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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LOUIS SPOHR
Spohr: Violin Duets, Vol 3 Jameson Cooper, Bela Horvath, James Dickenson [ Naxos / CD - due 15/Jan/2027 ] Louis Spohr's reputation as a symphonist and composer of violin concertos has tended to eclipse the chamber compositions he wrote throughout his life. Spohr's early Violin Duets, Op. 3 all open with expressive slow introductions and are full of... |
TOBIAS HUME / GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN / CARL FRIEDRICH ABEL / MARIN MARAIS / ANTOINE FORQUERAY / JACQUES-MARTIN HOTTETERRE / J. S. BACH
笑 (Shō) - Laughter Kaori Uemura, Ricardo Rodríguez Miranda, François Guerrier [ Ramée / CD - due 15/Jan/2027 ] For the third part of her triptych, Kaori Uemura was inspired by an interpretation of the Chinese character 笑 (Shō - laughter), which is said to depict a priestess dancing with open arms to delight the gods and to celebrate the joy of being. This... |
LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Boccherini: The Six Quintets for Oboe and Strings, Op. 55 Quintetto Bernardini [ Arcana / CD - due 15/Jan/2027 ] Luigi Boccherini may be considered the greatest Italian composer of instrumental music of the Classical period. While his writing for the string quartet is original and comparable to that of Haydn and Mozart, less well-known, but no less interesting,... |
J.S. BACH / MELCHIOR HOFFMANN
Bach: Ich habe genung Reinoud Van Mechelen; Anna Besson; A Nocte Temporis [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 15/Jan/2027 ] Ten years after Erbarme dich (ALPHA 252), which marked the birth of a nocte temporis, the ensemble returns to Bach, this time accompanied by the superb organ at Wondelgem in Belgium, built by Joris Potvlieghe in 2022 and modelled on Bach's favourite... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Symphoniæ Castello Consort [ Channel Classics / CD - due 22/Jan/2027 ] In 1647, Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria settled in Brussels, bringing his own music chapel, the Musica di Camera, distinct from the court's Royale Chapelle. Led by Kapelmeester Gioseffo Zamponi, this ensemble of German, Austrian and Italian... |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART / VINCENZO BELLINI / GAETANO DONIZETTI / GIUSEPPE VERDI / JULES MASSENET / GIACOMO PUCCINI
Veils of Love Kristina Mkhitaryan (soprano), Constantine Orbelian, Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra [ Delos / CD - due 22/Jan/2027 ] Armenian soprano Kristina Mkhitaryan presents her debut solo album: a dazzling program of operatic recitative and arias. Showcasing the expressive power of the soprano voice, this recital recounts tragic stories of hapless heroines facing impossible... |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 4 & 5 Lisa Batiashvili, Kammerakademie Potsdam, François Leleux [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 22/Jan/2027 ] Alpha Classics is delighted to begin a collaboration with Lisa Batiashvili on several projects. For her first album, she performs W. A. Mozart's 4th and 5th Violin Concertos with Kammerakademie Potsdam under the baton of their new artistic director,... |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 4 & 5 (LP) Lisa Batiashvili, Kammerakademie Potsdam, François Leleux [ Alpha Classics / 2 LP - due 22/Jan/2027 ] Alpha Classics is delighted to begin a collaboration with Lisa Batiashvili on several projects. For her first album, she performs W. A. Mozart's 4th and 5th Violin Concertos with Kammerakademie Potsdam under the baton of their new artistic director,... |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: L'Histoire du soldat (Live) Didier Sandre; Julien Masmondet; Les Apaches! [ B Records / CD - due 29/Jan/2027 ] If one had to name just one work that captures the identity of the Apaches of the early 20th century, it would be this one. Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale encapsulates all the concerns of Parisian artists during the Belle Époque: artistic cross-... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Complete Sacred Choral Works, Vol 2 Juliane Banse, Seil Kim, Äneas Humm, WDR Radio Choir, Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Christoph Poppen [ Naxos / CD - due 29/Jan/2027 ] The music of Felix Mendelssohn is often at its most profound in his sacred choral works. This second volume focuses on chorale cantatas in which the composer sets Lutheran texts and chorales in short movements, deploying solo arias or duets as... |
ROBERT SCHUMANN / PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY / POLINA NAZAYKINSKAYA
About Love Julie Sévilla-Fraysse; Orchestre de la Garde républicaine; Bastien Stil [ EnPhases / CD - due 29/Jan/2027 ] Universal and timeless, love remains an infinite source of beauty and creation. "Composed in 1850, Schumann's Cello Concerto is a work that has always captivated and fascinated me. Its deeply Romantic character never slips into pathos. With depth,... |
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Works for Cello and Piano, Vol. 1 Martin Helmchen, Marie-Elisabeth Hecker [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 29/Jan/2027 ] On the eve of the Beethoven bicentenary, Marie-Elisabeth Hecker and Martin Helmchen present the first volume of their complete recording of works for cello and piano. Ten years separate his Sonata Opus 5, composed when he was 25, and Sonata No. 3... |
JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY
Lully: Persée Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - due 29/Jan/2027 ] A musical tragedy in five acts and a prologue in praise of Louis XIV, composed in 1682 to a libretto by Philippe Quinault, Persée is the most spectacular of all Lully's operas. Over the past quarter of a century - since the last recording dedicated... |
JULIAN CARRILLO
Carrillo: Complete String Quartets, Vol 1 Momenta Quartet [ Naxos / CD - due 29/Jan/2027 ] The string quartets of pioneering Mexican composer Julián Carrillo offer a 60-year panoramic survey of his compositional journey, from late Romanticism to his admired microtonal works of the 1950s and 60s. String Quartets No. 5 and No. 6 from 1937... |
GABRIEL FAURÉ / FRANZ LISZT / KAROL SZYMANOWSKI / SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Héritage Valère Burnon [ Fuga Libera / CD - due 29/Jan/2027 ] This recording explores Chopin's legacy through the works of Liszt, Fauré, Szymanowski and Rachmaninov. The ballade, the nocturne, the mazurka and the prelude - all forms closely associated with Chopin - are transformed and reinvented here in very... |
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B Flat Major & Symphony No. 6 in F Major "Pastoral" Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer [ Channel Classics / CD - due 5/Feb/2027 ] Two fundamentally different symphonies: both works explore feelings from an entirely different point of view. The Fourth is about human feelings and moods: obsession, love (what a melody in the second movement!), happiness, fun, wit, (Beethoven's... |
FRANÇOIS COUPERIN
Couperin: L'Art de toucher avec la viole Guido Balestracci, L'Amoroso, Stéphanie Houillon, Xavier Diaz-Latorre, Paolo Corsi [ Arcana / CD - due 5/Feb/2027 ] Possibly written as a tribute to Marin Marais, who died in the year this masterpiece was published, the Pièces de Violes that François Couperin composed towards the end of his life constitute a significant part of his musical legacy, while also... |
FERNANDO FISZBEIN
Fiszbein: L'Homme qui aimait les chiens (Live) Juliette Allen, Léa Trommenschlager, Camille Merckx, Vincent Vantyghem, Olivier Gourdy, Pierre-Emmanuel Roubet, Ensemble Court-Circuit, Jean Deroyer [ B Records / 2 CD - due 5/Feb/2027 ] Inspired by Leonardo Padura's novel of the same name, L'Homme qui aimait les chiens juxtaposes the intertwined fates of Trotsky and his assassin Ramón Mercader, alias Jacques Mornard, brought together in a political tragedy that transcends their... |
OLGA VICTOROVA / ALEXANDER TCHAIKOVSKY
Alexander Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 - Olga Victorova: Norway Ural Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitry Liss [ Fuga Libera / CD - due 5/Feb/2027 ] "Contemporary music today encompasses an incredibly diverse range of genres, where the most radical avant-garde blends with elements borrowed from jazz and popular music. It is a vast melting pot in which everything is bubbling away." These are the... |
ISAAC ALBÉNIZ / JOAQUÍN TURINA
Albéniz: Iberia Burkard Spinnler [ Cypres Records / 2 CD - due 12/Feb/2027 ] Isaac Albéniz remains one of the great figures of Spanish music. A child prodigy on the piano, he developed a unique musical language through his travels and encounters, drawing on Hispanic traditions whilst remaining open to French influences,... |
