Adriano Sebastiani - Paganini: Ghiribizzi (Complete) (2007)

Tracklist

01. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 1 in A Major: Allegretto
02. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 2 in C Major: Andantino
03. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 3 in C Major: Waltz
04. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 4 in A Major: Allegretto
05. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 5 in D Major: Moderato
06. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 6 in G Major: Andantino
07. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 7 in E Major: Waltz
08. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 8 in C Major: Andantino
09. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 9 in C Major: Andantino
10. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 10 in C Major: Allegretto
11. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 11 in A Major: Allegretto
12. Ghiribizzi, MS 43: No. 12 in C Major: Andante
13. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 13 in C Major: Allegro
14. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 14 in C Major: Allegro Assai
15. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 15 in G Major: Allegro
16. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 16 in G Major: Larghetto
17. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 17 in D Major: Andantino
18. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 18 in D Minor: Andantino
19. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 19 in G Major: Corrente
20. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 20 in C Major: Andante
21. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 21 in A Major: Allegretto
22. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 22 in A Major: Larghetto
23. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 23 in A Major: Allegro
24. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 24 in A Major: Andante
25. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 25 in C Major: Andante
26. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 26 in D Major: Arietta
27. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 27 in D Major: Andantino
28. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 28 in D Major: Waltz
29. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 29 in D Major: March
30. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 30 in D Major: Allegretto
31. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 31 in A Major: Minuetto: Andante
32. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 32 in A Major: Allegretto
33. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 33 in A Major: Allegretto
34. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 34 in A Major: Waltz
35. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 35 in D Major: Waltz
36. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 36 in C Major: Allegretto
37. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 37 in A Major: Adagietto con Espressione
38. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 38 in A Major: Vivace
39. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 39 in D Major: Allegretto
40. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 40 in A Major: Andante
41. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 41 in C Major: Allegro
42. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 42 in A Major: Waltz
43. Ghiribizzi, MS 43, No. 43 in A Minor: Andantino



"Ghiribizzi" are trifles, and that's what these little pieces by Paganini are. Some of Paganini's guitar music can be quite virtuosic (he was nearly as good a guitarist as he was a violinist), but these works, written in 1820 for a young woman in Naples who was learning to play the guitar, offer little in the way of challenges for the player or spectacle for the listener. They're little binary (or not even binary) tunes, many of them not even a minute long. Bits of other Paganini tunes and even Rossini float by, and the music is attractive for what it is - it's relaxed rather than formal or constrained. Guitarist Adriano Sebastiani makes the best of the music with sharp performances that differentiate nicely between the registers of the guitar, although he is recorded too close up. Ultimately this music gives a nice glimpse into how music was learned in Naples in 1820, although for the casual listener it's best suited as background - hearing 43 short pieces one after another has its limitations.

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