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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MARCEL DUPRÉ / FRANZ LISZT
Dupré & Liszt Olivier Latry (organ), Kahchun Wong, Dresdner Philharmonie [ La Dolce Volta / CD - due 30/Oct/2026 ] A central figure of the organ in the first half of the twentieth century, Marcel Dupré (1886-1971) brought the French symphonic organ to international prominence and trained several generations of leading organists. In this recording, Olivier Latry... |
ERNEST GUIRAUD / AUGUSTA HOLMÈS / FLORENT SCHMITT / MARIE JAËLL / CHARLES GOUNOD / GASTON CARRAUD / GUY ROPARTZ / CHARLES SILVER
Phantoms. French Symphonic Poems Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Pierre Dumoussaud [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 30/Oct/2026 ] "A genre of high fantasy, complete with its host of ghosts, demons, spirits and witches, usurped the place of the magical elements of Baroque opera in France during the 19th century," writes Alexandre Dratwicki in the introduction to this programme,... |
J.S. BACH
Bach: Partitas for Viola da Gamba Teodoro Baù (viola da gamba) [ Arcana / CD - due 30/Oct/2026 ] Johann Sebastian Bach's Partitas for solo violin BWV 1002, 1004, and 1006 are remarkably visionary works. Within the established framework of the dance suite, Bach pushes the expressive and technical possibilities of the instrument to unprecedented... |
IGOR STRAVINSKY / ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV / REINHOLD GLIÈRE / BORIS ASAFIEV / NIKOLAI TCHEREPNIN / VALERY GAVRILIN / DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH etc
Anthology of Russian Ballet Music Ural Youth Symphony Orchestra, Dmitry Filatov [ Fuga Libera / CD - due 30/Oct/2026 ] The music on this album reflects the rich tradition of Russian ballet, from 19th-century classics such as Swan Lake to the innovations of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and the ballets of the Soviet era. While ballet music had long been treated as... |
HANS NEWSIDLER / JOHANNES BACH / HEINRICH BACH / JOHANN MICHAEL BACH / JOHANN CHRISTOPH BACH / GEORG CHRISTOPH BACH / C. BACHŸ / JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Ancestors of J. S. Bach Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier, Cindy Castillo, Clematis [ Ricercar / 6 CD - due 30/Oct/2026 ] The rich patrimony of works by the ancestors of Johann Sebastian Bach has been a focus of Ricercar's work since its founding in the early 1980s, with recordings made by Philippe Herreweghe's Collegium Vocale and the Ricercar Consort. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Piano Trios, Vol. 3 Busch Trio [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 6/Nov/2026 ] For this third volume of their complete recording of Beethoven's piano trios, the Busch Trio presents the famous Trio in D Major, known as the 'Ghost' - a title which, according to Czerny, is likely a reference to Shakespeare and, in the slow... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Canto da Saudade Cármelo de los Santos, Ney Fialkow [ Fuga Libera / CD - due 6/Nov/2026 ] "Cármelo de los Santos and Ney Fialkow follow their award-winning album ""Sonatas Brasileiras"" with a colorful exploration of unjustly neglected works for violin and piano by Brazilian composers. ""Canto da Saudade"" delineates a sonic map that... |
RUDOLPH GANZ / CHRISTIAN SINDING / FERRUCCIO BUSONI / MAURICE RAVEL
Rudolph Ganz & The Last Romantics Dominic Chamot [ Fuga Libera / CD - due 6/Nov/2026 ] Pianist, conductor, composer, close friend of Busoni and champion of Ravel in the United States, Rudolph Ganz remains one of the great forgotten figures of early twentieth-century music. Through eleven works, including five world premiere... |
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL / ANTONIO CALDARA
Handel / Caldara: Basso furioso José Coca Loza; La Cetra Basel; Andrea Marcon [ Arcana / CD - due 6/Nov/2026 ] While there is no proof of any direct interaction between Handel and Caldara, it seems likely that their paths crossed in Italy between 1706 and 1710. Their careers then diverged, with Handel settling in London and Caldara becoming... |
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... |
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... |
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... |
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... |
