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 Vesselina Kasarova - Love Entranced / Chaslin, Munich Radio
Release Date: 04/09/2002 
Label:  Rca Victor Red Seal Catalog #: 67667   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Giacomo Meyerbeer,  Charles Gounod,  Hector Berlioz,  Ambroise Thomas,  Camille Saint-Saëns, 
Jules Massenet,  Edouard Lalo
Performer:  Vesselina Kasarova
Conductor:  Frédéric Chaslin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 0 Hours 54 Mins. 

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Notes & Reviews   Works on This Recording  
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Previously, Vesselina Kasarova has proved herself on CD in lighter fare, in operas by Mozart, Rossini, and Bellini. Here we get another side--or another angle--of her voice and interpretive talents, and the results are quite good. Almost all of the music she's chosen for this recital was composed about 75 years later than that of the three composers mentioned above, and it requires a bigger, broader sound and a more dramatic approach. Without forcing what sounds to be a not-particularly-large instrument (she is no Cossotto, Verrett, or Horne; the voice appears to be about the heft of von Stade's) she makes marvelous effects--and her palette of colors is impressive. The rich, creamy sound is very imposing near the bottom of its range (rarely the case with mezzos nowadays, Ewa Podles notwithstanding) and she gets to show it off here.


The program is varied: We get Urbain's playful, charming aria from Les Huguenots, followed by Fides' pitiful plea from Le Prophete. Sapho's suicidal lament changes mood again (and makes a good case for the entire role) and Dido's farewell from Les Troyens offers more, very moving grief--all beautifully portrayed. And so it continues with six more selections, some quite rare and welcome (an aria from Gounod's Cinq-Mars), others familiar but well-enough done to sound newly minted (Dalila's Act 2 aria). This CD lets us know that there's even more to Kasarova than bel canto. Despite slightly too many "down-tempo" selections, it's a fine release, highly recommended.

--Robert Levine, ClassicsToday.com
 Works on This Recording Back to Top 
1.  Les Huguenots: Non, non...Vous n'avez jamais, je gage by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Performer:  Vesselina Kasarova (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  Frédéric Chaslin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1836; France 
 		Date of Recording: 07/2001 
Venue:  Bavarian Radio Studio 1, Munich, Germany 
Length: 4 Minutes 6 Secs. 
Language: French 
2.  Le Prophète: Donnez, donnez by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Performer:  Vesselina Kasarova (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  Frédéric Chaslin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1849; Germany 
 		Date of Recording: 07/2001 
Venue:  Bavarian Radio Studio 1, Munich, Germany 
Length: 4 Minutes 13 Secs. 
Language: French 
3.  Sapho: Où suis-je? by Charles Gounod
Performer:  Vesselina Kasarova (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  Frédéric Chaslin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1851; France 
 		Date of Recording: 07/2001 
Venue:  Bavarian Radio Studio 1, Munich, Germany 
Length: 7 Minutes 12 Secs. 
Language: French 
Notes: This selection shares a track and timing with "O ma lyre immortelle." 
4.  Sapho: O ma lyre immortelle by Charles Gounod
Performer:  Vesselina Kasarova (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  Frédéric Chaslin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1851; France 
 		Date of Recording: 07/2001 
Venue:  Bavarian Radio Studio 1, Munich, Germany 
Language: French 
Notes: This selection shares a track and timing with "Où suis-je." 
5.  Les troyens: Je vais mourir...Adieu, fière cité by Hector Berlioz
Performer:  Vesselina Kasarova (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  Frédéric Chaslin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1856-1858; France 
 		Date of Recording: 07/2001 
Venue:  Bavarian Radio Studio 1, Munich, Germany 
Length: 6 Minutes 0 Secs. 
Language: French 
6.  Mignon: Connais-tu le pays? by Ambroise Thomas
Performer:  Vesselina Kasarova (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  Frédéric Chaslin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1866; France 
 		Date of Recording: 07/2001 
Venue:  Bavarian Radio Studio 1, Munich, Germany 
Length: 5 Minutes 40 Secs. 
Language: French 
7.  Roméo et Juliette: Depuis hier je cherche en vain mon maître by Charles Gounod
Performer:  Vesselina Kasarova (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  Frédéric Chaslin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1867; France 
 		Date of Recording: 07/2001 
Venue:  Bavarian Radio Studio 1, Munich, Germany 
Length: 4 Minutes 33 Secs. 
Language: French 
Notes: This selection shares a track and timing with "Que faes-tu, blanche tourterelle." 
8.  Roméo et Juliette: Que fais-tu, blanche tourterelle by Charles Gounod
Performer:  Vesselina Kasarova (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  Frédéric Chaslin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1867; France 
 		Date of Recording: 07/2001 
Venue:  Bavarian Radio Studio 1, Munich, Germany 
Language: French 
Notes: This selection shares a track and timing with "Depuis hier je cherche en vain mon maître." 
9.  Cinq Mars: Per quel trouble profond suis-je ici ramonée by Charles Gounod
Performer:  Vesselina Kasarova (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  Frédéric Chaslin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1876-1877; France 
 		Date of Recording: 07/2001 
Venue:  Bavarian Radio Studio 1, Munich, Germany 
Length: 5 Minutes 55 Secs. 
Language: French 
Notes: This selection shares a track and timing with "Nuit resplendissante." 
10.  Cinq Mars: Nuit resplendissante by Charles Gounod
Performer:  Vesselina Kasarova (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  Frédéric Chaslin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1876-1877; France 
 		Date of Recording: 07/2001 
Venue:  Bavarian Radio Studio 1, Munich, Germany 
Language: French 
Notes: This selection shares a track and timing with "Par quel trouble profond suis-je ici ramenée." 
11.  Samson et Dalila, Op. 47: Amour, viens aider ma faiblesse by Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer:  Vesselina Kasarova (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  Frédéric Chaslin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1877; France 
 		Date of Recording: 07/2001 
Venue:  Bavarian Radio Studio 1, Munich, Germany 
Length: 4 Minutes 15 Secs. 
Language: French 
12.  Le Cid: Pleurez, mes yeux! by Jules Massenet
Performer:  Vesselina Kasarova (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  Frédéric Chaslin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1885; France 
 		Date of Recording: 07/2001 
Venue:  Bavarian Radio Studio 1, Munich, Germany 
Length: 5 Minutes 27 Secs. 
Language: French 
Notes: This selection begins with "De cette affreux combat..." 
13.  Le Roi d'Ys: De tous côtes j'aperçois dans le plaine by Edouard Lalo
Performer:  Vesselina Kasarova (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  Frédéric Chaslin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1875-1888; France 
 		Date of Recording: 07/2001 
Venue:  Bavarian Radio Studio 1, Munich, Germany 
Length: 5 Minutes 32 Secs. 
Language: French 
Notes: This selection shares a track and timing with "Lorsque je t'ai vu soudain reparaître." 
14.  Le Roi d'Ys: Lorsque je t'ai vu by Edouard Lalo
Performer:  Vesselina Kasarova (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  Frédéric Chaslin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1875-1888; France 
 		Date of Recording: 07/2001 
Venue:  Bavarian Radio Studio 1, Munich, Germany 
Language: French 
Notes: This selection shares a track and timing with "De tous côtes j'aperçois dans la plaine." 
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