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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NICO MUHLY
Muhly: With Eys Lift Up Choir of Magdalen College Oxford, Mark Williams (conductor) [ Coro / CD - due 15/May/2026 ] Featuring 13 premiere recordings, With Eys Lift Up is a new collection of works written by American composer Nico Muhly for - and the majority commissioned by - the Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford. Comprising settings of the mass and canticles... |
Christina Pluhar, L'Arpeggiata
La Torre del Oro [ Erato / CD - due 15/May/2026 ] Named after the twelve-sided 'golden' tower that dominates the River Guadilquivir in Seville, La Torre del Oro, is the latest album from Christina Pluhar's ensemble L'Arpeggiata. Tracing and mixing the musical cross-currents that run between Spain... |
JOHANNA SENFTER
Senfter: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 9 Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie, Rheinland-Pflaz, Chelsea Gallo (cond.) [ Capriccio / CD - due 15/May/2026 ] German composer Johanna Senfter was a student of Max Reger, who recognised her musical talent and encouraged her to pursue advanced studies in his composition class in Leipzig, which she completed with distinction in 1909. In 1910, she was awarded... |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Horn Concertos, Rondo K371 Martin Owen (horn), Manchester Camerata (orchestra), Gabor Takacs-Nagy [ Chandos / CD - due 15/May/2026 ] Mozart composed all of these pieces for the virtuoso horn player Joseph Leutgeb (or Leitgeb) (1732 - 1811). Leutgeb was born in Vienna and established his reputation as a soloist there before working in Salzburg, where Mozart made his... |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 25 KV 503 & 26 KV 537 "Coronation Concerto" Alim Beisembayev (piano), ORF Radio Symphonieorchester Wien, Howard Griffiths [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 22/May/2026 ] Alim Beisembayev is featured in this 14th volume of the Next Generation Mozart Soloists series. Under the baton of Howard Griffiths, the Kazakhstani pianist, who studied in Russia and at the Royal Academy of Music in London, presents two of Mozart's... |
DUSAN BOGDANOVIĆ
Bogdanović: Music Gardens of the World DUO Goni-Perretta [ Naxos / CD - due 22/May/2026 ] Dušan Bogdanović's inspiration behind this project came from writing a compilation of world music pieces for his young son, but after hearing the duo of Antigoni Goni and Eleonora Perretta perform he greatly expanded the idea. The abundant spirit of... |
GEORGE GERSHWIN / AARON COPLAND / RICHARD ROGERS / JULE STYNE
An American Dream? Barbara Hannigan; Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 22/May/2026 ] With 'An American Dream?', Barbara Hannigan explores the concept of The American Dream. "I grew up in awe of America. I am still in awe, but largely in a nostalgic way. With this repertoire, I want to express my admiration for the incredible... |
BARRY DOUGLAS / JOHN FIELD / TRADITIONAL
Celtic Nocturne: Piano Works Barry Douglas (piano) [ Chandos / CD - due 22/May/2026 ] Barry Douglas CBE has established a major international career since winning the Gold Medal at the 1986 Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition, in Moscow. In demand as a soloist and as a recitalist and chamber musician, he has performed with... |
JOSEPH BOLOGNE de SAINT-GEORGE
Chevalier de Saint-George Portrait Theotime Langlois de Swarte (violin), Lauranne Oliva (soprano), Bastien Rimondi (tenor), Victor Sicard (baritone), Orchestre de l'Opera Royal [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / 2 CD - due 22/May/2026 ] A tireless adventurer and eclectic soul, Joseph Bologne de Saint-George is revisited here through a unique portrait that reveals the many facets of his talent. A true polymath born in Guadeloupe, he combined the arts and arms: an outstanding fencer,... |
Capella de Ministrers, Carles Magraner
San Francesco Giullare di Dio [ Capella de Ministrers / CD - due 22/May/2026 ] Saint Francis of Assisi is one of the most universal figures in Western history, venerated not only by the Catholic tradition but also by Protestant and Orthodox communities, as well as by many non-Christians drawn to his message of poverty,... |
JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY
Lully: Proserpine Marie Lys (soprano), Veronique Gens (soprano), Olivier Gourdy (bass), Jean-Sebastien Bou (baritone), Les Talens Lyriques [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / 3 CD - due 22/May/2026 ] Composed in 1680, Proserpine marks the reunion of Lully and Quinault after the scandal surrounding Isis (1677). Set in the splendour of Saint-Germain, the work offers a mythological mirror to the Dauphin's wedding. In it, Lully revolutionises his... |
PAUL HINDEMITH
Hindemith in Paris Christopher Park (piano), Guilhem Kusnierek (trombone) [ Naxos / CD - due 22/May/2026 ] Paul Hindemith is among the most significant German composers of the 20th century. The Sonata for Trombone and Piano - one of a multitude of sonatas he composed for various instruments - is a lively tour de force, performed here with an additional... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (Live) Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Luisi [ Delos / 13 CD - due 22/May/2026 ] The Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Fabio Luisi release a landmark live recording of Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, captured over several concerts at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas in 2024. Representing a rare... |
JOHN BULL / THOMAS TALLIS / WILLIAM BYRD etc
Music for These Troubled Times: Tallis, Byrd, Bull, Gibbons, Shalygin Dmytro Kokoshynskyy (harpsichord) [ Fuga Libera / CD - due 22/May/2026 ] Music for These Troubled Times explores the melancholy of the past through the keyboard repertoire of the English virginalists of the late 16th and 17th centuries, and links this still familiar state of mind with the present - an age of social and... |
JAVIER CONTRERAS
Contreras: Works for Two Guitars Dúo Sudamericano [ Naxos / CD - due 22/May/2026 ] This album showcases recent works for two guitars by the Chilean composer and guitarist Javier Contreras. He is joined by fellow Chilean guitarist and pedagogue, José Antonio Escobar - a decisive figure in Contreras's musical development - to explore... |
ANTON RUBINSTEIN
Rubinstein: Piano Sonatas Nos. 3 and 4 Han Chen (piano) [ Naxos / CD - due 22/May/2026 ] Anton Rubinstein stood at the heart of Russian musical life for nearly half a century and had a profound influence on generations of Russian musicians, including Tchaikovsky. His piano sonatas reveal a composer intent on uniting intellect and... |
BELA BARTOK / JEAN FRANCAIX / HENRYK GORECKI / FRANCIS POULENC
Clavecin XX Justin Taylor (harpsichord), Orchestre National de Lille, Chloé Dufresne [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 22/May/2026 ] Generally labelled as a Baroque instrument and thought to have disappeared with the French Revolution, the harpsichord flourished again in the first third of the 20th century and inspired original compositions. |
CONRAD ASMAN / DAVID EARL / ROELOF TEMMINGH
Clarinet Colours: Concertos by South African Composers Maria du Toit (clarinet), Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra (orchestra) [ Channel Classics / CD - due 22/May/2026 ] South African/Dutch clarinettist Maria du Toit and the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Arjan Tien release 'Clarinet Colours' on Channel Classics. Exploring the contemporary clarinet repertoire of South African composers reveals a sound... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH / ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGANG / JOY LISNEY
Fountain of Youth: Shostakovich, Lisney & Korngold Mithras Trio [ Linn Records / CD - due 22/May/2026 ] Mithras Trio's second album for Linn showcases early works by Shostakovich, Korngold and Lisney, continuing the 'intriguing and eclectic' programming The Guardian praised on its first album Eros. Fountain of Youth highlights the surprising number of... |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Symphony no.4, Cello Concerto, Fantasie op.131 Alexander Rudin (cello), Musica Viva (orchestra) [ Fuga Libera / CD - due 22/May/2026 ] This album offers an intimate journey into Schumann's world through three emblematic works. At its heart stands the original 1841 version of the Fourth Symphony, a rarely performed score whose transparency and almost chamber-like clarity reveal a... |
ALBERTO GINASTERA / ASTOR PIAZZOLLA / GABRIEL SIVAK / SEBASTIAN PIANA etc
Figures Argentines Quatuor Voce, Pablo Márquez, Jean-Baptiste Henry [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - due 22/May/2026 ] Always curious and seeking new horizons, the musicians of the Voce quartet fell in love with Argentina during their concert tours. In Buenos Aires and Rosario, they frequented peñas and milongas (folk music dance clubs) and had exciting working... |
WILLIAM BYRD / JOHN TAVERNER / JOHN BULL / THOMAS MORLEY etc
Troubled Times: Music and Espionage in Renaissance England The Queen's Six, The Rose Consort of Viols [ Signum / CD - due 22/May/2026 ] Troubled Times: Music and Espionage in Renaissance England explores sacred music written amid the religious and political instability of 16th-century England. Performed by The Queen's Six with The Rose Consort of Viols, the programme examines how... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Mandoline. Dans les salons fin-de-siècle Raffaele La Ragione (mandolin), François Dumont, Sandrine Piau [ Arcana / CD - due 22/May/2026 ] After the success of Mandolin on Stage, dedicated to the most emblematic 18th-century concertos for mandolin and recorded with Il Pomo d'Oro directed by Francesco Corti, Raffaele La Ragione returns with his third album for Arcana. This time he... |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Tosca Soloists, Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Daniele Gatti [ Naxos / 2 CD - due 22/May/2026 ] Giacomo Puccini's much-loved opera Tosca contains some of hismost famous lyrical arias. It is also a powerful and tragic theatre piece set in politically dangerous times featuring moments of courage and romantic tenderness. The expressive force of... |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Fairy Tales Susan Platts, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos / CD - due 22/May/2026 ] Igor Stravinsky is renowned for his legacy of glittering fairy tales in treasured favourites such as Petrushka and The Firebird. Another favourite is the ballet Pulcinella, a lovable melange of Baroque theatricality, heard here in its concert suite... |
COLIN MATTHEWS
Matthews: Seascapes Claire Booth (soprano), Marcus Farnsworth (baritone), The Nash Ensemble, Jessica Cottis (conductor) [ Onyx / CD - due 29/May/2026 ] Colin Matthews is one of the UK's leading composers and celebrates his 80th birthday this year. Known for his large-scale orchestral works, chamber works and smaller scale ensemble compositions such as the song cycles on this album, Matthews is also... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Elegance - French Music for Flute and Harp Juliette Hurel (flute), Isabelle Moretti (harp) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - due 29/May/2026 ] Juliette Hurel and Isabelle Moretti present an inspired selection of French music for flute and harp, featuring key masterpieces alongside some rare delights. From the intensely vocal melodic line of Fauré and Debussy's playful exploration of timbres... |
PHILIP GLASS
Glass: Music With Changing Parts (2026 Reissue LP) Philip Glass Ensemble [ Superior Viaduct / LP - due 29/May/2026 ] Philip Glass, the great American composer, was already in his mid-30s before his first album appeared, and then only because he produced the double LP himself. Music With Changing Parts was the inaugural release on his own Chatham Square imprint in... |
ANTONIN DVORAK / JOHAN WAGENAAR
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" + Wagenaar: "Cyrano de Bergerac" Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Lahav Shani [ Warner Classics / CD - due 29/May/2026 ] Dvořák's much-loved Symphony No. 9 'From the New World' now joins the sequence of symphonies, ranging from the dawn of musical Romanticism to the 1930s, recorded for Warner Classics by the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and its Chief Conductor... |
J.S. BACH / VALENTIN SILVESTROV
Bach + Silvestrov Vadim Gluzman (violin), Zachary Carrettin (violin), Mina Gajic (piano), COmpass REsonance (ensemble) [ Onyx / CD - due 29/May/2026 ] Violinist Vadim Gluzman writes that in working with the Boulder, Colorado based ensemble COmpass REsonance, (CORE) he found a group that shared his artistic values, and they now have a close working relationship. 'Combining the music of J. S. Bach... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT / J.S. BACH
In deinen süßen Händen. Musik für verlorene Seelen Aurelia Visovan, Coline Dutilleul [ Fuga Libera / CD - due 5/Jun/2026 ] Schöne Welt, wo bist du? These words by Friedrich Schiller are the first of this new project, an exploration of existence, wandering and mourning. Coline Dutilleul has conceived a programme in which keyboard works by Johann Sebastian Bach and... |
J.S. BACH / HEINRICH IGNAZ FRANZ BIBER / MATTHEW LOCKE / ANDREAS OSWALD
Erbarme dich! Ayres Extemporae [ Linn Records / CD - due 5/Jun/2026 ] Winner of the 2024 York Early Music International Young Artists Competition, the trio Ayres Extemporae make its recording debut on Linn Records with a programme that explores various colours and textures made available by the group's unusual... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Three Violin Sonatas Charles Richard-Hamelin (piano), Andrew Wan (violin) [ Analekta / CD - due 5/Jun/2026 ] Andrew Wan, Concertmaster of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, and Charles Richard-Hamelin, internationally acclaimed pianist and silver medalist at the Chopin Competition, unite their artistic chemistry in a pinnacle of the Romantic... |
LUIGI BOCCHERINI / FRANCESCO GEMINIANI / J.S. BACH / ANTONIO VIVALDI
Echoes Of My Childhood Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Irina Zahharenkova (harpsichord), Anderson Fiorelli (basso continuo) [ Orfeo / CD - due 5/Jun/2026 ] In this remarkable recording, Daniel Müller-Schott blends masterful cello artistry with a deeply personal musical journey. Together with Irina Zahharenkova and Anderson Fiorelli, they bring works by Bach, Vivaldi, Geminiani and Boccherini to life -... |
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN / FREDERIC CHOPIN / FRANZ LISZT / ROBERT SCHUMANN / JOHANNES BRAHMS
Great 20th-Century Spanish Pianists (Live) Esteban Sánchez, Cristina Bruno, Joaquín Soriano, Manuel Carra, Pedro Espinosa [ MarchVivo / CD - due 5/Jun/2026 ] In 1975, coinciding with the inauguration of their new headquarters in Madrid, the Fundación Juan March launched their Young Performers recitals, a series of presenter-led concerts for secondary-school students, performed by leading Spanish... |
GABRIEL FAURE
Fauré: Sonatas for Violin and Piano Transcriptions Kerson Leong (violin), Jonathan Fournel (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 5/Jun/2026 ] Kerson Leong, winner of the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition in 2010, and Jonathan Fournel, winner of the Queen Elisabeth International Grand Prix in 2021, have each recorded several albums for Alpha Classics. Long-time... |
NADIA BOULANGER / ASTOR PIAZZOLLA / ALBERTO GINASTERA / LILI BOULANGER etc
Soleils de Septembre L'Achéron, François Joubert-Caillet [ Fuga Libera / CD - due 5/Jun/2026 ] Astor Piazzolla was in his early thirties when he travelled to France to study composition with Nadia Boulanger at the American Conservatory in Fontainebleau. Her guidance profoundly shaped his music. While Piazzolla sought to refine his classical... |
C.P.E. BACH / J.S. BACH / W.F. BACH
Bach Family: A musical offering Le Caravansérail, Frank Theuns, Sophie Gent, Bertrand Cuiller [ Ramée / CD - due 5/Jun/2026 ] It was in 1747 that Johann Sebastian Bach received an invitation from King Frederic II of Prussia. Bach travelled with Wilhelm Friedmann - his eldest son - to Potsdam, where Carl Philipp Emanuel, his second eldest son, was accompanist to the king's... |
MAURICE RAVEL / ROBERT SCHUMANN / RICHARD STRAUSS / AMY BEACH etc
Deep River Miclen LaiPang (violin), Nigel Yandell (piano) [ Delos / CD - due 5/Jun/2026 ] "A force to be reckoned with" (The New York Times), violinist Miclen LaiPang makes his solo recording debut on Delos with a very personal recital. Featuring music that has accompanied him over time, "Deep River" traces a path through styles and... |
MOHAMMAD KARIMI / MOHAMMAD MUSAVI
Iran: The Masters of Music, Vol. 2 Mohammad Karimi (chant), Mohammad Musavi (ney / flute) [ Ocora / CD - due 5/Jun/2026 ] Karimi, master of singing, drew on the most authentic source of the radif (classical repertoire) to create an intimate expression far removed from any artifice, in perfect harmony with Mohammad Musavi's ney flute -a simple reed with immense... |
