Classical New Releases
Classical New Releases
Below is a list of all classical CD titles released in the last 120 days.
Displaying items 1 to 20 of 296
Brad Mehldau
Fantasy & Reveries [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 13/Nov/2026 ] Fantasy & Reveries is Brad Mehldau's recording of his solo compositions Fantasy for Piano and Fourteen Reveries. Originally commissioned by Jeremy Denk, Fantasy for Piano was written in the same period as Mehldau's Three Pieces after Bach. Fourteen... |
SERGEY RACHMANINOV / MAURICE RAVEL
Rachmaninov / Ravel: Tableaux en miroirs Catalin Serban [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Nov/2026 ] Rachmaninov's Études‑tableaux, Op. 39 stands as a pinnacle of late Romantic piano writing, a cycle marked by extreme contrasts, vivid imagery and an overwhelming sense of melancholy. In striking complement, Ravel's Miroirs explores a concise and... |
DOUGLAS LILBURN / STEPHEN MCNEFF / ANTHONY RICHIE / MALCOLM WILLIAMSON / LOUISE E. MATTHEWS
The Flowering Branch Christopher Bowen (tenor), Matthew Marshall (guitar) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 13/Nov/2026 ] This beautifully performed, highly enjoyable album features songs for tenor and classical guitar. The genesis for the project dates back to 2010, when Christopher and Matthew first teamed up to perform concerts together. However, as they live at... |
AMALIE OF SAXONY / CARL MARIA VON WEBER / GIOACHINO ROSSINI / WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART / VICENTE MARTÍN Y SOLER / ANTONIO SOLER
Mozart, Rossini, Weber and Amalie of Saxony Coloquio 6 [ Ambronay Éditions / CD - released 13/Nov/2026 ] Tracing the footsteps of Princess Amalie of Saxony, Coloquio 6 revives the spirit of Harmoniemusik, intimate wind ensembles that once brought the most beloved music of the day to audiences everywhere. This musical journey features works by Amalie... |
LEO WEINER
Weiner: Complete Works for Orchestra, Vol. 5 Csaba Klenyán, Júlia Pusker, MÁV Symphony Orchestra, Budapest, Valéria Csányi [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Nov/2026 ] Hungarian composer Leó Weiner forged a distinctive synthesis between German and French Romantic traditions and the emerging Hungarian musical language at the start of the 20th century. His Ballade, long admired for its dreamlike lyricism, became one... |
GYULA DÁVID / FAZIL SAY / BOHUSLAV MARTINŮ / FRANCISCO TÁRREGA
Reverse Directions Dana Zemtsov (violin), Sinfonieorchester St Gallen, Modestas Pitrenas [ Channel Classics / CD - released 13/Nov/2026 ] Violist Dana Zemtsov is joined by Modestas Pitrenas and the Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen on Reverse Directions. This recording brings together two ideas: movement and belonging. For Zemtsov, movement can lead in many directions: outward into the... |
CARL FRÜHLING / FRANZ SCHREKER / JOHANNES BRAHMS
Der Wind Ensemble Kheops [ Cypres Records / CD - released 13/Nov/2026 ] This programme forms a continuity with the album Brahms | Berg | Zemlinsky (released by Cypres - CYP8610), one that was distinguished notably by a Gramophone Choice. It continues the same reflection on the Vienna of the late nineteenth century and... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Moon Shadows: Music for Violin & Piano Fenella Humphreys (violin), Martin Roscoe (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 13/Nov/2026 ] "When Sally Beamish wrote her duo Tracing for [Martin Roscoe and me] to perform at London's Wigmore Hall, we knew we wanted to share it with as many people as possible. As we were considering how best to programme Tracing, I kept thinking of more... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Partitas BWV 825, 826, 830 Frédérick Haas [ Hitasura / CD - released 13/Nov/2026 ] J.S. Bach's first Clavier-Übung - the Partitas - is an important work which holds a particular status: it is the first major publication by a great musician at the height of his maturity - he was 46 - and already a living legend. A large part of the... |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Concerto for 3 Pianos, KV 242, 3 Piano Concertos after J.C. Bach, KV 107 Julia Hamos, Avery Gagliano, Nathalia Milstein, Camerata Schweiz, Howard Griffiths [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 13/Nov/2026 ] This 17th volume in the 'Next Generation Mozart Soloists' series marks the conclusion of this collection which, under the inspired and supportive guidance of Howard Griffiths, has enabled dozens of young soloists to record Mozart's concertos with... |
LILI BOULANGER / BARBARA STROZZI / PAULINE LANGLOIS DE SWARTE / MANON COUSIN CIPRIANI / EVA UGALDE / ÉLODIE PONT / HILDEGARD VON BINGEN
HYSTERÆ Les Itinérantes [ Pentatone / CD - released 13/Nov/2026 ] Les Itinérantes, the acclaimed female vocal trio, make their PENTATONE debut with HYSTERÆ, an imaginative and deeply personal exploration of the many faces of the Feminine. Mothers, queens, witches, workers, saints, fairies and enchantresses appear... |
CHRISTIAN SINDING
Sinding: Romantic Piano, Vol. 13 Yanfeng Tony Bai (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Nov/2026 ] Norwegian composer Christian Sinding benefitted from the finest musical training available in Oslo before continuing his studies in Leipzig, where he encountered Ferruccio Busoni. Possessing a rich melodic gift, Sinding was long regarded as Grieg's... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Piano Trios, Vol. 3 Busch Trio [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 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 - released 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... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7 Czech Philharmonic, Semyon Bychkov [ Pentatone / 2 CD - released 6/Nov/2026 ] Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic present two of Dmitri Shostakovich's most powerful symphonic statements: the Fifth and Seventh Symphonies. For Bychkov, no music is more essential or closer to the bone than that of Shostakovich. He and the... |
RUDOLPH GANZ / CHRISTIAN SINDING / FERRUCCIO BUSONI / MAURICE RAVEL
Rudolph Ganz & The Last Romantics Dominic Chamot [ Fuga Libera / CD - released 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... |
JOSEPH JONGEN
Jongen: Couleurs retrouvées - Autour des œuvres pour orgue et harmonium Edward Vanmarsenille (organ) [ Musique en Wallonie / CD - released 6/Nov/2026 ] This recording highlights the early organ works of Joseph Jongen, a major figure in Belgian music at the turn of the 20th century. Composed during a period of profound transformation in the aesthetics of organ music, these pieces demonstrate the... |
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL / ANTONIO CALDARA
Handel / Caldara: Basso furioso José Coca Loza; La Cetra Basel; Andrea Marcon [ Arcana / CD - released 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... |
GASPAR FERNÁNDEZ / GIL DE ÁVILA / FRANCISCO GUERRERO
Cantando en la Ciudad de los Ángeles La Boz Galana, Concerto Scirocco [ Fuga Libera / CD - released 6/Nov/2026 ] Cantando en la Ciudad de los Ángeles - Christmas Villancicos by Gaspar Fernández in Viceregal Mexico offers a vibrant re-creation of the Christmas villancico tradition as heard in early seventeenth-century Puebla Cathedral, where Fernández served as... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Naulet Nau: Nöels anciens et musique baroque Louise Tixier, Alban Tixier [ EnPhases / CD - released 6/Nov/2026 ] This album does not set out to provide an exhaustive overview of the rich heritage of traditional Christmas carols, but offers a programme that combines Nau's carols with instrumental pieces from the 16th and 17th centuries. Louise and Alban Tixier... |
