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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ROBERTO GERHARD
Roberto Gerhard: Don Quixote (complete ballet); Suite from 'Alegrías'; Pedrelliana BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena [ Chandos / CD - due 2/Aug/2024 ] The Catalan Roberto Gerhard studied piano with Granados, and was the only Spanish composer to study with Arnold Schoenberg. It was, however, over twenty years before he committed himself to writing twelvetone music. In the interim, his output brought... |
FEDERICO MORENO TORROBA
Torroba: La voz de la guitarra Franz Halasz (guitar) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - due 2/Aug/2024 ] |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Mot d'amour Ulf Wallin (violin), Roland Pöntinen (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - due 2/Aug/2024 ] Though I have some reservations about their performance of the more substantial Sonata, Wallin and Pöntinen demonstrate a real sympathy for these shorter gems. - Gramophone |
SIR ARTHUR BLISS
Bliss: Works for Brass Band Black Dyke Band, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - due 9/Aug/2024 ] Sir Arthur Bliss contributed two staples of the brass band repertoire - Kenilworth and The Belmont Variations , the enduring success of which inspired arrangers to turn to his other compositions, such as Eric Ball's Four Dances from the ballet... |
RUTH GIPPS
Gipps: Piper of Dreams Juliana Koch (oboe), Michael McHale (piano), Julian Bliss (clarinet) [ Chandos / CD - due 16/Aug/2024 ] Ruth Gipps made her musical talents apparent from an early age, and they were encouraged by her very supportive mother. She entered the Royal College of Music in 1937, aged 16, studying oboe and piano, in addition to composition (with Ralph Vaughan... |
GABRIEL FAURE
Fauré: Nocturnes & Barcarolles Aline Piboule (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - due 23/Aug/2024 ] The nocturnes and barcarolles are key works in Fauré's output for solo piano that reflect his stylistic evolution. From his early efforts, still close to Chopin and Schumann, to the final pieces with their heady yet elusive harmonies, Aline Piboule... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin Julian Prégardien (tenor), Kristian Bezuidenhout (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - due 23/Aug/2024 ] This first release in an exclusive recital collaboration with harmonia mundi presents Julian Prégardien's reading of a cycle that explores quintessentially Schubertian themes: nature, love, solitude, death. |
OQUIN / PARKER / ROUSE / IVES
Organ Concertos Paul Jacobs (organ), Nashville Symphony, Giancarlo Guerreo (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - due 23/Aug/2024 ] The organ concerto tradition goes back to the 17th century and the Baroque era, but composers have constantly adapted this age-old genre to their own expressive ends - this recording provides ample evidence of its appeal today. |
Danish String Quartet
Keel Road [ ECM New Series / CD - due 30/Aug/2024 ] The Danish String Quartet's new album is a "retracing of musical pathways across the North Sea, a journey through the sounds of traditional music from Northern Europe, taking us from Denmark and Norway to the Faroe Islands, and to Ireland and... |
Danish String Quartet
Keel Road [ ECM New Series / LP - due 30/Aug/2024 ] The Danish String Quartet's new album is a "retracing of musical pathways across the North Sea, a journey through the sounds of traditional music from Northern Europe, taking us from Denmark and Norway to the Faroe Islands, and to Ireland and... |
MARIN MARAIS
Marais: Tombeau pour Monsieur de Sainte Colombe La Rêveuse, Florence Bolton (viole de gambe), Benjamin Perrot (theorbo) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - due 30/Aug/2024 ] In this new album, Florence Bolton and Benjamin Perrot revisit the composer who gave their ensemble its delightful name, 'La Rêveuse'. |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony No.4 "Romantic" Anima Eterna, Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - due 13/Sep/2024 ] For their first collaboration on harmonia mundi, Pablo Heras-Casado and Anima Eterna explore the world of Bruckner. The first instalment in this series is his tremendous Symphony no.4. |
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel Nathaniel Hackmann (Billy Bigelow), Mikaela Bennett (Julie Jordan), Sierra Boggess (Carrie Pipperidge), Julian Ovenden (Enoch Snow), Francesca Chiejin [ Chandos / CD - due 13/Sep/2024 ] Following the success of last year's release of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, John Wilson and Sinfonia of London turn their attention to Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel. |
GERSHWIN / BEACH / BARBER
Made in USA: Gershwin, Beach & Barber Claire Huangci [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 20/Sep/2024 ] Presented as 'An Experiment in Modern Music' when it was premiered in 1924, Rhapsody in Blue made George Gershwin famous, and he soon set to work on a version for solo piano, recorded here by Claire Huangci. In her first solo disc for Alpha Classics,... |
Collegium Vocale Gent; Hannah Ely; Barbora Kabátková; Mélodie Ruvio; Benedict Hymas; Tore Tom Denys; Jonas Nordberg; Philippe Herreweghe
Gesualdo: Silenzio mio. Il quarto libro di madrigali [ Phi / CD - due 20/Sep/2024 ] Collegium Vocale Gent and its founder Philippe Herreweghe continue their recordings of the works of Carlo Gesualdo with 'Silenzio Mio', which contains the Fourth Book of Madrigals, published in 1596. |
NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, A Tale Ensemble K; Simone Menezes; Golshifteh Farahani; Kristin Winters [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - due 20/Sep/2024 ] This album offers a new approach to the character of Scheherazade, with Rimsky-Korsakov's musical masterpiece transcribed for the forces of Ensemble K and a previously unpublished text, freely adapted from the Thousand and One Nights and ancient love... |
Florent Marie
Dowland: Sweet Melancholy [ Carpe Diem / CD - due 20/Sep/2024 ] French lutenist Florent Marie presents his second solo album on Carpe Diem Records: A collection of Renaissance lute music by the famous John Dowland. |
Joseph Swensen; Christiane Libor; Michael Weinius; Derek Welton; Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine; Salvatore Caputo; Chœur de l'Opéra National de
Ring Odyssey [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - due 20/Sep/2024 ] "'If, in a parallel universe, Wagner wrote a symphony rather than a sixteen-hour Ring, it might actually resemble my Ring Odyssey.' These are the words used by the new music director of the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Joseph Swensen, to... |
Lucile Boulanger
La messagère: XVII-XXIe siècles, un portrait de la viole de gambe [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 20/Sep/2024 ] After the immense success of her Bach-Abel album (ALPHA783), Lucile Boulanger celebrates the French viol through the centuries: 'This transchronological dialogue traces the history of a dynasty of composers in a subjective, even emotional way', from... |
Medinea Session; Fabrizio Cassol; Orchestre des Jeunes de la Méditerranée; Claron McFadden
Live at Festival d'Aix-en-Provence [ Fuga Libera / CD - due 20/Sep/2024 ] Medinea Session is a unique ensemble of 23 talented musicians, the majority of whom are from the Mediterranean. |
