Il Salotto Vol.10 Pauline Viardot and Friends

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The life of Pauline Viardot was truly extraordinary. One of the greatest prima donnas and influential musical figures of the 19th century, she was born in Paris, daughter of Spanish tenor Manuel Garcia and sister of the legendary singer Maria Malibran.

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  1. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Life of Pauline Viardot Various Buy Track 0:20
  2. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Dve rozy Various Buy Track 0:20
  3. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Life of Pauline Viardot Various Buy Track 0:15
  4. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Celos Various Buy Track 0:20
  5. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Life of Pauline Viardot Various Buy Track 0:20
  6. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: La regata veneziana, "Voga o Tonio benedetto" Various Buy Track 0:20
  7. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Life of Pauline Viardot Various Buy Track 0:20
  8. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: L'absence Various Buy Track 0:20
  9. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Life of Pauline Viardot Various Buy Track 0:07
  10. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Berceuse Various Buy Track 0:20
  11. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Life of Pauline Viardot Various Buy Track 0:20
  12. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Le chĂªne et le roseau Various Buy Track 0:20
  13. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Life of Pauline Viardot Various Buy Track 0:20
  14. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Utes Various Buy Track 0:20
  15. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Die Sterne Various Buy Track 0:20
  16. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Life of Pauline Viardot Various Buy Track 0:06
  17. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: scena d'Hermione Various Buy Track 0:20
  18. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Life of Pauline Viardot Various Buy Track 0:20
  19. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Sinitsa Various Buy Track 0:20
  20. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Life of Pauline Viardot Various Buy Track 0:20
  21. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Indecision Various Buy Track 0:20
  22. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Life of Pauline Viardot Various Buy Track 0:16
  23. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Chanson de printemps Various Buy Track 0:20
  24. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Life of Pauline Viardot Various Buy Track 0:19
  25. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: De miei giorni Various Buy Track 0:20
  26. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Berceuse Various Buy Track 0:20
  27. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Life of Pauline Viardot Various Buy Track 0:20
  28. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Allein Various Buy Track 0:20
  29. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Life of Pauline Viardot Various Buy Track 0:20
  30. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: La captive, orientale, Op. 12 Various Buy Track 0:20
  31. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: En mer Various Buy Track 0:20
  32. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Life of Pauline Viardot Various Buy Track 0:20
  33. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Buria Various Buy Track 0:20
  34. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Cendrillon: C'est moi! Ne craignez rien! Various Buy Track 0:20
  35. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Life of Pauline Viardot Various Buy Track 0:20
  36. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Ici-bas tous les lilas meurent Various Buy Track 0:20
  37. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Life of Pauline Viardot Various Buy Track 0:20
  38. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Zaklinanie Various Buy Track 0:20
  39. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Life of Pauline Viardot Various Buy Track 0:20
  40. Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Havanaise Various Buy Track 0:20

Description

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The life of Pauline Viardot was truly extraordinary. One of the greatest prima donnas and influential musical figures of the 19th century, she was born in Paris, daughter of Spanish tenor Manuel Garcia and sister of the legendary singer Maria Malibran. As a teenager, already a rising star, she was unofficially adopted by Georges Sand and was the model and inspiration for her novel, Consuela. She studied composition with Anton Reicha and piano with Liszt and Chopin, transcribing Chopin’s Mazurkas for voice and often appearing with him in recital. While a prima donna at the Italian Opera in Paris, she married Louis Viardot and, besides her career as a singer, teacher and composer, and living in the USA, Mexico, Germany, England and France (where she died), she gave birth to four children. She was admired by composers including Fauré, Brahms, Meyerbeer, Gounod, Berlioz, Massenet and Schumann. Many works were dedicated to her and she composed hundreds of songs, chamber works and operettas, writing Cendrillon aged 83! This CD, including world premiere recordings of several Viardot songs, was recorded live at London’s Wigmore Hall. Three singers, Frederica von Stade, Anna Caterina Antonacci and Vladimir Chernov (with the distinguished French actress and film star, Fanny Ardant narrating), evoke Viardot’s world both through her own compositions and those of her illustrious friends, justly demonstrating the genius of her achievements.

‘A delightful and enjoyable informative set’ – George Hall, Opera Now

Cast

Frederica von Stade, Vladimir Chernov, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Fanny Ardant (narrator), David Watkin (cello), David Harper - piano

Tracklist

01 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Life of Pauline Viardot
02 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Dve rozy
03 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Life of Pauline Viardot
04 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Celos
05 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Life of Pauline Viardot
06 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: La regata veneziana, “Voga o Tonio benedetto”
07 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Life of Pauline Viardot
08 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: L’absence
09 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Life of Pauline Viardot
10 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Berceuse
11 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Life of Pauline Viardot
12 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Le chĂªne et le roseau
13 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Life of Pauline Viardot
14 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Utes
15 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Die Sterne
16 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Life of Pauline Viardot
17 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: scena d’Hermione
18 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Life of Pauline Viardot
19 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Sinitsa
20 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Life of Pauline Viardot
21 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Indecision
22 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Life of Pauline Viardot
23 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Chanson de printemps
24 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Life of Pauline Viardot
25 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: De miei giorni
26 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Berceuse
27 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Life of Pauline Viardot
28 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Allein
29 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Life of Pauline Viardot
30 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: La captive, orientale, Op. 12
31 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: En mer
32 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Life of Pauline Viardot
33 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Buria
34 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Cendrillon: C’est moi! Ne craignez rien!
35 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Life of Pauline Viardot
36 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Ici-bas tous les lilas meurent
37 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Life of Pauline Viardot
38 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Zaklinanie
39 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Life of Pauline Viardot
40 Il Salotto, Vol. 10: Pauline Viardot and Friends: Havanaise