Classical Upcoming Releases
Classical Upcoming Releases
The following classical CD titles are due for release / re-release in the near future.
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NINA ROTA
Rota: The Fellini Album Filarmonica della Scala, Riccardo Chailly [ Decca Records / CD - due 19/Jul/2019 ] Filarmonica della Scala and Riccardo Chailly enchant and delight in an album celebrating the legendary and prolific collaboration between director Federico Fellini and composer Nino Rota. |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Eduardo e Cristina (complete opera) Baurzhan Anderzhano, Laura Polverelli, Silvia Dalla Benetta, Kenneth Tarver, Xiang Xu / Virtuosi Brunensis, Gianluigi Gelmetti [ Naxos / 2 CD - due 20/Jul/2019 ] Rossini's Eduardo e Cristina was a huge success in its day, but as perhaps the last centone opera (one assembled from previously existing material) by a major composer, it became forgotten under the subsequent tide of Romantic idealism. Today we can... |
BRITTEN / DELIUS / ELGAR / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / TIPPETT / HOLST
The British Line: A celebration of British Music BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis, with Dame Evelyn Glennie, Thomas Hampson, Tasmin Little, Sir Bryn Terfel, etc [ Warner Classics / 16 CD Box Set - due 20/Jul/2019 ] In 1991, Hamburg-based record label Teldec Classics embarked on a fruitful partnership with Sir Andrew Davis and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. "The British Line" was soon to become an essential series of critically acclaimed digital recordings of major... |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: 9 Symphonies Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra], Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon Karajan Edition / 10 CD/Blu-ray Disc - due 20/Jul/2019 ] "It is Karajan who is best able to present a Bruckner Symphony as a single vision … some of the most consistently impressive Bruckner recordings of recent years" - Gramophone |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Piano Transcriptions - Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos / CD - due 20/Jul/2019 ] "offers greater temperament and excitement than many of the orchestral versions. A pianistic tour de force" ClassicCD |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.) - Don Quixote, Op. 35 / Cello Sonata / etc Daniel Müller-Schott (cello) / Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis, with Herbert Schuch (piano) [ ORFEO / CD - due 20/Jul/2019 ] During his long and exceptionally fruitful creative life, Richard Strauss (18641949) composed only a few works for the cello. Only three have survived and small as that number may seem, those cello works are critical to the composers development.... |
KODALY / JANACEK / BACH / MOZART / SCHUMANN / etc
The Ernst Haefliger Edition Ernst Haefliger (tenor) with various performers, orchestras & conductors [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - due 20/Jul/2019 ] Marking the centenary of Ernst Haefliger, one of the foremost lyric tenors of his time; renowned for his interpretations of Mozart, Bach and Lieder. |
TRADITIONAL
One Hundred Days Away Evergreen Ensemble [ ABC Classics / CD - due 20/Jul/2019 ] One Hundred Days Away, is a haunting album focusing on songs and tunes that are linked to the sea, a nostalgia for 'home', or the struggle to settle in unfamiliar lands. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: The String Quintets Griller Quartet, with William Primrose, viola [ Vanguard Classics / 2 CD - due 20/Jul/2019 ] "Without a doubt, this is one of the most important chamber music recordings ever made." 10/10 ClassicsToday |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Sailing By - 25 British Light Classics Iain Sutherland Concert Orchestra, Iain Sutherland [ Alto / CD - due 20/Jul/2019 ] Iain Sutherland was awarded the Gold Badge of Merit by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors for Lifetime Achievement and his unique contribution to British Music. |
CLARA SCHUMANN
Romance: The Piano Music of Clara Schumann Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Holly Mathieson [ Decca / CD - due 20/Jul/2019 ] Rising pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason illuminates the world of her musical heroine, Clara Schumann, in her 200th anniversary year. |
ARIEL RAMIREZ
Ramirez: Misa Criolla / Navidad en Verano / Navidad Nuestra José Carreras (tenor) / Coral Salvé de Laredo, Sociedad Coral de Bilbao, José Luis Ocejo, Damián Sanchez [ Philips / Decca / CD - due 20/Jul/2019 ] "Ramirez' Creole Mass is a daring fusion of Catholic liturgy and Latin American folk music. This particular performance is made even better by the presence of José Carreras as lead singer. Carreras seems to have a personal feeling for this music and... |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: La damnation de Faust Karen Cargill, Bryan Hymel, Christopher Purves, Gábor Bretz / London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle [ LSO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - due 20/Jul/2019 ] "Hymel's Faust is the most convincing soloist. But it's the vivid detail Rattle conjures up, the brilliant playing and the force and intensity of the choral singing that give greatest satisfaction." Sunday Times |
BEETHOVEN / MOZART / CHABRIER / RAVEL / etc
Erich Kleiber, Jean Martinon - The Decca 78s London Philharmonic Orchestra, Erich Kleiber, Jean Martinon, with Eugenia Zareska (mezzo-soprano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - due 20/Jul/2019 ] '[Kleiber] sets a norm, from the outset, of genuine, much-felt happiness … immensely wide dynamic range.' Gramophone, December 1951 (Kleiber: Beethoven 'Pastoral') |
JOSEPH PHIBBS / W. A. MOZART
Handel's Queens Lucy Crowe, Mary Bevan / London Early Opera, Bridget Cunningham [ Signum / CD - due 20/Jul/2019 ] Handel's Queens features some of the most exquisite pieces of music written by G.F. Handel and his contemporaries for the two finest singers of the eighteenth century, Faustina Bordoni and Francesca Cuzzoni. Often wrongfully framed as rivals, these... |
QIGANG CHEN / FRITZ KREISLER / SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Gateways Maxim Vengerov (violin) / Maxim Vengerov (violin) Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Long Yu [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - due 20/Jul/2019 ] "Long Yu [is] a superpower of China's burgeoning music world" - Washington Post The second Deutsche Grammophon release "Gateways" by the newly signed Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and Long Yu features Chinese and Russian works This is the first... |
JOHANN STAMITZ
Stamitz: Symphonies, Vol. 3 - Op. 3, Nos. 1 and 3-6 Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Alexander Rudin [ Naxos / CD - due 20/Jul/2019 ] Johann Stamitz was one of the pioneering figures in symphonic music before the emergence of Haydn. |
OFFENBACH / GOUNOD / ADAM / DELIBES / HEROLD / CHOPIN
Jewels from French Ballet Odense Symphony Orchestra, Peter Guth, conductor [ Alto / CD - due 20/Jul/2019 ] |
Original Broadway Cast [Fair Lady] / Original London Cast [Oliver!]
Hit Musical Double: My Fair Lady / Oliver! [ ALTO / CD - due 20/Jul/2019 ] Casts include Julie Andrews, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Robert Coote, Georgia Brown Ron Moody, Danny Sewell, and, Hope Jackman |
CHOPIN / DEBUSSY / TCHAIKOVSKY / RAVEL / SATIE / MOZART / etc
Debussy: Piano Music (Incls 'Children's Corner' & '2 Arabesques') Philippe Entremont (piano) [ Sony Classical Masters / 34 CD Box Set - due 20/Jul/2019 ] In celebration of renowned French pianist Phillippe Entremont's 85th birthday, Sony Classical is pleased to release Philippe Entremont's complete Columbia recordings for solo piano. This must have boxset is the first ever release of Philippe... |
