COMPOSERS: Gioacchino,Rossini
LABELS: RCA Red Seal
WORKS: Assorted arias and duets for voice
PERFORMER: Vesselina Kasarova (mezzo-soprano); Juan Diego Flórez, Ramón Vargas (tenor); various musicians
CATALOGUE NO: 82876 52929 2
The idiosyncratic but always touching Kasarova takes the lead in this bel canto compilation. Vargas is eloquent in Capuleti, and the leading Rossini tenor of our time sings the rest. George Hall