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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KALEVI AHO
Aho: Symphony no.17 Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Erkki Lasonpalo (conductor) [ BIS / CD - due 20/Feb/2026 ] The prolific Finnish composer Kalevi Aho periodically undertakes large-scale compositions that showcase the full breadth of his artistic abilities. The Symphony no.17 exemplifies this tendency, representing his most ambitious orchestral work to... |
J.S. BACH
Bach: Clavier-Übung III James McVinnie (organ) [ Pentatone / 2 CD - due 20/Feb/2026 ] James McVinnie brings Johann Sebastian Bach's monumental Clavier-Übung III to life in a recording that captures both its technical brilliance and profound spiritual depth. Bach's 1739 collection, his first published volume of organ music, is a... |
J.S. BACH / W.A. MOZART / BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Bach, Mozart, Britten Concerti Howard Griffiths, Martin James Bartlett [ Warner Classics / CD - due 27/Feb/2026 ] Three works for piano and orchestra - by Bach, Mozart and Britten - make up the programme for the latest album from Martin James Bartlett. His Warner Classics release Rhapsody was welcomed by BBC Music Magazine as "a joyful display, full of warmth,... |
J. S. BACH
Bach on the Edge. A Selection of Harpsichord Works Cristiano Gaudio (harpsichord) [ Arcana / CD - due 8/May/2026 ] A vocation for experimentation was unquestionably an essential component of Bach's mindset. It was a desire to surpass, in every possible respect, whatever had been achieved up until then in a given genre or musical form, while extending to the... |
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... |
BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Early Piano Sonatas Opp. 2-7-10 Simone Pierini (fortepiano) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - due 20/Feb/2026 ] An experienced early-keyboard specialist brings his expertise to the 'New Testament' of the piano repertoire. 'Period' performances of Beethoven sonatas have become relatively mainstream during the present century, through artists such as Robert... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Piano Trios, Vol. 2 Busch Trio [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 8/May/2026 ] For this second volume of their complete Beethoven piano trios, the Busch Trio illustrates the great variety that the composer was able to draw from an ensemble of just three instruments. The Trio in G Major, begun in 1793, is the second of three... |
BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 5 'Spring', 9 'Kreutzer' & 3 Alena Baeva; Vadym Kholodenko [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 27/Feb/2026 ] Alena Baeva and Vadym Kholodenko are starting their recording of Beethoven's complete sonatas for violin and piano. Alena is recognised as a versatile violinist with a magnetic presence and now performs with the greatest orchestras and conductors,... |
La Tempête, Simon-Pierre Bestion
Bomba Flamenca [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 24/Apr/2026 ] Simon-Pierre Bestion immerses us in the world of Charles V and a Spain marked by Arab-Andalusian culture. From 1515 onwards, Spain also welcomed musicians and singers from Flanders: this Capilla flamenca had an explosive effect on Spanish music... |
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... |
BRAHMS
Brahms: Late Piano Works Piotr Anderszewski (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - due 20/Feb/2026 ] "These late works by Brahms are like a testament. But what is this secretive man revealing to us here? Or rather, what is he still trying to hide? Hiding it until the very end, arousing in us an irresistible desire to guess what it is? Perhaps that... |
FRANK BRIDGE / SIR EDWARD ELGAR / JOHN IRELAND
Bridge, Elgar, Ireland: English Cello Works Andreas Brantelid, Bengt Forsberg, The Royal Danish Orchestra, Thomas Søndergård [ Naxos / CD - due 27/Feb/2026 ] Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto in E minor is a cornerstone of the cello repertoire, a product of the composer's summer seclusion in the English countryside in 1919. A masterpiece of moods, it encompasses the world-weary and poignant but also the... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, etc Julie Roset; Lawrence Foster; Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 24/Apr/2026 ] This album pays tribute to composer Benjamin Britten, who will be commemorated in 2026, the 50th anniversary of his death. It was conceived by conductor Lawrence Foster who, with Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, showcases the British composer's... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Byrd and the Bird Giovanni Antonini (recorder), Sheng-Fang Chiu (recorder) [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 24/Apr/2026 ] Giovanni Antonini and Shen-Fang Chiu form a leading recorder duo who enjoy exploring varied and unexpected repertoires. This album is named after a piece composed by Giovanni Sollima in 2024: it pays tribute to William Byrd and combines the tenor... |
Cappella Artemisia, Candace Smith
Call for the Wailing Women, Laments and Lamentations in Italian Convents [ Brilliant Classics / CD - due 20/Feb/2026 ] World-premiere recordings of motets by a host of unknown names from the early Italian Baroque: the latest result of performing scholarship by a group with a notable track record of success in this repertoire. International critics have praised the... |
MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Piano Quintets Alessandro Marangoni, Quartetto Adorno [ Naxos / CD - due 27/Feb/2026 ] Castelnuovo-Tedesco's chamber works were composed early and late in his career. He considered the Piano Quintet No. 1 in F major from 1932 to be the best of all his chamber works from that period. It exudes Romantic candour and contrapuntal richness,... |
CHARLES SILVER
Silver: La Belle au bois dormant Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Hungarian National Choir, György Vashegyi, Guylaine Girard, Julien Dran, Kate Aldrich, Thomas Dolié [ Bru Zane / 2 CD - due 24/Apr/2026 ] Largely forgotten today, the composer Charles Silver was one of the most promising students of Jules Massenet, whose elegant style and effective dramatic gestures he fully mastered. His opera La Belle au bois dormant (Sleeping Beauty), based on... |
DOMENICO CIMAROSA
Cimarosa: L'Italiana in Londra Soloists, Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester, Leo Hussain (conductor) [ Naxos / 2 CD - due 27/Mar/2026 ] omenico Cimarosa, one of the last great exponents of the Neapolitan School, was also one of the most-performed opera composers before the arrival of Rossini. He composed over 60 such works and was esteemed from Venice to St Petersburg where he was... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Crown of Life Choir of the Queen's College, Oxford, Owen Rees [ Signum / CD - due 6/Mar/2026 ] The Crown of Life continues the Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford's exploration of overlooked treasures in twentieth-century English choral music under Owen Rees. At its centre is the first recording of Kenneth Leighton's Missa Christi (1988), the... |
La Grande Chapelle
Delizie di Posillipo, Música para el virrey de Nápoles [ Lauda / CD - due 27/Feb/2026 ] On 1 March 1620, the festa a ballo Delizie di Posillipo was performed at the Royal Palace of Naples to celebrate the recovery of King Philip III. Promoted by the Viceroy Pedro Girón, 3rd Duke of Osuna, the spectacle featured splendid stage designs by... |
