A hit every time it's heard, this piece, with a manageable level of difficulty, displays fireworks, beautiful melodies and brilliant idiomatic figurations which will find an enthusiastic audience at every pupil's audition. / Violon Et Piano
SKU: HL.14028042
ISBN 9788759810668.
Rude rs writes: There's a solid tradition in the history of Western music of turning the theme of Nicolo Paganini's 24th Caprice for soloviolin into a set of variations endemic to the time and style of each individual composer; Liszt, Brahms, Rachmaninov and Lutoslawsky being the most prominent names. When asked by David Starobin to write a concerto for him, I though well, why not have a go at it? - bearing in mind, that not only is Paganini the most celebrated violin-wizard of all times, but he was also a more than accomplished guitarist. There are 22 variations in all, numbers 1 to 16 all adhering strictly to the 16-bar pattern, laid down by Paganini himself. From variation 17 though, the writing becomes more symphonic and the rigid 16-bar regime is being lossendes up a bit. However, the last variation 'Finale Prestisimo' is a 6 x 16 bars white-knuckle ride, in which the hitherto soloistic role of the guitar gives way to that of 'primus interpares', i.e. 'first among equals'. As with another set of variations of mine 'Concerto on Pieces' (based on a tune by Purcell), the nature and shape of the 'Pagannini-Variations' may be compared to a stroll through a hall of mirrors: the portrait - the theme is gradually being distorted out of all recognition - but it's still the same original walking by.
SKU: HL.233151
ISBN 9788759886427. 10.0x14.5 inches. English.
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 or intricate, but its inherent simplicity and logic just grow on you, almost to the point ofdistraction - 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 later suggested 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 set of twins, not quite identical, but almost. And both each others's equal. Poul Ruders.
SKU: M7.GRG-105624101
ISBN 9783872523297. German.
Paganini und Bach, Mozart und Rimski-Korsakov haben mitreißende Musik geschrieben, die man nicht allein den klassischen Musikern u?berlassen sollte. Wieland Harms hat insgesamt 13 klassische Stu?cke fu?r E-Gitarre eingerichtet und auf der beiliegenden CD mit seiner Band eingespielt.
SKU: HL.48184438
UPC: 888680847821. 9.0x12.0x0.085 inches.
Edward Yadzinski: A Paganini (Clarinet solo).
SKU: HL.50506730
UPC: 073999117172. 9.0x12.0x0.172 inches.
Contents: Allegretto in A * Allegretto in A Minor * Allegretto in C * Andantino in C * Andantino in F Minor * Andantino in G * Marcia in A * Marcia in E * Minuetto * Perigordino - Due Varizioni * Rondoncino in E * Sinfonia * Sonata in C * Sonata in E * Sonatina * Waltz in E * Waltz in C.
