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Warner Classics & Erato releases April 2026

Highlights include:

  • Arias and songs from Elsa Dreisig with the Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova Orchestra
  • Double bassist Marc André’s album debut
  • Schubert piano trios from brothers Edgar, David, and Jérémie Moreau
  • Chausson from Renaud Capuçon with Nicholas Angelich, Quatuor Ébène, and the Brussels Philharmonic
  • Hispanic collection from Christina Pluhar and L’Arpeggiata

New titles

Invocation
Elsa Dreisig, soprano
Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova Orchestra / Massimo Zanetti, conductor
CD / digital
Release date: April 3

French-Danish soprano Elsa Dreisig performs Invocation: 17 arias and songs by 14 composers, sung in six languages, and recorded with Massimo Zanetti and the Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova Orchestra. The album presents the world premiere recording of a song by 19th-century Italian composer Carolina Uccelli alongside “Extase” from Amy Beach’s 3 Songs; operatic favorites including Dvořák’s “Song to the Moon,” Puccini’s “O mio babbino caro,” Bellini’s “Casta diva,” and Grieg’s “Solveig’s Song”; and works by Verdi, Gounod, Bizet, Rossini, Wagner, and Janáček.

Mirage
Marc André, double bass; Véronique Patricia Teruel, piano
CD / digital
Release date: April 10

Marc André is a French double bassist whose elegant sound and refined musicianship are bringing him to international notice. In 2025, he became the first double bassist ever to sign an exclusive contract with a major classical label. Now he makes his album debut with an eclectic program showcasing the full expressive range of his instrument, in new arrangements with piano of Piazzolla’s Nightclub 1960, Tchaikovsky’s Valse sentimentale, Debussy’s Clair de Lune, Schumann’s Träumerei, and works by De Falla, Dvořák, Franck, Gluck, Morricone, Umebayashi, and Villa-Lobos.

Chausson
Renaud Capuçon, violin; Nicholas Angelich, piano; Quatuor Ébène
Brussels Philharmonic / Stéphane Denève, conductor
CD / digital
Release date: April 17

French violinist Renaud Capuçon devotes his new recording to Ernest Chausson, pairing the French Romantic composer’s Concerto for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet – featuring the late pianist Nicholas Angelich and Quatuor Ébène – with the Poème for violin and orchestra. Recorded live in 2020 with Stéphane Denève and the Brussels Philharmonic, the album is released the day before the anniversary of Angelich’s death on April 18, 2022.

La Torre del Oro
Christina Pluhar, lutenist / director
L’Arpeggiata
CD / digital
Release date: April 17

Named for the twelve-sided golden tower that dominates the River Guadalquivir in Seville, La Torre del Oro is the latest release from Christina Pluhar’s ensemble L’Arpeggiata. Featuring singers Céline Scheen, Luciana Mancini, and Vincenzo Capezzuto, with instruments that include the Baroque guitar and harp, Venezuelan cuatro and harp, and the cornetto, harpsichord, accordion, and maracas, the album focuses on music from Spain, Central America, and South America. Pluhar is renowned for her ability to create innovative programs that combine classical and folk traditions, and La Torre del Orojuxtaposes pieces by Spanish composers Alonso Mudarra, Diego Pisador, Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz, and Santiago de Murcia, and South American composers Reynaldo Armas, Simón Díaz, Ignacio “Indio” Figueredo, Agustín Rivas, Hilda Herrera, and Violeta Parra with such traditional dance forms as the jácara, fandango, folía, Canario, ciaccona, and Venezuela’s joropo and pájarillo.

Schubert: Piano Trios
Edgar Moreau, cello; David Moreau, violin; Jérémie Moreau, piano
CD / digital
Release date: April 24

Erato cellist Edgar Moreau joins forces with his siblings, violinist David Moreau and pianist Jérémie Moreau, for this new recording of Schubert’s Piano Trios No. 1 in B-flat and No. 2 in E-flat, both written just a year before the composer’s premature death in 1828. Also included are new piano trio arrangements of a selection of Schubert’s best-loved songs: “Der Hirt auf dem Felsen” (arranged by the Moreau brothers themselves) and “Du bist die Ruh,” “Auf dem Wasser zu singen,” and “Ständchen” (all arranged by Dimitri Soudoplatoff). The Moreaus say: “To play Schubert together, as brothers, is more than simply a matter of making music. It becomes an intimate conversation, a dialogue in hushed voices that crosses time and memory. … It is as if Schubert’s voice were joining with ours to tell a story – a story of life with all its joys and in all its fragility.”

Musiques de cinéma
Insula Orchestra / Laurence Equilbey, conductor
Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian & Carlo Vistoli, countertenors; David Fray, piano; Pierre Génisson, clarinet; Justin Taylor, harpsichord
CD / digital
Release date: April 24

With Musiques de cinéma, Laurence Equilbey and the Insula Orchestra celebrate great works by Bach, Handel, Mozart, Pachelbel, Purcell, Rameau, and Vivaldi, all of which have featured on the silver screen. The album boasts an exceptional line-up of soloists, including countertenors Carlo Vistoli and Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, clarinetist Pierre Génisson, mandolinists Julien Martineau and Rossmery Rangel, harpsichordist Justin Taylor, and pianist David Fray.

Catalogue

Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies, etc.
Herbert von Karajan, conductor / Philharmonia Orchestra
CD (re-release)
Release date: April 10

This boxed set is a re-release of the Beethoven recordings recorded by Herbert von Karajan and London’s Philharmonia Orchestra between 1951 and 1958: the complete symphonies (with Nos. 8 and 9 in stereo), the Missa solemnis, three overtures, a selection of arias featuring Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, and Piano Concertos Nos. 4 and 5 with Walter Gieseking as soloist.

L’Encyclopédie de l’orgue
Marie-Claire Alain, organ
Various artists
46-CD boxed set
Release date: April 17

A project initiated by the visionary musicologist, composer, and organist Olivier Alain (brother of Marie-Claire Alain), the monumental, 46-CD Encyclopédie de l’orgue presents a panoramic survey of the organ repertoire, spanning diverse regions, historical periods, and stylistic approaches. Collating recordings made between 1958 and 1975, this comprehensive collection features several first-time releases on CD and recordings by such distinguished organists as Maurice Duruflé, André Marchal, Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini, and François Delor. Nearly half the recordings are by Marie-Claire Alain, the internationally acclaimed “supreme organist” whose centenary falls this coming August.

Sibelius: Complete Symphonies, Orchestral Works
Sir John Barbirolli, conductor
6-SACD boxed set
Available March 20

This collection of Barbirolli’s Sibelius recordings includes the complete symphonies, Finlandia, the incidental music for Pelléas et Mélisande, and more, all newly remastered for SACD by Circé Studio.

LPs

Schumann: Piano & Violin Concertos
Martha Argerich, piano; Gidon Kremer, violin
Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
2 LPs
Release date: April 10
Assets

Dvořák: Symphony No. 9
Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Marbled red vinyl LP
Release date: April 24
Assets

Upcoming May 2026 releases

New titles:

  • May 1: Peter Sandberg, piano / composer – Temporary Coexistence of Humans, Assets
  • May 22: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra / Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor – Bruckner: Symphony No. 4, Assets
  • May 29: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra / Lahav Shani, conductor – Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 and Wagenaar: Cyrano de Bergerac, Assets

Catalogue:

  • May 15: David Munrow: The Complete Warner Classics Edition (21-CD boxed set), Assets
  • May 15: Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim, conductor – The Warner Classics Edition (approx. 50-CD boxed set)
  • May 22: Klaus Tennstedt, conductor – The Complete Warner Classics Edition (41-CD boxed set) [NB Centenary of birth on June 6, 2026], Assets
  • May 29: Wolfgang Sawallisch, Sabine Meyer, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, and others – Carl Maria von Weber 2026 (18-CD boxed set) [200th anniversary of death on June 5, 2026]

Upcoming U.S. performances by Warner Classics & Erato artists

Associated labels: EuroArts

Agents Only Live Twice
Emma Smith, vocals; Bjarke Mogensen, accordion
Danish National Symphony Orchestra / Christian Schumann, conductor
Blu-ray / CD / digital
Release date: April 24

Captured live in concert, Agents Only Live Twice presents the Danish National Symphony Orchestra’s performances of legendary music from the James Bond and Mission Impossible franchises, together with additional themes from films including Men in Black, The Imitation Game, and The Bourne Identity.

March news release
February news release

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