Classical New Releases

Classical New Releases

Below is a list of all classical CD titles released in the last 120 days.

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Chopin: Complete Works for Piano & Orchestra Vol 1 cover
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Complete Works for Piano & Orchestra Vol 1
Abbey Simon (piano) / Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, Heribert Beissel
[ Vox Classics / CD - released 22/Mar/2024 ]
'Simon plays them all as though they were first-class material, and his interpretative style is enlivening… Simon's performances can't be beat.' - The New York Times
Chopin: Complete Works for Piano & Orchestra Vol 2 cover
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Complete Works for Piano & Orchestra Vol 2
Abbey Simon (piano) / Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, Heribert Beissel
[ Vox Classics / CD - released 22/Mar/2024 ]
The Elite Recordings for VOX by legendary producers Marc Aubort and Joanna Nickrenz are considered by audiophiles to be amongst the finest sounding examples of orchestral recordings.
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 1 / Piano Concerto No. 4 / Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 cover
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SERGEY RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 1 / Piano Concerto No. 4 / Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Abbey Simon (piano) / St. Louis Symphony Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin (cond)
[ Vox Audiophile Edition / CD - released 15/Dec/2023 ]
Rachmaninov was one composer who studied neither law nor medicine (as certain of his musical compatriots had done), but grew up in a musical family and never had any sort of career but a musical one in mind for himself.
Guerra-Peixe: A Retirada da Laguna cover
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CESAR GUERRA-PEIXE
Guerra-Peixe: A Retirada da Laguna
Abner Landim (violin) / Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra, Neil Thomson
[ Naxos The Music of Brazil / CD - released 22/Mar/2024 ]
César Guerra-Peixe is one of the leading composers associated with musical nationalism in Brazil. A Retirada da Laguna is a programmatic suite that describes one of the most dramatic moments in the Paraguayan War of 1864-70
Handel - Marriner: The Decca Legacy cover
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel - Marriner: The Decca Legacy
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner
[ Decca Australian Eloquence / 19 CD Box Set - released 22/Mar/2024 ]
A unique collection of L'Oiseau-Lyre, Argo, Decca and Philips albums in original covers, showcasing both the genius of Handel and the musicianship of the classic ASMF/Marriner pairing at its most stylish.
Vivaldi: Sonatas for 2 Violins cover
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Sonatas for 2 Violins
Alessandro Ciccolini & Domenico Scicchitano (violin) / Compagnia de Violini
[ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/2024 ]
Vivaldi's Sonatas for two violins, anco senza basso se piace (also without bass if preferred), represent one of the innumerable peaks of his compositional prowess. They are structured in three movements, each of which develops in a bipartite manner,...
Brahms: Complete Songs Vol. 4 cover
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Complete Songs Vol. 4
Alina Wunderlin (soprano), Kieran Carrel (tenor), Konstantin Ingenpaß (baritone), Urich Eisenlohr (fortepiano)
[ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2023 ]
Brahms' early songs express an exuberance that may surprise those who are unfamiliar with this element of his music making. The Op. 6 set includes a Mediterranean-flavoured song in bolero rhythm and songs of hope and joy, displaying an apparent...
Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor / Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor cover
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FRANZ LISZT / DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor / Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor
Angel Stanislav Wang (piano), with the Breton String Quartet
[ Naxos Piano Laureate series / CD - released 1/Dec/2023 ]
Angel Stanislav Wang, winner of the 63rd Jaén Prize International Piano Competition in 2022, presents his Naxos debut recital with a selection of works he performed during the competition.
Brahms: Complete Songs Volume 5 cover
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Complete Songs Volume 5
Alina Wunderlin (soprano) Kieran Carrel (tenor) Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano)
[ Naxos / CD - released 16/Feb/2024 ]
In grouping his Lieder into sets with opus numbers, Brahms was concerned with thematic unity and poetic contrasts. The theme of Op. 71 is love, whether ardent, ironic or courtly, and contains one of his best-loved songs, Minnelied.
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 19 and 25 [transcription by Ignaz Lachner] cover
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 19 and 25 [transcription by Ignaz Lachner]
Alon Goldstein (piano) / Fine Arts Quartet, with Lizzie Burns
[ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2023 ]
Ignaz Lachner's ingenious transcriptions show a complete grasp of Mozart's idiom, incorporating much instrumental detail and reinventing the music's underlying dramatic scheme within a chamber context.
Scharwenka: Works For Violin & Piano cover
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LUDWIG PHILIPP SCHARWENKA
Scharwenka: Works For Violin & Piano
Amalia Hall (violin), Christopher Park (piano)
[ Atoll Records / CD - released 12/Jan/2024 ]
Amalia Hall describes this music as lush, emotional, intimate, dramatic. Full of changing colours and flexibility. Evocative and gorgeous. Noted by The Strad for her "blazing insight and dazzling virtuosity", New Zealand violinist Amalia Hall...
Puccini: A Te, Puccini cover
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GIOCOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: A Te, Puccini
Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) Vincenzo Scalera (piano)
[ Signum / CD - released 2/Feb/2024 ]
Signum Classics are proud to present Romanian-born soprano Angela Gheorghiu's first album on the Grammy award winning label. Described as "the world's most glamorous and gifted opera star" (New York Sun), Ms. Gheorghiu's magnificent voice and...
Mayr: Messa solenne in D minor cover
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JOHANN SIMON MAYR
Mayr: Messa solenne in D minor
Anna Feith, Bogna Bernagiewicz, Freya Apffelstaedt, Markus Schäfer, Fang Zhi, Niklas Mallmann / Simon Mayr Chorus, Concerto de Bassus, Franz Hauk
[ Naxos / 2 CD - released 22/Mar/2024 ]
Johann Simon Mayr's music stands on the cusp between the Classical and Romantic eras. The expressive lyrical qualities in his religious music reflects a career in which he composed nearly 70 operas.
The Complete RCA Album Collection cover
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BRAHMS / ARENSKY / TCHAIKOVSKY / YEARDUMIAN / CHERUBINI / HAYDN / IBERT / etc
The Complete RCA Album Collection
Anshel Brusilow Conducts the Chamber Symphony Of Philadelphia, with Lili Chookasian (contralto)
[ Sony Originals / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2023 ]
"An orchestra of rare quality" - that's how High Fidelity described the Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia, founded in 1966 by Anshel Brusilow, then concertmaster of The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Rachmaninov: Bells for Soprano, Tenor, Baritone, Chorus and Orchestra / Spring, Cantata for Baritone, Chorus and Orchestra, Op. 20 / Three Russian Son cover
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Price/Sowerby: Music for String Quartet cover
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FLORENCE PRICE / LEO SOWERBY
Price/Sowerby: Music for String Quartet
Avalon String Quartet
[ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 8/Mar/2024 ]
Florence Price and Leo Sowerby were both prominent members of the Chicago music community in the 1930s and 1940s, and they are known to have respected each other's work. Most of Florence Price's compositions remained unpublished at her death, and her...
Dussek: Complete Piano Sonatas & Sonatinas cover
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JOHANN LADISLAUS DUSSEK
Dussek: Complete Piano Sonatas & Sonatinas
Bart van Oort, Viviana Sofronitski, Petra Somlai, Wolfgang Brunner, Alexei Lubimov, Tuija Hakkila, Zvi Meniker, Ursula Dütschler, Piet Kuijken (period
[ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 22/Mar/2024 ]
Johann Ladislaus Dussek (1760-1812) was regarded by his contemporaries as one of the foremost keyboard performers and composers of his age.
Howell: Orchestral Works cover
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DOROTHY HOWELL
Howell: Orchestral Works
BBC Concert Orchestra, Rebecca Miller
[ Signum / CD - released 8/Mar/2024 ]
Featuring 4 works receiving their world premiere recording, Signum Classics are proud to annouce the new album 'Dorothy Howell: Orchestral Works' conducted by Rebecca Miller with the BBC Concert Orchestra. Until now these works have rarely been...
Tchaikovsky: Overtures, Vol.2 cover
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PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Overtures, Vol.2
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Alpesh Chauhan
[ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Mar/2024 ]
Alpesh Chauhan's début recording for Chandos - Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 (CHSA 5300) - met with widespread critical acclaim and awards, including recording of the week for both The Times and Presto Music, and the BBC Music magazine's...
Beatrice Rana - Chopin / Beethoven Sonatas cover
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / FREDERIC CHOPIN
Beatrice Rana - Chopin / Beethoven Sonatas
Beatrice Rana (piano)
[ Warner Classics / CD - released 29/Mar/2024 ]
"...her obvious and sincere engagement with these works and her willingness to take risks in pursuit of the music behind the notes. I may not agree with everything Rana does, but I believe her." Gramophone