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 296
Brad Mehldau
Fantasy & Reveries [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 13/Nov/2026 ] Fantasy & Reveries is Brad Mehldau's recording of his solo compositions Fantasy for Piano and Fourteen Reveries. Originally commissioned by Jeremy Denk, Fantasy for Piano was written in the same period as Mehldau's Three Pieces after Bach. Fourteen... |
SERGEY RACHMANINOV / MAURICE RAVEL
Rachmaninov / Ravel: Tableaux en miroirs Catalin Serban [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Nov/2026 ] Rachmaninov's Études‑tableaux, Op. 39 stands as a pinnacle of late Romantic piano writing, a cycle marked by extreme contrasts, vivid imagery and an overwhelming sense of melancholy. In striking complement, Ravel's Miroirs explores a concise and... |
DOUGLAS LILBURN / STEPHEN MCNEFF / ANTHONY RICHIE / MALCOLM WILLIAMSON / LOUISE E. MATTHEWS
The Flowering Branch Christopher Bowen (tenor), Matthew Marshall (guitar) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 13/Nov/2026 ] This beautifully performed, highly enjoyable album features songs for tenor and classical guitar. The genesis for the project dates back to 2010, when Christopher and Matthew first teamed up to perform concerts together. However, as they live at... |
AMALIE OF SAXONY / CARL MARIA VON WEBER / GIOACHINO ROSSINI / WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART / VICENTE MARTÍN Y SOLER / ANTONIO SOLER
Mozart, Rossini, Weber and Amalie of Saxony Coloquio 6 [ Ambronay Éditions / CD - released 13/Nov/2026 ] Tracing the footsteps of Princess Amalie of Saxony, Coloquio 6 revives the spirit of Harmoniemusik, intimate wind ensembles that once brought the most beloved music of the day to audiences everywhere. This musical journey features works by Amalie... |
LEO WEINER
Weiner: Complete Works for Orchestra, Vol. 5 Csaba Klenyán, Júlia Pusker, MÁV Symphony Orchestra, Budapest, Valéria Csányi [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Nov/2026 ] Hungarian composer Leó Weiner forged a distinctive synthesis between German and French Romantic traditions and the emerging Hungarian musical language at the start of the 20th century. His Ballade, long admired for its dreamlike lyricism, became one... |
GYULA DÁVID / FAZIL SAY / BOHUSLAV MARTINŮ / FRANCISCO TÁRREGA
Reverse Directions Dana Zemtsov (violin), Sinfonieorchester St Gallen, Modestas Pitrenas [ Channel Classics / CD - released 13/Nov/2026 ] Violist Dana Zemtsov is joined by Modestas Pitrenas and the Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen on Reverse Directions. This recording brings together two ideas: movement and belonging. For Zemtsov, movement can lead in many directions: outward into the... |
CARL FRÜHLING / FRANZ SCHREKER / JOHANNES BRAHMS
Der Wind Ensemble Kheops [ Cypres Records / CD - released 13/Nov/2026 ] This programme forms a continuity with the album Brahms | Berg | Zemlinsky (released by Cypres - CYP8610), one that was distinguished notably by a Gramophone Choice. It continues the same reflection on the Vienna of the late nineteenth century and... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Moon Shadows: Music for Violin & Piano Fenella Humphreys (violin), Martin Roscoe (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 13/Nov/2026 ] "When Sally Beamish wrote her duo Tracing for [Martin Roscoe and me] to perform at London's Wigmore Hall, we knew we wanted to share it with as many people as possible. As we were considering how best to programme Tracing, I kept thinking of more... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Partitas BWV 825, 826, 830 Frédérick Haas [ Hitasura / CD - released 13/Nov/2026 ] J.S. Bach's first Clavier-Übung - the Partitas - is an important work which holds a particular status: it is the first major publication by a great musician at the height of his maturity - he was 46 - and already a living legend. A large part of the... |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Concerto for 3 Pianos, KV 242, 3 Piano Concertos after J.C. Bach, KV 107 Julia Hamos, Avery Gagliano, Nathalia Milstein, Camerata Schweiz, Howard Griffiths [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 13/Nov/2026 ] This 17th volume in the 'Next Generation Mozart Soloists' series marks the conclusion of this collection which, under the inspired and supportive guidance of Howard Griffiths, has enabled dozens of young soloists to record Mozart's concertos with... |
LILI BOULANGER / BARBARA STROZZI / PAULINE LANGLOIS DE SWARTE / MANON COUSIN CIPRIANI / EVA UGALDE / ÉLODIE PONT / HILDEGARD VON BINGEN
HYSTERÆ Les Itinérantes [ Pentatone / CD - released 13/Nov/2026 ] Les Itinérantes, the acclaimed female vocal trio, make their PENTATONE debut with HYSTERÆ, an imaginative and deeply personal exploration of the many faces of the Feminine. Mothers, queens, witches, workers, saints, fairies and enchantresses appear... |
CHRISTIAN SINDING
Sinding: Romantic Piano, Vol. 13 Yanfeng Tony Bai (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Nov/2026 ] Norwegian composer Christian Sinding benefitted from the finest musical training available in Oslo before continuing his studies in Leipzig, where he encountered Ferruccio Busoni. Possessing a rich melodic gift, Sinding was long regarded as Grieg's... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Piano Trios, Vol. 3 Busch Trio [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 6/Nov/2026 ] For this third volume of their complete recording of Beethoven's piano trios, the Busch Trio presents the famous Trio in D Major, known as the 'Ghost' - a title which, according to Czerny, is likely a reference to Shakespeare and, in the slow... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Canto da Saudade Cármelo de los Santos, Ney Fialkow [ Fuga Libera / CD - released 6/Nov/2026 ] "Cármelo de los Santos and Ney Fialkow follow their award-winning album ""Sonatas Brasileiras"" with a colorful exploration of unjustly neglected works for violin and piano by Brazilian composers. ""Canto da Saudade"" delineates a sonic map that... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7 Czech Philharmonic, Semyon Bychkov [ Pentatone / 2 CD - released 6/Nov/2026 ] Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic present two of Dmitri Shostakovich's most powerful symphonic statements: the Fifth and Seventh Symphonies. For Bychkov, no music is more essential or closer to the bone than that of Shostakovich. He and the... |
RUDOLPH GANZ / CHRISTIAN SINDING / FERRUCCIO BUSONI / MAURICE RAVEL
Rudolph Ganz & The Last Romantics Dominic Chamot [ Fuga Libera / CD - released 6/Nov/2026 ] Pianist, conductor, composer, close friend of Busoni and champion of Ravel in the United States, Rudolph Ganz remains one of the great forgotten figures of early twentieth-century music. Through eleven works, including five world premiere... |
JOSEPH JONGEN
Jongen: Couleurs retrouvées - Autour des œuvres pour orgue et harmonium Edward Vanmarsenille (organ) [ Musique en Wallonie / CD - released 6/Nov/2026 ] This recording highlights the early organ works of Joseph Jongen, a major figure in Belgian music at the turn of the 20th century. Composed during a period of profound transformation in the aesthetics of organ music, these pieces demonstrate the... |
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL / ANTONIO CALDARA
Handel / Caldara: Basso furioso José Coca Loza; La Cetra Basel; Andrea Marcon [ Arcana / CD - released 6/Nov/2026 ] While there is no proof of any direct interaction between Handel and Caldara, it seems likely that their paths crossed in Italy between 1706 and 1710. Their careers then diverged, with Handel settling in London and Caldara becoming... |
GASPAR FERNÁNDEZ / GIL DE ÁVILA / FRANCISCO GUERRERO
Cantando en la Ciudad de los Ángeles La Boz Galana, Concerto Scirocco [ Fuga Libera / CD - released 6/Nov/2026 ] Cantando en la Ciudad de los Ángeles - Christmas Villancicos by Gaspar Fernández in Viceregal Mexico offers a vibrant re-creation of the Christmas villancico tradition as heard in early seventeenth-century Puebla Cathedral, where Fernández served as... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Naulet Nau: Nöels anciens et musique baroque Louise Tixier, Alban Tixier [ EnPhases / CD - released 6/Nov/2026 ] This album does not set out to provide an exhaustive overview of the rich heritage of traditional Christmas carols, but offers a programme that combines Nau's carols with instrumental pieces from the 16th and 17th centuries. Louise and Alban Tixier... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Gloses Lucie Chabard (harpsichord) [ Ricercar / CD - released 6/Nov/2026 ] "Glosas, diminutions, passaggi…": so many terms to describe the garlands of ornamentation that keyboard musicians added to the polyphonic vocal works of their peers as they transformed them into true keyboard pieces between the 16th century and the... |
ORLANDUS LASSUS
Lassus: The Alchemist, Vol. 3 Magnificat, The City Musick, Philip Cave [ Linn Records / 2 CD - released 6/Nov/2026 ] This third and final volume of Magnificat's 'Lassus: The Alchemist' series is devoted to Magnificats based on secular chansons. Courtly entertainment, popular song and everything in between, the chanson provided composers with an inexhaustible source... |
Orchestre National de Cannes
Melodies of Provence [ EuroArts / CD - released 6/Nov/2026 ] |
YVONNE LORIOD / OLIVIER MESSIAEN
Loriod & Messiaen Roger Muraro, Florent Boffard [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 6/Nov/2026 ] Yvonne Loriod's creative-turned-romantic partnership with Olivier Messiaen is celebrated as one of twentieth-century music's greatest love stories. Yet the full extent of their artistic relationship is only now coming into focus, thanks to documents... |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart, Made in Manchester: Symphonies and Arias Vol.1 Ying Fang (soprano), Manchester Camerata, Gabor Takacs-Nagy [ Chandos / CD - released 6/Nov/2026 ] 'Mozart, Made in Manchester' has become a flagship project for Manchester Camerata, eliciting five-star reviews, national and international radio support, international tours, and more than three million streams online. Since starting the project, in... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Cantà in cumpagnia Camerata Figarella [ Carpe Diem / CD - released 30/Oct/2026 ] In the album "Cantà in cumpagnia", Corsican vocal tradition and the art music of the Italian Renaissance come together in a unique way. Four singers and four wind players combine medieval lauds, madrigals, and motets with the living tradition of... |
GEORGS PELĒCIS / ANDRIUS ŽLABYS / ARVO PÄRT
Pages Of A Biography Gidon Kremer (violin), Kremerata Baltica [ ECM New Series / CD - released 30/Oct/2026 ] Gidon Kremer and his Kremerata Baltica ensemble continue the longstanding relationship with ECM's New Series on Pages of a Biography, bringing together music by Georgs Pelēcis, Andrius Žlabys and Arvo Pärt. Pärt's Passacaglia, written for Kremer's... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony no.2 Jennifer Davis (soprano), Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano), Edinburgh Festival Chorus, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles [ Onyx / CD - released 30/Oct/2026 ] The composition of Mahler's Second Symphony took six years, starting life as a symphonic poem 'Totenfeier' completed in 1888. In 1890 Mahler added additional movements, completing what had become his Second Symphony in 1894. The opening movement,... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN / EUGENE GOOSSENS / JOHN IRELAND / WILLIAM WALTON
Britten: Serenade; Goossens: By the Tarn; Ireland: Concertino pastorale; Walton: Sonata for Strings Laurence Kilsby (tenor), Sinfonia of London, Christopher Parkes (horn), John Wilson [ Chandos / CD - released 30/Oct/2026 ] For this third album of English music for strings, John Wilson and Sinfonia of London have built a fascinating programme featuring four composers whose lives and works were intertwined. The centrepiece of the programme is Britten's Serenade for... |
JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY / AGOSTINO STEFFANI / JOHN SIGISMOND COUSSER / HENRY PURCELL / ARTEMIO MOTTA / GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Under the Cover Les Muffatti [ Ramée / CD - released 30/Oct/2026 ] Jean-Sigismond Cousser, born Johann Sigismund Kusser in Hungary and died John Sigismond Cousser in Ireland, began his career in Stuttgart, held various positions at several German courts before being appointed director of the famous Opera am... |
MISSY MAZZOLI
Mazzoli: The Listeners Lyric Opera of Chicago, Enrique Mazzola (conductor) [ Pentatone / 2 CD - released 30/Oct/2026 ] Lyric Opera of Chicago, under the leadership of General Director John Mangum and the baton of Music Director Enrique Mazzola, presents the world-premiere recording of The Listeners, a striking new opera by Missy Mazzoli and librettist Royce Vavrek,... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" Mari Eriksmoen; Anna Lucia Richter; Zürcher Sing-Akademie; Florian Helgath; Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich; Paavo Järvi [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 30/Oct/2026 ] For this fourth volume of their complete recording of Mahler's symphonies, Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich present a monumental work: Symphony No. 2, with its five movements and colossal orchestra, complemented by a choir and soloists:... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" (LP) Mari Eriksmoen; Anna Lucia Richter; Zürcher Sing-Akademie; Florian Helgath; Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich; Paavo Järvi [ Alpha Classics / 2 LP - released 30/Oct/2026 ] For this fourth volume of their complete recording of Mahler's symphonies, Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich present a monumental work: Symphony No. 2, with its five movements and colossal orchestra, complemented by a choir and soloists:... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2 Martin Helmchen (piano) [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 30/Oct/2026 ] Martin Helmchen continues his complete recording of Schubert's piano sonatas, comprising four double albums to be released between now and 2028, the bicentenary of the composer's death. This volume includes Sonatas D. 568 (1817), D. 845 (1825) and... |
MARCEL DUPRÉ / FRANZ LISZT
Dupré & Liszt Olivier Latry (organ), Kahchun Wong, Dresdner Philharmonie [ La Dolce Volta / CD - released 30/Oct/2026 ] A central figure of the organ in the first half of the twentieth century, Marcel Dupré (1886-1971) brought the French symphonic organ to international prominence and trained several generations of leading organists. In this recording, Olivier Latry... |
GIAN CARLO MENOTTI
Menotti: Orchestral Discoveries Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, Francesco Cilluffo (conductor) [ Orfeo / CD - released 30/Oct/2026 ] Gian Carlo Menotti was born in Italy in 1911, the sixth of ten children. A child prodigy, he started composing at the age of seven, and was encouraged and supported by his mother, who was a keen and talented amateur musician. Following the unexpected... |
ERNEST GUIRAUD / AUGUSTA HOLMÈS / FLORENT SCHMITT / MARIE JAËLL / CHARLES GOUNOD / GASTON CARRAUD / GUY ROPARTZ / CHARLES SILVER
Phantoms. French Symphonic Poems Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Pierre Dumoussaud [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 30/Oct/2026 ] "A genre of high fantasy, complete with its host of ghosts, demons, spirits and witches, usurped the place of the magical elements of Baroque opera in France during the 19th century," writes Alexandre Dratwicki in the introduction to this programme,... |
MAURICE RAVEL / IGOR STRAVINSKY
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe / Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Rafael Payare [ Pentatone / 2 CD - released 30/Oct/2026 ] Under the direction of Music and Artistic Director Rafael Payare, the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal presents two landmark works created for Sergei Diaghilev's legendary Ballets russes: Maurice Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé and Igor Stravinsky's Le... |
CARL MARIA VON WEBER
Weber & The Clarinet: Complete Works Pierre Génisson (clarinet), Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Gábor Takács-Nagy, Quartet 212, Frank Braley (piano) [ Erato / 2 CD - released 30/Oct/2026 ] "Weber was the composer who truly established the clarinet as a major virtuoso instrument while revealing its uniquely expressive and poetic qualities," says Pierre Génisson, praised by Gramophone for his "searching eloquence" and the "magical... |
J.S. BACH
Bach: Partitas for Viola da Gamba Teodoro Baù (viola da gamba) [ Arcana / CD - released 30/Oct/2026 ] Johann Sebastian Bach's Partitas for solo violin BWV 1002, 1004, and 1006 are remarkably visionary works. Within the established framework of the dance suite, Bach pushes the expressive and technical possibilities of the instrument to unprecedented... |
