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Warner Classics & Erato releases June & July 2025

Highlights include:

  • Carlo Maria Giulini’s complete studio recordings, newly remastered and featuring several previously unreleased recordings
  • Aldo Ciccolini’s complete Erato recordings, marking pianist’s centenary and featuring several previously unreleased recordings
  • New collection of Sir Thomas Beecham’s complete stereo recordings for Warner’s HMV & Columbia

New titles

Weaving
Büşra Kayıkçı, composer-pianist
Digital-only EP
Release date: June 6

On her new digital EP, Weaving, composer-pianist Büşra Kayıkçı draws inspiration from the ancient weaving traditions of her native Anatolia, finding visual parallels between traditional looms and her upright piano, which share a vertical structure, exposed strings, and fabric behind the hammers. Each of the four tracks was inspired by one of the symbolic motifs found in Anatolian carpet design.

Foundation Gautier Capuçon
Luka Ispir, violin; Léo Ispir, cello
Digital / CD
Release date: June 6

In 2022, cellist Gautier Capuçon launched the Foundation Gautier Capuçon to support talented young artists in the early stages of their careers. This recording is the latest in an ongoing partnership with Warner Classics, which grants one or more laureates of the foundation the opportunity to record their first CD with the label.
Performing on violin and cello respectively, Luka and Léo Ispir are both laureates of the foundation’s 2023 edition. Their first recording combines Ravel’s Sonata for Violin and Cello and Mozart’s First String Duo in G with new Bach arrangements by the Ispir brothers themselves. Their album also features the world premiere recording of Fazil Say’s Street of Memories and closes with Johan Halvorsen’s Passacaglia (After Handel’s Suite in G minor, HWV 432).

Catalogue – boxed sets

The Warner Classics Remastered Edition: Complete Studio Recordings on Columbia, HMW, Electrola, & Pathé
Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
60-CD boxed set
Release date: June 6

To mark the 20th anniversary of the death of conductor Carlo Maria Giulini, his complete studio recordings for Columbia, HMV, Pathé, and Electrola have, for the first time, been remastered in HD 192kHz/24-bit from the original tapes by Art & Son Studio and presented in this 60-CD boxed set. The collection includes several recordings not previously published: a Freischütz Overture (1969); stereo versions of the “Spring” and “Summer” concertos from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, together with a rehearsal recording of “Winter” (1955); and excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony (1962).

The Complete Stereo Recordings on Warner Classics
Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor
35-CD boxed set
Release date: June 27

This boxed set brings together all the stereo recordings from Sir Thomas Beecham’s rich discography for Columbia and HMV, including the very first experimental stereo recording of the first movement of Mozart’s 41st Symphony. Many of these albums were produced at a turning point in recording history, when the industry began to move from mono to stereo recordings. Highlights include Carmen with Victoria de los Ángeles, Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, Franck’s Symphony in D minor, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, and the conductor’s famous “Lollipops” albums. Another boxed set devoted to his mono recordings will be released later this year.

The Complete Erato Recordings
Aldo Ciccolini, piano
60-CD box-set
Release date: July 11

Italian-born pianist Aldo Ciccolini died in 2015, concluding a career spanning more than seven decades. Anticipating his centenary on August 15, Erato releases his complete recordings for the label, which include complete piano cycles by Liszt, Saint-Saëns, and Séverac, together with his acclaimed interpretations of Debussy and Satie. The set also features several previously unreleased recordings, including live recitals from France’s Nohant Festival Chopin and a studio session of Ciccolini’s favorite encores.

Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Chor & Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele / Daniel Barenboim
14-CDs (re-release)
Release date: June 6

Captured in 1991–92 at the Bayreuth opera house, Daniel Barenboim’s celebrated recording of Wagner’s Ring cycle is re-released on CD.

Vinyl

The Legend – Solo Piano & Chamber Music
Martha Argerich, piano
LP vinyl
Release date: June 6

This collection of Martha Argerich’s solo piano and chamber music recordings includes works by Mozart, Schumann, Chopin, Ravel, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, and Prokofiev. The peerless Argentine-Swiss pianist’s featured chamber partners include Yefim Bronfman, Piotr Anderszewski, and both Renaud and Gautier Capuçon.

Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante & Bach: Concerto for Two Violins, BWV 1043
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
LP vinyl
Release date: July 4

Anne-Sophie Mutter performs two iconic double concertos. She recorded Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins in 1982 with Salvatore Accardo, who leads the English Chamber Orchestra from the violin. Her performance of Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola was captured in 1991, with Bruno Giuranna on viola and Sir Neville Marriner conducting London’s Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields.

Upcoming August 2025 releases

New titles:

  • Aug 1: Jacob Mühlrad, SEMA (digital EP)
  • Aug 15: Abel Selaocoe, Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collan, Four Spirits Concerto (digital album)
  • Aug 22: Joyce DiDonato, Michael Spyres, Fatma Said, Carlotta Colombo, Hugh Cutting, Beth Taylor, Laurence Kilsby, Alena Dantcheva, Anna Piroli, Il Pomo d’Oro / Maxim Emelyanychev, Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (Audio)

Catalogue:

  • Aug 22: Mikhail Pletnev, The Erato Recordings (1988-2001) (16CDs)
  • Aug 29: Itzhak Perlman, The Complete Warner Classics Edition (80CDs)

Upcoming North American performances by Warner Classics & Erato artists

Associated labels: RCO Live

Ennio Morricone: UT
Omar Tomasoni, trumpet
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Santtu-Matias Rouvali
Digital single
Release date: June 6

Although best-known for his iconic film scores, Ennio Morricone was also a trumpet player who composed more than a hundred works for the concert stage. His trumpet concerto UT was written in 1991 for his fellow composer and trumpet player Mauro Maur. On this live recording, Santtu-Matias Rouvali leads the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, with principal trumpet player Omar Tomasoni as soloist.

Associated labels: MPhil

Orff: Carmina Burana
Münchner Philharmoniker / Alain Altinoglu
With Jodie Devos, Levy Sekgapane, & Adrian Eröd
Digital-only album
Release date: June 6

This recording of Carmina Burana features the Münchner Philharmoniker, conducted by Alain Altinoglu, with soloists Jodie Devos, Levy Sekgapane, and Adrian Eröd. The release is dedicated to the memory of soprano Devos, who died of breast cancer in June 2024, a year after making this recording.

Associated labels: EuroArts

Respighi: La fiamma
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin / Carlo Rizzi
Blu-ray / digital album
Release date: June 20

Carlo Rizzi and the Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin anchor this performance of Respighi’s La fiamma, with Olesya Golovneva as Silvana, Georgy Vasiliev as Donello, Ivan Inverardi as Basilio, Martina Serafin as Eudossia, Doris Soffel as Agnese di Verva, Sua Jo as Monica, and Cristina Toledo as Agata. The production premiered at the Deutsche Oper Berlin on September 29, 2024.

Pletnev: Trumpet Concerto & 14 Mémoires musicales
Rachmaninoff International Orchestra / Mikhail Pletnev
CD / digital
Release date: June 27

On this world premiere recording, Mikhail Pletnev conducts two of his own compositions: the 14 Mémoires musicales, drawn from his childhood memories, and the Trumpet Concerto, which is dedicated to featured soloist Sergei Nakariakov.

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