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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
Abysses. French Arias for Contralto Aude Extrémo; Concerto Budapest Symphony Orchestra; György Vashegyi [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 20/Nov/2026 ] The contralto voice range did not emerge in French opera until around 1850, largely thanks to the singer Rosine Stoltz, who made her debut at the Paris Opera in 1837. The low female voice then gained prominence on all the Parisian opera stages, with... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Piano Trios, Vol. 3 Busch Trio [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 6/Nov/2026 ] For this third volume of their complete recording of Beethoven's piano trios, the Busch Trio presents the famous Trio in D Major, known as the 'Ghost' - a title which, according to Czerny, is likely a reference to Shakespeare and, in the slow... |
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... |
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... |
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... |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Concerto for 3 Pianos, KV 242, 3 Piano Concertos after J.C. Bach, KV 107 Julia Hamos, Avery Gagliano, Nathalia Milstein, Camerata Schweiz, Howard Griffiths [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 13/Nov/2026 ] This 17th volume in the 'Next Generation Mozart Soloists' series marks the conclusion of this collection which, under the inspired and supportive guidance of Howard Griffiths, has enabled dozens of young soloists to record Mozart's concertos with... |
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... |
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... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" Mari Eriksmoen; Anna Lucia Richter; Zürcher Sing-Akademie; Florian Helgath; Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich; Paavo Järvi [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 30/Oct/2026 ] For this fourth volume of their complete recording of Mahler's symphonies, Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich present a monumental work: Symphony No. 2, with its five movements and colossal orchestra, complemented by a choir and soloists:... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" (LP) Mari Eriksmoen; Anna Lucia Richter; Zürcher Sing-Akademie; Florian Helgath; Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich; Paavo Järvi [ Alpha Classics / 2 LP - due 30/Oct/2026 ] For this fourth volume of their complete recording of Mahler's symphonies, Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich present a monumental work: Symphony No. 2, with its five movements and colossal orchestra, complemented by a choir and soloists:... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2 Martin Helmchen (piano) [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - due 30/Oct/2026 ] Martin Helmchen continues his complete recording of Schubert's piano sonatas, comprising four double albums to be released between now and 2028, the bicentenary of the composer's death. This volume includes Sonatas D. 568 (1817), D. 845 (1825) and... |
ERNEST GUIRAUD / AUGUSTA HOLMÈS / FLORENT SCHMITT / MARIE JAËLL / CHARLES GOUNOD / GASTON CARRAUD / GUY ROPARTZ / CHARLES SILVER
Phantoms. French Symphonic Poems Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Pierre Dumoussaud [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 30/Oct/2026 ] "A genre of high fantasy, complete with its host of ghosts, demons, spirits and witches, usurped the place of the magical elements of Baroque opera in France during the 19th century," writes Alexandre Dratwicki in the introduction to this programme,... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV / KAROL SZYMANOWSKI / FAZIL SAY / PATRICIA KOPATCHINSKAJA
Patkop & Say Patricia Kopatchinskaja; Fazil Say [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 16/Oct/2026 ] For this second album on Alpha Classics (following ALPHA885), Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Fazıl Say are not only an extraordinary performing duo, but also composers. They have recorded Szymanowski's magnificent Myths and Prokofiev's sonata, written... |
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... |
YVONNE LORIOD / OLIVIER MESSIAEN
Loriod & Messiaen Roger Muraro, Florent Boffard [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 6/Nov/2026 ] Yvonne Loriod's creative-turned-romantic partnership with Olivier Messiaen is celebrated as one of twentieth-century music's greatest love stories. Yet the full extent of their artistic relationship is only now coming into focus, thanks to documents... |
CHRISTOPHER SIMPSON
Simpson: The Seasons, The Monthes & other divisions of Time - I Sophie Watillon, Friederike Heumann, Brian Franklin (viols) / Matthias Spaeter (theorba) / Luca Guglielmi (organ) [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 20/Nov/2026 ] Son of a shoemaker, Simpson composed pieces for the viol in all the styles prevalent in English viol music in the 17th century. He was also a revered theoretician. His book 'The Division-Violist' (London 1659) was highly praised. The late Sophie... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Quartets with Piano Trio Goldberg, David Bismuth [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 20/Nov/2026 ] Beethoven composed four piano quartets when he was just 15 years old, at a time when this instrumental combination was rare, even experimental. Mozart wrote for this ensemble at around the same time, but there is no evidence that Beethoven was... |
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... |
Alfa Mist
Bring Backs [ Anti- / CD - released 7/May/2021 ] Bring Backs marks Alfa's first release for the label ANTI- and is also the most detailed exploration of his upbringing in musical form. The album's nine tracks of groove-based intricacies, lyrical solipsism and meandering fragmentations are tied... |
