An Evening Of Paganini / Zino Francescatti, Artur Balsam

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Label
Bridge Records
Release Date
October 29, 2002
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      PAGANINI, NICCOLO
    • PERFORMER
      Zino Francescatti
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 29, 2002
    • UPC
      090404912528
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BCD9125
    • LABEL
      Bridge Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro maestoso

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Performer: Zino Francescatti, Artur Balsam

    2. II. Adagio

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Performer: Zino Francescatti, Artur Balsam

    3. III. Rondo: Allegro spirituoso

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Performer: Zino Francescatti, Artur Balsam

    4. Variations on O mamma, mamma cara from Il carnevale di Venezia, Op. 10, MS 59

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Performer: Zino Francescatti, Artur Balsam

    5. 24 Caprices, Op. 1: Caprice No. 13 in B-Flat Major (arr. for violin and piano)

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Performer: Zino Francescatti, Artur Balsam

    6. Caprice No. 15 in E Minor

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Performer: Zino Francescatti, Artur Balsam

    7. Caprice No. 21 in A Major

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Performer: Zino Francescatti, Artur Balsam

    8. Caprice No. 9 in E Major

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Performer: Zino Francescatti, Artur Balsam

    9. Caprice No. 17 in E-Flat Major

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Performer: Zino Francescatti, Artur Balsam

    10. Caprice No. 24 in A Minor

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Performer: Zino Francescatti, Artur Balsam

    11. Introduction and Variations in A Major on Di tanti palpiti from Rossini's Tancredi, Op. 13, MS 77, "I palpiti"

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Performer: Zino Francescatti, Artur Balsam

    12. 24 Caprices, Op. 1: Caprice No. 20 in D Major (arr. for violin and piano)

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini


Put on this 1954 all-Paganini recital from the Library of Congress and you'll be awestruck at the sheer musicality, proportion, and taste behind Zino Francescatti's staggering technical command of his violin. His intense vibrato never veers off the correct intonational mark, and even the fleetest scales, runs, and roulades are purposefully articulated, never sketchy. Then there's his amazing palette of bow strokes and slides, effortless double-stops, skips, and arpeggios. In the D major concerto's third movement, for example, as you listen to the double-stop harmonics you sense that Francescatti knew exactly how they would sound before he played them. Although the violinist follows the now-antiquated practice of adding piano accompaniments to both the concerto and the selection of Caprices, Artur Balsam's full-bodied, bedrock support proves much more than mere accompanying. In short, Paganini's music seldom has been so lovingly and intelligently served, and the archival recording boasts ample bloom and presence for its time and place. An absolute must for violin fans.--Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com