Below is a list of all classical CD titles released in the last 120 days.
LOUIS VIERNE
Vierne: Complete Organ Music Wolfgang Rübsam (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 8 CD Box Set - released 11/Mar/2022 ] Organ works account for only 17 of Vierne's 62 opus numbers, and yet no one would now question his status as the organ's greatest symphonist after Franck and Widor. |
J. S. BACH
J.S. Bach: Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach Yuan Sheng (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 11/Mar/2022 ] With almost 70 separate pieces across the 130 minutes of this generous collection, Yuan Sheng surveys a sometimes overlooked aspect of Bach's industry and genius, as both teacher and family man. |
JOHN WILLIAMS
John Williams: The Berlin Concert [Deluxe Edition] - Blu-ray Edition - Dolby Atmos Bruno Delepelaire (cello), Berliner Philharmoniker, John Williams [ Deutsche Grammophon CDs plus Blu-ray Video / 4 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 8/Mar/2022 ] The limited Deluxe Edition is the only version that contains the unique concert experience on Blu-ray. Including a breathtaking Dolby Atmos surround sound mix for the perfect concert experience. |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Violin Sonatas Alina Ibragimova (violin), Cédric Tiberghien (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] Mendelssohn may have published only one violin sonata (the early Op 4), but that does not signify any lack of inspiration in the others left in manuscript. The F major sonata which opens this programme is a particularly substantial and ambitious work. |
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Scriabin: Mazurkas Andrey Gugnin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] Scriabin clearly responded to the passionate and emotionally charged nature of the mazurka, qualities shared by all twenty-three of the exquisite miniatures recorded here. |
JOHN WILLIAMS
John Williams: The Berlin Concert Bruno Delepelaire (cello), Berliner Philharmoniker, John Williams [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] The history of film music would be different without John Williams. Cinema classics like Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Harry Potter are inextricably linked with his musical style. |
HERBIG / MOZART / FLEISCHER / WOLFF / HAYDN
Trennung - Songs of Separation Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano) [ BIS SACD / CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] An 18th-century recital with Carolyn Sampson and Kristian Bezuidenhout. |
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: String Quartets, Op.18 Nos 4-6 Chiaroscuro Quartet [ BIS SACD / CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] The Chiaroscuro Quartet continue their Beethoven traversal. |
GERSHWIN / COPLAND / BERNSTEIN /WEILL / ELLINGTON / etc
Daniel Hope - America Daniel Hope (violin), Marcus Roberts Trio, Zürcher Kammerorchester [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] Berlin-based violinist Daniel Hope's latest album takes a deep dive into the rich repertoire of American music, exploring its roots and distinctive qualities. "We know a piece is from America the moment we hear it," says Hope. "But what makes music... |
CARLO GESUALDO / THOMAS TALLIS / etc
Gesualdo: Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] "...The Gesualdo Six can build up intense and resonant climaxes, their voices are never forced...In sum, these are accounts of haunting beauty - warmly recommended." BBC Music Choral & Song Choice April 2022 |
MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Weinberg: Sonatas for Violin Solo Gidon Kremer (violin) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] The three sonatas of Polish composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg, written in 1964, 1967 and 1979, are among the most richly creative and technically challenging 20th century works for solo violin, and their radical expressivity draws the listener in. Gidon... |
HILDEGARD VON BINGEN
Von Bingen: Sacred Chants Grace Davidson (soprano) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] Grace Davidson presents her third release with Signum Classics, an intimate recording of Sacred Chants by Hildegard von Bingen, translations by Jeremy Summerly. Hildegard was an extremely accomplished composer, as well as a scientist, a diplomat,... |
ALBERT SCHNELZER
Schnelzer: A Freak in Burbank Ilya Gringolts (violin), Cecilia Zilliacus (violin), Jakob Koranyi (cello), David Huang & Henrik Måwe (piano) Västerås Sinfonietta [ BIS SACD / CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] Chamber and orchestral works from a leading Swedish composer. |
CARL NIELSEN / JEAN SIBELIUS
Nielsen & Sibelius: Violin Concertos Johan Dalene (violin), Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / John Storgårds [ BIS SACD / CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] The winner of the 2019 Nielsen Competition in two great Nordic violin concertos. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven for Three: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 5 Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano) [ Sony Classics / CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] "I wasn't expecting to be absolutely bowled over by Colin Matthews's arrangement of the Fifth Symphony, but I was - and still am...Matthews has done a most impressive job." Gramophone |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
The Chopin Masters - 28 Great Albums Maria Joao Pires, Geza Anda, Martha Argerich, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Stefan Askenase, Daniel Barenboim, Maurizio Pogorelich, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 28 CD Box Set - released 4/Mar/2022 ] Deutsche Grammophon presents a 28-CD set highlighting the riches of their Chopin catalogue: including eight Chopin Competition winners and many of the most legendary Chopin artists of all time. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Winterreise Mark Padmore (tenor) Paul Lewis (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] Composed in 1827 and first performed privately for members of Schubert's circle, Winterreise initially received a mixed reception. Now acknowledged as the greatest song-cycle ever penned, the work (here played in the original keys) receives a... |
ERIK SATIE
Satie: 'Ésoterik Satie', Piano Music, Vol.5 Noriko Ogawa (piano) (Érard 1890) [ BIS SACD / CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] Works from the composer's early, mystical period. |
VICTORIA / CAMPKIN / COLL / TODD etc
Stella: Renaissance Gems and their Reflections, Vol. 3 ORA Singers, Suzi Digby [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] Spanish composers of the sixteenth century followed a long tradition of writing music in honour of the Virgin Mary. The composer Tomás Luis de Victoria, a priest and a scholar too, wrote multiple settings of devotion to Mary of which this collection... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Six (6) Suites for Solo Violoncello BWV 1007-1012 [CDs plus Blu-ray audio] Pierre Fournier (cello) [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv 2 CDs + Blu-ray Audio / 3 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 4/Mar/2022 ] Revisit these remarkable recordings again and listen afresh to them now at a higher resolution than we previously could in a new 24bit/192kHz remastering on Blu-ray Audio disc. |