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 10 of 159
GEORGE WALKER
Walker: Complete Piano Works Vol 1 Alexandre Dossin (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 19/Apr/2024 ] George Walker's unique collection of piano music ranges across his long career. The three sonatas heard here, in this the first of two volumes of Walker's complete piano works, offer compelling contrasts. Sonata No. 1 is his longest and utilizes folk... |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: La Favorite (complete opera recorded in 2022) Annalisa Stroppa (mezzo-soprano) Javier Camarena (tenor) Florian Sempey (baritone) Evgeny Stavinsky (bass) / Orchestra Donizetti Opera, Riccardo Frizz [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 19/Apr/2024 ] Written for the Opéra in Paris, Gaetano Donizetti's La Favorite contains some of his most famously enthralling arias. While its much-reduced Italian version has continued in popularity, this superb production from the Donizetti Opera Festival in... |
MARCELLE de MANZIARLY
Marcelle de Manziarly - Chamber Works Cecilia Zilliacus (violin) Kati Raitinen (cello) Bengt Forsberg, Peter Friis Johansson (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 19/Apr/2024 ] De Manziarly - a major musical force to rediscover |
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
Piazzolla: Buenos Aires - arrangements for Violin and String Orchestra Tomás Cotik (violin) / Martingale Ensemble, Ken Selden [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Apr/2024 ] Astor Piazzolla's Nuevo tango transcends categories and represents an amalgam of international influences. All the arrangements in this album are of instrumental works that Piazzolla composed for his Quinteto Nuevo Tango. |
JOAQUIN TURINA
Turina: Works For Strings Concerto Málaga, Gil de Gálvez [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 19/Apr/2024 ] To commemorate the 75th anniversary year of Turina's death, this album presents some of the composer's most admired works heard in arrangements for strings that honour the colour, richness and vivacity of the originals. Two of his best-known works -... |
ERICH J. WOLFF
Wolff: Complete Songs Vol 1 Daniel Johannsen (tenor), Samantha Gaul (soprano), Klaus Simon (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Apr/2024 ] Erich J. Wolff's name will be unfamiliar to many but in the 1920s an authoritative reference book on popular art song ranked his compositions fourth, behind Hugo Wolf, Richard Strauss and Gustav Mahler. The first volume in this series of Wolff's... |
FRANCO ALFANO
Alfano: Suite Romantica Davide Vendramin (accordion) Vittorio Rabagliati (piano) / Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, Giuseppe Grazioli [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Apr/2024 ] Franco Alfano is remembered today for his completion of Turandot after Puccini's death. His catalogue of works, including operas, orchestral and chamber music, reveals him to be a sophisticated and original composer. Alfano possessed an innate... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Guitar Recital Georgi Dimitrov-Jojo (guitar) [ Naxos Guitar Laureate Series / CD - released 19/Apr/2024 ] Georgi Dimitrov-Jojo, winner of the 2022 European Bach Guitar Award, presents a selection of works transcribed for guitar from the rich repertoire of Johann Sebastian Bach. Arrangements made for different instruments were customary during the Baroque... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Classic Hauser II Hauser, London Symphony Orchestra [ Sony Classical / CD - released 19/Apr/2024 ] Global cello sensation HAUSER brings his artistry and passion to a new selection of classical music's greatest melodies with the release of his new album Classic II, a follow-up to the worldwide success of 2020's Classic. For the new album, which... |
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DANIEL-FRANCOIS AUBER
Auber: Overtures, Vol. 6 [Incls 'L'Ambassadrice' & 'Le Dieu et la Bayadère' ] Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra, Dario Salvi [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Apr/2024 ] Auber's overtures were once as popular as those by Rossini and Suppé, with no less a figure than Tchaikovsky commenting on the 'elegant clarity of his harmonisation, his delightful and striking melodies … and beautiful instrumentation.' Full evidence... |
