Composer: Niccolò Paganini
Performer: Paganini Ensemble Vienna
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Dynamic
Catalogue: CDS7963
Release: 2023
Size: 1.11 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Guitar Quartet No. 5 in C Major, Op. 5 / 2, MS32
01. Allegro
02. Minuetto, Allegretto
03. Cantabile, Larghetto
04. Polacca, quasi presto
Guitar Quartet No. 4 in D Major, Op. 5 / 1, MS31
05. Presto
06. Canone a tre, Andante
07. Tema cantabile, quasi larghetto
08. Finale prestissimo
Guitar Quartet No. 10 in A Major, MS37
09. Allegro
10. Minuetto-Scherzo, Allegretto mosso
11. Adagio Cantabile
12. Rondò, Andantino con brio
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.