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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NADIA BOULANGER / ASTOR PIAZZOLLA / ALBERTO GINASTERA / LILI BOULANGER etc
Soleils de Septembre L'Achéron, François Joubert-Caillet [ Fuga Libera / CD - due 5/Jun/2026 ] Astor Piazzolla was in his early thirties when he travelled to France to study composition with Nadia Boulanger at the American Conservatory in Fontainebleau. Her guidance profoundly shaped his music. While Piazzolla sought to refine his classical... |
PETERIS VASKS
Vasks: Songs of My Heart Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava [ Ondine / CD - due 5/Jun/2026 ] Pēteris Vasks (b. 1946) is considered among the leading Baltic composers of today and is known for his profound musical language. The award-winning Latvian Radio Choir conducted by Sigvards Kļava are dedicating their new album to Pēteris Vasks' 80th... |
C.P.E. BACH / J.S. BACH / W.F. BACH
Bach Family: A musical offering Le Caravansérail, Frank Theuns, Sophie Gent, Bertrand Cuiller [ Ramée / CD - due 5/Jun/2026 ] It was in 1747 that Johann Sebastian Bach received an invitation from King Frederic II of Prussia. Bach travelled with Wilhelm Friedmann - his eldest son - to Potsdam, where Carl Philipp Emanuel, his second eldest son, was accompanist to the king's... |
AARON COPLAND / GEORGE WALKER
Copland: Symphony No. 3 / Walker: Sinfonia No. 5 London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano [ LSO Live / CD - due 5/Jun/2026 ] Aaron Copland's third symphony is a vast and beautiful work depicting sprawling landscapes, forceful intensity and the power of human resilience. Composed in the final days of World War II, it channels the spirit of a nation looking toward brighter... |
MAURICE RAVEL / ROBERT SCHUMANN / RICHARD STRAUSS / AMY BEACH etc
Deep River Miclen LaiPang (violin), Nigel Yandell (piano) [ Delos / CD - due 5/Jun/2026 ] "A force to be reckoned with" (The New York Times), violinist Miclen LaiPang makes his solo recording debut on Delos with a very personal recital. Featuring music that has accompanied him over time, "Deep River" traces a path through styles and... |
MOHAMMAD KARIMI / MOHAMMAD MUSAVI
Iran: The Masters of Music, Vol. 2 Mohammad Karimi (chant), Mohammad Musavi (ney / flute) [ Ocora / CD - due 5/Jun/2026 ] Karimi, master of singing, drew on the most authentic source of the radif (classical repertoire) to create an intimate expression far removed from any artifice, in perfect harmony with Mohammad Musavi's ney flute -a simple reed with immense... |
OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Respighi: Sinfonia drammatica Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Robert Treviño [ Ondine / CD - due 5/Jun/2026 ] Conductor Robert Trevino's second album release of orchestral music by Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936) together with the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI features Respighi's massive orchestral masterpiece, the Sinfonia drammatica. Respighi's... |
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Presumed Beethoven: The Six String Quartets, Anh. 2 Quartetto Alla Maniera Italiana [ Arcana / 2 CD - due 5/Jun/2026 ] In 1927, at the time of the first Beethoven centenary, the celebrated French musicologist Saint-Foix drew attention to an anonymous manuscript collection of six quartets that once belonged to the publisher Domenico (III) Artaria and is today... |
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Late String Quartets Quatuor Diotima [ Pentatone / 3 CD - due 5/Jun/2026 ] Quatuor Diotima presents an album of Beethoven's late string quartets, bringing renewed clarity and passion to some of the most profound works in the chamber repertoire. Written in the final years of his life, these late quartets unfold as deeply... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Santtu conducts Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 and Moscow, Cheryomushki Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor), Philharmonia Orchestra [ Signum / CD - due 5/Jun/2026 ] Santtu conducts Shostakovich: Moscow Cheryomushki and Symphony No. 1 is the seventh album from Philharmonia Records. Led by Santtu-Matias Rouvali, these performances were recorded live at the Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall, where they are... |
BELA BARTOK / FREDERIC CHOPIN / / FRANZ LISZT / MAURICE RAVEL / CARL MARIA VON WEBER / ALEXI STANCHINSKY
Debut Sasha Stychkina (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 5/Jun/2026 ] Greek-Russian pianist Sasha Stychkina, born in December 2003 in Moscow into a family of musicians and filmmakers, is the youngest finalist and winner in the history of the Marguerite Long International Piano Competition in Paris in November... |
JESSICA ULUSOY-HORSLEY
in between - Choral Works by Jessica Ulusoy-Horsley Tenebrae, Nigel Short (director) [ Signum / CD - due 6/Jun/2026 ] This recording brings together recent choral works by British-Swiss composer Jessica Ulusoy-Horsley exploring sound, silence, and the spaces between them, performed by Tenebrae under Nigel Short. The programme includes the work Engelsmusik, inspired... |
C.P.E. BACH
Bach: Berlin Symphonies Arte dei Suonatori, Marcin Swiatkiewicz [ BIS SACD / CD - due 12/Jun/2026 ] Two years ago, the Arte dei Suonatori ensemble and its dynamic conductor and harpsichordist Marcin Swiatkiewicz presented C.P.E. Bach's 'Hamburg' Symphonies (BIS-2459)- highly expressive and personal works. Nervous, full of unexpected twists and... |
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Late Symphonies Nos. 84, 85 Danish Chamber Orchestra, Adam Fischer [ Naxos / CD - due 12/Jun/2026 ] Haydn composed the three symphonies in this volume during the mid- 1780s in a spirit of triumph. Though still employed by the Esterházy family, he had recently been allowed to publish his music himself and to accept outside commissions. A number of... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss: Intermezzo Deutsche Oper Berlin, Sir Donald Runnicles [ Naxos / 2 CD - due 12/Jun/2026 ] Richard Strauss summed up his two-act opera Intermezzo as a 'bourgeois comedy with symphonic interludes'. The soprano role of Christine with its shimmering cantilenas represents Strauss's wife Pauline, while the successful Kapellmeister Robert Storch... |
MEL BONIS
Bonis: Orchestral Works Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Rumon Gamba (conductor), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra [ Chandos / CD - due 12/Jun/2026 ] Mel (Mélanie Hélène) Bonis was born in Paris in 1858, and showed a prodigious talent for music from an early age, attending the Paris Conservatoire from the age of sixteen, studying alongside Debussy and Pierné under César Franck. Her passionate... |
DAVID SISCO
Sisco: Infrastructure - The Songs of David Sisco David Fung (piano), Michael Kelly (baritone), Elizabeth Mondragon (mezzo-soprano), Laura Strickling (soprano), David Sisco (baritone) [ Metier / CD - due 12/Jun/2026 ] Metier Records is proud to present "Infrastructure: The Songs of David Sisco" from the award-winning US composer, featuring over 25 years of his output of art song, performed by pianist David Fung, singers Laura Strickling, Elizabeth Mondragon,... |
J.S. BACH
Bach: The Complete Keyboard Concertos Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord), Britten Sinfonia (ensemble) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - due 12/Jun/2026 ] Mahan Esfahani's mammoth project to record the complete keyboard works of Bach reaches its zenith with The Complete Keyboard Concertos. At every stage in the series Esfahani has sought to challenge long-held assumptions about the composer we seek to... |
LOUISE FARRENC
Farrenc: Complete Piano Works Vol.4 - Theme and Variations Part 2 Maria Stratigou (piano) [ Grand Piano / CD - due 12/Jun/2026 ] Louise Farrenc was one of the most respected pianists, composers and pedagogues in the Parisian musical scene of her day, gaining the admiration of Robert Schumann. Her Theme and Variations sets are regarded as some of the most significant pieces she... |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Choral Transcriptions Michael Kaykov (piano) [ Naxos / CD - due 12/Jun/2026 ] A central expression of Franz Liszt's multifaceted creativity was his lifelong engagement with transcription and transformation, using the piano as a medium capable of absorbing the sonorities, gestures and emotional weight of voices and orchestras... |
