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 85
J. S. BACH / RAMEAU / SCARLATTI / COUPERIN / HANDEL / ROYER
Baroque Encores David Fray (piano) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 12/Dec/2025 ] David Fray stands out as one of today's most distinctive French pianists, widely acclaimed for his profound interpretations of Bach. This new album draws its core from L'Enfant oublié (2023), a theatrical project co-created with actress and director... |
RICHTER / DESSNER / EINAUDI / HISAISHI / MUHLY / MONTERO / MAZZOLI / etc
Gaïa Gautier Capucon (cello), with Frank Braley, Jérôme Ducros (piano), Michael Canitrot (electronics), Sarah Rebecca (vocals), etc [ Erato / CD - released 12/Dec/2025 ] Gautier Capuçon's cello becomes the voice of the Earth in an inspired album of world premiere recordings: Gaïa. Uniting seventeen original contributions by sixteen contemporary composers, this project sets out to explore humanity's relationship to... |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Lucia di Lammermoor (Complete Opera) Lisette.Oropesa, Stefan Pop, Mattia. Olivieri, Riccardo Zanellato / Orchestra del Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania Fabrizio Maria Carminati [ Euroarts SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 12/Dec/2025 ] Lucia di Lammermoor is one of the most iconic works of the bel canto repertoire, showcasing Gaetano Donizetti's masterful blend of lyrical beauty and dramatic intensity. Based on Sir Walter Scott's novel |
FRANCESCO ALMASIO
Almasio: Organ Works Fabio Nava (organ) [ Tactus / 2 CD - released 28/Nov/2025 ] Francesco Almasio (Milan, 21 April 1802 - Milan, 14 November 1871) was one of the protagonists of the musical life of Milan during the nineteenth century, and is considered the father of the reformation of sacred music in Italy. He was Kapellmeister... |
HENRYK GORECKI
Górecki: Symphony No. 3 - Symphony of Sorrowful Songs Lisa Gerrrad, Genesis Orchestra, Yordan Kamdzhalov (cond.) [ Besant Hall / CD - released 28/Nov/2025 ] The Genesis Orchestra, led and conducted by Yordan Kamdzhalov, have collaborated with renowned vocal artist and composer Lisa Gerrard for this recording of Henryk Gorecki's Symphony No 3, also known as the Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, which is now... |
CARL ORFF
Orff: Carmina Burana Sara Blanch, André Baleiro, Joaquín Asiáin / Orfeón Pamplonés, Escolanía de Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados, Orquesta de Valencia, Liebreich [ Accentus Music / CD - released 28/Nov/2025 ] They are one of the most famous and frequently performed works of classical music: Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana". The Latin title refers to a collection of songs from Benediktbeuren dating from the 11th and 12th centuries with texts written in Middle... |
HENRYK WIENIAWSKI
Wieniawski: Piano Works - Piano Sonata / Polonaises Nos. 2 Andrew Cannestra (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 21/Nov/2025 ] Józef Wieniawski, younger brother of Henryk, was a prolific Polish composer and virtuoso pianist renowned throughout Europe. After studies in Paris he spent two years in Weimar studying with and absorbing the compositional style of Franz Liszt -... |
LEO WEINER
Weiner: Orchestral Works (Complete), Vol. 4 - Violin Concerto No. 1 / Serenade Júlia Pusker (violin) / MÁV Symphony Orchestra, Budapest, Valéria Csányi [ Naxos / CD - released 21/Nov/2025 ] Leó Weiner was one of the most important of all Hungarian pedagogues as well as being a distinguished composer. The success of his Serenade, written when he was 21, was immediate - its light, intimate and richly melodic qualities, some of which... |
LIZA LIM
Lim: Sutured World (A) / Mary / Transcendence after Trauma / The Compass Nicolas Altstaedt (cello) / Bavarian Radio Symphony, Edward Gardner [ BR Klassik musica viva, Vol. 47 / CD - released 21/Nov/2025 ] "…a weaver of worlds… terrific energy and fecundity… Richly textured, with sudden, unexpected sounds and harmonic segues adroitly threaded by soloist Nicolas Altstaedt and conductor Edward Gardner… William Barton and Carin Levine are excellent." BBC |
ANDRE TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky, (A) : Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Piano Sonata Peter Jablonski (piano) / Polish National Radio Symphony, Lukasz Borowicz [ Ondine / CD - released 21/Nov/2025 ] This album from pianist Peter Jablonski and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra under Łukasz Borowicz , includes the world première recording of André Tchaikowsky 's (1935-1982) First Piano Concerto and the first studio recording of the... |
VINCENT HO
HO: The Twelve Chinese Zodiac Animals - Books 1 and 2 Tony Yike Yang (piano) [ Grand Piano / CD - released 21/Nov/2025 ] The music of multi-award-winning composer Vincent Ho has been described by The New York Times as 'brilliant and compelling', not least for his music's beauty and expressive breadth. Ho wrote The Twelve Chinese Zodiac Animals as a gift for his... |
W. A. MOZART / FRANCOISE CHOVEAUX
Mozart: Concerto for 2 Pianos, K. 365 / Choveaux: Cristián en el Tortoni Buenos Aires Vienna Konzertverein Orchestra, William Garfield Walker [ Solo Musica / CD - released 21/Nov/2025 ] The first time Margarita Höhenrieder heard the Finnish pianist Antti Siirala, she was a member of the jury for the International Beethoven Competition in Vienna in May 1997. Many years later, Antti Siirala was appointed Professor for Piano at the... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV / PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 / Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36 Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti [ BR Klassik / 2 CD - released 15/Nov/2025 ] Founded in Munich in 1949 under Eugen Jochum, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra quickly won an international reputation, collaborating with leading conductors and contemporary composers, the latter notably under the Musica Viva programme. Jochum... |
DONNACHA DENNEHY
Dennehy: Land of Winter Alarm Will Sound and Alan Pierson [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 14/Nov/2025 ] Donnacha Dennehy's Land of Winter is out now on Nonesuch Records. The piece, performed by the composer's longtime collaborators Alarm Will Sound and conductor Alan Pierson, explores the subtleties of Ireland's seasons via twelve connected sections... |
ERNEST KANITZ
Music In Exile: Chamber Works by Ernest Kanitz ARC Ensemble, with Anna Štube & Marie Bérard (Violin) [ Chandos Music in Exile / CD - released 14/Nov/2025 ] he ARC Ensemble's Music in Exile series continues with this exploration of chamber works by Ernest Kanitz. |
WILLIAM WALTON
Walton - Orchestral Works Vol.2: Cello Concerto / Symphony No. 1 / Scapino Jonathan Aasgaard (cello), Sinfonia of London, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 14/Nov/2025 ] '...a perfect example of how conductor John Wilson's vital, yet penetrating, approach combines with the orchestra's trademark lustre to fit this composer's music like a glove. It's evident from the outset in a rumbustious reading of Scapino" Guardian |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Louis Lortie Plays Chopin, Vol. 8 Louis Lortie (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 14/Nov/2025 ] Louis Lortie's programme for this eighth and final volume of Chopin spans the composer's entire career, from the teenage Rondo, Op. 1 through to his final published piece, the Cello Sonata, Op. 65. |
EDWARD GREGSON
Gresson: A Vision in a Dream Ross Knight (tuba) Edward Gregson (piano) Rachel Roberts (viola) Jennifer Galloway (oboe) / BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Ben Gernon [ Chandos / CD - released 14/Nov/2025 ] An award-winning English composer of international standing, and one of the leading composers of his generation, whose music has been performed, recorded, and broadcast in many countries, Edward Gregson celebrates his eightieth birthday in 2025. |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Goldberg Variations Thibaut Garcia & Antoine Moriniere (guitars) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 14/Nov/2025 ] Thibaut Garcia is one of the most acclaimed classical guitarists of his generation, praised for his playing that combines virtuosity and poetic sensitivity. Born from a deep artistic friendship with guitarist Antoine Morinère, this album offers a... |
Michael Norris
Rerenga [ Rattle Records / CD - released 13/Nov/2025 ] Composed between 2015 and 2022, this collection of orchestral and ensemble works is unified by a concern for colour and gesture, timbre and texture. It reflects the influence of textural and spectral composition, the modernist impulse to organise and... |
