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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 25 KV 503 & 26 KV 537 "Coronation Concerto" Alim Beisembayev (piano), ORF Radio Symphonieorchester Wien, Howard Griffiths [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 22/May/2026 ] Alim Beisembayev is featured in this 14th volume of the Next Generation Mozart Soloists series. Under the baton of Howard Griffiths, the Kazakhstani pianist, who studied in Russia and at the Royal Academy of Music in London, presents two of Mozart's... |
GEORGE GERSHWIN / AARON COPLAND / RICHARD ROGERS / JULE STYNE
An American Dream? Barbara Hannigan; Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 22/May/2026 ] With 'An American Dream?', Barbara Hannigan explores the concept of The American Dream. "I grew up in awe of America. I am still in awe, but largely in a nostalgic way. With this repertoire, I want to express my admiration for the incredible... |
ANDERS HILLBORG
Hillborg: Lost Landscapes Ida Falk Winland; Pekka Kuusisto; Brad Lubman; Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 14/Aug/2026 ] Anders Hillborg is Sweden's leading composer: born in 1959, he has devoted himself entirely to composition since 1982, and his music is performed by the world's leading orchestras and conductors. This release on Alpha is part of the partnership... |
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN / GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Haydn 2032, Vol. 16: The Surprise (LP) Il Giardino Armonico, Basel Chamber Orchestra, Giovanni Antonini [ Alpha Classics / 2 LP - due 3/Jul/2026 ] "Joseph Haydn not only liked surprising his audiences, he also enjoyed a laugh", writes Christian Moritz-Bauer in the introduction to this sixteenth volume of the Haydn2032 complete recording of the symphonies. Take, for instance, the false... |
BELA BARTOK / JEAN FRANCAIX / HENRYK GORECKI / FRANCIS POULENC
Clavecin XX Justin Taylor (harpsichord), Orchestre National de Lille, Chloé Dufresne [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 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. |
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... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT / PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Schubert / Liszt: Wanderer Fantasy - Tchaikovsky: Concert Fantasy Lukas Geniušas (piano), Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen, Modestas Pitr?nas [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 19/Jun/2026 ] Pianist Lukas Geniušas pays tribute to the fantasy, a form synonymous with freedom, dear to the Romantics. Schubert sets the figure of the wanderer to music in his Lied Der Wanderer, which, a few years later, would give rise to a large-scale... |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 KV 37 & 27 KV 595, Clarinet Concerto KV 622 Mishka Rushdie Momen (piano), Blaz Sparovec (clarinet),, ORF Radio Symphonieorchester Wien, Howard Griffiths [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 19/Jun/2026 ] This new volume in the 'Next Generation Mozart Soloists' series features Mozart's very first piano concerto (K. 37), composed when he was just 11 years old, and his very last, the Concerto K. 595, finished on 5 January 1791, exactly 11 months before... |
OLLI MUSTONEN / ZOLTAN KODALY
Heavenly Lights Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Olli Mustonen (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 14/Aug/2026 ] For this fifth volume in the Lockenhaus Festival series, under the artistic direction of Nicolas Altstaedt, the cellist presents two works by the Finnish composer Olli Mustonen (born 1967, a student of Rautavaara), including Heavenly Lights... |
JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY / MARIN MARAIS / JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU etc
Clavecins concertants Olivier Fortin, Emmanuel Frankenberg (harpsichords) [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 3/Jul/2026 ] Olivier Fortin and Emmanuel Frankenberg present a programme of transcriptions of French orchestral works for two harpsichords: "This was common practice in the 17th and 18th centuries, as it allowed people to play the popular tunes they heard at the... |
ALBERTO GINASTERA / ASTOR PIAZZOLLA / GABRIEL SIVAK / SEBASTIAN PIANA etc
Figures Argentines Quatuor Voce, Pablo Márquez, Jean-Baptiste Henry [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 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... |
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... |
Alpha Wolf
Half Living Things [ Cooking Vinyl Australia / CD - released 5/Apr/2024 ] In the ever-evolving sonic landscape of Alpha Wolf, their music transforms like a shapeshifting beast, defying expectations and breaking through boundaries with the weight of wrecking-ball dynamics and captivating off-kilter hooks. The Australian... |
Alpha Wolf
Half Living Things (LP) [ Cooking Vinyl Australia / LP - released 5/Apr/2024 ] In the ever-evolving sonic landscape of Alpha Wolf, their music transforms like a shapeshifting beast, defying expectations and breaking through boundaries with the weight of wrecking-ball dynamics and captivating off-kilter hooks. The Australian... |
Alpha Wolf
A Quiet Place To Die [ Greyscale Records / CD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] "A wolf that hides in sheep's clothing will never be the Alpha." An iron will is only ever hardened within the forge, and Australia's fastest rising metal core act Alpha Wolf have proven they are made of sterner stuff. The five piece bared their... |
AFTAB DARVISHI / UNSUK CHIN / JORG WIDMANN / THOMAS ADES
East Meets West Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 27/Mar/2026 ] An inspiration to entire generations of musicians and an indefatigable icon of classical music, Anne-Sophie Mutter remains an artist in motion: curious, bold, and open to what music can be today and tomorrow. For decades, she has been commissioning... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV / ALEXEY SHOR
Prokofiev & Shor: Piano Concertos Behzod Abduraimov, Vasily Petrenko, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 28/Mar/2025 ] "Behzod Abduraimov's expansive phrasing and potent left hand lend the opening Andantino a Brahmsian patina...abetted by the Royal Philharmonic's shapely pizzicato strings and individualistic first-desk solo turns under Vasily Petrenko's leadership." |
GABRIEL FAURE / CHARLES GOUNOD
Fauré: Requiem - Gounod: Messe de Clovis Emőke Baráth (soprano), Philippe Estèphe, Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 23/Aug/2024 ] While Faure's Requiem is a monument of French sacred music, Gounod's Messe de Clovis is much less well known. It was composed from 1891 onwards as a tribute to Clovis who, like Joan of Arc, had become an iconic figure after the defeat of France in... |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn 2032, Vol.19: Trauer Giovanni Antonini, Il Giardino Armonico [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 8/May/2026 ] This 19th volume of Haydn's complete symphonies coincides with the 40th anniversary of Il Giardino Armonico, the ensemble created and conducted by Giovanni Antonini, artistic director of the Haydn 2032 series. Il Giardino has made its mark on the... |
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN / GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Haydn 2032, Vol. 16: The Surprise Il Giardino Armonico, Basel Chamber Orchestra, Giovanni Antonini [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2024 ] "With consistently alert, finely nuanced playing from the period forces (including superb wind principals), this latest addition to Antonini's Haydn odyssey is self-recommending" Gramophone |
