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Paganini and Rolla: Chamber Music for Strings and Bassoon

6/24/2022, 14 Tracks, 1:19:27

Featuring

  • Giovanni Guzzo
  • Gabrielle Shek
  • Andrea Bressan
  • Dana Zemtsov
  • Pau Codina Masferrer
  • Niccolò Paganini
  • Alessandro Rolla

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Composition History

Paganini's Three Concertante Duets for Violin and Bassoon were commissioned in 1800 by a Swedish amateur bassoonist who desired challenging music for his instrument.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Paganini dedicated his Carnival Divertimenti to Jean-Baptiste Milhaud, a general appointed by Napoleon, and the work was intended as a festive medley for the carnival at Genoa.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Paganini dictated his memoirs to Peter Lichtenthal in 1828 for an article in the Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung.

Source: Booklet

Critical Reception

Robert Schumann, a composer and critic, found in Paganini's performance "the ideal of skill [and] the ideal of expression", despite often being critical of showmanship.

Source: Booklet

Instruments

Giovanni Guzzo, the violinist on this recording, plays a Gennaro Gagliano violin from 1759.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This album was recorded in March 2021 at Villa San Fermo in Lonigo, Italy, using Brüel & Kjær 4006 and Schoeps microphones.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Alessandro Rolla, a composer born near Mozart's time, developed the left-hand pizzicato technique for viola, which Paganini later popularized.

Source: Booklet

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