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 335
J. S. BACH
Sonatas & Partitas for solo violin Alina Ibragimova (violin) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2022 ] Gramophone Magazine: Editor's Choice - November 2009 |
BOB CHILCOTT
Chilcott: Circlesong Houston Chamber Choir, Treble Choir of Houston, Marianna Parnas-Simpson, Robert Simpson [ Signum / CD - released 21/Jan/2022 ] A work filled with ambition, 'Circlesong' is a musical portrayal of the human life cycle as captured in the indigenous poetry of North America. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Die Schone Mullerin Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor) Joseph Middleton (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 21/Jan/2022 ] Renowned performers Iestyn Davies and Joseph Middleton perform Schubert's tragic song- cycle Die schöne Müllerin (The Beautiful Maid of the Mill). |
Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven: The Conquering Hero - Complete Works for Cello & Piano Jennifer Kloetzel (cello), Robert Koenig (piano) [ AVIE / 3 CD - released 21/Jan/2022 ] Jennifer Kloetzel's lifelong journey with Beethoven began early: she was eight years old when her teacher placed the composer's second cello sonata on her music stand, opening the door to an odyssey of intrigue and, ultimately, obsession with the... |
SOFIA GUBAIDULINA
Gubaidulina: Dialog: Ich und Du / The Wrath of God / The Light of the End Vadim Repin (violin) / Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 21/Jan/2022 ] "Nelsons is the guiding spirit in what is surely, listened to in order, one of the most remarkable musical and spiritual journeys ever conceived." Gramophone Editor's Choice December 2021 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Two Marimbas in Berlin - Piano Masterworks and Modern Classics arranged for Two Marimbas DoubleBeats [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Jan/2022 ] With Two Marimbas in Berlin, award-winning duo DoubleBeats presents world premiere recordings of four pinnacles of the keyboard repertoire and two modern classics in their own remarkable arrangements for marimbas and percussion. Soft, resonant tones... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Nine Trumpets One Piano - Trumpet Music From Around The World Fábio Brum [Cornets, Trumpet, Flugelhorn, horn], Santiago Báez (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Jan/2022 ] Nine Trumpets and One Piano is an album of works dedicated to leading trumpeter Fábio Brum and written for the classically conceived combination of trumpet or other high brass instruments and piano. |
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
Sousa: Music for Wind Band, Vol. 22 Her Majesty's Royal Marines Band, Plymouth, Keith Brion [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 22/Jan/2022 ] John Philip Sousa was renowned as "The March King", expressing the brash energy of an emerging United States of America in famous pieces such as The Stars and Stripes Forever! |
JEAN-MARIE LECLAIR
Leclair: Violin Sonatas, Op. 5, Nos. 1-4 Adrian Butterfield (violin) Sarah McMahon (cello) Silas Wollston (harpsichord) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Jan/2022 ] The third of Jean-Marie Leclair's four books of violin sonatas displays the qualities of exquisite Italianate lyricism and French dance idioms that made the earlier works such a stylistic triumph. However, the composer's pervasive use of variation... |
EGON KORNAUTH / VALLY WEIGL / FRANZ MITTLER / FELIX PETYREK / TIBOR HARSÁNYI
The Bird of Life - Late Romantic Flute Music Birgit Ramsl (flute) with Karl-Heinz Schütz (flute), Gottlieb Wallisch (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Jan/2022 ] During the last decade of the 19th century a generation of Central European composers emerged that was to exert a powerful influence on the current of contemporary music. Yet, for the most part, their works for flute remain little known and a number... |
MIKALOJUS KONSTANTINAS CIURLIONIS
Čiurlionis: Harp Arrangements of Piano Works - Preludes / Nocturnes / I Sowed the Rue Joana Daunytė (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Jan/2022 ] Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis was Lithuania's leading composer at the turn of the 20th century as well as an internationally admired artist. The piano scores from which these pieces are transcribed are Romantic in expression, influenced by the... |
HANS SOMMER
Sommer: Lied Edition, Vol. 2 Jochen Kupfer (bass-baritone) Marcelo Amaral (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Jan/2022 ] Hans Sommer's career initially involved science and mathematics, but his affinity for music was apparent from an early age. He became associated with Wagner and Liszt, achieving respect as a theatre composer and gaining widespread popularity with his... |
HANS WERNER HENZE
Henze: Nachtstücke und Arien / Los caprichos / Englische Liebeslieder Juliane Banse, Narek Hakhnazaryan / ORF Vienna Radio Symphony, Marin Alsop [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Jan/2022 ] Hans Werner Henze was initially an avant-garde composer but Nachtstücke und Arien symbolised his departure from dodecaphonic writing, to the annoyance of his contemporaries Boulez, Nono and Stockhausen at Darmstadt. |
ADOLPHE ADAM
Adam: La Jolie Fille de Gand (Complete Ballet) Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Mogrelia [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 24/Jan/2022 ] After increasing successes with ballets, melodramas and theatrical works, Adolphe Adam won widespread acclaim with Giselle.. A year later he wrote La Jolie Fille de Gand, which was received just as enthusiastically by audiences and critics alike. |
MUZIO CLEMENTI
Clementi: Piano Jewels - Capriccios / Toccata / La chasse Rodolfo Leone (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Jan/2022 ] Clementi's influence on pianists has proved enduring, whether through his compositions, books of instruction, or the introduction of new levels of virtuosity on the pianoforte. This album explores a selection of works that have never been recorded. |
ERIC COATES
Coates: Springtime Suite / Four Ways Suite / Saxo-Rhapsody Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Penny, with Kenneth Edge (Saxophone) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Jan/2022 ] Eric Coates was a master of refined and beautiful melodies, making him a household name during the golden years of British light music in the first half of the 20th century. The Four Ways Suite takes us to all four points of the compass, including... |
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PLÜDDEMANN
Pluddemann: Balladen und Gesänge / Lieder und Gesänge (excerpts) [Ballads, Songs and Legends] Ulf Bästlein (baritone) Hedayet Djeddikar (piano) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 24/Jan/2022 ] Martin Plüddemann (born September 29, 1854 in Kolberg , died October 8, 1897 in Berlin ) was a German ballad and song composer and music teacher. |
IVES / MAHLER / COPLAND / CAVALLI / GLUCK / HANDEL / MYSLIVECEK / etc
Joyce DiDonato - Eden Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) / Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev [ Erato Classics / Warner Classics / CD - released 25/Jan/2022 ] "I'm brought to tearful wonder by the album's close. DiDonato's farewell, 'Ombra mai fù' from Handel's Serse, is a performance so beautiful that it makes your insides ache." Gramophone Editor's Choice March 2022 |
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: Viola Concertos Antoine Tamestit, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Sabine Fehlandt, Bernhard Forck [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 28/Jan/2022 ] A precursor in this field as in so many others, Telemann gave the viola its very first masterpieces, immediately establishing it as a solo instrument in its own right. Alongside Sabine Fehlandt and the musicians of the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin,... |
Various
Sacrum Mysterium: A Celtic Christmas Vespers Apollos Fire, Jeannette Sorrell (harpsichord & conductor), Meredith Hall (soprano), Ensemble Le Nef & Sylvain Bergeron [ AVIE / CD - released 28/Jan/2022 ] "Oikan ains Bethlehem." With these Gaelic words, a candle is lit, a procession is launched, and a haunting Christmas journey unfolds. Sacrum Mysterium, Apollo's Fire's hugely popular Celtic Christmas program, which premiered in six sold-out concerts. |
