Classical New Releases
Classical New Releases
Below is a list of all classical CD titles released in the last 120 days.
Displaying items 61 to 80 of 244
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: The Bells, Symphonic Dances Kristina Mkhitaryan (soprano), Dmytro Popov (tenor), Alexander Vinogradov (bass), Netherlands Radio Choir, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra [ Pentatone / CD - released 26/Jun/2026 ] The Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Netherlands Radio Choir, under Chief Conductor Karina Canellakis, present Rachmaninov: The Bells and Symphonic Dances, a powerful and deeply expressive interpretation of these late masterpieces by... |
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opus 2 Nos 1, 2 & 3 Marios Papadopoulos (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 26/Jun/2026 ] This album features Marios Papadopoulos performing Beethoven's three Piano Sonatas, Op. 2 Nos. 1-3, first published in 1796 and dedicated to Joseph Haydn. Marking the beginning of Beethoven's celebrated cycle of 32 sonatas, these works demonstrate... |
CARL TEIKE
Teike: Marches Volume 3 The Royal Swedish Navy Band, Alexander Hanson [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jun/2026 ] Famous for composing one of the world's greatest marches, Alte Kameraden (available on Volume 1 in this series, 8.574317), CarlTeike wrote a body of works that have enriched the German concertmarch repertoire. They imbue the medium with both... |
FELIX DRAESEKE
Draeseke: Piano Works Vladimir Aćimović (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jun/2026 ] Felix Draeseke's early affiliation with the music of Liszt and Wagner permeated his own compositions of the period, not least his Sonata quasi fantasia in C sharp minor, a work of sumptuous Wagnerian candour as well as balletic lightness. It also... |
ARVO PART
Pärt: Alina (LP) Vladimir Spivakov, Sergej Bezrodny, Dietmar Schwalke, Alexander Malter [ ECM New Series / LP - released 19/Jun/2026 ] In July 1995, Arvo Pärt and Manfred Eicher convened at Frankfurt's Festeburgkirche with four insightful musicians - the violinist Vladimir Spivakov, the cellist Dietmar Schwalke, and the pianists Alexander Malter and Sergej Bezrodny - to realize a... |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7 (Remastered - Hybrid SACD) Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 19/Jun/2026 ] These recordings exemplify Karajan's mastery of the expansive forms and extensive forces of late Romanticism. The two Bruckner symphonies recorded in 1970 and 1971 show just how much the orchestra's musical signature had changed since the recordings... |
HECTOR BERLIOZ / RICHARD WAGNER
The Beecham Collection - Berlioz & Wagner: Orchestral Excerpts Thomas Beecham, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [ SOMM Recordings / CD - released 19/Jun/2026 ] SOMM Recordings continues its much-admired and long-running series The Beecham Collection with its 35th release of live recordings by Sir Thomas Beecham and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The recording highlights the operatic side of Beecham with... |
JAN CRAS / EUGENE YSAYE / JEAN FRANCAIX
Conversations A Trois (Cras, Ysaye & Francaix) Boccherini Trio [ BIS SACD / CD - released 19/Jun/2026 ] Following a first release devoted to string trios by Hungarian composers (BIS-2107), the Trio Boccherini now presents a programme dedicated to works composed in France and Belgium during the first half of the 20th century. In a culture that so... |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Sonatas Denis Kozhukhin (piano) [ Pentatone / CD - released 19/Jun/2026 ] Denis Kozhukhin presents a new album of Haydn: Sonatas, offering a fresh and illuminating journey through the composer's keyboard repertoire. Haydn's keyboard sonatas brim with invention, drama, and wit, matching the brilliance of his symphonies and... |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Works for Piano Duet and Two Pianos, Volume 2 Hélène Mercier (piano), Louis Lortie (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 19/Jun/2026 ] Alongside their respective solo careers, Hélène Mercier and Louis Lortie regularly meet to perform as a highly sought-after piano duo. Both born and raised in Montreal, they have formed a musical partnership that goes back to the 1980s, developing... |
HERBERT HOWELLS
Howells: Partsongs The Mira Ensemble, Nick Salwey (piano), Tom Edney (conductor) [ SOMM Recordings / CD - released 19/Jun/2026 ] SOMM Recordings is proud to present The Mira Ensemble, taking its name from the Latin word meaning "wonderful" or "admirable" and comprising professional singers from across the UK. The group was founded in 2025 to champion the extensive, yet little... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT / PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Schubert / Liszt: Wanderer Fantasy - Tchaikovsky: Concert Fantasy Lukas Geniušas (piano), Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen, Modestas Pitr?nas [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 19/Jun/2026 ] Pianist Lukas Geniušas pays tribute to the fantasy, a form synonymous with freedom, dear to the Romantics. Schubert sets the figure of the wanderer to music in his Lied Der Wanderer, which, a few years later, would give rise to a large-scale... |
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Inexorable amour. Haendel: Cantates virtuoses Marie Lys (soprano),Gaétan Jarry, Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / CD - released 19/Jun/2026 ] Under Italian skies, the young Handel chiselled the human soul into music, providing Roman palaces with secular cantatas of incandescent virtuosity. This theatre of passions explores the thousand faces of love: from the torments of the dizzying Il... |
IVAN WYSCHNEGRADSKY
Wyschnegradsky: Works for Solo Piano Martine Joste (piano) [ Shiiin / CD - released 19/Jun/2026 ] Now recognised as one of the pioneers of microtonal music and performed throughout the world, Ivan Wyschnegradsky nevertheless composed pieces for solo piano, an instrument he particularly loved, throughout his life. This recording is unique: it... |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 KV 37 & 27 KV 595, Clarinet Concerto KV 622 Mishka Rushdie Momen (piano), Blaz Sparovec (clarinet),, ORF Radio Symphonieorchester Wien, Howard Griffiths [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 19/Jun/2026 ] This new volume in the 'Next Generation Mozart Soloists' series features Mozart's very first piano concerto (K. 37), composed when he was just 11 years old, and his very last, the Concerto K. 595, finished on 5 January 1791, exactly 11 months before... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Journey with Beethoven Naruhiko Kawaguchi (fortepiano) [ Signum / CD - released 19/Jun/2026 ] Naruhiko Kawaguchi's A Journey with Beethoven presents a thoughtfully curated selection of shorter piano works and arrangements that reveal the composer's diverse character beyond the sonatas. Performed on three historical fortepianos from the... |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos Ning Feng (violin), Kammerakademie Potsdam, Suyeon Kang, Susanne Von Gutzeit [ Channel Classics / 2 CD - released 19/Jun/2026 ] Violinist Ning Feng performs the Complete Mozart Violin Concertos with the Kammerakademie Potsdam on Channel Classics Records. These 5 concertos were written because Mozart's father Leopold was frustrated at the thought of Wolfgang on his travels... |
C.P.E. BACH
Bach: Berlin Symphonies Arte dei Suonatori, Marcin Swiatkiewicz [ BIS SACD / CD - released 12/Jun/2026 ] Two years ago, the Arte dei Suonatori ensemble and its dynamic conductor and harpsichordist Marcin Swiatkiewicz presented C.P.E. Bach's 'Hamburg' Symphonies (BIS-2459)- highly expressive and personal works. Nervous, full of unexpected twists and... |
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Late Symphonies Nos. 84, 85 Danish Chamber Orchestra, Adam Fischer [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Jun/2026 ] Haydn composed the three symphonies in this volume during the mid- 1780s in a spirit of triumph. Though still employed by the Esterházy family, he had recently been allowed to publish his music himself and to accept outside commissions. A number of... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss: Intermezzo Deutsche Oper Berlin, Sir Donald Runnicles [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 12/Jun/2026 ] Richard Strauss summed up his two-act opera Intermezzo as a 'bourgeois comedy with symphonic interludes'. The soprano role of Christine with its shimmering cantilenas represents Strauss's wife Pauline, while the successful Kapellmeister Robert Storch... |
