Classical New Releases
Classical New Releases
Below is a list of all classical CD titles released in the last 120 days.
Displaying items 1 to 20 of 167
BOHUSLAV MARTINU / GEORGY SVIRIDOV / ARVO PART / ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Levansa Trio Andrew Beer (violin), Sarah Watkins (piano), Lev Sivkov (cello) [ Atoll Records / CD - released 17/May/2024 ] Uncompromising music, terrifically played. This album encompasses four of the Eastern European musical masterpieces for Piano Trio that emerged from the maelstrom of the 20th century. It begins with a work by a Czech exiled in Amnerica,... |
PORPORA / ROSSINI / BELLINI / DONIZETTI / MOZART / PACINI / etc
Cecilia Bartoli - Casta Diva Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) / Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 17/May/2024 ] Decca Classics has assembled some of Cecilia Bartoli's finest recordings, mixed with previously unreleased material, for a celebration of the operatic genre that has defined her career: bel canto. |
JOHN ADAMS
John Adams - Collected Works San Francisco Symphony, Orchestra Of St. Luke's, London Sinfonietta, Sanford Sylvan (baritone), Leila Josefowicz (violin), etc [ Nonesuch Records / 40 CD Box Set - released 17/May/2024 ] Nonesuch Records releases the forty-disc John Adams Collected Works, a box set featuring recordings spanning more than four decades of the composer's career with the label. |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Lahav Shani [ Warner Classics / CD - released 17/May/2024 ] Lahav Shani and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra bring a superb recording of Bruckner's 5th Symphony. Shani as a conductor has been devoted to Bruckner's music as he stated in an interview with Gramophone; "His music has a sense not only of... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances / The Ise of the Dead / etc Utah Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin [ Vox Classics / CD - released 17/May/2024 ] Rachmaninov's final work - and the only one composed fully in the United States - was the Symphonic Dances. It embraces jazz elements and ecstatic expressiveness and is both a valediction and a summation of his creativity. The Isle of the Dead is a... |
EDVARD GRIEG
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites / Holberg Suite / Norwegian Dances / etc Utah Symphony Orchestra, Maurice Abravane [ Vox Classics / CD - released 17/May/2024 ] The Elite Recordings for VOX by legendary producers Marc Aubort and Joanna Nickrenz are considered by audiophiles to be amongst the finest sounding examples of orchestral recordings |
EDOUARD LALO / PABLO SARASATE
Lalo: Symphonie espagnole / Sarrasate: Zigeunerweisen (LP) Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Orchestre National de France, Seiji Ozawa [ Warner Classics LP / LP - released 10/May/2024 ] "...pure intonation, the sweet tone and the warmly emotional and committed treatment that this much admired young artist gives the work." Gramophone |
BACH / GLASS / SCHUBERT / TCHAIKOVSKY / GRIEG / RACHMANINOV / PIAZZOLLA
Alexandre Tharaud & Friends - Four Hands Alexandre Tharaud (piano), with Nicolas Angelich, Mariam Batsashvili. Gautier Capucon, Bertrand Chamayou, Beatrice Rana, Vikingur Olafsson, etc [ Erato Classics / CD - released 3/May/2024 ] "This was something I'd had in mind for a long time…to put together an album for the sheer pleasure of it, in collaboration with dear friends and paying tribute to the wonders of the piano duet repertoire." - Alexandre Tharaud |
EDVARD GRIEG
Grieg: Holberg Suite, Ballade & Lyric Pieces Andrey Gugnin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/May/2024 ] Andrey Gugnin presents a wonderful all-Grieg recital, the elegant neo-classicism of 'From Holberg's time' (a rare and welcome opportunity to hear the original version for solo piano) contrasting with the brooding magnificence of the 'Ballade'. |
Bruce Paine (classical guitar)
...still we sang [ CD - released 3/May/2024 ] Comprising all premiere recordings of original solo classical guitar compositions, Bruce Paine's latest album '…still we sang' showcases his musicianship, distinctive guitar playing and wonderfully eclectic style of writing. |
BARBARA STROZZI / ISABELLA LEONARDA / FRANCESCA CACCINI / ANTONIA BEMBO
Christina Pluhar - Wonder Women Christina Pluhar / L'arpeggiata [ Erato Classics / CD - released 3/May/2024 ] Christina Pluhar leads her ensemble L'Arpeggiata in the multi-faceted Wonder Women. The culture-crossing album pays special homage to Italian female composers of the 17th century (notably Barbara Strozzi und Francesca Caccini), but also to women of... |
ANNIBALE PADOVANO
Padovano: Missa A la dolc' ombra & Missa Domine a lingua dolosa Cinquecento [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/May/2024 ] Celebrated in his time as a 'man of great worth', who 'really knew how to play well and compose well', Annibale Padovano's modern-day neglect doesn't reflect the high regard in which he was held. Cinquecento deliver flawless accounts of two major... |
NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain Deyan Vatchkov (bass-bartone) / Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Warner Classics / CD - released 3/May/2024 ] Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade and Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain are two of the most popular works in the Russian repertoire. Programming them together as Music Director of the Orchestra and Chorus dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.... |
W. A. MOZART
Emmanuel Pahud - Mozart Stories Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Eric Le Sage (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 3/May/2024 ] Flautist Emmanuel Pahud and pianist Éric Le Sage with present a new album "Mozart Stories", featuring some of Mozart's best sonatas which were originally written for Violin and Piano, now arranged for Flute. Emmanuel Pahud has been captivated by... |
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN / DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Julius Asal - Scriabin & Scarlatti Julius Asal (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 3/May/2024 ] Following a series of pre-release tracks Julius Asal now releases his debut DG album Scriabin - Scarlatti. The program creates a dreamlike meditation between different eras and states of mind by combining two composers, that are rarely mentioned in... |
W. A. MOZART / RICHARD STRAUSS
Mozart & Strauss: Lieder Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Mathieu Pordoy (piano), with Vilde Frang (violin) [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 3/May/2024 ] "Devieilhe and Pordoy's interpretations of Strauss's Ständchen and In Schwebe, and Mozart's Das Veilchen are among the countless delights here, radiating purity, clarity and musicality" Sunday Times |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Intense Tchaikovsky - a collection of Russian romantic masterpieces (LP) Vladimir Spivakov (violin), Maxim Vengerov (violin), Itamar Golan (piano), Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Viktoria Postnikova (piano), Berlin Philharmonic, [ Warner Classics / LP - released 3/May/2024 ] Tchaikovsky stands as the central figure of 19th-century Russian Romanticism, embodying its widespread and vibrant vitality alongside a profound and sincere depth. This collection seeks to encapsulate the epic and intense qualities inherent in the... |
ALBENIZ / BEETHOVEN / KAPUSTIN / LIGETI / SCRIABIN
Yuja Wang - The Vienna Recital Yuja Wang (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 3/May/2024 ] 2023 Grammy-nominated Yuja Wang demonstrates her incredible range of interpretation with this eclectic program from her highly acclaimed 2022 Vienna recital. The star pianist displays her fiery virtuosity in little-known compositions by György Ligeti... |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: 24 Etudes, Opp. 10 & 25 Yunchan Lim (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 3/May/2024 ] "His Chopin is as flexible and feather-light as it is fluent and fiery, as compelling in its sense of structure as in its relishing of detail. The whole experience radiates joyful, youthful exuberance." Gramophone Recording of the Month May 2024 |
Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) / Ben Tunnicliffe (double bass), Archie Churchill-Moss (acoustic guitar), Patrick Rimes (fiddle), Patrick Rimes (bagpipes)
Bryn Terfel - Sea Songs [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 26/Apr/2024 ] Bryn Terfel's first studio album in over five years featuring wildly romantic "Sea Songs". Shanties and songs about the sea and seafaring in a folky guise such as "Wellerman", "Bold Riley", "Drunken Sailor" or "Sloop John B", with guests such as... |
