Classical New Releases
Classical New Releases
Below is a list of all classical CD titles released in the last 120 days.
Displaying items 181 to 200 of 273
HENRI DUTILLEUX / ARNOLD SCHOENBERG / RAPHAEL MERLIN
'round Midnight Quatuor Ébène, with Antoine Tamestit (viola) and Nicolas Altstaedt (cello) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 15/Oct/2021 ] This new recording is inspired by moods of the NIGHT, Featuring Dutilleux's quartet Ainsi la nuit, Schönberg's Verklärte Nacht, and a composition by the group's cellist Raphaël Merlin: Night bridge. |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 'From the New World' (LP) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics Vinyl / LP - released 15/Oct/2021 ] "Harnoncourt eschews tradition for tradition's sake in the symphony. He approaches the score afresh, and the result is a reading both idiomatic and illuminating." MusicWeb |
CHERUBINI / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / TCHAIKOVSKY / MILHAUD / MOZART / BERLIOZ / etc
Igor Markevitch: the Deutsche Grammophon Legacy Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux, Berliner Philharmoniker, Igor Markevitch [ Deutsche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / 21 CD Box Set - released 15/Oct/2021 ] Issued complete for the first time, Igor Markevitchs Deutsche Grammophon legacy from Berlin, Paris, Prague and New York, made between 1953 and 1965. |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns Edition Victoria de los Angeles, Marie-Claire Alain, Maurice Andre, Michel Beroff, Frank Braley, Gautier Capucon, Stephen Hough, Alexandre Tharaud, and more [ Warner Classics / 34 CD Box Set - released 15/Oct/2021 ] The release of this edition marks 100 years since the death of the prominent French composer Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921). Born in Paris in 1835 Saint-Saëns was a child prodigy as a composer - first work at 3 - and pianist - first concert at 10. |
DONIZETTI / LEONCAVALLO / MASCAGNI / PUCCINI / VERDI
Italian Tenor Arias Azer Zada (tenor) / Kiev Virtuosi Symphony, Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2021 ] The Italian operatic repertoire offers some of the most passionate and much-loved music in the classical canon. In this outstanding collection, Azer Zada has selected music of moving intensity, dramatic power and spiritual resolve. |
PAUL WRANITZKY
Wranitzky, (P.): Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice, Marek Štilec [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2021 ] Paul Wranitzky moved to Vienna from his native Moravia at the age of 20, mixing with the likes of Haydn and Mozart. As the most important symphonist in Vienna in the late 1790s, his style influenced the early symphonies of Beethoven. |
CESAR FRANCK
Roots - 21st Century Greek Music for Guitar Dimitris Soukaras (guitar) / Audentia Ensemble; L'Anima String Quartet and Ensemble [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Oct/2021 ] The music in this programme covers a spectrum of genres that have flourished in Greece in recent years, from jazz to contemporary avant-garde. These have all had a strong impact on guitarist Dimitris Soukaras's development as an artist, and in making... |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Arrangements for Piano Duet, Vol. 6 - Overture, Scherzo and Finale / Piano Concerto / The Bride of Messina: Overture Eckerle Piano Duo [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2021 ] In the days before sound recording, orchestral music was often arranged in versions for piano duet as a way for the public to hear, play and enjoy music by the great composers of the day. |
ARTHUR FARWELL
Farwell: Songs, Choral and Piano Works (America's Neglected Composer) Emanuele ArciuliI (piano), Dakota String Quartet, University of Texas Chamber Singers [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Oct/2021 ] Arthur Farwell has been called 'the most neglected composer in [American musical] history.' Hounded by accusations of 'cultural appropriation,' he has posthumously fallen prey to changing notions of cultural authenticity. As the leader of the... |
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
Piazzolla: Histoire du Tango / 6 Études tanguistiques / Balada para mi muerte Kazunori Seo, flute, Vicente Coves, guitar [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2021 ] The combination of flute and guitar was a feature of early tango recordings - instruments central both to the genre and to the music of Astor Piazzolla. |
CESAR FRANCK
Franck: Hulda (complete opera original version) Meagan Miller, Joshua Kohl, Irina Jae-Eun Park, Anja Jung / Opernchor des Theater Freiburg, Freiburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Fabrice Bollon [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2021 ] "An intrepid cast led by Meagan Miller as Hulda and Joshua Kohl's Eiolf, her faithless lover, negotiates a top-heavy score that mixes Franck's thunderous organ chords with Berlioz and Wagner..all credit to Fabrice Bollon and the Freiburg Phil." BBC |
ERMANNO WOLF-FERRARI
Wolf-Ferrari: Overtures and Intermezzi (Complete) Oviedo Filarmonía, Friedrich Haider [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2021 ] With his early theatrical successes, Wolf-Ferrari brought a transparency of sound and a sense of lightness and charm to the realm of Italian opera. Alongside these qualities came a renewal of opera buffa, of which he proved to be a master. |
LORD BERNERS
Berners: A Wedding Bouquet / Luna Park / March RTÉ Sinfonietta & Chamber Choir, Kenneth Alwyn [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2021 ] Lord Berners' compositions, often satirical in intention, include ballets for Diaghilev and for Sadler's Wells. |
LOUIS VIERNE
Vierne: Piano Works (Complete), Vol. 1 Sergio Monteiro (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2021 ] Louis Vierne is renowned as one of the most brilliant of all French organ composers. His piano works are little known despite their colourful, imaginative and inspiring treatment of the instrument. |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Violin Concertos Nos. 1-2 / Sonata for Solo Violin Tianwa Yang (violin) / ORF Vienna Radio Symphony, Jun Märkl [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2021 ] Prokofiev first became fascinated by the violin upon hearing the playing of his private teacher, Reinhold Glière. A dozen years later Prokofiev wrote his Violin Concerto No. 1 - a work of contrasting open-hearted lyricism and whimsical playfulness... |
GRAHAM LYNCH
Seria Ludo - Piano music by Graham Lynch Albert Kim & Paul Sánchez (piano) [ Divine Art Records / CD - released 8/Oct/2021 ] English composer Graham Lynch (b. 1957) is a master of his craft, a composer whose writing is exceptionally detailed, with specific articulations and layerings; not designed for show, but for better expressing the subject matter of his works, many of... |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto, Bacchanale & Symphony No. 1 Astrig Siranossian (cello), Philharmonie Südwestfalen; Nabil Shehata [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 8/Oct/2021 ] The year 2021 marks the centenary of the death of Camille Saint-Saëns, the French pianist, organist, critic and great Romantic composer. The cellist Astrig Siranossian, whose tribute album to Nadia Boulanger (Dear Mademoiselle, ALPHA635) recently... |
J. S. BACH
The Imaginary Music Book of J.S Bach Café Zimmermann [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 8/Oct/2021 ] "One of the best of Café Zimmermann's very fine recordings, with Pablo Valetti and Céline Frisch the binary stars around which the other luminaries revolve in the harmony of the spheres." MusicWeb recommended Oct 2021 |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Ich habe genug. Cantatas BWV 32, 82 & 106 Dunedin Consort, John Butt [ Linn Records / CD - released 8/Oct/2021 ] "..the new Linn recording would be among my top two or three recommendations for each of the three cantatas which it contains." MusicWeb |
MUFFAT / TELEMANN / FISCHER
Lully's Followers in Germany El Gran Teatro del Mundo [ Ambronay Éditions / CD - released 8/Oct/2021 ] The musicians of El Gran Teatro del Mundo venture into the very heart of this German Baroque repertoire, deeply inspired by the French style typical of the reign of Louis XIV. This programme offers the opportunity to discover, through the prism of... |
