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Paganini: Music for Violin & Strings / Gabriele Pieranunzi
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Paganini: Music for Violin & Strings / Gabriele Pieranunzi

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Composer
Niccolo Paganini
Artist
Gabriele Pieranunzi, Salvatore Lombardo, Loana Stratulat, Luca Improta, Pierluigi Sanarica, Allessan
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Oct 27, 2023
Catalog #
BRI96375
UPC
5028421963754

About

Paganini was the first great ‘star’ of instrumental music, the precursor of the rock stars of today, able to induce collective hysteria as well as to dictate fashion and to influence the behaviour of entire generations. He did this by transforming the violin into an orchestra of multiple voices and timbral experimentation, in other words, stretching the very limits of what a single instrument could do.

This programme is particularly interesting, both for the quality of the performances as well as the new chamber-string versions created by Francesco Fiore and Salvatore Lombardo. It also juxtaposes extremely popular Paganini works alongside compositions not very often heard in the concert hall but which help flesh out our understanding of the artistry of a composer too often misjudged as merely an acrobat of the violin. In four of Paganini’s best-known compositions – the ‘Campanella’ (Bell) movement from the Violin Concerto No.2, the Moses Fantasy, the Witches’ Dance and the Cantabile – the solo violin is here accompanied by a string quintet. In the first three, the string quintet stands in for the orchestra with a consequent lightening of accompaniment. In the Cantabile, the original of which was for violin and piano (Paganini’s only piece to be accompanied by keyboard rather than guitar), the ‘heavier’ quintet accompaniment still manages to retain a discreet sense of enjoyable sophistication.

The next two works, Nos. 6 and 3 of the 6 Sonatas Op.3 for violin and guitar, are presented here in transcriptions for two or three violins. These two sonatas, written in the salon style typical of the age, delight the listener with the conversational nature of the violin writing. Finally come three compositions in their original versions, providing an excursion into a lesser-known, but still very interesting, area of Paganini’s chamber output. The three Duetti concertanti for violin and cello were written for the enjoyment of amateur players, each comprising two movements

Tracklist 13 tracks

  1. 1 Violin Concerto No. 2 in B Minor, Op. 7, MS 48: III. Rondo, "La campanella" (arr. F. Fiore for violin and string quintet) 06:45
    Track
    1
    Title
    Violin Concerto No. 2 in B Minor, Op. 7, MS 48: III. Rondo, "La campanella" (arr. F. Fiore for violin and string quintet)
    Duration
    06:45
    Composer
    Niccolò Paganini
    Performer
    Gabriele Pieranunzi, Loana Stratulat, Salvatore Lombardo, Luca Improta, Pierluigi Sanarica, Alessandro Mariani
  2. 2 Introduction and Variations on Dal tuo stellato soglio from Rossini's Mose in Egitto, Op. 24, MS 23, "Mose-Fantasia" (arr. F. Fiore for violin and string quintet) 09:33
    Track
    2
    Title
    Introduction and Variations on Dal tuo stellato soglio from Rossini's Mose in Egitto, Op. 24, MS 23, "Mose-Fantasia" (arr. F. Fiore for violin and string quintet)
    Duration
    09:33
    Composer
    Niccolò Paganini
    Performer
    Gabriele Pieranunzi, Loana Stratulat, Salvatore Lombardo, Luca Improta, Pierluigi Sanarica, Alessandro Mariani
  3. 3 Cantabile in D Major, Op. 17, MS 109 (arr. F. Fiore for violin and string quintet) 05:26
    Track
    3
    Title
    Cantabile in D Major, Op. 17, MS 109 (arr. F. Fiore for violin and string quintet)
    Duration
    05:26
    Composer
    Niccolò Paganini
    Performer
    Gabriele Pieranunzi, Loana Stratulat, Salvatore Lombardo, Luca Improta, Pierluigi Sanarica, Alessandro Mariani
  4. 4 Le streghe, Op. 8, MS 19 (arr. F. Fiore for violin and string quintet) 12:17
    Track
    4
    Title
    Le streghe, Op. 8, MS 19 (arr. F. Fiore for violin and string quintet)
    Duration
    12:17
    Composer
    Niccolò Paganini
    Performer
    Gabriele Pieranunzi, Loana Stratulat, Salvatore Lombardo, Luca Improta, Pierluigi Sanarica, Alessandro Mariani
  5. 5 I. Andante innocentemente 03:39
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Andante innocentemente
    Duration
    03:39
    Composer
    Niccolò Paganini
    Performer
    Gabriele Pieranunzi, Salvatore Lombardo
  6. 6 II. Allegro vivo e con spirito, minore 01:34
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Allegro vivo e con spirito, minore
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Niccolò Paganini
    Performer
    Gabriele Pieranunzi, Salvatore Lombardo
  7. 7 Sonata for Violin and Guitar in D Major, Op. 3, No. 3, MS 27 (arr. S. Lombardo for 3 violins) 04:47
    Track
    7
    Title
    Sonata for Violin and Guitar in D Major, Op. 3, No. 3, MS 27 (arr. S. Lombardo for 3 violins)
    Duration
    04:47
    Composer
    Niccolò Paganini
    Performer
    Gabriele Pieranunzi, Salvatore Lombardo, Loana Stratulat
  8. 8 I. Allegro 06:26
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    06:26
    Composer
    Niccolò Paganini
    Performer
    Gabriele Pieranunzi, Pierluigi Sanarica
  9. 9 II. Rondo Allegretto 04:29
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Rondo Allegretto
    Duration
    04:29
    Composer
    Niccolò Paganini
    Performer
    Gabriele Pieranunzi, Pierluigi Sanarica
  10. 10 I. Allegro 08:08
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    08:08
    Composer
    Niccolò Paganini
    Performer
    Gabriele Pieranunzi, Pierluigi Sanarica
  11. 11 II. Rondo: Presto 02:55
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Rondo: Presto
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    Niccolò Paganini
    Performer
    Gabriele Pieranunzi, Pierluigi Sanarica
  12. 12 I. Allegro 07:01
    Track
    12
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    07:01
    Composer
    Niccolò Paganini
    Performer
    Gabriele Pieranunzi, Pierluigi Sanarica
  13. 13 II. Polonese: Andante con brio 02:54
    Track
    13
    Title
    II. Polonese: Andante con brio
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Niccolò Paganini
    Performer
    Gabriele Pieranunzi, Pierluigi Sanarica