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 20 of 91
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. |
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... |
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. |
John Taylor, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron
Tramonto [ ECM / CD - released 19/Sep/2025 ] Recorded live in Birmingham during a Contemporary Music Network tour in 2002, Tramonto finds UK pianist John Taylor (1942-2015) in celebratory, outgoing mood, fronting one of his most dynamic and quick-witted groups, with US musicians Marc Johnson... |
Pene Pati (tenor), Il Pomo d'Oro
Serenata A Napoli [ Warner Classics / CD - released 26/Sep/2025 ] Pene Pati's glowing tenor voice, described by Le Monde as 'filled with sunshine', makes him the ideal interpreter of such roles as Rodolfo in La bohème and the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto. Now, with Serenata a Napoli, he brings his distinctive warmth... |
Rolf Lislevand (lute)
Libro Primo [ ECM New Series / CD - released 12/Sep/2025 ] On his newest recording for ECM's New Series, lute virtuoso Rolf Lislevand turns to the revolutionary Baroque literature for archlute and chitarrone, interpreting 17th century lute composers' works largely found in their first printed books - their... |
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 |
JOHN DOWLAND / HENRY PURCELL
Songs of Passion Lea Desandre (mezzo) Thomas Dunford (lute), with with Alex Rosen (bass-baritone), Jess Dandy (contralto), Laurence Kilsby (tenor) [ Erato / CD - released 10/Sep/2025 ] With Songs of Passion, a collection of vocal and instrumental music by John Dowland and Henry Purcell - English composers born nearly a century apart - mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre, lutenist Thomas Dunford and Ensemble Jupiter have created a companion... |
ROBERT KAJANUS / LEEVI MADETOJA / SELIM PALMGREN / VAINO RAITIO / JEAN SIBELIUS
Pictures from Finland Madetoja Music High School's Girls' Choir, Soma Ensemble, Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Rumon Gamba [ Chandos / CD - released 18/Jul/2025 ] Following their successful album Overtures from Finland (CHSA5336) Rumon Gamba conducts the Oulu Sinfonia in another programme of works from their native land. The album takes its title from Selim Palmgren's four-movement suite, which was written in... |
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 |
SCARLATTI / RACHMANINOV / BEETHOVEN / TCHAIKOVSKY / SCRIABIN / etc
Mikhail Pletnev - The Erato Recordings 1988 - 2001 Mikhail Pletnev (piano/conductor), with Michael Collins (clarinet) [ Erato / Warner Classics / 16 CD Box Set - released 22/Aug/2025 ] Mikhail Pletnev, a virtuoso pianist of the Russian school, rose to global fame after winning the 1978 Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition. Known for his formidable technique and deep musical insight, this collection of his Erato recordings... |
ARVO PART
Pärt: And I Heard A Voice (LP) Vox Clamantis, Jaan-Eik Tulve (conductor) [ ECM New Series / LP - released 5/Sep/2025 ] Estonian vocal ensemble Vox Clamantis and their leader Jaan-Eik Tulve have established themselves among the leading interpreters of Arvo Pärt's music over a quarter-century of close collaboration with the composer - a relationship that builds on the... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Double Concerto for Violin and Cello (LP) Itzhak Perlman (violin) Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics / LP - released 29/Aug/2025 ] This recording of Brahms' Double Concerto with Itzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma, with Daniel Barenboim conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, was originally released in 1997, captured from a live recording at Orchestra Hall in Chicago in 1996. |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Dido & Aeneas Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) Michael Spyres (baritenor) Fatma Said (soprano) / Il Pomo d'Oro Choir, Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev [ Erato Warner Classics / CD - released 22/Aug/2025 ] The acclaimed mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato stars as Dido in this recording of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, captured at Essen Philharmonie as part of a celebrated European tour in 2024. |
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 |
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... |
JOHN CAGE / EDVARD GRIEG / MAURICE RAVEL / ERIK SATIE / FEDERICO MOMPOU
Lyrique Adam Cicchillitti (guitar), Steve Cowan (guitar) [ Analekta / CD - released 5/Sep/2025 ] The guitar duo of Adam Cicchillitti and Steve Cowan presents a new album of their original arrangements of 19th and 20th century piano repertoire. Lyrique features the works of Edvard Grieg, Maurice Ravel, Erik Satie, Germaine Tailleferre, John Cage,... |
Adèle Charvet; Florian Caroubi
Belle Epoque! [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 22/Aug/2025 ] For her second recital with piano, mezzo-soprano Adèle Charvet reunites with Florian Caroubi, who has been her regular duo partner since 2015. Together they celebrate the belle époque of the great French melodists (Massenet, Debussy, Fauré) and their... |
