Pauline Viardot (1821-1910) was one of the most extraordinary women in the history of music. Daughter of the Spanish tenor Manuel GarcÃa and sister of the mezzo-soprano Maria Malibran, she studied piano with Liszt and counterpoint and harmony with Reicha, made her debut, also as a mezzo, at the age of sixteen and went on to inspire composers of the stature of Berlioz, Chopin, Gounod, Meyerbeer, Saint-SaÃ«ns, Schumann and Wagner, and she was no mean composer herself, as these passionate songs demonstrate. Twelve of them are arrangements of mazurkas by her good friend FrÃ©dÃ©ric Chopin; the others set some major poems in Russian, a language she spoke fluently.

Tracklist:

12 Poems Of Pushkin, Fet & Turgenev: 12 Poems Of Pushkin, Fet And Turgenev: No. 1. Tsvetok (The Flower)
10 Poems Of Pushkin, Lermontov, Koltsov, Tyutchev & Fet: 10 Poems Of Pushkin, Lermontov, Koltsov, Tyutchev And Fet: No. 3. Y
5 Poems Of Lermontov & Turgenev: 5 Poems Of Lermontov And Turgenev: No. 1. Na Zare (At Dawn)
12 Poems Of Pushkin, Fet & Turgenev: 12 Poems Of Pushkin, Fet And Turgenev: No. 4. Polunochnyye Obrazy (Midnight Images)
5 Poems Of Lermontov & Turgenev: No. 2. Utes (The Crag)
5 Poems Of Lermontov & Turgenev: No. 3. Razgadka (The Answer)
10 Poems Of Pushkin, Lermontov, Koltsov, Tyutchev & Fet: No. 5. Dlya Beregov Otchizny Dal'ney (For Distant Shores Of Hom
10 Poems Of Pushkin, Lermontov, Koltsov, Tyutchev & Fet: No. 4. Tikho Vecher Dogorayet (The Light Of Evening Quietly Fades)
10 Poems Of Pushkin, Lermontov, Koltsov, Tyutchev & Fet: No. 1. Otchego, Skazhi? (Tell Me Why)
10 Poems Of Pushkin, Lermontov, Koltsov, Tyutchev & Fet: No. 9. Iva (The Willow Tree)
12 Poems Of Pushkin, Fet & Turgenev: No. 12. Zvezdy (Stars)
12 Poems Of Pushkin, Fet & Turgenev: No. 6. Zaklinaniye (Invocation)
5 Poems Of Lermontov & Turgenev: 5 Poems Of Lermontov And Turgenev: No. 4. Razluka (Separation)
12 Poems Of Pushkin, Fet & Turgenev: 12 Poems Of Pushkin, Fet And Turgenev: No. 2. Na Kholmakh Gruzii (Upon The Hills Of Geo
Romances, Songs, Couplets & Cabaret Songs For Voice & Piano: Poems By Geibel, Goethe, Koltsov, Lermontov, Morike, Polya,
6 Mazurkas De Chopin, Series I: No. 1. Seize Ans
6 Mazurkas De Chopin, Series I: No. 2. Aime-Moi
6 Mazurkas De Chopin, Series I: No. 3. Plainte D'amour
6 Mazurkas De Chopin, Series I: No. 4. Coquette
6 Mazurkas De Chopin, Series I: No. 5. L'oiselet
6 Mazurkas De Chopin, Series I: No. 6. Separation
6 Mazurkas De Chopin, Series II: No. 1. La Fete
6 Mazurkas De Chopin, Series II: No. 2. Faible Coeur!
6 Mazurkas De Chopin, Series II: No. 3. La Jeune Fille
6 Mazurkas De Chopin, Series II: No. 4. Berceuse
6 Mazurkas De Chopin, Series II: No. 5. La Danse
6 Mazurkas De Chopin, Series II: No. 6. La Beaute

UPC: 5060113443038
Label: Toccata
Release Date: 1.8.16
Format: CD

Ina Kancheva - Viardot: Songs (CD)