Le légendaire violoniste génois Niccolò Paganini (Gênes, 27 octobre 1782 - Nice, 27 mai 1840) est probablement l'unique grand compositeur du passé à avoir voué une attention constante à la guitare et, quoiqu'il n'en ait jamais joué dans des concerts publics, divers témoignages nous sont parvenus sur son habileté de guitariste. La guitare a représenté pour le maître génois l'instrument harmonique et accompagnateur par excellence, au point qu'elle occupe dans sa production le rôle que les compositeurs de son temps confiaient normalement au piano. Paganini a écrit 140 pièces pour guitare seule et presque toutes ses oeuvres pour cordes (pour violon, principalement : sonates, duos, trios, quatuors et même certains concertos pour violon et orchestre) furent conçues avec un accompagnement de guitare. Le choix anthologique est basé sur l'intention d'extraire de cette surabondance dispersive les pièces qui représentent au mieux l'esprit et l'originalité de Paganini. De nos jours il faut, pour rendre cette musique accessible à n'importe quel interprète, la compléter par une réalisation polyphonique des parties : cette édition se conforme au style des éditeurs viennois de l'époque de Mauro Giuliani, c'est-à-dire qu'elle écrit séparément la voix supérieure et la basse, reliant tous les remplissages harmoniques à ces deux voix principales. C'est du reste à ce type d'écriture, que s'appliquent toutes les pratiques d'exécution en vigueur à cheval entre la fin du XVIIIe et les premières années du XIXe siècle. / Guitare

Piccolo Paganini contains 30 original pieces for violin and piano, including many rarely-heard works. Requiring only first position, this album offers early-stage students the opportunity to master a selection of musically sophisticated pieces.- 30 original compositions for violin and piano- All pieces playable in first position- Effective and musically-rewarding pieces- For teaching, performance and competitions- Accompanying CD included (violin and piano) with performance and backing tracks / Violon Et Piano

Piano solo part for Paganini Variations - Piano Concerto No.3 by Poul Ruders (2014). Score available: WH32201 Programme note: In 1999 my friend American guitar virtuoso David Starobin wanted me to write a concerto for guitar and orchestra. It quickly dawned on me that this commission presented a golden opportunity to contribute to the time-honoured tradition of composing a series of variations on Nicolo Paganini´s famous 24th Caprice for violin solo a work which itself is a set of variations. The 16 bar (with the first 4 bars repeated) theme is not particularly sophisticated orintricate but its inherent simplicity and logic just grow on you almost to the point of distraction - and the secret behind it being hauled through 'the wringer' by composers as disparate as Liszt Brahms Rachmaninoff and Lutoslawski is perhaps found in its - what I´ll call with a quick nervous look over my shoulder: brilliant banality. You can do anything with that tune it´ll always be recognizable and just there however much you maul it. The piece (subtitled Guitar Concerto no 2) was written pretty quickly premiered and subsequently recorded for Bridge Records with David and the Odense Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jan Wagner and everybody was happy. But the story didn´t end there and it must be the ultimate proof of the durability of the theme not to mention the flexibility and far-sightedness of David Starobin when he 14 years latersuggested 'why not transcribe the solo part for piano?'. The idea appealed to me immediately. One thing was clear from the beginning: the new version could in no way sound like a transcription. My aim was to end up with a solo-part sounding like were it 'the one-and-only' the 'real thing' if you like.The orchestral score remains exactly the same in both cases. Both versions the two Paganini Variations are comparable to a

La partie principale du Supplément Volume 12 dispose le prédécesseur de Grandes Etudes de Paganini , une série de six études écrites après Paganini entre 1838 et 1840, et en passant par Liszt performances transcendant ( Etudes d'exécution transcendante d'apres Paganini ) . La série a été inspiré non seulement par le violoniste virtuose et Caprices et le Concerto pour violon du compositeur en si mineur , mais aussi par les études de Paganini de Schumann , Liszt probablement rencontrés grâce à Clara Wieck au début de 1838. Le volume comprend également les première et deuxième versions solo de piano de Die Zelle dans Nonnenwerth (1840 et 1841 ) , que Liszt compose d'un certain nombre de fois dans plusieurs versions , ainsi que deux transcriptions de Wagner et les premières versions de l'adaptation de deux oeuvres de Russie compositeurs .Une préface détaillée en hongrois , anglais et allemand , y compris les nouveaux résultats de la recherche , de nombreux fac-similés de manuscrits et notes critiques font de ce volume de la nouvelle édition Liszt une publication particulièrement important de valeur scientifique . Simultanément, le livre de poche pour des raisons pratiques , son volume Complete Edition tissu lié est publié avec les notes critiques . / Piano

Franz Liszt dedicated the Grandes Etudes De Paganini to Clara Schumann whose pianistic genius he revered. Two of the Etudes in the collection deserve particular notice: no. 3 La Campanella (The Bell) enjoyed great celebrity for the extraordinary character of its sonorities. And in the closing a-minor Etude Liszt took his place next to many other composers with his variations on Paganini's famous capriccio theme.  The first edition of the arrangement of the six Etudes by the pianist and composer Ferruccio Busoni was published by Breitkopf & Härtel in single editionsbetween 1914 and 1923. 

PaganiniÂ’s Sei Sonate op. 2 (M.S. 26), his Cantabile (M.S. 109) and his Sonata concertata (M.S. 2) bring out all of the timbral and sonic possibilities of both the viola and the guitar. In these pieces, the two voices blend together in a natural way, creating a compelling and well-balanced duo. These three transcriptions make up a perfect introduction to Paganini by way of his chamber compositions and give the violists the opportunity to enrich their concert repertoire by adding the works of an author who is still too rarely performed on the viola. / Partitions classique / Cordes / Alto / RICORDI

Fantasia transcribed for violoncello and piano by Christoph Sassmannshaus-Born in Erfurt the composer Edward Mollenhauer (1827 1914) achieved success in America as a soloist and teacher. His best-known pieces for young violinists are The Infant Paganini and The Boy Paganini. Both appear here in their original version for Violin and Piano and for the first time in a transcription for Cello and Piano by Christoph Sassmannshaus.The Mollenhauer fantasia The Infant Paganini is a charming introduction to early virtuoso techniques. It calls for bowing techniques such as detaché legato spiccato and arpeggios over three strings. Players are also expected to play harmonics andpizzicato.It (BA 10693) can be mastered by young Cello students who are working with volume 4 of the Sassmannshaus Early Start on the Cello and can manage first to fourth position.The Boy Paganini is an impressive concert piece which is more demanding. Its two movements call for changes of metre harmonics and pizzicato. Other challenges include chords on all four strings and simple passages in octaves. On the Cello (BA 10694) the student must be able to play in first to fourth position.Both violinists and cellists should have completed volume 4 of Early Start on the Violin and Early Start on the Cello respectively in order to master this work.- Popular recital pieces for young violinists and cellists.- Both works form an ideal continuation of the Sassmannshaus Early Start methods.- Pieces originally scored for Violin now also available for the first time for Cello.Violin editions:The Infant Paganini BA10691The Boy Paganini BA10692

Comme le suivi de son livre best-seller et DVD, déchiquetant Bach, maître broyeur allemand Schauss couvre encore un autre grand musicien de tous les temps avec ce nouveau livre, CD, DVD et ensemble, déchiquetant Paganini. Niccolò Paganini, dont le mode de vie et la renommée était semblable à celle d'une star du rock moderne, était sans doute l'un des plus grands virtuoses qui ait jamais vécu. Ses compétences étaient tellement avancé que beaucoup ont cru qu'il avait fait un pacte avec le diable. Le calendrier de la pratique de Paganini (15 heures par jour), associée à une maladie du tissu conjonctif génétique qui lui a donné la portée 'impossible' et la souplesse de ses doigts, a donné lieu à des compositions extrêmement exigeantes et passionnantes pour les broyeurs de n'importe quelle époque. Les oeuvres de Paganini, qui mettent en valeur ses compétences extraordinaires, sont parfaits pour le style heavy metal et s'étendront votre jeu à de nouvelles limites. Le DVD qui l'accompagne comprend des démonstrations de la plupart des morceaux, et le CD fourni dispose de tous les exemples à plusieurs vitesses pour vous aider à pratiquer et vous obtenez sur votre chemin à la maîtrise des compositions complexes de Paganini. / Guitare

Masterworks for Violin Series for Violin and Piano. Par PAGANINI NICCOLO. Contains La Campanella, Op.7 and Moto Perpetuo, Op.11. Niccolò Paganini gave the premiere performance of his Second Violin Concerto at La Scala in Milan, 1827. The success of the performance was such that the last movement of the concerto was repeated. The subtitle of this movement is \'La Campanella\' (The little bell) because of the sound the harmonics in this work produce. Paganini known for his pyrotechnics uses double harmonics and left hand pizzicato lavishly in this movement. Moto Perpetuo is one of Paganini\'s most popular works. Dozens of transcriptions exist for a variety of instruments, from marimba to double bass, as well as for orchestra, where all first violins play the solo part. The 3,032 sixteenth notes in this four-minute composition require formidable skill and endurance from the performer. / Date parution : 2022-01-14/ Recueil / Violin et Piano

Urtextausgabe-Nicolò Paganini’s milestone in violin literature is now not only available in a practical Urtext edition (HN450) but also as a study score. Published in 1820 as his Opus 1 Paganini gave the violin world a timeless masterpiece which no up-and-coming violin virtuoso can ignore. As well as the musical text our edition also contains a must for all interested performers: a detailed commentary by the Paganini expert Renato de Barbieri. With numerousexamples and illustrations for each of the 24 Capricci from the autograph he knowledgeably explains the characteristics of Paganini’s notation and its significance for its interpretation today.

Avant Paganini ?tait qualifi? de ?capriccio? un morceau de bravoure jou? au violon en guise de cadence dans les sonates ou les mouvements de concertos. Le terme pouvait ?galement d?signer parfois des ?tudes pour instruments ? cordes. La fusion de la forme de la cadence concertante avec celle de l??tude technique fut l?une des plus grandes nouveaut?s introduites par Nicol? Paganini. Avec ses Capricci op. 1 Paganini donna ? ce genre une nouvelle dimension musicale. Donnant l?impression d??tre improvis?es ces pi?ces d?bordent d?invention m?lodique et sont structur?es avec intelligence et clart?. L??dition Urtext propos?e ici repose exclusivement sur le manuscritautographe de Paganini car n?ayant sans doute pas ?t? revue par le compositeur la premi?re ?dition comporte de nombreuses erreurs. Les indications de jeu de Renato De Barbieri dans la version annot?e reposent sur l??tude approfondie du manuscrit autographe ainsi que sur de longues ann?es de pratique en concert. La pr?face d?une grande richesse d?informations vient ainsi compl?ter une ?dition telle que l??uvre en m?ritait depuis longtemps.

Edizione critica di Italo Vescovo - Serenata M.S. 115-Terzetti M.S. 116. Par PAGANINI NICCOLO. Nicolò Paganini?s trios for strings and guitar make up a small but significant group of pieces consisting of five works of different lengths, formal structure and difficulty: the Serenata in F major M.S. 115, the Terzetto in A minor M.S. 116, the Serenata in C major M.S. 17, the Terzetto concertante in D major M.S. 114, and the Terzetto in D major M.S. 69. Within this group, the Terzetto M.S. 116 and the Serenata M.S. 116 make up a small diptych for two violins and guitar that can be traced back to Paganini?s juvenile period (1796-1804). In addition to using the same musical formation, the two pieces also share some compositional features, regarding general formal characteristics as well as the order and the number of movements. Despite their simplicity, the two compositions still have features typical of Paganini?s writing from this period such as their spontaneous cantabilit , the freshness of their musical ideas, pleasant (if perhaps a little naive), and the well-defined sense of form that comes out in these small compositions. / Date parution : 2021-11-25/ Recueil / 2 Violons et Guitare

Fantasia for Violin and Piano-Born in Erfurt the composer Edward Mollenhauer (1827 1914) achieved success in America as a soloist and teacher. His best-known pieces for young violinists are The Infant Paganini and The Boy Paganini.The Mollenhauer fantasia The Infant Paganini is a charming introduction to early virtuoso techniques. It calls for bowing techniques such as detaché legato spiccato and arpeggios over three strings. Players are also expected to play harmonics and pizzicato.This showpiece (BA 10691) can be accomplished by young violinists who can play in first to third position and who are nearing completion of theSassmannshaus Early Start on the Violin volume 4.The Boy Paganini is an impressive concert piece which is more demanding. Its two movements call for changes of metre harmonics and pizzicato. Other challenges include chords on all four strings and simple passages in octaves.On the Violin (BA 10692) the technical requirements call for first to fifth position. Violinists should have completed volume 4 of Early Start on the Violin in order to master this work.- Popular recital pieces for young violinists and cellists.- Both works form an ideal continuation of the Sassmannshaus Early Start methods.