Paganini Ensemble Vienna - Paganini: Quartets for Strings & Guitar Nos. 1, 2 & 9 (2021) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Quartet No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 4 No. 1, MS 28: I. Introduzione. Andante marcato - II. Vivace
02. Quartet No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 4 No. 1, MS 28: III. Minuetto. Andantino
03. Quartet No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 4 No. 1, MS 28: IV. Tema con variazioni. Adagietto cantabile
04. Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 4 No. 2, MS 29: I. Moderato
05. Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 4 No. 2, MS 29: II. Minuetto. Andante
06. Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 4 No. 2, MS 29: III. Larghetto
07. Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 4 No. 2, MS 29: IV. Rondo. Allegretto
08. Quartet No. 9 in D Major, MS 36: I. Allegro moderato
09. Quartet No. 9 in D Major, MS 36: II. Minuetto alla valtz. Allegretto mosso
10. Quartet No. 9 in D Major, MS 36: III. Adagio sostenuto appassionatamente
11. Quartet No. 9 in D Major, MS 36: IV. Finale. Allegro vivace



Nicolò Paganini’s Quartets for Strings and Guitar are among his finest chamber compositions. The First Guitar Quartet was a wedding gift from Paganini to his younger sister; and both this and the Second Quartet share neo-classical poise with warmly expressive romantic lyricism. The Ninth Quartet features sweet and melancholy moods containing some of Paganini’s most disarmingly simple melodies, and as the composer himself stated, "a very fanciful minuet and a moving trio".

The Paganini Ensemble Vienna has set its goal high in presenting this rarely played program which offers unique insight into Paganini’s extensive oeuvre for the violin, guitar, viola, and violoncello. These works offer not only technical virtuosity and moments of tremendous passion, but also passages expressing great tenderness, suffering, and joy. Indeed, these emotional elements are essential to understanding the music of Nicolo Paganini, who once said “We must strongly feel to make others feel”.

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