The following classical CD titles are due for release / re-release in the near future.
LUKAS FOSS
Foss: Ode / Renaissance Concerto / Three American Pieces / Symphony No. 1 in G major Amy Porter (flute) Nikki Chooi (violin) / Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos American Classics / CD - due 24/May/2024 ] Berlin-born Lukas Foss studied music in Paris before settling in Philadelphia in 1937. Though he freely explored diverse compositional styles, three of the works in this recording fall into his early neo-Classical period and exemplify his dictum that... |
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn 2032, Vol. 10: Les heures du jour (LP) Bernarda Fink (mezzo) / Il Giardino Armonico / Giovanni Antonini [ Alpha Classics / 2 LP - due 24/May/2024 ] The HAYDN2032 edition celebrates the release of the tenth volume in the complete recording of Haydn's 107 symphonies. Entitled 'The Times of Day', this programme is devoted to Symphonies nos. 6, 7 and 8, whose individual names translate as 'Morning',... |
ALBERT ROUSSEL
Roussel: Violin Sonatas Nos 1 and 2 / String Trio David Bowlin (violin), Tony Cho (piano), with Kirsten Docter (viola), Dmitry Kouzov (cello) [ Naxos / CD - due 24/May/2024 ] Although he is best remembered for his highly regarded stage and orchestral works, Roussel also composed a significant body of masterful yet relatively unknown chamber music. The Romantic early First Violin Sonata is an epic journey of soaring... |
DARON HAGEN
Hagen: Heike Quinto Duo YUMENO / Yoko Reikano Kimura (voice) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - due 24/May/2024 ] Daron Hagen is a multi-award-winning creative polymath whose work is internationally acclaimed for its impeccable craftsmanship, social conscience and emotional accessibility. Embracing the Japanese medieval text The Tale of the Heike, Hagen has... |
FRANK BRIDGE / JOHN IRELAND / REBECCA CLARKE / RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / etc
Folk Tales Vol 2 - British and Irish Miniatures Gerald Peregrine (cello) Antony Ingham (piano) Lynda O'Connor (violin) [ Naxos / CD - due 24/May/2024 ] Following the success of the first volume of Folk Tales (8.574035), Gerald Peregrine and Antony Ingham go further into their explorations of British and Irish music. These include rarely recorded works and new interpretations of traditional Irish... |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Armida (complet opera recorded in 2022) Moisés Marín, Michele Angelini, Jusung Gabriel Park, Ruth Iniesta / Krakow Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra, Jose Miguel Perez-Sierra [ Naxos Rossini in Wildbad / 2 CD - due 24/May/2024 ] The story of Armida had already inspired around 70 composers by the time Rossini took it on both as an opportunity to measure himself against his colleagues, and as a special role for soprano Isabella Colbran with whom he had recently started a... |
ROBERT FUCHS
Fuchs: Violin Sonatas Nos 4 - 6 Hyejin Chung (violin), Warren Lee (piano) [ Naxos / CD - due 24/May/2024 ] Eminent composer and revered teacher, Robert Fuchs, was an established part of Vienna's musical landscape. His six violin sonatas fuse lyricism with conversational ease and chro matic harmonies with folk-derived melodies. This second volume of the... |
VALENTIN SILVESTROV
Silvestrov: Symphony for Violin and Orchestra / Postludium for Piano and Orchestra Janusz Wawrowski (violin) Jurgis Karnavičius (piano) / Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Lyndon-Gee/ [ Naxos / CD - due 24/May/2024 ] Berlin-born Lukas Foss studied music in Paris before settling in Philadelphia in 1937. Though he freely explored diverse compositional styles, three of the works in this recording fall into his early neo-Classical period and exemplify his dictum that... |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Transcriptions of Religious Works Martin Cousin (piano) [ Naxos Liszt Complete Piano Music Vol 62 / CD - due 24/May/2024 ] 'These transcriptions of religious works hold a special place in Liszt's output and show a different side to this often misunderstood composer. An especially effective example of this is his setting of the Ave verum corpus by Mozart, which is a... |
CARL REINECKE / EMIL VON SAUER
Reinecke & Sauer: Piano Concertos Simon Callaghan, Sinfonieorchester St Gallen / Modestas Pitrėnas [ Hyperion / CD - due 31/May/2024 ] This is the fourth Romantic Piano Concerto album from Simon Callaghan, and that combination of talents which made his first three so successful - not least a flair for exploring the neglected byways of the Romantic repertoire, and the technique and... |