Viardot-García: Complete Spanish Songs and Duets

Description

These songs show Viardotʼs extraordinary ability to transfer her Spanish roots to other cultural contexts. They are of great pedagogical as well as artistic interest, and are examples of the belcanto school developed by the García family.

This volume contains all the songs and duets by Pauline Viardot-García with original Spanish texts. It includes her original songs, songs based on (anonymus) popular music and arrangements of instrumental works by other composers and involving a substantial change of the piece: Instrumental works turned into songs and were added with Spanish text.

Within her output of songs, her Spanish songs have special status, since Spanish music formed part of her personal and family universe, and constituted an essential part of her identity. Therefore, this group of pieces in Spanish takes us to her deepest cultural roots and show Viardot's extraordinary ability to transfer these roots to other cultural contexts and to adapt her artistical proposal to the different demands of the audience and to the different abilities of the singers.

The arrangements of Chopin's mazurkas, with French text are surely the most well-known pieces by Viardot. However, the original versions in Spanish have remained unpublished until now. These songs are of great pedagogical as well as artistic interest, and are examples of the belcanto school developed by the García family.

• Havanaise variée VWV 1019 | (Unbekannt / Unknown | 5')
• Caña VWV 1046 | (Don Preciso | 4')
• Rondeña VWV 1095 | (Francisco Rodríguez Marín | 3')
• Canción de la infanta VWV 1123 | (Mönch / Monk Ambrosio Montesino | 4')
• El corazón triste VWV 1192 | (Don Preciso | 3')
• Duo à la hongroise VWV 1217 | (Don Preciso | 5')
• Aserrín VWV 1223 | (Unbekannt / Unknown | 1')
• Canción española VWV 1227 | (Don Preciso | 4')
• Seguidilla de los oficialitos VWV 1228 | (Unbekannt / Unknown | 4')
• El fandango del diablo VWV 1229 | (Don Preciso | 3')
• Mi numen parlero VWV 1230 | (José Iglesias de la Casa | 4')
• La gallina VWV 4010 | (Unbekannt / Unknown | 2')
• Les bohémiennes VWV 4019 | (Don Preciso | 4')
• Me mandas que te olvide VWV 4020 (Chopin-Mazurka) | (Don Preciso | 3')
• Ay, que me robó VWV 4022 (Chopin-Mazurka) | (Unbekannt / Unknown | 3')
• De qué sirve VWV 4024 (Chopin-Mazurka) | (Don Preciso | 4')
• El amor de mi mozuela VWV 4025 (Chopin-Mazurka) | (Don Preciso | 3')
• La jota de los estudiantes VWV 4041 | (Unbekannt / Unknown | 4')
• Ay, Soledad VWV 4044 | (Unbekannt / Unknown | 3')
• La tortolilla triste VWV 4045 (Chopin-Mazurka) | (Don Preciso | 3')