This album was recorded in Valencia, Spain, at the Centro museístico La Beneficencia in June 2017.
Performer Biography
Giangiacomo Pinardi, the guitarist on this recording, plays a romantic guitar made by Mauchant Frères in Paris around 1825.
Performer Biography
Fabio Biondi, the violinist on this recording, plays an Andrea Borelli violin made in Parma in 1735.
Composer Biography
Some speculate that Niccolò Paganini, the composer, may have suffered from Marfan syndrome, a condition identified well after his death.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Paganini's Centone di sonate are animated by an elegant, sophisticated, and full-flavored spirit, rather than that of a tortured virtuoso.
Composition History
The works on this recording by Niccolò Paganini were composed between approximately 1804 and 1828.
Compositional Technique
The Centone di sonate by Paganini is a collection of 18 pieces, dating from around 1828, which can be understood as a selection of works placed into a new order, a medley, or a potpourri.
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