Classical New Releases
Classical New Releases
Below is a list of all classical CD titles released in the last 120 days.
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FRANCK / LISZT / DEBUSSY / SASTRE
Piano Laureate Recital Alexander Koryakin (piano) / Bretón String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 28/May/2021 ] Alexander Koryakin, winner of the 2019 Jaén Prize International Piano Competition, has selected two perfectly paired masterpieces for his first Naxos recording. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Al-Basma Canticum Novum; Emmanuel Bardon [ Ambronay Éditions / CD - released 28/May/2021 ] With Al-Basma - imprint in Arabic-, Canticum Novum continues at Ambronay Editions its journey to the heart of the medieval Iberian Peninsula. Magnificent Arab-Andalusian songs side by side with the Codex of Montpellier and the Cantigas de Santa Marìa... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Claroscuro Capella de Ministrers; Carles Magraner [ Capella de Ministrers / CD - released 28/May/2021 ] The musical programme presented by Capella de Ministrers is built around this premise: Spanish music from 1500 to 1650, the Renaissance to the Baroque, with a mix of composers and song books relating to Miguel de Cervantes and his ironic chiaroscuro.... |
Celil Refik Kaya (guitar)
RODRIGO, J.: Guitar Works, Vol. 3 - Elogio de la guitarra • Tríptico • Dos preludios • Sonata a la española [ Naxos / CD - released 28/May/2021 ] Joaquín Rodrigo, composer of the renowned Concierto de Aranjuez (Naxos 8.579053), is acknowledged as one of the great Spanish composers of the 20th century. |
DVORAK / SMETANA / BARTOK / MOUSSORGSKY / HINDEMITH / SCHOENBERG / etc
Rafael Kubelík - The Mercury Masters Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik [ Mercury Living Presence / Eloquence / 12 CD Box Set - released 28/May/2021 ] To mark the 70th anniversary of Mercury Living Presence, this limited-edition box presents the complete Chicago Symphony/Rafael Kubelík recordings, newly remastered by Thomas Fine and including never-before-published material. |
SAMUEL BARBER / EUGENE YSAYE / ELLIOTT CARTER / JACQUES BREL / BAEK GO SAN/
Voyage Christine J. Lee; Henry Kramer [ Fuga Libera / CD - released 28/May/2021 ] "rowing up in two very different and, at times, conflicting cultures, music has always been the bridge that connects the different phases and places of my life. In this debut album, I wanted to capture my journey as a person and a musician.... |
HEINRICH ISAAC
Isaac: Missa Wohlauff gut Gsell von hinnen & other works Cinquecento [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/May/2021 ] "Such illumination would not be possible without the superb voices of Cinquecento, and Hyperion's excellent recording, which is perfectly balanced in a spacious acoustic" MusicWeb Recommended |
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STANISLAW MONIUSZKO
Moniuszko: Halka [Complete Opera] Dominik Sutowicz, Magdalena Molendowska, Lukasz Goli?ski, Pozna? State Moniuszko Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Gabriel Chmura [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 28/May/2021 ] Polish composer, conductor and teacher Stanisław Moniuszko is widely known as 'the father of Polish national opera'. Halka tells the tragic story of its title character, a peasant girl whose love for the noble Janusz is betrayed when he abandons her. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / CARL REINECKE
Beethoven (arr. Reinecke): Triple Concerto / Reinecke: Piano Trio No. 1 Duccio Ceccanti (violin) Vittorio Ceccanti (cello) Matteo Fossi (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 28/May/2021 ] Prolific in every aspect of music throughout his long and distinguished career, Carl Reinecke represented the complete musician with the belief that 'art should bring happiness to mankind'. |
BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: String Quartet No.13 in B flat, Op.130 Grosse Fuge op.133 Ehnes Quartet [ Onyx / CD - released 28/May/2021 ] Like many musical projects planned for 2020, the plans of the Ehnes Quartet to record Beethoven's late quartets underwent a drastic revision. Rather than cancel the project, some ingenious technology was employed. James Ehnes takes up the story 'Our... |
CALDARA / SCARLATTI / VALENTINI
Appena chiudo gli occhi: Cantatas for solo voice with violin Giuseppina Bridelli; Quartetto Vanvitelli [ Arcana / CD - released 28/May/2021 ] After the success of Duel (Opera Choice in BBC Music Magazine, Disc of the Month in Opera magazine, etc.), Giuseppina Bridelli presents a new solo project alongside the Quartetto Vanvitelli (recently awarded '5 Diapasons' in the magazine Diapason for... |
TOMAS LUIS de VICTORIA
Passion: Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae Hesperion XXI, Jordi Savall, Capella Reial de Cata [ Alia Vox / 3 CD/Book - released 28/May/2021 ] Tomás Luis de Victoria's Officium Hebdomadæ Sanctæ is one of the most compelling examples of creative genius in a composer, a toweringly poignant and masterpiece on the Passion of Christ, a pure but infinitely subtle creation. |
GABLENZ / PADEREWSKI
Gablenz: Piano Concerto, Paderewski: Polish Fantasy Jonathan Plowright, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Lukasz Borowicz [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/May/2021 ] |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Songs For Lena / Lieder aus Des Knaben Wunderhorn Julianne Baird (soprano) Ryan De Ryke (baritone) Eva Mengelkoch (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 28/May/2021 ] Albrecht Mendelssohn Bartholdy was the grandson of Felix Mendelssohn. He was also a polymathic intellectual - a prestigious jurist, political scientist, and one of Germany's observers to the Treaty of Versailles negotiations in 1919. |
AMY BEACH / FLORENCE PRICE / SAMUEL BARBER
American Quintets Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective, with Matthew Rose (bass) [ Chandos / CD - released 28/May/2021 ] "I'd be delighted to listen to more Beach and Price performed with this courage, erudition and aplomb, and keenly anticipate the Collective's next offering." - Gramophone, Editor's Choice July 2021 |
CARLOS PATINO
Patiño: Música sacra para la corte La Grande Chapelle; Albert Recasens [ Lauda / CD - released 28/May/2021 ] For over thirty years Carlos Patiño served Philip IV as Choirmaster in the Spanish Royal Chapel. The Spanish monarch was not the only one who held him in great esteem, for João IV of Portugal admired him as well and put together a collection of his... |
JOHANNES MARTINI
Martini: La fleur de biaulté Le miroir de musique; Baptiste Romain [ Ricercar / CD - released 28/May/2021 ] Born in Leuze (Hainaut) around 1430, Johannes Martini was initially active in Konstanz, then in Milan and Ferrara, where he died on 23 October 1497. Closely connected with the d'Este family, he was paid in 1479 for the production of a large volume of... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart Momentum - 1785 Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Truscott (violin), Joel Hunter (viola), Frank-Michael Guthmann (cello) [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 28/May/2021 ] 'Socially distanced they may have been but the camaraderie that was so evident in their groundbreaking Beethoven cycle with Leif Ove Andsnes is, if anything, even more apparent here.' Gramophone Recording of the Month June 2021 |
BERNSTEIN / IVES / BARBER / CRAWFORD
Americans Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, James Gaffigan [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 28/May/2021 ] Vivid testimony to the multifaceted partnership of James Gaffigan and the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, their latest release invites us to explore the conductor's American roots, from the most mischievous (Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story) to the... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: The Six Partitas Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 28/May/2021 ] A comprehensive overview of every style available to Bach, from the archaic to the modern: Mahan Esfahani rises condently to the challenge of his own brilliant appraisal of the Partitas in performances brimming with intellectual and emotional energy. |
