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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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... |
MILI BALAKIREV / LEONARD BERNSTEIN / GEORGES BIZET / BENJAMIN BRITTEN / CARLOS GARDEL / GEORGE GERSHWIN / CARLOS GUASTAVINO / MARK MINKOV / XAVIER MON
Mujer Fatal Aigul Akhmetshina (soprano), Antonio Pappano (piano) [ 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,... |
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... |
