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 FOURGON
Fourgon: De proche en proche Alain Pire (trombone), Chœur de Chambre de Namur; Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège [ Cypres Records / CD - due 13/Mar/2026 ] An album entirely devoted to the trombone - that's rather unusual! De proche en proche, Belgian composer Michel Fourgon's second monographic disc on Cypres, features the instrument in a variety of configurations, in stages spanning some twenty years:... |
EVE de CASTRO-ROBINSON
the willing air NZTrio: Amalia Hall (violin), Somi Kim (piano), and Ashley Brown (cello) [ Rattle Records / CD - due 13/Mar/2026 ] An album of chamber music spanning more than twenty-five years by New Zealand composer Eve de Castro-Robinson, performed by Amalia Hall (violin), Somi Kim (piano), and Ashley Brown (cello). |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
On Modes Anthony Romaniuk [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 13/Mar/2026 ] For his third solo album for Alpha, keyboard polyglot Anthony Romaniuk returns to the piano, exploring the seven modes: derived from the major scale, the basis of ancient Greek music but nowadays endemic in folk, jazz and beyond, each one containing... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
On modes (LP) Anthony Romaniuk [ Alpha Classics / 2 LP - due 13/Mar/2026 ] For his third solo album for Alpha, keyboard polyglot Anthony Romaniuk returns to the piano, exploring the seven modes: derived from the major scale, the basis of ancient Greek music but nowadays endemic in folk, jazz and beyond, each one containing... |
JOSÉ ANTONIO BOTTIROLI
Bottiroli: Complete Piano Works Vol. 4, Mementos Anton & Maite Piano Duo, Fabio Banegas, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, Duo Du Rêve, Francisco Varela [ Grand Piano / CD - due 13/Mar/2026 ] JOSÉ ANTONIO BOTTIROLI's protégé and greatest champion, Fabio Banegas, presents this fourth volume of his mentor's complete piano works. In this wide-ranging collection we hear works with orchestra and with chamber ensemble, as well as pieces for... |
C. P. E. BACH
C. P. E. Bach: Empfindsamkeit Arnaud De Pasquale, Anne Thivierge [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / CD - due 13/Mar/2026 ] Son of the famous Johann Sebastian, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach was a renowned keyboard virtuoso in the 18th century. A prolific composer and theorist of keyboard instruments, he forged the aesthetic of Empfindsamkeit, a style in which emotion is... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Amalie´s Cosmos: Music For Harp Anne-Sophie Bertrand (harp) [ Pentatone / CD - due 13/Mar/2026 ] Harpist Anne-Sophie Bertrand presents Amalie's Cosmos, an evocative journey through the salons of 19th-century Europe. At the heart of Berlin's vibrant cultural life in the early 19th century stood Amalie Beer, a wealthy patron, intellectual, and... |
ANTONIO FARINA
Farina: Venere e Marte - Seventeenth-Century Neapolitan Dialogues Valeria La Grotta (soprano), Mauro Borgioni (baritone), I Musici del Gran Principe, Samuele Lastrucci (director) [ Glaux Records / CD - due 13/Mar/2026 ] At the close of the seventeenth century, Farina, Minei, and Netti created some of the most popular pieces of their day. Their dialogues for soprano and bass offer a colorful palette of emotions. This recording presents the first modern performance of... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Dialogos: Francis of Assisi meets Malik al-Kamil Constantinople, Holland Baroque [ Pentatone / CD - due 13/Mar/2026 ] In Dialogos, Holland Baroque and Constantinople embark on a musical journey inspired by one of history's most remarkable encounters: the meeting between Saint Francis of Assisi and Sultan Malik al-Kamil during the Fifth Crusade in 1219. Eight... |
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: Ino Cantata and Double Concertos Elizabeth Watts; Rachel Podger; Florilegium; Ashley Solomon [ Channel Classics / CD - due 13/Mar/2026 ] Ashley Solomon and Florilegium are joined by violinist Rachel Podger, soprano Elizabeth Watts and recorder player Hannah Parry on Telemann: Ino Cantata and Double Concertos. Based on a story from Ovid's Metamorphoses, Telemann's Ino is a dramatic... |
CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN
The Complete Alkan Organ Works Vol. 1 Joseph Nolan (organ) [ Signum / CD - due 13/Mar/2026 ] This first volume of The Complete Alkan Organ Works presents Joseph Nolan's recording of Charles-Valentin Alkan's major works for organ and pedal-piano, performed on the restored Stahlhuth-Jann organ of St Martin's Church, Dudelange. The release... |
TOBIAS HUME / GEORG PHILIPP TELEMAN / MARIN MARAIS / J.S. BACH
From Silence Miguel Bonal (viola da gamba) [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 13/Mar/2026 ] Born in Zaragoza in 1999, Miguel Bonal began studying the viola da gamba at the age of seven. He continued his higher education at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya, where he obtained the highest distinctions. For his first solo recital,... |
CLEMENCE DE GRANDVAL
Grandval: Mazeppa Tassis Christoyannis, Nicole Car, Julien Dran, Ante Jerkunica, Pawel Trojak, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Munchner Rundfunkorchester [ Bru Zane / 2 CD/Book - due 13/Mar/2026 ] 'The subject of Mazeppa has inspired Mme Clémence de Grandval to write a truly remarkable score, the success of which will cause a stir in the musical world.' It was with these flattering words that the press greeted the premiere of the five-act... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev Nemanja Radulović (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra, Johan Dalene, Laure Favre-Kahn, Les Trilles du Diable, Santtu-Matias Rouvali [ Warner Classics / CD - due 13/Mar/2026 ] "There is something wondrous in the music of Sergei Prokofiev," says Nemanja Radulović, "as if it constantly moves between light and shadow, searching for truth through contrast, sarcasm, magic, love, irony, and beauty." Now the violinist - praised... |
BIZET / FAURE / MOZART / FALLA / STRAVINSKY / SCRIABIN / WOLF / DENISOV / etc
Barenboim conducts Orchestre de Paris: Complete EMI Classics & Erato Recordings Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim, with Kathleen Battle, Waltraud Meier, Ann Murray, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Itzhak Perlman & others [ Warner Classics / 15 CD Box Set - due 13/Mar/2026 ] Daniel Barenboim served as the Chief Conductor of the Orchestre de Paris from 1975 to 1989, following Charles Munch, Herbert von Karajan and Georg Solti, starting the role at the age of 33. His tenure was marked by a strong commitment to both the... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Divine Impresario: Nicolini on Stage Randall Scotting (countertenor), Mary Bevan (soprano), Academy of Ancient Music [ Signum / CD - due 13/Mar/2026 ] Divine Impresario is countertenor Randall Scotting's portrait of the celebrated castrato Nicolò Grimaldi ("Nicolini"), performed with the Academy of Ancient Music and Laurence Cummings. Drawing on arias and duets written for Nicolini by Handel,... |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Orchestral Music Sinfonia of London, John Wilson [ Chandos / CD - due 13/Mar/2026 ] Puccini is renowned as one of the greatest opera composers of all time and his early works - before Manon Lescaut catapulted him to international fame - offer a fascinating insight into his development as a composer. John Wilson and Sinfonia of... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Trio op.114; Robert & Clara Schumann: 3 Romances Op.22 & 94; Joseph Joachim: Hebrew Melodies Tabea Zimmermann, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Javier Perianes [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - due 13/Mar/2026 ] The empathy between Robert and Clara Schumann, Joseph Joachim and Johannes Brahms engendered one of Romanticism's most fruitful artistic friendships. With the aim of mining the precious jewels of that unique intimacy, three great artists have devised... |
NICO MUHLY
Muhly: No Resting Place The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips [ Linn Records / CD - due 13/Mar/2026 ] Nico Muhly and The Tallis Scholars present 'No Resting Place', a collection of world premiere recordings of works that Muhly wrote for The Tallis Scholars over the last 10 years, by invitation of their director Peter Phillips. Phillips says that... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 7 Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Paavo Järvi [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 13/Mar/2026 ] Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich continue their complete cycle of Mahler symphonies with the Seventh, considered one of his most complex and challenging symphonies: "The Mahler we encounter in Symphony No. 7 is more complex, darker and... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No.7 (LP) Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Paavo Järvi [ Alpha Classics / 2 LP - due 13/Mar/2026 ] Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich continue their complete cycle of Mahler symphonies with the Seventh, considered one of his most complex and challenging symphonies: "The Mahler we encounter in Symphony No. 7 is more complex, darker and... |
GIACOMO CARISSIMI / DOMENICO MAZZOCCHI
Carissimi: Historia di Jephte / Motets Voces Suaves, Michele Vannelli [ Arcana / CD - due 13/Mar/2026 ] "For its sixth album on the Arcana label, Voces Suaves presents a programme dedicated to one of the most influential composers of the seventeenth century, the great Giacomo Carissimi. The album features Carissimi's most famous work, the masterful... |
MAX REGER
Reger: Original Compositions for piano 4-hands Davide Trivella, Daniele Trivella [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - due 20/Mar/2026 ] |
FRANZ SCHUBERT / ALBAN BERG
Schubert & Berg: Piano sonatas Fazil Say (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - due 20/Mar/2026 ] Fazıl Say brings together two, highly contrasted Viennese piano sonatas, composed at either end of the Romantic era. Conceived on an epic scale in four movements, Schubert's Sonata in B flat major, D 960 was written shortly before his death in 1828,... |
Hayato Sumino (piano)
Chopin Orbit (LP) [ Sony Classical / 2 LP - due 20/Mar/2026 ] For this new recording, Hayato Sumino has turned his gaze on the composer who possibly means the most to him, namely Chopin (1810-1849). It was indeed Sumino's sensational performances during the 2021 International Chopin Competition where he was a... |
SERGEI BORTKIEWICZ / MAURICE RAVEL / SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Manu Sinistra Illia Ovcharenko (piano), MDR-Sinfonieorchester, Oksana Lyniv [ Pentatone / CD - due 20/Mar/2026 ] Illia Ovcharenko, together with the MDR-Sinfonieorchester under the baton of Oksana Lyniv, presents Manu Sinistra, an album devoted to concertos for the left hand by Bortkiewicz, Prokofiev, and Ravel. These works were written for the pianist Paul... |
MADELEINE DRING
Dring: Songs Kitty Whately (mezzo), Julius Drake (piano) [ Chandos / CD - due 20/Mar/2026 ] English mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately presents an album of songs by Madeleine Dring. Born in 1923 to a theatrical family, Dring was admitted to the Royal College of Music at the age of nine. She went on to study composition with Herbert Howells, also... |
RODION SHCHEDRIN
Shchedrin: Music From the Lady With the Lapdog Lawrence Power (viola), Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Olli Mustonen (conductor) [ Ondine / CD - due 20/Mar/2026 ] Composer Rodion Shchedrin (1932-2025) was one of the leading figures of post-war Soviet music. This album by the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Olli Mustonen brings together four of his works, including music from his ballet The Lady with... |
GUSTAV HOLST / SIR ARNOLD BAX
Holst: The Planets / Bax: Tintagel London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano, Tenebrae [ LSO Live / CD - due 20/Mar/2026 ] |
JOSEF MYSLIVECEK
Myslivecek: Complete Music for Fortepiano & Violin Marius Bartoccini, Rossella Croce [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - due 20/Mar/2026 ] |
MATTEO MYDERWYK
Nocturnal Blues (LP) Matteo Myderwyk (piano) [ Warner Classics / LP - due 20/Mar/2026 ] Nocturnal Blues, an ode to the night, is music for those who listen best when the world is silent. A collection of 15 contemplative, impressionistic nocturnes. Music for moments of reflection, memory, and tenderness - illuminated by the soft... |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze, Hob. XX:2 RIAS Kammerchor, Konzerthaus Orchester Berlin, Justin Doyle [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - due 20/Mar/2026 ] In 1786, Haydn composed The Seven Last Words of Christ for orchestra. Ten years later he produced a stunning choral version, which Justin Doyle and the RIAS Kammerchor Berlin and Konzerthausorchester Berlin now invite us to rediscover. Together with... |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti Songs Vol. 7 Rosa Feola (soprano), Carlo Rizzi (piano) [ Opera Rara / CD - due 20/Mar/2026 ] The prolific and versatile Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti, one of the central figures of Italian bel canto opera, also wrote around 200 solo songs. Most of them are rarely performed and some, until recently, were completely unknown. Curated by... |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY / JOHN IRELAND
Archipel (Debussy: La Mer - Ireland: Sarnia) Aline Piboule (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - due 27/Mar/2026 ] An oceanic dialogue between two composers from the first wave of the modern musical era: such is Aline Piboule's daring new solo venture. Here the epic La Mer sprays its rainbow of colours as idiomatically as if Debussy had written it for solo piano,... |
AFTAB DARVISHI / UNSUK CHIN / JORG WIDMANN / THOMAS ADES
East Meets West Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 27/Mar/2026 ] An inspiration to entire generations of musicians and an indefatigable icon of classical music, Anne-Sophie Mutter remains an artist in motion: curious, bold, and open to what music can be today and tomorrow. For decades, she has been commissioning... |
CELIL REFIK KAYA
Kaya: Guitar Works Celil Refik Kaya (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - due 27/Mar/2026 ] Celil Refik Kaya is a contemporary guitarist and composer in the great tradition of artists who have created their own unique contribution to the repertoire. Sonata No. 1 is characterised by various stylistic resemblances which include South and... |
WILLIAM SHIELD
Shield: Complete Chamber Works, Vol. 3 - Violin Duets, Opp. 1 and 2 The Dorrit Ensemble [ Naxos / CD - due 27/Mar/2026 ] William Shield's early career as a violinist and violist took him to the centre of musical life in London where he became principal violinist of the Covent Garden theatre orchestra in 1773. The publication of the Violin Duets later that decade marked... |
HENRY PURCELL / GEORG FRIEDRICH HANDEL / JOHANN JOSEPH FUX
If music… Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor), Michał Biel (piano) [ Erato / CD - due 27/Mar/2026 ] If music… showcases star countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński in 17 songs and arias by three composers of the Baroque era: Purcell, Handel and Fux. Perhaps unexpectedly, he is partnered not by an ensemble of period instruments but by a pianist - his... |
ROBERT VOLKMANN
Volkmann: Romantic Piano, Vol. 8 Levon Avagyan [ Naxos / CD - due 27/Mar/2026 ] A native of Germany, Robert Volkmann was virtually unknown as a composer until the 1840s when he moved to Hungary. It was there that Volkmann achieved wider recognition due in part to Franz Liszt, Hans von Bülow and Richard Wagner expressing... |
J.S. BACH / ROBERT SCHUMANN / GEORGES BIZET
Gold Lukas Hasler (organ) [ Pentatone / CD - due 27/Mar/2026 ] Organist Lukas Hasler presents Gold, a radiant debut album featuring his own transcriptions and arrangements for organ. What began five years ago with a fascination for Mozart's G Major Sonata in Edvard Grieg's two-piano version grew into an artistic... |
