Classical New Releases
Classical New Releases
Below is a list of all classical CD titles released in the last 120 days.
Displaying items 41 to 60 of 244
RICHARD FLURY
Flury: Orchestral Music, Vol. 6 BBC Symphony Orchestra, Paul Mann [ Toccata Classics / CD - released 3/Jul/2026 ] The Swiss composer Richard Flury (1896-1967) completed the last of his five symphonies in 1956, when its unashamedly melodic, tonal style - with elements absorbed from Bruckner, Richard Strauss, Joseph Marx and other such late Romantics - made it a... |
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN / GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Haydn 2032, Vol. 16: The Surprise (LP) Il Giardino Armonico, Basel Chamber Orchestra, Giovanni Antonini [ Alpha Classics / 2 LP - released 3/Jul/2026 ] "Joseph Haydn not only liked surprising his audiences, he also enjoyed a laugh", writes Christian Moritz-Bauer in the introduction to this sixteenth volume of the Haydn2032 complete recording of the symphonies. Take, for instance, the false... |
LINDA KOUVARAS
Kouvaras: Piano Music, Chamber Works And Songs Vol. 3 Antoinette Halloran (soprano), Coady Green (piano), Lyrebird Brass [ Toccata Classics / CD - released 3/Jul/2026 ] The Australian Linda Kouvaras (b. 1960) - pianist and musicologist as well as composer - adopts an explicitly feminist viewpoint in her work. She describes She, Who Should Have Been a Queen as a song-cycle, but in fact the text, by Antoinette... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Carré d'As - Portraits musicaux Les Timbres, Myriam Rignol, Yoko Kawakubo, Julien Wolfs [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / CD - released 3/Jul/2026 ] Four eminent figures - François Couperin, Antoine Forqueray, Marin Marais and Jean-Philippe Rameau - gather here like the four aces in an exceptional deck of cards. Through a gallery of musical portraits, Myriam Rignol, Yoko Kawakubo and Julien Wolfs... |
Mozzani: Sämtliche Gitarrenwerke
Zanetti, Walter [ Tactus / CD - released 3/Jul/2026 ] Luigi Mozzani stands as a prominent figure in the history of classical guitar and Italian lutherie. A musician and guitarist of remarkable talent, he distinguished himself as a concert performer, composer, teacher, and innovative luthier. Born in... |
JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY / MARIN MARAIS / JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU etc
Clavecins concertants Olivier Fortin, Emmanuel Frankenberg (harpsichords) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 3/Jul/2026 ] Olivier Fortin and Emmanuel Frankenberg present a programme of transcriptions of French orchestral works for two harpsichords: "This was common practice in the 17th and 18th centuries, as it allowed people to play the popular tunes they heard at the... |
MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER
Charpentier: Actéon Scherzi Musicali, Nicolas Achten [ Ricercar / CD - released 3/Jul/2026 ] Marc-Antoine Charpentier's drama in miniature Actéon retells the myth of the hunter who was punished by Diana for having surprised the goddess while she was bathing. Actéon was originally composed for a countertenor, but Charpentier reworked the... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / FRANZ SCHUBERT
Imogen Cooper Rediscovered - Schubert & Beethoven Imogen Cooper (piano) [ Nimbus / CD - released 3/Jul/2026 ] "This release is part of a short series of recordings sitting on the shelves of the Nimbus archive that were 'rediscovered' during the 2020 COVID shutdowns. In those quiet days idle hands and minds posed the question: 'So, do we have anything... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Stephen Hough's Piano Postcards Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Jul/2026 ] Sir Stephen Hough's new solo piano album 'Stephen Hough's Piano Postcards' explores the world from the perspective of the itinerant pianist sending home musical messages from his voyages. Stephen picks beloved songs and tunes from around the world... |
ROBIN STEVENS
Stevens: Orchestral Music Vol. 3 Katherine Bryan (flute), Paul Silverthorne (viola), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Paul Mann (conductor) [ Toccata Classics / CD - released 3/Jul/2026 ] The compositional career of Robin Stevens (1958-2026), Welsh-born and Manchester-based, was divided into two periods, separated by a period of illness. The first produced mainly chamber music and works for the church that employed him; restored to... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony no. 4 Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bernard Haitink (conductor) [ BR Klassik / CD - released 3/Jul/2026 ] The Dutch conductor Bernard Haitink and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra enjoyed a long and intensive artistic collaboration, which came to an abrupt end with Haitink's death in October 2021. BR-KLASSIK now presents outstanding and previously... |
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Sonatas 4, 5 & 7 Viktoria Mullova (violin), Alasdair Beatson (fortepiano) [ Signum / CD - released 3/Jul/2026 ] This re-release of Beethoven: Violin Sonatas 4, 5 & 7 continues Viktoria Mullova and Alasdair Beatson's acclaimed exploration of Beethoven's violin sonatas on period instruments. Recorded in 2020, the album pairs Mullova's 1750 Guadagnini violin,... |
CARL MARIA von WEBER
Weber: Der Freischütz arrangirt in Harmoniemusik Wolf, Jean-Philippe Poncin [ Ricercar / CD - released 3/Jul/2026 ] Carl Maria von Weber's Der Freischütz has enjoyed continuous success since its premiere in June 1821 and rapidly became one of the models for German Romantic opera. In accordance with a tradition that goes back to Mozart's time and which was still... |
JAN DISMAS ZELENKA
Zelenka Ángel Luis Sánchez Moreno, Ramón Ortega Quero, Marc Trénel, Wies de Boevé, Alfonso Sebastián Alegre [ Genuin / CD - released 3/Jul/2026 ] An unusual instrumental combination with a fascinating sound: sonatas for two oboes, bassoon, and basso continuo are rarely found in the repertoire. Yet this combination brings together three wind instruments whose tone colours complement one another... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Symphonies 5-6, 8-9… (Remastered - Hybrid SACD) Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 26/Jun/2026 ] The cycle of Franz Schubert's symphonies recorded by Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic in the late 1970s (originally for EMI) remains an essential staple of the catalogue. The recordings capture the Berlin "signature sound" of that era:... |
CARL ORFF
Orff: Carmina Burana Chen Reiss, Reginald Mobley, Andrzej Filończyk, Audivi, Detroit Opera Youth Chorus, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Jader Bignamini [ Pentatone / CD - released 26/Jun/2026 ] The Detroit Symphony Orchestra and its Music Director Jader Bignamini present Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, one of the most electrifying works of the twentieth century. Drawing on thirteenth-century manuscripts from Benediktbeuern Abbey, Orff... |
JOHANN SIMON MAYR
Mayr: Giuseppe Freya Apfelstaedt, Markus Schäfer, Philipp Polhardt, Niklas Mallmann, Matthias Hoffmann, Fang Zhi, Micha Matthäus, Konstantin Igl, Simon Mayr [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jun/2026 ] Giuseppe was composed by Mayr in 1829 for graduation concerts at the academy of music in Bergamo over which he presided. His inspiration was a Biblical opera that had won great popularity, Méhul's Joseph, which had premiered in Paris in 1807,... |
FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Music for Two Pianos Antony Gray (piano), Rob Hao (piano) [ Divine Art / CD - released 26/Jun/2026 ] Divine Art is delighted to present Francis Poulenc: Music for Two Pianos performed by pianists Antony Gray and Rob Hao. Among the highlights of this superb new release are the first commercial audio recording of Antony Gray's own transcription for... |
CAMARGO GUARNIERI
Guarnieri: Pedro Malazarte Juliana Taino [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jun/2026 ] Camargo Guarnieri loved writing for the human voice, composing hundreds of vocal works over the course of his long and distinguished career. The works in this programme all use texts byMário de Andrade - a hugely influential writer who was... |
Giorgi Koberidze, Ursula Winterauer
Koberidze / Winterauer: Telematic [ Col Legno / CD - released 26/Jun/2026 ] The album TELEMATIC by Giorgi Koberidze (Tbilisi, Georgia) and Ursula Winterauer (Vienna, Austria), who performs under the moniker Gischt, documents a shared process of listening, researching and responding to specific urban environments. Sound... |
