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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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... |
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... |
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,"... |
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... |
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... |
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... |
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... |
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... |
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... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Pyramids Recital Fatma Said (soprano), Thibaut Maudry (violin), Hani El Sawaf (darbouka drums), Mohamed Ahmed (ney flute), Mohamed El Said (oud lute), Les Frivolités [ Warner Classics / CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] Songs from across continents and time come together before the majestic backdrop of the pyramids of Giza in this one-of-a-kind musical project, starring Fatma Said. Accompanied by the musicians of the orchestra Les Frivolités Parisiennes, conductor... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Schostakovich: Symphony No. 8 (Complete Symphonies, Vol. 2) Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Alain Altinoglu [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] 'Basically, I only have two symphonies: the Fourth and the Eighth.' Shostakovich is said to have remarked. Yevgeny Mravinsky, to whom Symphony No. 8 is dedicated, wrote in his diary: 'I spent the whole evening reflecting on and sketching out the form... |
MATTHEW WHITTALL
Whittall: The World Tree Helsinki Chamber Choir, Nils Schweckendiek (conductor) [ BIS / CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] Canadian-Finnish composer Matthew Whittall's music fuses diverse influences - Old and New World, Western and non-Western, sacred and secular, classical, folk and popular - into a single, rich and varied expressive language. For The World Tree, a work... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Sonatas and Fantasy for Violin and Fortepiano Ilya Gringolts, Anton Gerzenberg [ Arcana / CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] Spanning 1816 to 1827, Schubert's works for violin and piano trace a remarkable evolution in his musical voice, though their reception has often obscured their true significance. Revisiting them today reveals a composer whose imagination for the... |
JEAN-FRANÇOIS DUTERTRE / JEAN RIBOUILLAULT / CHRISTOPHE TOUSSAINT
France - The Epinette of the Vosges Jean-François Dutertre, Jean Ribouillault, Christophe Toussaint [ Ocora / CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] Through a large repertoire spanning from the 18th century to their own compositions, Jean-François Dutertre, Jean Ribouillault and Christophe Toussaint (key figures in the folk revival of the 1970s) display here the profound expressive richness of... |
MICHELE CARAFA
Carafa: Masaniello Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, Nicola Pascoli (conductor) [ Naxos / 2 CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] Michele Carafa, a student of Cherubini, formed a lifelong friendship with Rossini built on mutual admiration. He established his career in Paris through his association with the Opéra Comique, where he presented his masterpiece Masaniello. Uniquely,... |
AARON MESSING / ANNI HOCHHALTER / CHARLES MUELLER / ARIELLE KASNETZ / CAMERON LECRONE
Recall, Recall (LP) Late Aster [ Delos / LP - due 9/Oct/2026 ] The latest release by the two classically trained brass musicians/composers Aaron Messing and Anni Hochhalter, 'Recall, Recall', is an overflowing menagerie of sounds and melodies featuring textured injections of trumpet and French horn, with some... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Our Lady of Antwerp. A Musical Path to Rubens Utopia Ensemble, Psallentes [ Ramée / CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] Antwerp's collegiate church of Our Lady developed into one of the most important musical centres in the Low Countries over the course of the 15th and 16th centuries. This recording traces the lineage of the directors of music and the singers... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies No. 3 & 7 (Intégrale des symphonies, Vol. 2) (Live) Victor Julien-Laferrière; Orchestre Consuelo [ B Records / 2 CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] Victor Julien-Laferrière and Consuelo continue their complete recording of Ludwig van Beethoven's symphonies with a triumphant double bill: the 'Eroica' Symphony, a grand epic that has left its mark on the history of music, and the whirlwind Seventh,... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Behind the Skyline Wolfgang Mitschke (piano, keyboards, bass, drums) [ Naxos / CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] Wolfgang Mitschke's Behind the Skyline is a heartfelt tribute to German jazz pianist Horst Jankowski. Recorded in the Rhineland, the album blends vintage jazz spirit with Mitschke's own compositions, interweaving standards from the Great American... |
RICHARD STRAUSS / BÉLA BARTÓK / JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Komm! Wrocław Baroque Ensemble, Andrzej Kosendiak, NFM Boys' Choir [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] As the founder of the Wrocław Baroque Ensemble, which performs on period instruments, the Polish conductor Andrzej Kosendiak is a champion of Baroque music and has specialised in oratorios and cantatas from various periods. Giovanni Antonini has a... |
