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Paganini - Violin Concertos No.2 & No.5  | Brilliant Classics 93992

Paganini - Violin Concertos No.2 & No.5

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Label: Brilliant Classics

Cat No: 93992

Barcode: 5028421939926

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 28th September 2009

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Contents

Artists

Alexandre Dubach (violin)
Orchestra Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo

Conductor

Lawrence Foster

Works

Paganini, Nicolo

Violin Concerto no.2 in B minor, op.7
Violin Concerto no.5 in A minor

Artists

Alexandre Dubach (violin)
Orchestra Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo

Conductor

Lawrence Foster

About

Paganini composed 6 numbered concertos; the 6th of 1815 actually pre-dates No.1, which appeared in 1817. The Second concerto became one of his most famous works, and one he performed most frequently. The famous finale known as ‘la Campanella’ became an instant hit from the premiere in Naples in 1827. Later that year Pope Leo XII created Paganini a Knight of the Golden Spur, and his international stardom continued.

The Fifth concerto is from 1830, and for many years was un-performable as all Paganini left was the solo part and some vague ideas as to scoring. It was reconstructed and scored by Frederico Mompellio who also scored the Sixth concerto in the 1970s from the violin and guitar reduction that had survived. The Fifth contains all the pyrotechnics expected of a concerto by Paganini, but the slow movement is an especially moving and unadorned Andante.

Paganini refused to publish any of his concertos, thus preserving control over them at a time when there was no copyright law. The first two concertos were first published in the 1850s, over 10 years after his death.

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