Reto Kuppel/Wolfgang Manz - Viardot: Violin Sonatas, Violin Sonatina

Pauline Viardot, daughter of the famous tenor, composer, operatic impresario and teacher, Manuel Garc�a, 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 Faur�s great A minor Sonata, wrote three beautifully crafted, expressively rich violin sonatas over an almost fifty-year period.