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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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Complete Chamber Music & Violin Concerto (Live) Pierre Fouchenneret; Lise Berthaud; Anna Sypniewski; Victor Julien-Laferrière; François Salque; Caroline Sypniewski; Sarah Fouchenneret; Philibert Per [ B Records / 9 CD - due 2/Oct/2026 ] The idea for a series of recordings devoted to the music of Robert Schumann arose from Pierre and Théo Fouchenneret's work on the Sonatas for violin and piano, and from a desire to expand the project by exploring the rest of his chamber music as well... |
ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG
Schönberg: Piano Works Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 2/Oct/2026 ] The French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard, a leading figure in contemporary classical music and an insightful interpreter of the core piano repertoire, has joined Alpha Classics and launches the partnership with an album that has long been close to... |
ANONYMOUS / FRANCESCO GEMINIANI / JAMES OSWALD / TURLOUGH O'CAROLAN / NIEL GOW / THOMAS D'URFEY / WILLIAM THOMSON / THOMAS MOORE / ARCHIE FISHER / JER
Songs from the North Country (LP) Rosemary Standley, François Lazarevitch, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien [ Alpha Classics / 2 LP - due 2/Oct/2026 ] As great lovers of traditional music, Rosemary Standley and François Lazarevitch were bound to meet one day. The founding leader of Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien proposed to the iconic singer of the legendary rock band Moriarty - who has already... |
RICHARD STRAUSS / BELA BARTOK
Strauss & Bartók: Violin Concertos Alena Baeva; Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen; Paavo Järvi [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] "The only violin concerto written by Richard Strauss, at just 18 years old, is a beautiful, energetic, brilliantly structured work with so many clues and features of his later style.", says Alena Baeva. With her long-standing collaborator Paavo Järvi... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Pyramids Recital Fatma Said (soprano), Thibaut Maudry (violin), Hani El Sawaf (darbouka drums), Mohamed Ahmed (ney flute), Mohamed El Said (oud lute), Les Frivolités [ Warner Classics / CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] Songs from across continents and time come together before the majestic backdrop of the pyramids of Giza in this one-of-a-kind musical project, starring Fatma Said. Accompanied by the musicians of the orchestra Les Frivolités Parisiennes, conductor... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Schostakovich: Symphony No. 8 (Complete Symphonies, Vol. 2) Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Alain Altinoglu [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] 'Basically, I only have two symphonies: the Fourth and the Eighth.' Shostakovich is said to have remarked. Yevgeny Mravinsky, to whom Symphony No. 8 is dedicated, wrote in his diary: 'I spent the whole evening reflecting on and sketching out the form... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Sonatas and Fantasy for Violin and Fortepiano Ilya Gringolts, Anton Gerzenberg [ Arcana / CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] Spanning 1816 to 1827, Schubert's works for violin and piano trace a remarkable evolution in his musical voice, though their reception has often obscured their true significance. Revisiting them today reveals a composer whose imagination for the... |
JEAN-FRANÇOIS DUTERTRE / JEAN RIBOUILLAULT / CHRISTOPHE TOUSSAINT
France - The Epinette of the Vosges Jean-François Dutertre, Jean Ribouillault, Christophe Toussaint [ Ocora / CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] Through a large repertoire spanning from the 18th century to their own compositions, Jean-François Dutertre, Jean Ribouillault and Christophe Toussaint (key figures in the folk revival of the 1970s) display here the profound expressive richness of... |
MICHELE CARAFA
Carafa: Masaniello Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, Nicola Pascoli (conductor) [ Naxos / 2 CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] Michele Carafa, a student of Cherubini, formed a lifelong friendship with Rossini built on mutual admiration. He established his career in Paris through his association with the Opéra Comique, where he presented his masterpiece Masaniello. Uniquely,... |
AARON MESSING / ANNI HOCHHALTER / CHARLES MUELLER / ARIELLE KASNETZ / CAMERON LECRONE
Recall, Recall (LP) Late Aster [ Delos / LP - due 9/Oct/2026 ] The latest release by the two classically trained brass musicians/composers Aaron Messing and Anni Hochhalter, 'Recall, Recall', is an overflowing menagerie of sounds and melodies featuring textured injections of trumpet and French horn, with some... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Our Lady of Antwerp. A Musical Path to Rubens Utopia Ensemble, Psallentes [ Ramée / CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] Antwerp's collegiate church of Our Lady developed into one of the most important musical centres in the Low Countries over the course of the 15th and 16th centuries. This recording traces the lineage of the directors of music and the singers... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies No. 3 & 7 (Intégrale des symphonies, Vol. 2) (Live) Victor Julien-Laferrière; Orchestre Consuelo [ B Records / 2 CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] Victor Julien-Laferrière and Consuelo continue their complete recording of Ludwig van Beethoven's symphonies with a triumphant double bill: the 'Eroica' Symphony, a grand epic that has left its mark on the history of music, and the whirlwind Seventh,... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Behind the Skyline Wolfgang Mitschke (piano, keyboards, bass, drums) [ Naxos / CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] Wolfgang Mitschke's Behind the Skyline is a heartfelt tribute to German jazz pianist Horst Jankowski. Recorded in the Rhineland, the album blends vintage jazz spirit with Mitschke's own compositions, interweaving standards from the Great American... |
RICHARD STRAUSS / BÉLA BARTÓK / JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Komm! Wrocław Baroque Ensemble, Andrzej Kosendiak, NFM Boys' Choir [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] As the founder of the Wrocław Baroque Ensemble, which performs on period instruments, the Polish conductor Andrzej Kosendiak is a champion of Baroque music and has specialised in oratorios and cantatas from various periods. Giovanni Antonini has a... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Rare Original Solo Piano Transcriptions Alexey Zuev (piano) [ Fuga Libera / 3 CD - due 16/Oct/2026 ] Rarely heard, Sergei Prokofiev's own transcriptions for solo piano reveal a fascinating new perspective on his orchestral imagination. This collection brings together rare piano versions of symphonic and ballet works, including several world premiere... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Songs without Words Bertrand Chamayou (piano) [ Erato / CD - due 16/Oct/2026 ] "Mendelssohn's Songs without Words are very well known, yet little known at the same time," says Bertrand Chamayou. "There are 48 of them in all, but fewer than ten of them feature regularly in concert programmes." With this recording of the... |
MATEO ROMERO / JOSEPH DE SAN JUAN / FRANCISCO HERNÁNDEZ Y LLANA
¡A la fiesta! Cantoría; Jorge Losana [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 16/Oct/2026 ] This recording celebrates the Christmas season and its music, but above all it offers an opportunity to discover a little-known Catalan composer, José de San Juan, one of the most famous of his time in Spain, born in Olot (Girona) in 1687 and who... |
ORAZIO BENEVOLO
Benevolo: Missa si Deus pro nobis & Magnificat Hervé Niquet; Le Concert Spirituel [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 16/Oct/2026 ] Hervé Niquet possesses two constant character traits: he is an indefatigable excavator of forgotten music, and he loves polyphony and 'large forms'. A few years ago, he caused a sensation by exhuming the monumental music of Striggio. To mark the... |
MAURICE RAVE / GUILLAUME LEKEU / PATRICK LETERME
Vivantes (Live) Katok Ensemble [ B Records / CD - due 16/Oct/2026 ] Vivantes brings together the Katok Ensemble, led by Paul Serri, and the Belgian composer Patrick Leterme for a programme conceived at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Charleroi. Spanning works by Maurice Ravel and Guillaume Lekeu, alongside a new... |
BALDASSARE GALUPPI
Galuppi: L'uomo femina Le Poème Harmonique; Lucile Richardot; Vincent Dumestre; Eva Zaïcik; Victoire Bunel; Anas Séguin; Victor Sicard; François Rougier [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / 2 CD - due 16/Oct/2026 ] Welcome to an island where gender roles are radically reversed! Here, Princess Cretidea reigns as a warrior sovereign over submissive men, condemned to vanity and superficial adornment. The unexpected arrival of Roberto and Giannino, castaways from a... |
