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Cecilia Bartoli’s album Unreleased, featuring virtuosic concert arias from Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn and Mysliveček, is now available. These notoriously demanding pieces were written by the greatest composers of the classical era for the leading sopranos of their day. The music was recorded in 2013 with the Kammerorchester Basel under Muhai Tang and violinist Maxim Vengerov is featured on the Mozart arias L’Amerò Sarò Costante and Ch’io Mi Scordi Di Te? The tracklist for Unreleased was finalized by Cecilia Bartoli during the pause to her performance schedule caused by the pandemic. “Unreleased is the result of many hours spent at home over a period of several months. While the restrictions imposed on us by the situation over the past year-and-a-half, our concern for our loved ones, and for the world in general have sometimes been difficult to bear, they have also offered us the opportunity to pause, breathe and reflect. During this time, I not only spent happy hours of leisure, but also enjoyed being able to attend to so many things that I had left unfinished, postponed or forgotten. At last, I had the chance to rummage through my sound archives in search of hidden gems. Among the numerous long-lost friends that came to light, the recordings on this album are particularly precious to me.” - Cecilia Bartoli