Feature Marina Viotti and Christophe Rousset pay tribute to the great Pauline Viardot Clive Paget talks to singer and conductor about the life of a 19th-century 'everywoman' and the challenge of matching her talents. by Clive Paget on 29 November, 2022 The...
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Feature Marina Viotti and Christophe Rousset pay tribute to the great Pauline Viardot Clive Paget talks to singer and conductor about the life of a 19th-century 'everywoman' and the challenge of matching her talents. by Clive Paget on 29 November, 2022 The Limelight Recording of the Month for December is not just a celebration of a 19th-century legend, it’s a cannily programmed debut recital from a marvellous singer in collaboration with a great conductor and his magnificent period instrument orchestra. A Tribute to Pauline Viardot is the brainchild of Swiss mezzo-soprano Marina Viotti and French, early-music wizard Christophe Rousset. Viardot knew everyone from Clara Schumann to Charles Dickens and sang for Wagner in the first run-through of Tristan und Isolde. By all accounts, she had a beautiful voice coupled with a fiery stage presence. “One of the greatest artists who comes to mind in the past and present history of music,” declared Berlioz. Clive Paget spoke with both Viotti and
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