These are the releases in Dolby Atmos spatial audio you can look out for this week, sorted by release day. Links will take you directly to Apple Music, log in there for a seamless listening experience. This week’s releases are largely confined to the usual Friday drop schedule on streaming services, so set aside some time for listening on August 21.
See our AudioDaily Atmos 100 playlist for the best of recent releases in spatial audio.
August 21
Anne-Sophie Mutter — American Tunes #1 (Alpha Classics, 2026). This is the second volume in Mutter’s new Forte Forward series on Alpha, devoted entirely to works written for her. In this case, the relationship is particularly close: she was married to André Previn for several years, and they remained close friends until his death. His Violin Concerto No. 2 and Piano Trio are the focus here, along with Sebastian Currier’s playful Ringtone Variations for violin and bass.
Renaud Capuçon et al. — Capuçon & Friends – Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E Major (Chamber Version) (Platoon, 2026). An excellent lineup of chamber music players tackle the rarely performed 1921 transcription of Bruckner 7 made by Schoenberg pupils Hanns Eisler, Erwin Stein and Karl Rankl for just nine players. Strings, clarinet and horn retain the soaring melodies, while piano and harmonium replace the symphonic mass.
Gustavo Dudamel (cond.), Philharmonia Orchestra — Anthony Hopkins: Life is a Dream (Decca Classics, 2026). Did you know that actor Anthony Hopkins is also a composer? I didn’t. Apparently he’s been at it for “more than six decades.” The pre-release track sounds pleasant. The album also features pianist Sergio Tiempo, cellist Gregorio Nieto, the Bach Choir and the boy choristers of Winchester Cathedral.
Astrig Siranos, London Symphony Orchestra, François-Xavier Roth (cond.) — Sir! (Alpha Classics, 2026). Works Elgar and Britten. The album title Sir! plays on the cellist’s surname Siranossian, the focus on Sir Edward Elgar, and here 1756 Gagliano cello once owned by Sir John Barbirolli. Sir-prising!
Aigul Akhmetshina, Antonio Pappano — Mujer Fatal (Decca Classics, 2026). Star opera mezzo-soprano on the rise Akhmetshina is accompanied at the piano by Pappano, in a wide-ranging portrait of the femme fatale: Bésame mucho, French and Russian mélodies, then Gershwin, Bernstein, Weill and Britten… women by turns seductive, defiant, vulnerable and lovelorn.
Jonathan Roozeman (cello), Johannes Piirto (piano) — Kaiku (Echo): Finnish Contemporary Works for Cello (BIS, 2026). Cellist Jonathan Roozeman makes his solo album debut here with a nicely chosen survey of recent Finnish cello music. Six works written within the past fifteen years, ranging from Aho’s substantial Cello Sonata, to striking solo pieces by Cecilia Damström, Sebastian Fagerlund, Outi Tarkiainen and Lauri Porra.
Louise Spencer (harp) — Flowers & Swans (Arden Records, 2026). A mild collection of pop-classical miniatures for solo harp. Saint-Saëns The Swan and Delibes’s Flower Duet, to Satie’s Gymnopédie No. 1 and even Beethoven’s Für Elise. This an unabashedly pretty programme, with the harp’s shimmer and resonance making a natural fit for this Atmos presentation. Candlelight dinner, anyone?
