Paganini: Quartets for Strings & Guitar, Vol. 3

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Label
Dynamic
Release Date
April 21, 2023
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Nicolo Paganini
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Paganini Ensemble Vienna
    • PERFORMER
      Paganini Ensemble Vienna
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 21, 2023
    • UPC
      8007144079635
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      DYN-CDS7963
    • LABEL
      Dynamic
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Ensemble: Paganini Ensemble Vienna

    2. II. Minuetto: Allegretto

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Ensemble: Paganini Ensemble Vienna

    3. III. Cantabile: Larghetto

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Ensemble: Paganini Ensemble Vienna

    4. IV. Polacca: Quasi presto

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Ensemble: Paganini Ensemble Vienna

    5. I. Presto

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Ensemble: Paganini Ensemble Vienna

    6. II. Andante

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Ensemble: Paganini Ensemble Vienna

    7. III. Cantabile, quasi larghetto

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Ensemble: Paganini Ensemble Vienna

    8. IV. Finale prestissimo

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Ensemble: Paganini Ensemble Vienna

    9. I. Allegretto

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Ensemble: Paganini Ensemble Vienna

    10. II. Minuetto - Scherzo: Allegretto mosso

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Ensemble: Paganini Ensemble Vienna

    11. III. Adagio cantabile

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Ensemble: Paganini Ensemble Vienna

    12. IV. Rondo: Andantino con brio

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Ensemble: Paganini Ensemble Vienna


Many Paganini scholars consider the quartets with guitar to be among his finest chamber works. The care Paganini took in their composition is documented in numerous letters asking the opinion of his friend Luigi Germi, to whom Quartet No. 10 is dedicated. The Quartets, Op. 4 and Op. 5 with their almost playful eccentricities and freedoms show the composer trying out a variety of forms and variations on convention, all with his typically virtuoso and lyrical touch. Volume 2 of this edition (CDS7938) was admired for its ‘crisp and elegant sensibility’ in BBC Music Magazine.