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Accardo Plays Paganini: Complete Recordings |  | Creators: Niccolo Paganini, Charles Dutoit, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Salvatore Accardo
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Category: Music
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 22266
Format: Box set
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 6
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 463754
UPC: 028946375426
EAN: 0028946375426
ASIN: B00004SA88
Release Date: October 10, 2000
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Violin Concerto No. 1 in E flat major (usually transposed to D major), Op. 6, MS 21: No. 1, Allegro maestoso | | • | Violin Concerto No. 1 in E flat major (usually transposed to D major), Op. 6, MS 21: No. 2, Adagio espressivo | | • | Violin Concerto No. 1 in E flat major (usually transposed to D major), Op. 6, MS 21: No. 3, Rondo - Allegro spiritoso | | • | Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor ('La campanella'), Op. 7, MS 48: No. 1, Allegro maestoso | | • | Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor ('La campanella'), Op. 7, MS 48: No. 2, Adagio | | • | Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor ('La campanella'), Op. 7, MS 48: No. 3, Rondo |
Disc 2
| • | Violin Concerto No. 3 in E major, MS 50 | | • | Violin Concerto No. 3 in E major, MS 50 | | • | Violin Concerto No. 3 in E major, MS 50 | | • | Violin Concerto No. 4 in D minor, MS 60: No. 1, Allegro maestoso | | • | Violin Concerto No. 4 in D minor, MS 60: No. 2, Adagio flebile (con sentimento) | | • | Violin Concerto No. 4 in D minor, MS 60: No. 3, Rondo - Andantino ameno |
Disc 3
| • | Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor (orchestral part lost), MS 78: No. 1, Allegro maestoso... | | • | Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor (orchestral part lost), MS 78: No. 2, Andante, un poco sostenuto | | • | Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor (orchestral part lost), MS 78: No. 3, Rondo - Andantino, allegretto | | • | La Primavera (orchestra parts lost), sonata with variations for violin & orchestra in A major, Op. 30, MS 73 | | • | Maestosa sonata sentimentale ('Variations on the Austrian National Hymn'), for violin & orchestra, Op. 27, MS 51 |
Disc 4
| • | Violin Concerto in E minor (No.6) (orchestral part lost): No. 1, Risoluto | | • | Violin Concerto in E minor (No.6) (orchestral part lost): No. 2, Adagio | | • | Violin Concerto in E minor (No.6) (orchestral part lost): No. 3, Rondo ossia Polonese | | • | Sonata and Variations on 'Pria ch'io l'impegno' from Weigl's 'L'amor Marinaro', for violin & orchestra (or piano) in E major, MS 47 | | • | Introduction and Variations on 'Non più mesta' from Rossini's 'La cenerentola', for violin & orchestra in E flat major, Op. 12; MS 22 | | • | Le streghe, variations for violin & orchestra in E flat major, Op. 8, MS 19 |
Disc 5
| • | Napoléon, for violin & orchestra (or violin & piano) in E flat major, MS 5 | | • | I palpiti, introduction & variations on 'Di tanti palpiti' from Rossini's 'Tancredi,' for violin & orchestra, Op. 13, MS 77 | | • | Molto perpetuo, for violin & orchestra (or piano), MS 66 ('Sonata movimento perpetuo', 'Perpetuela') | | • | Capriccio on 'Nel cor più non mi sento', for violin solo in G major, Op. 38, MS 44 | | • | Sonata for violin solo in C major, MS 6 | | • | Variations on 'God Save the King', for violin & orchestra, Op. 9, MS 56 |
Disc 6
| • | Caprices (24) for solo violin, Op. 1, MS 25: No. 1, Andante in E major | | • | Caprices (24) for solo violin, Op. 1, MS 25: No. 2, Moderato in B minor | | • | Caprices (24) for solo violin, Op. 1, MS 25: No. 3, Sostenuto - Presto - Sostenuto in E minor | | • | Caprices (24) for solo violin, Op. 1, MS 25: No. 4, Maestoso in C minor | | • | Caprices (24) for solo violin, Op. 1, MS 25: No. 5, Agitato in A minor | | • | Caprices (24) for solo violin, Op. 1, MS 25: No. 6, Lento in G minor | | • | Caprices (24) for solo violin, Op. 1, MS 25: No. 7, Posato in A minor | | • | Caprices (24) for solo violin, Op. 1, MS 25: No. 8, Maestoso in E flat major | | • | Caprices (24) for solo violin, Op. 1, MS 25: No. 9, Allegretto in E major, "The Hunt" | | • | Caprices (24) for solo violin, Op. 1, MS 25: No. 10, Vivace in G minor | | • | Caprices (24) for solo violin, Op. 1, MS 25: No. 11, Andante - Presto - Tempo I in C major | | • | Caprices (24) for solo violin, Op. 1, MS 25: No. 12, Allegro in A flat major | | • | Caprices (24) for solo violin, Op. 1, MS 25: No. 13, Allegro in B flat major, "The Devil's Chuckle" | | • | Caprices (24) for solo violin, Op. 1, MS 25: No. 14, Moderato in E flat major | | • | Caprices (24) for solo violin, Op. 1, MS 25: No. 15, Posato in E minor | | • | Caprices (24) for solo violin, Op. 1, MS 25: No. 16, Presto in G minor | | • | Caprices (24) for solo violin, Op. 1, MS 25: No. 17, Sostenuto - Andante, in E flat major | | • | Caprices (24) for solo violin, Op. 1, MS 25: No. 18, Corrente - Allegro in C major | | • | Caprices (24) for solo violin, Op. 1, MS 25: No. 19, Lento - Allegro assai in E flat major | | • | Caprices (24) for solo violin, Op. 1, MS 25: No. 20, Allegretto in D major | | • | Caprices (24) for solo violin, Op. 1, MS 25: No. 21, Amoroso - Presto in A major | | • | Caprices (24) for solo violin, Op. 1, MS 25: No. 22, Marcato in F major | | • | Caprices (24) for solo violin, Op. 1, MS 25: No. 23, Posato in E flat major | | • | Caprices (24) for solo violin, Op. 1, MS 25: No. 24, Tema - Quasi presto (11) Variazioni - Finale in A minor |
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The Best May 11, 2009
Frank A. Stephenson (Phoenix)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the best of Niccolo Paganini, performed by the best concert violinist (Salvatore Accardo) to ever tackle the composer's intracate nuances, and backed up by one of the best orchestra's (the London Philharmonic) conducted by someone I never heard of (sorry Chuck).
It's a 6 CD set, so stop choking on the price tag; it's well worth the money. My favorite CD is the first; it only took me a month to get the rest, because I kept play the first CD over, and over, and over...
Paganini-Mind Boggling-How does Accardo do it? November 7, 2008
CJ Vershaw (Illinois)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Paganini the first million dollar musician; anyone who loves the violin as much as I do, should purchase this set without hesitation. Accardo blows everyone away with these performances; his fingerboard is on fire. Accardo is one of the best today, if not the best. The range, tone, dynamics, and profoundness of his violin is only rivaled by a few of the greats. These performances are as the master, Paganini, would have played them. They are some of the most dynamic displays of violin playing the world has ever experienced. They are definitely in a class of their own. Also, the recording is excellent; it's crystal clear with Accardo's violin capturing an unbelievable sound quality; such range-WOW!. I know why Beethoven only wrote one violin concerto; how can you compete against Niccolo.
excellent sound and ellegance from Accardo October 21, 2007
Abel Franco Rincon (Madrid, Spain)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Excellent work from Accardo. 30 years old recording sesions on this cds. Good price from 6 high quality cds. Remember that they're from Deutsche Gramophon's Label!
Some concerts have any variations respect "Works from violin and orchestra" played also by Accardo. I stronlgy recommend this cd too. Pure class A!
Regards.
Love it! May 12, 2007
P. Chamcharatsri (Indiana, PA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I really enjoy this CD set very much. Accardo is phenomenal in playing violin. I listen to thisevery morning and sometimes while I am cooking.
Accardo Is As Great As The Greats! A True Virtuoso of Paganini! Epic Performances! October 13, 2005
Octavius (United States)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Nicolo Paganini is primarily a virtuoso composer who did not compose anything other than for the violin in the early 19th century. He was a true prodigy of the instrument whose ferocious and innovative style of playing frightened many of the credulent folk into thinking he was the devil. With the increasing popularity of the waltz, he along with other romantics such as Beethoven completely revolutionized the concept of violin concertos that were still then mostly in the antiquated Roccoco menuet formulas of Mozart and Haydn. The caprices are more technical excercises for this new revolutionary style and are the cornerstones of all Romantic traditions of violin including the Romantic German and, to a much lesser extent, the Polish/Klezmer tradition of Joseph Joachim.
Salvatore Accardo is an accomplished violinist who performed many times with the most reputable groups such as I Musici di Roma and the English Chamber Orchestra. He was a long-time mentor of Anne-Sofie Mutter who performed with Karajan. Despite working often with various Baroque styles, Salvatore Accardo is primarily a specialist at Paganini and the Italian Romantic period and this is the main reason this recording is one of the best you can obtain for Paganini. Charles Dutoit is also an accomplished orchestral conductor and generally works very well with Rossini whose light romantic style in his operatic overtures have overlaps with the style in Paganini's contemporary symphonic arrangements for his violin concerti. Accardo and Dutoit were therefore a perfect match in performing Paganini and this ablum is a great example along with their other collaborations for the composer available on single CD. The music is light and joyful in its interpretation while many others tend to be heavy and sluggish. Accardo's performance is filled with vitality as he has complete mastery over the instrument and feels at ease in his performance without ever faltering. His performance brings out the fluidity and full range of Paganini's style very well. Salvatore Accardo's performance of the caprices is also legendary in which he performs all of the most difficult pieces briliantly without effort: they are truly divine in every respect!
Although it's extremely difficult to make a judgment call between these three undisputed virtuosos of the violin and Paganini, Perlman and Heifetz would not be my first choices because they are not really masters of the Italian Romantic style as that of the German/Polish/Klezmer traditions. However technical the differences might be, they do make a significant difference and so I prefer Accardo for Paganini as he is simply the foremost expert with this composer and the Italian Romantic style which Heifetz and Perlman are not. This album is a great buy where you can get all of Paganini's passionate violin concerti and caprices at a good price. There are really few if any performances equal to this one on the market other than those of Perlman and Heifetz. Such other performances, even by child prodigies, are simply beneath them in every respect to the point that they actually sound amateurish in comparison. No matter which of the three you choose, you can't really go wrong with any of them but I would really look no further than them as everything else is far beneath their legendary talents. Enjoy!
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