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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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Violin Sonatas Alina Ibragimova (violin) Cédric Tiberghien (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - due 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. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem Johanna Wallroth (soprano), Brian Mulligan (baritone), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Choirs, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - due 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 - due 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 - due 31/Jan/2025 ] The Lebanese-American Karim Sulayman joins the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective for this album of works by Reynaldo Hahn. |
GUILLAUME DE MACHAUT
Machaut : A lover's death The Orlando Consort [ Hyperion / CD - due 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... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
War Silence: Rare Italian piano concertos Roberto Prosseda (piano) London Philharmonic Orchestra Nir Kabaretti (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - due 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. |
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Complete Piano Trios, Vol. 4 & Sally Beamish: Trance Trio Gaspard [ Chandos / CD - due 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. |
GEORGE GERSHWIN / LEONARD BERNSTEIN / XAVIER MONTSALVATGE / JENNY PEÑA CAMPO
Gershwin, Montsalvatge, Bernstein & Jenny Peña Campo Adriana Bignagni Lesca; Philzuid; Duncan Ward [ Fuga Libera / CD - due 14/Feb/2025 ] Musical fireworks flare and dazzle in this New Year's concert! This live recording of the 2024 New Year's concert is Philzuid's seventh album - and it's a very different New Year's concert with Latin rhythms and American dance in the foreground.... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / FRANZ SCHUBERT / GYORGY KURTAG
Lines of life: Schubert & Kurtág Benjamin Appl, György Kurtág, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, James Baillieu [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 14/Feb/2025 ] Benjamin Appl met Hungarian composer György Kurtág in 2019 and has worked with him ever since. 'He has shaped me both as a musician and as a human being, perhaps more than anyone else,' says Appl. |
GEORG MUFFAT
Muffat: Apparatus musico-organisticus Bernard Foccroulle, Marie Rouquié [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / CD - due 14/Feb/2025 ] The collection of toccatas Apparatus musico-organisticus, published in 1690, immediately established Georg Muffat as one of the greatest organists of his century. A veritable reference in the organ repertoire, appreciated for its stylistic diversity,... |
Charles Richard-Hamelin
Échos: Chopin, Granados & Albéniz [ Analekta / CD - due 14/Feb/2025 ] Charles Richard-Hamelin continues his exploration of the works of Chopin, combining them with rare Spanish works composed at the turn of the 19th century. Frédéric Chopin, Isaac Albéniz and Enrique Granados were all virtuoso pianists whose music is... |
CLAUDIO CONSTANTINI / ANNA FEDOROVA / NICOLAS SCHARTZ / ANGELO VERPLOEGEN
Yellow Butterfly. Latin American Favourites Dana Zemtsov, André Groen, Claudio Constantini, Anna Fedorova, Nicolas Schwartz, Angelo Verploegen [ Channel Classics / CD - due 14/Feb/2025 ] Born in Mexico City, violist Dana Zemtsov has always retained a deep love for the colourful Latin-American culture. |
Maria Callas (soprano), Angelina Jolie (narrator), Pierfrancesco Favino (narrator), Vincent Macaigne (narrator)
Maria (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [ Warner / CD - due 14/Feb/2025 ] The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack from the movie Maria, directed by Pablo Larraín, written by Steven Knight, which delves into the tumultuous final days of the iconic opera singer in 1970s Paris, interpreted by Angelina Jolie. |
Maria Callas (soprano), Angelina Jolie (narrator), Pierfrancesco Favino (narrator), Vincent Macaigne (narrator)
Maria (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (LP) [ Warner / 2 LP - due 14/Feb/2025 ] The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack from the movie Maria, directed by Pablo Larraín, written by Steven Knight, which delves into the tumultuous final days of the iconic opera singer in 1970s Paris, interpreted by Angelina Jolie. |
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Bach: Goldberg Variations Nevermind [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - due 14/Feb/2025 ] A genuine masterpiece inspires musicians to adopt, adapt, or transcribe it without losing any of its greatness. |
CESAR FRANCK / SERGEI RACHMANINOFF / LEOPOLD GODOWSKY
Chiaroscuro: Godowsky, Franck & Rachmaninoff Roman Borisov [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 14/Feb/2025 ] In 2022, 19-year-old pianist Roman Borisov became the youngest winner of the prestigious Kissinger KlavierOlymp competition. |
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH / JOHANNES BRAHMS / MAX REGER / FERRUCCIO BUSONI
Inmost Heart: Bach, Brahms, Busoni & Reger Samson Tsoy [ Linn Records / CD - due 14/Feb/2025 ] In Samson Tsoy's artfully designed solo debut recording, ideas reverberate across the centuries as Brahms's elaborations of works by two past masters are juxtaposed with reworkings of his own music by two later composers. Lauded for his originality... |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Sonatas for Fortepiano and Violin K301, K378, K454 Sayaka Shoji, Gianluca Cascioli [ Arcana / CD - due 14/Feb/2025 ] Boasting a musical partnership of over 15 years, during which they have played in concerts throughout the world (recently at the Wigmore Hall in London and the Suntory Hall in Tokyo), the violinist Sayaka Shoji and the pianist Gianluca Cascioli have... |
HENRI VIEUXTEMPS / LOUIS VIERNE
Vieuxtemps & Vierne: Sonates pour violon et piano Tatiana Samouil; Johan Schmidt [ Cypres Records / CD - due 14/Feb/2025 ] The programme presented here is particularly interesting from the point of view of Henri Vieuxtemps's Grande sonate concertante op.12, in four movements, a rare work written during the youth of the Verviers composer. |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann Collection - String Quartets and Piano Quintet Théo Fouchenneret; Quatuor Strada [ B Records / 2 CD - due 14/Feb/2025 ] For the Fourth Volume of their Schumann Collection, Pierre and Théo Fouchenneret, along with their fellow musicians in Quatuor Strada, take us through the year 1842. It was a prolific period for the composer being the year of the three String... |
