Paganini Ensemble Vienna - Quartets for Strings & Guita - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Nicolò Paganini's Quartets for Strings and Guitar are among his finest chamber compositions. The First Guitar Quartet was a wedding gift from Paganini to his younger sister; and both this and the Second Quartet share neo-classical poise with warmly expressive romantic lyricism. The Ninth Quartet features sweet and melancholy moods containing some of Paganini's most disarmingly simple melodies, and as the composer himself stated, 'a very fanciful minuet and a moving trio'. The InchPaganini Ensemble ViennaInch has set it's goal high in presenting this rarely played program which offers unique insight into Paganini's extensive oeuvre for the violin, guitar, viola, and violoncello. These works offer not only technical virtuosity and moments of tremendous passion, but also passages expressing great tenderness, suffering, and joy. Indeed, these emotional elements are essential to understanding the music of Nicolo Paganini, who once said InchWe must strongly feel to make others feel.Inch Album Tracks 1. Quartet No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 4 No. 1 (M.S.28)~Introduzione, Andante marcato - Vivace 2. Quartet No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 4 No. 1 (M.S.28)~Minuetto, Andantino 3. Quartet No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 4 No. 1 (M.S.28)~Tema con variazioni, Adagietto cantabile 4. Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 4 No. 2 (M.S.29)~Moderato 5. Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 4 No. 2 (M.S.29)~Minuetto, Andante 6. Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 4 No. 2 (M.S.29)~Larghetto 7. Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 4 No. 2 (M.S.29)~Rondo, Allegretto 8. Quartet No. 9 in D Major (M.S.36)~Allegro moderato 9. Quartet No. 9 in D Major (M.S.36)~Minuetto alla Valtz, Allegretto mosso 10. Quartet No. 9 in D Major (M.S.36)~Adagio sostenuto appassionatamente 11. Quartet No. 9 in D Major (M.S.36)~Finale, Allegro vivace