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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BEDRICH SMETANA
Smetana: Romantic Piano, Vol. 11 Bogang Hwang (piano) [ Naxos / CD - due 14/Aug/2026 ] Regarded as the father of Czech music Bedřich Smetana was a pioneer in developing a national style that culminated in his popular symphonic cycle Má vlast. Composed after he had become deaf the Czech Dances are Smetana's last major piano works.... |
Cantus
The Secret Letter [ Signum / CD - due 14/Aug/2026 ] The Secret Letter re-imagines a program of the same name performed by Cantus in the spring of 2025, weaving music together with excerpts from letters by Marcus Aurelius, Oscar Wilde, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and others. These interludes offer... |
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
Piazzolla: Sur Daniela Mack (mezzo-soprano) [ Pentatone / CD - due 14/Aug/2026 ] Mezzo-soprano Daniela Mack presents a deeply personal exploration with Sur, an album shaped by memory, identity, and the enduring pull of home. Inspired by a vivid childhood recollection - listening from the back seat of her father's car - Mack... |
NICOLA MATTEIS & SON
Matteis: Spice of Italy - Music for Violin and Continuo Duo Dorado [ Chandos / CD - due 14/Aug/2026 ] "Following our exploration of violin sonatas by Finger (CHAN0824), immersing ourselves in the music of his London contemporaries was a logical next step. Although not wholly unknown nowadays, both Matteis Senior and his son lack the full recognition... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin Georg Nigl (baritone / reader), Alexander Gergelyfi (square piano) [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - due 14/Aug/2026 ] Georg Nigl and Alexander Gergelyfi present Die schöne Müllerin in a version that is quite different from what we usually hear. Thanks to the use of a Tafelklavier (square piano) built around 1810 by Carl Withum, the baritone says he has "renewed his... |
ANDERS HILLBORG
Hillborg: Lost Landscapes Ida Falk Winland; Pekka Kuusisto; Brad Lubman; Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 14/Aug/2026 ] Anders Hillborg is Sweden's leading composer: born in 1959, he has devoted himself entirely to composition since 1982, and his music is performed by the world's leading orchestras and conductors. This release on Alpha is part of the partnership... |
DANIEL-FRANCOIS-ESPRIT AUBER
Auber: Overtures, Vol. 9 Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava, Dario Salvi [ Naxos / CD - due 14/Aug/2026 ] Daniel-François-Esprit Auber was one of the most successful opera composers of the 19th century. His overtures were favourites of the light Classical repertoire with gracious melodies and dance rhythms that were hugely influential on the genre of... |
DANIEL BORTZ
Daniel Bortz: Double Concerto For One Malin Broman, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Musica Vitae, Kungsbacka Piano Trio, Alan Gilbert [ BIS SACD / CD - due 14/Aug/2026 ] Active as a composer since the mid-1960s, Daniel Bortz is widely regarded today as one of the most important composers in Swedish musical history. His music has always been characterised by its simplicity and precision, which highlight the power of... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Clavier-Ubung III Maurizio Croci (organ) [ Arcana / 2 CD - due 14/Aug/2026 ] According to his first biographer Johann Nikolaus Forkel, Bach possessed an extraordinary ability to combine organ stops in a wholly unusual manner, astonishing the organists and organ builders of his time. However, very few accounts survive of how... |
OLLI MUSTONEN / ZOLTAN KODALY
Heavenly Lights Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Olli Mustonen (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 14/Aug/2026 ] For this fifth volume in the Lockenhaus Festival series, under the artistic direction of Nicolas Altstaedt, the cellist presents two works by the Finnish composer Olli Mustonen (born 1967, a student of Rautavaara), including Heavenly Lights... |
