Classical New Releases
Classical New Releases
Below is a list of all classical CD titles released in the last 120 days.
Displaying items 21 to 40 of 244
BRICE PAUSET / REBECCA SAUNDERS / MISATO MOCHIZUKI / BEAT FURRER
Out into the Open Trio Accanto [ Wergo / CD - released 17/Jul/2026 ] The album "out into the open", featuring four works composed for Trio Accanto by Brice Pauset, Rebecca Saunders, Misato Mochizuki and Beat Furrer, documents a collective journey into the unknown and, at the same time, marks the conclusion of an... |
Elena Urioste (violin), Tom Poster (piano)
Thème Varié [ Chandos / CD - released 17/Jul/2026 ] Conceived as a treasure-trove of lesser-known French and Belgian repertoire, the works on this album span a forty-year period, from 1892 to 1932. A number of unifying threads run through the programme, perhaps the most significant of which is the... |
LENNOX BERKELEY / FREDERICK DELIUS / EDWARD ELGAR / CLIVE JENKINS et al
Quiet Summer Evening - British Light Classics Peter Cigleris (clarinet), Sarah Watts (bassoon), Alexei Watkins (horn), Michael Mace (cello), Chamber Ensemble of London, Peter Fisher (violin, direc [ SOMM Recordings / CD - released 17/Jul/2026 ] SOMM Recordings is pleased to release their second recording with the Chamber Ensemble of London, a virtuoso group of hand-picked string players directed by violinist Peter Fisher, whom The Times counts amongst "a handful of the world's finest... |
LARRY LIPKIS
Lipkis: Pierrot and Friends Andriy Tkachuk, Oksana Hretchyn, Mykhailo Sosnovsky, Luke Sieve, Lviv National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jul/2026 ] Internationally acclaimed performer, professor and composer Larry Lipkis has written over 100 works for a variety of vocal and instrumental ensembles. Lipkis's love of commedia dell'arte stems from his career as a performer of Renaissance music, and... |
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Il Floridante Cembaless [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jul/2026 ] An opera reimagined - with courage, wit, and poetic resonance. In this bold and intimate interpretation of Händel's Il Floridante, Cembaless and Poetry Slam artist Florian Wintels merge baroque virtuosity with the language of today. The result: a... |
FROMENTAL HALÉVY
Halevy: La Juive Chor der Oper Frankfurt, Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester, Henrik Nánási (conductor) [ Naxos / 3 CD - released 10/Jul/2026 ] Fromental Halévy's five-act grand opera La Juive charts the forbidden love between a Christian man and a Jewish woman, and the tragedy that ensues. The work's pageantry, opulence and thrilling music made it one of the most enduringly successful... |
JOSEPH GABRIEL RHEINBERGER
Rheinberger: Romantic Piano, Vol. 10 Dmytro Semykras (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jul/2026 ] Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger's musical legacy can be found in his reputation as a renowned organist and professor as well as in his extraordinary facility and productivity as a composer in all forms, including a considerable amount of solo piano music.... |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Concerti per Fagotto Vol. 4 Miho Fukui (bassoon), Ensemble F [ ARS Produktion / CD - released 10/Jul/2026 ] This recording is dedicated to Antonio Vivaldi's extraordinary works for bassoon and illuminates the works in the light of their autograph tradition. Based on the Turin manuscripts, a historically informed interpretation unfolds, impressively... |
IGNAZ PLEYEL
Pleyel: String Quintets, Ben. 271-273 Pettman Ensemble: Curt Thompson, Oksana Murashova Thompson, Wenhong Luo, William Vyvyan Murray, Edith Salzmann [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jul/2026 ] The name Pleyel is chiefly remembered today as a piano manufacturer, but the company's founding figure Ignaz Pleyel, a former pupil of Haydn, was one of the most acclaimed composers of the late 18th century. The success of Pleyel's finely wrought... |
DOUGLAS MOORE
Moore: Giants In The Earth South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, South Dakota Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Delta David Gier [ Pentatone / 2 CD - released 10/Jul/2026 ] Douglas Moore's opera Giants in the Earth receives its world premiere recording with the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra under the music direction of Delta David Gier. Set on the stark, uninhabited Dakota plains, the drama follows Beret and Per... |
KARL GOLDMARK / JEAN SIBELIUS
Goldmark And Sibelius: Works For Violin And Orchestra Sueye Park (violin), Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Valentin Egel [ BIS SACD / CD - released 10/Jul/2026 ] Following her recital dedicated to exiled composers (BIS-2332), Sueye Park joins forces with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, conducted by Valentin Egel, to present concertante works for violin and orchestra by Karl Goldmark and Jean Sibelius.... |
CESAR FRANCK / JOHANNES BRAHMS / EDVARD GRIEG
Trio E.T.A. plays Cesar Franck Trio E.T.A. [ SWRmusic / CD - released 10/Jul/2026 ] Three works, three worlds - yet united by a shared pursuit: the search for that moment when music transcends itself. César Franck's youthful Trio in F sharp minor bursts with creative energy, filled with melodies of immediate emotional force and a... |
EDWARD ELGAR / ANTONIN DVORAK
Elgar & Dvorak: Cello Concertos Alban Gerhardt (cello), WDR Sinfonieorchester, Andrew Manze (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Jul/2026 ] With the cello concertos by Edward Elgar and Antonín Dvořák, Alban Gerhardt turns to two cornerstones of the repertoire-while presenting, in his first studio recording of these works, a distillation of 35 years of close artistic engagement. Joined... |
Anne Sofie von Otter, Salon Orchestra of the Komische Oper Berlin, Adam Benzwi
Berlin! Berlin! Berlin! Kabarett Und Exil [ BIS / CD - released 3/Jul/2026 ] Reflecting a society marked by profound upheaval, the music of 1920s-1940s Germany was caught between vitality and despair. The era featured a diverse blend of classical traditions, popular rhythms, and early jazz, yielding everything from energetic... |
TIMOTHY BOWERS
Timothy Bowers: Guitar Music and Songs Saki Kato (guitar), Hugh Millington (guitar), Vanessa Bowers (soprano) [ Toccata Classics / CD - released 3/Jul/2026 ] The guitar is traditionally the preserve of the Spanish. But Timothy Bowers, born near London in 1954, has found a rather more English side to the instrument: understated emotion expressed in an accessible language, unforced elegance, crisp and clean... |
FERRUCCIO BUSONI
Martin Jones Rediscovered - Busoni: Works for Piano Martin Jones (piano) [ Nimbus / CD - released 3/Jul/2026 ] "Martin's early career followed a normal path of recitals and chamber music. He found regular work as pianist of the emerging Nash Ensemble founded in 1964. In 1968 he won the first Myra Hess Award. This propelled him onto the international scene, a... |
CAMILLE EL BACHA / NAGHIB SHANBEHZADEH
Loop Tales Camille El Bacha (piano), Naghib Shanbehzadeh (percussion) [ Fuga Libera / CD - released 3/Jul/2026 ] With Loop Tales, Camille El Bacha and Naghib Shanbehzadeh bring Western classical piano into dialogue with Persian and Middle Eastern percussion. The piano evokes echoes of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Ravel and Steve Reich, while percussion adds a... |
Chad Smith (saxophones), Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Saxophobia: Celebrating The Sax Craze Of The 1920s [ Chandos / CD - released 3/Jul/2026 ] Famously invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s, the saxophone quickly became an established part of French and British military bands, but remained a novelty instrument elsewhere until it gained a foothold in vaudeville and ragtime bands in 1920s... |
J.S. BACH / IGOR STRAVINSKY / MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG / KAIJA SAARIAHO / JOAN TOWER / JEFFREY MUMFORD
Recollection(s) Christine Wu [ Channel Classics / CD - released 3/Jul/2026 ] Violinist and violist Christine Wu, winner of the Outhere Music Recording Prize at the inaugural Berlin Prize for Young Artists, explores the relationship between time and memory in her new album Recollection(s) for Channel Classics. On violin, she... |
