Pauline Viardot: Violin Sonatina - Paul Viardot: V
Label: NCL Catalog: 8573607 Format: CD Kuppel, Reto; Manz, WolfgangPauline Viardot, daughter of the famous tenor, composer, operatic impresario and teacher, Manuel Garcia, and friend of Schumann and Chopin, was a mezzo-soprano and composer. Her Violin Sonatina in A minor reflects her operatic background with its long melodic lines. Her son Paul, the dedicatee of Faure's great A minor Sonata, wrote three beautifully crafted, expressively rich violin sonatas over an almost fifty-year period. Price: $19.98 |