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 155
JOHANNES BRAHMS / FRANZ SCHUBERT
Alexandre Kantorow plays Brahms and Schubert Alexandre Kantorow (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 29/Nov/2024 ] "First, you can take his peerless technical ability for granted. Next, he is blessed with a remarkable personal sound: it has the quality of a dark, warm roar from deep within the instrument, huge, highly coloured , but never harsh or ugly" BBC Music |
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 |
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. |
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. |
BRAHMS / MENDELSSOHN / SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN
Fatma Said: Lieder Fatma Said (soprano), with Huw Montague Rendall (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Joseph Middleton (piano), Yonatan Cohen (piano), Sabine Meyer ( [ Warner Classics / CD - released 14/Feb/2025 ] While soprano Fatma Said's previous Warner Classics releases crossed cultures and musical genres, this album focuses entirely on German-language songs of the Romantic era: lieder by Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann and Brahms. |
ARAM KHACHATURIAN
Jean-Yves Thibaudet - Khachaturian - Piano Concerto, Masquerade Suite, Pictures of Childhood, etc. Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel [ Decca / CD - released 26/Feb/2025 ] Hailed by the Los Angeles Times as "a passion-powered reading of the concerto", this recording breathes new life into Khachaturian's rarely performed Piano Concerto, a work once famously championed by virtuosi such as William Kapell and Oscar Levant.... |
ADÈLE HUGO
Hugo: Mélodies sur des poèmes de Victor Hugo Karine Deshayes (soloist), Sandrine Piau (soloist), Isabelle Druet (soloist), Anaïde Apelian, Laurianne Corneille, Axelle Fanyo (soloist), Thomas Saul [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 15/Nov/2024 ] The composer Richard Dubugnon has orchestrated 14 of her songs, and his instrumentations lend an idiomatic, sometimes colourful, often mellow slant to some appealing melodies. - The Guardian |
BIBER / MERULA / PLAYFORD / HANDEL / MONTEVERDI / BONOCINO / GASPARINI
Terra Mater Malena Ernman (mezzo-soprano) / L'arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar (directior) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 14/Feb/2025 ] "This wonderful program is exposed to the four winds, in which you will hear the chirping of the nightingales, sweet birds, cuckoos, frogs and chicken, the whispers of the winds, heavy storms and the rumbling of the seas." |
Maria Callas (soprano), Angelina Jolie (narrator), Pierfrancesco Favino (narrator), Vincent Macaigne (narrator)
Maria (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [ Warner / CD - released 14/Feb/2025 ] The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack from the movie Maria, directed by Pablo Larraín, written by Steven Knight, which delves into the tumultuous final days of the iconic opera singer in 1970s Paris, interpreted by Angelina Jolie. |
J.S. BACH
Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier (Books One and Two) Michael Houstoun (piano) [ Rattle / 4 CD - released 20/Dec/2024 ] Michael Houstoun has been among the most acclaimed and respected pianists for over 50 years. After working abroad for some years, he returned to New Zealand in 1981 to build an impressive career from his Manawatū home with a large repertoire that... |
BELA BARTOK / ZOLTAN KODALY / OTTORINO RESPIGHI / JOSEPH HAYDN / etc
Antal Dorati - The Philharmonia Hungarica - The Mercury Masters Philharmonia Hungarica, Antal Dorati, with Steven Isserlis, Olli Mustonen, Michael Collins, Takács String Quartet, Andrew Litton [ Mercury Living Presence / 8 CD Box Set - released 7/Feb/2025 ] Driving intensity, rhythmic flair and demonstration-quality sound are brought to the fore in a new anthology of Antal Dorati's early recordings with the Philharmonia Hungarica on Mercury and Philips. |
JOHANN ADOLF HASSE
Hasse - Serpentes ignei in deserto Philippe Jaroussky, Jakub Józef Orliński (counter-tenors), Julia Lezhneva (soprano), Bruno de Sa (male soprano) David Hansen (countertenor) / Les Acce [ Erato / Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 14/Feb/2025 ] "The score is demanding for all the singers," continues Thibault Noally. "Every character is very different from the others and each of our soloists has a unique personality and a unique vocal timbre." |
MAX BRUCH & OTHERS
Ray Chen - Player 1 Ray Chen (violin) with Julien Quentin (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra Robert Trevino [ Decca / CD - released 6/Dec/2024 ] Blending classical music with the immersive world of gaming, the album comprises a thrilling array of themes from television, Anime and film including The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Pokémon, and Squid Game. |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: The Piano Concertos Seong-Jin Cho (piano) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] Seong-Jin Cho opens the Ravel Year 2025 with his most ambitious project to date for Deutsche Grammophon: to mark the French composer's 150th birthday, the Korean star pianist is releasing three Ravel albums between January and May. |
YVES CASTAGNET
Castagnet: Magnificat Thaïs Raï-Westphal (sop), Carlos Builes Velez (bass), Anouk Defontenay (mezzo), Jordan Mouaïssia (tenor), Yves Castagnet (organ), Maîtrise Notre-Dame [ Warner Classics / CD - released 29/Nov/2024 ] The new album of the Maîtrise de Notre Dame de Paris is a world-premiere recording of a new Magnificat written by composer and long-time Notre Dame choir organist Yves Castagnet. The recording was made by the Maîtrise de Notre-Dame de Paris, Chœur... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No.9 "Choral" (studio & Live) / Egmont: incidental music Aase Nordmo-Løvberg, Christa Ludwig, Waldemar Kmentt, Hans Hotter, Birgit Nilsson / Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Otto Klemperer [ Warner SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 14/Feb/2025 ] "…Otto Klemperer's energy and momentum come not from his tempos but from the way the rhythms are articulated. In the first movement and Scherzo the heroic, teeth-gritted determination are physically gripping, In this Ninth combined urgency with... |
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MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Complete works for solo piano [LP] Bertrand Chamayou (piano) [ Erato / Warner Classics / 3 LP - released 1/Jan/2025 ] "Chamayou's technical wizardry was never in doubt for a second… Chamayou is a remarkable musician, no question - someone to watch out for." (Tim Ashley, The Guardian) |
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. |
François Couturier, Dominique Pifarély
Preludes And Songs [ ECM New Series / CD - released 24/Jan/2025 ] Pianist François Couturier and violinist Dominique Pifarély, major figures in French improvisation, have played together in many projects over the last 30 years, including their duo, which made its recording debut for ECM with the remarkable Poros in... |
EDWARD ELGAR / WILLIAM WALTON
Elgar & Walton: Cello Concertos Gautier Capuçon (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 6/Dec/2024 ] "A dream team in the making, I suspect. Capuçon and Pappano may be collaborating here for the first time but it's a meeting of musical minds and sensibilities for sure." Gramophone Editor's Choice November 2024 |
