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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SAMUEL BARBER / JOHN ZORN / PHILIP GLASS
Barber & Glass: Violinkonzerte / Zorn: Partita for the Firebird Geneva Lewis (violin), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Gemma New [ Delos / CD - due 2/Oct/2026 ] A BBC New Generation Artist in 2022-24, violinist Geneva Lewis is also the recipient of a 2021 Avery Fisher Career Grant, a 2022 Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award, and has been Musical America's New Artist of the Month. For her recording debut on Delos,... |
TRADITIONAL / HEDWIGE CHRÉTIEN / FRANZ SCHUBERT / CAMERON BILES‑LIDDELL / ALMA MAHLER‑WERFEL / ETHEL SMYTH / EDWARD ELGAR / HAMILTON HARTY
The Deeps Have Music Beth Taylor; Hamish Brown [ Linn Records / CD - due 2/Oct/2026 ] Mezzo-soprano Beth Taylor and pianist Hamish Brown make their debut recital album with Linn Records. A rising vocal star, Taylor came to international prominence as a finalist of the 2023 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition, and has since... |
KURT WEILL
Weill: Street Scene Chorus of Opera North, Orchestra of Opera North [ Capriccio / 2 CD - due 2/Oct/2026 ] Street Scene is currently Kurt Weill's most frequently revived American stage work. A polystylistic blend of operatic arias and ensembles, musical comedy songs and dances, theatrical dialogue and extraordinary emotional drama, Street Scene arguably... |
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH / DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE
Buxtehude: Northern Dawn - Lute Transcriptions Elias Conrad (lute) [ Antarctica / CD - due 2/Oct/2026 ] Northern Dawn reveals the music of Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707) through the intimate voice of the Baroque lute. In his transcriptions of keyboard and instrumental music, Elias Conrad traces a five-part, cantata-like journey of seeking, longing,... |
ADRIAN WILLAERT / CIPRIANO DE RORE / FRANCESCO BENDUSI / COSTANZO ANTEGNATI / GIOVANNI BASSANO / ANDREA GABRIELI / GIOVANNI CROCE / GIOVANNI GABRIELI
Sulla piazza Consort La Capriola [ Ricercar / CD - due 2/Oct/2026 ] A consort of violins makes its way through the Venetian night beneath the arcades of St Mark's Square. From the basilica to aristocratic salons, from the streets to the taverns, the violinists follow the rhythms of daily life; the violin, a... |
JEAN‑SÉBASTIEN BACH / HEITOR VILLA‑LOBOS / JEAN‑PHILIPPE RAMEAU / ANTONIO VIVALDI / ANONYME
Polaris Duo Kiasma, Pierre Fontenelle, Frin Wolter [ Cypres Records / CD - due 2/Oct/2026 ] Since its inception in 2016, the Duo Kiasma has shared a common delight: to surprise audiences through the unexpected pairing of the cello and the accordion. Indeed, what could be more unusual than the combination of the 'little prince' of classical... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven for Three: Symphony no.3, Leonore Overture no.3 Emanuel Ax (piano), Antoine Tamestit (viola), Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello) [ Sony Classical / CD - due 2/Oct/2026 ] Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos, and Yo-Yo Ma's fifth Beethoven for Three release features Symphony no.3 "Eroica", op.55, and the Leonore Overture no.3, op.72b. Joined by violist Antoine Tamestit for both pieces, the group performs these landmark... |
Gamper, Maren
Erdenschwere [ Carpe Diem / CD - due 2/Oct/2026 ] Swiss-French pianist and theatre artist Maren Gamper presents her first solo album dedicated to the work of Swiss writer, journalist and poet Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908-1942). The album is an improvised reflection on Schwarzenbach's text... |
J.S. BACH
Bach: Goldberg Variations Geoffroy Couteau (piano) [ La Dolce Volta / CD - due 2/Oct/2026 ] How do you give new impetus to your artistic life after completing a project as intense as recording Johannes Brahms' complete piano works? Geoffroy Couteau's answer was to climb an Everest. For to perform Bach's Goldberg Variations is to undergo... |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Horn Concertos Ben Goldscheider, Münchener Kammerorchester [ Pentatone / CD - due 2/Oct/2026 ] On Mozart Horn Concertos, Ben Goldscheider joins the Münchener Kammerorchester in performances of all four concertos by Mozart, combining clarity, energy, and a strong sense of musical direction. Written for Mozart's friend, the horn player Joseph... |
FRANZ LISZT / LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN / SAMUEL BARBER
Das Lebewohl Jiaxin Min (piano) [ Fuga Libera / CD - due 2/Oct/2026 ] Introducing Jiaxin Min in her debut album, this recording marks the arrival of a compelling new voice on the international piano scene. Emerging as an audience favourite from the Queen Elisabeth Competition she combines expressive intensity, clarity... |
HANS WINTERBERG
Winterberg: Symphony no.2, Piano Concerto no.2 Jonathan Powell (piano), Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Roland Kluttig [ Cappricio / CD - due 2/Oct/2026 ] Hans Winterberg grew up in Prague where he was one of a whole cadre of composers in the new Czech musical tradition. He claimed to have been inspired by Schoenberg, but in reality he cultivated a Central European Impressionism which he skilfully... |
MICHEL‑RICHARD DE LALANDE
Lalande: Suites pour les soupers du Roy Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 2/Oct/2026 ] Hervé Niquet and Le Concert Spirituel are paying tribute to Michel-Richard de Lalande, who died 300 years ago: "Louis XIV's master of music, renowned for his sacred music and numerous divertissements, was also a remarkable composer of symphonies,"... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 Minsoo Sohn (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - due 2/Oct/2026 ] Hyperion proudly welcomes the Korean-American pianist Minsoo Sohn to the roster for the first in a series of recordings of iconic piano repertoire. This new recording of the first book of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier is a personal tribute to Minsoo's... |
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah Monteverdi Choir. English Baroque Soloists, Christophe Rousset [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - due 2/Oct/2026 ] Handel's sacred oratorio Messiah is the iconic work the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists have chosen to launch their joint partnership with harmonia mundi. Directed by Christophe Rousset, they have combined forces with a stellar vocal... |
JOHANN STRAUSS II
J Strauss II: Perpetuum mobile Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Patrick Hahn [ BR Klassik / CD - due 2/Oct/2026 ] In addition to the popular potpourri overture to Johann Strauss II's operetta The Gypsy Baron (1885) and the musical joke Perpetuum mobile, the programme of the new CD from BR-KLASSIK features mostly lesser-known, yet no less rousing compositions by... |
NICOLAS WORMS
Worms: L'Enquête Nicolas Worms (keyboards) [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 2/Oct/2026 ] The music of composer and pianist Nicolas Worms (born in 1993 in Paris) is a space where contradictory times and places converge. He develops the concept of 'music-fiction', as in the series FLOT, released by Alpha Classics in 2024. This new album... |
NICOLAS WORMS
Worms: L'Enquête (LP) Nicolas Worms (keyboards) [ Alpha Classics / LP - due 2/Oct/2026 ] The music of composer and pianist Nicolas Worms (born in 1993 in Paris) is a space where contradictory times and places converge. He develops the concept of 'music-fiction', as in the series FLOT, released by Alpha Classics in 2024. This new album... |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Complete Chamber Music & Violin Concerto (Live) Pierre Fouchenneret; Lise Berthaud; Anna Sypniewski; Victor Julien-Laferrière; François Salque; Caroline Sypniewski; Sarah Fouchenneret; Philibert Per [ B Records / 9 CD - due 2/Oct/2026 ] The idea for a series of recordings devoted to the music of Robert Schumann arose from Pierre and Théo Fouchenneret's work on the Sonatas for violin and piano, and from a desire to expand the project by exploring the rest of his chamber music as well... |
ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG
Schönberg: Piano Works Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 2/Oct/2026 ] The French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard, a leading figure in contemporary classical music and an insightful interpreter of the core piano repertoire, has joined Alpha Classics and launches the partnership with an album that has long been close to... |
ANONYMOUS / FRANCESCO GEMINIANI / JAMES OSWALD / TURLOUGH O'CAROLAN / NIEL GOW / THOMAS D'URFEY / WILLIAM THOMSON / THOMAS MOORE / ARCHIE FISHER / JER
Songs from the North Country (LP) Rosemary Standley, François Lazarevitch, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien [ Alpha Classics / 2 LP - due 2/Oct/2026 ] As great lovers of traditional music, Rosemary Standley and François Lazarevitch were bound to meet one day. The founding leader of Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien proposed to the iconic singer of the legendary rock band Moriarty - who has already... |
GRANVILLE BANTOCK
Bantock: Orchestral Works Rumon Gamba (conductor), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra [ Chandos / CD - due 2/Oct/2026 ] Granville Bantock was born into a wealthy family (his father was a highly respected gynaecologist) in central London in 1868. Poor health scuppered his parents' plans for a career for him in the Indian civil service, and eventually Bantock gravitated... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI / BENEDETTO MARCELLO / JEAN‑MARIE LECLAIR / LOUIS‑GABRIEL GUILLEMAIN
Hell's Angels Adrian Chandler (director, violin) / La Serenissima [ Signum / CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] Taking its title from a legendary 1728 encounter between violinists Pietro Locatelli and Jean-Marie Leclair, whose contrasting styles were memorably described as angelic and diabolical, Hell's Angels traces the cross-pollination of French and Italian... |
RICHARD STRAUSS / BELA BARTOK
Strauss & Bartók: Violin Concertos Alena Baeva; Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen; Paavo Järvi [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] "The only violin concerto written by Richard Strauss, at just 18 years old, is a beautiful, energetic, brilliantly structured work with so many clues and features of his later style.", says Alena Baeva. With her long-standing collaborator Paavo Järvi... |
Bruno de Sá (sopranist), Orchestre et Choeur de l'Opéra de Rouen, Pierre Dumoussaud, Comunicantus Choir
Uyaras: The Enchanted Voice [ Erato / CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] Uyaras centers on the shape-shifting water spirits of Amazonian mermaids whose songs are as beautiful as they are fatal. For pioneering male sopranist Bruno de Sá, the project is both a cultural homecoming and a groundbreaking artistic leap. Moving... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Pyramids Recital Fatma Said (soprano), Thibaut Maudry (violin), Hani El Sawaf (darbouka drums), Mohamed Ahmed (ney flute), Mohamed El Said (oud lute), Les Frivolités [ Warner Classics / CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] Songs from across continents and time come together before the majestic backdrop of the pyramids of Giza in this one-of-a-kind musical project, starring Fatma Said. Accompanied by the musicians of the orchestra Les Frivolités Parisiennes, conductor... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Schostakovich: Symphony No. 8 (Complete Symphonies, Vol. 2) Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Alain Altinoglu [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] 'Basically, I only have two symphonies: the Fourth and the Eighth.' Shostakovich is said to have remarked. Yevgeny Mravinsky, to whom Symphony No. 8 is dedicated, wrote in his diary: 'I spent the whole evening reflecting on and sketching out the form... |
MATTHEW WHITTALL
Whittall: The World Tree Helsinki Chamber Choir, Nils Schweckendiek (conductor) [ BIS / CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] Canadian-Finnish composer Matthew Whittall's music fuses diverse influences - Old and New World, Western and non-Western, sacred and secular, classical, folk and popular - into a single, rich and varied expressive language. For The World Tree, a work... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Sonatas and Fantasy for Violin and Fortepiano Ilya Gringolts, Anton Gerzenberg [ Arcana / CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] Spanning 1816 to 1827, Schubert's works for violin and piano trace a remarkable evolution in his musical voice, though their reception has often obscured their true significance. Revisiting them today reveals a composer whose imagination for the... |
LUDWIG BERGER / MUZIO CLEMENTI / CARL CZERNY / JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
The Beethoven Connection Vol.2: Berger, Clementi, Czerny, Hummel Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) [ Chandos / CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] Jean-Efflam Bavouzet continues his survey of works by Beethoven's contemporaries with this second volume featuring works by Hummel, Clementi, Berger, and Czerny. The pianist comments: 'The deeper I delve into the universe of composers contemporaneous... |
JEAN-FRANÇOIS DUTERTRE / JEAN RIBOUILLAULT / CHRISTOPHE TOUSSAINT
France - The Epinette of the Vosges Jean-François Dutertre, Jean Ribouillault, Christophe Toussaint [ Ocora / CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] Through a large repertoire spanning from the 18th century to their own compositions, Jean-François Dutertre, Jean Ribouillault and Christophe Toussaint (key figures in the folk revival of the 1970s) display here the profound expressive richness of... |
MICHELE CARAFA
Carafa: Masaniello Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, Nicola Pascoli (conductor) [ Naxos / 2 CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] Michele Carafa, a student of Cherubini, formed a lifelong friendship with Rossini built on mutual admiration. He established his career in Paris through his association with the Opéra Comique, where he presented his masterpiece Masaniello. Uniquely,... |
AARON MESSING / ANNI HOCHHALTER / CHARLES MUELLER / ARIELLE KASNETZ / CAMERON LECRONE
Recall, Recall (LP) Late Aster [ Delos / LP - due 9/Oct/2026 ] The latest release by the two classically trained brass musicians/composers Aaron Messing and Anni Hochhalter, 'Recall, Recall', is an overflowing menagerie of sounds and melodies featuring textured injections of trumpet and French horn, with some... |
MARIANNA AUENBRUGGER / AMY BEACH / TERESA CARREÑO / CÉCILE CHAMINADE / RAIE DA COSTA / MARIANNE VON MARTINEZ / FANNY MENDELSSOHN / SOPHIE MENTER
Women and the Piano Susan Tomes (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] 'During my whole pianistic education, no teacher ever suggested I learn a piece by a female composer' So writes pianist and author Susan Tomes, who is setting out to redress the historical neglect of women composers and pianists. Her new album,... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Our Lady of Antwerp. A Musical Path to Rubens Utopia Ensemble, Psallentes [ Ramée / CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] Antwerp's collegiate church of Our Lady developed into one of the most important musical centres in the Low Countries over the course of the 15th and 16th centuries. This recording traces the lineage of the directors of music and the singers... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies No. 3 & 7 (Intégrale des symphonies, Vol. 2) (Live) Victor Julien-Laferrière; Orchestre Consuelo [ B Records / 2 CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] Victor Julien-Laferrière and Consuelo continue their complete recording of Ludwig van Beethoven's symphonies with a triumphant double bill: the 'Eroica' Symphony, a grand epic that has left its mark on the history of music, and the whirlwind Seventh,... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Behind the Skyline Wolfgang Mitschke (piano, keyboards, bass, drums) [ Naxos / CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] Wolfgang Mitschke's Behind the Skyline is a heartfelt tribute to German jazz pianist Horst Jankowski. Recorded in the Rhineland, the album blends vintage jazz spirit with Mitschke's own compositions, interweaving standards from the Great American... |
RICHARD STRAUSS / BÉLA BARTÓK / JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Komm! Wrocław Baroque Ensemble, Andrzej Kosendiak, NFM Boys' Choir [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] As the founder of the Wrocław Baroque Ensemble, which performs on period instruments, the Polish conductor Andrzej Kosendiak is a champion of Baroque music and has specialised in oratorios and cantatas from various periods. Giovanni Antonini has a... |
EUGENE ZÁDOR
Zador: Complete Orchestral Works 9 Matilda Smolij 9mezzo-soprano), Budapest Symphony Orchestra MÁV, Mariusz Smolij [ Naxos / CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] Eugene Zádor's more intimate musical voice comes to the forefront in this volume, revealing a composer at his most personal and expressive. The Ode to Peace, written for the 17th anniversary of the United Nations, gained poignant relevance when it... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 Louise Alder (soprano), Beth Taylor (mezzo-soprano), Bavarian Radio Chorus, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle [ Br-Klassik / CD - due 16/Oct/2026 ] For more than 50 years, Sir Simon Rattle, Chief Conductor of the Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra, has devoted himself intensely to the deeply personal, emotional, and autobiographical music of Gustav Mahler. Mahler conceived his... |
