Classical New Releases
Classical New Releases
Below is a list of all classical CD titles released in the last 120 days.
Displaying items 121 to 140 of 173
ANTOINE & MAX BOHRER
Bohrer: Grande symphonie militaire Friedemann Eichhorn (violin) Alexander Hülshoff (cello) / Jena Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicolás Pasquet [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Feb/2024 ] The Bohrer family produced a succession of distinguished musicians of whom the brothers Antoine, a violinist who studied with Rodolphe Kreutzer in Paris, and cellist Max were the most eminent. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Ernani (complete opera recorded in 2022) Francesco Meli, Roberto Frontali, Vitalij Kowaljow, Maria José Siri / Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, James Conlon [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 16/Feb/2024 ] Victor Hugo's 1830 stage drama Hernani won overwhelming admiration, and over a decade later Verdi's attention was drawn to it as an operatic vehicle that would give him opportunities for full dramatic unity. |
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BELA BARTOK
Bartok: Piano Music Volume 9 [Incls Piano Sonata, Op..19] Goran Filipec (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Feb/2024 ] Two important works dominate volume nine of this series. The first is Bartók's substantial and ambitious late-Romantic Piano Sonata, Op. 19, a very early work, composed when he was around 17 before his studies in Budapest. It was long considered lost... |
PHILIP W. J. STOPFORD
Stopford: Sacred Choral Music Grace Davidson (soprano) / Choir of St Luke's Chelsea, Chelsea Camerata, Jeremy Summerly [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Feb/2024 ] Philip Stopford is admired in Britain and America for his beautifully crafted music, rooted in the Anglican tradition. His works are memorable and colourful, as these world premiere recordings demonstrate. The biggest piece on this album is the Missa... |
THOMAS TELLEFSEN / FRIEDRICH KALKBRENNER
Tellefsen & Kalkbrenner: Piano Concertos Howard Shelley (piano), Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra [ Hyperion / CD - released 16/Feb/2024 ] A fascinating new name bursts into our Romantic Piano series with the two concertos by Thomas Tellefsen, here coupled with an extended concert piece by series stalwart Friedrich Kalkbrenner. All three works here enjoy Howard Shelley's trademark... |
Kronos Quartet
Black Angels (LP) [ Nonesuch / Warner / 2 LP - released 16/Feb/2024 ] "Stylishly packaged, intelligently programmed, superbly recorded and brilliantly performed. In short, very much the sort of disc we've come to expect from the talented and imaginative Kronos Quartet." |
BELA BARTOK / LUCIANO BERIO / MAURICE RAVEL / XAVIER MONTSALVATGE
Kozená: Folk Songs Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), Czech Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle [ Pentatone / CD - released 16/Feb/2024 ] Magdalena Kozena's fourth Pentatone album Folk Songs brings together folk-inspired song cycles from across the globe. Ranging from Berio's Folk Songs to sets by Bartok, Ravel and Montsalvatge, this collection provides a kaleidoscope of... |
CARL CZERNY
Czerny: Nocturnes Roberte Mamou (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Feb/2024 ] Czerny is remembered as Beethoven's favoured interpreter of his own piano works and is well known as Liszt's teacher, but it is for his pedagogic works, still in use to this day, that he continues to enjoy renown. The Nocturnes offer a less familiar... |
Cesar FRANCK / Ernest CHAUSSON
Franck/Chausson: Symphonies Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Jean-Luc Tingaud [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Feb/2024 ] César Franck's only symphony came at a time when the French music world was seeking to rival the great Austro-German tradition. The 'darkness-to-light' narrative of the Symphony in D minor owes a debt to Beethoven and there is a unique power within... |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Elisabetta regina d'Inghilterra (complete opera recorded in 2021) Serena Farnocchia, Patrick Kabongo, Mert Süngü, Veronica Marini / Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus, Antonino Fogliani [ Naxos Opera / 2 CD - released 16/Feb/2024 ] Rossini's rarely performed Elisabetta regina d'Inghilterra was his first opera for the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples. With the composer showcasing and indeed recycling some of his best music, it was an enormous success and allowed him to become... |
GABRIEL FAURE / GEORGE ENESCU
Faure/Enescu: Piano Quartets Suyeon Kang (violin), Karolina Errera (viola), Andrei Ioniță (cello), Catalin Serban (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Feb/2024 ] Gabriel Fauré's Piano Quartet in C minor was one of the first of its genre in France, composed as part of the 'Ars Gallica' idea of strengthening French music against German cultural domination. |
FRANZ von SUPPE
Suppé: Fantasia Symphonica / Overtures / Preludes Tonkünstler-Orchester, Ola Rudner [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Feb/2024 ] "you have on offer a fresh insight into the now-vanished world of Franz von Suppé, a composer of so many engaging attributes, evidently shared by this conductor" Gramophone |
HENRY VIEUXTEMPS
Vieuxtemps: Innermost Voices Vilmos Csikos (violin) Olivier Lechardeur (piano) Manon Lamaison (soprano) [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Feb/2024 ] Famed for his profoundly Romantic violin concertos, Henry Vieuxtemps revolutionised violin playing in the 19th century. His loyal student Eugène Ysaÿe pointed out that his teacher's work was 'a treasure to be protected at all costs' and 'ought to be... |
GIOVANNI & ANDREA GABRIELI / CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI / GIACOMO FINETTI & OTHERS
Sacred treasures of Venice - Sacred motets from the Golden Age of Venetian polyphony The London Oratory Schola Cantorum, Charles Cole [ Hyperion / CD - released 9/Feb/2024 ] It's tempting to imagine that this is how the music might have sounded four centuries ago in the glorious surroundings of St Mark's. Certainly, any comparisons are unlikely to be to the disadvantage of these exceptional young singers. |
HENRIK HELLSTENIUS
Hellstenius - Public Behaviour / Together Nordic Voices, Hans-Kristian Kjos Sörensen (percussion) Ellen Ugelvik (piano) / Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 9/Feb/2024 ] "Looking for something to blow the musical cobwebs away? Try Henrik Hellstenius...Potent, powerful stuff." Gramophone |
GIACOMO PUCCCINI
Puccini: Symphonic Suites Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Carlo Rizzi [ Signum / CD - released 9/Feb/2024 ] Puccini never made any orchestral suites from his immensely popular operas. Carlo Rizzi's new imaginings neatly fill this gap (all the best bits without any of that pesky singing …) and this useful album also explores two early-and decidedly... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Sonatas for 2 Violins Alessandro Ciccolini & Domenico Scicchitano (violin) / Compagnia de Violini [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/2024 ] Vivaldi's Sonatas for two violins, anco senza basso se piace (also without bass if preferred), represent one of the innumerable peaks of his compositional prowess. They are structured in three movements, each of which develops in a bipartite manner,... |
GIOCOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: A Te, Puccini Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) Vincenzo Scalera (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 2/Feb/2024 ] Signum Classics are proud to present Romanian-born soprano Angela Gheorghiu's first album on the Grammy award winning label. Described as "the world's most glamorous and gifted opera star" (New York Sun), Ms. Gheorghiu's magnificent voice and... |
SIBELIUS / NIELSEN / GRIEG / SVENDSEN / STENHAMMAR / ALFVEN
Nordic Symphonies Berliner Sinfonie‐Orchester, Kurt Sanderling / Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, Theodore Kuchar / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Bjarte Engset / etc [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/2024 ] This generous 10 CD set presents a comprehensive collection of symphonies written by Nordic composers. Their Symphonies hold a unique place in music history, blending lush melodies with the evocative power of nature. |
ALFREDO FRANCO / CRISTANO PORQUEDDU / FRANCO CAVALLONE / FRANCESCO MORITTU / ROBERTO PIANA
Tales from Sardinia: Music for Flute and Guitar Cordas et Bentu Duo [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/2024 ] For the Cordas et Bentu Duo, Sardinia has always been a source of inspiration; the ensemble's name, Sardinian for "strings and wind", is an homage to the island's culture. Apeddu and Luciani's mission to find original compositions connected to their... |
