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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RICHARD STRAUSS / JOHN ESTACIO / ALEXINA LOUIE
Poema 3. Comœdia Alexander Shelley, Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra [ Analekta / CD - due 20/Nov/2026 ] The third installment in the Poema series by Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra, Comœdia brings together two masterpieces by Richard Strauss alongside two newly commissioned Canadian works by John Estacio and Alexina Louie. Under the direction... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Abysses. French Arias for Contralto Aude Extrémo; Concerto Budapest Symphony Orchestra; György Vashegyi [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 20/Nov/2026 ] The contralto voice range did not emerge in French opera until around 1850, largely thanks to the singer Rosine Stoltz, who made her debut at the Paris Opera in 1837. The low female voice then gained prominence on all the Parisian opera stages, with... |
JOHN DOWLAND
John Dowland: A Fancy (LP) Bor Zuljan (lute) [ Ricercar / 2 LP - due 20/Nov/2026 ] The first notes of the descending chromatic theme break the silence and it seems as if time has stopped. The listener is drawn into the world of John Dowland, the greatest lutenist of all, in a journey through multiple shades of melancholy and lucent... |
MICHAEL TIPPETT
Tippett: Unaccompanied choral works The Carice Singers, George Parris [ Signum / CD - due 20/Nov/2026 ] This release from The Carice Singers, conducted by George Parris, brings together the unaccompanied choral works of Michael Tippett (1905-1998), marking the ensemble's debut recording with Signum Classics. Composed across the first twenty-five years... |
ALESSANDRO STRADELLA
Stradella: San Giovanni Battista Ensemble Mare Nostrum [ Arcana / CD - due 20/Nov/2026 ] Composed for the Jubilee of 1675, San Giovanni Battista is the masterpiece that contributed more than any other to Stradella's fame during his lifetime and to the shaping of his legend after his death: a score rooted in the great contrapuntal... |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN / GEORGE GERSHWIN / SCOTT JOPLIN / JELLY ROLL MORTON / FLORENCE PRICE / KURT WEILL / RUDY WIEDOEFT
Stateside: Music for Saxophone Quartet Ferio Saxophone Quartet [ Chandos / CD - due 20/Nov/2026 ] Formed at the Royal College of Music in 2012, the Ferio Saxophone Quartet has since developed an extraordinary breadth of repertoire, which allows the members to draw from an unusually wide range of musical styles and periods in their highly engaging... |
DANNY ELFMAN
Danny Elfman: Cello Concerto & Film Music Gautier Capuçon (cello), Danny Elfman, Jérôme Ducros (piano), BBC Concert Orchestra, Lionel Bringuie [ Erato / CD - due 20/Nov/2026 ] Gautier Capuçon enters the musical world of composer Danny Elfman with the premiere recording of his sensational Cello Concerto, written expressly for the French cellist in a uniquely collaborative and interpersonal process not unlike that of the... |
WITOLD LUTOSŁAWSKI / EDWARD ELGAR
Lutosławski: Cello Concerto - Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor Hayoung Choi (cello), Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Tomáš Netopil (cond.) [ Fuga Libera / CD - due 20/Nov/2026 ] First Prize winner of the 2022 Queen Elisabeth Competition, Hayoung Choi quickly established herself as one of the most compelling cellists of her generation. Joined by the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra and conductor Tomáš Netopil, she explores two... |
JOHN WILLIAMS
John Williams Conducts John Williams - The Star Wars Trilogy (LP) The Skywalker Symphony Orchestra [ Music On Vinyl / 2 LP - due 20/Nov/2026 ] In 1990, John Williams created the compilation album John Williams Conducts John Williams - The Star Wars Trilogy, which features 13 of his most memorable tracks from the original Star Wars Trilogy. All performed by the Skywalker Symphony Orchestra,... |
STEFANO LANDI
Landi: La morte d'Orfeo Les Épopées [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / 2 CD - due 20/Nov/2026 ] La morte d'Orfeo (1619), Stefano Landi's first opera, marks a pivotal moment in the history of Italian opera. Drawing on the myth of Orpheus, it focuses not on his descent into the Underworld but on his final moments and ultimate apotheosis. Rooted... |
