Borodin / Kasarova / Baden-Baden Philharmonic Orch Russian Arias CD

The Bulgarian-born mezzo-soprano Vesselina Kasarova fairly quickly became a crowd favorite early in her professional career at the Zurich Opera House, reaching international stardom soon after with her Salzburg Festival debut in 1991. During the subsequent quarter-century, she has been heard on the great stages of the world's finest opera houses, singing a range of roles in operas by Mozart, Rossini, Massenet, Berlioz, Donizetti, Verdi, and more. A past ECHO Klassik award recipient, her recordings, including several for the RCA Victor Red Seal label, have been critically-acclaimed and popular with opera fans and admirers of Ms. Kasarova. For Genuin, she has recorded a new album of Russian Arias with the conductor Pavel Baleff and the Philharmonie Baden-Baden. It's repertoire is one of discovery, or re-discovery, with names such as Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Mussorgsky, Glinka and Rimsky-Korsakov denoting the high quality of the music to be heard sung by this world-class singer.

1. Marfa's Song 2. Laura's First Song 3. Olga's Aria 4. Monologue of Lyubasha 5. Prelude 6. Polina's Aria 7. The Countess's Aria 8. Vanya's Aria 9. Joan of Arc's Aria 10. Konchakovna's Cavatina 11. Marina Mniszech's Aria 12. Dance of the Skomorokhi