Fabio Biondi has chosen a selection of delightful virtuoso chamber music pieces by NiccolÃ² Paganini to mark his tenth album for Glossa. Together with his long-term colleague from Europa Galante, the plucked-string specialist Giangiacomo Pinardi (here playing an original romantic guitar from c1825), Biondi delivers one of the most special Glossa albums of recent times. The works, composed between 1804 and c1828, are mainly two-movement sonatas contained in the Centone di sonate collection, although the album also includes the popular Sonata concertata in A major. Recorded in Valencia by the engineer and producer Fabio Framba (another well-known component of Biondi's recording setups), the booklet of this album includes a highly original essay signed by Pierre Ã‰lie Mamou, in which he looks into the Devil/God dichotomy as applied to the figure of Paganini by his own contemporaries. The graphic design for the album takes it's inspiration from this idea, for another typically Glossa look, listen and read experience

Tracklist:

Centone Di Sonate, Op. 64, Ms 112, Sonata No. 6 In A Major: I. Larghetto Cantabile
Centone Di Sonate, Op. 64, Ms 112, Sonata No. 6 In A Major: II. Rondo. Allegro Assai
Centone Di Sonate, Op. 64, Ms 112, Sonata No. 12 In D Major: I. Andante Cantabile
Centone Di Sonate, Op. 64, Ms 112, Sonata No. 12 In D Major: II. Rondo. Allegretto
Sonata Concertata In A Major, Op. 61, Ms 2: I. Allegro Spiritoso
Sonata Concertata In A Major, Op. 61, Ms 2: II. Adagio Assai Espressivo
Sonata Concertata In A Major, Op. 61, Ms 2: III. Allegretto Con Brio, Scherzando
Centone Di Sonate, Op. 64, Ms 112, Sonata No. 14 In G Major: I. Andante - Adagietto
Centone Di Sonate, Op. 64, Ms 112, Sonata No. 14 In G Major: II. Rondo. Allegro Molto Vivace
Centone Di Sonate, Op. 64, Ms 112, Sonata No. 2 In D Major: I. Adagio Cantabile
Centone Di Sonate, Op. 64, Ms 112, Sonata No. 2 In D Major: II. Rondoncino Andantino - Tempo Di Polacca
Centone Di Sonate, Op. 64, Ms 112, Sonata No. 7 In F Major: I. Allegro Giusto
Centone Di Sonate, Op. 64, Ms 112, Sonata No. 7 In F Major: II. Polacca. Andantino Allegretto
Sonata For Violin & Guitar In A Minor, Op. 3 No. 4, Ms 27: I. Andante Largo
Sonata For Violin & Guitar In A Minor, Op. 3 No. 4, Ms 27: II. Allegretto Motteggiando

UPC: 8424562234109
Label: Glossa
Release Date: 6.22.18
Format: CD

Paganini / Biondi / Pinardi - Sonatas for Violin & Guitar (CD)