Classical Recommendations
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New Release Round-Up - 6th March 2026
6th Mar 2026
A Huw Watkins triptych from the Hallé and Sir Mark Elder, Lise Davidsen's 2023 recital from the Metropolitan Opera, Jóhann Jóhannsson from Alice Sara Ott, and Mozart from Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov.
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New Release Round-Up - 27th February 2026
27th Feb 2026
Bach, Mozart and Britten from Martin James Bartlett, Schumann from Elisabeth Leonskaja, a cabaret-themed recital from Claire Booth and Jâms Coleman, and Mendelssohn from Alexis Kossenko.
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New Release Round-Up - 20th February 2026
20th Feb 2026
Schubert from Christian Blackshaw, Johann Ludwig Bach from Capella Sollertia, late Beethoven from Imogen Cooper, and choral Bruckner from Pablo Heras-Casado.
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Johann Ludwig Bach: The Leipzig Cantatas
Sebastian Myrus, Richard Resch (tenor), William Shelton, Flore Van Meerssche, Carine Tinney (soprano), Michael Mogl, Tabea Mitterbauer, Anna-Lena Elbert, Micha Matthäus, Tobias Knaus, Capella Sollertia, Johanna Soller
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New Release Round-Up - 13th February 2026
13th Feb 2026
Alfvén & Rautavaara from Neeme Järvi in Gothenburg, early Rachmaninoff from Boris Giltburg, accordion works from the Baltic States courtesy of Ksenija Sidorova, and a phantasy-inspired programme from the Piatti Quartet.
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New Release Round-Up - 6th February 2026
6th Feb 2026
Tchaikovsky from Gianandrea Noseda and the LSO, a musical autobiography from Alexandra Dariescu, Poulenc from Pascal Rogé, and Clara Schumann, Dora Pejačević and Cécile Chaminade from the Neave Trio.
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New Release Round-Up - 30th January 2026
30th Jan 2026
A gallery of piano heroines from Claire Huangci, Elgar's Dream of Gerontius from Martyn Brabbins in Huddersfield, Schumann and Moscheles from Steven Isserlis and Connie Shih, and Lully's Atys with Mathias Vidal and Véronique Gens.
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New Release Round-Up - 23rd January 2026
23rd Jan 2026
Mahler from Vladimir Jurowski and François-Xavier Roth, Bach's Clavier-Übung III from British organist James McVinnie, and a compline-inspired EP from The King's Singers.
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New Release Round-Up - 16th January 2026
16th Jan 2026
The New Year's Day concert from Vienna (conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin), late Brahms from Piotr Anderszewski, a second volume of Edward MacDowell's orchestral works from the BBC Philharmonic and John Wilson, and a box-set of Angela Hewitt's complete Bach recordings.
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New Release Round-Up - 9th January 2026
9th Jan 2026
Schubert Impromptus from Eric Lu, Verdi's Simon Boccanegra starring Ludovic Tézier and Marina Rebeka, songs by Kurt Weill from Katie Bray and friends, and the final instalment of the Cuarteto Casals's Shostakovich cycle.
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Ludovic Tézier (Simon Boccanegra), Marina Rebeka (Amelia), Francesco Meli (Gabriele Adorno), Michele Pertusi (Fiesco), Mattia Olivieri (Paolo), Andrea Pellegrini (Pietro) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli, Michele Spotti
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New Release Round-Up - 2nd January 2026
2nd Jan 2026
Brahms from Edward Gardner in Bergen, a third Joan Sutherland box-set on Decca, Max Richter's score for the new film adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's Hamnet, and Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky from Nobuyuki Tsujii.
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New Releases from Winter 2025
19th Dec 2025
A nature-themed concept-album from The Hermes Experiment, a 150th-birthday tribute to Ravel from Cristian Măcelaru in Paris, an homage to trailblazing cellist Lise Cristiani from Sol Gabetta, and Beethoven from Jordan-born pianist Karim Said.
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New Release Round-Up - 12th December 2025
12th Dec 2025
A Mozart Requiem with a difference from Manfred Honeck in Pittsburgh, André Tchaikowsky from Peter Jablonski, Mahler from Gianandrea Noseda in Washington, and Chopin & Scriabin from Mikhail Pletnev.
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Requiem: Mozart's Death in Words and Music
F. Murray Abraham, Jeanine De Bique (soprano), Catriona Morison (mezzo), Ben Bliss (tenor), Tareq Nazmi (bass); Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Westminster Choir, The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, Manfred Honeck
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Christmas New Releases 2025
5th Dec 2025
Festive releases from the Choir of St John's College Cambridge, the Miró Quartet, Il Pomo d'Oro, and the brass section of the Berlin Philharmonic.
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O Holy Night
Alexander Robson, Montague Tatnell (soprano), Arthur Cobb (soprano), Bryony Macleod-Jones (soprano), Alice Markham (vocalist), Theodore Horch (tenor), Alexander Semple (bass-baritone), Nicholas Garcia (soprano), Matthew Monaghan (vocalist), Anna Morgan (vocalist), William Collison (tenor), Garbhán McEnoy (tenor), Simon Hall (bass-baritone), John Moore (bass-baritone), Amelia Crichton-Stuart (soprano), Alexander Weiss (bass-baritone), George Henty (soprano), Choir of St John's College Cambridge, Christopher Gray
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New Release Round-Up - 28th November 2025
28th Nov 2025
Haydn from Giovanni Antonini and the Kammerorchester Basel, Bach from Sébastien Daucé and Ensemble Correspondances, Ravel from the Nash Ensemble, and previously unreleased recordings by the late Radu Lupu.
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New Release Round-Up - 21st November 2025
21st Nov 2025
Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius from Edward Gardner and the LPO, Brahms's Symphony No. 1 from Kirill Petrenko and the Berliner Philharmoniker, a portrait of Avril Coleridge-Taylor, and Schubert from Leif Ove Andsnes & Bertrand Chamayou.
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New Release Round-Up - 14th November 2025
14th Nov 2025
Adès from Thomas Søndergård in Minnesota, Kapustin from young British pianist Ophelia Gordon, the complete works of Louis Couperin from Jean Rondeau, and a Sibelius anthology from the late Leif Segerstam in Helsinki.
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New Release Round-Up - 7th November 2025
7th Nov 2025
Mahler from Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Grace Williams from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Mendelssohn & Bruch from Johan Dalene, and Bach from Pierre-Laurent Aimard.
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New Release Round-Up - 31st October 2025
31st Oct 2025
Bach's Goldberg Variations from Thibaut Garcia and Antoine Morinière, Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor with Lisette Oropesa in the title-role, Frank Zappa, John Cage and more from Marc-André Hamelin, and Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir's first studio album on Deutsche Grammophon.
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New Release Round-Up - 24th October 2025
24th Oct 2025
Latin Connections from the Aquarelle Guitar Quartet and Sara Dowling, the complete symphonies of Galina Ustvolskaya, Liszt's Transcendental Études from Yoav Levanon, and an exploration of Bach's links with Italy from Amandine Beyer and Gli Incogniti.
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New Release Round-Up - 17th October 2025
17th Oct 2025
Bliss ballet music from the BBC Philharmonic with Michael Seal, a wide-ranging debut recital from countertenor Hugh Cutting with Audrey Hyland, Schubert piano sonatas from Martin Helmchen, and Debussy and Szymanowski from the Belcea Quartet.
