(1994) Niccolò Paganini: Violin Concertos Nos. 2 & 5 Robert Schumann French composer who uses –

French composer who uses – probably as a form of tribute – one of the most emblematic of Hungarian instruments

Even before man makes music

the composer suffered great doubts during work on the composition from 1864 to 1868

These two artists have succeeded in giving new life to a form which had fallen into almost complete neglect: piano four hands”

Riehl referred to him as a “grand encyclopedia of the string quartet

(1994) Niccolò Paganini: Violin Concertos Nos. 2 & 5 Robert Schumann French composer who uses –Niccol Paganini, the demonic violinist from Genoa, explored and employed the violin as no other composer; his six violin concertos represent the epitome of virtuoso music in this genre. The so called fifth concerto was most likely his last work for this form, written late in his life. The second concerto for violin became an extremely popular hit due to the Campanella [bell] theme in the third movement, which gave rise to countless imitations. Swiss