Classical new releases

Composer Paola Prestini discusses her operatic adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea." The premiere recording of the opera is out today on VIA Records.

The album is the first in the orchestra's new "Equal Billing Project" that promotes lesser known composers and their music.

Two new releases highlight lesser-known music of John Philip Sousa and Ennio Morricone.

Known for its deft handling of canonical classics and contemporary music, the Attacca Quartet breaks new ground on a major-label debut featuring music by Flying Lotus, Squarepusher and other EDM acts.

New releases featuring some of the earliest choral music ever written down and some pieces that are recent compositions.

We sample new releases by up-and-coming violinist Randall Goosby along with the latest collaboration between Emanuel Ax and Yo-Yo Ma.

The castrato Farinelli was one of the most celebrated singers of the eighteenth century. In a new album on the Decca label, mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli…

For Anthony McGill, it wasn't always easy being known as "Demarre's Little Brother" when they were teenagers in their youth orchestra.Now the brothers are…

Baroque cellist Juliana Soltis has just released her interpretation of J. S. Bach's six suites for solo cello. Classical IPR recently spoke with her about…

Riad Abdel-Gawad is a composer and violinist. He also attended Interlochen Arts Camp in the early 1980s and was a member of the World Youth Symphony…