Viardot: Mélodies, Chopin Mazurkas and other Songs - L’Oiselet (Marina Comparato)

12 Mazurkas: V. L’Oiselet (Arr. Viardot) Composer: Pauline Viardot Garcia Artist: Marina Comparato (mezzo soprano) Elisa Triulzi (piano) Viardot: Mélodies, Chopin Mazurkas and other Songs Released by Brilliant Classics https://www.brilliantclassics.com​ Daughter of the famous tenor García, himself a favourite of Gioachino Rossini, Pauline Viardot was originally destined to become a pianist (and was at one time tutored by Liszt) before the deaths of her father and singer-sister saw her re-trained as a mezzo-soprano by her mother. In 1839 she made her operatic debut in London, subsequently achieving renown on the concert and operatic stages of Great Britain, Germany and Russia in particular. Among her admirers in St Petersburg was the young Ivan Turgenev, later to become the best-known author of his country in Europe and North America.