Composer: Niccolò Paganini
Performer: Keiko Yamaguchi, Rosario Conte
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Carpe Diem
Release: 2013
Size: 892 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Sonata No. 3 in C major from Centone di Sonater, Op. 64
01. I. Introduction: Prestissimo
02. II. Larghetto cantabile
Sonata in D major, MS112 / 2 (Centone di Sonate, Op.64, Letter A / 2)
03. I. Adagio cantabile
04. II. Rondoncino andantino – Tempo di polacca
05. Guitar Sonata No. 34 in A Major, MS 84
Centone di sonate, Op. 64, MS 112: Sonata No. 15 in A Major
06. I. Introduzione: Maestoso
07. II. Tema: Andante moderato
08. III. Rondo: Allegretto
09. Sonata for Guitar No.35 in A major
Centone di sonate, Op. 64, MS 112: Sonata No. 5 in E Major
10. I. Allegro assai
11. II. Andantino vivace, 3 variazioni
12. Sonatina No. 4 MS85
Sonata for violin & guitar in A major, Op. 3 No.6, MS 27 / 6
13. I. Larghetto cantabile
14. II. Rondo: Allegro assai
15. Sonata in A major, MS. 104 – I. Minuetto
Centone di sonate, Op. 64, MS 112: Sonata No. 17 in A Major
16. I. Introduzione: Andante Corrente
17. II. Andante Cantabile
18. III. Rondo: Allegro vivo
19. Cantabile for violin & piano / guitar in D major, Op. 17, MS 109
The Japanese violinist Keiko Yamaguchi plays on her debut solo album a selection of sonatas for violin and guitar from the “Centone di Sonate per Violino e Chitarra” of Niccolò Paganini.
Accompanied by guitarist Rosario Conte on a 19th C. romantic guitar, she gives Paganini’s music a special and intimate touch. This music was not intented to be performed on big stages but rather for private amusement and relaxation. As Rosario Conte puts in in the liner notes: “It is Paganini’s chamber music which shows us his glowing, enthusiastic, and yet humble soul. It relates to us the close relationship between folk music and the Italian belcanto tradition, and it tells us of the tiny world into which Paganini was born, of his city, Genoa, with its narrow streets and alleys branching out between the mountains and the sea.“