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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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
1612 Italian Vespers I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth [ Coro / CD - due 2/May/2025 ] On this 2012 recording, previously available on Decca, Robert Hollingworth leads his celebrated ensemble, I Fagiolini, on a journey unearthing incredible lost works from the late Renaissance and early Baroque, adding to their acclaimed 'Colossal... |
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 |
J. S. BACH
Ancient Modernity: New Music for Solo Cello Louise McMonagle (cello) [ DELPHIAN / CD - due 25/Apr/2025 ] Known for her work as a member of the award-winning Riot Ensemble, Scottish cellist Louise McMonagle's first solo album showcases her deep commitment to collaboration with the composers of our own time. From John Maxwell Geddes, one of her early... |
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Bach: Easter Oratorio Magnificat Cantata Collective, Nicholas McGegean [ AVIE / CD - due 11/Apr/2025 ] San Francisco-based Cantata Collective continues its exploration of J.S. Bach's major choral masterworks with a third in the ongoing series, pairing the composer's Easter Oratorio and Magnificat. |
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. |
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? |
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. |
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. |
ANTÔNIO MARINHO / LUCAS DOS PRAZERES / CÉSAR MICHILES / BRENO LIRA
Brazil: Music of the Nordeste Pernambuco Quartet [ Ocora / CD - due 25/Apr/2025 ] The Pernambuco Quartet owes its creation to luck, chance and passion, when four musicians emblematic of their culture came together around the rich traditions of the Pernambuco region - a unique alchemy of poetry, rhythms and music. |
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... |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: The Complete Waltzes Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - due 11/Apr/2025 ] Stephen Hough's 2011 album of Chopin's waltzes once more regains its 'complete' status with the inclusion of the 'Valse' found in a New York library in 2024. Yet further incentive to acquire some Chopin of 'authority and panache … understanding and... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Comic Muse - The Theatrical World of Kitty Clive Apollo's Cabinet [ Prima Classics / CD - due 4/Apr/2025 ] A Celebration of 18th-Century theatrical brilliance, "The Comic Muse" delves into the vibrant and often overlooked world of 18th-century theatre, celebrating the extraordinary talent and influence of Kitty Clive. |
OLIVER DAVIS
Davis: Life Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Julian Kershaw (conductor) [ Signum / CD - due 9/May/2025 ] The latest installment from composer Oliver Davis, an album inspired by his work Life Cycle for violin and strings, with all the works that followed playing on the theme of life. Featuring works for violin, piano, strings, harp and orchestra, Davis... |
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. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Echoes of Latvia Laura Zarina [ SKANI / CD - due 4/Apr/2025 ] Lucija Garuta's miniatures are like the vertebrae in the backbone of this album by Laura Zarina and Agnese Eglina, and, between them are works by women composers of the modern era, three of which were commissioned by Laura Zarina |
ANDRÉ DANICAN PHILIDOR
Philidor: Ernelinde, princesse de Norvège Orkester Nord, Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, Martin Wåhlberg [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / 2 CD - due 25/Apr/2025 ] Torn between her love for the King of Denmark, Sandomir, and her duty to her father, Rodoald, King of Norway, Princess Ernelinde finds herself caught up in a political whirlwind in the heart of medieval Scandinavia. Beyond the exotic setting of this... |
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. |
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. |
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. |
RUTH GIPPS
Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol.4 Charlie Lovell-Jones (violin) Bill Anderson (contrabassoon), BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - due 11/Apr/2025 ] Rumon Gamba's exploration of the music of Ruth Gipps continues with these world-première recordings of the Fifth Symphony, Violin Concerto, and Leviathan, performed by the BBC Philharmonic. |
