Classical Recommendations
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New Release Round-Up - 7th August 2026
7th Aug 2026
Finnish orchestral works from Rumon Gamba in Oulu, Strauss from Gianandrea Noseda in Zürich, and the world premiere recordings of two recent American operas: Mark Adamo's Lysistrata and Missy Mazzoli & Royce Vavrek's Breaking the Waves.
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New Release Round-Up - 31st July 2026
31st Jul 2026
A visit to eighteenth-century Leipzig with Reinhard Goebel, Bruckner from the late Michael Tilson Thomas in Verbier, a lively collaboration between VOCES8 and Swedish barbershop group Ringmasters, and Robert Schumann from Matthias Goerne and Markus Hinterhäuser.
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New Release Round-Up - 24th July 2026
24th Jul 2026
Two new orchestral works from Joe Hisaishi, Bruckner from Nathalie Stutzmann in Atlanta, John Williams's Flute Concerto from the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, and a ninetieth-birthday celebration of Zubin Mehta.
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New Release Round-Up - 17th July 2026
17th Jul 2026
A Franco-Belgian recital from Elena Urioste and Tom Poster, Peter Donohoe's favourite Chopin, a Finzi triptych from the Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, and Schubert from George Xiaoyuan Fu and Lotte Betts-Dean.
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New Release Round-Up - 10th July 2026
10th Jul 2026
Youthful Mahler Lieder from Joseph Middleton and friends, the songs of French chanteuse Barbara from Jessica Walker, Douglas Moore's Pulitzer-winning opera Giants in the Earth, and Goldmark and Sibelius from Sueye Park.
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New Release Round-Up - 3rd July 2026
3rd Jul 2026
Piano Postcards from Sir Stephen Hough, Schumann from Adam Laloum, Berlin cabaret from Anne Sofie von Otter, and a final volume of Vivaldi bassoon concerti from Sergio Azzolini.
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New Release Round-Up - 26th June 2026
26th Jun 2026
Schubert from Paavo Järvi in Bremen, a new oratorio from British composer Edward Picton-Turbervill, Strauss from Edward Gardner and the LPO, and an exhilarating live Carmina Burana from Jader Bignamini in Detroit.
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New Release Round-Up - 19th June 2026
19th Jun 2026
Haydn from Denis Kozhukhin, Arthur Sullivan from David Webb and the Academy of Ancient Music, Debussy from Louis Lortie and Hélène Mercier, and Sibelius from Jukka-Pekka Saraste in Helsinki.
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New Release Round-Up - 12th June 2026
12th Jun 2026
Bach from Mahan Esfahani and the Britten Sinfonia, Rachmaninoff from Karina Canellakis and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, a 70th birthday celebration with Sally Beamish, and a return to CPE Bach from Arte Dei Suonatori and Marcin Świątkiewicz.
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New Release Round-Up - 5th June 2026
5th Jun 2026
Copland and Walker from the LSO and Antonio Pappano, Schubert from Roderick Williams and the Carducci Quartet, Vasks from the Latvian Radio Choir, and Beethoven from Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien.
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New Release Round-Up - 29th May 2026
29th May 2026
Barber's 'Vanessa' from the National Symphony Orchestra and Gianandrea Noseda, Dvořák and Wagenaar from Lahav Shani and the Rotterdam Philharmonic, Bach from Aapo Häkkinen, and microscopic Schubert from Rudolf Buchbinder.
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New Release Round-Up - 22nd May 2026
22nd May 2026
Mahler's Symphony No. 3 from Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, an American Dream from Barbara Hannigan in Gothenburg, Wagner's Ring Cycle from Fabio Luisi in Dallas, and Celtic nocturnes and folksongs from Barry Douglas.
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New Release Round-Up - 15th May 2026
15th May 2026
Lutosławski from Jean-Guihen Queyras and Gustavo Gimeno, Mozart horn concertos from Martin Owen and Manchester Camerata, choral works by Nico Muhly from the Choir of Magdalen College Oxford, and Charles Wood from the London Chamber Ensemble Quartet and Madeleine Mitchell.
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New Release Round-Up - 8th May 2026
8th May 2026
Elegiac Haydn from Giovanni Antonini, Brahms and Dora Pejačević from the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective, Florence Price from Ted Black & Sascha El Mouissi, and a Heine-themed recital from Helen Charlston and Sholto Kynoch.
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New Release Round-Up - 1st May 2026
1st May 2026
Schubert and Schumann from Arcadi Volodos, Beethoven from Paul Watkins and Alessio Bax, Reicha from Trio Bohémo, and Morales from De Profundis.
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New Release Round-Up - 24th April 2026
24th Apr 2026
Late nineteenth century viola works from Timothy Ridout, a French opera premiere from György Vashegyi and the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, Britten from Julie Roset, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo and Lawrence Foster, and Vaughan Williams from Roderick Williams and friends.
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New Release Round-Up - 17th April 2026
17th Apr 2026
Contemporary works from guitarist Sean Shibe, a double-bill of Chausson from violinist Renaud Capuçon, a transatlantic celebration of Spanish and South American Baroque and traditional music from L'Arpeggiata, and Mozart piano concertos from Jan Lisiecki.
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New Release Round-Up - 10th April 2026
10th Apr 2026
French orchestral mélodies from Cyrille Dubois, Semyon Bychkov's complete Mahler cycle with the Czech Philharmonic, Prokofiev from Isata Kanneh-Mason, and Steve Reich from the Colin Currie Group.
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New Release Round-Up - 3rd April 2026
3rd Apr 2026
Shostakovich from John Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic, Fauré from Pascal Rogé and Elena Font, a prayerful operatic recital from Elsa Dreisig, and super-sized Benevoli from I Fagiolini and Robert Hollingworth.
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New Release Round-Up - 27th March 2026
27th Mar 2026
Mendelssohn from Andris Nelsons in Leipzig, Handel's Messiah from Peter Whelan in Dublin, Baroque songs and arias from Jakub Józef Orliński and Michał Biel, and the first instalment of Anne-Sophie Mutter's ASM Forte Forward project.
