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 143
J. S. BACH
Bach - Keyboard Concertos BWV1052, 1053, 1054, 1056 Beatrice Rana (piano) / Amsterdam Sinfonietta [ Warner Classics / CD - released 21/Mar/2025 ] Exploring the myriad possibilities of Bach on the piano, Beatrice Rana engages in intimate and illuminating dialogue with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta in four of the composer's keyboard concertos: |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi - Simon Boccanegra (Original 1857 Version) German Enrique Alcantara, Eri Nakamura, William Thomas, Ivan Ayon-Rivas / The Halle, Opera North Chorus, Sir Mark Elder [ Opera Rara / 2 CD Box Set - released 21/Mar/2025 ] The original version of Simon Boccanegra, first performed in 1857, is a masterpiece of concision and spare vocal delivery, having many important differences from the later 1881 version, including one of Verdi's most innovative central finales. |
CHOPIN / BACH / RACHMANINOV / MESSIAEN / GORECKI
Jan Lisiecki: Preludes Jan Lisiecki (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 21/Mar/2025 ] On his new album Canadian star pianist Jan Lisiecki brings the diverse sounds of the prelude to life, highlighting that it is far more than just a curtain-raiser to something else. Frédéric Chopin's extraordinary 24 Préludes, op.28, are inspiration... |
BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / R. STRAUSS / TCHAIKOVSKY /
Lorin Maazel conducts the Cleveland Orchestra Lucia Popp (soprano) Jon Vickers (tenor) Elena Obraztsova (mezzo) Martti Talvela (bass) / The Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus. Lorin Maazel [ Sony Classical / 15 CD Box Set - released 21/Mar/2025 ] Lorin Maazel burnished the Cleveland image and maintained the exalted standards set by Szell, who had elevated his ensemble to pre-eminence among the US "Big Five" orchestras. |
BASSMAN / DOBSON / LANGFORD / LEIDZEN / PRYOR / TRADITIONAL
Peter Moore: SHIFT Peter Moore (trombone) / Tredegar Brass Band [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 21/Mar/2025 ] Born in Belfast and raised in Greater Manchester, the world-renowned trombonist Peter Moore gained international attention at the age of twelve when, in 2008, he became the youngest winner of the competition BBC Young Musician. His early involvement... |
STEVE REICH
Reich: Collected Works (Limited Edition Box Set) Various Artists [ Nonesuch Records / 26 CD - released 21/Mar/2025 ] Nonesuch Records releases Steve Reich Collected Works, a 27-disc box set (26CD's + DVD) featuring music recorded during his 40 years on the label. The collection represents six decades of Reich's compositions, ranging from It's Gonna Rain (1965) to... |
WILLIAM WALTON
Walton - Orchestral Works Vol.1: Violin Concerto / Portsmouth Point / etc. Charlie Lovell-Jones (violin), Sinfonia of London, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 14/Mar/2025 ] Sinfonia of London and John Wilson start a new series of recordings of works by Sir William Walton with this album featuring Charlie Lovell-Jones as soloist in the Violin Concerto. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: 12 Piano Sonatas / 5 Piano Concertos Claudio Arrau (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Alceo Galliera [ Warner Classics / 12 CD - released 14/Mar/2025 ] The pianist Claudio Arrau fully deserves the epithet "legendary": a sovereign technical command, a deep patience and a gravitation towards weighty matters, enriched by his study with 'philosopher pianists' such as Busoni and Martin Krause. |
WYNTON MARSALIS
Marsalis: Blues Symphony Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Jader Bignamini [ Pentatone / CD - released 14/Mar/2025 ] A TRIUMPHANT SYMPHONIC ODE TO THE POWER OF THE BLUES The Detroit Symphony Orchestra and its Music Director Jader Bignamini present Wynton Marsalis' Blues Symphony. |
James Rhodes (piano)
MANíA [ Signum / CD - released 14/Mar/2025 ] For this album, Manía, I wanted to create a playlist of pieces that accompany me and my insomnia, my anxiety, my desperation and my fears in the middle of the night and provide the kind of relief that only music and prescription meds can give. I... |
The King's Singers
Such stuff as dreams are made on [ Signum / CD - released 14/Mar/2025 ] The last album with the current line-up, The King's Singers present a new album of choral music from the early 20th century, with a feature from sopranos Grace Davidson and Victoria Meteryard. "Such stuff as dreams are made on is an exploration of... |
VILNIS SMIDBERGS
Smidbergs: Chamber Music Magdalena Geka, Iveta Calite & Ilona Meija [ SKANI / CD - released 14/Mar/2025 ] Vilnis Smidbergs, a contemporary of Peteris Vasks, Romualds Kalsons, Maija Einfelde, Martins Brauns, Georgs Pelecis, a well celebrated in Latvia, yet little known internationally, was born in 1944, one of the darkest years in human history. That also... |
MICHAEL TIPPETT
Tippett: New Year Martyn Brabbins, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers [ NMC Recordings / 2 CD - released 14/Mar/2025 ] World premiere recording of an opera by Michael Tippett |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert Symphonies Vol.4: No.9 & Orchestral Songs Mary Bevan (soprano) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 14/Mar/2025 ] Edward Gardner's Schubert cycle concludes with the 'Great' Symphony no.9 in C major. Having (remarkably) composed a symphony a year between 1813 and 1818, the onset of syphilis and its intrusive treatment seemed to shake the composer's confidence as... |
ALEXANDER KNAIFEL
Knaifel: Chapter Eight Patrick Demenga, The State Choir Latvija, Riga Cathedral Boys Choir, Youth Choir Kamēr, Andres Mustonen [ ECM New Series / CD - released 14/Mar/2025 ] "It is amazing with what a deep sense of beauty this composition for church, choruses and cello is imbued" said Mstislav Rostropovich on first experiencing Chapter Eight. Basing the music on the Old Testament Song of Songs, The Song of Solomon,... |
VINCENZO BELLINI / GAETANO DONIZETTI / GIUSEPPE VERDI
Eleonora Buratto - Indomita Eleonora Buratto (soprano) / Orchestra e Coro dell'Opera Carlo Felice Genova, Sesto Quatrini [ Pentatone / CD - released 7/Mar/2025 ] On her solo debut album Indomita, soprano Eleonora Buratto pays tribute to the greatest composers and most insurmountable heroines of Italian nineteenth-century opera, together with the Orchestra & Coro dell'Opera Carlo Felice Genova under the baton... |
CHOPIN / PRICE / BONDS / GRANT STILL / DEBUSSY / SCRIABIN
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason - Fantasie Jeneba Kanneh-Mason (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 7/Mar/2025 ] Jeneba Kanneh-Mason has a passion for curating programmes that cross diverse musical landscapes, and on her debut solo album Fantasie, she takes listeners on a journey that explores connections across different composers' sound worlds - whether they... |
MONTEVERDI / BONONCINI / CHARPENTIER / HANDEL / LULLY / PURCELL / RAMEAU
William Christie: The Complete Erato Recordings Les Arts Florissants, William Christie, with Sophie Daneman, Natalie Dessay, Renee Fleming, Ian Bostridge, Philippe Jaroussky, Mark Padmore, etc [ Erato / 61 CD Box Set - released 7/Mar/2025 ] William Christie is renowned for his pioneering work in the revival of Baroque music. Born in 1944, he founded the ensemble Les Arts Florissants in 1979, which has become a leading force in historically informed performance. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Symphonies Münchner Philharmoniker, Zubin Mehta [ Münchner Philharmoniker / 4 CD Box Set - released 7/Mar/2025 ] Zubin Mehta has long been a constant in Munich's musical life. Mehta has enjoyed an artistic relationship and deep friendship with the Munich Philharmonic in particular for decades. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Piano Concertos Yefim Bronfman (piano) / Münchner Philharmoniker, Zubin Mehta [ Münchner Philharmoniker / 2 CD Box Set - released 7/Mar/2025 ] Zubin Mehta has long been a constant in Munich's musical life. Mehta has enjoyed an artistic relationship and deep friendship with the Munich Philharmonic in particular for decades. |
JOHN FIELD
John Field - Complete Nocturnes Alice Sara Ott (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] "Ott plays them all with great affection, never attempting to make them seem more profound or expressively complex than they are, and in treating this neglected music simply at face value, she has done it proud." The Guardian |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Le Pays de nos Désirs Anni Laukkanen, Joël Terrin, Cole Knutson, Emma Roberts, Emma Cayeux, Jeeyoung Lim, Gyeongtaek Lee, Iida Antola [ B Records / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] Under the aegis of Véronique Gens and Susan Manoff, patrons of the 2024 edition of the Académie Orsay-Royaumont, four duos of young singers and pianists have put together a program whose history is woven by the interaction of pictorial and musical... |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS / IGOR STRAVINSKY / PAUL DUKAS / JOHN WILLIAMS / BEATRICE BERRUT / SHERMAN BROTHERS
Abracadabra Beatrice Berrut [ La Dolce Volta / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] Her intensive frequentation of the works of Liszt has nurtured her sense of narrative and her talent as a colourist. |
WILHELM GROSZ / ROBERT GUND
Be Still My Heart Christian Immler (bass-baritone), Helmut Deutsch (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] Be Still My Heart presents works by two little-known Viennese composers. Robert Gund (1865-1927), born in Switzerland, a pianist, teacher and composer who was highly regarded in Vienna but whose works have since been forgotten, and his younger... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto / Valse sentimentale / Valse-Scherzo / etc Christian Li (violin) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko, with Nicola Eimer (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] "Whatever he touches, this young violinist emerges as an extraordinary wunderkind." BBC Music Magazine. |
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
Rachmaninov: Orchestral Works Cristian Măcelaru, WDR Sinfonieorchester [ Linn Records / 3 CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] In his latest release with the WDR Sinfonieorchester, Cristian Măcelaru has set the formidable goal to record an extended symphony cycle by one of the last Romantic giants of the twentieth century, Sergei Rachmaninov. This triple-album follows his... |
Various Composers
Dazzling Light Ensemble Altera, Christopher Lowrey [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] On Dazzling Light Christopher Lowrey and his vocal ensemble Altera explore light in all its forms. There is a remarkable body of choral music that evokes light's many facets: the light of morning and evening, sacred light, light as a symbol of... |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI / FRANCESCO MORLACCHI / SAVERIO MERCADANTE / PAOLO BONFICHI / GIUSEPPE NICOLINI
The Last Castrato. Arias for Velluti Franco Fagioli, Stefan Plewniak, Chœur & Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] Giovanni Battista Velluti, born in 1780, was the last heir of the great Italian castrati. His exceptional voice, both powerful and agile, and his impressive vocal mastery opened the doors to the most prestigious opera houses in Europe. |
MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER
Charpentier: Missa Assumpta est Maria Gaétan Jarry; Marguerite Louise [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] Having reached the peak of his art, Marc-Antoine Charpentier composed his final mass, Assumpta est Maria, around 1669. Composed around the theme of the Assumption of the Virgin, central to the Catholic religion, this grandiose work blends Italian... |
Lee Jae-hwa, Jung Hwa-young
Korea: Geomungo Zither, Traditions of the Peninsula [ Ocora / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] In this unique recording, Lee Jae-hwa -a geomungo zither virtuoso- performs the suites Geomungo Hoesang and Geomungo Sanjo in the respective styles of the South and North of the Korean peninsula: distinct forms, techniques and rhythms, but with a... |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Jeux / Nocturnes / Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un faune Les Cris de Paris, Les Siecles, Francois-Xavier Roth [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 - Orchestral |
WARD / AMNER / NICHOLSON / PYSINGE / RAVENSCROFT / TOMKINS / etc
In Chains of Gold: The English Pre-Restoration Verse Anthem Vol.3 - 'Ah, His Glory!': Anthems of Praise, Prayer and Remembrance Magdalena Consort, Fretwork, His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts, Silas Wollston (organ) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] Leading performers of 17th-century music the Magdalena Consort, Fretwork and His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts combine forces under the artistic direction of William Hunt for their third release exploring the English anthems with instrumental... |
NICOLO PAGANINI & OTHERS
Paganini - 24 Caprices / Caprices by Berlioz, Cervello, Kreisler, Ortiz, etc María Dueñas (violin), with Raphael Feuillatre (guitar) Itamar Golan, Alexander Malofeev (piano) Boris Kuschnir (vio) / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] "I'd be hard-pushed to name another modern recording offering anything close to the multicoloured lyrical imagination produced by this 22-year-old." Gramophone Recording of the Month Gramophone March 2025 |
GABRIEL FAURÉ
Fauré: La bonne chanson & other songs Nicky Spence (tenor), Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] Fauré's songs represent his art at its most radiant, demonstrating the composer's exceptional gift for melody as well as his acute sensitivity to the subtleties of the greatest French poets of the day. In 'La bonne chanson', the result is a song... |
GUSTAV MAHLER / WILLIAM BARTON
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 / Barton: Of the Earth Nicole Car (soprano) Deborah Humble (mezzo-soprano) Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Simone Young [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] "A performance of this symphony is always an occasion. Young's and the SSO's magnificent account captured both the vast emotional range and intricate musical complexities of this gigantic symphonic fresco." The Australian |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / FANNY HENSEL
Guess Who? Olga Pashchenko [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] Pianist Olga Pashchenko creates musical narratives with selections from Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words. As children, the two immensely prodigious siblings enjoyed using text to inspire their piano pieces, although which of them was... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH / MIECZYSŁAW WEINBERG / EDVARD MIRZOYAN
Censored Anthems Parlando; Ian Niederhoffer; Aubree Oliverson [ Delos / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] A Musical America New Artist and BBC Rising Star, Ian Niederhoffer is a fast-rising, young conductor. Here, together with his orchestra Parlando, he explores music as a tool of cultural resilience in the face of censorship, particularly within the... |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: ... et le jazz: Preludes for a Quartet Quatuor Debussy [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] A century after his death on 25 March 1918, many Harmonia Mundi artists were eager to pay tribute to Claude Debussy, the magician of melody and timbre, the great 'colourist' and father of modern music. |
Various Composers
The Ghosts of Hamlet. Lost Arias from Italian Baroque Operas Roberta Mameli, Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu, Franck-Emmanuel Comte [ Arcana / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] Ambleto is a fascinating curiosity in music history: a baroque libretto by Apostolo Zeno on the legend of Hamlet, not based on Shakespeare's tragedy but on its primary source, the Gesta Danorum by Saxo Gramaticus. This swashbuckling drama has been... |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7, The Tempest Santtu-Matias Rouvali; Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] This volume concludes the complete Sibelius symphonies performed by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra under Santtu-Matias Rouvali. This series has already won numerous awards around the world and reaches its climax here with three of Sibelius'... |
