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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Ludovico Einaudi
The Summer Portraits Live (Cd) [ Decca / CD - due 4/Sep/2026 ] Recorded live in London at The Royal Albert Hall in 2025, this new collection includes favourites from The Summer Portraits as well as much-loved classics such as 'I Giorni', 'Nuvole Bianche' and 'Experience'. |
MODEST MUSSORGSKY / MAURICE RAVEL / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Tableaux Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Joseph Swensen [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 4/Sep/2026 ] This album centres on Ravel: Ravel the composer with Ma Mère l'Oye - originally a suite for piano four hands composed in 1910, orchestrated the following year to become a ballet… and Ravel the arranger with Mussorgsky's famous Pictures at an... |
Queen Elisabeth Competition: Cello 2026
Belgisches Nationalorchester/Byun, Andrew Ilhoon/Dietlin, Clara/Grolée, Antoine de/Hermus, Antony/Hoppe, Thomas/Kim, Tae-Yeon/Kitamura, Yo/Ko, Leland/ [ Queen Elisabeth Comp / 4 CD - due 4/Sep/2026 ] This box set from the third cello session of the Queen Elisabeth Competition brings together the 12 prize-winners who offered audiences exceptional musical moments throughout the competition. It opens with the concertos performed by the first four... |
KAIJA SAARIAHO
Saariaho: Saarikoski Songs, Vista, Three Preludes Anu Komsi (soprano), Marzi Nyman, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo [ Ondine / CD - due 4/Sep/2026 ] WORLD PREMIERE RECORDINGS of three works by Kaija Saariaho (1952-2023) from soprano Anu Komsi, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Sakari Oramo. Vista (2019), an expansive orchestral landscape, was the composer's final work for orchestra.... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT / CESAR FRANCK / SERGEY RACHMANINOV / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Transcriptions For Two Guitars Bluvenduo (Sebastian Rhodes, Zhanxiang Shi) [ Naxos / CD - due 4/Sep/2026 ] The prizewinning guitar duo Bluvenduo present a versatile selection of transcriptions for two guitars, several of which have never previously been arranged for this format. The freshness and sense of discovery in Schubert's Sonata in A major is a... |
LEOŠ JANÁČEK / LEO TOLSTOY / VÍTĚZSLAVA KAPRÁLOVÁ
the earth trembled Signum Quartett [ Pentatone / CD - due 4/Sep/2026 ] Signum Quartett presents the album the earth trembled, recontextualising the visionary string quartets of Leoš Janáček alongside the striking String Quartet Op. 8 by Vítězslava Kaprálová. Janáček's lifelong engagement with folk traditions shaped... |
J.S. BACH
Bach: Köthener Trauermusik Solomon's Knot [ Linn Records / 2 CD - due 4/Sep/2026 ] For its first album on Linn, Solomon's Knot performs one of Bach's most fascinating works. Although not a single note of the Köthener Trauermusik survives, almost every other detail of the performance does: we know its date, the first performers, the... |
ROLAND DE LASSUS
Roland de Lassus: Requiem Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier [ Ricercar / CD - due 4/Sep/2026 ] Roland de Lassus composed more than eighty masses, of which only two are Requiems; it is not possible to link them to the funerals of any particular individuals. The four-part Missa pro defunctis was published in Paris in 1577. The library of an... |
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
Piazzolla: 4 Seasons of Buenos Aires Xavier Phillips, Lausanne Soloists [ La Dolce Volta / CD - due 4/Sep/2026 ] Recognisable throughout the world and marked by an unmistakable authenticity, Astor Piazzolla's musical language has achieved a truly universal resonance. Following on from Carlos Gardel, the Argentine bandoneonist and composer reinvented the... |
ROXANNA PANUFNIK
Panufnik: Love Songs & Lullabies Zeynep Ozsuca (piano), Peter Moore (trombone), Mary Bevan (soprano), Matthew Barley (cello), Brodsky Quartet [ Signum / CD - due 4/Sep/2026 ] Love songs and lullabies from all over the world, composed or reimagined by Roxanna Panufnik. Collaborating on new musical genres but retaining her unique and very personal harmonic and melodic style. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Je chante la nuit Agathe Peyrat, Pierre Cussac [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 11/Sep/2026 ] The soprano (and ukulele player) Agathe Peyrat and the accordionist (and singer) Pierre Cussac form a unique duo, free-spirited and open to blending genres. In this programme, they embrace a classical repertoire, while putting their own spin on... |
Aleksander Dębicz
12 Dreams for Piano [ Warner Classics / CD - due 11/Sep/2026 ] A mysterious and romantic project inspired by dreaming, the pieces are rooted in Dębicz's clearly defined cinematic classical style, while simultaneously drawing on the tradition of the classical piano cycle. Aleksander Dębicz - pianist, composer,... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Intermezzi, Op. 117 - Klavierstücke, Opp. 118 & 119 Anna Fedorova (piano) [ Channel Classics / CD - due 11/Sep/2026 ] Anna Fedorova presents the late keyboard works of Brahms. "These works feel as if he is speaking to us in a more private voice than ever before. The music is deeply personal, full of tenderness, nostalgia, love, and quiet reflection" says Fedorova.... |
ERNEST BLOCH
Bloch: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 'Poème mystique' Spectrum Concerts Berlin, Boris Brovtsyn (violin), Dian Ketler (piano) [ Naxos / CD - due 11/Sep/2026 ] The full range of Ernest Bloch's music for violin and piano can be heard on this album, which journeys from his fiery early works to one of his last compositions. Both violin sonatas explore personal themes: the First, in its barbarism, alludes to... |
GUILLAUME de MACHAUT
Machaut Chanticleer [ Delos / CD - due 11/Sep/2026 ] Following the huge success of its first Delos recording ("hallmark powdery blend and intonation so pure" - The New York Times), the GRAMMY® Award-winning vocal ensemble Chanticleer, under the leadership of Music Director Tim Keeler, is now turning to... |
CHOI KYUNG-MAN
Korea: Piri & Taepyeongso Oboes CHOI Kyung-man, KIM Young-gil, YOON Soon-byeong [ Ocora / CD - due 11/Sep/2026 ] CHOI Kyung-man, a virtuoso of the piri and taepyeongso oboes, acclaimed for his mastery of rhythm and improvisation, moves with ease between tradition and contemporary creation. This recording explores new roles for these instruments, offering a... |
EUGEN d'ALBERT
d'Albert: Piano Music 1: Suite in five movement Sofja Gülbadamova (piano) [ Grand Piano / CD - due 11/Sep/2026 ] Eugen d'Albert was one of the great pianists of his age and wrote a series of exciting pieces for the instrument. The expressive, forward‑looking harmonies of the Suite are as notable as the work's Baroque style. The Four Pieces-pyrotechnically... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV / CHRISTOPHER ROUSE / TOSHIO HOSAKAWA
Ceremony Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Dresdner Philharmonie, Jonathan Stockhammer [ Warner Classics / CD - due 11/Sep/2026 ] Emmanuel Pahud is one of the few living flautists who can effortlessly bridge multiple genres. In this recording, he glides seamlessly from the cinematic, historical weight of Prokofiev, to the avant-garde spiritualism of Hosokawa, and finally to the... |
MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER / HENRY PURCELL / GIOVANNI BATTISTA FERRANDINI
Historiæ sacræ Ensemble Il Caravaggio, Camille Delaforge [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 11/Sep/2026 ] Il Caravaggio is an ensemble founded and conducted by Camille Delaforge, bringing together a new generation of musicians playing period instruments; the ensemble will celebrate its tenth anniversary in 2027. They are joining Alpha Classics for... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Six Piano Pieces Op. 118 Francesco Piemontesi, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Manfred Honeck [ Pentatone / CD - due 11/Sep/2026 ] Francesco Piemontesi, Manfred Honeck, and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig continue their Brahms journey with a powerful new recording of the Piano Concerto No. 1, a work born from Brahms' personal and artistic crisis following Robert Schumann's... |
