Paganini: Guitar Music

Niccolo Paganini (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: Niccolo Paganini
• Audio CD (February 21, 2006)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Naxos
• ASIN: B000E0VNVQ
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,043 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #47 in Music > Classical > Instruments > Strings > Guitar

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A stunning performance, February 7, 2007

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W. T. Hicok "Bill Hicok" (Norfolk, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This is an absolutely stunning performance of some of the very greatest music ever written for guitar. Paganini was a virtuoso guitarist but is best remembered for his performances on and compositions for violin. I can't figure out why his guitar music and reputation did not survive equally well. Cuban guitarist Marco Tamayo gives a flawless performance here. I've listened to this disc many times and used most of it on my radio program on WHRO in Norfolk. Top of the line addition to any classical guitar afficianado's collection.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Complete correct track listing, December 1, 2008

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Barb - See all my reviews

This review is from: Paganini: Guitar Music (Audio CD)

Amazon's track listing is incomplete and inaccurate. This CD has 15 tracks:

Grand Sonata in A major
1. Allegro risoluto
2. Romanze
3. Andantino variato

Sonata No. 4 in D major
4. Minuetto - Rondoncino

Ghiribizzi
5. No. 15: Allegro
6. No. 16: In cor piu non mi sento: Larghetto
7. No. 37: Adagietto
8. No. 38: Vivace
9. No. 22: Larghetto

Sonata No. 30 in A major
10. Minuetto - Allegro

Sonata No. 6 in F major
11. Minuetto - Allegretto

Sonata No. 14 in F major
12. Minuetto - Valtz (Allegretto)

Three Caprices (originally for solo violin)
13. Caprice No. 11
14. Caprice No. 5
15. Caprice No. 24

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning, July 22, 2008

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David Saemann - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Paganini: Guitar Music (Audio CD)

Marco Tamayo is a splendid guitarist. I have his Guitar Music of Cuba album, which I enjoy as well as this Paganini CD. The music here is altogether winning. Tamayo plays the Grand Sonata with elegance and fluid technique. It's the sort of work that benefits from a performer who can match sensitivity with grandeur, and Tamayo has that knack. Most of the shorter works on this CD are salon music of varying types. They require a sense of style more than spellbinding finger work, and in Tamayo's hands they pass very sweetly. The last two Caprices, from the famous set for the violin, are finger breakers on the guitar. Listening to Tamayo, you wonder how it is possible for anyone to play them on the guitar, let alone this well. The sound engineering is good, too. All in all, a welcome CD of often unusual repertoire that deserves a hearing.