Paganini: Duets for Violin and Bassoon / Cantabile in D Major / Rossini: Un Mot A Paganini

Featuring

Salvatore Accardo
Claudio Gonella
Bruno Canino
Niccolò Paganini
Gioachino Rossini

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Compositional Technique

Paganini included curious, enigmatic phrases above the staff in his manuscripts, such as "Cara ti lascio, No ti amo starne a canto" (Dear I leave you, No, I love to be near you) in the second Duet.

Composition History

The autograph manuscript of Paganini's Three Duets for Violin and Bassoon was rediscovered in 1990 by Flavio Menardi Noguera, a musicologist and member of Istituto di Studi Paganiniani.

Composition History

Paganini composed the Three Duets for Violin and Bassoon at age 17 in Livorno for a Swedish amateur bassoonist who desired challenging music.

Composer Biography

Paganini and Gioachino Rossini, a famous opera composer, were sincere friends and met many times, with Paganini even saving the premiere of Rossini's opera Matilde di Shabran.

Composer Biography

Paganini, who could not play the piano, used the guitar as his harmony instrument, which he mastered skillfully.

Compositional Technique

In the Three Duets, Paganini explores the bassoon's capabilities, entrusting it with passages as demanding as those for the violin, creating a constant dialogue between the instruments.