Paganini Ensemble Vienna - Paganini: Quartets for Strings & Guitar Nos. 7, 14 & 15 (2022) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, MS 42: I. Maestoso
02. Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, MS 42: II. Minuetto a canone. Andantino
03. Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, MS 42: III. Recitativo
04. Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, MS 42: IV. Adagio cantabile
05. Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, MS 42: V. Rondo. Allegretto
06. Quartet No. 14 in A Major, MS 41: I. Allegro maestoso
07. Quartet No. 14 in A Major, MS 41: II. Minuetto scherzo. Allegretto
08. Quartet No. 14 in A Major, MS 41: III. Largo con sentimento
09. Quartet No. 14 in A Major, MS 41: IV. Finale. Allegro vivace
10. Quartet No. 7 in E Major, MS 34: I. Allegro moderato
11. Quartet No. 7 in E Major, MS 34: II. Minuetto. Allegretto
12. Quartet No. 7 in E Major, MS 34: III. Adagio cantabile. Sostenuto con passione
13. Quartet No. 7 in E Major, MS 34: IV. Rondo. Vivace



Niccolò Paganini’s Quartets for Strings and Guitar offer some of the best examples of his inexhaustible creativity, including ideas and themes that were later included in his more famous concertos. The Seventh Quartet combines mastery of form with endless melodic inventiveness, while the Fourteenth is more virtuosic, allowing its dedicatee to shine as a violinist with splendid effectiveness. The dark colour of the viola gives unique timbre to the Fifteenth Quartet which, with its moments of operatic expressiveness, is outstanding in Paganini’s chamber music output. Volume 1 of this edition (CDS7912) was considered “first-rate” in every regard by the American Record Guide.

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