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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BELA BARTOK / JEAN FRANCAIX / HENRYK GORECKI / FRANCIS POULENC
Clavecin XX Justin Taylor (harpsichord), Orchestre National de Lille, Chloé Dufresne [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 22/May/2026 ] Generally labelled as a Baroque instrument and thought to have disappeared with the French Revolution, the harpsichord flourished again in the first third of the 20th century and inspired original compositions. |
ALBERTO GINASTERA / ASTOR PIAZZOLLA / GABRIEL SIVAK / SEBASTIAN PIANA etc
Figures Argentines Quatuor Voce, Pablo Márquez, Jean-Baptiste Henry [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - due 22/May/2026 ] Always curious and seeking new horizons, the musicians of the Voce quartet fell in love with Argentina during their concert tours. In Buenos Aires and Rosario, they frequented peñas and milongas (folk music dance clubs) and had exciting working... |
WILLIAM BYRD / JOHN TAVERNER / JOHN BULL / THOMAS MORLEY etc
Troubled Times: Music and Espionage in Renaissance England The Queen's Six, The Rose Consort of Viols [ Signum / CD - due 22/May/2026 ] Troubled Times: Music and Espionage in Renaissance England explores sacred music written amid the religious and political instability of 16th-century England. Performed by The Queen's Six with The Rose Consort of Viols, the programme examines how... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Mandoline. Dans les salons fin-de-siècle Raffaele La Ragione (mandolin), François Dumont, Sandrine Piau [ Arcana / CD - due 22/May/2026 ] After the success of Mandolin on Stage, dedicated to the most emblematic 18th-century concertos for mandolin and recorded with Il Pomo d'Oro directed by Francesco Corti, Raffaele La Ragione returns with his third album for Arcana. This time he... |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Tosca Soloists, Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Daniele Gatti [ Naxos / 2 CD - due 22/May/2026 ] Giacomo Puccini's much-loved opera Tosca contains some of hismost famous lyrical arias. It is also a powerful and tragic theatre piece set in politically dangerous times featuring moments of courage and romantic tenderness. The expressive force of... |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Fairy Tales Susan Platts, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos / CD - due 22/May/2026 ] Igor Stravinsky is renowned for his legacy of glittering fairy tales in treasured favourites such as Petrushka and The Firebird. Another favourite is the ballet Pulcinella, a lovable melange of Baroque theatricality, heard here in its concert suite... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT / J.S. BACH
In deinen süßen Händen. Musik für verlorene Seelen Aurelia Visovan, Coline Dutilleul [ Fuga Libera / CD - due 5/Jun/2026 ] Schöne Welt, wo bist du? These words by Friedrich Schiller are the first of this new project, an exploration of existence, wandering and mourning. Coline Dutilleul has conceived a programme in which keyboard works by Johann Sebastian Bach and... |
J.S. BACH / HEINRICH IGNAZ FRANZ BIBER / MATTHEW LOCKE / ANDREAS OSWALD
Erbarme dich! Ayres Extemporae [ Linn Records / CD - due 5/Jun/2026 ] Winner of the 2024 York Early Music International Young Artists Competition, the trio Ayres Extemporae make its recording debut on Linn Records with a programme that explores various colours and textures made available by the group's unusual... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Three Violin Sonatas Charles Richard-Hamelin (piano), Andrew Wan (violin) [ Analekta / CD - due 5/Jun/2026 ] Andrew Wan, Concertmaster of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, and Charles Richard-Hamelin, internationally acclaimed pianist and silver medalist at the Chopin Competition, unite their artistic chemistry in a pinnacle of the Romantic... |
LUIGI BOCCHERINI / FRANCESCO GEMINIANI / J.S. BACH / ANTONIO VIVALDI
Echoes Of My Childhood Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Irina Zahharenkova (harpsichord), Anderson Fiorelli (basso continuo) [ Orfeo / CD - due 5/Jun/2026 ] In this remarkable recording, Daniel Müller-Schott blends masterful cello artistry with a deeply personal musical journey. Together with Irina Zahharenkova and Anderson Fiorelli, they bring works by Bach, Vivaldi, Geminiani and Boccherini to life -... |
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN / FREDERIC CHOPIN / FRANZ LISZT / ROBERT SCHUMANN / JOHANNES BRAHMS
Great 20th-Century Spanish Pianists (Live) Esteban Sánchez, Cristina Bruno, Joaquín Soriano, Manuel Carra, Pedro Espinosa [ MarchVivo / CD - due 5/Jun/2026 ] In 1975, coinciding with the inauguration of their new headquarters in Madrid, the Fundación Juan March launched their Young Performers recitals, a series of presenter-led concerts for secondary-school students, performed by leading Spanish... |
GABRIEL FAURE
Fauré: Sonatas for Violin and Piano Transcriptions Kerson Leong (violin), Jonathan Fournel (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 5/Jun/2026 ] Kerson Leong, winner of the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition in 2010, and Jonathan Fournel, winner of the Queen Elisabeth International Grand Prix in 2021, have each recorded several albums for Alpha Classics. Long-time... |
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... |
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... |
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... |
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... |
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... |
