Reto Kuppel & Wolfgang Manz - Paul & Pauline Viardot: Works for Violin & Piano (2018) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist
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01. 6 Pieces (1902): No. 1, Angelus
02. 6 Pieces (1902): No. 2, En barque
03. 6 Pieces (1902): No. 3, Résignation
04. 6 Pieces (1902): No. 4, Chinoiserie
05. 6 Pieces (1902): No. 5, Invocation
06. 6 Pieces (1902): No. 6, Petite valse
07. Introduction et caprice
08. 6 Morceaux: No. 1, Romance
09. 6 Morceaux: No. 2, Bohémienne
10. 6 Morceaux: No. 3, Berceuse
11. 6 Morceaux: No. 4, Mazourke
12. 6 Morceaux: No. 5, Vieille chanson
13. 6 Morceaux: No. 6, Tarentelle
14. 6 Pièces faciles: No. 1, Tristesse
15. 6 Pièces faciles: No. 2, Marche
16. 6 Pièces faciles: No. 3, Chant villageois
17. 6 Pièces faciles: No. 4, Mauresque
18. 6 Pièces faciles: No. 5, Indécision
19. 6 Pièces faciles: No. 6, Babillage
20. 3 Petites pièces: No. 1, A l'aurore
21. 3 Petites pièces: No. 2, En Espagne
22. 3 Petites pièces: No. 3, Air tendre
23. Gitane
24. Romance in C Major
25. Romance in D Major, Op. 6
26. Romance sans paroles
27. Sicilienne
28. Danse slave
29. Rêverie
30. Berceuse

Pauline and Paul Viardot were members of the famous Garcia family, Pauline’s father the world renowned operatic tenor Manuel, and her son Paul a violin prodigy who rubbed shoulders with Europe’s elite and became a friend and colleague of Saint-Saens. Pauline’s ‘Six Morceaux’ were composed as a gift to her young son. Beyond his ‘Sonatas,’ much of Paul Viardot’s music consists of the short ‘salon’ works on this recording. They are considered “a treasure of melodies” by Reto Kuppel, and an evocation of 1920s Paris and French elegance. Violinist Reto Kuppel has performed throughout Europe and the United States and has appeared as a soloist with many German orchestras, including the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, the Munich Symphony Orchestra, the Concertino Hamburg, the Ensemble Haar, and the Augsburg Philharmonic Orchestra. He studied with Andreas Rohn at the Hochschule fur Musik und Theater in Hamburg, and with Dorothy DeLay at The Juilliard School in New York. His solo albums have been highly acclaimed by both critics and audiences.

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