This release is the FIRST COMPLETE EDITION of Paganini’s works for violin and orchestra and will undoubtedly be a welcome addition to the record collection of the many admirers of the great Genovese violinist.

The main performers are two of the finest interpreters of Paganini, Massimo Quarta and Salvatore Accardo, who are not only impeccable violinists from a technical point of view but also refined readers of Paganini’s music.

The Violin Concertos are a philological version, based on the original manuscripts, recorded for Dynamic after several years of research. Concerto No. 1 in particular is performed in its original tonality of E flat Major (rather than D Major), with the violin tuned half a tone higher. All six Concertos are performed on Paganini’s violin.

As a bonus, CD 8 contains two Concertos (nos. 1 & 4) performed by two of the greatest 20th-century interpreters of Paganini’s music: Yehudi Menuhin and Ruggiero Ricci.

Artists

Massimo Quarta (soloist and conductor), Salvatore Accardo (violin), Franco Mezzena (violin), Luigi Alberto Bianchi (viola), Franco Traverso (horn) & Rino Vernizzi (bassoon), Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Ruggiero Ricci (violin)

Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova, London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Chamber Orchestra of Europe, London Philharmonic Orchestra & The Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra da Camera di Genova, Coro Januensis, RIAS Orchester Berlin & Orchestra da Camera di Genova, Orchestre Symphonique de Paris, I Virtuosi di Assisi, Charles Dutoit, Franco Tamponi, Charles Dutoit & Franco Tamponi, Antonio Plotino, Luigi Porro, Antonio Plotino & Jacques Delacôte, Pierre Monteux, Piero Mordini