Nicolo Paganini: Quartets for Strings and Guitar Nos. 3, Op.

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Dynamic
Release Date
November 21, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Nicolo Paganini
    • PERFORMER
      Paganini Ensemble Vienna
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 21, 2025
    • UPC
      8007144080723
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      DYN-CDS8072
    • LABEL
      Dynamic
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Potpourri: Allegro

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Ensemble: Paganini Ensemble Vienna

    2. II. Minuetto alla Spagnola: Andantino

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Ensemble: Paganini Ensemble Vienna

    3. III. Romance: Adagio non tanto

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Ensemble: Paganini Ensemble Vienna

    4. IV. Rondo: Allegretto

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Ensemble: Paganini Ensemble Vienna

    5. I. Allegro

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Ensemble: Paganini Ensemble Vienna

    6. II. Minuetto: Andantino

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Ensemble: Paganini Ensemble Vienna

    7. III. Cantabile molto adagio

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Ensemble: Paganini Ensemble Vienna

    8. IV. Rondo: Allegretto

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Ensemble: Paganini Ensemble Vienna

    9. I. Allegro giusto

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Ensemble: Paganini Ensemble Vienna

    10. II. Tenuto con precisione

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Ensemble: Paganini Ensemble Vienna

    11. III. Minuetto: Allegretto mosso

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Ensemble: Paganini Ensemble Vienna


Of Paganini's fifteen quartets with guitar only six were published during his lifetime. They represent his finest body of chamber compositions as can be heard in the three quartets for violin, viola, guitar and cello, Op. 4. Of them, No. 3 in A major is a masterpiece, with French-styled inspiration, rich lyricism and piquant invention, while the virtuosic, almost concerto-like No. 8 in A major embodies his quatuor brillant writing, with it's Rossinian resonances. No. 12 in A minor is the most 'symphonic' of the three, containing formal originality, one of the most moving of Paganini's slow movements, and his most serious-minded finale.