Classical New Releases
Classical New Releases
Below is a list of all classical CD titles released in the last 120 days.
Displaying items 121 to 140 of 160
GIACOMO PUCCCINI
Puccini: Symphonic Suites Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Carlo Rizzi [ Signum / CD - released 9/Feb/2024 ] Puccini never made any orchestral suites from his immensely popular operas. Carlo Rizzi's new imaginings neatly fill this gap (all the best bits without any of that pesky singing …) and this useful album also explores two early-and decidedly... |
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,... |
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... |
SIBELIUS / NIELSEN / GRIEG / SVENDSEN / STENHAMMAR / ALFVEN
Nordic Symphonies Berliner Sinfonie‐Orchester, Kurt Sanderling / Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, Theodore Kuchar / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Bjarte Engset / etc [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/2024 ] This generous 10 CD set presents a comprehensive collection of symphonies written by Nordic composers. Their Symphonies hold a unique place in music history, blending lush melodies with the evocative power of nature. |
ALFREDO FRANCO / CRISTANO PORQUEDDU / FRANCO CAVALLONE / FRANCESCO MORITTU / ROBERTO PIANA
Tales from Sardinia: Music for Flute and Guitar Cordas et Bentu Duo [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/2024 ] For the Cordas et Bentu Duo, Sardinia has always been a source of inspiration; the ensemble's name, Sardinian for "strings and wind", is an homage to the island's culture. Apeddu and Luciani's mission to find original compositions connected to their... |
ANTONIN DVOARK
Dvorak: 2 Serenades Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra Pardubice, Stanislav Vavřínek & Vahan Mardirossian [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/2024 ] New Czech recordings of perennially popular serenades from the pen of Dvořák at a turning point in his career, full of freshness, Bohemian charm and flowing melodies. The Serenades for Strings and Winds never get old, and never lose their appeal,... |
JOHN DUARTE
Duarte: Works for Solo Guitar Flavio Nati (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/2024 ] Duarte's Partita was completed in 1974. It's a substantial work in four movements, using all original material. As in the Variations on a Theme of Štěpán Rak he adopts a four-note motif, which may be heard forwards, backwards, inverted and stretched.... |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius - Suites Helsinki Symphony Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Feb/2024 ] "Mälkki and the orchestra remarkably conjure the dark, swirling soundworld of 'Lemminkäinen in Tuonela' (the Hades of Finnish legend). And the concluding 'Lemminkäinen's Return' canters along in roistering style." BBC Music |
FRANCESCO ANTONIONI
Antonioni: My River - Music for Strings I Solisti Aquilani, Vladimir Ashkenazy & Francesco Antonioni [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/2024 ] The legendary pianist and conductor joins his clarinettist son and Italian musicians in music by one of Italy's most powerfully individual living composers. |
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Alcina (complete opera) Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski, Magdalena Kožená, Erin Morley, Alois Mühlbacher, Anna Bonitatibus, Elizabeth DeShong, Valerio Contaldo, Alex [ Pentatone / 3 CD - released 2/Feb/2024 ] "..a tour de force performance in the title role from the mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená. She keeps the emotional import of the words she sings absolutely front and centre of her delivery." The Guardian |
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KARL JENKINS
Jenkins: The Armed Man (A Mass For Peace) London Orchestra da Camera, David Temple, Hertfordshire Chorus, Osama Kiwan [ Signum / CD - released 2/Feb/2024 ] The Armed Man, composed by Sir Karl Jenkins, is one of the most popular classical pieces in the world. Until now there has been only one recording, made over 20 years ago of the full score version which requires a large orchestra. In order to make... |
MARC-ANDRE HAMELIN
Marc-André Hamelin - New Piano Works Marc-André Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Feb/2024 ] Piano recordings do not come much more exhilarating (or entertaining) than Marc-André Hamelin's survey of some of his own recent works. Listening to one of the most formidably complex musical minds of today is a rare and rewarding privilege: prepare... |
REINECKE / SCHUMANN / VIEUXTEMPS / WIENIAWSKI / SIBELIUS / BRIDGE
Music for Viola & Piano Massimo Piva viola (viola) Inessa Filistovich (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/2024 ] On this unique and originally programmed journey, the violist Massimo Piva takes the kind of fantasy journey (Fantasiereise) that forms one of the cornerstones of German Romanticism. It is in the context of highly wrought, fantastic tales that... |
GIOVANNI BATTISTA VIOTTI / LUIGI CHERUBINI
Viotti: Violin Concerto No.22 / Cherubini: Symphony in D Massimo Quarta (violin) / Nuova Orchestra Ferruccio Busoni, Massimo Belli [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/2024 ] Giovanni Battista Viotti was a man of humble origins who studied with Gaetano Pugnani in the tradition of the Corelli school. By the age of 20 he was already an esteemed violinist, performing concerts in Geneva, Bern, Berlin and Saint Petersburg, and... |
GOTTLIEB MOFFAT
Muffat: Componimenti Musicali per il cembalo Roberto Loreggian (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/2024 ] Gottlieb Muffat's oeuvre, dedicated almost in its entirety to keyboard instruments and skilfully straddling the stile antico and stile moderno, deserves more detailed attention than it has ever been afforded. The majority of sources containing music... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Rudolf Serkin - The Lost Tapes Rudolf Serkin (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 2/Feb/2024 ] As DG celebrates its 125th birthday this year, the label is bringing to light some great recordings from the past for the very first time, having unearthed some hidden treasures in the archives. |
J. S. BACH
J.S. Bach: Matthäus Passion (Deluxe Edition) Rufus Müller, Richard Jackson, Nancy Argenta, Jonathan Peter Kenny, Jamie MacDougall, Stephen Varcoe / Paul Goodwin (conductor) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/2024 ] The audio version of Jonathan Miller's ground-breaking production for TV of Bach's great sacred drama. |
ANTONIN REICHA / SIGISMUND RITTER von NEUKOMM
Reicha & Neukomm: Quintets Stephan Siegenthaler (clarinet) / Stamic Quartet Prague [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/2024 ] Antonín Reicha and Sigismund Neukomm were contemporaries. Their time in Vienna, where both were students of Joseph Haydn, crossed from 1802-04, and from 1810 until the end of their lives both had their permanent residence in Paris. It is therefore... |
DORA PEJACEVIC
Pejacevic: Chamber Music Trio RoVerde [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/2024 ] 'You owe it to yourself to make the acquaintance of Dora Pejačević if you haven't done so already.' (Fanfare, May 2022) |
WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI
Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra / Partita for Violin and Orchestra / Novelette Christian Tetzlaff (violin) / Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Nicholas Collon [ Ondine / CD - released 26/Jan/2024 ] "This compelling release from conductor Nicholas Collon and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra makes clear the evolutionary exuberance of Lutosławski's creative development." Five Stars BBC Music January 2024 Orchestral Choice |
