his long lifetime seeing the cultural change from the Baroque to the Classical... |
CLARA SCHUMANN / CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS / ROBERT SCHUMANN / JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH / SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR / HENRI DUTILLEUX / JEROME KERN
The Bassoonist's Songbook Amy Harman (Solo Bassoon), Tom Poster ( Solo Piano) [ Chandos / CD - due 23/Jan/2026 ] A passionate advocate for the bassoon, Amy Harman is much sought after as a soloist, chamber musician, teacher, and communicator. Appointed solo bassoon of the Philharmonia Orchestra aged twenty-three, she is currently principal bassoon of the Aurora... |
Andy Pavlov (piano)
Children - Musical Portraits for Piano Solo (LP) [ Neo Classics / 2 LP - due 23/Jan/2026 ] Children: Musical Portraits for Piano Solo is the second solo piano album by internationally renowned artist, pianist, and composer Andy Pavlov. The album consists of 24 compositions in all tonalities, with each piece representing a musical portrait.... |
OLIVIER MESSIAEN
Messiaen: Complete Piano Works Ciro Longobardi [ Brilliant Classics / 7 CD - due 23/Jan/2026 ] 'A lush, intricate success - meaningful for Messiaen enthusiasts and enjoyable for those new to his work. I highly recommend it.' This review from Fanfare magazine is one of several in the international press to have recognised the achievement of... |
J.S. BACH
Bach: Concertos, Inventions & Motets for Recorder Ensemble Fiati del Collegium Pro Musica, Stefano Bagliano [ Brilliant Classics / CD - due 23/Jan/2026 ] Bach's music is often described as indestructible, in the sense that no matter how it is performed or in whichever arrangement, its essential spirit survives. In the Baroque period the practice of arranging one's own music or that of other composers... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Piccolo Concertos Francesco Guggiola (piccolo), Ensemble dell'Orchestra Farnesiana [ Brilliant Classics / CD - due 23/Jan/2026 ] Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), one of the most influential composers of the Baroque era. A Venetian priest and violinist, Vivaldi composed hundreds of concertos that pushed the boundaries of instrumental technique and showcased his inventive use of... |
CARLOS GUASTAVINO
Guastavino: Guitar Works Leonardo Palacios (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - due 23/Jan/2026 ] The guitar output of a landmark figure in Argentinean classical music, fusing national melodies and dances with European forms in a fusion of perennial appeal. Carlos Guastavino (1912-2000) became internationally renowned, after the Second World... |
CESAR CUI
Cui: Complete Piano Music, Volume 1 Marco Rapetti (piano) [ Piano Classics / 2 CD - due 23/Jan/2026 ] First recordings of Romantic-era piano miniatures by an overlooked figure in the 'New Russian School' of composers known as 'The Mighty Handful'. 'Irretrievably forgotten' was the verdict of the musicologist Richard Taruskin on the music of César... |
ELISABETH KUYPER
Kuyper: Piano Trio, Violin Sonata Maristella Patuzzi (violin), Alessandra Doninelli (cello), Mario Patuzzi (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - due 23/Jan/2026 ] Elisabeth Kuyper (1877-1953) was a Dutch composer, pianist, and conductor whose career unfolded during a time when women struggled for recognition in the professional music world. Born in Amsterdam, she studied composition at the Berlin Hochschule... |
CHRISTOPH SCHAFFRATH
Schaffrath: XII Soli per il Cembalo Marius Bartoccini (harpsichord & clavichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - due 23/Jan/2026 ] Christoph Schaffrath (1709-1763) was a German composer, harpsichordist, and organist active during the transition from the late Baroque to the early Classical period. Born in Hohnstein near Dresden, he studied at the University of Leipzig and later... |
BARBETTA
Barbetta: Lute Music Mikiya Kaisho (lute) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - due 23/Jan/2026 ] Including many world-premiere recordings, the first-ever album dedicated to the music of a 16th-century lutenist-composer from Padova: a sequence of virtuosic, restlessly inventive fantasias and dances. The music on this album is drawn from a 1582... |
SILVESTRE REVUELTAS
Revueltas: Complete Piano Music, Volume 1 Rodolfo Ritter (piano) [ Piano Classics / CD - due 23/Jan/2026 ] World-premiere recordings of early works which shed new light on a foundational figure of classical music in Mexico. Until now, it has been commonly held that Silvestre Revueltas (1899-1940) only began to write music in his 30s - during the last... |
OSCAR ESPLA / ALOIS HABA / ANTONIO JOSE / IGNACE STRASFOGEL
Tales of Fate - 20th Century Rarities for Solo Guitar Christophe Dejour (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - due 28/Jan/2026 ] Acclaimed guitarist Christophe Dejour brings together four works that were premiered many years after they were composed, due to unpredictable and, in some cases, fateful circumstances. Both Óscar Esplá's ground-breaking Tempo di Sonata and Ignace... |
LEO WEINER
Weiner: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2 Júlia Pusker, Ditta Rohmann, Csaba Klenyán, István Kassai [ Naxos / CD - due 28/Jan/2026 ] Leó Weiner's legacy as an educator influenced generations of Hungarian musicians for a half century. His early work as a composer was internationally acclaimed for its new engaging sound, resulting from a unique synthesis of German and French... |
ANTON URSPRUCH
Urspruch: Piano Works María Linares (piano) [ Naxos / CD - due 28/Jan/2026 ] A native of Frankfurt, Anton Urspruch was a student of Joachim Raff, later becoming one of Liszt's favourite protégés. Urspruch's style was more aligned with Mendelssohn and Beethoven, however, and he proclaimed that 'you can't understand modern... |
BARBARA STROZZI
Strozzi: Virtuosissima Sirena Laura Catrani (soprano) Accademia dell'Annunciata, Riccardo Doni (conductor) [ Arcana / CD - due 30/Jan/2026 ] Barbara Strozzi, a Venetian singer and composer who lived between 1619 and 1677, stands out as a rare jewel in the musical landscape of the Italian Seicento. The adoptive (and perhaps natural) daughter of Giulio Strozzi, a man of letters belonging to... |
JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY
Lully: Atys Les Ambassadeurs, Baroque de Versailles, Les Pages et les Chantres du Centre de Musique [ Alpha Classics / 3 CD - due 30/Jan/2026 ] This new recording from March 2024 of Jean-Baptiste Lully's musical tragedy, premiered in Saint-Germain-en-Laye 348 years earlier, is the result of the most recent historical, musicological and organological research. The instructions in the 1676... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Overtures from the British Isles: Volume 3 BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Rumon Gamba (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - due 30/Jan/2026 ] Rumon Gamba directs the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra on the third instalment of his exploration of Overtures from the British Isles. As in the case of the previous volumes, the recorded repertoire is rarely played, and the album includes three world... |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius Huddersfield Choral Society, Orchestra of Opera North, Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - due 30/Jan/2026 ] It was the Huddersfield Choral Society which made the first complete recording of Gerontius on 8-12 April 1945; this latest chapter in the Society's ties to the work was recorded eighty years later, virtually to the day, on 5 April 2025 and displays... |
GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: The Piano Works Roberto Prosseda (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - due 30/Jan/2026 ] The piano works of Georges Bizet will come as an agreeable discovery to many listeners-here is a body of work by a major composer which has never established itself on record or in the concert hall. Who knew that the twelve- and thirteen-year-old... |
