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 40 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... |
Dame Joan Sutherland, with the Australian Pops Orchestra
Dame Joan Sutherland - An Evenng to Remember [ Ambition / CD - released 7/Nov/2025 ] The music legend of Dame Joan Sutherland lives on with this special "historical" recording being re- released with new artwork ahead of what would have been Dame Joan's 100th Birthday year in 2026. |
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... |
Meredith Monk
Cellular Songs [ ECM New Series / CD - released 17/Oct/2025 ] Cooperation, interdependence and kindness" are the qualities that Meredith Monk emphasizes in Cellular Songs, "as an antidote to the values that are being propagated right now." Of the work's premiere performance the New York Times wrote, "Ms. Monk... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Streichquartette op. 51 Zehetmair Quartett [ ECM New Series / CD - released 17/Oct/2025 ] A central fixture in the world of string quartets for the past thirty years, the Zehetmair Quartett's ECM recordings of Schumann, Hindemith, Bartók and Hartmann have received luminous praise-Gramophone lauded their Schumann as "Record of the Year",... |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Les Divas d'Offenbach Véronique Gens (soprano), Hervé Niquet, Chœur Et Orchestre National Des Pays de La Loire [ Alpha / CD - released 12/Oct/2025 ] "...Captured in warm, glowing sound, with the superb Choeur et Orchestre des Pays de la Loire matching the music's joie de vivre under Hervé Niquet, this is simply a delight." BBC Music Five Stars |
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... |
