Paganini: Music for Violin & Strings (CD)

Niccolò Paganini 1782–1840

Music for Violin & Strings

Violin Concerto No.2 MS 48 for violin & orchestra

1 III. Rondò ‘La Campanella’                                                                                                                                         6’45

2 Sonata ‘a preghiera’ MS 23 (Moses Fantasy) for violin & orchestra                                                                        9’33

Variations on the theme ‘Dal tuo stellato soglio’ from Rossini’s Mosè in Egitto

Introduzione (Preghiera): Adagio – Tema: Tempo alla marcia –Variazione 1 – Variazione 2 (Rondò) – Variazione 3 – Finale

3 Cantabile MS 109 for violin & guitar                                                                                                                         5’26

4 Le Streghe MS 19 (Witches’ Dance) for violin & orchestra                                                                                       12’17

Variations on a theme from Süssmayr’s music to the ballet Il noce di Benevento

Introduzione: Maestoso – Larghetto – Tema: Andantino –

Variazione 1 – Variazione 2 – Minore – Variazione 3 – Finale: Allegretto

Gabriele Pieranunzi solo violin

Salvatore Lombardo & Ioana Stratulat violins · Luca Improta viola

Pierluigi Sanarica cello · Alessandro Mariani double bass

Transcriptions for violin & string quintet: Francesco Fiore

Sonata No.6 in E minor MS 27/6 for violin & guitar

5 I. Andante innocentemente                                                                                                                                       3’39

6 II. Allegro vivo e con spirito, minore                                                                                                                          1’34

7 Sonata No.3 in D MS 27/3 for violin & guitar                                                                                                            4’47

1. Andante sostenuto – II. Rondo: Molto allegro

Gabriele Pieranunzi (5–7), Salvatore Lombardo (5–7) & Ioana Stratulat (7) violins

Transcriptions for 2 and 3 violins: Salvatore Lombardo

Duetto concertante No.1 in E flat MS 107/1 for violin & cello

8 I. Allegro                                                                                                                                                                     6’26

9 II. Rondò: Allegretto                                                                                                                                                   4’29

Duetto concertante No.2 in G MS 107/2 for violin & cello

10 I. Allegro                                                                                                                                                                   8’08

11 II. Rondò                                                                                                                                                                   2’55

Duetto concertante No.3 in A MS 107/3 for violin & cello

12 I. Allegro                                                                                                                                                                   7’01

13 II. Polonese: Andante con brio                                                                                                                                 2’54

Gabriele Pieranunzi violin · Pierluigi Sanarica cello