Vesselina Kasarova - Other Recordings

Other Recordings

(Vesselina Kasarova has an exclusive recording contract with RCA Red Seal Label)

• Hermann Suter Le Laudi (Le laudi di San Francesco d’Assisi) (1991) -- with Budapester Sinfoniker Chor and Kinderchor des Ungarischen Rundfunks Budapest

• Wir Schwestern Zwei, Wir Schönen -- lieder duets with Edita Gruberova including the famous Rossini's Katzen-Duett (Duetto buffo di due gatti)

• Berlioz, Ravel, Chausson (1994) -- song cycles with Pinchas Steinberg and the ORF Symphonieorchester (This recording won the Prix Maurice Ravel award)

• A Portrait (1996) -- with Friedrich Haider and the Munchner Rundfunkorchester. Arias from Handel's Rinaldo, Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice, Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni, Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia and L'italiana in Algeri, Donizetti's Anna Bolena and La favorita, and Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi.

• Franz Schubert: Mass No. 6 in E-Major (1997) -- with Riccardo Muti & Wiener Philharmoniker and Chor des Mitteldeutschen Rundfunks, Leipzig

• Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E-Major "Sinfonie der Tausend" (1997) -- with Sir Colin Davis & Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

• Mozart Arias (1997) -- with Sir Colin Davis and the Staatskapelle Dresden. Arias from Cosi fan tutte, Le nozze di Figaro, Idomeneo, Mitridate, Don Giovanni, Lucio Silla, and La clemenza di Tito. This recording was nominated for the Grammy Award

• Schubert, Brahms, Schumann: Lieder (1999) with Friedrich Haider

• Rossini: Arias and Duets (2000) with Juan Diego Florez and Arthur Fagen & Musikalische Leitung. This record won the 2000 Cannes Classical Awards for Songs and Vocal Recitals 19/20 Century.

• Nuit Resplendissante (2001) Rarely heard French opera arias with Frédéric Chaslin & Münchner Rundfunkorchester

• Love Entranced: French Opera Arias (2002) with Frédéric Chaslin and the Munich Radio Orchestra.

• Bulgarian Soul: Kyurkchiyski (2003) with Cosmic Voices from Bulgaria under Vania Moneva, and the Sofia Soloists Chamber Orchestra under Tzanko Delibozov singing traditional Bulgarian folk songs. This recording was nominated for the German ECHO Klassik award (Classics Without Frontier)

• Berlin Opera Night (2004) -- Sings Charlotte's letter scene from Werther as part of the benefit concert to raise fund for AIDS research. CD under title Gala Night

• The Magic of Kasarova (2004) compilation of arias from her acclaimed roles including tracks from live performances from the 2003 Munich production of Orphée et Eurydice and the 1999 Salzburger Festspiele production of La damnation de Faust.

• Belle Nuit (2008) with Ulf Schirmer and the Munich Radio Orchestra. Live recording of a concert at Philharmonie am Gastieg of Offenbach operetta arias.

• Sento Brillar (July 2008) with Alan Curtis and Il Complesso Barocco. Studio recording of Handel opera arias that were written for Carestini.

• Passionate Arias (May 2009) with Giuliani Carrera and Munich Radio Orchestra. Studio recordings of compilation of dramatic mezzo-soprano arias.

• Chopin At The Opera (2010) Documentary on opera's influence on the music of Frederic Chopin. Filmed at George Sands' estate with short clips of Kasarova's rehearsal for a concert with Roland Raphael.