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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... |
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... |
ANTONIO CALDERA
48° North. Caldara, from Venice to Vienna The BanXhies, Emmanuel Arakelian [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 4/Sep/2026 ] In Celtic mythology, the 'Banshee' is a messenger between worlds. The four musicians of The BanXhies have come together around this figure, seeking to use music as a conduit from the outer world to the inner world. For their very first album, Roxana... |
FANNY & FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Nui Esmé Quartet [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 4/Sep/2026 ] This album - the third to be released on Alpha Classics - is entitled Nui (a Korean word meaning 'sister'). The Esmé Quartet pays tribute to Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn, with Fanny's Quartet in E-Flat major, written during the final year of her life,... |
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... |
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN / GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Haydn 2032, Vol. 16: The Surprise (LP) Il Giardino Armonico, Basel Chamber Orchestra, Giovanni Antonini [ Alpha Classics / 2 LP - due 3/Jul/2026 ] "Joseph Haydn not only liked surprising his audiences, he also enjoyed a laugh", writes Christian Moritz-Bauer in the introduction to this sixteenth volume of the Haydn2032 complete recording of the symphonies. Take, for instance, the false... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / EUSEBIUS MANDYCZEWSKI
Melancolie: Brahms, Mandyczewski Konstantin Krimmel (baritone) Ammiel Bushakevitz (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 28/Aug/2026 ] "Having different backgrounds is an asset. Growing up in a multilingual environment fosters cognitive flexibility... I was fortunate enough to live between Romania and Germany," says Konstantin Krimmel. Together with his longtime musical partner... |
