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
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,... |
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... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Reines Véronique Gens, Ensemble Les Surprises, Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 13/Mar/2026 ] After Passion (ALPHA747), Véronique Gens reunites with Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas' ensemble Les Surprises to celebrate a type of role intrinsically linked to 17th- and 18th-century French baroque opera: queens! "Operatic queens are powerful... |
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... |
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 ] |
