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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HENRI VIEUXTEMPS
Vieuxtemps: Violin and Orchestra Works - Souvenir de Russie / Old England / Duo brillant Reto Kuppel (violin) Kirill Bogatyrev (cello) / Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - due 10/Jun/2020 ] Henry Vieuxtemps was a towering figure in the line of 19th-century violinist-composers, receiving admiration from Wagner, Chopin and Berlioz. A virtuoso in the Paganini tradition, Vieuxtemps was also one of the first to employ a full Romantic... |
CHOPIN / SCHUMANN / RACHMANINOV / KURPIŃSK
Piano Music from the 2nd Chopin Festival Hamburg 2019 Tobias Koch, Janusz Olejniczak, Tomasz Ritter, Hélène Tysman (pianos) [ Naxos Laureate Series: Guitar / CD - due 10/Jun/2020 ] Following the success of the 1st Chopin Festival Hamburg 2018, the 2nd Chopin Festival Hamburg 2019 continues its unique approach of inviting pianists to perform on original historic instruments and, by way of comparison, on a modern grand piano. |
Cesar FRANCK
Franck: Symphony in D minor / Symphonic Variations Denis Kozhukhin (piano) / Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Gustavo Gimeno [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - due 12/Jun/2020 ] The Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg and its Music Director Gustavo Gimeno present a composer portrait of César Franck. The album features the famous Symphony in D Minor, as well as the lesser known, but equally enchanting Symphonic Variations. |
JOSEPH TAWADROS
Tawadros: Concerto for Oud Joseph Tawadros (oud) / Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Northey [ ABC Classics / CD - due 12/Jun/2020 ] Oud virtuoso and composer Joseph Tawadros performs with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and conductor Benjamin Northey. Recorded live in concert, this album includes the world premiere of Tawadros' Concerto for Oud and Orchestra. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Otello (complete opera) Jonas Kaufmann, Federica Lombardi, Carlos Álvarez / Orchestra e Coro dell'Academia Nationale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Sony / 2 CD - due 12/Jun/2020 ] One of the finest singers of our time and the world's leading tenor, Jonas Kaufmann presents a new recording of one of the greatest Verdi operas. |
CHAPLIN / BACH / LEGRAND / MORRICONE / PIAZZOLLA / etc
Lisa Batiashvili: City Lights Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Georgia Philharmonic, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Nikoloz Rachveli [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - due 12/Jun/2020 ] In her new project, City Lights, Lisa Batiashvili gathers all the places and memories that have been important in her life and career together with some of the world's most beautiful music. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 MusicAeterna, Teodor Currentzis [ Sony Classical / CD - due 12/Jun/2020 ] "It is one of those incendiary accounts that blows away the crust of familiarity to suggest anew the revolutionary force built into this master score." The Times |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos 3 & 4 Elizabeth Sombart (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Pierre Vallet (conductor) [ Signum / CD - due 19/Jun/2020 ] Born in Strasbourg, Elizabeth Sombart studied piano from the age of seven. She studied all over the world with various teachers, including Bruno-Leonardo Gelber, Peter Feuchtwanger, Hilde Langer-Rühl and Sergiu Celibidache. |
GUSTAV HOLST
Holst: The Planets (LP) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Sir Adrain Boult [ Warner Classics / LP - due 19/Jun/2020 ] 'This magnificent performance of The Planets, recorded with an opulent realism, brings to a culmination Boult's supreme understanding of this work.' Gramophone |
HENRY PURCELL
Music for a While: Improvisations on Purcell (LP) Philippe Jaroussky, Raquel Andueza, Vincenzo Capezzuto, Dominique Visse, Trovesi, Muthspiel / L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar [ Warner Classics / LP - due 19/Jun/2020 ] Music for a while, an album based on the haunting, graceful and sometimes deeply moving music of Henry Purcell. |
CHRISTOPHER GUNNING
Gunning: Violin Concerto / Cello Concerto / Birdflight Richard Harwood (Cello) Harriet Mackenzie (Violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [ Signum / CD - due 19/Jun/2020 ] Gunning's Violin Concerto was composed after inspiration whilst the composer was out hiking in Wales. The violin is supposed to represent ducking and weaving, rather like the insects and animals found in the Welsh hills and valleys. |
YO-YO MA / STUART DUNCAN / EDGAR MEYER / CHRIS THILE
Not Our First Goat Rodeo Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Stuart Duncan (violin), Edgar Meyer (double bass), Chris Thile (mandolin) [ Sony Classical / CD - due 19/Jun/2020 ] The music featured in this stunning album is so complex to pull off that the group likens it to a goat rodeo - an aviation term for a situation in which 100 things need to go right to avoid disaster |
BERND ALOIS ZIMMERMANN
B. A. Zimmermann - Complete Works for Piano Eduardo Fernández (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - due 20/Jun/2020 ] It was in the 1960s, with the opera Die Soldatenand his Requiem füreinenjungen Dichter, that Bernd Alois Zimmermann became known as one of the leading composers of the German post-war generation. |
JOHANNES DE CLEVE
Cleve: Missa Rex Babylonis & Other Works Cinquecento [ Hyperion / CD - due 26/Jun/2020 ] |
OWAIN PARK
When Love Speaks: Choral Music by Owain Park The Epiphoni Consort, Tim Reader [ Delphian / CD - due 26/Jun/2020 ] The Epiphoni Consort follow up on their acclaimed debut, of music by David Bednall, with a portrait album of another young choral composer on the ascendant. |
BYRD / BULL / COSYN / MORLEY / HOOPER / MUNDY
In Chains of Gold Volume 2 Magdalena Consort, Fretwork, His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts [ Signum / CD - due 26/Jun/2020 ] Leading performers of 17th-century music the Magdalena Consort, Fretwork and His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts combine forces under the artistic direction of William Hunt for their second release exploring the English Pre-Restoration Verse Anthem -... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Musique? Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) [ Hyperion / CD - due 26/Jun/2020 ] |
FRIEDRICH CERHA
Cerha: Spiegel-Momentum-Momente SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Sylvain Cambreling, ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies, Friedrich Cerha [ Kairos (Paladino) / 2 CD - due 1/Jul/2020 ] Winner of the 2011 International Classical Music Award (ICMA) for best contemporary recording. |
BRETT DEAN / SOFIA GUBAIDULINA / SERGEI RACHMANINOV / RICHARD WAGNER / etc
Voices of Angels - chamber works Andrej Power (violin) Lawrence Power (viola) Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano) / Stockholm Syndrome Ensemble [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - due 3/Jul/2020 ] The Stockholm Syndrome Ensembleis -as the name implies -based in Stockholm, and consists of five of the city's leading musicians. Project-based and often inviting guest performers, the SSE is known for its imaginative programmes built around a... |
DVORAK / SUK / JANACEK
Augustin Hadelich: Bohemian Tales Augustin Hadelich (violin), Charles Owen (piano), Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Jakub Hruša [ Warner Classics / CD - due 3/Jul/2020 ] "Mr Hadelich increasingly seems to be one of the outstanding violinists of his generation," wrote the New York Times after Augustin Hadelich played Dvořák's Violin Concerto under Czech-born Jakub Hrůša's baton in 2017. |
