Accordions Paganini - The Complete Recordings (Salvatore Accardo | LPO | Charles Dutoit) - 2018 FLAC [24/96]

Salvatore Accardo's legendary Paganini cycle for Deutsche Grammophon, including the complete violin concertos recorded with Charles Dutoit and the London Philharmonic Orchestra

Remastered at 96kHz/24-bit from original sources

Booklet includes the extensive liner notes from the original vinyl releases texts plus the original sleeve artwork

Noted for his exquisite, beautiful playing and a technical wizardry carried off with disarming nonchalance, Accardo is most readily associated with Paganini – though technical wizardry for its own sake holds little fascination for him: "Of course for young violinists it is always a challenge to be able to play the 24 Caprices, but as I got older I understood that what was important in his music was its almost operatic qualities."

Tracklist

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in D major op. 6
D-Dur · en ré majeur
1. Allegro maestoso [22:03]
Cadenza: Émile Sauret, Salvatore Accardo
2. Adagio [5:59]
3. Rondo. Allegro spirituoso [9:42]

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in B minor “La campanella” op. 7
h-Moll · en si mineur
4. Allegro maestoso [14:57]
Cadenza: Salvatore Accardo
5. Adagio [7:06]
6. Rondo (La campanella) [8:55]

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 3 in E major
E-Dur · en mi majeur
Revised edition: Henryk Szeryng
7. Introduzione. Andantino – Allegro marziale [18:08]
Cadenza: Salvatore Accardo
8. Adagio. Cantabile spianato [7:07]
9. Polacca. Andantino vivace [11:33]

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 4 in D minor
d-Moll · en ré mineur
Revised edition: Henryk Szeryng
10. Allegro maestoso [17:07]
Cadenza: Salvatore Accardo
11. Adagio flebile con sentimento – attacca [6:50]
12. Rondo galante. Andantino gaio [11:06]

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 5 in A minor
a-Moll · en la mineur
Orchestration: Federico Mompellio
13. Allegro maestoso [19:32]
Cadenza: Remy Prìncipe, Salvatore Accardo
14. Andante, un poco sostenuto 8:59
15. Finale. Rondò. Andantino quasi allegretto 11:01

16. La primavera [17:07]
Sonata for Violin and Orchestra in A major
A-Dur · en la majeur
Andante sostenuto – Larghetto – Variazione – Allegro moderato – Tema – Variazioni I–IV – Finale

17. Maestosa sonata sentimentale [15:30]
Introduzione. Maestoso – Recitativo – Allegro agitato – Tema. Larghetto cantabile – Variazioni I–IV – Coda

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (No. 6) in E minor op. post.
e-Moll · en mi mineur
Orchestration: Federico Mompellio
18. Risoluto [21:21]
19. Adagio [7:27]
20. Rondò ossia Polonese [11:22]
Cadenzas: Salvatore Accardo

21. Sonata con variazioni [9:47]
on a theme from L’amor marinaro by Joseph Weigl
Introduzione (Adagio) – Tema (Andante moderato) – Variazioni I & II (L’istesso tempo) –Variazioni III & IV (Più mosso) – Variazione V (Tempo I) – Coda (Presto)

22. Non più mesta accanto al fuoco [11:40]
Variations on a theme from La Cenerentola by Gioachino Rossini
Introduzione (Adagio cantabile) – Tema (Moderato) – Variazioni I–IV – Finale (Allegro – Tempo del tema – Più presto)

23. Le streghe op. 8 [9:48]
Variations on a theme from Il noce di Benevento by Franz Xaver Süssmayr
Introduzione (Maestoso – Larghetto) – Tema (Andante) – Variazioni I–III – Finale (Larghetto)

24 Capricci (Caprices) for Violin Solo op. 1
24. X No. 1 in E major. Andante [1:47]
E-Dur · en mi majeur
25. Y No. 2 in B minor. Moderato [2:35]
h-Moll · en si mineur
26. a No. 3 in E minor. Sostenuto – Presto – Sostenuto [2:47]
e-Moll · en mi mineur
27. b No. 4 in C minor. Maestoso [6:43]
c-Moll · en ut mineur
28. c No. 5 in A minor. Agitato [2:14]
a-Moll · en la mineur
29. d No. 6 in G minor. Lento [4:29]
g-Moll · en sol mineur
30. e No. 7 in A minor. Posato [3:40]
a-Moll · en la mineur
31. f No. 8 in E flat major. Maestoso [2:56]
Es-Dur · en mi bémol majeur
32. g No. 9 in E major. Allegretto [3:20]
E-Dur · en mi majeur
33. h No. 10 in G minor. Vivace [2:19]
g-Moll · en sol mineur
34. i No. 11 in C major. Andante – Presto – Tempo I [4:38]
C-Dur · en ut majeur
35. j No. 12 in A flat major. Allegro [2:29]
As-Dur · en la bémol majeur
36. No. 13 in B flat major. Allegro [1:58]
B-Dur · en si bémol majeur
37. No. 14 in E flat major. Moderato [1:15]
Es-Dur · en mi bémol majeur
38. m No. 15 in E minor. Posato [2:42]
e-Moll · en mi mineur
39. No. 16 in G minor. Presto [1:18]
g-Moll · en sol mineur
40. No. 17 in E flat major. Sostenuto – Andante [3:32]
Es-Dur · en mi bémol majeur
41. No. 18 in C major. Corrente – Allegro [2:21]
C-Dur · en ut majeur
42. No. 19 in E flat major. Lento – Allegro assai [2:56]
Es-Dur · en mi bémol majeur
43. No. 20 in D major. Allegretto [2:59]
D-Dur · en ré majeur
44. No. 21 in A major. Amoroso – Presto [3:26]
A-Dur · en la majeur
45. No. 22 in F major. Marcato [3:12]
F-Dur · en fa majeur
46. No. 23 in E flat major. Posato [3:36]
Es-Dur · en mi bémol majeur
47. No. 24 in A minor. Tema: Quasi Presto – Variazioni I–XI – Finale [4:22]
a-Moll · en la mineur
48. Sonata Napoleone [9:22]
Introduzione. Adagio – Larghetto – Andantino variato – Variazioni I–III – Finale

49. I palpiti [11:25]
Introduction and variations on “Di tanti palpiti” from Tancredi by Gioachino Rossini
Larghetto cantabile – Recitativo (con grande espressione) – Tema. Andantino – Variazioni I–III – Coda

50. Perpetuela [3:12]
Allegro vivace

51. Nel cor più non mi sento [13:28]
Introduction and variations on a theme from La molinara by Giovanni Paisiello
Introduzione (Capriccio) – Tema – Variazioni I–VII

52. Duo merveille [2:53]
Sonata for Solo Violin in C major · C-Dur · en ut majeur
Adagio – Allegro molto

53. Introduction and Variations on “God Save the King” op. 9 [6:46]
(»Heil dir im Siegerkranz«)
Tema. Andante sostenuto – Variazioni I–VI