Classical New Releases
Classical New Releases
Below is a list of all classical CD titles released in the last 120 days.
Displaying items 101 to 120 of 224
SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphonies 5 & 9 (Live) Arvids Jansons, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra [ ICA Classics / CD - released 27/Feb/2026 ] Arvids Jansons (1914-1984) was born in Liepāja on Latvia's west coast. He studied violin from 1929 until 1935 at the Conservatory of Liepāja, then composition and conducting (under Leo Blech) at the Conservatory of Riga from 1940 until 1944 while... |
ARMANDE DE POLIGNAC
Polignac: Piano Works Bruno Belthoise (piano), João Costa Ferreira (piano) [ Grand Piano / CD - released 27/Feb/2026 ] Armande de Polignac was one of an unprecedented number of female composers emerging at the beginning of the 20th century. With training from the likes of Gabriel Fauré and Vincent d'Indy she was able to devote her life to music at the highest level... |
SERGEY RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Morceaux de Fantaisie Boris Giltburg (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Feb/2026 ] Composed at the age of 19, Rachmaninov's earliest published cycle of piano pieces, the Morceaux de Fantaisie, contains the Prélude in C sharp minor, destined to become his signature work, and the Mélodie in E major, much loved by Tchaikovsky. The... |
NIKOLAY ROSLAVETS / DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH
History of the Russian Piano Trio, Vol. 10 The Brahms Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Feb/2026 ] Nikolay Roslavets was one of the great musical innovators of the 1920s, described by Stravinsky as 'the most interesting Russian composer of the 20th century,' but vilified by the Soviet regime on account of his constant experimentation. His Piano... |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Muses Camerata Salzburg, Giovanni Guzzo [ Channel Classics / CD - released 27/Feb/2026 ] The Camerata Salzburg begins a collaboration with Channel Classics and, with its leader Giovanni Guzzo, presents its first recording entitled Muses. The album includes three neoclassical masterpieces for chamber orchestra by Igor Stravinsky. The... |
Choeur de l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal; Andrew Megill
New Jewish Music Vol. 5 - Nobles, Bardanashvili, Klartag, Trigos [ Analekta / CD - released 27/Feb/2026 ] The Azrieli Music Prizes unveil their fifth album for Analekta, celebrating excellence in music composition across four world premiere recordings that place a spotlight on the 2024 Laureates. Jordan Nobles kanata is a sonic and restorative reflection... |
JOHANN MICHAEL BACH
Johann Michael Bach: Ein Orgelbüchlein Cindy Castillo [ Ricercar / CD - released 27/Feb/2026 ] The largest amount of organ music that has survived from earlier members of Johann Sebastian Bach's family was penned by Johann Michael Bach (1648-1694), a cousin of J.S. Bach's father and also the father of Maria Barbara, J.S. Bach's first wife. ... |
JOSQUIN des PREZ
Josquin: Missa L'ami Baudichon - Motets milanais Cut Circle; Jesse Rodin [ Musique en Wallonie / CD - released 27/Feb/2026 ] Sensual - that's undoubtedly the word that best describes the music on this album dedicated to the early works of Josquin des Prez. In his early thirties, the composer was already developing a unique sense of sound and language. He knew how to make... |
ORLANDO di LASSO / LODOVICO AGOSTINI
Lasso / Agostini: Lagrime di San Pietro Denis Raisin Dadre, Doulce Mémoire [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 27/Feb/2026 ] This recording, made at Noirlac Abbey in January 2025, is dedicated to Denis Raisin Dadre, who passed away suddenly on September 29 of the same year. With Doulce Mémoire, the ensemble he founded in 1989 and with which he brought Renaissance music to... |
Johann Sebastian Bach; François Couperin; Jean-Baptiste Lully; Johann Fischer; Johann Philipp Krieger
Tranquilles Cœurs Ensemble Théodora [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 27/Feb/2026 ] In 2018, four friends studying at the Royal Academy of Music in London decided to form an ensemble they called Théodora. Mariamielle Lamagat (soprano), Louise Ayrton (baroque violin), Lucie Chabard (harpsichord) and Alice Trocellier (viola da gamba)... |
J.S. BACH / W.A. MOZART / BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Bach, Mozart, Britten Concerti Howard Griffiths, Martin James Bartlett [ Warner Classics / CD - released 27/Feb/2026 ] Three works for piano and orchestra - by Bach, Mozart and Britten - make up the programme for the latest album from Martin James Bartlett. His Warner Classics release Rhapsody was welcomed by BBC Music Magazine as "a joyful display, full of warmth,... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Mozart / Mendelssohn / Schumann: Invitation Irish Chamber Orchestra, Jörg Widmann [ Pentatone / CD - released 27/Feb/2026 ] The Irish Chamber Orchestra and Jörg Widmann present the album Invitation, featuring masterworks by Mozart, Mendelssohn, and Schumann. This album celebrates a remarkable ten-year creative partnership between the ICO and Jörg Widmann, who, while now... |
La Grande Chapelle
Delizie di Posillipo, Música para el virrey de Nápoles [ Lauda / CD - released 27/Feb/2026 ] On 1 March 1620, the festa a ballo Delizie di Posillipo was performed at the Royal Palace of Naples to celebrate the recovery of King Philip III. Promoted by the Viceroy Pedro Girón, 3rd Duke of Osuna, the spectacle featured splendid stage designs by... |
FREDERIC CHOPIN / MAX RICHTER / CLAUDE DEBUSSY / EDVARD GRIEG / JOHANNES BRAHMS etc
Piano Lounge Classics (LP) Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Dalal Bruchmann (piano), David Fray (piano), Helene Grimaud (piano), Stephen Kovacevich (piano) [ Warner Classics / LP - released 27/Feb/2026 ] This piano journey reimagines classical masterpieces as the ultimate sophisticated lounge soundtrack, it seamlessly blends the timeless romance of the past with the contemplative calm of the present. From the shimmering moonlight of Debussy's Clair... |
GREGORY FRITZE
Fritze: Overtures and Symphonies London Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Sanz-Espert [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Feb/2026 ] Prize-winning composer Gregory Fritze has written over a hundred compositions for a variety of forces, and is also a greatly admired teacher. The four works on this album share programmatic perspectives. The city of London is evoked in a celebratory... |
C.P.E. BACH / IGOR STRAVINSKY / DARIUS MILHAUD / CHARLOTTE SOHY
Symphonies in 3 Movements Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Bar Avni [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 27/Feb/2026 ] Winner of the 2024 La Maestra competition in Paris and recipient of five additional prizes, conductor Bar Avni is pursuing a very promising career. Born in Israel, she first studied percussion before turning to conducting. She counts Yoav Talmi,... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
"After Dark": A Midnight Fantasia Pierre Gallon [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 27/Feb/2026 ] Pierre Gallon's new programme portrays a night of music, hovering between fantasies and poetic dreams of the English Renaissance. His keyboards - harpsichords, a virginal and a toy piano - create a mosaic of nocturnal visions, interspersed with the... |
BEDRICH SMETANA
Smetana: The Two Widows Prague National Theatre Chorus, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Robert Jindra [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 27/Feb/2026 ] Considered a lesser-known gem of the operatic repertoire, Smetana's Dvě vdovy ('The Two Widows') is set in a Bohemian country estate in which the contrasting personalities of recently widowed cousins Karolína and Anežka are tested by the attentions... |
J.S. BACH
Bach: Köthener Trauermusik Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 27/Feb/2026 ] When Leopold of Anhalt - Cöthen died in 1728, his former Kapellmeister had not forgotten the five brilliant years he had spent in the prince's service. He dedicated to his memory a mourning cantata almost entirely based on the music of two major... |
Quatuor Hermès
Echoes of Vienna [ La Dolce Volta / CD - released 27/Feb/2026 ] Vienna was in the grip of serious political unrest that forced many of its artists into exile when Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) composed his Second String Quartet in 1933, first performed the following year in the Austrian capital. In it he... |
