The following classical CD titles are due for release / re-release in the near future.
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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH / DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE
Buxtehude: Northern Dawn - Lute Transcriptions Elias Conrad (lute) [ Antarctica / CD - due 2/Oct/2026 ] Northern Dawn reveals the music of Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707) through the intimate voice of the Baroque lute. In his transcriptions of keyboard and instrumental music, Elias Conrad traces a five-part, cantata-like journey of seeking, longing,... |
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ADRIAN WILLAERT / CIPRIANO DE RORE / FRANCESCO BENDUSI / COSTANZO ANTEGNATI / GIOVANNI BASSANO / ANDREA GABRIELI / GIOVANNI CROCE / GIOVANNI GABRIELI
Sulla piazza Consort La Capriola [ Ricercar / CD - due 2/Oct/2026 ] A consort of violins makes its way through the Venetian night beneath the arcades of St Mark's Square. From the basilica to aristocratic salons, from the streets to the taverns, the violinists follow the rhythms of daily life; the violin, a... |
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JEAN‑SÉBASTIEN BACH / HEITOR VILLA‑LOBOS / JEAN‑PHILIPPE RAMEAU / ANTONIO VIVALDI / ANONYME
Polaris Duo Kiasma, Pierre Fontenelle, Frin Wolter [ Cypres Records / CD - due 2/Oct/2026 ] Since its inception in 2016, the Duo Kiasma has shared a common delight: to surprise audiences through the unexpected pairing of the cello and the accordion. Indeed, what could be more unusual than the combination of the 'little prince' of classical... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven for Three: Symphony no.3, Leonore Overture no.3 Emanuel Ax (piano), Antoine Tamestit (viola), Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello) [ Sony Classical / CD - due 2/Oct/2026 ] Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos, and Yo-Yo Ma's fifth Beethoven for Three release features Symphony no.3 "Eroica", op.55, and the Leonore Overture no.3, op.72b. Joined by violist Antoine Tamestit for both pieces, the group performs these landmark... |
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Gamper, Maren
Erdenschwere [ Carpe Diem / CD - due 2/Oct/2026 ] Swiss-French pianist and theatre artist Maren Gamper presents her first solo album dedicated to the work of Swiss writer, journalist and poet Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908-1942). The album is an improvised reflection on Schwarzenbach's text... |
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J.S. BACH
Bach: Goldberg Variations Geoffroy Couteau (piano) [ La Dolce Volta / CD - due 2/Oct/2026 ] How do you give new impetus to your artistic life after completing a project as intense as recording Johannes Brahms' complete piano works? Geoffroy Couteau's answer was to climb an Everest. For to perform Bach's Goldberg Variations is to undergo... |
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FRANZ LISZT / LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN / SAMUEL BARBER
Das Lebewohl Jiaxin Min (piano) [ Fuga Libera / CD - due 2/Oct/2026 ] Introducing Jiaxin Min in her debut album, this recording marks the arrival of a compelling new voice on the international piano scene. Emerging as an audience favourite from the Queen Elisabeth Competition she combines expressive intensity, clarity... |
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HANS WINTERBERG
Winterberg: Symphony no.2, Piano Concerto no.2 Jonathan Powell (piano), Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Roland Kluttig [ Cappricio / CD - due 2/Oct/2026 ] Hans Winterberg grew up in Prague where he was one of a whole cadre of composers in the new Czech musical tradition. He claimed to have been inspired by Schoenberg, but in reality he cultivated a Central European Impressionism which he skilfully... |
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MICHEL‑RICHARD DE LALANDE
Lalande: Suites pour les soupers du Roy Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 2/Oct/2026 ] Hervé Niquet and Le Concert Spirituel are paying tribute to Michel-Richard de Lalande, who died 300 years ago: "Louis XIV's master of music, renowned for his sacred music and numerous divertissements, was also a remarkable composer of symphonies,"... |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 Minsoo Sohn (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - due 2/Oct/2026 ] Hyperion proudly welcomes the Korean-American pianist Minsoo Sohn to the roster for the first in a series of recordings of iconic piano repertoire. This new recording of the first book of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier is a personal tribute to Minsoo's... |
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GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah Monteverdi Choir. English Baroque Soloists, Christophe Rousset [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - due 2/Oct/2026 ] Handel's sacred oratorio Messiah is the iconic work the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists have chosen to launch their joint partnership with harmonia mundi. Directed by Christophe Rousset, they have combined forces with a stellar vocal... |
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JOHANN STRAUSS II
J Strauss II: Perpetuum mobile Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Patrick Hahn [ BR Klassik / CD - due 2/Oct/2026 ] In addition to the popular potpourri overture to Johann Strauss II's operetta The Gypsy Baron (1885) and the musical joke Perpetuum mobile, the programme of the new CD from BR-KLASSIK features mostly lesser-known, yet no less rousing compositions by... |
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NICOLAS WORMS
Worms: L'Enquête Nicolas Worms (keyboards) [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 2/Oct/2026 ] The music of composer and pianist Nicolas Worms (born in 1993 in Paris) is a space where contradictory times and places converge. He develops the concept of 'music-fiction', as in the series FLOT, released by Alpha Classics in 2024. This new album... |
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NICOLAS WORMS
Worms: L'Enquête (LP) Nicolas Worms (keyboards) [ Alpha Classics / LP - due 2/Oct/2026 ] The music of composer and pianist Nicolas Worms (born in 1993 in Paris) is a space where contradictory times and places converge. He develops the concept of 'music-fiction', as in the series FLOT, released by Alpha Classics in 2024. This new album... |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Complete Chamber Music & Violin Concerto (Live) Pierre Fouchenneret; Lise Berthaud; Anna Sypniewski; Victor Julien-Laferrière; François Salque; Caroline Sypniewski; Sarah Fouchenneret; Philibert Per [ B Records / 9 CD - due 2/Oct/2026 ] The idea for a series of recordings devoted to the music of Robert Schumann arose from Pierre and Théo Fouchenneret's work on the Sonatas for violin and piano, and from a desire to expand the project by exploring the rest of his chamber music as well... |
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ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG
Schönberg: Piano Works Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 2/Oct/2026 ] The French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard, a leading figure in contemporary classical music and an insightful interpreter of the core piano repertoire, has joined Alpha Classics and launches the partnership with an album that has long been close to... |
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ANONYMOUS / FRANCESCO GEMINIANI / JAMES OSWALD / TURLOUGH O'CAROLAN / NIEL GOW / THOMAS D'URFEY / WILLIAM THOMSON / THOMAS MOORE / ARCHIE FISHER / JER
Songs from the North Country (LP) Rosemary Standley, François Lazarevitch, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien [ Alpha Classics / 2 LP - due 2/Oct/2026 ] As great lovers of traditional music, Rosemary Standley and François Lazarevitch were bound to meet one day. The founding leader of Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien proposed to the iconic singer of the legendary rock band Moriarty - who has already... |
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GRANVILLE BANTOCK
Bantock: Orchestral Works Rumon Gamba (conductor), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra [ Chandos / CD - due 2/Oct/2026 ] Granville Bantock was born into a wealthy family (his father was a highly respected gynaecologist) in central London in 1868. Poor health scuppered his parents' plans for a career for him in the Indian civil service, and eventually Bantock gravitated... |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI / BENEDETTO MARCELLO / JEAN‑MARIE LECLAIR / LOUIS‑GABRIEL GUILLEMAIN
Hell's Angels Adrian Chandler (director, violin) / La Serenissima [ Signum / CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] Taking its title from a legendary 1728 encounter between violinists Pietro Locatelli and Jean-Marie Leclair, whose contrasting styles were memorably described as angelic and diabolical, Hell's Angels traces the cross-pollination of French and Italian... |
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RICHARD STRAUSS / BELA BARTOK
Strauss & Bartók: Violin Concertos Alena Baeva; Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen; Paavo Järvi [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] "The only violin concerto written by Richard Strauss, at just 18 years old, is a beautiful, energetic, brilliantly structured work with so many clues and features of his later style.", says Alena Baeva. With her long-standing collaborator Paavo Järvi... |