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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RICHARD STRAUSS / JOHN ESTACIO / ALEXINA LOUIE
Poema 3. Comœdia Alexander Shelley, Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra [ Analekta / CD - due 20/Nov/2026 ] The third installment in the Poema series by Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra, Comœdia brings together two masterpieces by Richard Strauss alongside two newly commissioned Canadian works by John Estacio and Alexina Louie. Under the direction... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Abysses. French Arias for Contralto Aude Extrémo; Concerto Budapest Symphony Orchestra; György Vashegyi [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 20/Nov/2026 ] The contralto voice range did not emerge in French opera until around 1850, largely thanks to the singer Rosine Stoltz, who made her debut at the Paris Opera in 1837. The low female voice then gained prominence on all the Parisian opera stages, with... |
JOHN DOWLAND
John Dowland: A Fancy (LP) Bor Zuljan (lute) [ Ricercar / 2 LP - due 20/Nov/2026 ] The first notes of the descending chromatic theme break the silence and it seems as if time has stopped. The listener is drawn into the world of John Dowland, the greatest lutenist of all, in a journey through multiple shades of melancholy and lucent... |
MICHAEL TIPPETT
Tippett: Unaccompanied choral works The Carice Singers, George Parris [ Signum / CD - due 20/Nov/2026 ] This release from The Carice Singers, conducted by George Parris, brings together the unaccompanied choral works of Michael Tippett (1905-1998), marking the ensemble's debut recording with Signum Classics. Composed across the first twenty-five years... |
ALESSANDRO STRADELLA
Stradella: San Giovanni Battista Ensemble Mare Nostrum [ Arcana / CD - due 20/Nov/2026 ] Composed for the Jubilee of 1675, San Giovanni Battista is the masterpiece that contributed more than any other to Stradella's fame during his lifetime and to the shaping of his legend after his death: a score rooted in the great contrapuntal... |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN / GEORGE GERSHWIN / SCOTT JOPLIN / JELLY ROLL MORTON / FLORENCE PRICE / KURT WEILL / RUDY WIEDOEFT
Stateside: Music for Saxophone Quartet Ferio Saxophone Quartet [ Chandos / CD - due 20/Nov/2026 ] Formed at the Royal College of Music in 2012, the Ferio Saxophone Quartet has since developed an extraordinary breadth of repertoire, which allows the members to draw from an unusually wide range of musical styles and periods in their highly engaging... |
DANNY ELFMAN
Danny Elfman: Cello Concerto & Film Music Gautier Capuçon (cello), Danny Elfman, Jérôme Ducros (piano), BBC Concert Orchestra, Lionel Bringuie [ Erato / CD - due 20/Nov/2026 ] Gautier Capuçon enters the musical world of composer Danny Elfman with the premiere recording of his sensational Cello Concerto, written expressly for the French cellist in a uniquely collaborative and interpersonal process not unlike that of the... |
WITOLD LUTOSŁAWSKI / EDWARD ELGAR
Lutosławski: Cello Concerto - Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor Hayoung Choi (cello), Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Tomáš Netopil (cond.) [ Fuga Libera / CD - due 20/Nov/2026 ] First Prize winner of the 2022 Queen Elisabeth Competition, Hayoung Choi quickly established herself as one of the most compelling cellists of her generation. Joined by the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra and conductor Tomáš Netopil, she explores two... |
STEFANO LANDI
Landi: La morte d'Orfeo Les Épopées [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / 2 CD - due 20/Nov/2026 ] La morte d'Orfeo (1619), Stefano Landi's first opera, marks a pivotal moment in the history of Italian opera. Drawing on the myth of Orpheus, it focuses not on his descent into the Underworld but on his final moments and ultimate apotheosis. Rooted... |
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL / JOHN ECCLES / MARIN MARAIS / GABRIEL SMALLWOOD / PABLO FITZGERALD / GIULIO TANASINI
Semele Margarita Slepakova (mezzo-soprano), Le Sommeil [ Pentatone / CD - due 20/Nov/2026 ] Early music ensemble Le Sommeil and mezzo-soprano Margarita Slepakova present a PENTATONE debut of Semele, a striking reimagining of the myth of desire, revelation, and transformation. In this interpretation, Semele moves among gods yet remains... |
FRANCESCA CACCINI
Caccini: La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina Ensemble I Gemelli [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / CD - due 20/Nov/2026 ] La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina by Francesca Caccini is the first opera composed by a woman. Created in Florence in 1625 for the Medici court, this "favola in musica" combines singing, dancing, and spectacular stage effects in the... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage & A Midsummer Night's Dream Maxim Emelyanychev; Scottish Chamber Orchestra [ Linn Records / CD - due 20/Nov/2026 ] Following their critically acclaimed first album devoted to Felix Mendelssohn's Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5 (Trophées Radio Classique, Amadeus d'oro, among many accolades), conductor Maxim Emelyanychev and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra have recorded a... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Complete Sonatas & Partitas for Violin Solo (reissue) Rachel Podger (violin) [ Channel Classics / 2 CD - due 20/Nov/2026 ] Recorded in 1997 and 1998 and released in 1999 as Rachel Podger's seminal solo debut albums, J. S. Bach's complete Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin are re-released today. Hailed at the time by The Irish Times as "Clearly, a violinist to watch out... |
S. P. MUTTULAKSHMI / T. MUTTUSVAMI PULAVAR
South India: Villuppattu - The Bow Song S. P. Muttulakshmi, T. Muttusvami Pulavar [ Ocora / CD - due 20/Nov/2026 ] The villuppattu ("song of the bow") is a tradition of epic and ritual songs from the Tamil region, performed here by S. P. Muttulakshmi and T. Muttusvami Pulavar: the main instrument (the large villu bow) and light percussion instruments provide the... |
JOSEPH-HECTOR FIOCCO
Fiocco: Petits motets, Vol. III Scherzi Musicali, Nicolas Achten [ Musique en Wallonie / CD - due 20/Nov/2026 ] This third volume dedicated to Joseph-Hector Fiocco completes the portrait of a major composer in 18th-century Brussels musical life. His music captivates with its expressive richness, its melodic sweep, and the remarkable synthesis it achieves... |
CHRISTOPHER SIMPSON
Simpson: The Seasons, The Monthes & other divisions of Time - I Sophie Watillon, Friederike Heumann, Brian Franklin (viols) / Matthias Spaeter (theorba) / Luca Guglielmi (organ) [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 20/Nov/2026 ] Son of a shoemaker, Simpson composed pieces for the viol in all the styles prevalent in English viol music in the 17th century. He was also a revered theoretician. His book 'The Division-Violist' (London 1659) was highly praised. The late Sophie... |
ANONYMOUS / PHILIPPE VERDELOT / JACQUES ARCADELT / FRANCESCO CORTECCIA
Music for Medici Festivals Theatro dei Cervelli, Andrés Locatelli [ Ramée / CD - due 20/Nov/2026 ] Festivals sponsored by the Medici of Florence were among the most renowned of the time. The Medici were a mercantile family ennobled in the 1530s, when the senior male family member was first declared duke of Florence and granted the right of... |
PAUL SCHOENFIELD / IGOR STRAVINSKY / LIBBY LARSEN / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Conversations: Schoenfeld, Stravinsky, Larsen & R. Schumann Trio Caspar [ Delos / CD - due 20/Nov/2026 ] The freshly launched Colburn Collection is already expanding with a second volume: 'Conversations' by Colburn's inaugural Honors Chamber Music Ensemble, Trio Caspar. The trio was awarded the Gold Medal at the 2026 Fischoff Competition; as such Delos... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Quartets with Piano Trio Goldberg, David Bismuth [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 20/Nov/2026 ] Beethoven composed four piano quartets when he was just 15 years old, at a time when this instrumental combination was rare, even experimental. Mozart wrote for this ensemble at around the same time, but there is no evidence that Beethoven was... |
HARRY SDRAULIG / ELIZABETH YOUNAN / PAUL BALLAM‑CROSS / CONNOR D'NETTO / OLIVIA BETTINA DAVIES / HOLLY HARRISON
21st-Century Australian Guitar Music Hamish Strathdee, Emma-Shay Gallenti-Guilfoyle [ Naxos / CD - due 27/Nov/2026 ] Guitarist Hamish Strathdee's close collaboration with the Australian composers featured on this recording reflects his deep commitment to bringing new music to life through direct artistic partnership. The serious intent of Harry Sdraulig's Sonata is... |
