New Classical Artists (CD)
Alliance Entertainment Pre-Order: Michal Balas - Prokofiev (CD) (New (N))
The young talent Michal Balas has recorded Prokofiev's Sinfonia Concertante together with the Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra. This album will follow his well received debut release on Berlin Classic, which featured hte Haydn Cello Concertos. Balas was recognized as "Classic FM 30 under 30 rising stars" and won the first prizes at "Classic String Competition" in Dubai as well as many other competitions. UPC: 885470044743Label: Berlin ClassicsRelease Date: 4.17.26Format: CD
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Alliance Entertainment Pre-Order: Miho Fukui - Concerti Per Fagotto Vol. 4 (CD) (New (N))
This recording is dedicated to Antonio Vivaldi's extraordinary works for bassoon and illuminates the works in the light of their autograph tradition. Based on the Turin manuscripts, a historically informed interpretation unfolds, impressively showcasing the tonal diversity and virtuosity of the bassoon in Vivaldi's late works. Miho Fukui plays concertos for baroque bassoon and baroque oboe together with Ensemble F, thus directly continuing Vivaldi's practice of flexibly conceiving solo parts between the central reed instruments of his time. Played on historical instruments and supported by current musicological research, this recording combines source study with lively musical expressiveness - and opens up an authentic approach to one of the Venetian master's most fascinating groups of works. UPC: 4260052383797Label: Ars ProduktionRelease Date: 7.17.26Format: CD
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Alliance Entertainment Pre-Order: Mikolaj Zalasinski - Karlowicz Maklakiewicz Baird: Songs Of Love (CD) (New (N))
The most beautiful song cycles of Polish vocal lyricism from the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.The distinguished baritone Mikolaj Zalasinski, endowed with a voice of Verdian richness and beauty, together with the acclaimed collaborative pianist Lukasz Debski, invites the listener into a world of melancholy, reflection, and poetic depth - a world that, despite the passage of time, remains strikingly immediate and profoundly moving.Here, late Romanticism gradually yields to emerging new harmonic and colouristic tendencies, while the musical fabric is woven from texts by William Shakespeare and leading poets of the Young Poland movement. The literary and musical refinement of these compositions, combined with interpretations of the highest calibre, form the defining virtues of this album. UPC: 5902547022321Label: Dux Recording Prod.Release Date: 7.3.26Format: CD
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Alliance Entertainment Pre-Order: Minna Pensola - Marx: Chamber Music Vol. 1 (CD) (New (N))
This first volume of Joseph Marx's chamber music charts a period of 30 years from the cello works of 1913-14 to the Violin Sonata No. 2, written in 1944, shortly before he ceased all composition. The Pastorale is characteristically subtle with impressionistic devices harnessed to ever-changing variations. The Suite in F major, for which the Pastorale was originally intended, balances a rural idyll with more sombre elements, informed by a noble Classical design. Violin Sonata No. 2, subtitled Fruhlingssonate ('Spring Sonata'), consciously re-uses material from earlier works to form a lyrical dance-like work irradiated by ingenious harmonic twists. UPC: 747313918171Label: NaxosRelease Date: 8.14.26Format: CD
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Alliance Entertainment Pre-Order: Miriam / Academia Montis Regalis / Diego Ares Albano - Johann David Heinichen: Italian Soprano Cantatas (CD) (New (N))
At around the same time as George Frideric Handel, Johann David Heinichen, a pupil at St Thomas's School in Leipzig, set off on a grand tour to Italy in 1710. The trained lawyer could no longer resist his urge for music and was promptly and richly rewarded for his grand tour. He was swept along by the musical trends of the day. The music of Antonio Vivaldi, Alessandro Scarlatti and Francesco Gasparini had an immediate effect on him, whilst the masters of the time, such as Monteverdi and Carissimi, exerted a more indirect influence - and when he returned home in 1716, he was no longer the same man. He soon became Kapellmeister at the Dresden court, to which he made significant contributions until later in life (1729). Among other things, Heinichen left behind some fifty solo cantatas. Five of these enchanting, Italian-inspired opera scenes in pocket-sized form make up the programme of this production, whose soloist has mastered emotions in all of their facets and transformed them into sound. UPC: 761203566822Label: Cpo RecordsRelease Date: 8.21.26Format: CD
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Alliance Entertainment Pre-Order: Miriam Altmann - Dussek: Vn Sons Vol. 5 (CD) (New (N))
Among those composers contemporary to Mozart and Beethoven, Jan Ladislaus Dussek counts as the most original, imaginative and often extreme. His life, as turbulent and eventful as his music, took him across Europe, from Bohemia to Paris to London, winning along the way a reputation as a dazzling keyboard virtuoso at a time when the piano itself was undergoing rapid evolution. His own music, written to exploit that virtuosity but also to appeal to the expanding market among Europe's middle-class for domestic music-making, mirrors the temper of his times - not least in his violin sonatas, which Julia Huber and Miriam Altmann have been documenting in this ground-breaking cycle on Brilliant Classics. Volume 5 of the cycle opens with the Sonatas Op.5 Nos. 1 and 2, which Dussek completed in 1788 and dedicated to the aristocratic French pianist Helene de Montgeroult, who went on to survive the Revolution and become the first female teacher of piano at the Paris Conservatoire. Her own compositions are now belatedly winning justified admiration, and their originality may owe something to Dussek's example. These sonatas do not follow the convention for the time of compliant violin writing as an accompaniment to flashy keyboard fireworks: rather they are composed with the two instruments as equals: a balance which can be appreciated all the more satisfyingly when played, as here, on the instruments of Dussek's own time. While dating from two years later, published in 1790, the Op.12 sonatas are less ambitious in scale: two movements each, and dedicated to one of Dussek's wealthy patrons in London, Maria Cosway. The B-flat major Sonata Op.12 No.2 is particularly appealing with it's variation set on 'God Save the King', which Beethoven would soon treat as the subject for piano variations with similarly shrewd commercial motives in mind. Anyone following the series will be eager to collect the latest volume, but newcomers to the fascinating world of Dussek can start here, secure in the expectation of rich entertainment. UPC: 5063758965958Label: Brilliant ClassicsRelease Date: 8.14.26Format: CD
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Alliance Entertainment Pre-Order: Mirjam Neururer - Die Strassensangerin (CD) (New (N))
At first glance, the street singer and florist Sonja could be taken for Eliza Doolittle's cousin. But while she unwittingly becomes part of a linguistic experiment conducted by two elderly friends and blossoms into a fair lady, the protagonist of the operetta, composed by Leo Fall in 1922 to a cheerful libretto by Lo Portem and August Neidhart, she deliberately allows herself to be used as the subject of a bet. American millionaire Brown wants to marry his daughter Mabel to inventor Mr George for financial reasons, but she has her eye on George's secretary and will only comply if her official fiance can turn any street girl into an 'interesting woman' within three weeks. Exquisite, inventive music accompanies the cheerful events peppered with local dialects, whose tongue-in-cheek ending turns the tables on the original bet UPC: 761203573226Label: Cpo RecordsRelease Date: 6.19.26Format: CD
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Alliance Entertainment Pre-Order: Misha Namirovsky - Prologue (CD) (New (N))
For those accustomed to hearing a more standard, cohesive repertoire on an album, this program may seem unusual: For this studio concert, the Russian-American pianist Misha Namirovsky was guided by two artistic principles: on the one hand, the juxtaposition of forms, structural breadth and musical character, and on the other, the aspects of profundity, virtuosity and reflection. UPC: 4250702802082Label: TyxartRelease Date: 8.21.26Format: CD
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Alliance Entertainment Pre-Order: Mishka Rushdie Momen - Mozart: Piano Cons Nos. 1 Kv 37 & 27 Kv 595 Clarin (CD) (New (N))
This new volume in the 'Next Generation Mozart Soloists' series features Mozart's very first piano concerto (K. 37), composed when he was just 11 years old, and his very last, the Concerto K. 595, finished on 5 January 1791, exactly 11 months before his death. "The combination of the naive and youthful first concerto with the mature last concerto and it's reflection of how much Bach's music had affected him shows just how extraordinarily his brilliant mind had developed", says pianist Mishka Rushdie Momen, who performs them under the baton of Howard Griffiths. She studied with Joan Havill, Imogen Cooper, Richard Goode and Andras Schiff at the Kronberg Academy. Blaz sparovec, principal clarinettist of the Gurzenich Orchestra in Cologne, takes on one of Mozart's very last works, the famous Clarinet Concerto K. 622, "a concerto that can only be compared to an opera in which the basset clarinet plays all the roles", says sparovec. UPC: 3701624512364Label: AlphaRelease Date: 6.19.26Format: CD
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Alliance Entertainment Pre-Order: Miyabi Duo - Timothy Bowers: Guitar Music Vol. 1 (CD) (New (N))
The guitar is traditionally the preserve of the Spanish. But Timothy Bowers, born near London in 1954, has found a rather more English side to the instrument: understated emotion expressed in an accessible language, unforced elegance, crisp and clean textures and a degree of reserve; extending it's frame of reference, much of this music has the unhurried delicacy of a Japanese water-colour and the hint of folksong that comes with the guitar itself. This album, the first dedicated to Bowers' guitar music, has the stamp of authenticity: it is performed by musicians with whom he has worked closely, and the recording was supervised by the composer himself. UPC: 5060113448026Label: ToccataRelease Date: 7.3.26Format: CD
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Alliance Entertainment Pre-Order: Mo Xu - Gershwin Ginastera Chopin: Pno Preludes (CD) (New (N))
Piano Preludes: Gershwin, Ginastera, Chopin UPC: 5902547021430Label: Dux Recording Prod.Release Date: 8.21.26Format: CD
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Alliance Entertainment Pre-Order: Mykhailo Sosnovsky - Lipkis: Pierrot & Friends (CD) (New (N))
Internationally acclaimed performer, professor and composer Larry Lipkis has written over 100 works for a variety of vocal and instrumental ensembles. Lipkis's love of commedia dell'arte stems from his career as a performer of Renaissance music, and these four concerti are musical depictions of characters from this popular theater tradition. The impish and impetuous Pierrot is personified by the bassoon, while his love interest Columbina flits and charms through a mercurial violin. The gently youthful Innamorata or female lover is expressed through a translucently accompanied flute, and the romantic entanglements and acrobatic humor of Harlequin is a perfect fit for the outsized musical personality of the bass trombone. UPC: 636943996324Label: NaxosRelease Date: 7.10.26Format: CD
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Alliance Entertainment Pre-Order: Nadia Shpachenko - Keys To The Beautiful Game (CD) (New (N))
A new album of World Premieres from GRAMMYr Award-winning pianist Nadia Shpachenko! Compositions from nine of the best contemporary composers, all with the theme of the challenges and excitement of SOCCER. Remember the joys of the 2026 Soccer World Cup forever! Nadia Shpachenko enjoys bringing into the world things that are outside the box - powerful pieces that often possess unusual sonic qualities or instrumentation. An enthusiastic promoter of contemporary music, Shpachenko has premiered more than 150 works by many important composers. The composers featured on Keys To The Beautiful Game are Tom Flaherty, Pamela Z, Ian Dicke, David Sanford, Dana Kaufman, Harold Meltzer, Christopher Cerrone, Oliver Dubon and Adam Schoenberg. Born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Ms. Shpachenko is a Steinway Artist, Schoenhut Toy Piano Artist, and professor of music at Cal Poly Pomona University. Reference Recordings is proud to present her 6th album on our label. UPC: 030911176624Label: Reference RecordingsRelease Date: 7.17.26Format: CD
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Alliance Entertainment Pre-Order: Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim - Hans Thomalla: Dark Fall (CD) (New (N))
Dark Fall is an opera about love and longing in old age. The story centres on Ellen, a married woman who is showing the first signs of Alzheimer's disease. Despite these symptoms, or perhaps because of them, she falls in love with Owen, an old friend who visits Ellen and her husband.Dark Fall questions notions about love and partnership in old age: When are we too ill or too old to be allowed to fall in love again? to start a new life with a new partner and be able to leave someone else? when are we too limited in our autonomy to freely decide our lives?Together with Dark Spring (UA Mannheim 2020), Dark Fall is conceived as the second part of a theatrical Diptych of Desire. The pieces can be performed either separately or together as a double feature. UPC: 4260034869790Label: OehmsRelease Date: 4.17.26Format: CD
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Alliance Entertainment Pre-Order: Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum - Leipzig Collegium Musicum Vol. 1 Music Before Bach (CD) (New (N))
The Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum, under the direction of Reinhard Goebel and outstanding soloists such as Max Volbers on recorder and Clemens Roger on horn, present the first instalment in the series The Leipzig Collegium Musicum Vol. 1: Music before Bach, offering a vivid exploration of a formative musical world. The term Collegium Musicum refers to an assembly of musicians who gathered regularly, under direction, to study and perform vocal and instrumental works, an idea that flourished in many cities, yet found particular resonance in Leipzig. By the early 18th century, this landscape of competing ensembles and personalities stood on the threshold of transformation, as musical life gradually evolved towards the later institutional structures that would shape the city's enduring legacy. In practice, however, these societies existed within a complex and often unsettled environment, where overlapping groups, shifting roles, and competing interests made the musical scene difficult to define and reconstruct with certainty.This programme offers a glimpse into that dynamic and at times elusive world, where music was shaped as much by collaboration and exchange as by individual voices. The works presented reflect a period before Bach's arrival in Leipzig, when compositional language was still evolving and stylistic boundaries were fluid. Drawing on influences from across Europe while asserting their own character, these pieces reveal a rich interplay of invention, contrast, and expressive immediacy. Composers such as Georg Philipp Telemann, Johann Friedrich Fasch, and Georg Melchior Hoffmann were part of this environment, where musical ideas were shared, adapted, and developed through collective practice. UPC: 8717306265928Label: PentatoneRelease Date: 7.31.26Format: CD
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Alliance Entertainment Pre-Order: New Philharmonia Orchestra - Wagner: Der Fliegende Hollander (CD) (New (N))
It should be noted that this is NOT the EMI edition of Der Fliegende Holländer that Klemperer conducted in the early 1960s. Instead, it is the 1968 BBC live recording, which, in addition to a sound that is sometimes even superior to the EMI recording, unlike the studio recording, offers the first, Dresden version of the opera. UPC: 8051773574320Label: Urania RecordsRelease Date: 7.3.26Format: CD
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Alliance Entertainment Pre-Order: New Sousa Band - American Legacy (CD) (New (N))
The American Legacy UPC: 013491363523Label: Delos RecordsRelease Date: 7.3.26Format: CD
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Alliance Entertainment Pre-Order: Nicola Dolchi - Cantus Firmus - J.S. Bach Through His Mentors (CD) (New (N))
This new recording celebrates the Arp Schnitger Organ in the Martinikerk in Groningen, The Netherlands, one of the most famous Baroque organs in Europe. Built by master organ builder Arp Schnitger between 1691 and 1692, it showcases his characteristic North German style, known for it's brilliant, articulate sound and richly layered pipework. Over the centuries, the instrument has been expanded and restored, yet it's original tonal structure remains remarkably intact. Today, it features an impressive array of stops, three manuals, and a powerful pedal division. It's majestic sound and historical significance continue to attract musicians, scholars, and visitors from around the world.The program presents works by Johann Sebastian Bach, in connection with Bach's predecessors, composers who influenced and inspired him: Girolamo Frescobaldi (Capriccio XI), Nicholaus Bruhns (Praeludium in E minor), Dietrich Buxtehude (Ciacona in E minor), and Georg Bohm (Choralvorpsiel, Preludium in C major). A beautifully compiled program, offering a journey over the musical path which ultimately led to the towering genius of Johann Sebastian Bach!Organist, composer, and conductor, Nicola Dolci has an active international concert career, both as a soloist and as an organist, conductor, and continuo player with various European ensembles. He is professor of Organ at the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music in Rome and at the "Scuola Diocesana di musica Santa Cecilia" in Brescia. Among his various national and international awards are the Second Prize at the prestigious International Martini Organ Competition 2022 in Groningen. UPC: 5063758977722Label: Brilliant ClassicsRelease Date: 5.15.26Format: CD
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Alliance Entertainment Pre-Order: Nicolas Altstaedt - Heavenly Lights (CD) (New (N))
For this fifth volume in the Lockenhaus Festival series, under the artistic direction of Nicolas Altstaedt, the cellist presents two works by the Finnish composer Olli Mustonen (born 1967, a student of Rautavaara), including Heavenly Lights (Taivaanvalot) for tenor, cello, and piano, performed here by Ian Bostridge, Nicolas Altstaedt, and the composer at the piano. The English tenor premiered the work in 2016 in it's original chamber version, recorded here for the first time. Mustonen will create an orchestral version in 2020, but the original piece is nevertheless titled Symphony: 'This work was a revelation to me the moment I discovered it. We are immersed in the era of Finnish bards and the folk poems of the Kalevala, a legendary and mystical world whose stories touch us all, regardless of our country of origin,' says Altstaedt. 'A closeness to folk art like the one Kodaly sought and found': his Sonata, Op. 4 (1909-1910), his Sonatina (1920), and the Sonata that Mustonen wrote in 2006-all for cello and piano-also make up this exhilarating and spellbinding program. UPC: 3701624512920Label: AlphaRelease Date: 8.14.26Format: CD
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Alliance Entertainment Pre-Order: Ning Feng - Mozart: Complete Violin Cons (CD) (New (N))
Violinist Ning Feng performs the Complete Mozart Violin Concertos with the Kammerakademie Potsdam on Channel Classics Records. These 5 concertos were written because Mozart's father Leopold was frustrated at the thought of Wolfgang on his travels neglecting the violin as a possible source of income, as Mozart could himself play the violin beautifully, and he wrote brilliantly for the instrument. Composed mainly in 1775, these concertos display the theatrical twists and turns that were by now second nature to the 19-year old composer, with his thoughts and dreams perpetually fixed on opera and the drama. UPC: 723385481263Label: Channel ClassicsRelease Date: 6.19.26Format: CD
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Alliance Entertainment Pre-Order: Nobuo Uematsu / London Symphony Orchestra - Merregnon: Heart Of Ice (Uk) (CD) (New (N))
UPC: 028948719891Label: DeccaRelease Date: 7.17.26Format: CD
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Alliance Entertainment Pre-Order: Nois - What Is Nois (CD) (New (N))
-Nois' dedication to commissioning new music by living composers has brought them to the forefront of new chamber music, and the four powerful performances on What is -Nois further solidify their footing as one of the most forward thinking chamber ensembles active today. Tracklist: Sun Thrower alternate endings. (feat. Aeryn Jade Santillan) Invisible (feat. Francisco del Pino) Running in a Field of Flowers: I. Meditation (feat. Nick Zoulek) Running in a Field of Flowers: II. Descent (feat. Nick Zoulek) Running in a Field of Flowers: III. Searing Joy (feat. Nick Zoulek) UPC: 4062548129205Label: New Amsterdam RecsRelease Date: 7.31.26Format: CD
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Alliance Entertainment Pre-Order: Nordic Affect - Abel: Orchestral Concertante & Chamber Works (CD) (New (N))
Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787) was a German composer and virtuoso of the viola da gamba, remembered as one of the last great exponents of the instrument. Born in Kothen, he was the son of Christian Ferdinand Abel, a musician in the court orchestra once directed by J.S. Bach. Abel's early exposure to music within this distinguished environment shaped his refined style and command of counterpoint, while his career later flourished in London, where he became a prominent figure in the city's cultural life.Abel is best known for his partnership with Johann Christian Bach in organizing the famous Bach-Abel Concerts (1765-1781), the first subscription concerts in London, which greatly influenced the city's musical culture. These gatherings introduced audiences to both established and contemporary works, laying foundations for the public concert tradition. Abel's music reflects the elegance and clarity of the galant style, bridging the late Baroque and early Classical periods. His compositions emphasize lyrical melody, balanced phrasing, and transparent textures, qualities that made them appealing to both connoisseurs and amateur performers.This 3CD set offers reissues of successful Brilliant Classics recordings with works by Abel: works for flute and orchestra, a symphony, concertos for harpsichord, viola da gamba and orchestra, trio sonatas and sonatas for viola da gamba and B.C.Performers include Nordic Affect (Georgia Brown), La Spagna Baroque Orchestra (Alejandro Marias) and viola da gamba player Marco Casonato and Massimo Marchese (Theorbo).'Affectionate explorations of seldom performed pieces by mid-18th century composer' (BBC Music Magazine about Nordic Affect). UPC: 5063758700504Label: Brilliant ClassicsRelease Date: 8.14.26Format: CD
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Alliance Entertainment Pre-Order: Oh-Jimin Havenith - Changes (CD) (New (N))
Jimin Oh-Havenith dedicates this volume of her Schumann edition to his variations, which form the beginning, the core, and the conclusion of his unique piano oeuvre.In the fourth instalment of her widely acclaimed Schumann edition, Jimin Oh-Havenith turns to his works for piano in variation form. Three of the pieces recorded here occupy a singular place in Schumann's biography: both his first published composition, the Abegg Variations, and his final completed work, the so-called Ghost Variations, belong to this genre. The twelve Symphonic Etudes - situated chronologically at the heart of his piano output of the 1830s, long revered by pianists yet equally feared for their formidable technical demands - are likewise variations on a theme.Whereas the young Schumann, in the Abegg Variations, conjured a sparkling and virtuosic play on musical letters from the name of a Heidelberg acquaintance, the Ghost Variations unfold as a deeply moving dialogue between the gravely ill composer and his great models, Schubert and Mendelssohn Bartholdy. This extraordinary breadth of expression once again affords Jimin Oh-Havenith the opportunity to demonstrate the intensity and originality of her Schumann interpretation. UPC: 4022143978400Label: AuditeRelease Date: 8.7.26Format: CD
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Alliance Entertainment Pre-Order: Olha Fomichova - Dmytro Bortniansky: Creonte (CD) (New (N))
In 1776, during a spell in Italy early in his career, the Ukrainian composer Dmytro Bortniansky (1751-1825) wrote Creonte, an opera seria based on Sophocles' tragedy Antigone and poised, like early Mozart, on the cusp between Baroque and Classical styles. Although a success in it's day, Creonte then vanished for 250 years, until it was discovered by chance in a Portuguese library. It may have been hidden there because it's tale of love versus power ends with a surprising democratic twist - a daring move in those autocratic times. Since it is the first surviving opera by a Ukrainian composer, it's revival in Kyiv in 2024 became a gesture of defiance, a symbol of national importance underlining the continued vigour of Ukrainian culture even in wartime. This remarkable recording then followed, made in sessions between Russian bombing, black-outs and power cuts - itself a testimony to Ukrainian national resilience. UPC: 5060113448071Label: ToccataRelease Date: 8.7.26Format: CD
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Alliance Entertainment Pre-Order: Oliver Wass - Harp Music Chamber Music & Harp Con (CD) (New (N))
The idea behind this recording by the acclaimed harpist Oliver Wass (first prize winner at the "Suoni d'Arpa" International Competition and now professor at the Royal College of Music in London) is to juxtapose music by Misha Mullov-Abbado with works by (mostly) Italian composers from four earlier centuries. The artist's ambition was to record the music he commissioned to Misha Mullov-Abbado and pair it with music for modern harp and Italian triple harp. The album is in fact performed on an Italian triple harp for the early repertoire, and on a modern pedal harp for the classical and modern repertoire. The performance also includes a chamber music section featuring Henry Roberts on flute, Luba Tunnicliffe on viola - both members, along with Wass, of the Pelleas Ensemble - and Gabriela Opacka-Boccadoro on violin. The CD also features a highly fascinating world premiere recording (and performance) of the Concerto for Harp and Orchestra by Luigi Molino, recorded live at the opening concert of the "Suoni d'Arpa" Festival in Saluzzo (Cuneo) on August 24, 2024. Oliver Wass here is accompanied by the Ensemble APM orchestra, conducted by Luca Vacchetti. UPC: 8007194200751Label: Tactus RecordsRelease Date: 7.3.26Format: CD
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Alliance Entertainment Pre-Order: Olivier Fortin - Clavecins Concertants (CD) (New (N))
Olivier Fortin and Emmanuel Frankenberg present a programme of transcriptions of French orchestral works for two harpsichords: "This was common practice in the 17th and 18th centuries, as it allowed people to play the popular tunes they heard at the opera at home and in salons." Among other works, we hear Rameau's famous Sauvages, a hit of the time that was first written for solo harpsichord and then orchestrated by the composer for Les Indes galantes. Here we hear a version adapted for two harpsichords, closer to the orchestral version. The programme also includes works by Marin Marais, Jean-Henri d'Anglebert, Jacques Champion de Chambonnières, Louis Couperin, and Nicolas Lebègue. Longtime collaborators, Fortin and Frankenberg chose instruments whose colours suit the French style and clearly took great pleasure in composing this musical journey: "We searched widely, experimented, explored a vast repertoire, and freely tested numerous possibilities on the keyboards in order to find what sounded best for the two of us. While it is true that one harpsichord sounds like one harpsichord, two harpsichords sound like four! We can take the sound much further by playing together." UPC: 3701624512289Label: AlphaRelease Date: 7.3.26Format: CD
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Alliance Entertainment Pre-Order: Olmos Ensemble - Made In Germany (CD) (New (N))
Divine Art is delighted to present Made in Germany, from Texas-based Olmos Ensemble, the first in an exciting series of albums catalogued by country, presenting rarely performed and unrecorded works for mixed chamber instrumentation. Originally formed by the principal players of the San Antonio Symphony, Olmos Ensemble has established itself as one of the premier chamber music organizations in Texas, and features leading musicians from across the United States. Made in Germany will be released as they open their 32nd Season.Each album in the series will feature a works of varied instrumentation, creating a unique collection of recorded chamber repertoire that only an ensemble like Olmos - through their remarkable access to top musicians around the United States - could bring together. The Ensemble's concert programming has won great acclaim for it's focus on showcasing neglected works by female composers, and Olmos is thrilled to bring this to their recordings as well, with each album in the series featuring works by women composers, including many premieres.Made in Germany features three composers of German origin: Richard Strauss, Rudolf Tillmetz, and Ruth Schonthal. The album includes the first recording of Laszlo Varga's highly regarded arrangement of Strauss' Don Quixote for six instruments: clarinet, French horn, violin, viola, cello and piano, which includes every core member of Olmos Ensemble apart from flute. As the original primary voices in the larger orchestrated work (all but piano), these six instruments work wonderfully together in recreating the thrilling tale of Don Quixote. Also included is the first professional recording of Rudolf Tillmetz's only chamber work, the Nocturne for Flute, Horn, and Piano, Op. 31. One of the few Romantic-era trios for this unusual instrumentation, the piece reflects the salon music tradition of late 19th-century Germany, emphasizing lyrical writing and equal interplay between instruments, and although not widely known is a valuable work in the horn and flute chamber music repertoire. German-born Jewish composer, Ruth Schonthal fled Nazi persecution early in her life, first moving to Mexico and later America to study with Paul Hindemith. Completing the album is a rare recording of her late-career Theme and Variations for Solo Flute, which distills her lifelong commitment to melodic expressiveness and emotional narrative into a unique work for solo flute.Future albums in this series will focus on the Czech Republic, America, Italy and Austria.'We are excited to record music that has never before been paired together on an album and present to the classical music loving public a unique set of all-encompassing recordings that will range from solo works through nonets and possibly larger. With the group consisting of people living in entirely different parts of the US, Olmos Ensemble is unique in it's ability to maintain 31 (and soon 32) seasons of existence, all while presenting lesser known works in addition to insightful interpretations of the great standards.'Members of Olmos Ensemble on this recording are: Artistic Director Mark Teplitsky, Assistant Principal Flute of the Naples Philharmonic, previously second flute at Houston Symphony; violinist Eric Gratz, a soloist, concertmaster, chamber musician, and Artistic Director of the American Chamber Music Society in Chicago; Ilya Shterenberg, Acting Principal Clarinet of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (Canada), and Principal Clarinet of several orchestras across the US; cellist Julian Schwarz, first prize winner at the inaugural Schoenfeld International Competition 2013 and a founding member of the Frisson Ensemble; Jeff Garza, principal horn of the Oregon Symphony and the Bellingham Festival of Music; violist Colin Brookes, a founding member of the award-winning Ulysses Quartet, and award-winning soloist; soloist and chamber musician Elizabeth Dorman (piano), a regular guest Keyboard at the San Francisco Symphony, and faculty member of the San Fransisco Conservatory of Music. UPC: 809730115127Label: Divine ArtRelease Date: 8.7.26Format: CD
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Alliance Entertainment Pre-Order: Orchester Der Oper Zurich - Johannes Brahms: Syms 1-4 (CD) (New (N))
Gianandrea Noseda is clearly one of those conductors who 'are equally at home in both genres', as the 'Neue Zurcher Zeitung' put it in 2021 on the occasion of his debut as General Music Director at Zurich Opera House. 'In hindsight, one cannot even judge whether he is the better opera or symphony conductor.' In his concert performances in Zurich, Noseda focused on the works of Johannes Brahms. Following a highly acclaimed performance of the 'German Requiem', he also conducted the Zurich Opera Orchestra in performances of Brahms's symphonies. The four symphonies by Johannes Brahms were completed between 1876 and 1885 and are regarded as milestones in the Romantic orchestral repertoire. Under the baton of Gianandrea Noseda, they were recorded live at the Zurich Opera House during various concerts and can now be heard together on this album. UPC: 7640165881163Label: AccentusRelease Date: 8.7.26Format: CD
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Alliance Entertainment Pre-Order: Orchester Der Oper Zurich - Richard Strauss: Tone Poems & Interludes (CD) (New (N))
Don Quixote' and 'Ein Heldenleben' are two large-scale tone-poems that Richard Strauss composed in Munich and Berlin during the final years of the 19th century. Whilst the first work was inspired by Cervantes' tragicomic novel hero, in the second work he effectively stylised himself as a successful (artistic) hero. Similar characters make an appearance in the two other works on this album: Shakespeare's tragic hero 'MacBeth' in an early overture, and another domestic Strauss hero (named 'Stork') in the opera 'Intermezzo', from which four symphonic interludes are featured here. As General Music Director of the Zurich Opera Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda has conducted these compositions by Strauss, some of which feature a huge orchestra. They are now released together on this album. UPC: 7640165881156Label: AccentusRelease Date: 8.7.26Format: CD
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Alliance Entertainment Pre-Order: Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai - Respighi: Sinfonia Drammatica (CD) (New (N))
Conductor Robert Trevino's second album release of orchestral music by Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936), together with the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, features Respighi's massive orchestral masterpiece, the Sinfonia Drammatica. UPC: 761195147726Label: OndineRelease Date: 7.3.26Format: CD
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Alliance Entertainment Pre-Order: Orf Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien - Saint-Saens: Complete Cons Vol. 3 (CD) (New (N))
The Saint-Saens series, with young talents continues with it's third release. All recordings are made with ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, conducted by Howard Griffiths. This third album includes 'The Carnival of the animals', 'Op. 33 Concerto for Cello and Orch. No 1 in A Minor' and 'Op. 17 Concerto for piano and Orch. No 1 in D major'. The young talents are Yilan Zhao Hayoung Choi and piano duo Arya Su Gulenc and Ilyun Burkev. UPC: 885470044804Label: Berlin ClassicsRelease Date: 4.24.26Format: CD
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Alliance Entertainment Pre-Order: Orkiestra Camerata Stargard - Nowakowski: Seven Last Words Of Christ (CD) (New (N))
Poland's ascendant Orkiestra Camerata Stargard presents a luminous and deeply moving album of sacred orchestral and choral music by Polish-American composer Mark Nowakowski. The programme opens with Nowakowski's radiant setting of The Seven Last Words of Christ, unfolding with both intimacy and dramatic weight. It is followed by a searing meditation on suffering, O Mater Dolorosa!, featuring violinist Karolina Hyla-Wybraniec. The album concludes with O Beauty Uncreated, Nowakowski's setting of St. Faustyna's celebrated reflection, performed in collaboration with Slovakia's Chamber Choir Omnia.This release marks Nowakowski's third portrait disc. His debut, Blood, Forgotten, garnered strong reviews in Gramophone, while his second, Metanoia, reached #1 on Amazon's digital classical chart. UPC: 5902547022192Label: Dux Recording Prod.Release Date: 7.3.26Format: CD
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Alliance Entertainment Pre-Order: Oulu Sinfonia - Scenes From Finland (CD) (New (N))
Sibelius's Scaramouche, a ballet-pantomime commissioned in 1912 by his publishers, for a play by Poul Knudsen. His story line reflects the immense early twentieth-century interest in clowns and the commedia dell'arte, and in erotic desire, death, and the macabre, the same phenomena that produced Stravinsky's Petrouchka and Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire. Best known as a composer of piano music, Sibelius' younger contemporary Selim Palmgren also wrote music for the theatre, and his score for the fairy-tale play Tuhkimo ja kuninkaantytar (Tuhkimo and the Princess), dates from 1902-03. Larin- Kyosti's play recounts the adventures of a passionate youth, Tuhkimo, and combines features of the familiar Cinderella story with elements drawn from a wide range of folk tales and fables. Einar Englund studied composition with Palmgren (and later Aaron Copland). His soundtrack for Erik Blomberg's 1952 film Valkoinen peura (The White Reindeer) was particularly acclaimed and won best prize for original music in the Jussi Awards (the Finnish Oscars) in the year of it's release. Kalervo Tuukkanen taught for three years at Viipuri University before serving as Kapellmeister in Pori, on Finland's Baltic coast, in 1942- 44. He was one of the founding members of Suomen Saveltayat (the Finnish Composer's Association) and his composition Karhunpyynti (Bear Hunting) was awarded a silver medal in the 1948 Cultural Olympics in London (where Finland impressively topped the medal table). Joulusarja (Christmas Suite) is taken from his 1953 score for a production of the play Die Erzahlung des letzten Hirten (The Tale of the Last Shepherd) and it's five movements covers the key moments in the Christmas story. UPC: 0095115539125Label: ChandosRelease Date: 8.7.26Format: CD
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Alliance Entertainment Pre-Order: Patrick Yim - Bamboo Grove (CD) (New (N))
Violinist Patrick Yim presents an album of world-premiere recordings, Bamboo Grove, featuring the music of Chen Yi and Zhou Long - two of the most distinguished voices bridging Chinese and Western musical traditions. Rooted in a profound artistic lineage and shaped by lived history, this recording captures a rare moment of creative intimacy: works brought to life during a residency at the University of Notre Dame in April 2024, enriched by close collaboration with the composers themselves. Their stories - spanning the Cultural Revolution, formative studies in Beijing, and artistic refinement in New York - resonate through music that is at once deeply personal and culturally expansive. Drawing on an encyclopaedic knowledge of Chinese musical heritage alongside a command of Western compositional technique, Chen and Zhou reimagine the expressive potential of string instruments with striking originality.Across the programme, the violin and viola are transformed into evocative vessels of ancient sonorities: echoes of the guqin, erhu, pipa, and xiao emerge through intricate textures, extended techniques, and a vivid palette of colour. Zhou Long's Bamboo Grove unfolds as a poetic meditation on the nonconformity and spontaneity of the Seven Sages, while Chen Yi's works-from the pioneering Xian Shi to the richly imaginative Suite for Viola and Chamber Winds-blend folk traditions with bold experimentation. Tales from the Nine Bells conjures an otherworldly soundscape inspired by myth and poetry, it's shimmering textures and percussive energy revealing a unique sonic vision. Throughout, narrative depth and timbral invention intertwine, creating a sound world that feels both ancient and immediate. With exceptional sensitivity and virtuosity, Patrick Yim brings this music to life, offering a compelling portrait of cultural confluence and artistic imagination. UPC: 8717306265867Label: PentatoneRelease Date: 8.21.26Format: CD
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Alliance Entertainment Pre-Order: Patrick Yim - Chen Yi: Works For Violin Viola & Piano (CD) (New (N))
The four works on this album by the esteemed Chinese-American composer Chen Yi are all premiere recordings, two of which - The Soulful and the Perpetual and Three Bagatelles - she has adapted specifically for violinist/violist Patrick Yim and pianist Kiu Tung Poon for this recording. Admired for bridging Eastern and Western traditions, Chen Yi draws on authentic folk music from the west of China evoking the sound of the bawu and lerong in Three Bagatelles. Originally composed for saxophone and piano The Soulful and the Perpetual is characterised by two opposing movements - the first lyrical; the second a perpetuum mobile. Spring in Dresden is a vivid and energetic work with erhu-inspired sliding tones, while the Chinese Folk Dance Suite is colourful, virtuosic and brilliantly conceived. UPC: 747313918775Label: NaxosRelease Date: 7.24.26Format: CD
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