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 224
Piano Laureate Recital - Jinhyung Park
[ Naxos / CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] |
GIACOMO SUSANI
Susani: A Screenshot of Now Alexander Chance (countertenor), Tim Mead (countertenor), Daniel Norman (tenor), Chinwe D John (narrator), Giacomo Susani (guitar) [ Linn Records / CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] The song cycle A Screenshot of Now is a new work by guitarist and composer Giacomo Susani on words by the poet, lyricist, author and physician Chinwe D. John. Receiving its premiere recording on this album, the collection is a series of 14 poems in... |
CELIA MCDOWALL
McDowall: A Tree is a Song - Secular choral works The Rodolfus Choir, Ralph Allwood (Conductor), Elinor Cooper (Conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] A Tree is a Song presents first recordings of a collection of recent secular choral works by Cecilia McDowall, performed by The Rodolfus Choir under Ralph Allwood and Elinor Cooper. Written between 2012 and 2024, the programme sets texts by poets... |
GUSTAV MAHLER / MAX REGER
O weh! Aude Extremo (mezzo-soprano), Stephane Degout (baritone), Quatuor Hanson, Ensemble Ouranos, L'Atelier de musique [ B Records / CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] Following Wendepunkt, Pierre Dumoussaud continues his epic through the twilight of German Romanticism: a seldom-performed three-part work by Max Reger, abundant with nocturnal hues and elfish dances, appears here alongside two of Gustav Mahler's... |
JONATHAN DOVE / GORDON JACOB / EDWARD MCGUIRE
Three British Accordion Concertos: Dove, Jacob, McGuire Owen Murray (accordion), BBC Concert Orchestra, James MacMillan (cond.) [ Toccata Next / CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] The development of an original classical repertoire for the accordion began with Mogens Ellegaard in his native Denmark and his student, the Scot Owen Murray, in the UK. In 1976 Ellegaard gave the first broadcast performance of Gordon Jacob's... |
Brú, Krishna Nagaraja
Sjungande Danser - Singing Dances from the North [ Glaux Records / CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] In this recording Brú explores repertoire from the folk dance and song heritage of Sweden, Finland, and Norway. Traditional tunes are blended with musical elements as diverse as baroque, contemporary, and a pinch of heavy metal. Tales about magical... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphonies 1-9 Czech Philharmonic, Semyon Bychkov (conductor) [ Pentatone / 11 CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] PENTATONE's release of the Czech Philharmonic's complete Mahler cycle under Bychkov brings together one of Europe's most historically resonant orchestras with a conductor internationally recognised for his structural command and interpretive... |
JOHN CORIGLIANO / CHRISTOPHER DIETZ / JENNIFER HIGCON / AARON JAY KERNIS
Switchback: Contemporary American Duos for Violin and Piano Caroline Eva Chin (violin), Laura Melton (piano) [ Toccata Next / CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] Modern American music has long been characterised by kaleidoscopic variety, reflecting the vigour and optimism of American culture more generally. John Corigliano's early Violin Sonata is a work of the mid-twentieth century. But his own assessment of... |
JOACHIM RAFF
Raff: Dame Kobold Choir of the Theatre of the City of Ústí nad Labem, West Bohemian Symphony Orchestra (Mariánské Lázne), Dario Salvi [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] Joachim Raff moved in circles that included Franz Liszt and Robert Schumann, and he ultimately became one of the best-known German composers of his day. Of Raff's six stage works Dame Kobold ('The Phantom Lady') was the first of a series of comic... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
So Poétique! Cyrille Dubois (tenor), Pierre Dumoussaud (cond.), Brussels Philharmonic [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] After exploring lesser-known works for light lyric tenor from the opéra-comique repertoire with the multi-award-winning So Romantique ! (ALPHA924), this new recording focuses on a unique genre: French mélodie with orchestra. "Deeply attuned to the... |
MATIEGKA
Matiegka: Complete Guitar Sonatas, Vol. 1 Dragoş Ilie (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] A native of Bohemia, Wenzel Thomas Matiegka was a contemporary of Beethoven and a celebrated guitarist. His reputation was established after settling in Vienna where he became accepted in musical circles that included Schubert. Matiegka's works... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: String Quintet - Arpeggione Sonata - Lieder Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello), Pascal Amoyel (piano), Quatuor Parisii [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] In this double album, Emmanuelle Bertrand, Pascal Amoyel and the Quatuor Parisii explore the musical world of late Schubert in all its nuanced light and shade. Here with the well-known Arpeggione Sonata, the stupendous String Quintet, and selected... |
CLARA KATHLENN ROGERS / ALBERT STOESSEL / JULIUS CHAJES
Lost American Violin Sonatas Volume 2 Solomia Soroka (violin), Arthur Green (piano), Phillip Silver (piano) [ Toccata Next / CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] In their second volume exploring lost American violin sonatas, Solomia Soroka, Phillip Silver and Arthur Greene survey a half-century of music-making, from the buoyant High Romanticism of the Bostonian Clara Rogers via the impassioned early... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no.3, Works for Solo Piano Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Ryan Bancroft [ Decca / CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] Isata Kanneh-Mason has a longstanding love for the music of Prokofiev and performed his Third Piano Concerto for her solo debut at the BBC Proms in 2023. Now she explores the music of this great composer further, on this electrifying new album. As... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / FREDERIC CHOPIN / PERCY GRAINGER etc
Postcards from Ukraine Vol.3: Folk Dialogues Markiyan Melnychenko (violin), Steward Kelly (piano) [ Toccata Next / CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] The first album of Postcards from Ukraine gave a potted history of Ukrainian music in the form of a series of miniatures for piano and violin, and the second presented four outstanding chamber works by important Ukrainian composers. This third... |
Les Pages du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles; Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, Fabien Armengaud
Un Bouquet de Myrrhe - 17th-century Music for French Cathedrals [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] Jewels of the 17th century, the Tours and Deslauriers manuscripts form a corpus of three hundred works born in the fervour of the provinces of the Kingdom. This journey to the very heart of French cathedrals reveals the striking theatricality of... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Mirage Marc André (double bass), Véronique Teruel (piano), Gabriel Bianco (guitar) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] Sensitive and talented, Marc André is one of the few musicians to have chosen the double bass as a solo instrument, bringing it out of the orchestra ranks and into the spotlight. One of the few double bassists to embark on a solo career and to sign... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: The Testament Mathieu Gaudet (piano) [ Analekta / CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] Pianist Mathieu Gaudet presents the final instalment of his Complete Schubert Sonatas and Major Piano Works recording series. This final volume, The Testament, showcases the very last Sonata by Schubert, in B flat major, D960, a work with a unique... |
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Theodora Millenium Orchestra; Chœur de Chambre de Namur; Leonardo García-Alarcón [ Ricercar / 3 CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] The oratorio Theodora was first performed at the Covent Garden Theatre on 16 March 1750 and clearly took Londoners by surprise. Handel had, after all, made a one hundred and eighty degree turn in his choice of subject. The grandiose episodes of the... |
GRAZYNA BACEWICZ / BENJAMIN BRITTEN / MORTON FELDMAN / PAUL MCCARTNEY / SANDOR VERESS
Blackbirds: Music from the 1960s - Bacewicz, Britten, Feldman, Veress Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Maxim Emelyanychev (piano), Thomas Dunford (lute, voice), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] Nicolas Altstaedt's starting point for this recording was the magnificent Second Concerto for Cello and Orchestra by Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969): "On reading through the work for the first time, I immediately thought: why is this... |
KIP WINGER
Winger: Symphony of the Returning Light Peter Otto, Nashville Symphony, Giancarlo Guerrero [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] Kip Winger is a genre-bridging composer with a long and successful career in rock music. His celebrated ballet score Conversations with Nijinsky led conductor Giancarlo Guerrero to commission the two works on this album. Weaving four floriographical... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Octet D 803 Scharoun Ensemble Berlin [ Pentatone / CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] Schubert's Octet in F Major, D 803 stands as one of the crowning achievements of chamber music - an expansive, symphonic vision distilled into eight voices. For the Scharoun Ensemble Berlin, this masterpiece lies at the very heart of their artistic... |
JOSEPH HAYDN / HELENA WINKELMAN
Haydn: Complete Piano Trios Vol.5 / Winkelman: Threesome in a High-den Trio Gaspard [ Chandos / CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] One of the most sought-after young chamber ensembles of its type, Trio Gaspard is praised for its unique and fresh approach to the score, one recent recording prompting The Times to conclude: 'Kaleidoscopic textures and sprightly wit, wonderfully... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV / J.S. BACH
Vsevolod Zavidov Plays Rachmaninoff Vsevolod Zavidov (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] Vsevolod Zavidov (born in 2005 in Moscow) is now considered one of the most promising young pianists to emerge from the great Russian tradition. A pupil of Nelson Goerner's, he made his name on the international stage by winning the very first Radu... |
J.S. BACH
Bach: Lutheran Masses, BWV233-236 Hanna Herfurtner (soprano), Elvira Bill (mezzo-soprano), Gwilym Bowen, (tenor), Thomas Bonni (bass-baritone), Kolner Akademie [ Pentatone / 2 CD - released 3/Apr/2026 ] The Kölner Akademie, under the artistic direction of Michael Alexander Willens, presents J.S. Bach: Lutheran Masses, BWV233-236, a monumental exploration of the composer's four Kyrie-Gloria Masses. Written in the 1730s, during a period of profound... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphonies 2 & 5 CBSO Chorus, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgards (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 3/Apr/2026 ] Commissioned by the Propaganda Department of the Soviet State Music Publishing House to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the October Revolution, the 'Symphonic Dedication to October' eventually became Shostakovich's Second Symphony, and was first... |
Elsa Dreisig (soprano), Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova Orchestra, Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova Choir, Massimo Zanetti
Invocation [ Erato / CD - released 3/Apr/2026 ] An invocation - a prayer, plea, appeal, entreaty or supplication - can take many forms. So can Elsa Dreisig, praised by Gramophone as "one of her generation's most eloquent and engaging singers". Since 2015, when she first gained international... |
MAX MEYER-OLBERSLEBEN
Meyer-Olbersleben: Piano Trio Op.7, Viola Sonata Op. 14 Nina Karmon (violin), Roland Classl (viola), Benedict Kloeckner (cello), Oliver Triendl (piano) [ Cappricio / CD - released 3/Apr/2026 ] Max Meyer-Olbersleben, born in 1850 in Olbersleben, Thuringia, studied at the Weimar Orchestral School under Franz Liszt, and later at the Royal Music School in Munich under Gabriel Josef Rheinberger and Peter Cornelius. He settled in Würzburg as a... |
CHOPIN
Chopin: Return to Warsaw Martin Stadtfeld (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 3/Apr/2026 ] |
XIAOGANG YE
The Backyard of the Village: Orchestral works by Xiaogang Ye Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Dane Lam (Conductor), Diyang Mei (Viola), Guy Johnston (Cello) [ Signum / CD - released 3/Apr/2026 ] This Signum Classics release presents four orchestral works by Xiaogang Ye, one of the most prominent figures in contemporary Chinese music, performed by the RLPO under conductor Dane Lam. Recorded in February 2024 at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, the... |
PAUL BÜTTNER
Büttner: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchster Berlin, Christopher Ward (cond.) [ Cappricio / CD - released 3/Apr/2026 ] Paul Büttner was born in Dresden in 1870 and studied violin and oboe at the city's conservatory, from whence he gradually established himself as an outstanding musician. But he remained virtually unknown as a composer until 1915, when the celebrated... |
Ryuichi Sakamoto
OPUS (Deluxe Edition) [ Milan / CD - released 3/Apr/2026 ] A definitive double CD collection curated by the composer himself. Spanning decades of groundbreaking work, this anthology brings together iconic film scores, Yellow Magic Orchestra classics, and deeply personal compositions that reflect Sakamoto's... |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY / JOHN IRELAND
Archipel (Debussy: La Mer - Ireland: Sarnia) Aline Piboule (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 27/Mar/2026 ] An oceanic dialogue between two composers from the first wave of the modern musical era: such is Aline Piboule's daring new solo venture. Here the epic La Mer sprays its rainbow of colours as idiomatically as if Debussy had written it for solo piano,... |
AFTAB DARVISHI / UNSUK CHIN / JORG WIDMANN / THOMAS ADES
East Meets West Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 27/Mar/2026 ] An inspiration to entire generations of musicians and an indefatigable icon of classical music, Anne-Sophie Mutter remains an artist in motion: curious, bold, and open to what music can be today and tomorrow. For decades, she has been commissioning... |
CELIL REFIK KAYA
Kaya: Guitar Works Celil Refik Kaya (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Mar/2026 ] Celil Refik Kaya is a contemporary guitarist and composer in the great tradition of artists who have created their own unique contribution to the repertoire. Sonata No. 1 is characterised by various stylistic resemblances which include South and... |
WILLIAM SHIELD
Shield: Complete Chamber Works, Vol. 3 - Violin Duets, Opp. 1 and 2 The Dorrit Ensemble [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Mar/2026 ] William Shield's early career as a violinist and violist took him to the centre of musical life in London where he became principal violinist of the Covent Garden theatre orchestra in 1773. The publication of the Violin Duets later that decade marked... |
HENRY PURCELL / GEORG FRIEDRICH HANDEL / JOHANN JOSEPH FUX
If music… Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor), Michał Biel (piano) [ Erato / CD - released 27/Mar/2026 ] If music… showcases star countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński in 17 songs and arias by three composers of the Baroque era: Purcell, Handel and Fux. Perhaps unexpectedly, he is partnered not by an ensemble of period instruments but by a pianist - his... |
ROBERT VOLKMANN
Volkmann: Romantic Piano, Vol. 8 Levon Avagyan [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Mar/2026 ] A native of Germany, Robert Volkmann was virtually unknown as a composer until the 1840s when he moved to Hungary. It was there that Volkmann achieved wider recognition due in part to Franz Liszt, Hans von Bülow and Richard Wagner expressing... |
J.S. BACH / ROBERT SCHUMANN / GEORGES BIZET
Gold Lukas Hasler (organ) [ Pentatone / CD - released 27/Mar/2026 ] Organist Lukas Hasler presents Gold, a radiant debut album featuring his own transcriptions and arrangements for organ. What began five years ago with a fascination for Mozart's G Major Sonata in Edvard Grieg's two-piano version grew into an artistic... |
Lyyra
Rising [ Warner Classics / CD - released 27/Mar/2026 ] Rising by the American group Lyyra is a genre-defying album that showcases the multifaceted beauty of all-women a cappella. Through a program of songs dating from the 21st century to as far back as the medieval times, the six upper-voice singers... |
