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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JANACEK / DVORAK / STRAVINSKY / MOZART / ELGAR / SULLIVAN / BRIAN / etc
Sir Charles Mackerras - The Complete Warner Classics Edition Various orchestras conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras, with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Janet Baker, and more [ Warner Classics / 63 CD Box Set - released 7/Nov/2025 ] Sir Charles Mackerras (1925-2010) 100th Anniversary of Birth on November 17th The Complete Recordings on HMV, Pye, Columbia Graphophone, Classics for Pleasure, EMI Classics, Virgin Classics & Erato |
THIERRY ESCAICH
Escaich: Te Deum pour Notre-Dame Alain Altinoglu; Thierry Escaich; Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris; NFM Choir; Frankfurt Radio Symphony [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 31/Oct/2025 ] The French composer and organist Thierry Escaich composed his Te Deum pour Notre-Dame for the reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris; a hymn to the Cathedral's resurrection, it is a large-scale work for children's choir, two mixed choirs and... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Le Clavecin de Louis XIV. La Gloire du Soleil Brice Sailly [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / CD - released 31/Oct/2025 ] Amid the pomp of the court, the ear of the young Louis XIV was awakened to the charms of the harpsichord. Surrounded by the most illustrious harpsichordists, he explored a world where music was still a treasure passed from hand to hand. While French... |
CHABRIER / DEBUSSY / RAVEL
Iberia Domingo Hindoyan, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra [ Onyx / CD - released 31/Oct/2025 ] As France recovered from the shock of defeat to Prussian forces in 1870, the country began to boast again of its status as the centre of the world. Paris was the place to be for anyone interested in contemporary culture and the advance of modernity,... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Feminine Voices at Christmas Ensemble Altera, Christopher Lowrey [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 31/Oct/2025 ] Feminine Voices celebrates the female voice and the Christmas season, with a kaleidoscopic selection made up of the Magnificat, Ave Maria and carols, each of which is more wonderful than the last. Eight female composers feature in the programme that... |
AMBROISE THOMAS
Thomas: Psyché Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra; Hungarian National Choir; György Vashegyi; Hélène Guilmette; Antoinette Dennefeld; Tassis Christoyannis [ Bru Zane / 2 CD - released 31/Oct/2025 ] Premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 26 January 1857, Ambroise Thomas's Psyché tells the story of the ill-starred love between Eros and Psyche, who are manipulated by the cynical Mercury and envied by Daphne and Berenice, the heroine's own... |
FRANCESCO CAVALLI / CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI / GIOVANNI GABRIELI / HEINRICH SCHUTZ
Natale veneziano Il Pomo d'Oro; Giuseppe Maletto [ Arcana / CD - released 31/Oct/2025 ] This anthology of sacred works - all of which could be used in the liturgies of the Christmas festivities - features some of the leading musicians active in Venice in the 16th and 17th centuries. They range from the earliest, Andrea Gabrieli, who... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Hommage à Jodie Devos Jodie Devos [ Alpha Classics / 7 CD - released 31/Oct/2025 ] Jodie Devos is sorely missed. Aged just thirty-five, she died on 16 June 2024. Wishing to perpetuate her memory and her art, we have decided to publish this boxed set containing all of the recordings she made for Alpha Classics over a period of ten... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (LP) Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Paavo Järvi [ Alpha Classics / 2 LP - released 31/Oct/2025 ] Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich present the second volume of their complete Mahler Symphonies, with his First Symphony, known as the "Titan" in reference to the eponymous novel by the poet Jean-Paul that Mahler greatly admired. Although... |
Latin Connections
[ Chandos / CD - released 24/Oct/2025 ] 'A project some six years in the making, Latin Connections was originally conceived as a collaborative project with the multi-instrumentalist, singer, and composer Clarice Assad. Global Covid restrictions forced us to postpone the recording, by which... |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart Piano Concertos etc. Volume 11 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) / Manchester Camerata, Gábor Takács-Nagy [ Chandos / CD - released 24/Oct/2025 ] This eleventh volume adds the three juvenile concertos which Mozart composed in 1771 - 72, all re-writes of keyboard sonatas by J.C. Bach. Bach had been something of a mentor to Mozart whilst he was living in London (1764 - 65) and these concertos... |
J. S. BACH
Martin Fröst - B.A.C.H. Martin Fröst (clarinet), Sebastien Dube (double bass), Anastasia Kobekina (cello), Jonas Nordberg (lute), Göran Fröst (viola), Benny Andersson (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 24/Oct/2025 ] "there are extraordinary moments. Indeed, the final few seconds of that Prelude [Suite No. 2] are exquisite: shaped in strength, vulnerability, resonance and decay, this is paradoxical playing at its most beguiling." Gramophone Awards Issue 2025 |
Jade String Quartet
Melencolia [ Rattle Records / CD - released 18/Oct/2025 ] String quartets have long been the preferred choice for composers seeking to express their most personal thoughts and expand their musical voice. For Anthony Ritchie, the string quartet medium is one of the most challenging in classical music,... |
SIR ARTHUR BLISS
Bliss: Miracle in the Gorbals and Metamorphic Variations BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Seal (conductor) [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 17/Oct/2025 ] "Seal again secures a confident, colourfully projected performance from the BBC Philharmonic..." BBC Music |
ROBERT RUSSELL BENNETT / VERNON DUKE
Bennett / Duke: Violin Concertos etc. Chloë Hanslip (violin), Andrew Litton (piano), Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 17/Oct/2025 ] Both these violin concertos have been long-neglected for the same reason: their composers were much better-known for their achievements in musical theatre rather than for their works for the concert hall. Robert Russell Bennett studied... |
GEORGE BUTTERWORTH / GUSTAV HOLST
Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad, Two Idylls, Banks of Green Willow Andrew Manze, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra [ Onyx / CD - released 26/Sep/2025 ] George Butterworth, one of the pre 1914 generation lost in the Great War, left a small but enduring body of work. He was introduced to folk music by Vaughan Williams, but he was also a dancer and collector of folk songs and dances - especially those... |
CARL NIELSEN
Nielsen: Symphony No. 5 / Clarinet Concerto / Helios Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos / CD - released 26/Sep/2025 ] Edward Gardner's series of Nielsen symphonies with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra continues with this recording of No. 5, complemented with the overture Helios and the Clarinet Concerto, featuring Alessandro Carbonare as soloist. Nielsen composed... |
ERNEST CHAUSSON / SAMUEL BARBER / CLAUDE DEBUSSY / AARON COPLAND / ERROLLYN WALLEN
The World Feels Dusty Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 26/Sep/2025 ] Dame Sarah Connolly and Joseph Middleton present a richly rewarding programme of art songs from a variety of composers. The recital opens with Chausson's Poème de l'amour et de la mer, which took almost a decade to compose and shows Wagner's... |
J.S. BACH
Bach: Goldberg Variations. BWV 988 Danny Driver (piano) [ Onyx / CD - released 26/Sep/2025 ] One of the peaks of keyboard repertoire, Bach's Goldberg Variations was published in 1741, and forms the fourth and final part of his clavierübung (keyboard exercise) cycle. It is one of Bach's greatest achievements and is a technical and... |
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH / ROXANNA PANUFNIK / JOHANN LUDWIG KREBS / RICHARD BARNARD etc
Fantasia: Works for Trumpet and Organ Matilda Lloyd (Solo Trumpet trumpets, flugelhorn) [ Chandos / CD - released 26/Sep/2025 ] Matilda Lloyd and Richard Gowers, recital partners for more than a decade, present a diverse programme of music for trumpet and organ. Transcriptions of baroque works are interspersed with four world-première recordings of new works by British... |
