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 274
BEETHOVEN / MOZART / BACH / HAYDN / SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN / etc
Alfred Brendel - The Complete Philips Recordings Alfred Brendel (piano) with various orchestras, conductors, instrumentalists & pianists [ Decca / 114 CD Box Set - released 19/Feb/2021 ] This 114 CD Edition encompasses Brendel's complete discography for Philips and Decca and includes studio albums, live recordings and radio broadcasts. |
FRANZ LISZT
Benjamin Grosvenor: Liszt Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 19/Feb/2021 ] "One may miss Arrau's golden-toned largesse or the gaunter classicism of Fleisher, Curzon and Brendel, yet Grosvenor's Liszt Sonata clearly belongs in such company." Gramophone Editor's Choice March 2021 |
TELEMANN / HANDEL / BACH / BOCCHERINI / VIVALDI / etc
Baroque Festival Emmanuel Pahud, Beatrice Rana, Alison Balsom, Piotr Anderszewski, Nathalie Stutzmann, Philippe Jaroussky, etc [ Warner Classics / CD - released 19/Feb/2021 ] Top-class journey into the Baroque including many highly reviewed recordings. |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Symphonies Nos.1-4 & Overtures Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Kletzki [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 19/Feb/2021 ] (Kletzki's) readings of these iconic works are key to understanding the path they have travelled towards the recognition they enjoy today. |
BEETHOVEN / REICHA / WRANITZKY / VORISEK
Beethoven, Wranitzky, Reicha, Vorisek: Concertos Sarah Christian (violin) Stephan Koncz (cello) Christoph Eß (horn) Yaara Tal (piano) Nils Monkemeyer (viola) etc / Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Reinhar [ Sony Classical Beethoven's World / CD - released 19/Feb/2021 ] "Beethoven's World" have received great attention and excellent reviews worldwide. "If the discovery of Beethoven contemporaries, which Goebel has just signed up for the Beethoven Year, continues in this way, it will be a fine year" (Deutschlandfunk) |
J. S. BACH / GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Bach & Telemann: Arias Valer Barna-Sabadus (counter-tenor), Julia Schröder (violin) / Basel Chamber Orchestra, Julia Schröder [ Sony Classics / CD - released 19/Feb/2021 ] In 2013, Valer made his debut at the Aix-en-Provence Festival as Menelao in Cavalli's opera Elena. Since 2014, he has been under contract with the major label Sony. At the Händel-Festspiele Karlsruhe and at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruh |
MOZART
Mozart Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 17 (arr. Lachner) Alan Goldstein, Fine Arts Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Feb/2021 ] Mozart himself had arranged four of his earlier concertos for the ensemble of piano, string quartet and bass, to enable his works to be performed domestically. Numerous subsequent transcriptions followed during the course of the 19th century,... |
BJØRN CHARLES DREYER
Time and Mass Bjørn Charles Dreyer, / Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra [ Nxn Recordings / CD - released 26/Feb/2021 ] Time and Mass challenges our perception of how a guitar sounds. |
JOSQUIN
Josquin: Motets & Mass movements The Brabant Ensemble / Stephen Rice [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Feb/2021 ] Biographical and musicological certainties may be in short supply in the life and work of Josquin, but there's no gainsaying the magnificence of the music recorded here: a programme of shorter works, most in unusual guise, to celebrate his 500th... |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Royal Odes Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor), Charles Daniels (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), The King's Consort, Robert King [ Vivat / CD - released 26/Feb/2021 ] "It's hard to imagine these performances bettered. This is music Robert King and The King's Consort have recorded before, but there's a sheen and poise to these new accounts" Gramophone Editor's Choice March 2021 |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Schnittke: Works for Violin and Piano Daniel Hope (violin) Alexey Botvinov (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 26/Feb/2021 ] "In the summer of 1989, when I was 15, my 'love affair' with Alfred Schnittke's music began", recalls Daniel Hope. Three years later the violinist became acquainted with the Russian composer, studying with and performing for Schnittke. |
SCHUBERT
Schubert: Ländler, Minuets, Écossaises Daniel Lebhardt (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Feb/2021 ] Social and musical life in Biedermeier Vienna during the first decade of the 19th century created a great demand for dances which took place in the residences of wealthy citizens. With their echoes of the Austrian countryside Schuberts folk-type... |
OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Respighi: Concerto Allantica Davide Alogna (violin), Chamber Orchestra Of New York [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Feb/2021 ] Ottorino Respighi was in the vanguard of the 20th-century rebirth of Italian symphonic music. Famed for his Roman Trilogy, Respighi was also prominent in the synthesis of pre-Classical melodic styles and late-Romantic harmonies and textures. These... |
ROBERT KAHN
Kahn: Leaves From the Tree of Life Ensemble Emigré [ Rubicon / CD - released 26/Feb/2021 ] Robert Kahn was born in Mannheim in 1865 and died in Biddenden, Kent in 1951. How did a composer who impressed Brahms, and who the older composer offered to give lessons to end up in the UK in a small village? Kahn became an influential professor... |
HEINRICH IGNAZ FRANZ von BIBER
Biber: Requiem Freiburger Barockconsort, Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 26/Feb/2021 ] "Beautifully touching performances from Vox Luminis directed by Lionel Meunier with the instruments of the Freiburger BarockConsort. Could easily be a top recommendation for the requiem." Record Review |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 8 (with Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - prelude) Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 26/Feb/2021 ] "These performances are persuasive and superbly executed, with sound quality second to none. Balance and dynamic range can't be faulted, and documentation is respectable." MusicWeb recommended |
IBERT / GALLOIS-MONTBRUN / HUBEAU etc
The Art of the Modern Trumpet Vol. 2 Huw Morgan / Rebecca Wilt [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Feb/2021 ] The second volume of this series (Volume 1 is on 8.573995) visits 20th-century France, where the combination of trumpet and piano inspired music of ravishing beauty, intimacy and wit. Through the bluesy retrospection of Jean Hubeau's Sonata, the... |
MONTEVERDE
Del Canto Gitano Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde (guitar) [ ARC Music / CD - released 26/Feb/2021 ] Del Canto Gitano portrays the unique, historic blend of Greek, Roman, Arabic, Sephardic, Indian and Castilian traditions, that create the mystical symbiosis of Ancient Andalusia. Arranged for flamenco guitar, with baroque guitar, Greek violin and... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Op. 56 / Piano Trio, Op. 36 Isabelle Faust (violin) Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) Alexander Melnikov (piano) / Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 26/Feb/2021 ] "Especially fetching is the empathy between Faust and Queyras, with total mutual understanding of phrasing and rubato...All in all this really is an outstanding recording." BBC Recording of the Month May 2021 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Open Barrier Jon Hemmersam, Asal Malekzadeh, Evelyn Glennie [ Naxos World / CD - released 26/Feb/2021 ] World-renowned guitarist Jon Hemmersam joins forces with international daf-player Asal Malekzadeh and virtuoso percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie CH DBE. |
