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... |
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL / JOHN ECCLES / MARIN MARAIS / GABRIEL SMALLWOOD / PABLO FITZGERALD / GIULIO TANASINI
Semele Margarita Slepakova (mezzo-soprano), Le Sommeil [ Pentatone / CD - due 20/Nov/2026 ] Early music ensemble Le Sommeil and mezzo-soprano Margarita Slepakova present a PENTATONE debut of Semele, a striking reimagining of the myth of desire, revelation, and transformation. In this interpretation, Semele moves among gods yet remains... |
FRANCESCA CACCINI
Caccini: La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina Ensemble I Gemelli [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / CD - due 20/Nov/2026 ] La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina by Francesca Caccini is the first opera composed by a woman. Created in Florence in 1625 for the Medici court, this "favola in musica" combines singing, dancing, and spectacular stage effects in the... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage & A Midsummer Night's Dream Maxim Emelyanychev; Scottish Chamber Orchestra [ Linn Records / CD - due 20/Nov/2026 ] Following their critically acclaimed first album devoted to Felix Mendelssohn's Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5 (Trophées Radio Classique, Amadeus d'oro, among many accolades), conductor Maxim Emelyanychev and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra have recorded a... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Complete Sonatas & Partitas for Violin Solo (reissue) Rachel Podger (violin) [ Channel Classics / 2 CD - due 20/Nov/2026 ] Recorded in 1997 and 1998 and released in 1999 as Rachel Podger's seminal solo debut albums, J. S. Bach's complete Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin are re-released today. Hailed at the time by The Irish Times as "Clearly, a violinist to watch out... |
S. P. MUTTULAKSHMI / T. MUTTUSVAMI PULAVAR
South India: Villuppattu - The Bow Song S. P. Muttulakshmi, T. Muttusvami Pulavar [ Ocora / CD - due 20/Nov/2026 ] The villuppattu ("song of the bow") is a tradition of epic and ritual songs from the Tamil region, performed here by S. P. Muttulakshmi and T. Muttusvami Pulavar: the main instrument (the large villu bow) and light percussion instruments provide the... |
JOSEPH-HECTOR FIOCCO
Fiocco: Petits motets, Vol. III Scherzi Musicali, Nicolas Achten [ Musique en Wallonie / CD - due 20/Nov/2026 ] This third volume dedicated to Joseph-Hector Fiocco completes the portrait of a major composer in 18th-century Brussels musical life. His music captivates with its expressive richness, its melodic sweep, and the remarkable synthesis it achieves... |
CHRISTOPHER SIMPSON
Simpson: The Seasons, The Monthes & other divisions of Time - I Sophie Watillon, Friederike Heumann, Brian Franklin (viols) / Matthias Spaeter (theorba) / Luca Guglielmi (organ) [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 20/Nov/2026 ] Son of a shoemaker, Simpson composed pieces for the viol in all the styles prevalent in English viol music in the 17th century. He was also a revered theoretician. His book 'The Division-Violist' (London 1659) was highly praised. The late Sophie... |
ANONYMOUS / PHILIPPE VERDELOT / JACQUES ARCADELT / FRANCESCO CORTECCIA
Music for Medici Festivals Theatro dei Cervelli, Andrés Locatelli [ Ramée / CD - due 20/Nov/2026 ] Festivals sponsored by the Medici of Florence were among the most renowned of the time. The Medici were a mercantile family ennobled in the 1530s, when the senior male family member was first declared duke of Florence and granted the right of... |
PAUL SCHOENFIELD / IGOR STRAVINSKY / LIBBY LARSEN / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Conversations: Schoenfeld, Stravinsky, Larsen & R. Schumann Trio Caspar [ Delos / CD - due 20/Nov/2026 ] The freshly launched Colburn Collection is already expanding with a second volume: 'Conversations' by Colburn's inaugural Honors Chamber Music Ensemble, Trio Caspar. The trio was awarded the Gold Medal at the 2026 Fischoff Competition; as such Delos... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Quartets with Piano Trio Goldberg, David Bismuth [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 20/Nov/2026 ] Beethoven composed four piano quartets when he was just 15 years old, at a time when this instrumental combination was rare, even experimental. Mozart wrote for this ensemble at around the same time, but there is no evidence that Beethoven was... |
HARRY SDRAULIG / ELIZABETH YOUNAN / PAUL BALLAM‑CROSS / CONNOR D'NETTO / OLIVIA BETTINA DAVIES / HOLLY HARRISON
21st-Century Australian Guitar Music Hamish Strathdee, Emma-Shay Gallenti-Guilfoyle [ Naxos / CD - due 27/Nov/2026 ] Guitarist Hamish Strathdee's close collaboration with the Australian composers featured on this recording reflects his deep commitment to bringing new music to life through direct artistic partnership. The serious intent of Harry Sdraulig's Sonata is... |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Il vero omaggio Kraków Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra, Antonino Fogliani [ Naxos / CD - due 27/Nov/2026 ] Rossini's Il vero omaggio - "The True Homage" - is a celebratory cantata written for a gala concert at the Congress of Verona in 1822. Drawing on his earlier work La riconoscenza, Rossini reused most of the original score but added new music,... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Temperamento Lyam Chenaux (cello), Tatiana Korsunskaya (piano), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Thibaut Garcia (guitar) [ Warner Classics / CD - due 27/Nov/2026 ] Winner of the classical talent show 'Les Prodiges', young cellist Lyam Chenaux dedicates his debut album to the Spanish musical imagination. The recording bridges the folk traditions of Falla, Albéniz, and Cassadó with Iberian-inspired works by... |
IGNAZ PLEYEL
Pleyel: String Trios, Ben. 401-403 Pettman Ensemble [ Naxos / CD - due 27/Nov/2026 ] Ignaz Pleyel, a distinguished pupil of Haydn, became arguably the most popular composer in Europe during the early 19th century, with his music published, republished and widely pirated across the continent. His String Trios and Duos reveal the... |
ANGELO GILARDINO / GIACOMO PUCCINI
Gilardino: Complete Works for Two Guitars Giovanni Martinell, Lorenzo Micheli Pucci, Alberto Mesirca [ Naxos / CD - due 4/Dec/2026 ] Angelo Gilardino's early career as an acclaimed guitarist later morphed into that of a prolific composer and multi award-winning musicologist. His works for two guitars are a musical celebration of affectionate encounters and exchanges. In Madrigale... |
HEINRICH MARSCHNER
Marschner: Piano Trios, Vol 3 Gould Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - due 4/Dec/2026 ] Heinrich Marschner was the acknowledged master of German Romantic opera between the time of Weber and Wagner. He also composed piano trios throughout his career that were much admired by Robert Schumann. Situated between domestic performance and the... |
HANS SOMMER
Sommer: Lied Edition, Vol 3 Jochen Kupfer (bass-baritone), Marcelo Amaral (piano) [ Naxos / CD - due 4/Dec/2026 ] Lied was Hans Sommer's most natural form of expression. His imaginatively harmonised piano parts exude emotion making his music comparable with that of his contemporary and friend Richard Strauss. Sommer's affinity with the stage can be heard in Die... |
La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler (violin, director)
Crossing Borders 2 [ Signum / CD - due 4/Dec/2026 ] Crossing Borders 2: follows La Serenissima and director Adrian Chandler as they explore the cultural exchange between Italy and the rest of Europe in the eighteenth century. The programme brings together works by composers whose careers took them far... |
LUIS HUMBERTO SALGADO
Salgado: Complete Piano Sonatas Quadrivium Nicholas Susi (piano) [ Naxos / CD - due 4/Dec/2026 ] Luis Humberto Salgado was one of the most remarkable figures in Ecuadorian art music. The originality of his output is exceptional for uniting national musical traditions with the challenges of 20th-century modernism. The Sonata Dramática and... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss: Symphonies Nos 1 and 2 Staatskapelle Halle, Fabrice Bollon [ Naxos / CD - due 4/Dec/2026 ] The Romantic symphony was approaching its zenith when Richard Strauss wrote his two youthful examples, both of which chart his development and increasing compositional confidence. Though Strauss was still at school his Symphony No. 1 in D minor... |
ANONYMOUS / RAIMON DE MIRAVAL / BERENGUER DE PALOU / PONÇ D'ORTAFÀ / GUIRAUT RIQUIER / MATIEU DE CARSÍ
El Conqueridor. Music in the Time of James I Capella de Ministrers, Carles Magraner [ Capella de Ministrers / CD - due 8/Jan/2027 ] Commemorate a foundational chapter of European history with the latest musical release from Capella de Ministrers. On the 750th anniversary of the death of King James I "The Conqueror", this carefully curated album captures the true sonic essence of... |
JEAN RICHAFORT
Richafort: Motets Cappella Mariana, Vojtech Semerad [ Musique en Wallonie / CD - due 8/Jan/2027 ] This new recording shines a light on Jean Richafort, one of the leading figures of the Franco-Flemish Renaissance, whose life and work have recently been reassessed in the light of new musicological research. A successor to Josquin des Prez,... |
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL / JOHANN ADOLF HASSE / ANTONIO VIVALDI
Figlia del sole. Italian Baroque Heroines Catherine Trottmann, Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal, Stefan Plewniak [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / CD - due 8/Jan/2027 ] Cleopatra, Berenice, Candace… The heroines of ancient Egypt have fired the imagination of Baroque opera, bringing powerful, passionate and sovereign women to the stage. These figures from the banks of the Nile lie at the heart of stories where love,... |
GABRIEL DUPONT / GABRIEL PIERNÉ
Pierné & Dupont : Œuvres pour piano et quatuor à cordes Quintette Syntonia [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 8/Jan/2027 ] In 1911, despite being terminally ill with tuberculosis, the composer Gabriel Dupont completed his Poème for piano and string quartet. Dedicated to his teacher Widor, this vibrant work follows in the tradition of César Franck. Acclaimed by critics at... |
HEINRICH IGNAZ FRANZ BIBER
Biber: Rosary Sonatas Rachel Podger (violin) [ Channel Classics / 2 CD - due 8/Jan/2027 ] Johann Kuhnau, Bach's predecessor at Leipzig, composed biblical sonatas depicting stories -such as David and Goliath- in abstract, wordless, keyboard pieces. Biber's Mystery Sonatas are quite different because they form part of a linked meditation on... |
TŌRU TAKEMITSU / TOSHIO HOSOKAWA / MAX RICHTER
Shadows: Takemitsu, Hosokawa & Richter Sayaka Shoji, Stephen Kovacevich, Franz Schubert Filharmonia [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 8/Jan/2027 ] Sayaka Shoji presents a highly singular project: 'Bringing Richter together with Takemitsu and Hosokawa is not an obvious choice at first glance,' says the Japanese violinist. 'Japan has a culture of kigo - a word or image in a haiku or tanka that... |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 16 and 26 'Coronation' (arr Ignaz Lachner) Alon Goldstein, Fine Arts Quartet [ Naxos / CD - due 15/Jan/2027 ] The fashion for rearranging popular concert works for the enjoyment of domestic music making was widespread throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. The two Mozart piano concertos featured here, arranged by Ignaz Lachner for piano, string quartet and... |
HEINRICH MARSCHNER
Marschner: Overtures and Stage Music, Vol 4 Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice, Dario Salvi [ Naxos / CD - due 15/Jan/2027 ] Heinrich Marschner was a key figure in German Romantic Opera, the principal bridge between the works of Weber and Wagner. Marschner and Weber became firm friends, and it was Weber who promoted the historical 'rescue opera' Heinrich IV und D'Aubigné... |
PIERRE BOULEZ / ANTON WEBERN
Boulez & Webern: Œuvres pour quatuor à cordes - Anthèmes 1 Ensemble Intercontemporain [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 15/Jan/2027 ] The soloists of the Ensemble intercontemporain pay tribute to its founder, Pierre Boulez, and present one of the young composer's most radical works: the Livre pour quatuor, the fourth movement of which was not fully completed in the 1950s. Finalised... |
SIGISMONDO D'INDIA / AGOSTINO AGRESTA / ALESSANDRO PICCININI / LUCA MARENZIO / RUGGIERO GIOVANNELLI
Sigismondo d'india: Quarto libro de madrigali a 5 Ensemble La Sestina, Adriano Giardina [ Ricercar / CD - due 15/Jan/2027 ] Sigismondo d'India's Fourth Book of Madrigals (Venice, 1616) is one of the most accomplished and beautiful collections of madrigals from the late Renaissance. It was with this collection that d'India pitted himself against the most daring and... |
