The Best of Paganini Episode 1

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SUNDAY AUG 26 6 PM EST

On this episode:
Two of the greatest Paganini performers play some of the best Paganini's works.

One of the most brilliant performances of ALL 24 Paganini Caprices by Alexander Markov.

Playlist:
1. The whole concert in one video.
2 -25. All 24 Paganini Caprices

Salvatore Accardo: Paganini Caprices 1 to 24, Op. 1
(1978)

Playlist:

Violin "Il Cannone" (Guarneri del Gesù), played by Niccolò Paganini. Exhibited in Palazzo Doria Tursi, Genova, Italy Italiano: Violino di Niccolò Paganini, detto il "Cannnone", costruito nel 1743 dal liutaio Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

1. Paganini Caprices 1 to 12

capriccio n 1: Andante 0:08
capriccio n 2: Moderato 1:55
capriccio n 3: Sostenuto - Presto - Sostenuto 4:32
capriccio n 4: Maestoso 7:23
capriccio n 5: Agitato 14:37
capriccio n 6: Lento 16:27
capriccio n 7: Posato 20:57
capriccio n 8: Maestoso 24:40
capriccio n 9: Allegretto 27:38
capriccio n 10: Vivace 31:02
capriccio n 11: Andante - Presto - Tempo I 33:23
capriccio n 12: Allegro 38:04

2. Paganini Caprices 13 to 24

capriccio n 13: Allegro 0:09
capriccio n 14: Moderato 2:09
capriccio n 15: Posato 3:26
capriccio n 16: Presto 6:09
capriccio n 17: Sostenuto - Andante 7:30
capriccio n 18: Corrente - Allegro 11:05
capriccio n 19: Lento - Allegro assai 13:28
capriccio n 20: Allegretto 16:26
capriccio n 21: Amoroso - Presto 19:26
capriccio n 22: Marcato 22:55
capriccio n 23: Posato 26:11
capriccio n 24: Tema - Variazioni - Finale 29:50

RARE Salvatore Accardo: Paganini Balleto Campestre - Variations on a comic theme for violin and orchestra (variazioni su un tema comico)

Salvatore Accardo: Paganini Violin Concerto Nº3 in E Major,
Charles Dutoit conducts London Philharmonic Orchestra

Playlist:
1. Introduzzione (part 1-2)
1. Introduzzione (Part 2-2)
2. Adagio. Cantabile Spianato
3. Andantino vivace

Salvatore Accardo: Paganini The Violin Concerto No 4 in D minor

Playlist:
1. Allegro maestoso Part 1
2. Allegro maestoso Part 2
3. Adagio feblile con sentimeto
4. Rondo Galante Part 1
5. Rondo Galante Part 2

Salvatore Accardo: Paganini Violin Concerto no.6 in E minor,
Charles Dutoit conducts London Philarmonic Orchestra

Orchestation: Federico Mompellio
Cadenzas: Salvatore Accardo.
1974 recording.

Playlist:
(I) - Risoluto (part 1 of 3).
(I) - Risoluto (2 of 3)
(I) - Risoluto (3 of 3)
(II) - Adagio
(III) - Rondò ossia Polonese (1 of 2)
(III) - Rondò ossia Polonese (2 of 2)

Playlist
Salvatore Accardo plays
1. PAGANINI SONATINA n° 12 in MIm (LP 1979)

2. PAGANINI LE STREGHE Introduzione Tema e Variazioni (LP 1979)

3. PAGANINI VARIAZIONI "GOD SAVE THE KING" (LP 1979)

4. Paganini Sonata per la Grand Viola; Controviola built in 1982 by Francesco Bissolotti of Cremona.

5-6. Paganini Sonata Varsávia

7. La Campanella by Paganini

8. Il maestro Salvatore Accardo suona La Campanella col cannone di Paganini, November 1st, 2008, a Palazzo Tursi (Genova)

9. Paganini Duo Merveille (duet for one violin) One of the most difficult Paganini's pieces.

10. Paganini Sonata Napoleone
Salvatore Accardo with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Dutoit.
Taken from a Deutsche Grammophon vinyl issue of 1977.

Paganini's Sonata Napoleone ranks among his lesser known work and is his first work conceived for the G string. It was composed in Lucca in 1807 on the occasion of Napoleon's name day.

Introduzione. Adagio - Larghetto - Andantino variato - Variazioni I-III - Finale. Largamente

11. Paganini Nel cor piu non mi sento, 1972