Unreleased is not, as one might think, an anthology of Cecilia Bartoli recordings that never saw the light of day, but rather an entire unreleased album. It was recorded in 2013, featuring Classical-period dramatic arias by Beethoven, Josef Myslivecek, Mozart, and Haydn, all written for leading divas of the day. The concept fits Bartoli well, and there doesn't seem to be any word available on why the album went unreleased after the time and expense of recording one of the world's leading singers. PR text indicates that ...
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Unreleased is not, as one might think, an anthology of Cecilia Bartoli recordings that never saw the light of day, but rather an entire unreleased album. It was recorded in 2013, featuring Classical-period dramatic arias by Beethoven, Josef Myslivecek, Mozart, and Haydn, all written for leading divas of the day. The concept fits Bartoli well, and there doesn't seem to be any word available on why the album went unreleased after the time and expense of recording one of the world's leading singers. PR text indicates that Bartoli took the opportunity of pandemic isolation to go through files of unreleased material, so maybe there is more from where this came. In any event, she was in fine voice. The best is presented right up front, in Bartoli's reading of Beethoven's Ah! Perfido, Op. 65, a lively showpiece in which Bartoli displays all the shades of her voice and is aided by an energetic performance from the Basel Kammerorchester under conductor Muhai Tang. The rest is a rather miscellaneous collection...
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