Paganini - Grand Sonata, Op. 39, MS. 3 in A Major (Sheet Music)

Composer: Niccolò Paganini
Guitarist: Maurizio Preda
Violinist: Luigi Alberto Bianchi

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0:00 I. Allegro risoluto
10:21 II. "Romanze"; Più tosto largo. Amorosamente.
14:42 III. Andantino variato; Scherzando
16:01 III. Variation I
17:16 III. Variation II
18:25 III. Variation III
20:24 III. Variation IV
21:37 III. Variation V
23:12 III. Variation VI


Paganini wrote a great deal of guitar music both with and without the violin, bringing together the two instruments he played so well. Paganini played these works with the guitarist/violinist Luigi Legnani who, it is said, finally protested that he always had the easy guitar parts, whilst Paganini enjoyed the violinistic limelight. However, when Paganini produced his Grand Sonata and gave the violin part to Legnani the roles were doubly reversed; the violin plays such a minor role that it is usually omitted from performances.

-- John Duarte, Gramophone