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Il Cannone - Francesca Dego plays Paganini's Violin
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Il Cannone - Francesca Dego plays Paganini's Violin

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Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Dego, Leonardi
Format
CD
Label
Chandos
Released
Mar 05, 2021
Catalog #
CHAN 20223
UPC
095115222324

About

Paganini’s violin, the legendary ‘il Cannone’, made by Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù in 1743, is one of the most important musical instruments in the history of Western music. Paganini was the greatest virtuoso of his time, acclaimed throughout Europe and an inspiration to performers and composers alike. On his death, he bequeathed ‘il Cannone’ to his home city of Genoa, where it is permanently housed under high security in the Town Hall. It has been heard on record just a handful of times. Francesca Dego was given the honor of recording with it after the success of her first performance on the instrument, in October 2019, when she was invited to play Paganini’s First Violin Concerto at the Paganini Celebratory Concert at Teatro Carlo Felice, in Genoa. Francesca Dego comments: ‘Spending a few enchanted days recording with this priceless treasure was unforgettable. I was overwhelmed when I was first handed the instrument that had caressed the ears of Schumann, Schubert, Goethe, Rossini, Bellini, Berlioz, Chopin, Heine, and so many more. I remember standing in that very room as a young girl, hypnotized, staring at history behind glass, fingers tingling at the thought of touching it. And suddenly there I was, holding Paganini’s violin. I feel so privileged to be able to share the soul of ‘il Cannone’ in a new recording. I remember thinking long and hard about the ideal programme and carefully selecting a series of works paying homage to Paganini. The ‘Cannon’ has pretty much only ever been used to record music by Paganini, so the idea of its celebrated tone teaming up with composers who idolized the Italian virtuoso throughout history is really exciting to me!’

REVIEWS:

Dego has an expressive touch, skittering over the strings, yet finding plenty of attack in Szymanowski’s Trois Caprices. Corigliano’s Red Violin Caprices are at times spellbinding, descending into a guttural, harried chase. Leonardi accompanies sensitively throughout.

– BBC Music Magazine

If you’re keen to hear Paganini’s favourite plaything (or favourite fourstringed one, at any rate), performed with technical finesse and strong musicality while shown off by suitably polished engineering, then this amply does that job.

– Gramophone

Tracklist 11 tracks

  1. 1 Violin Concerto No. 2 in B Minor, Op. 7, MS 48: III. Rondo à la clochette, "La campanella" (arr. F. Kreisler for violin and piano) 06:35
    Track
    1
    Title
    Violin Concerto No. 2 in B Minor, Op. 7, MS 48: III. Rondo à la clochette, "La campanella" (arr. F. Kreisler for violin and piano)
    Duration
    06:35
    Composer
    Niccolò Paganini
    Performer
    Francesca Dego, Francesca Leonardi
  2. 2 Recitative 02:32
    Track
    2
    Title
    Recitative
    Duration
    02:32
    Composer
    Fritz Kreisler
    Performer
    Francesca Dego
  3. 3 Scherzo-caprice 02:00
    Track
    3
    Title
    Scherzo-caprice
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    Fritz Kreisler
    Performer
    Francesca Dego
  4. 4 The Red Violin Caprices 08:10
    Track
    4
    Title
    The Red Violin Caprices
    Duration
    08:10
    Composer
    John Corigliano Jr.
    Performer
    Francesca Dego
  5. 5 Come d'autunno 04:31
    Track
    5
    Title
    Come d'autunno
    Duration
    04:31
    Composer
    Carlo Boccadoro
    Performer
    Francesca Dego
  6. 6 Cantabile in D Major, Op. 17, MS 109 (arr. C. Boccadoro for violin and piano) 05:07
    Track
    6
    Title
    Cantabile in D Major, Op. 17, MS 109 (arr. C. Boccadoro for violin and piano)
    Duration
    05:07
    Composer
    Niccolò Paganini
    Performer
    Francesca Dego, Francesca Leonardi
  7. 7 Péchés de vieillesse, Vol. 9: Album pour piano, violon, violoncelle, harmonium et cor: No. 4. Un mot à Paganini, "Élégie" 09:06
    Track
    7
    Title
    Péchés de vieillesse, Vol. 9: Album pour piano, violon, violoncelle, harmonium et cor: No. 4. Un mot à Paganini, "Élégie"
    Duration
    09:06
    Composer
    Gioachino Rossini
    Performer
    Francesca Dego, Francesca Leonardi
  8. 8 A Paganini 10:42
    Track
    8
    Title
    A Paganini
    Duration
    10:42
    Composer
    Alfred Schnittke
    Performer
    Francesca Dego
  9. 9 No. 20 in D Major 03:23
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 20 in D Major
    Duration
    03:23
    Composer
    Karol Szymanowski
    Performer
    Francesca Dego, Francesca Leonardi
  10. 10 No. 21 in E Major 02:45
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 21 in E Major
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Karol Szymanowski
    Performer
    Francesca Dego, Francesca Leonardi
  11. 11 No. 24 in A Minor 08:38
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 24 in A Minor
    Duration
    08:38
    Composer
    Karol Szymanowski
    Performer
    Francesca Dego, Francesca Leonardi