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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FRANZ KROMMER
Krommer: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 Klára Mach Jasenčáková (flute), Vojtěch Podroužek (oboe), Markéta Čepická (violin), Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice, Marek Štilec [ Naxos / CD - due 24/Jul/2026 ] Franz Krommer served the Habsburg emperors as court composer in Vienna, having succeeded his Czech compatriot, Leopold Koželuch. He excelled in a vast range of music, notably the string quartet and music for winds, but he also wrote eight published... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Opp. 109, 110 & 111 Mitsuko Uchida (piano) [ Decca / CD - due 24/Jul/2026 ] World-renowned pianist Mitsuko Uchida releases a new album of Beethoven's final three piano sonatas, Op. 109-110-111. Recorded live at Suntory Hall in Japan (October 2025), this marks her second and final recording of these works, following her... |
CHEN YI
Chen Yi: Works for Violin, Viola and Piano Patrick Yim (violin, viola), Kiu Tung Poon (piano) [ Naxos / CD - due 24/Jul/2026 ] The four works on this album by the esteemed Chinese-American composer Chen Yi are all premiere recordings, two of which - The Soulful and the Perpetual and Three Bagatelles - she has adapted specifically for violinist/violist Patrick Yim and pianist... |
DAVID HACKBRIDGE JOHNSON
Johnson: A Pocket Full of Tunes Peter Sheppard Skærved (violin) [ Metier / CD - due 24/Jul/2026 ] Métier presents David Hackbridge-Johnson's A Pocketful of Tunes, a collection of fascinating works for solo violin and viola written for and performed by internationally acclaimed violinist Peter Sheppard Skærved, resulting from their friendship and... |
JOHN McCABE
McCabe: Symphonies 2 & 3 and Cello Concerto Raphael Wallfisch (cello), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Woods (conductor) [ Signum / CD - due 24/Jul/2026 ] This album brings together three major orchestral works by John McCabe, composed between 1970 and 2007, and reflecting key strands of his musical thought. Symphony No. 2 unfolds as a tightly integrated single span, notable for its rhythmic energy,... |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Schnittke: Complete Works for Two Violins Vadim Gluzman (violin), Friedemann Eichhorn (violin), Evgeny Sinaiski, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Valentin Uryupin [ Naxos / CD - due 24/Jul/2026 ] Alfred Schnittke's oeuvre carries an unmistakable personal signature that integrates widely differing stylistic worlds. The profoundly compelling works heard in this programme display an extraordinary level of expression and colours. From the... |
COLEMAN / COLLINS / COPLEY / MENDOZA PETERSEN / YAGISAWA / YORK
Brass For Uncommon Times - Coleman Collins Copley Mendoza Petersen Yagisawa York Hiram Diaz (vocals), Velvet Brown (tuba) Fran Vielma (percussion), Daniel Prim (Drum Kit) [ Naxos / CD - due 24/Jul/2026 ] Composed between 2004 and 2022 the seven works on this album reflect the concerns and crises of our time. These include the pandemic, racial unrest, global conflict, reflections on the realities of war, the pervasive use of gun violence, pollution... |
The Leipzig Collegium Musicum
Volume 1: Music before Bach [ Pentatone / CD - due 31/Jul/2026 ] The Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum (NBCM) and its artistic director Reinhard Goebel launch a new series with The Leipzig Collegium Musicum Vol. 1: Music before Bach, offering a vivid glimpse into Leipzig's rich musical life at the beginning of... |
MARK ADAMO
Adamo: Lysistrata Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Odyssey Opera, Gil Rose [ Pentatone / 2 CD - due 7/Aug/2026 ] Boston Modern Orchestra Project and Gil Rose present the world premiere recording of Lysistrata, or The Nude Goddess, an opera by Mark Adamo. Far removed from the familiar outlines of Aristophanes' ancient comedy, this daring reimagining reshapes a... |
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH / ALEXANDER SILOTI / LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN / JOHN CAGE / FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN / CLAUDE DEBUSSY / GYÖRGY LIGETI / FEDERICO MOMPOU / AGN
Lunaris Bruce Liu (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - due 7/Aug/2026 ] Bruce Liu, whose career has surged to worldwide fame and recognition since winning the 2021 International Chopin Piano Competition, is hailed for his "elf-like virtuosity" (Le Monde) and "elegance and lightness of touch" (The Guardian). Liu now... |
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR
Widor: Piano Music Daniel Grimwood (piano) [ Danacord / CD - due 7/Aug/2026 ] Widor composed for stage, voice, orchestra, chamber ensemble and, most famously, organ. When a composer's primary mode of expression is the king of instruments, a certain austerity can attach itself to their reputation and this is arguably the case... |
MORTIZ MOSZKOWSKI
Moszkowski: Orchestral Music, Vol. 4 Ian Hobson, Sinfonia Varsovia [ Toccata / CD - due 7/Aug/2026 ] The Polish composer Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925) is best remembered for a handful of virtuoso piano pieces, but he also produced a substantial body of orchestral music, most of it unperformed for a century or more. This fourth volume presents his... |
JOSEPH HAAS
Haas: The Violin Works Ludmila Pavlova (violin), Alissa Firsova (piano) [ Ars Produktion / CD - due 7/Aug/2026 ] Joseph Haas (1879-1960) was a German composer and student of Max Reger, whose works for violin and piano (1905-1912) clearly show the development from an early style strongly influenced by Reger to greater independence. While the early sonatinas... |
ANNA CLYNE / RUTH GIPPS / CARL MARIA VON WEBER
Strange Loops: Clarinet Quintets Mark van de Wiel (clarinet), Zsolt-Tihamer Visontay & Fiona Cornall (violins), Nicholas Bootiman (viola), Karen Stephenson (cello) [ Signum / CD - due 7/Aug/2026 ] Strange Loops presents clarinettist Mark van de Wiel with colleagues from the Philharmonia Orchestra in three works spanning over two centuries of chamber music. The album centres on the first recording of Anna Clyne's Strange Loops, written in 2020... |
EINAR ENGLUND / JEAN SIBELIUS / SELIM PALMGREN / KALERVO TUUKKANEN
Scenes from Finland Oulu Sinfonia, Rumon Gamba [ Chandos / CD - due 7/Aug/2026 ] Sibelius's Scaramouche, a ballet-pantomime commissioned in 1912 by his publishers, for a play by Poul Knudsen. His story line reflects the immense early twentieth-century interest in clowns and the commedia dell'arte, and in erotic desire, death, and... |
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN / RICHARD STRAUSS
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 / Strauss: A Hero's Life Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Seiji Ozawa [ Br-Klassik / CD - due 7/Aug/2026 ] The Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa (1935-2024) conducted the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Munich only twice - yet on both occasions, nothing less than musical history was made. In July 1983, Ozawa conducted Stravinsky's Le sacre du printemps... |
FRIEDRICH SCHWINDL
Schwindl: Symphonies Op. 10; La Pastorale, Op. 3 l'arte del mondo orchestra, Werner Ehrhardt [ Capriccio / CD - due 7/Aug/2026 ] Completely forgotten today, Friedrich Schwindl (1737-1786) was a highly esteemed violinist and composer in his time. Although his name appears repeatedly in the writings of Leopold Mozart, Charles Burney and Daniel Schubart, the construction of his... |
FRANCESCO WEBER
Weber: Sonatas For Mandolin And Continuo Davide Rebuffa, Luca Guglielmi, Nicola Brovelli [ Tactus / CD - due 7/Aug/2026 ] The 12 Sonatas for mandolino and continuo by Francesco Weber represent one of the most interesting collections of compositions for the baroque mandolino that have come down to us. Despite his German surname clearly suggesting German ancestry,... |
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... |
