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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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Brockes Passion Robert Sellier, Vanessa Waldhart, Yulia Sokolik, Romelia Lichtenstein, Michael Zehe / Oper Halle Chorus, Handelfestspielorchester Halle, Michael Hofst [ Naxos / 2 CD - due 28/Mar/2025 ] Barthold Heinrich Brockes was an influential German poet who added reflective and descriptive poetry into the texture of his Passion. Among several musical settings, the most famous is the one by Handel. |
ERROLLYN WALLEN
Wallen - Orchestral Works Ruby Hughes (mezzo-soprano), Idunnu Munch (mezzo-soprano), Miwa Rosso (cello), BBC Concert Orchestra, John Andrews [ Resonus / CD - due 28/Mar/2025 ] This new album of orchestral works by Errollyn Wallen, performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra under the direction of John Andrews, offers a rich journey through over two decades of the composer's diverse and innovative music. |
NED ROREM
Rorem - Choral Works St Martin's Voices, Piatti String Quartet, Andrew Earis [ Resonus / CD - due 28/Mar/2025 ] Ned Rorem, renowned for his vivid art songs and unapologetic diaries, also composed a vast and underappreciated body of choral works. This album, featuring St Martin's Voices, showcases selections from his impressive choral output spanning seven... |
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. |
WITOLD LUTOSŁAWSKI / KAROL SZYMANOWSKI / GRAŻYNA BACEWICZ / IAIN FARRINGTON
Bacewicz, Lutosławski & Szymanowski Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Thomas Søndergård [ Linn Records / CD - due 28/Mar/2025 ] Music Director Thomas Søndergård conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in a programme showcasing three leading composers from twentieth-century Poland. |
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. |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Complete music for solo piano Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - due 4/Apr/2025 ] Born in 1875, Ravel was fêted during the 1920s and '30s as France's greatest living composer - a remarkable achievement considering the obstacles placed in his path by the ultra-conservative Parisian musical elite of his time. |
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 |
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. |
CHRISTOPHER TYLER NICKEL
Nickel: Mass; Te Deum Catherine Redding (soprano), Vancouver Chamber Choir, Kari Turunen, Vancouver Contemporary Orchestra, Clyde Mitchell (conductor) [ AVIE / CD - due 11/Apr/2025 ] Award-winning Canadian composer Christopher Tyler Nickel adds to his impressive catalogue of large-scale liturgical works with a double-bill featuring his Mass and Te Deum, composed concurrently and completed in 2022 |
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. |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt - Via Crucis & Solo Piano Works Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Grete Pedersen [ Sony Classical / CD - due 11/Apr/2025 ] On his latest album 'Liszt - Via Crucis & Solo Piano Works' for Sony Classical, Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes unveils the often-forgotten side of the famed virtuoso Franz Liszt - the sacred music that offers a more intimate picture of the man... |
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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... |
KORNGOLD / ZEMLINSKY / WINTER / MAHLER / GRÜNFELD
Jewish Vienna Chen Reiss (soprano), Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich, Daniel Grossmann (conductor) [ ONYX / CD - due 25/Apr/2025 ] Vienna at the turn of the 20th century was a at the cutting edge of artistic and musical creativity. The Vienna Secessionist movement, led by Gustav Klimt had, in equal measure, shocked and fascinated the art world. Composers such as Schoenberg, Berg... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Light Flowing Clare O'Connell (cello) [ NMC Recordings / CD - due 25/Apr/2025 ] Light Flowing is an album of works for cello performed by Clare O'Connell as part of NMC's Artist Series |
ARVO PART
Pärt: Tractus (LP) Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste (conductor) [ ECM New Series / 2 LP - due 25/Apr/2025 ] Tractus emphasizes Arvo Pärt compositions that blend the timbres of string orchestra and choir. New versions predominate, with focused performances from the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir under Tõnu Kaljuste's... |
Various Composers
Tales of the Jazz Age Florian Noack [ La Dolce Volta / CD - due 25/Apr/2025 ] Can we go back a hundred years in time? Pianist Florian Noack's new album pushes back the gates of time to rediscover the lifeblood of the Roaring Twenties, which saw twentieth-century music trace a path between partying and war. |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn 2032, Vol. 12: Les Jeux et les Plaisirs (LP version) Giovanni Antonini, Kammerorchester Basel [ Alpha Classics / 2 LP - due 25/Apr/2025 ] This programme focuses on fantasy and pleasure, with three symphonies punctuated by lightness and wit. |
RAMEAU / RAVEL / PÉREZ-VILLEGAS / URQUIZA
Unraveled: Homage to Maurice Ravel Kebyart [ Linn Records / CD - due 25/Apr/2025 ] To celebrate Maurice Ravel's 150th anniversary in 2025, Kebyart sets out to explore his unique compositional legacy, despite the composer never having written for saxophone quartet. |
