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... |
JOSEPH MARX
Marx: Chamber Music, Vol. 1 Vida Vujić (cello), Minna Pensola (violin), Simone Sgarbanti (piano) [ Naxos / CD - due 14/Aug/2026 ] This first volume of Joseph Marx's chamber music charts a period of 30 years from the cello works of 1913-14 to the Violin Sonata No. 2, written in 1944, shortly before he ceased all composition. The Pastorale is characteristically subtle with... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Mujer Fatal Aigul Akhmetshina, Antonio Pappano [ Decca / CD - due 21/Aug/2026 ] One of the hottest stars in opera, Aigul Akhmetshina, releases her second album, with Antonio Pappano at the piano. Redefining the "femme fatale," Mujer Fatal is "a reimagining, a woman in constant transformation, complex, emotional, strong and... |
ANDRE PREVIN / SEBASTIAN CURRIER
American Tunes #1 Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Knut Johannessen, Roman Patkoló, Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Lambert Orkis (piano), Mutter's Virtuosi [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 21/Aug/2026 ] In this second volume of the ASM Forte Forward series, Anne-Sophie Mutter performs works by two composers close to her heart. First, André Previn (1929-2019), to whom the violinist was married for several years, and with whom she remained close... |
ANDRE PREVIN / SEBASTIAN CURRIER
American Tunes #1 (LP) Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Knut Johannessen, Roman Patkoló, Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Lambert Orkis (piano), Mutter's Virtuosi [ Alpha Classics / 2 LP - due 21/Aug/2026 ] In this second volume of the ASM Forte Forward series, Anne-Sophie Mutter performs works by two composers close to her heart. First, André Previn (1929-2019), to whom the violinist was married for several years, and with whom she remained close... |
EDWARD ELGAR / MAX BRUCH / BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Sir! Astrig Siranossian, Nathanäel Gouin, London Symphony Orchestra, François-Xavier Roth [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 21/Aug/2026 ] This album is titled "Sir!" because it is dedicated to the famous Concerto for Cello and Orchestra by the English composer Sir Edward Elgar. But also because Astrig Siranossian plays Sir John Barbirolli's cello, a magnificent instrument by Gennaro... |
ARRIGO BARNABÉ / MARISA REZENDE / JOÃO GUILHERME RIPPER / AMARAL VIEIRA / EDMUNDO VILLANI‑CÔRTES
Treasures from the New World Vol.4: Brazilian Piano Quintets Clelia Iruzun (piano), I Musicanti (chamber ensemble), Leon Bosch (director) [ Somm / CD - due 21/Aug/2026 ] SOMM Recordings is delighted to collaborate again with I Musicanti, directed by virtuoso double-bass player Leon Bosch and praised by The Strad for their "performances of passion and insight." This latest release features the Brazilian-born,... |
DAVID EARL
Earl: 75th Birthday Tribute David Earl (piano) [ SOMM Recordings / CD - due 21/Aug/2026 ] SOMM Recordings is proud to celebrate the "stylish and powerful" (The Times) South African-born pianist-composer David Earl with a 75thBirthday Tribute. The release features Oxymorons - 24 Preludes (1993) and Scenes from a South African Childhood - 9... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Kaiku (Echo) - Finnish Contemporary Works For Cello Jonathan Roozeman (cello), Johannes Piirto (pianist) [ BIS SACD / CD - due 21/Aug/2026 ] Finnish-Dutch cellist Jonathan Roozemanpresents a programme featuring contemporary works for cello by Finnish composers. For some of the pieces, he is accompanied by pianist and composer Johannes Piirto. Centered around a sonata by music veteran... |
CLARA SCHUMANN / ROBERT SCHUMANN / FREDERIC CHOPIN etc
Rendez-vous with Martha Argerich - Volume 4 Martha Argerich, Michael Volle, Mischa Maisky, Sascha Maisky, Lily Maisky, Sergio Tiempo, Rosanne Philippens, Martin Garcia Garcia, Szymon Nehring [ Avanti Classic / 5 CD - due 21/Aug/2026 ] The fourth installment of Rendez-vous with Martha Argerich brings new fascinating recordings from the international Festival Martha Argerich in Hamburg, showcasing a superb lineup of soloists among which Lily, Sascha and Mischa Maisky, Edgar Moreau,... |
CHEN YI / ZHOU LONG
Bamboo Grove: Zhou Long, Chen Yi Patrick Yim (violin / viola) [ Pentatone / CD - due 21/Aug/2026 ] Violinist Patrick Yim presents an album of world-premiere recordings, Bamboo Grove, featuring the music of Chen Yi and Zhou Long - two of the most distinguished voices bridging Chinese and Western musical traditions. Rooted in a profound artistic... |
EDVARD GRIEG
Grieg: Lyric Pieces Vol.2 Peter Donohoe (piano) [ Chandos / 2 CD - due 21/Aug/2026 ] Born in Manchester in 1953, Peter Donohoe studied at Chetham's School of Music for seven years, graduated in music from Leeds University, and went on to study at the Royal Northern College of Music with Derek Wyndham, and then in Paris with Olivier... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY / FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Tchaikovsky & Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos (LP) Nathan Milstein (violin) / Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / LP - due 26/Aug/2026 ] "This recording has a sweetness, warmth and seemingly effortless virtuosity that produce deeply satisfying results." International Record Review |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Complete Flute Quartets Anna Besson (flute), A nocte temporis [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 28/Aug/2026 ] It was during his stay in Mannheim between October 1777 and March 1778 that Mozart received commissions for two string quartets with flute (K285 and K285a), an instrument that was in vogue at the time, likely because Prince-Elector Karl Theodor of... |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Marches Christopher Williams (piano) [ Naxos / CD - due 28/Aug/2026 ] Franz Liszt's lifelong engagement with the March is the focus of this volume. The March form offered a medium laden with public meaning allied to the possibility of reinvention and harmonic adventurousness. The symphonic depth of the... |
VANNI MORETTO / GIOVANNI SOLLIMA / FRANCESCO ZAPPA / FRANK ZAPPA
Wild Love Giovanni Sollima (cello), Il Pomo d'Oro (orchestra), Vanni Moretto [ Arcana / CD - due 28/Aug/2026 ] Frank and Francesco. It all began with a misunderstanding. In the early 1980s Frank Zappa came across an entry on "Zappa" in the New Grove Dictionary, only to discover it concerned an obscure 18th-century Milanese composer of almost the same name.... |
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH / BÉLA BARTÓK / JOHANNES BRAHMS / HEINRICH WILHELM ERNST / GEORGE GERSHWIN / RICHARD WAGNER / HENRYK WIENIAWSKI / EUGÈNE YSAŸE
Song & Dance Jacques Forestier (violin), Boris Kusnezow (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - due 28/Aug/2026 ] The young Canadian violinist Jacques Forestier makes his recording debut alongside pianist Boris Kusnezow with Song & Dance, a compendium of violin works inspired by voice and movement. Following his victory in the 2024 Joseph Joachim International... |
ARTHUR FOOTE
Foote: The Complete Cello Works Julian Schwarz (cello), Marika Bournaki (piano), Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra [ Delos / CD - due 28/Aug/2026 ] Cellist Julian Schwarz makes his debut on Delos with a trailblazing album featuring Arthur Foote's complete cello works, including the world-premiere commercial recording of his Cello Concerto. As the only composer of the Boston Six to have been... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / EUSEBIUS MANDYCZEWSKI
Melancolie: Brahms, Mandyczewski Konstantin Krimmel (baritone) Ammiel Bushakevitz (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 28/Aug/2026 ] "Having different backgrounds is an asset. Growing up in a multilingual environment fosters cognitive flexibility... I was fortunate enough to live between Romania and Germany," says Konstantin Krimmel. Together with his longtime musical partner... |
JOHANN MICHAEL NICOLAI / ANONYMOUS
Nicolai: Sonatas & Suites for Viols Francois Joubert-Caillet (bass viol), L'Acheron (viol consort) [ Ricercar / CD - due 28/Aug/2026 ] The viola da gamba enjoyed a degree of popularity in Germany during the 17th century. Not only was it often paired with the violin in compositions in which the two instruments engaged in a dialogue, but it also had its own repertoire. Johann Michael... |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Don Giovanni Budapest Festival Orchestra, Andrè Schuen (baritone), Iván Fischer [ Channel Classics / 3 CD - due 28/Aug/2026 ] Iván Fischer and Channel Classics release a recording of Mozart's Don Giovanni with the Budapest Festival Orchestra. Recorded live in October 2025 at the spectacular Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, this is the first volume of a Mozart trilogy, with The... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 (On Period Instruments) Mahler Academy Orchestra, Philipp von Steinaecker [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 28/Aug/2026 ] Following the critical and public success of Mahler's Symphony no.9, Philipp von Steinaecker and the Mahler Academy Orchestra continue their recording of Mahler's symphonies on period instruments with the Fifth Symphony. For this recording, the new... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / MAX REGER
Brahms & Reger: Clarinet Quintets Michael Collins (clarinet), Escher String Quartet [ BIS / CD - due 28/Aug/2026 ] Having made numerous recordings for BIS both as a clarinetist and as a conductor, Michael Collins had yet to offer us one of the masterpieces of the clarinet chamber repertoire: Johannes Brahms' Clarinet Quintet. Here he performs alongside the Escher... |
NICCOLO MESTRINO
Niccolò Mestrino: Violin Concertos and Chamber Music Plamena Nikitassova (violin, director), Les Élémens [ Ramée / CD - due 28/Aug/2026 ] The art of composition attained a wholly new quality and a totally new aesthetic status with the works of Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, an art that their contemporaries already described as Classical. The standards these two masters set... |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 5 'The Egyptian' Simon Trpčeski, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Thomas Søndergård [ Linn Records / CD - due 28/Aug/2026 ] Macedonian pianist Simon Trpčeski continues his critically acclaimed piano concertos series on Linn Records with a 'spectacular' (Bachtrack) live recording of Saint-Saëns' Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 5, both performed at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall... |
FROLYAK / HAVRYLETS / KRYVOPUST / POLEVA / PRYDATKEVYCH / SHEVCHENKO / ZALESKY
Music Of Resilience Solomiya Ivakhiv (violin), INSO-Lviv Symphony Orchestra; Lviv National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Roma [ Naxos / CD - due 28/Aug/2026 ] Hailed by Fanfare magazine as 'one of the major artists of our time' Ukrainian violinist Solomiya Ivakhiv continues to give voice to her country's rich musical heritage in Music of Resilience. The album explores her homeland's ongoing war and... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Mendelssohn, Beethoven and Schumann: Piano Sonatas Tianxu An (piano) [ Signum / CD - due 28/Aug/2026 ] This album brings together piano sonatas by Mendelssohn, Beethoven, and Schumann that reflect a specifically German approach to the form, distinct from the Viennese Classical tradition. Pianist Tianxu An explores works composed within a 26-year span,... |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Metanoia - Late Piano Works Yulianna Avdeeva (piano) [ Pentatone / CD - due 28/Aug/2026 ] The internationally renowned pianist Yulianna Avdeeva presents Metanoia, a profound exploration of the late piano works of Franz Liszt, tracing his radical transformation from virtuoso to visionary. Liszt's late works mark a decisive break with... |
OLLE ADOLPHSON
Adolphson: Balladen Torsten Mossberg (tenor) [ Sterling / CD - due 4/Sep/2026 ] Olle Adolphson (1934-2004) is one of the most important representatives of the Swedish ballad during the second half of the 20th century. He wrote a long series of ballads that are loved by the Swedish people. Many of them have become so well-known... |
ANTONIO CALDERA
48° North. Caldara, from Venice to Vienna The BanXhies, Emmanuel Arakelian [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 4/Sep/2026 ] In Celtic mythology, the 'Banshee' is a messenger between worlds. The four musicians of The BanXhies have come together around this figure, seeking to use music as a conduit from the outer world to the inner world. For their very first album, Roxana... |
FRANZ LISZT / FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN / GEORGE GERSHWIN / JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH - FERRUCCIO BUSONI / LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Cherkassky: Nimbus Rediscovered Recordings Vol. 3 Shura Cherkassky (piano) [ Nimbus / CD - due 4/Sep/2026 ] Shura Cherkassky was introduced to Nimbus by Wilfred Stiff, then a director of the London agent Ibbs & Tillett. Wilfred recognised a young label pushing ahead fast at the transition point between LP and CD, one with a fondness for artists whose... |
