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 174 of 174
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Jeux / Nocturnes / Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un faune Les Cris de Paris, Les Siecles, Francois-Xavier Roth [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 - Orchestral |
WARD / AMNER / NICHOLSON / PYSINGE / RAVENSCROFT / TOMKINS / etc
In Chains of Gold: The English Pre-Restoration Verse Anthem Vol.3 - 'Ah, His Glory!': Anthems of Praise, Prayer and Remembrance Magdalena Consort, Fretwork, His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts, Silas Wollston (organ) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] Leading performers of 17th-century music the Magdalena Consort, Fretwork and His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts combine forces under the artistic direction of William Hunt for their third release exploring the English anthems with instrumental... |
NICOLO PAGANINI & OTHERS
Paganini: 24 Caprices / Caprices by Berlioz, Cervello, Kreisler, Ortiz, etc María Dueñas (violin), with Raphael Feuillatre (guitar) Itamar Golan, Alexander Malofeev (piano) Boris Kuschnir (vio) / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] "I'd be hard-pushed to name another modern recording offering anything close to the multicoloured lyrical imagination produced by this 22-year-old." Gramophone Recording of the Month Gramophone March 2025 |
GABRIEL FAURÉ
Fauré: La bonne chanson & other songs Nicky Spence (tenor), Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] Fauré's songs represent his art at its most radiant, demonstrating the composer's exceptional gift for melody as well as his acute sensitivity to the subtleties of the greatest French poets of the day. In 'La bonne chanson', the result is a song... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / FANNY HENSEL
Guess Who? Olga Pashchenko [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] Pianist Olga Pashchenko creates musical narratives with selections from Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words. As children, the two immensely prodigious siblings enjoyed using text to inspire their piano pieces, although which of them was... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH / MIECZYSŁAW WEINBERG / EDVARD MIRZOYAN
Censored Anthems Parlando; Ian Niederhoffer; Aubree Oliverson [ Delos / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] A Musical America New Artist and BBC Rising Star, Ian Niederhoffer is a fast-rising, young conductor. Here, together with his orchestra Parlando, he explores music as a tool of cultural resilience in the face of censorship, particularly within the... |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: ... et le jazz: Preludes for a Quartet Quatuor Debussy [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] A century after his death on 25 March 1918, many Harmonia Mundi artists were eager to pay tribute to Claude Debussy, the magician of melody and timbre, the great 'colourist' and father of modern music. |
Various Composers
The Ghosts of Hamlet. Lost Arias from Italian Baroque Operas Roberta Mameli, Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu, Franck-Emmanuel Comte [ Arcana / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] Ambleto is a fascinating curiosity in music history: a baroque libretto by Apostolo Zeno on the legend of Hamlet, not based on Shakespeare's tragedy but on its primary source, the Gesta Danorum by Saxo Gramaticus. This swashbuckling drama has been... |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7, The Tempest Santtu-Matias Rouvali; Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] This volume concludes the complete Sibelius symphonies performed by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra under Santtu-Matias Rouvali. This series has already won numerous awards around the world and reaches its climax here with three of Sibelius'... |
MARIN MARAIS
Marin Marais: Sonnerie de Sainte-Geneviève du Mont The Scale Knitters [ Ricercar / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] It was between the publication of the Quatrième Livre de Pièces de Violes in 1717 and the Cinquième in 1725 that Marin Marais offered his public an exceptional collection of works that use both the violin and the viol. |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: The Piano Concertos Seong-Jin Cho (piano) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] Seong-Jin Cho opens the Ravel Year 2025 with his most ambitious project to date for Deutsche Grammophon: to mark the French composer's 150th birthday, the Korean star pianist is releasing three Ravel albums between January and May. |
STEPHEN HOUGH
Hough: Piano Concerto, Sonatina & Partita Sir Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] Polymath Sir Stephen Hough has a growing reputation as a composer of chamber, choral and above all solo piano music with four sonatas and a constellation of dazzling arrangements to his name. This album presents the premiere recording of his... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 3 & Variations on a Rococo Theme Ural Philharmonic Orchestra; Dmitry Liss; Boris Andrianov [ Fuga Libera / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] "Music is not a hoax, it is a revelation… It reveals elements of beauty that cannot exist in any other sphere, the contemplation of which reconciles us to life not temporarily, but forever. It enlightens and brings joy." |
ARAM KHACHATURIAN
Khachaturian: Piano Concerto, Masquerade Suite, Pictures of Childhood, etc. Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel [ Decca / CD - released 26/Feb/2025 ] "..a glittering account of [the concerto], not only from the soloist, but also the orchestra, who could be a lit tle more forward in the balance, especially the strings in the tuttis. Thibaudet doesn't neglect the romantic aspects of the music" BBC |
