The following classical CD titles are due for release / re-release in the near future.
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CHRISTOPH GRAUPNER
Graupner: Christmas Cantatas Fieri Consort; Camerata Øresund [ Ramée / CD - due 23/Oct/2026 ] Christoph Graupner had spent five years as an opera composer in Hamburg before the Landgrave Ernst-Ludwig called upon him to take up the position of Hofkapellmeister in Darmstadt in 1709. He became the best-paid music director of his time and would... |
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LEO DELIBES
Delibes: Jean de Nivelle Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Cyrille Dubois (tenor), Melissa Petit (soprano), Marie-Andree Bouchard-Lesieur (mezzo-soprano) [ Bru Zane / 3 CD/Book - due 23/Oct/2026 ] Among Léo Delibes's output of some twenty operas, Jean de Nivelle falls within his mature period, between Le Roi l'a dit and Lakmé. The work's premiere at the Opéra-Comique on 8 March 1880 was a resounding success. The press praised the charm of the... |
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FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Cello Concertos Julie Sevilla-Fraysse (cello), Paris Virtuosi Orchestra, Eric Zorgniotti (conductor) [ EnPhases / CD - due 23/Oct/2026 ] "These two concertos by Joseph Haydn are cornerstones of the cello repertoire. For me, they belong to those works that accompany a cellist through the different stages and moments of life. I have always taken immense pleasure in performing them. This... |
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FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn 2032, Vol. 17: Per il Luigi (LP) Kammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antonini [ Alpha Classics / 2 LP - due 23/Oct/2026 ] Per il Luigi is the 17th volume of the complete Haydn 2032 collection and presents a number of Haydn's earliest symphonies; these had been composed to display the talent of the musicians who had joined the Esterházy court orchestra during the same... |
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FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn 2032, Vol. 20: For English Gentlemen Kammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antonini [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 23/Oct/2026 ] This twentieth volume of the complete Haydn symphonies, conducted by Giovanni Antonini, highlights the popularity of Haydn's music in England during the 1790s. Although Haydn was unable to travel to London himself, he sent his music there instead, as... |
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MIGUEL LLOBET
Llobet: Canciones populares catalanas Koki Fujimoto (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - due 23/Oct/2026 ] Japanese guitarist Koki Fujimoto presents a recital of evocative works from France, Spain, and Japan. He opens with his own arrangement of Ravel's Alborada del gracioso, shimmering with Spanish guitar colour, followed by one of Sor's finest... |
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DOMENICO SCARLATTI / JOSE de NEBRA
Domenico Scarlatti & José de Nebra: Stabat Mater & Salve Regina La Grande Chapelle [ Lauda / CD - due 23/Oct/2026 ] Two composers, two works devoted to Our Lady, and two ways of expressing sorrow and supplication through music. This recording brings together Domenico Scarlatti and José de Nebra around two of the great texts of Marian devotion. Scarlatti's Stabat... |
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FRANZ KROMMER
Krommer: Complete Clarinet Concertos Marek Svejkar (clarinet), Paul Meyer (clarinet), Hradec Kralove Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiri Habart (cond.) [ Supraphon / 2 CD - due 23/Oct/2026 ] This historic first complete recording of the clarinet concertos by František Vincenc Kramář (1759-1831), known to the European musical world as Franz Krommer, offers a comprehensive picture of the composer's music for an instrument undergoing rapid... |
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BORIS LYATOSHYNSKY
Lyatoshynsky: Chamber Works Vol.1 - String Quartets nos. 1 & 2 NotaBene Chamber Group [ Chandos / CD - due 23/Oct/2026 ] Boris Lyatoshynsky is regarded as one of the leading Ukrainian composers of the twentieth century. He developed and established a distinctive musical style rooted in the traditions of nineteenth-century European romanticism and the modernism of the... |
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ANTONIN DVORAK / JOHANNES BRAHMS
Dvorák: The Wild Dove / Brahms: Symphony No. 1 Philzuid, Duncan Ward [ Fuga Libera / CD - due 23/Oct/2026 ] Philzuid's eighth album is a live recording of Antonín Dvořák's The Wild Dove and Johannes Brahms's Symphony no.1. Dvořák was deeply fond of the poetry of his compatriot Karel Erben. The Wild Dove is one of four compositions in which Dvořák drew... |
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JOHN ADAMS
Adams: Road Movies I Still Play Roll over Beethoven (two piano arrangement Preben Antonsen) Am I in your light? (from: Dr. Atomic) Consuelo's Dream Ralph van Raat (piano), Laura Bohn (soprano), Rosanne Philippens (violin), Maarten van Veen (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - due 23/Oct/2026 ] John Adams is a composer whose music reflects the full breadth of American sound while remaining deeply rooted in Classical and Romantic traditions that shape his sense of structure, harmony, and expressive line. Works such as... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS / GABRIEL FAURÉ / CLARA SCHUMANN / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Loving Schumann Éric Le Sage (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 23/Oct/2026 ] A recognised specialist in the music of Robert Schumann (he recorded the complete works for solo piano between 2000 and 2010 for Alpha Classics), the French pianist Éric Le Sage has devised this programme as a tribute to those who loved Schumann and... |
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BÉLA BARTÓK / ERNŐ DOHNÁNYI / FRANZ LISZT
Ruralia Hungarica Suzana Bartal (piano) [ Channel Classics / CD - due 23/Oct/2026 ] Following her first recording of concertos for Channel Classics (CCS47825), the Franco-Hungarian pianist Suzana Bartal pays tribute to her Hungarian roots with a programme that showcases a variety of styles, from Liszt and his Gypsy influences to... |
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GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA PALESTRINA / ARVO PÄRT / CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI / GREGORIO ALLEGRI / KOMITAS VARDAPET / ANTONIO LOTTI
Live At Basilica San Marco, Venice The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips [ ECM New Series / 2 CD/Blu-ray Disc - due 23/Oct/2026 ] Here is a singular recording of the Tallis Scholars under Peter Phillips from the glorious Basilica di San Marco in Venice, recorded on July 14th, 2017. Included in the programme, conceived around Monteverdi's 450th anniversary year, are works by... |
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Tania Giannouli, Nik Bärtsch
Metakosmos [ Fuga Libera / CD - due 23/Oct/2026 ] Tania Giannouli and Nik Bärtsch have played together as a piano duo since 2023. Whilst they are both open to influences and traditions, their skill and passion are also nourished by chamber music from the classical tradition, by the true spirit of... |
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ALEX DE TAEYE / LUCIE VELLERE
Alchemy: Alex De Taeye & Lucie Vellère Trio Spilliaert [ Cypres Records / CD - due 23/Oct/2026 ] In bringing together in the same recording the trios of Alex De Taeye and of Lucie Vellère, we create a dialogue with two contrasting yet profoundly complementary voices of twentieth century Belgian music. They were contemporary, brought up in the... |
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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Complete Sonatas for Violin and Fortepiano Viktoria Mullova (violin), Alasdair Beatson (fortepiano), Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano) [ Signum / 4 CD - due 23/Oct/2026 ] This box set represents the culmination of Viktoria Mullova's celebrated series of Beethoven Violin Sonata recordings - a distinguished body of work produced in collaboration with pianists Kristian Bezuidenhout and Alasdair Beatson that has earned... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Cantà in cumpagnia Camerata Figarella [ Carpe Diem / CD - due 30/Oct/2026 ] In the album "Cantà in cumpagnia", Corsican vocal tradition and the art music of the Italian Renaissance come together in a unique way. Four singers and four wind players combine medieval lauds, madrigals, and motets with the living tradition of... |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony no.2 Jennifer Davis (soprano), Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano), Edinburgh Festival Chorus, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles [ Onyx / CD - due 30/Oct/2026 ] The composition of Mahler's Second Symphony took six years, starting life as a symphonic poem 'Totenfeier' completed in 1888. In 1890 Mahler added additional movements, completing what had become his Second Symphony in 1894. The opening movement,... |
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JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY / AGOSTINO STEFFANI / JOHN SIGISMOND COUSSER / HENRY PURCELL / ARTEMIO MOTTA / GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Under the Cover Les Muffatti [ Ramée / CD - due 30/Oct/2026 ] Jean-Sigismond Cousser, born Johann Sigismund Kusser in Hungary and died John Sigismond Cousser in Ireland, began his career in Stuttgart, held various positions at several German courts before being appointed director of the famous Opera am... |