January 4th through 9th
Canadian violinist Angèle Dubeau’s previous release of music by Philip Glass was critically acclaimed! On her latest, titled Virtuose, she takes on the challenge of repertoire from the 18th through the 20th centuries from composers such as Locatelli, Martinú, and Sarasate.
January 11th through 15th
The arias of Giacomo Puccini have enthralled opera fans for decades, but a handful have gone unnoticed for many years. These forgotten Pucccini arias were unearthed by musicologist Michael Kaye and chosen for this recording by tenor Plácido Domingo. Puccini Rediscovered includes duets, trios, and a number of purely orchestral works, all of which fall on the ear like a long-lost friend.
January 18th through 22nd
With the release of volume three, Naxos completes its acclaimed recordings of Peter Breiner’s powerful and evocative orchestral suites from Leoš Janáček’s operas. In different ways, The Cunning Little Vixen and From the House of the Dead both reflect on love and loneliness, life and death, good and evil, and the human condition—with some of the composer’s most engrossing music.
January 25th through 29th
Back in 1992, Telarc issued the Boston Baroque’s first six concertos of Handel’s Concerti Grossi, Opus 6. The label has now released the remaining half-dozen of these brilliant, inventive concerti. The Grand Concertos (as they were called in English) could be described as Handel’s greatest hits and they remain among the composer’s most popular works.
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