Classical New Releases
Classical New Releases
Below is a list of all classical CD titles released in the last 120 days.
Displaying items 81 to 100 of 143
MOZART / SPOHR / SCHUBERT / WEILL / LIGETI / SCHOENBERG / etc
Vienna - From Mozart to Schoenberg London Sinfonietta, David Atherton, with Aurele Nicolet (flute), Heinz Holliger (oboe), Anthony Pay (Clarinet), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), etc [ Decca Austrailian Eloquence / 13 CD Box Set - released 7/Feb/2025 ] "David Atherton and his admirable singers and players deal with the music most sympathetically… The playing has all the artistry one expects from members of the Sinfonietta." Gramophone, June 1980 (Schubert: Sacred Works) |
BELA BARTOK / ZOLTAN KODALY / OTTORINO RESPIGHI / JOSEPH HAYDN / etc
Antal Dorati - The Philharmonia Hungarica - The Mercury Masters Philharmonia Hungarica, Antal Dorati, with Steven Isserlis, Olli Mustonen, Michael Collins, Takács String Quartet, Andrew Litton [ Mercury Living Presence / 8 CD Box Set - released 7/Feb/2025 ] Driving intensity, rhythmic flair and demonstration-quality sound are brought to the fore in a new anthology of Antal Dorati's early recordings with the Philharmonia Hungarica on Mercury and Philips. |
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Complete Piano Trios, Vol. 4 & Sally Beamish: Trance Trio Gaspard [ Chandos / CD - released 7/Feb/2025 ] Trio Gaspard continues its acclaimed series of Haydn Piano Trios with this collection of later works, designed to be played as a stand-alone programme. |
CESAR FRANCK / GABRIEL FAURE
Franck: Symphony in D minor / Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande Albrecht Meyer (oboe), Emanuel Pahud (flute), Dominik Wollenweber (cor anglais), Berlin Philharmoniker, Daniel Barenboim [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 31/Jan/2025 ] "Barenboim, ever the elder statesman, takes [the Franck's 'inherent grandness'] his stride. He also has the Berlin Philharmonic at his bidding and for organ-like sonorities that seem to come up through the bass lines they are the business" Gramophone |
Cantus
Alone Together [ Signum / CD - released 31/Jan/2025 ] Their fourth release on Signum Classics, the "engaging" (New Yorker) men's vocal ensemble Cantus present a collection of songs conveying the connectedness and isolation created through the use of technology both during and beyond the Covid pandemic,... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies / Overtures - The Remastered Stereo Recordings [7 CD set] The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell [ Sony Classical / 5 CD Box Set - released 31/Jan/2025 ] Sony Masterworks proudly presents a special remastered recording of Beethoven, conducted by the legendary George Szell. This remarkable 7-CD collection is housed in an elegant clamshell box and accompanied by an informative booklet. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem Johanna Wallroth (soprano), Brian Mulligan (baritone), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Choirs, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 31/Jan/2025 ] Composed between 1865 and 1868, Brahms's Ein deutsches Requiem has become a repertoire staple for choirs around the world, amateur and professional alike, possibly because it relies so much more on the choir than its soloists to convey the texts than... |
SIR RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT
Bennett: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5 - Concerto For Orchestra; Sonnets To Orpheus; Diversions Jonathan Aasgaard, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 31/Jan/2025 ] John Wilson's series of orchestral works by his mentor and friend Sir Richard Rodney Bennett reaches Vol. 5, featuring three works composed between 1973 1989. |
REYNALDO HAHN
Reynaldo Hahn: Piano Quintet; Songs; Piano Quartet Karim Sulayman (tenor), Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective [ Chandos / CD - released 31/Jan/2025 ] The Lebanese-American Karim Sulayman joins the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective for this album of works by Reynaldo Hahn. |
Luke Howard / Juliano Nunes / Royal Ballet
Interlinked [ Decca / CD - released 31/Jan/2025 ] Known for pushing the boundaries of classical dance, Howard's music for "Interlinked" explores Commonwealth values and challenges gender norms in ballet. Interlinked is a wholly new piece of choreographic work, with a newly score. |
GUILLAUME DE MACHAUT
Machaut : A lover's death The Orlando Consort [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Jan/2025 ] The eleventh and final release in The Orlando Consort's comprehensive Machaut survey easily maintains the standards of its predecessors. The closing couplet of the final track-'Their singing will be sublime / Harmoniously will they render him... |
GUIDO ALBERTO FANO / LUIGI DALLAPICCOLA / SILVIO OMIZZOLO / CRISTIAN CARRARA
War Silence: Rare Italian piano concertos Roberto Prosseda (piano) London Philharmonic Orchestra Nir Kabaretti (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Jan/2025 ] The critical reception of Schumann's violin sonatas-like that of much of the composer's late output-has vacillated over the course of the intervening centuries. |
GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI da PALESTRINA
Palestrina: The Golden Renaissance Stile Antico [ Decca / CD - released 31/Jan/2025 ] The third release from Grammy-nominated group Stile Antico in the critically acclaimed The Golden Renaissance trilogy, celebrating the 500th anniversary of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. |
CONSTANZE GEIGER / JOSEPH HELLMESBERGER II / STRAUSS FAMILY
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2025 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Riccardo Muti [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 31/Jan/2025 ] Few concerts in the world are awaited with as much excitement as the New Year's Concert from Vienna. Under the direction of Riccardo Muti, the Vienna Philharmonic ushers in the New Year with a concert in the magnificent Golden Hall of the Vienna... |
CONSTANZE GEIGER / JOSEPH HELLMESBERGER II / STRAUSS FAMILY
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2025 (LP) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Riccardo Muti [ Sony LP / 3 LP - released 31/Jan/2025 ] Few concerts in the world are awaited with as much excitement as the New Year's Concert from Vienna. Under the direction of Riccardo Muti, the Vienna Philharmonic ushers in the New Year with a concert in the magnificent Golden Hall of the Vienna... |
Viktoria Mullova, Katia Labèque
Recital [ Signum / CD - released 31/Jan/2025 ] The first collaboration on record of long-time recital partners Viktoria Mullova and Katia Labèque. Ranging from the Schubert Fantasy of 1827 to Stravinsky s 1933 Suite Italienne, this fascinating programme spans a tremendously exciting 100 years, in... |
RICHARD STRAUSS / KELLY-MARIE MURPHY / KEVIN LAU
Poema 1. Ad Astra Alexander Shelley, Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra [ Analekta / CD - released 24/Jan/2025 ] Poema 1. Ad Astra is the first in a series of recordings by Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra in which Music Director Alexander Shelley asked Canadian Composers to craft compositions that respond to masterpieces by German Composer, Richard... |
CARL ORFF
Orff: Carmina Burana Alina Wunderlin; Max Emanuel Cencic; Russell Braun; Zürcher Sing - Akademie; Zürcher Sängerknaben; Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich; Paavo Järvi [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 24/Jan/2025 ] Carmina Burana, the staged cantata by Carl Orff, is a work unique in musical history, claims conductor Paavo Järvi: 'The convergence of medieval texts with such daringly original orchestral colours creates a soundworld that is both archaic and yet... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / FRANZ SCHUBERT / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Brahms, Schumann & Schubert: Original Transcriptions for Trumpet Andrew Balio, John Wilson [ Delos / CD - released 24/Jan/2025 ] Trumpet was meant to have a bright future after Handel and Bach, but history decided otherwise. Relegated to a military signal role with timpani, it had to wait until the later Romantic period to flourish once again. |
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH / DIETRICH BUXTEHUDE / FRIEDRICH NICOLAUS BRUHNS
Bach, Buxtehude & Bruhns Benoît Mernier [ Cypres Records / CD - released 24/Jan/2025 ] The making of this CD is the result of several wishes. The organist and composer Benoît Mernier has been heavily involved since 2015 in the construction by Manufacture Thomas of this new instrument at Saint-Loup in Namur, one of the special features... |
