Classical New Releases
Classical New Releases
Below is a list of all classical CD titles released in the last 120 days.
Displaying items 161 to 180 of 224
BELA BARTOK
Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Gustavo Gimeno [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 13/Feb/2026 ] Gustavo Gimeno and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra ascend the heights of two of Bartók ' s musical peaks: his dazzling Concerto for Orchestra and infamous Miraculous Mandarin , here presented in its complete version. As a pendant, the sediments by... |
Alexandra Dariescu (piano), Tomo Keller (violin), Richard Harwood (cello), Academy of St Martin in the Fields
A Child's Dream [ Signum / CD - released 6/Feb/2026 ] This album traces pianist Alexandra Dariescu's journey through discovery, memory and celebration, uniting masterworks with neglected gems and world premieres. Mozart's radiant Rondo in D major, K382, opens the programme, paired with Emmy Schäfer... |
AUGUSTA READ THOMAS
Thomas: Sol Alexander Hersh (cello), Marianne Parker (piano), Erica Neidlinger (conductor) [ Nimbus / CD - released 6/Feb/2026 ] 'For some twenty-five years I've had the inestimable privilege of collaborating with Augusta Read Thomas and so it is with some authority that I claim she is a singular refutation of Newtonian physics: she creates energy. In countless workshops,... |
GIUSEPPE MARTUCCI / SERGEI RACHMANINOV / OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Italian Perspectives: Martucci, Rachmaninov, Respighi Bamberger Symphoniker, Riccardo Frizza [ Pentatone / CD - released 6/Feb/2026 ] On Italian Perspectives, the Bamberger Symphoniker and Riccardo Frizza trace the revival and evolution of Italian instrumental music. Giuseppe Martucci's Symphony no.1 in D minor, completed in 1895, illuminates the Italian symphonic tradition often... |
RICHARD STRAUSS / LUDWIG Van BEETHOVEN
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben / Beethoven: Sinfonie Nr. 8 Thomas Beecham, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [ SOMM Recordings / CD - released 6/Feb/2026 ] Sir Thomas Beecham had a long association with the works of Richard Strauss, to the extent that Strauss once told him "what you have done for my works in England cannot be sufficiently appreciated." SOMM Recordings pays tribute to this collaboration... |
HEINZ KARL GRUBER
Gruber: Piano Concerto, Short Stories from the Vienna Woods, etc. Frank Dupree (piano), ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra [ Capriccio / CD - released 6/Feb/2026 ] Now over 80 years old, the ever-energetic HK Gruber has become an integral part of the music scene, and not only in Austria. As a composer, chansonnier and music educator with constructive depth and his distinctive, ironical jokes, he unfailingly... |
Heinz Holliger (oboe), Marie-Lise Schüpbach (Cor Anglais)
con slancio [ ECM New Series / CD - released 6/Feb/2026 ] "These performances, by Heinz Holliger and Marie-Lise Schüpbach, are simply astonishing in their fluency," wrote UK magazine Gramophone of Holliger's album Zwiegespräche, and the description applies with equal pertinence to con slancio, with its... |
Ruby Hughes (soprano), Jonas Nordberg (lute, archlute), Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann (viola da gamba)
Ruby Hughes: Amidst the Shades [ BIS / CD - released 6/Feb/2026 ] Soprano Ruby Hughes, celebrated for the profound "understanding and stylishness" (Gramophone) she brings to her artistry, has a distinguished discography of recitals showcasing the exquisite beauty of her voice. She is particularly known for her... |
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN / BÉLA BARTÓK
Beethoven: The Last Three Sonatas Imogen Cooper (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 6/Feb/2026 ] Regarded as one of the finest interpreters of classical and romantic repertoire, Imogen Cooper is internationally renowned for her virtuosity and lyricism. Dame Imogen writes: 'It has taken many years for me to perceive the last three sonatas by... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY / MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.6 London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda [ LSO Live / CD - released 6/Feb/2026 ] 'I have put my whole soul into this symphony' - Tchaikovsky on Symphony no.6 Tchaikovsky's final symphony, known as the 'Pathétique', is a work of haunting beauty and emotional depth - a journey from darkness to fragile light. From its... |
MIHKEL KEREM
Kerem: Orchestral Music Vol.2: Symphonies 7 & 8 Andrew Manze, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra [ Toccata Classics / CD - released 6/Feb/2026 ] The Estonian composer Mihkel Kerem - born in Tallinn in 1981 and a front-desk violinist in the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra since 2015 - used the Covid lockdown to produce no fewer than four symphonies, two of them, his Seventh and Eighth,... |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Fantasy op.17, Humoreske, Wiener Carnaval Nikolai Lugansky (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 6/Feb/2026 ] From the Fantasie Op. 17 - a pinnacle of lyricism and virtuosity - to the irresistible Carnival Scenes from Vienna , via the Humoreske that bubbles over with invention, Nikolai Lugansky explores three of Schumann's iconic masterpieces for piano: a... |
HANS CHRISTIAN LUMBYE / CARL MICHAEL ZIEHRER / STRAUSS FAMILY
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2026 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin [ Sony Classical / CD - released 6/Feb/2026 ] For the first time, the Vienna Philharmonic welcomes Canadian conductor Yannick Nézet‑Séguin to lead the legendary 2026 New Year's Concert. This world‑famous event, broadcast to over 90 countries and reaching more than 50 million viewers, has been a... |
BARBARA STROZZI
Strozzi: Virtuosissima Sirena Laura Catrani (soprano) Accademia dell'Annunciata, Riccardo Doni (conductor) [ Arcana / CD - released 30/Jan/2026 ] Barbara Strozzi, a Venetian singer and composer who lived between 1619 and 1677, stands out as a rare jewel in the musical landscape of the Italian Seicento. The adoptive (and perhaps natural) daughter of Giulio Strozzi, a man of letters belonging to... |
JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY
Lully: Atys Les Ambassadeurs, Baroque de Versailles, Les Pages et les Chantres du Centre de Musique [ Alpha Classics / 3 CD - released 30/Jan/2026 ] This new recording from March 2024 of Jean-Baptiste Lully's musical tragedy, premiered in Saint-Germain-en-Laye 348 years earlier, is the result of the most recent historical, musicological and organological research. The instructions in the 1676... |
JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Songs with Orchestra - II Orchestre de l'Opéra Normandie Rouen; Pierre Dumoussaud; Hélène Guilmette; Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur; Julien Henric; Thomas Dolié [ Bru Zane / CD - released 30/Jan/2026 ] If Massenet is best-known as the champion of French opera, his contribution to the genre of the mélodie merits reassessment - as is demonstrated by this programme of exquisitely orchestrated songs, all of which have remained in manuscript form. The... |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: The Dream Of Gerontius David Butt Philip, Karen Cargill, Roland Wood [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 30/Jan/2026 ] It was the Huddersfield Choral Society which made the first complete recording of Gerontius on 8-12 April 1945; this latest chapter in the Society's ties to the work was recorded eighty years later, virtually to the day, on 5 April 2025 and displays... |
GEORGES ONSLOW
Onslow: String Quintets, Vol. 5 Ensemble Telos [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jan/2026 ] Georges Onslow's reputation as the 'French Beethoven' was earned in the field of chamber music. His 34 string quintets build on a form perfected by Mozart, and are enhanced through Onslow's suggested use of a double bass instead of a second cello, as... |
FLORENCE PRICE / CLARA SCHUMANN / AMY BEACH / FANNY HENSEL
Piano Heroines Claire Huangci (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 30/Jan/2026 ] After a 'spellbinding' album for Alpha devoted to her American roots (Alpha1071), pianist Claire Huangci now celebrates female composers, acknowledging: 'The realities these women faced are difficult to imagine for any modern woman in the field.'... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Cello Concertos Alexander Kniazev (cello) [ Avanti Classic / CD - released 30/Jan/2026 ] Explore the power and depth of Shostakovich's cello concertos with Alexander Kniazev and Kazuki Yamada. Kniazev's profound understanding of Shostakovich's music brings out the intricate layers of anguish, irony, and resilience that define the... |
