Violin and Orchestra
Adagio Balletto Campestre Carnival of Venice God Save the King Maestosa Sonata Sentimentale
Marie Luisa Moto Perpetuo Napoleon Non più mesta I Palpiti Polacca with variations La Primavera
Sonata a Preghiera ('Moses Fantasy') Sonata movimento perpetuo*: Version A / Version B
Sonata Varsavia Sonata with variations Le Streghe Tarantella
*Version A: Larghetto con passione, Perpetuela. Version B: Andante amoroso, Perpetuela.
Jelden, Michael (violin) / Vogtland Philharmonie Greiz–Reichenbach / Fraas, Stefan (conductor)
CD: Edition Hera 02115
Recorded 26 January 2004 (Neuberinhaus Reichenbach, Vogtland, Germany)
[Used as an alternative adagio in Jelden's recording of the Concerto No 2 (see 'Concertos'). Orchestral score by Michael Jelden; première recording of this work with Jelden's orchestration]
Quarta, Massimo (violin and conductor) / Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova
CD (multimedia): Dynamic CDS 438
CD (4; 3 audio + 1 multimedia): Dynamic (The 6 Violin Concertos) CDS 450/1–4 [See note below]
CD (6; 5 audio + 1 multimedia): Dynamic (Works for violin & guitar, viola & guitar, piano) CDS 544 [Limited edition consisting of individually released CDs in slip-case]
Recorded 14 July 2002 (Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa, Italy)
[Première recording and performed on Paganini's Guarnieri del Gesù violin, 'Il Cannone'. Orchestral score by Francesco Fiore. Multimedia CD contains a videoclip of the recording, a history of Paganini's violin (with photographs), photographs of Massimo Quarta, technical drawings, printable documents, and a catalogue of Dynamic's Paganini releases]
Balletto Campestre: Variations on a comic theme, M.S. 74
Accardo, Salvatore (violin) / The Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Tamponi, Franco (conductor)
LP: Angel (Paganini, Volume 2) DS 38128
LP: EMI (Paganini, Volume 2) EL 27 0063–1
CD (2): EMI Digital Twins CZS 7 67567 2
Recorded 10 or 11 December 1983 (Abbey Road Studios, London, England)
[Première recording. Orchestral score by Franco Tamponi]
The Carnival of Venice (Il Carnevale di Venezia): Variations on the Neapolitan song O mamma, mamma cara, in A major, M.S. 59 (Op. 10)
Accardo, Salvatore (violin) / The Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Tamponi, Franco (conductor)
LP: Angel (Paganini, Volume 1) DS 38127
LP: EMI (Paganini, Volume 1) EL 27 0062–1
CD: Elite Classics (Paganini Collection) SI–655–A [Russian issue; no volume number stated]
CD: EMI (Italy) / Famiglia Cristiana I Grandi Concerti 8 26258 2 [Italian issue]
CD (2): EMI Digital Twins CZS 7 67567 2
CD (2): EMI Classics CZS 5 72854 2
Recorded 8 or 9 December 1983 (Abbey Road Studios, London, England)
Accardo, Salvatore (violin and conductor) / Italian Chamber Orchestra
CD: Warner Fonit (Il Violino Virtuoso in Italia) 3984 27264–2
Recorded May 1997 (all'Oratorio del Gonfalone Studio, Rome, Italy)
[Orchestral score by Franco Tamponi]
Degani, Lucio (violin) / Mussutto, Ferdinando (piano)
CD: Real Sound (Violin and Piano Encores) RS 051–0073
Recorded sometime between 20 & 22 August 2001 (Gustav Mahler Saal, Toblach, Dobbiaco, Italy)
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Francescatti, Zino (violin) / Balsam, Artur (piano)
45: Columbia PE 19 [limited edition]
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Francescatti, Zino (violin) / Balsam, Artur (piano)
CD: Bridge Records (Great Performances from the Library of Congress, Vol.17: An Evening of Paganini) 9125
Recorded 1954 (Library of Congress, Washington, USA)
[Live recording. Arranged for violin and piano. First commercial release of this never-before-issued recital piece]
Haxton, A. Stroud (violin) / ? (piano)
78 (10"): Columbia 1378
78 (10"): Regal G 6219
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Kremer, Gidon and Grindenko, Tatyana (violins)
LP (2) [fold out]: Eurodisc 25 182 XDK
LP (2) [fold out]: Melodiya C10 12995/8
CD (2): RCA Victor Red Seal / BMG Ariola Classics 74321 96977 2
Recorded December 1977 (Munich, Germany)
[Arrangement by Gidon Kremer for two violins. In this arrangement selected variations from Paganini’s and Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst’s ‘Carnival of Venice Variations’ are presented side by side with Kremer’s own variations]
Mendels, Émile (violin) / Pathé Symphony Orchestra / ? (conductor)
78: Pathé 170
78 (10"): Pathé 1087
78 (11½"): Pathé 5508
78: Pathé 5510
78: Pathé 9551
Mezzena, Franco (violin) / Sebastiani, Adriano (guitar)
LP [fold out]: Dynamic DS 4003
CD: Dynamic In Primis CDS 03
Recorded March 1979 (Santuario della Madonnetta, Genoa, Italy)
[Arranged for violin and guitar]
Milenkovich, Stefan (violin) / Paderni, Massimo (piano)
CD: Dynamic (N. Paganini: Recital) CDS 166
Recorded sometime between 13 & 18 June 1996 (Genoa, Italy)
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Repin, Vadim (violin) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Jansons, Mariss (conductor)
DVD: TDK (A Night of Encores) [Catalogue number ?]
Recorded 23 June 2002 (Berlin Waldbühne, Berlin, Germany)
[Live recording]
Turban, Ingolf (violin and conductor) / I Virtuosi di Paganini
CD: Telos Music Records (Il Maestro e lo Scolaro) TLS 115
Recorded sometime between 9–11 March 2005 (Tonstudio Mechernich–Floisdorf, Germany)
[String orchestra accompaniment by Holger Frey]
Wallace, John (cornet) / Orchestra ? / Wright, Simon (conductor)
CD: Nimbus Records (The Wallace Collection: The Origin of the Species) NI 5470
[Arranged for cornet and orchestra]
Yakovlev, Vladimir (domra) / Okunev, Boris (guitar)
LP: Meldoiya CM 03023/4
[Freely Arranged by Vladimir Yakovlev and Boris Okunev for domra and guitar]
Zenatý, Ivan (violin) / Langer, Milan (piano)
CD: Edit Pop 'n' Classic (Oh my Love – Violin) 41 0011–2
[Arranged for violin and piano]
God Save the King: Variations on the English national anthem, M.S. 56 (Op. 9)
Accardo, Salvatore (violin) / Beltrami, Antonio (piano)
LP: RCA Italiana SL 20216
LP: RCA Victor GL 32578
Recorded c.1961
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Accardo, Salvatore (violin)
LP (2) [fold out]: Deutsche Grammophon (Complete Edition) 2707 107
LP (2) [fold out]: Deutsche Grammophon 2721 185
CD: Aquarius The Best of Classics (Violin Sonatas) AQVR 108–2 [Russian issue]
CD: Deutsche Grammophon (Diabolus in Musica) 449 858–2 [Italian issue]
CD (6): Deutsche Grammophon Collectors Edition (Accardo Plays Paganini: Complete Recordings) 463 754–2
Recorded January 1978 (Herkules-Saal, Munich, Germany)
[Arranged for solo violin]
Feng, Ning (violin)
SACD (hybrid disc): Channel of China (Hello Mr Paganini) CCS SA 80807
Recorded January 2007 (Frits Philipszaal, Eindhoven, Holland)
[Arranged for solo violin]
Francescatti, Zino (violin) / Fauré, Maurice (piano)
78: Columbia LFX 192
CD: Dante Lys (Zino Francescatti, Vol. 1: The Complete Pre-War Electric Recordings – Paris, 1928–31) LYS 325
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Jelden, Michael (violin)
mp3 (downloadable): Faro Music [Available for purchase exclusively from http://shop.michaeljelden.com]
Recorded Autumn 2003
Kubelik, Jan (violin)
78: Fonotipia 69013
78: Fonotipia F 984
78: Odeon 8016 FXC
CD (2): Biddulph Recordings (The Acoustic Recordings) LAB 033/4
CD: Istituto Discografico Italiano (Omaggio a Paganini) IDIS 291
Recorded 1905 (Milan, Italy)
[Arranged for solo violin. Première recording]
Li, Chuanyun (violin)
DVD: Poloarts (La Ronde des Lutins) POLO VMS–20150–4
Recorded October 2004 (Beijing Century Theatre, Beijing, China)
[Arranged for solo violin. Variations Nos. 3 and 5 omitted and plays first section only of variation No 4 (although second section may have been edited out)]
Milenkovich, Stefan (violin)
CD (2): Dynamic (Complete Music for Solo Violin) CDS 402/1–2
Recorded October 2002 or June 2003 (Genoa, Italy)
[Arranged for solo violin. Variations Nos. 3 and 5 omitted]
Pikaizen, Viktor Alexandrovich (violin) / Pikaizen, Tatiana (piano)
LP: Melodiya (Niccolo Paganini: Works for Violin and Piano) C10 18013/4
CD (5): Melodiya (Violin Solo) MEL CD 10 01000
Recorded 1982
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / Persinger, Louis (piano)
LP: Decca 220062
LP: Decca Eclipse (A Paganini Recital) ECS 585
LP: Decca LXT 2808
LP: London (A Paganini Recital) CM 9099
LP: London (A Paganini Recital) LL 1005
CD (2): Double Decca (Virtuoso Violin – The Art of Ruggiero Ricci) 458 191–2
Recorded February 1954 (Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, England)
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
LP: Decca Gold Label (Bravura!) DL 710172
Recorded c.1970
[Arranged for solo violin]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
CD (2): One-Eleven, Ltd. URS 90033
Recorded 1978 (St. Lawrence Centre, Toronto, Canada)
[Arranged for solo violin. Live recording]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
LP: Etcetera ETC 1038
CD (10): Dynamic (Ruggiero Ricci – A Life for the Violin) CDS 393/1–10
CD: Etcetera KTC 1038
Recorded 20 October 1979 (Carnegie Hall, New York, USA)
[Arranged for solo violin. Live recording]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
CD (2): One-Eleven, Ltd. (A Tribute to Ruggiero Ricci) URS 8901–1/2
Recorded 11 June 1988 (City Hall Concert Hall, Hong Kong)
[Arranged for solo violin. Live recording]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
VHS-NTSC (2): One-Eleven, Ltd. (The Complete Video Book on Violin Playing) VHN 20600
Recorded 1988
[Arranged for solo violin. Recorded live in Rome. Possibly identical recording to previous entry]
Trusler, Matthew (violin)
CD: Droffig Recordings / National Trust NTCD 007
Recorded 15 or 19 June 1995 (Blickling Hall, Norfolk, England)
[Arranged for solo violin. Variations Nos. 3 and 5 omitted]
Turban, Ingolf (violin) / Dünki, Jean-Jacques (piano)
CD: Claves Records (Nostalgien) CD 50–8917
Recorded August 1989 (Stadttheatre, Chur, Switzerland)
[Arranged for violin and piano. Reverses order of variations Nos. 4 & 5 and plays second section only of former and first section only of latter]
Varga, Ruben George (violin)
LP: Audio Fidelity 1st Component Series FCS 50061
Recorded c.1974
Maestosa Sonata Sentimentale: Variations for the fourth string on the theme Gott erhalte Franz den Kasier (Austrian national anthem) by F. J. Haydn, M.S. 51
Accardo, Salvatore (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Dutoit, Charles (conductor)
LP: Deutsche Grammophon 2536 376
LP: Deutsche Grammophon 2530 961
CD: Aquarius The Best of Classics (Violin Sonatas) AQVR 108–2 [Russian issue]
CD: Deutsche Grammophon 423 578–2
CD (6): Deutsche Grammophon Collectors Edition (Accardo Plays Paganini: Complete Recordings) 463 754–2
CD (2): Elite Classics (Paganini Collection, Vol. 3) SI–655–C,D [Russian issue]
Recorded January 1976 (Barking Town Hall, London, England)
[Première recording]
Quarta, Massimo (violin) / Redaelli, Stefania (piano)
CD: Dynamic CDS 232
Recorded sometime between 22 & 24 September 1998 (Genoa, Italy)
[Première recording of autograph manuscript original version. Arranged for violin and piano]
Marie Luisa: Sonata with variations for the fourth string, in E major, M.S. 79
Accardo, Salvatore (violin) / The Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Tamponi, Franco (conductor)
LP: Angel (Paganini, Volume 2) DS 38128
LP: EMI (Paganini, Volume 2) EL 27 0063–1
CD (2): EMI Digital Twins CZS 7 67567 2
Recorded 10 or 11 December 1983 (Abbey Road Studios, London, England)
[Première recording]
Fornaciari, Marco (violin) / Sebastiani, Adriano (guitar)
CD (6): Fone 93 F 08
Recorded early 1990s
[Arranged for violin and guitar]
Moto Perpetuo (Allegro vivace a movimento perpetuo) in C major, M.S. 72 (Op. 11)
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Marriner, Neville (conductor)
CD (2): Philips Classics Duo (The Best of Paganini) 462 865–2
CD: Philips Eloquence (The Best of Paganini) 464 371–2 [Australian issue]
Recorded August 1987 (London, England)
[Arranged by Tevor Connah for string orchestra]
Accardo, Salvatore (violin) / Beltrami, Antonio (piano)
LP: RCA Italiana SL 20216
LP: RCA Victor KVIS 199
LP: RCA Victor GL 32514
LP: RCA Victor GL 32578
LP: RCA Victrola MCL 551
Recorded c.1961
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Accardo, Salvatore (violin) / Canino, Bruno (piano)
LP: EMI EL 270186
CD: EMI Laser (Best-loved Classics 7) CDZ 7 62506 2
Recorded 1984
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Accardo, Salvatore (violin) / The Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Tamponi, Franco (conductor)
LP: Angel (Paganini, Volume 1) DS 38127
LP: EMI (Paganini, Volume 1) EL 27 0062–1
CD: EMI (Italy) / Famiglia Cristiana I Grandi Concerti 8 26258 2 [Italian issue]
CD: EMI Classics For Pleasure (Favourite Violin) CDCFP 5 68143 2
CD (2): EMI Digital Twins CZS 7 67567 2
CD: EMI Encore (The Most Famous Violin Classics) CDE 68309
CD: EMI HMV Classics (124: Violin Showpieces) HMV 5 68477 2
CD (2): EMI Seraphim (Violin Classics) CES 5 69113 2
Recorded 8 or 9 December 1983 (Abbey Road Studios, London, England)
Banyak, Kalman (violin) / Petri, Egon (piano)
78: MHV SZN 3068
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Bianchi, Luigi Alberto (violin) / Preda, Maurizio (guitar)
CD: Dynamic (Works for Violin and Guitar) CDS 411
CD (9): Dynamic (Complete Works for Violin and Guitar) CDS 466/1–9
CD (6; 5 audio + 1 multimedia): Dynamic (Works for violin & guitar, viola & guitar, piano) CDS 544 [Limited edition consisting of individually released CDs in slip-case]
Recorded March 2002 (Genoa, Italy)
[Original arrangement for violin and guitar]
Bignami, Giulio (violin) / Fuga, Sandro (piano)
LP [fold out]: Dynamic (Documenti Storici) DS 4020
CD: Dynamic In Primis (Paganini Historical Documents) CDS 01
Recorded 4 April 1937 (Palazzo Tursi, Genoa, Italy)
[Arranged for violin and piano. Performed on Paganini's Guarnieri del Gesù violin, 'Il Cannone', and broadcast by radio; the radio broadcast was received in New York and recorded on 78 rpm discs]
Bolshoi Theatre Violinists Ensemble
LP (10"): Melodiya D 6417/8
LP: Melodiya D 020745/6
LP: Melodiya S 01561/2
[Arranged for violin orchestra]
Bolshoi Theatre Violinists Ensemble
45: Supraphon SUK 30038
[Arranged for violin orchestra. Possibly identical recording to previous entry]
Boston Promenade Orchestra (violin section) / Fiedler, Arthur (conductor)
45: His Master's Voice 7P120
[Arranged by Langendoen for violin orchestra]
Campoli, Alfredo (violin) / Crooke, Sidney (piano)
78 (10"): Columbia DB 1772
Recorded c.1937
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Stock, Frederick (conductor)
CD (2): Biddulph Recordings (Frederick Stock and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra) WHL 021/2
Recorded 1941
[Arranged by Frederick Stock for orchestra]
Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Stock, Frederick (conductor)
LP: Columbia RL 3022
Recorded 1966
[Arranged by Frederick Stock for orchestra]
Childs, Nicholas and Childs, Robert (euphoniums) / Besses O’ Th’ Barn Band / Newsome, Roy (conductor)
CD: Chandos (British Bandsmen Centenary Concert) CHAN 4513
Recorded 1987
[Arranged by H. Snell for two euphoniums and brass band. Live recording]
Ciulei–Atanasiu, Lenuta (violin) / Lefterescu, Ogneanca (piano)
LP: Electrecord ST–ECE 02187
Recorded c.1977
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Czech Army Central Band / Belohoubek, Karel (conductor)
CD: Clarton CQ 0034–2
[Arranged for military band]
Damian, Benone (violin) / Symphonic Orchestra of the Ploiesti Philharmonic / Baciu, Ion (conductor)
LP: Electrecord (Musical Jewels) ST–ECE 03740
CD: Electrecord (Musical Jewels) EDC 482
Degani, Lucio (violin) / Mussutto, Ferdinando (piano)
CD: Real Sound (Violin and Piano Encores) RS 051–0073
Recorded sometime between 20 & 22 August 2001 (Gustav Mahler Saal, Toblach, Dobbiaco, Italy)
[Arranged for violin and piano]
E.I.A.R. Symphony Orchestra, Turin / Parodi, La Rosa (conductor)
78: Parlophone E 11355
Recorded c.1937
[Arranged by Bernardino Molinari for orchestra]
Ferguson, Kevin (electric guitar)
CD: DeBone Music (Strad To Strat) CLCS 795
Recorded 1995
[Arranged by Kevin Ferguson for electric guitar and synthesizer orchestra]
Fornaciari, Marco (violin) / Sebastiani, Adriano (guitar)
CD (6): Fone 93 F 08
Recorded early 1990s
[Original arrangement for violin and guitar]
Galway, James (flute) / National Philharmonic Orchestra / Gerhardt, Charles (conductor)
LP: RCA Victor (Showpieces) LRL1 5094
LP: RCA Victor (Golden Flute) LRL1 5127
CD: RCA Victor Gold Seal (James Galway: Man with the Flute) GD 60924
CD: RCA Victor (The Legendary James Galway: Man with the Golden Flute) 63807
Recorded c.1974
[Arranged by Charles Gerhardt for flute and orchestra]
Garami, Arthur (violin) / Solchany, G. (piano)
78: Columbia
78: Pacific PIZ 1571
78: Pacific PIZ 6166
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Georgiadis, John (violin) / Georgiadis, S. (piano)
LP: CBS SBR 235917
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Hall, Marie (violin) / ? (piano)
78: His Master's Voice 2–07916
78: His Master's Voice D 77
LP: Rococo (Famous Violinists) 2001
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Hasson, Maurice (violin) / Brown, Ian (piano)
CD: Pickwick IMP Classics (Violin Favourites) PCD 1027
Recorded 26 or 27 February 1992 (Rosslyn Hill Chapel, London, England)
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Heifetz, Jascha (violin) / Benoist, André (piano)
78: His Master's Voice 2–07963
78: His Master's Voice DB 287
78: RCA Victor 74581A (s-s)
LP: RCA Victor
CD: Biddulph Recordings (The Early Victor Recordings) LAB 015
CD: Istituto Discografico Italiano (Omaggio a Paganini) IDIS 291
CD (3): RCA Victor Gold Seal (The Heifetz Collection, Vol. 1: The Acoustic Recordings) 09026–61732–2
CD (65): RCA Victor Gold Seal (The Heifetz Collection: Complete) 09026–61778–2
Recorded 3 October 1918 (New York, USA)
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Hentrich, Wolfgang (violin) / Gottschall, Markus (guitar)
CD: Auris Subtilis (Cantabile) AS 5008–2000 [German issue]
Recorded sometime between 21–23 November 2005 (Kirche der Gemeinde Reichenberg, Germany)
[Arranged for violin and guitar]
Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra / Dragon, Carmen (conductor)
LP: Capitol (L'Italia) P 8351 (m), SP 8351 (s)
Recorded c.1956
[Arranged for orchestra]
Huschke, Wolfram (cello)
CD: RCA Victor (Diabolica) 74321 27014 2
[Arranged for solo cello ?]
Jeunesses Musicales Orchestra / Martinon, Jean (conductor)
LP: EMI MLGD 120
Recorded 1975
[Arranged for orchestra by Jean Martinon]
Jucker, Rama (cello) / Wolfensberger, Rita (piano)
LP: Pelca PSR 40625
[Arranged for cello and piano]
Krylov, Sergej (violin) / Mormone, Stefania (piano)
CD: Agorá Musica AG 198
Recorded sometime between 21–24 September 1998 (Palazzo Pallavicino, Cremona, Italy)
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Kubelik, Jan (violin) / ? (piano)
78: Fonotipia 39192
78: Fonotipia F 980
78: Odeon 8012 FXC
LP: Pearl (Great Virtuosi of the Golden Age, Volume II – Violin) GEM 102
CD (2): Biddulph Recordings LAB 033/4
Recorded 1905
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Lénert, Pierre (viola) / Decamp, Nelly (guitar)
CD: Syrius SYR 141365
Recorded April 2001 (Grand auditorium de l'Ecole de Musique d'Aulnay-sous-Bois, France)
[Arranged for viola and guitar]
Lewkowitz, Henri (violin) / Vallribera, P. (piano)
LP: Decca 215766
LP: Decca CCL 38005
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra, Budapest / Rolla, Janos (conductor)
CD: Hungaroton White Label (Encores) HRC 060
[Arranged for orchestra]
Macaluso, Vincenzo (guitar)
MC: Klavier (The 10 String Guitar Interprets Classics) KC 508
[Arranged for solo guitar]
Manén, Juan (violin) / Orchestra ? / Kark (conductor)
78: Parlophone 2–2043
78: Parlophone E 10105
78: Parlophone P 211
Recorded 1919
Manén, Juan (violin) / ? (piano)
78: Scala 5010
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Marsalis, Winton (cornet) / Eastman Wind Ensemble / Huntsberger, Donald (conductor)
LP: CBS Masterworks (Winton Marsalis: Carnaval) IM 42137
CD: CBS Masterworks (Winton Marsalis: Carnaval) MK 42137
Recorded 1986
[Arranged by Donald Huntsberger for cornet and wind ensemble]
Meadowmount Summer School of the Society for Strings / ? (conductor)
78 (s-s): RCA Victor [Catalogue number ?]
[Arranged for string orchestra]
Menuhin, Yehudi (violin) / Gazelle, Marcel (piano)
78: His Master's Voice DB 2414
78: His Master's Voice DB 3499
78: His Master's Voice ED 370
78: RCA Victor 8866
78: RCA Victor 17730
LP: EMI References C051 43322
CD: Aura Music (Yehudi Menuhin Plays Paganini) AUR 228–2
CD: Biddulph Recordings (Yehudi Menuhin Plays Virtuoso Violin Music) LAB 126
CD: Dante Lys (Pierre Monteux Edition, Volume 3) LYS 479
CD: EMI References CDH 5 65959 2
CD (6): EMI References (Y. Menuhin: 80th Birthday Edition) CHS 5 65964 2
CD: Istituto Discografico Italiano (Omaggio a Paganini, Vol. 2) IDIS 6409
CD: Malibran (The Young Menuhin) CDRG 135
CD: Testament SBT 1003
Recorded 28 September 1934 (Albert Studio, Paris, France)
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Menuhin, Yehudi (violin) / Baller (piano)
45: RCA Victor EP 3043
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Mezzena, Franco (violin) / Sebastiani, Adriano (guitar)
LP [fold out]: Dynamic DS 4003
CD: Dynamic In Primis CDS 03
Recorded March 1979 (Santuario della Madonnetta, Genoa, Italy)
[Original arrangement for violin and guitar]
Milenkovich, Stefan (violin) / Paderni, Massimo (piano)
CD: Dynamic (N. Paganini: Recital) CDS 166
CD: Kvadro Disk Romantic Classic RCL 007 [Artists not named. Russian issue]
Recorded sometime between 13 & 18 June 1996 (Genoa, Italy)
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra / Ormandy, Eugene (conductor)
78: RCA Victor 14325
LP: RCA Victor Camden (Light Concert Classics) CAL 121
Recorded 8 January 1934
[Arranged for orchestra]
Nadien, David (violin) / Barere, Boris (piano)
LP: Kapp (Works by the Virtuoso Violinists) KC 9060 (m), KCL 9060 (s)
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Nadruz, Eduardo (harmonica) / Peracchi, Leo (piano)
78: Continental 20.153 [Brazilian pressing]
Recorded June 1956 (Brazil)
[Arranged for harmonica and piano. It took Nadruz (aka 'Edú da Gaita') 11 years of practice to learn to play Moto Perpetuo on the harmonica; omitting the repeat and a few bars near the end, he manages to 'blow it out' in 3 minutes and 21 seconds. An mp3 file of the recording can be downloaded from a web site authored by Nadruz's son, Eduardo: www.edudagaita.com.br ]
Nakarjakov, Sergei (trumpet) / Markovich, Alexander (piano)
CD: Teldec 4509–94554–2
Recorded 1994
[Arranged by Sergei Nakarjakov for trumpet and piano]
National Symphony Orchestra / Rostropovich, Mistislav (conductor)
CD: Sony (Rostropovich: Return to Russia) SK 45 836
Recorded 13 or 14 February 1990 (Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Moscow, Russia)
[Live recording. Arranged for orchestra]
NBC Symphony Orchestra / Toscanini, Arturo (conductor)
78: His Master's Voice DB 3858
78 (2): Victor M 590
LP [fold out]: Dynamic (Documenti Storici) DS 4020
LP: RCA Victor RB 6606–7
CD: Dynamic In Primis (Paganini Historical Documents) CDS 01
CD: RCA Victor Gold Seal (Toscanini Collection, Vol.40) GD 60308
Recorded 1939
[Arranged by Bernardino Molinari for orchestra]
NBC Symphony Orchestra / Toscanini, Arturo (conductor)
CD: Dell’ Arte CDDA9020
Recorded 1940
[Arranged by Arturo Toscanini for orchestra]
Oistrakh, Igor Davidovich (violin) / Zertsalova, Nataliya (piano)
LP: ABC Classics (Igor Oistrakh Plays Paganini) AB 67027
LP: Eterna 8 26 744
LP: Eurodisc (Igor Oistrakh Plays Paganini) 87 953 KK
LP: Le Chant du Monde LDX 78716
LP: Melodiya (Igor Oistrakh Plays Paganini) 33C10 04841/2
LP (2): Musical Heritage Society MHS 824311
LP: United Artists Melodiya UACL 10003
Recorded September 1973 (Moscow, Russia)
[Arranged by Konius for violin and piano]
Papavrami, Tedi (violin) / Larrieu, Christophe (piano)
CD: Harmonia Mundi HMC90 5207
Recorded January 1990
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Paris Clarinet Sextet
LP (10"): Decca LX 3147
LP (10"): London LD 9219
[Arranged for clarinet sextet]
Parlow, Kathleen (violin) / ? (piano)
78 (10"): His Master's Voice 3–7917
CD (2): APR CDAPR 7015
Recorded 1909
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Perenyi, Miklos (cello) / Kocsis, Zoltan (piano)
LP: Hungaroton (Encores) SLPD 12574
CD: Hungaroton White Label (Cello Encores) HRC 177
[Arranged for cello and piano]
Perlman, Itzhak (violin) / Sanders, Samuel (piano)
LP: EMI (Violin Recital, Volume 1) C063 02463
CD: EMI (My Favourite Kreisler) CDC 7 47467 2
Recorded 1985
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Philadelphia Orchestra / Ormandy, Eugene (conductor)
LP: Columbia (Virtuosi di Philadelphia) ML 5129
Recorded 28 March 1955
[Arranged for orchestra]
Pittel, Harvey (saxophone) / Nel, Anton (piano)
CD: Crystal Records (Bach & Noodles) 654
[Arranged for saxophone and piano]
Rabin, Michael (violin) / Columbia Symphony Orchestra / Voorhees, Donald (conductor)
LP (10"): Columbia AL 38
45: Philips 409007 AE
45: Philips NBE 11003
CD: Sony Classical Masterworks Heritage (Michael Rabin and Ossy Renardy) MHK 60894
Recorded 29 January 1953 (Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, USA)
Rabin, Michael (violin) / Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra / Slatkin, Felix (conductor)
LP (10"): Capitol K 60690 (m), STK 60690 (s) [German pressings]
LP: Capitol (The Magic Bow) P 8510 (m), SP 8510 (s)
LP: EMI C063 81646
LP: Seraphim (Michael Rabin – In Memoriam) S 60199
LP: World Record Club (The Magic Bow) S 5129 [Australian pressing]
CD: EMI CDM 7 63660–2
CD (6): EMI Classics CMS 7 64123–2
CD: Royal Classics (Strings By Starlight: Immortal Classics) ROY 6463
Recorded September 1959
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and orchestra]
Ricci, Ruggiero (unaccompanied violin)
CD: One-Eleven, Ltd. (Ricci: The Making of a Legend, Vol. 4) URS 50110
Recorded sometime between 1926–1930
[Recording cut off during closing bars]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / Persinger, Louis (piano)
78: Polydor 8004
78: Polydor 566257
78 (3): Vox 614 [Disc 615]
LP: Festival CFR 12–292 [Australian pressing]
LP: Vox VLP 6490
45: Vox VIP 45340
CD (5): VoxBox (The Art of Ruggiero Ricci) CD5X 3611
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / Fürstner, Carl (piano)
CD: One-Eleven, Ltd. Essential Performance Reference EPR 94010
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / U.S. Army Airforce Symphony Orchestra / Schlussel, Sanford (conductor)
CD (2): Istituto Discografico Italiano (Ruggiero Ricci Plays Paganini) IDIS 6439/40
CD (2): One-Eleven, Ltd. Essential Performance Reference (Paganini – Ricci) EPR 95013
Recorded 1945
[Live recording]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / Persinger, Louis (piano)
LP: Decca 18174
LP: Decca 71066
LP: Decca 220062
LP: Decca Eclipse (A Paganini Recital) ECS 585
LP: Decca LXT 2808
LP: London (A Paganini Recital) CM 9099
LP: London (A Paganini Recital) LL 1005
CD (2): Double Decca (Virtuoso Violin – The Art of Ruggiero Ricci) 458 191–2
Recorded February 1954 (Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, England)
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Rostal, Max (violin) / Szreter, K. (piano)
78: Vox 06247
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Rusin, Miroslav (violin) / Miansarov, Eduard (piano)
LP: Melodiya 33C10 06577/8
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Salerno-Sonnenberg, Nadja (violin) / Harrell, Lynn (cello) / Kim, Benny (instrument ?) / Kawasaki, Masao (instrument ?) / Lidström, Mats (instrument ?) / Sasaki, Ryo (instrument ?)
CD: Angel Classics (Speaking in Strings) 56908B
[Arranged for string ensemble]
Schneidermann, Dina (violin) / Bulgarian Chamber Orchestra / Margarytov (conductor)
LP: Balkanton BCA 1262
LP: Balkanton BKA 10517
Shaham, Gil (violin) / Sollscher, Goran (guitar)
CD: Aquarius AQVR 078–2 [Russian issue]
CD: Deutsche Grammophon 437 837–2
Recorded November 1992 (Jesus Christus Kirche, Berlin, Germany)
[Revision by Lars Hannibal of original arrangement for violin and guitar]
Shikhmurzayeva, Zarius (violin) / Kokonina (piano)
LP (10"): Melodiya D 17623/4
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Shikhmurzayeva, Zarius (violin) / Muntyan, Mikhail (piano)
LP: Melodiya D 17643/4
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Silverstein, Joseph (violin) / Zgodava, Richard (piano)
CD: Intersound Records (Family Time Classics) 3762
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Sitkovetsky, Julian Gregorevich (violin) / Yampolsky, Vladimir (piano)
78 (10"): CCCP 17549/50
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Šporcl, Pavel (violin) / Jiříkovský, Petr (piano)
CD: Supraphon SU 3772–2
Recorded on one of the following dates: 6/7 June, or 6/7/12/13 July 2004 (Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic)
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Sroubek, Karel (violin) / Maxián, Frantisek (piano)
78: Supraphon G 22259
78: Ultraphon G 14204
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Steiger-Betzak, Annie (violin) / ? (piano)
78: Polydor 2035
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Stokowski Symphony Orchestra / Stokowski, Leopold (conductor)
LP: Capitol P 8415 (m), SP 8415 (s)
LP: Capitol SP 8650
Recorded c.1958
[Arranged for orchestra]
Tortelier, Paul (cello) / Iwasaki, Shuku (piano)
LP: EMI (Encores) C039 81294
LP: EMI (Encores) HQS 1289
LP: EMI ED 290209–1
LP: EMI SEOM 19
CD: EMI CDM 7 69456–2
CD: EMI HMV Classics Collection (138: The Sound of the Cello) HMV 5 68782 2
Recorded c.1972
[Arranged for cello and piano]
Trabucco, Mario (violin) / Scanu, José (guitar)
CD (multimedia): Art Music in Liguria D2001G8 [See note below]
CD: Devega (Il Cavaliere Filharmonico) DC1013
Recorded c.1998 (Orange Studio, Genoa, Italy)
[Original arrangement for violin and guitar and performed on Paganini's Guarnieri del Gesù violin, 'Il Cannone'. Art Music in Liguria CD contains interactive tracks on Paganini's life, music and violin]
Viólin, Mischa (violin) / ? (piano)
78 (10"): Edison Diamond Disc 80828
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Virtuosi, USA / Vardi, Emanuel (conductor)
LP: Brunswick AXTL 1093 (m), SXA 4002 (s)
LP: Decca Gold Label DL 10024 (m), DL 710024 (s)
Recorded c.1960
[Arranged by J. Vardi for string orchestra]
Yashvili, Marina (violin) / Walter, Naum (piano)
CD: Russian Compact Disc (Russian Violin School) 16252
Recorded 1975
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Zhuk, Valentin I. (violin) / Rossokhatsky, A. (piano)
LP: Melodiya D 016013/4
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Orchestra ? / Cremier, Jean-Eddie (conductor)
LP: CBS 51012
[Arranged for orchestra]
Orchestra ? / Linden, Dolf van der (conductor)
78: Decca XP 6134
[Arranged for orchestra]
Napoleon: Sonata with variations for the fourth string, in E flat major, M.S. 5
Accardo, Salvatore (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Dutoit, Charles (conductor)
LP: Deutsche Grammophon 2531 261
LP: Deutsche Grammophon 2536 376
CD: Aquarius The Best of Classics (Violin Sonatas) AQVR 108–2 [Russian issue]
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Galleria 439 981–2
CD (6): Deutsche Grammophon Collectors Edition (Accardo Plays Paganini: Complete Recordings) 463 754–2
CD: Kvadro Disk Romantic Classic RCL 007 [Russian issue]
Recorded January 1976 (Barking Town Hall, London, England)
[Re Kvadro CD: Introduzione, Andantino variato, Variation No. 1 and Finale only; note that the track listed as 'Andantino variato' comprises the Andantino variato AND Variation No. 1. Artists not named]
Elbeck, Lance (violin) / Cozens, Charles T. (piano)
CD: 'Fiddle on Fire' [Canadian promo CD with no catalogue number]
Recorded c.2003
[Arranged by Charles T. Cozens for violin and piano]
Fornaciari, Marco (violin) / Sebastiani, Adriano (guitar)
CD (6): Fone 93 F 08
CD: Fone (Omaggio a Paganini) 99 F 08
Recorded June 1990 or July 1992 (Villa Antonietta, Crespina, Italy)
[Arranged for violin and guitar]
Gorokhov, Alexei (violin) / Ukrainian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Gnedash, Vadim (conductor)
CD: Artwood/CD–Market [Good quality private Russian issue advertised on eBay, 2008; no catalogue number but barcode = 2000023829013]
Recorded 1964
Pikaizen, Viktor Alexandrovich (violin) / Seidel, Evgeny (piano)
LP: Melodiya 33C10 07637/8
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Quarta, Massimo (violin) / Redaelli, Stefania (piano)
CD: Dynamic CDS 232
Recorded sometime between 22 & 24 September 1998 (Genoa, Italy)
[Première recording of autograph manuscript original version. Arranged for violin and piano]
Non più mesta: Variations on the rondo Non più mesta accanto al fuoco from the opera La Cenerentola by Giacomo Rossini, in E flat major, M.S. 22 (Op. 12)
Accardo, Salvatore (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Dutoit, Charles (conductor)
LP: Deutsche Grammophon 2530 900
LP: Deutsche Grammophon 2837 507 [Special edition, Austrian pressing]
CD: Deutsche Grammophon 423 717–2
CD (6): Deutsche Grammophon Collectors Edition (Accardo Plays Paganini: Complete Recordings) 463 754–2
CD (2): Elite Classics (Paganini Collection, Vol. 3) SI–655–C,D [Russian issue]
CD: Musical Heritage Society MHS 5122030
Recorded April 1975 (Barking Town Hall, London, England)
Bolognese, Vincenzo (violin) / Prayer, Luisa (piano)
CD (2): Centro di Promozione Artistica CDC 008/9 [Italian issue]
CD: P&P Classica (From Baroque to the Present) CDC 009
Recorded 1997 (Trafalgar Recording Studios, Rome, Italy)
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Feng, Ning (violin) / Hoppe, Thomas (piano)
SACD (hybrid disc): Channel of China (Hello Mr Paganini) CCS SA 80807
Recorded January 2007 (Frits Philipszaal, Eindhoven, Holland)
[Arranged for violin and piano by Fritz Kreisler]
Jucker, Rama (cello) / Wolfensberger, Rita (piano)
LP: Pelca PSR 40625
[Arranged for cello and piano]
Milenkovich, Stefan (violin) / Paderni, Massimo (piano)
CD: Dynamic (N. Paganini: Recital) CDS 166
Recorded sometime between 13 & 18 June 1996 (Genoa, Italy)
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Pikaizen, Viktor Alexandrovich (violin) / Pikaizen, Tatiana (piano)
LP: Melodiya (Niccolo Paganini: Works for Violin and Piano) C10 18013/4
CD (5): Melodiya (Violin Solo) MEL CD 10 01000
Recorded 1982
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Redditi, Aldo (violin) / Bodini, Maria Rosa (piano)
LP: PDU (Pagine inedite di Paganini e Rossini) Pld AC 60099
Recorded 1975
[Arranged for violin and piano]
I Palpiti: Variations on the theme Di tanti palpiti from the opera Tancredi by Giacomo Rossini, in A major, M.S. 77 (Op. 13)
Accardo, Salvatore (violin) / Beltrami, Antonio (piano)
LP: Camden ML 79
LP: Prétoria CL 8011
LP: RCA Victor 430355
LP: RCA Victor GL 32514
LP: RCA Victor GL 32578
LP: RCA Victor Serie Europa ML 20179
Recorded c.1961
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Accardo, Salvatore (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Dutoit, Charles (conductor)
LP: Deutsche Grammophon 2531 261
LP: Deutsche Grammophon 2536 376
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Galleria 439 981–2
CD (6): Deutsche Grammophon Collectors Edition (Accardo Plays Paganini: Complete Recordings) 463 754–2
Recorded January 1976 (Barking Town Hall, London, England)
Accardo, Salvatore (violin) / Collard, André (piano)
LP: Saga (The Virtuoso Violin) 5488
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Agaronyan, Ruben (violin) / Mamaev (piano)
LP: Melodiya C10 19363/4
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Bolognese, Vincenzo (violin) / Prayer, Luisa (piano)
CD (2): Centro di Promozione Artistica CDC 008/9 [Italian issue]
CD: P&P Classica (From Baroque to the Present) CDC 009
Recorded 1997 (Trafalgar Recording Studios, Rome, Italy)
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Boulier, Christophe (violin) / ? (piano)
LP: REM (Long–Thibaud Competition 1984) 10965
Recorded 1984
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Feng, Ning (violin) / Hoppe, Thomas (piano)
SACD (hybrid disc): Channel of China (Hello Mr Paganini) CCS SA 80807
Recorded January 2007 (Frits Philipszaal, Eindhoven, Holland)
[Arranged for violin and piano by Fritz Kreisler]
Francescatti, Zino (violin) / Balsam, Artur (piano)
78: Columbia 73042 D
LP: Columbia Masterworks (Francescatti Violin Recital) ML 4310
LP: Philips N 02101 L [Spanish pressing]
LP (10"): Philips S 06602 R
CD: Biddulph Recordings (The Art of Zino Francescatti) BID 80169
Recorded 27 April 1949
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Francescatti, Zino (violin) / Balsam, Artur (piano)
CD: Bridge Records (Great Performances from the Library of Congress, Vol.17: An Evening of Paganini) 9125
Recorded 1954 (Library of Congress, Washington, USA)
[Live recording. Arranged for violin and piano. First commercial release of this never-before-issued recital piece]
Francescatti, Zino (violin) / Lanner, Max (piano)
LP: Philips NBL 5010
Recorded c.1954
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Francescatti, Zino (violin) / Zurich Chamber Orchestra / Stoutz, Edmond de (conductor)
LP: CBS (Violin Spectaculars) BRG 72560 (m), SBRG 72560 (s)
LP: CBS S 75560
LP: Columbia Masterworks (Francescatti Plays Violin Spectaculars) ML 6353 (m), MS 6953 (s)
LP (10"): Melodiya D 31671/2
LP: Melodiya M10 44947
Recorded c.1966
[Arranged by Zino Francescatti for violin and orchestra]
Gitlis, Ivry (violin) / Janopoulo, Tasso (piano)
LP: Fontana 6549016
LP [fold out]: Philips 835777 LY [French pressing]
LP [fold out]: Philips Tresors Classiques (Le Violon du Diable) 6504 023
CD: Philips 438 630–2
CD: Philips 446 189–2
CD: Philips Les 100 Classiques (Vol. 63: Paganini – le démon du violon) 454 549–2
Recorded c.1967
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Grumiaux, Arthur (violin) / Castagnone, Riccardo (piano)
LP: Epic LC 3592
LP (10"): Philips D 99809
LP: Philips G 03062 L
LP: Philips G 05372 R
LP: Philips Classical Favourites GBL 5576
LP (10"): Philips S 06205 R
CD: Elite Classics (Paganini Collection, Vol. 2) SI–655–B [Russian issue; misnamed as 'Le Streghe' on CD back]
CD: Philips 4913 [Japanese limited edition]
CD (3): Philips (Arthur Grumiaux: The Early Years) 438 516–2
CD (2): Philips Classics Duo (The Best of Paganini) 462 865–2
CD (5): Philips Original Masters 473 104–2
CD: Philips UCCP 9542 [Japanese limited edition]
Recorded July 1958
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Gulli, Franco (violin) / Cavallo, Enrica Gulli (piano)
LP: Angelicum LPA 5933
LP: Angelicum STA 8933
LP [fold out]: Ars Nova VST 6101
LP: Balkanton BCA 576
LP: Decca Gold Label DL 10081 (m), DL 710081 (s)
LP: Harmonia Mundi HM 30663
LP [fold out]: Harmonia Mundi HMA 30.527
LP: Musical Heritage Society DRM 110
45: Angelicum LPA 7015
45: Storia della Musica (Volume 5, No. 2) SdM 054
CD: Il Canale/Dynamic (Music for Unicef) DCU 030
CD: Sarx Records SX AM 2038–2
Recorded 1963 (Studi Angelicum, Milan, Italy)
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Irnberger, Thomas Albertus (violin) / Smirnova, Lisa (piano)
CD (2): Pan Classics (Le Violon Vivant / Les Soirées Intimes) 10177
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Kaler, Ilya (violin) / Balakerskaya (piano)
LP: Melodiya C10 24743
Recorded 1986
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Kaler, Ilya (violin) / Blok, Leonid (piano)
LP: Melodiya C10 29433 003
Recorded 1987
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Kogan, Leonid Borisovich (violin) / Mytnik, Andrei (piano)
LP: Acropole APCC 60.045
LP: Bruno (Leonid Kogan Plays Paganini) BR 14022
LP: Melodiya (Leonid Kogan Plays Paganini’s Works) M10 44933 005
LP (2) [fold out]: Melodiya (Leonid Kogan Complete Collection, Vol. 8: N. Paganini) M10 49465 004
LP: Westminster XWN 18229
CD: Arlecchino ARL10
CD: Great Hall CD 050
CD: MVT [Catalogue number ?]
CD: Triton / DML Classics ( Leonid Kogan, Volume 22) DMCC 24020 [Japanese issue]
Recorded 1950
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Krylov, Sergej (violin) / Mormone, Stefania (piano)
CD: Agorá Musica AG 198
Recorded sometime between 21 –24 September 1998 (Palazzo Pallavicino, Cremona, Italy)
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Milenkovich, Stefan (violin) / Paderni, Massimo (piano)
CD: Dynamic (N. Paganini: Recital) CDS 166
Recorded sometime between 13 & 18 June 1996 (Genoa, Italy)
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Paul, Florin (violin) / Paul, Dana (piano)
LP: Electrecord (Tineri Solisti Instrumentisti Laureati ai Concursurilor Internationale) ST–ECE 01551
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Prihoda, Vasa (violin) / Cerné, Charles (piano)
78: Polydor 65987 [One catalogue lists pianist as Bruno Seidler-Winkler]
LP: Podium POL 1001
CD: Biddulph Recordings LAB 135
CD: Istituto Discografico Italiano (Omaggio a Paganini) IDIS 291
Recorded 1924
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Prihoda, Vasa (violin) / ? (piano)
CD: Podium Legenda (Meister des Bogens: Vasa Prihoda, Vol. 1) POL–1001–2 [German issue]
[Arranged for violin and piano. Possibly a different recording to the previous entry]
Quarta, Massimo (violin) / Redaelli, Stefania (piano)
CD: Dynamic CDS 232
Recorded sometime between 22 & 24 September 1998 (Genoa, Italy)
[Première recording of autograph manuscript original version. Arranged for violin and piano]
Rabinof, Benno (violin) / Rabinof, Sylvia (piano)
CD: Pearl (The Virtuoso Violin of Benno Rabinof) GEM 0205
Recorded September 1948
[Arranged for violin and piano. First commercial release of a private recording]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / ? (piano)
CD: One-Eleven, Ltd. (Ricci: The Making of a Legend, Vol. 4) URS 50110
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano. Four minute fragment of a live recording]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / Persinger, Louis (piano)
LP: Decca 220062
LP: Decca Eclipse (A Paganini Recital) ECS 585
LP: Decca LXT 2808
LP: London (A Paganini Recital) CM 9099
LP: London (A Paganini Recital) LL 1005
CD (2): Double Decca (Virtuoso Violin – The Art of Ruggiero Ricci) 458 191–2
Recorded February 1954 (Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, England)
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg / Froment, Louis de (conductor)
LP: FSM (Opera Paraphrases) 53020
LP: Turnabout (Opera Paraphrases for Violin & Orchestra) TVS 34720
CD (5): VoxBox (The Art of Ruggiero Ricci) CD5X 3611
Recorded July 1977
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / Academic Symphony Orchestra / Zimmermann, Heinz (conductor)
CD (2): One-Eleven, Ltd. Essential Performance Reference (Paganini – Ricci) EPR 95013
Sekler, Mikhail (violin) / Eroshkin (piano)
LP: Melodiya CM 03891/2
Shaham, Gil (violin) / Eguchi, Akira (piano)
CD: Deutsche Grammophon (The Fiddler of the Opera) 447 640–2
Recorded June 1996 (Herkules-Saal, Munich, Germany)
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Skwortsow, Alexander (violin) / ? (piano)
CD: MP3.com (Violin Masterpieces) 159007
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Šporcl, Pavel (violin) / Jiříkovský, Petr (piano)
CD: Supraphon SU 3772–2
Recorded on one of the following dates: 6/7 June, or 6/7/12/13 July 2004 (Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic)
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Tretyakov, Viktor Viktorovich (violin) / Kurakova, Ludmilla (piano)
LP: Eurodisc 80026 KK
LP: Eurodisc Die Klassik Austese – Konzert 200 455–250
LP: Melodiya 33CM 02221/2
LP: Melodiya D 021491/2
Recorded 1966 (Moscow, Russia)
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Turban, Ingolf (violin and conductor) / I Virtuosi di Paganini
CD: Telos Music Records (Il Maestro e lo Scolaro) TLS 115
Recorded sometime between 9–11 March 2005 (Tonstudio Mechernich–Floisdorf, Germany)
[String orchestra accompaniment by Holger Frey]
Vengerov, Maxim (violin) / Golan, Itamar (piano)
CD: Teldec 9031–77351–2
Recorded July 1993 (Teldec Studio, Berlin, Germany)
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Polacca with variations (Polacca con variazioni) in A major, M.S. 18
Accardo, Salvatore (violin) / The Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Tamponi, Franco (conductor)
LP: Angel (Paganini, Volume 2) DS 38128
LP: EMI (Paganini, Volume 2) EL 27 0063–1
CD (2): EMI Digital Twins CZS 7 67567 2
Recorded 10 or 11 December 1983 (Abbey Road Studios, London, England)
[Première recording]
Krylov, Sergej (violin) / Mormone, Stefania (piano)
CD: Agorá Musica AG 198
Recorded sometime between 21 –24 September 1998 (Palazzo Pallavicino, Cremona, Italy)
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Milenkovich, Stefan (violin) / Paderni, Massimo (piano)
CD: Dynamic (N. Paganini: Recital) CDS 166
Recorded sometime between 13 & 18 June 1996 (Genoa, Italy)
[Arranged for violin and piano]
La Primavera: Sonata with variations, in A major, M.S. 73
Accardo, Salvatore (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Dutoit, Charles (conductor)
LP: Deutsche Grammophon 2530 900
LP: Deutsche Grammophon 2837 507 [Special edition, Austrian pressing]
CD: Aquarius The Best of Classics (Violin Sonatas) AQVR 108–2 [Russian issue]
CD: Deutsche Grammophon 423 578–2
CD (6): Deutsche Grammophon Collectors Edition (Accardo Plays Paganini: Complete Recordings) 463 754–2
CD (2): Elite Classics (Paganini Collection, Vol. 3) SI–655–C,D [Russian issue]
CD: Musical Heritage Society MHS 5122030
Recorded April 1975 (Barking Town Hall, London, England)
Gorokhov, Alexei (violin) / Orchestra ? / Ryabov, Oleg (conductor)
CD: Artwood/CD–Market [Good quality private Russian issue advertised on eBay, 2008; no catalogue number but barcode = 2000023829013]
Recorded 1983
[Orchestra stated in Russian language on CD back cover but am unable to translate!]
Pikaizen, Viktor Alexandrovich (violin) / Seidel, Evgeny (piano)
LP: Melodiya (Violin Music) 33C10 06281/2
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Sonata a Preghiera (aka. Moses Fantasy): Variations for the fourth string on the theme Dal tuo stellato soglio from the opera Mosè by Giacomo Rossini, in F minor, M.S. 23
Accardo, Salvatore (violin) / Beltrami, Antonio (piano)
LP: Camden ML 79
LP: Prétoria CL 8011
LP: RCA Victor 430355
LP: RCA Victor GL 32502
LP: RCA Victor GL 32578
LP: RCA Victor Serie Europa ML 20179
Recorded c.1961
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Accardo, Salvatore (violin) / Collard, André (piano)
LP: Saga 5398
Recorded c.1974
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Accardo, Salvatore (violin) / The Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Tamponi, Franco (conductor)
LP: Angel (Paganini, Volume 1) DS 38127
LP: EMI (Paganini, Volume 1) EL 27 0062–1
CD: Elite Classics (Paganini Collection) SI–655–A [Russian issue; no volume number stated]
CD: EMI (Italy) / Famiglia Cristiana I Grandi Concerti 8 26258 2 [Italian issue]
CD (2): EMI Digital Twins CZS 7 67567 2
CD (2): EMI Classics CZS 5 72854 2
Recorded 8 or 9 December 1983 (Abbey Road Studios, London, England)
Armin, Otto (violin) / Hudon-Armin (piano)
LP: Select CC 15104
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Azarkhin, Rodion (double bass) / Accompanist ?
LP: Melodiya M10 40269
[Arranged for double bass]
Baker, Ben (violin) / Dyson, Julian (piano)
CD: 'Arcadian Strings' [British promo CD with no catalogue number]
Recorded 2004 (St John's School Chapel, Leatherhead, England)
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Barylli, Walter (violin) / Graef, Otto A. (piano)
78 (10"): Decca PO 5127
78 (10"): Polydor 10810
Recorded c.1938
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Bolognese, Vincenzo (violin and conductor) / Camerata Strumentale di Santa Cecilia
CD (2): Centro di Promozione Artistica CDC 008/9 [Italian issue]
CD: P&P Classica (From Baroque to the Present) CDC 009
Recorded 1997 (Trafalgar Recording Studios, Rome, Italy)
[Orchestral score by Vincenzo Bolognese]
Bradetich, Jeff (double bass) / Rockey, Judi (piano)
LP: Golden Crest RE 7107
[Arranged by Jeff Bradetich for double bass and piano]
David, Lukas (violin) / Mannheimer, Irene (paino)
LP: Opera 3145
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Demenga, Thomas and Demenga, Patrick (cellos)
CD: Claves Records (Works For Two Cellos) CD 50–8909
[Arranged by Thomas Demenga for two cellos]
Despalj, Valter (cello) / Petrinjac, Darko (guitar)
LP: Jugoton LSY 66002
CD: Masters of the Millennium MM 2043
CD: Onyx Classix 66052
CD: Orbis Publishing (The Classical Collection, Vol. 43: Paganini – Instrumental Classics) CCC 043 [See note below]
[Arranged for cello and guitar. Orbis CD released with accompanying magazine about Paganini]
Fodor, Eugene (violin) / Tomagawa, Kiyoshi (piano)
CD: Clarity Recordings (Witches Brew) CCD 1017
Recorded c.1997 (First Unitarian Church, Berkeley, California, USA)
[Arranged for violin and piano and performed in piece's original tonality of B flat major; Fodor removed his violin’s D and A strings in order to enhance the instrument’s overall sound]
Foldesy, Arnold (cello) / ? (piano)
78: Polydor 15956
[Arranged for cello and piano]
Fournier, Pierre (cello) / Voegelin, Urs (piano)
CD: Foyer 1–CF 2089
Recorded 1960
[Arranged for cello and piano. Live recording]
Fournier, Pierre (cello) / Crowson, Lamar (piano)
LP: Deutsche Grammophon 135 132
Recorded c.1969
[Arranged for cello and piano]
Garnier, Liliane (violin) / Zugaro (piano)
LP (10"): Club National du Disque CND 1046
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Gendron, Maurice (cello) / Gallion, Peter (piano)
LP: Epic BC 1115
LP: Epic LC 3753
LP: Fontana FG 287
CD (3): Philips 438 960–2
Recorded 1960
[Arranged by Maurice Gendron for cello and piano]
Gorokhov, Alexei (violin) / Ukrainian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Gnedash, Vadim (conductor)
CD: Artwood/CD–Market [Good quality private Russian issue advertised on eBay, 2008; no catalogue number but barcode = 2000023829013]
Recorded 1963
Gorokhov, Leonid (cello) / Nicholson, Pamela (piano)
CD: Trittico Classics (Solo Collection – Laureate) TC 91003
Recorded c.1991
[Arranged for cello and piano]
Gringolts, Ilya (violin) / Ryumina, Irina (piano)
CD: Bis (Ilya Gringolts Plays Paganini) CD 999
Recorded January 1999 (Nybrokajen, Stockholm, Sweden)
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Haendel, Ida (violin) / Moore, Gerald (piano)
78: His Master's Voice
LP: His Master's Voice CLP 1021
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Haendel, Ida (violin) / Holecek, Alfred (piano)
LP: GMM (Famous Violin Compositions) 084
LP: Kontrapunkt KLP 754043
LP: Supraphon SUA 10465 (m), SUAST 50465 (s)
LP: Supraphon SV 8091
Recorded 1962 (Prague, Czech Republic)
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Hanani, Yehu (cello) / Levin, Michele (piano)
CD: Eroica Recordings (Dazzle and Nostalgia: Cello Favorites) JDT 3072
[Arranged for cello and piano]
Hentrich, Wolfgang (violin) / Gottschall, Markus (guitar)
CD: Auris Subtilis (Cantabile) AS 5008–2000 [German issue]
Recorded sometime between 21–23 November 2005 (Kirche der Gemeinde Reichenberg, Germany)
[Arranged for violin and guitar]
Hochmuth, Reiner (cello) / ? (piano)
LP: Thorofon Capella (Salut d'Amour) MTH 266
[Arranged for cello and piano]
Kantorow, Jean-Jacques (violin) / Gifford, Anthea (guitar)
CD: Droffig Recordings/The National Trust (Kantorow & Gifford at Calke Abbey) NT CD 011
Recorded 18 or 19 August 1994 (Saloon, Calke Abbey, Derbyshire, England)
Karr, Gary (double bass) / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Lajovic, Uros (conductor)
LP: Koch-Schwann (Virtuoso Double Bass Concertos) 111 044
LP: Schwann VMS 2063
CD: Koch-Schwann (Virtuoso Double Bass Concertos) CD 311 044
CD: Koch-Schwann (The Double Bass) SCH 313 382
Recorded November 1979 (Jesus Christus Kirche, Berlin, Germany)
[Arranged by Gary Karr for double bass and orchestra]
Karr, Gary (double bass) / London Symphony Orchestra / Simon, Geoffrey (conductor)
CD: Cala (Cala Series, Vol. 2) CACD 0002
CD (2): Cala (Orchestral Works) CACD 0101
CD (6): Cala (Orchestral Masterpieces – The Cala Series) CACD 0102
CD: Cala (The London Double Bass Sound) 110
CD: Laserlight 14 010
CD: Laserlight 14 275
Recorded c.1986
[Arranged by Gary Karr for double bass and orchestra]
Karr, Gary (double bass) / Siegel (piano)
LP: Golden Crest RE 7012
[Arranged by Gary Karr for double bass and piano]
Katrama, Jorma (double bass) / Rahkonen, Margit (piano)
CD: Finlandia (Contrabasso Con Bravura) 4509–95864–2
[Arranged for double bass and piano]
Kawaciuk, Ivan (violin) / Vrána, F. (piano)
LP (10"): Supraphon DM 5185
LP: Supraphon H 23993
LP (10"): Supraphon LPM 135
LP (10"): Ultraphon 5185 C
[Arranged by I. Kawaciuk for violin and piano]
Kawahara, Yasunori (double bass) / Hoffmann, Rainer (piano)
LP: Largo 5005
CD: Largo (Elegia) 5105
[Arranged by Y. Kawahara for double bass and piano]
Khomitser, Mikhail (cello) / Zinger (piano)
LP (10"): Melodiya D 7951/2
[Arranged for cello and piano]
Khomitser, Mikhail (cello) / ? (piano)
LP (4): Hungaroton LPX 1168
[Arranged for cello and piano. Possibly identical recording to previous entry]
Kliegel, Maria (cello) / Maxsein, Ludger (piano)
LP [fold out]: Telefunken (Virtuoses Cello) AS 6.42528
Recorded c.1979
[Arranged for cello and piano]
Knyazev, Alexander (cello) / Matyunina, Tatiana (piano)
LP: Melodiya 33C10 11371/2
[Arranged by R. Sametini for cello and piano]
Krylov, Sergej (violin) / Mormone, Stefania (piano)
CD: Agorá Musica AG 198
Recorded sometime between 21 –24 September 1998 (Palazzo Pallavicino, Cremona, Italy)
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Li, Jin (violin) / Lan, Huang (piano)
LP: China Records DLH 9
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Loránt, Ferry (violin) / ? (piano)
78 (10"): Homochord B 8363
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Lukas, Pal (viola) / Denes (piano)
78 (10"): MHV SZK 3589
LP: Hungaroton HLPX M 1026
[Arranged for viola and piano]
Ma, Yo-Yo (cello) / Zander, Patricia (piano)
LP: CBS Masterworks IM 37280
CD: CBS Masterworks MK 37280
Recorded c.1982 (CBS Recording Studios, London, England)
[Arranged by Luigi Silva for cello and piano]
Markov, Alexander (violin) / Fernandez, Eduardo (guitar)
CD: Erato (Duets For Violin and Guitar) 0630–14778–2
Recorded sometime between 27 November & 1 December 1995 (Eglise évangélique luthérienne de Bon Secours, Paris, France)
[Arranged for violin and guitar]
Menuhin, Yehudi (violin) / Webster, Ferguson (piano)
78: His Master's Voice DB 3499
78: His Master's Voice ED 370
78: RCA Victor 17730
LP: EMI (Unpublished Recordings, Volume 4) 2908731
CD: Aura Music (Yehudi Menuhin Plays Paganini) AUR 228–2
CD: Biddulph Recordings (Menuhin Plays Paganini) LAB 102
CD: EMI References CDH 5 65959 2
CD (6): EMI References (Y. Menuhin: 80th Birthday Edition) CHS 5 65964 2
CD: Istituto Discografico Italiano (Omaggio a Paganini) IDIS 291
Recorded 21 March 1938 (Studio No. 3, Abbey Road, London, England)
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Milenkovich, Stefan (violin) / Paderni, Massimo (piano)
CD: Dynamic (N. Paganini: Recital) CDS 166
Recorded sometime between 13 & 18 June 1996 (Genoa, Italy)
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Navarra, Andre (cello) / ? (piano)
LP: Capitol (Cello Colours) P 18023
[Arranged for cello and piano]
Noferini, Andrea (cello) / La Stella, Sergio (piano)
CD: Bongiovanni (The Cello Virtuoso) GB 5073–2
[Arranged for cello and piano]
Noras, Arto (cello) / Valsta, Tapani (piano)
LP: Finnlevy SFX 38
CD: Finlandia (Masterpieces for Cello) 4509–95883–2
[Arranged for cello and piano]
Oistrakh, David Fedorovich (violin) / Yampolsky, Vladimir (piano)
78 (microgroove; 8"): CCCP D 544
LP: Classics Club SMP 101
LP: Concert Hall CM 2226 [5000 Copy limited edition]
LP: Decca Gold Label (The Violinist–Composer) DL 9882
LP: Guilde International du Disque M 2226
LP (10") [fold out]: I Grandi Musicisti (Niccolò Paganini, Vol. I) iGM–015 [Italian pressing]
LP: Le Chant du Monde LDXSP 1801
LP (10"): Le Chant du Monde LDA 8175
LP: Melodiya D 04044/5
LP: Musical Masterpiece Society MMS 2226
LP: Musidisc RC 858 [French pressing]
45: Octave OC5
CD: Le Chant du Monde LDC 278 945
Recorded 1951
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Oistrakh, David Fedorovich (violin) / Yampolsky, Vladimir (piano)
LP (5): Melodiya (Complete Collection: Guest Performances) M10 46361/70
Recorded 1952
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Oistrakh, Igor Davidovich (violin) / Zertsalova, Nataliya (piano)
LP: ABC Classics (Igor Oistrakh Plays Paganini) AB 67027
LP: Eterna 8 26 744
LP: Eurodisc (Igor Oistrakh Plays Paganini) 87 953 KK
LP: Le Chant du Monde LDX 78716
LP: Melodiya (Igor Oistrakh Plays Paganini) 33C10 04841/2
LP (2): Musical Heritage Society MHS 824311
LP: United Artists Melodiya UACL 10003
Recorded September 1973 (Moscow, Russia)
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Ozim, Igor (violin) / Capitani, Anna de (piano)
CD: Koch-Schwann (Virtuoso Violin Hits, Vol. 2) 318 292
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Reinke, Gerd (double bass) / Yamashita, Akiko (piano)
CD: Colosseum (Contrabasso Scherzando) [Catalogue number ?]
Recorded c.1993
[Arranged for double bass and piano]
Reinke, Gerd (double bass) / Gobel (piano)
Medium ?: Thorofon [Catalogue number ?]
[Arranged for double bass and piano]
Repin, Vadim (violin) / Markovich, Alexander (piano)
CD: Erato (Tutta Bravura) 3984–25487–2
Recorded sometime between 1–4 June 1998 (Teldec Classics Recording Studio, Berlin, Germany)
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Reuter, Florizel von (violin) / Vladigerov, P. (piano)
78: Decca-Polydor CA 8097
78: Polydor 95250
LP (2): Discopaedia MB 1020
[Arranged by Florizel von Reuter for violin and piano]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / Fürstner, Carl (piano)
78: His Master's Voice DB 4619
LP: EMI The HMV Treasury (The Young Ruggiero Ricci) EH 29 12301
CD: Biddulph Recordings (The Complete Electrola Recordings) LAB 044
CD (10): Dynamic (Ruggiero Ricci – A Life for the Violin) CDS 393/1–10
CD: Istituto Discografico Italiano (Omaggio a Paganini, Vol. 2) IDIS 6409
Recorded November 1938 (Berlin, Germany)
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / Persinger, Louis (piano)
78: Polydor 8004
78: Polydor 566257
78 (3): Vox 614 [Disc 614]
LP: Festival CFR 12–292 [Australian pressing]
LP: Vox VLP 6490
45: Vox VIP 45340
CD (5): VoxBox (The Art of Ruggiero Ricci) CD5X 3611
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / Persinger, Louis (piano)
LP: Decca 220062
LP: Decca Eclipse (A Paganini Recital) ECS 585
LP: Decca LXT 2808
LP: London (A Paganini Recital) CM 9099
LP: London (A Paganini Recital) LL 1005
CD (2): Double Decca (Virtuoso Violin – The Art of Ruggiero Ricci) 458 191–2
CD: One-Eleven, Ltd. (Ricci: The Making of a Legend, Vol. 2) URS 50060
Recorded February 1954 (Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, England)
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / Cardi, Stefano (guitar)
CD (10): Dynamic (Ruggiero Ricci – A Life for the Violin) CDS 393/1–10
CD (2): Istituto Discografico Italiano (Ruggiero Ricci Plays Paganini) IDIS 6439/40
CD: One-Eleven, Ltd. (A Homage to Paganini) URS 93070
Recorded 1993
[Arranged for violin and guitar]
Schiff, Heinrich (cello) / Sanders, Samuel (piano)
CD: Philips Solo ('The Swan' and other Cello Favourites) 442 409–2
Recorded 1987
[Arranged by Maurice Gendron for cello and piano]
Shaham, Gil (violin) / Sollscher, Goran (guitar)
CD: Aquarius AQVR 078–2 [Russian issue]
CD: Deutsche Grammophon 437 837–2
Recorded November 1992 (Jesus Christus Kirche, Berlin, Germany)
[Arranged by Lars Hannibal for violin and guitar]
Shkolnikova, Nelli (violin) / Yedlina, Lyubov (piano)
LP (10"): Melodiya D 6615/6
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Sitkovetsky, Julian Gregorevich (violin) / Davidovitch, Bela (piano)
LP (5): Melodiya (The Art of Julian Sitkovetsky) C10 06827/36
LP: Melodiya C10 06833/4
LP (10"): Melodiya D 2167/8
LP: Melodiya D 024483/4
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Sobolevsky, Rafael (violin) / Livchitz, E. (piano)
LP: Melodiya D 022047/8
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Starker, Janos (cello) / Neriki, Shigeo (piano)
LP: Denon OX 7140 ND [Japanese pressing]
LP: Star Records X 06
CD: Denon Repertoire (Virtuoso Music for Cello) DC–8118
Recorded 1978
[Arranged for cello and piano]
Szentgyörgi, Laszlö (violin) / ? (piano)
78: His Master's Voice EH 254
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Szentgyörgi, Laszlö (violin) / ? (piano)
LP: Melodiya
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Terebesi, György (violin) / Prunnbauer, Sonja (guitar)
LP [fold out]: Telefunken (Paganini: Werke Für Violine und Gitarre – Vol. 3) 6.41995 AS
CD (2): Teldec 4509–97974–2
Recorded 1973 or 1974
[Arranged for violin and guitar]
Thomas, Werner (cello) / Munich Chamber Orchestra / Stadlmair, Hans (conductor)
LP: Orfeo S131851
CD: Orfeo (Harmonies Du Soir: ‘Virtuoso Romantic Cello Music’) C 131851–A
Recorded c.1985
[Arranged by Werner Thomas for cello and orchestra]
Tortelier, Paul (cello) / Iwasaki, Shuku (piano)
LP: Angel EAC 55077
LP: EMI (Encores) C039 81294
LP: EMI (Encores) HQS 1289
LP: EMI ED 290209–1
LP: EMI SEOM 19
CD: EMI CDM 7 69456–2
CD: EMI HMV Classics Collection (138: The Sound of the Cello) HMV 5 68782 2
Recorded c.1972
[Arranged for cello and piano]
Tortelier, Paul (cello and conductor) / Martin-Tortelier, Maud (cello) / English Chamber Orchestra
LP: His Master's Voice ASD 3015
LP: His Master's Voice FALP 599
CD (4): EMI (Tortelier: The Great Cello Concertos) CMS 7 64069 2
Recorded c.1973
[Arranged by Paul Tortelier for two cellos and orchestra]
Trusler, Matthew (violin) / Back, Gordon (piano)
CD: Droffig Recordings / National Trust NTCD 007
Recorded 15 or 19 June 1995 (Blickling Hall, Norfolk, England)
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Turban, Ingolf (violin and conductor) / I Virtuosi di Paganini
CD: Telos Music Records (Il Maestro e lo Scolaro) TLS 115
Recorded sometime between 9–11 March 2005 (Tonstudio Mechernich–Floisdorf, Germany)
[String orchestra accompaniment by Holger Frey]
Varga, Tibor (violin) / Greenslade, Hubert (piano)
CD: Claves Records (Hommage à Tibor Varga, Vol. 4) CD 50–9314
CD (4): Claves Records (Hommage à Tibor Varga) CD 50–9300/4
Recorded 1947
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Virizlay, Mihaly (cello) / Penneys (piano)
LP: Orion ORS 73103
[Arranged by Mihaly Virizlay for cello and piano]
Weilerstein, Alisa (cello) / Weilerstein, Vivian Hornik (piano)
CD: EMI Classics Debut CDZ 5 73498 2
[Arranged for cello and piano]
Yevgrafov, Lev (cello) / Yevgrafova (piano)
LP: Melodiya C10 19589 000
Recorded 1983
[Arranged for cello and piano]
Zhuk, Valentin I. (violin) / Rossokhatsky, A. (piano)
LP (10"): Melodiya D 11019/20
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Sonata movimento perpetuo, Version ‘A’, M.S. 66
Accardo, Salvatore (violin) / The Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Tamponi, Franco (conductor)
LP: Angel (Paganini, Volume 1) DS 38127
LP: EMI (Paganini, Volume 1) EL 27 0062–1
CD (2): EMI Digital Twins CZS 7 67567 2
Recorded 8 or 9 December 1983 (Abbey Road Studios, London, England)
[First section only: ‘Larghetto con passione’. Première recording]
Accardo, Salvatore (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Dutoit, Charles (conductor)
LP: Deutsche Grammophon 2536 376
CD: Aquarius The Best of Classics (Violin Sonatas) AQVR 108–2 [Russian issue]
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Galleria 439 981–2
CD: Deutsche Grammophon (Diabolus in Musica) 449 858–2 [Italian issue]
CD (6): Deutsche Grammophon Collectors Edition (Accardo Plays Paganini: Complete Recordings) 463 754–2
Recorded January 1976 (Barking Town Hall, London, England)
[Second section only: ‘Perpetuela’. Première recording]
Ciulei–Atanasiu, Lenuta (violin) / Lefterescu, Ogneanca (piano)
LP: Electrecord ST–ECE 02187
Recorded c.1977
[Arranged for violin and piano. Second section only: ‘Perpetuela’]
Sonata movimento perpetuo, Version ‘B’, M.S. 66
Accardo, Salvatore (violin) / The Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Tamponi, Franco (conductor)
LP: Angel (Paganini, Volume 1) DS 38127
LP: EMI (Paganini, Volume 1) EL 27 0062–1
CD (2): EMI Digital Twins CZS 7 67567 2
Recorded 8 or 9 December 1983 (Abbey Road Studios, London, England)
[First section only: ‘Andante amoroso’. Première recording]
Sonata Varsavia: Variations on a mazurka by J. Elsner, M.S. 57
Accardo, Salvatore (violin) / The Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Tamponi, Franco (conductor)
LP: Angel (Paganini, Volume 2) DS 38128
LP: EMI (Paganini, Volume 2) EL 27 0063–1
CD (2): EMI Digital Twins CZS 7 67567 2
Recorded 10 or 11 December 1983 (Abbey Road Studios, London, England)
Barbieri, Renato de (violin) / Macoggi, Tullio (piano)
LP: Cetra LPU 0109
CD: Warner Fonit (l'arte di Renato de Barbieri) 3984 27268–2
Recorded 25 October 1973
[Arranged for violin and piano. Première recording]
Irnberger, Thomas Albertus (violin) / Philharmonices Mundi / Sabaini, Josef (conductor)
CD: Gramola 98805
Recorded 2 or 3 January 2006 (Jerger Saal, Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität, Linz, Austria)
[Orchestral score by Pietro Spada]
Kremer, Gidon (violin) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Muti, Riccardo (conductor)
CD: Philips Digital Classics 446 718–2
Recorded October 1995 (Großer Saal, Musikverein, Vienna, Austria)
[Orchestral score by Pietro Spada]
Sonata with variations (Sonata con variazioni) on the theme Pria ch'io l'impegno from the opera L'amor marinaro by Joseph Weigl, in E major, M.S. 47
Accardo, Salvatore (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Dutoit, Charles (conductor)
LP: Deutsche Grammophon 2536 376
CD: Aquarius The Best of Classics (Violin Sonatas) AQVR 108–2 [Russian issue]
CD: Deutsche Grammophon 423 717–2
CD (6): Deutsche Grammophon Collectors Edition (Accardo Plays Paganini: Complete Recordings) 463 754–2
CD (2): Elite Classics (Paganini Collection, Vol. 3) SI–655–C,D [Russian issue]
Recorded January 1976 (Barking Town Hall, London, England)
Pikaizen, Viktor Alexandrovich (violin) / Pikaizen, Tatiana (piano)
LP: Melodiya (Niccolo Paganini: Works for Violin and Piano) C10 18013/4
CD (5): Melodiya (Violin Solo) MEL CD 10 01000
Recorded 1982
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Quarta, Massimo (violin) / Redaelli, Stefania (piano)
CD: Dynamic CDS 232
Recorded sometime between 22 & 24 September 1998 (Genoa, Italy)
[Première recording of autograph manuscript original version. Arranged for violin and piano]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / Pommers, Leon (piano)
LP: Decca Gold Label (Bravura!) DL 710172
Recorded c.1970
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Le Streghe: Variations on a theme from the ballet Il noce di Benevento by Franz Xaver Süssmayr, in D major, M.S. 19 (Op. 8)
Accardo, Salvatore (violin) / Beltrami, Antonio (piano)
LP: Camden ML 79
LP: Prétoria CL 8011
LP: RCA Victor 430355
LP: RCA Victor GL 32514
LP: RCA Victor GL 32578
LP: RCA Victor Serie Europa ML 20179
Recorded c.1961
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Accardo, Salvatore (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Dutoit, Charles (conductor)
LP: Deutsche Grammophon 2530 714
CD: Deutsche Grammophon 423 717–2
CD (6): Deutsche Grammophon Collectors Edition (Accardo Plays Paganini: Complete Recordings) 463 754–2
CD (2): Elite Classics (Paganini Collection, Vol. 3) SI–655–C,D [Russian issue]
Recorded April 1975 (Barking Town Hall, London, England)
Agaronyan, Ruben (violin) / Navasardyan, Svetlana (piano)
LP: Melodiya CM 02093/4
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Bachmann, Alberto (violin) / ? (piano)
78 (10"): Favorite 1–4045 E
78 (10"): Favorite 26
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Badea, Christian (violin) / Davidsohn, William (piano)
LP: Alpha DB 197
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Barbieri, Renato de (violin) / Macoggi, Tullio (piano)
78: His Master's Voice
LP: His Master's Voice QCLP 12021
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Barbieri, Renato de (violin) / Macoggi, Tullio (piano)
LP: Cetra LPU 0109
CD: Warner Fonit (l'arte di Renato de Barbieri) 3984 27268–2
Recorded 25 October 1973
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Barton, Rachel (violin) / Sinozich, Patrick (piano)
CD: Cedille Records (Instrument of the Devil) CDR 90000 041
Recorded sometime bewteen March & July 1998 (WFMT, Chicago, USA)
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Bignami, Giulio (violin) / Fuga, Sandro (piano)
LP [fold out]: Dynamic (Documenti Storici) DS 4020
CD: Dynamic In Primis (Paganini Historical Documents) CDS 01
Recorded 4 April 1937 (Palazzo Tursi, Genoa, Italy)
[Arranged for violin and piano. Performed on Paganini's Guarnieri del Gesù violin, 'Il Cannone', and broadcast by radio; the radio broadcast was received in New York and recorded on 78 rpm discs]
Cerone, David (violin) / Payne, Donald (piano)
LP: Senzay Edition / Ability Development Associates (Violin Varieties) SZ 555
Recorded c.1979
[Simplified arrangement of Theme only. Arranged by Shinichi Suzuki for violin and piano]
Ciulei–Atanasiu, Lenuta (violin) / Lefterescu, Ogneanca (piano)
LP: Electrecord ST–ECE 02187
Recorded c.1977
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Feng, Ning (violin) / Hoppe, Thomas (piano)
SACD (hybrid disc): Channel of China (Hello Mr Paganini) CCS SA 80807
Recorded January 2007 (Frits Philipszaal, Eindhoven, Holland)
[Arranged for violin and piano by Fritz Kreisler]
Ferraresi, Aldo (violin) / Vidusso, Carlo (piano)
78: His Master's Voice S 10113
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Ferraresi, Aldo (violin) / Ferraresi, Augusto (piano)
LP (10") [fold out]: I Grandi Musicisti (Niccolò Paganini, Vol. I) iGM–015 [Italian pressing]
CD: Istituto Discografico Italiano (The Recording History of the Violin, Vol. 5: The Italian School, Vol. 1) IDIS 6366
Recorded 1965
[Arranged for violin and piano and performed on Paganini's Guarnieri del Gesù violin, 'Il Cannone']
Ferraresi, Aldo (violin) / Spinelli, G. (piano)
45: Storia della Musica (Volume 2, No. 2) SdM 015
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Fodor, Eugene (violin) / Tomagawa, Kiyoshi (piano)
CD: Clarity Recordings (Witches Brew) CCD 1017
Recorded c.1997 (First Unitarian Church, Berkeley, California, USA)
[Arranged for violin and piano and performed in piece's original tonality of E flat major. Sleeve notes claim Fodor to be the first violinist to record ‘Le Streghe’ in it's original key]
Girsky, Artur (violin) / Nicholson, Pamela (piano)
CD: Trittico Classics (Solo Collection – Laureate) TC 91003
Recorded c.1991
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Gorokhov, Alexei (violin) / Orchestra ? / Ryabov, Oleg (conductor)
CD: Artwood/CD–Market [Good quality private Russian issue advertised on eBay, 2008; no catalogue number but barcode = 2000023829013]
Recorded 1982
[Orchestra stated in Russian language on CD back cover but am unable to translate!]
Grumiaux, Arthur (violin) / Castagnone, Riccardo (piano)
LP: Epic LC 3592
LP (10"): Philips D 99809
LP: Philips G 05372 R
LP: Philips S 06205 R
CD: Philips 4913 [Japanese limited edition]
CD (3): Philips (Arthur Grumiaux: The Early Years) 438 516–2
CD (2): Philips Classics Duo (The Best of Paganini) 462 865–2
CD (5): Philips Original Masters 473 104–2
CD: Philips UCCP 9542 [Japanese limited edition]
Recorded July 1958
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Kang, Kimon Daeshik (violin) / Rahkonen, Margit (piano)
CD: Nimbus Records NI 5358
Recorded 1992
[Arranged by Kimon Daeshik Kang for violin and piano]
Kavakos, Leonidas (violin) / Nagy, Peter (piano)
CD: Delos DE 3116
Recorded sometime between 11–13 November 1991 (First Congregational Church, Los Angeles, USA)
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Kovalenko, Lidia (violin) / Uryash, Igor (piano)
CD: Northern Flowers (St. Petersburg Musical Archive) NF/PMA 9956 [Russian issue]
Recorded sometime between 1–4 September 2007 (St. Catherine Lutheran Church, St. Petersburg, Russia)
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Markov, Albert (violin) / ? (piano)
LP: Melodiya D 6549/50
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Marschner, Wolfgang (violin) / Elsner, Karin (piano)
LP: Christophorus SCGLV 75952
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Marschner, Wolfgang (violin) / Neuhaus, Wilhelm (piano)
LP (10"): Telefunken 205 TC 025 [One catalogue lists record label as Ducretet-Thomson]
45: Telefunken UV 184
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Milenkovich, Stefan (violin) / Paderni, Massimo (piano)
CD: Dynamic (N. Paganini: Recital) CDS 166
Recorded sometime between 13 & 18 June 1996 (Genoa, Italy)
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Novotny, Bretislav (violin) / Trzicka (piano)
78: Supraphon V 16173
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Pikaizen, Viktor Alexandrovich (violin) / Chernyakhovskaya, Serafima (piano)
LP: Melodiya (Niccolo Paganini: Works for Violin and Piano) C10 18013/4
Recorded 1972
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Pogosian, Movses (violin) / ? (piano)
LP: Melodiya C10 24627
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Prihoda, Vasa (violin) / Eisen, Otto (piano)
78 (10"): Edison Diamond Disc 82318
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Prihoda, Vasa (violin) / Cerné, Charles (piano)
78: Cetra OR 5098
78 (2): Fonotipia 74979/80
78: Odeon 0–9031
78: Odeon 5572 N
78: Odeon 6537 N
78: Odeon RXX 80625
78: Polydor 66222
LP [fold out]: Dynamic (Documenti Storici) DS 4020
LP: Rococo (Famous Violinists) 2001
CD: Biddulph Recordings LAB 135
CD: Dynamic In Primis (Paganini Historical Documents) CDS 01
CD: Istituto Discografico Italiano (Omaggio a Paganini) IDIS 291
CD: One-Eleven, Ltd. (The Great Violinists Series: Kreisler & Prihoda) URS 50090
Recorded 1926
[Arranged by Vasa Prihoda for violin and piano]
Quarta, Massimo (violin) / Redaelli, Stefania (piano)
CD: Dynamic CDS 232
Recorded sometime between 22 & 24 September 1998 (Genoa, Italy)
[Première recording of autograph manuscript original version. Arranged for violin and piano]
Renardy, Ossy (violin) / Lush, Ernest (piano)
78: Decca K 2355
LP: Decca LK 4024
LP: London LLP 159
CD: Testament SBT 1292
Recorded June 1949 (West Hampstead, London, England)
[Arranged by August Wilhelmj for violin and piano]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / Fürstner, Carl (piano)
78: His Master's Voice
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / Persinger, Louis (piano)
78: Polydor
78 (3): Vox 614 [Disc 616]
LP: Festival CFR 12–292 [Australian pressing]
LP: Vox VLP 6490
CD (5): VoxBox (The Art of Ruggiero Ricci) CD5X 3611
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / Persinger, Louis (piano)
LP: Decca 220062
LP: Decca Eclipse (A Paganini Recital) ECS 585
LP: Decca LXT 2808
LP: London (A Paganini Recital) CM 9099
LP: London (A Paganini Recital) LL 1005
CD (2): Double Decca (Virtuoso Violin – The Art of Ruggiero Ricci) 458 191–2
CD: One-Eleven, Ltd. (Ricci: The Making of a Legend, Vol. 2) URS 50060
Recorded February 1954 (Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, England)
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Bellugi, Piero (conductor)
LP [fold out]: CBS Grands Interprètes 75995 [French pressing]
LP: Columbia Masterworks M 30574
LP: Unicorn RHS 304
LP: World Record Club R 2400 [Australian pressing]
CD: One-Eleven, Ltd. (Portrait of an Artist, Vol.3) URS 93030
CD (2): One-Eleven, Ltd. Essential Performance Reference (Paganini – Ricci) EPR 95013
Recorded 15 September 1970 (Barking Assembly Hall, London, England)
Sic, Yang Sung (violin) / Ho, Chang Sung (guitar)
CD (2): Monopoly (Yang Sung Sic Plays Paganini: Works for Violin & Guitar) GI 2040
Recorded sometime between 27 April & 4 May 1999 (Youngsan Art Hall, Seoul, Korea)
[Violin part and guitar accompaniment arranged respectively by Fritz Kreisler and Chang Sung Ho]
Sitkovetsky, Julian Gregorevich (violin) / Davidovitch, Bela (piano)
LP (5): Melodiya (The Art of Julian Sitkovetsky) C10 06827/36
LP: Melodiya C10 06833/4
LP (10"): Melodiya D 2804/5
LP: Melodiya D 024483/4
CD: Arlecchino (J. Sitkovetsky Legacy, Vol. 2) ARL197
Recorded 1956
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Spivakov, Vladimir (violin) / Postnikova, Viktoria (piano)
LP: Le Chant du Monde LDX 78511
LP: Melodiya C10 14729/30
LP: Melodiya CM 02133/4
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Spivakov, Vladimir (violin) / Bechterev, Boris (piano)
LP: Angel SZ–37574
LP: EMI C063 03582
LP: His Master’s Voice HQS 1413
Recorded c.1978
[Arranged by Vladimir Spivakov for violin and piano]
Šporcl, Pavel (violin) / Jiříkovský, Petr (piano)
CD: Supraphon SU 3772–2
Recorded on one of the following dates: 6/7 June, or 6/7/12/13 July 2004 (Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic)
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Suzuki, Shinichi (violin) / Suzuki, Shizuko (piano)
LP: Summy–Birchard (The Suzuki Method: Volumes 1 & 2) CSM 1387
[Simplified arrangement of Theme only. Arranged by Shinichi Suzuki for violin and piano]
Turban, Ingolf (violin and conductor) / I Virtuosi di Paganini
CD: Telos Music Records (Il Maestro e lo Scolaro) TLS 115
Recorded sometime between 9–11 March 2005 (Tonstudio Mechernich–Floisdorf, Germany)
[String orchestra accompaniment by Holger Frey]
Virtuosi, USA / Vardi, Emanuel (conductor)
LP: Brunswick AXTL 1093 (m), SXA 4002 (s)
LP: Decca Gold Label DL 10024 (m), DL 710024 (s)
Recorded c.1960
[Arranged by Emanuel Vardi for string orchestra]
Voicu, Ion (violin) / Buchholz, Dagobert (piano)
LP: Electrecord ECE 086
CD (2): Electrecord EDC 434/5
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Voicu, Ion (violin) / ? (piano)
CD: Electrecord (Ion Voicu – Recital) EDC 333
[Arranged for violin and piano. Possibly identical recording to previous entry]
Weissgerber, Andreas (violin) / ? (piano)
78 (2): Odeon R 55613/4
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Zsigmondy, Denes (violin) / Vienna Kolonaden Orchestra / Hagen, Hans (conductor)
LP: DSG (Die Virtuose Violine) 6673
LP: Gramusic GM 272
LP: Impression 6438
LP: Joker (Il Violino Virtuoso) SM 1093
LP: Klavier (The Romantic Violin) KS 504
LP: Opera 1419
LP: Opera ST 1804
LP: Vibraton VB–K 2000
45: Special Record EP 8033 [Orchestra given as 'Wiener Symphonisches Orchester']
Recorded 1967
Zsigmondy, Denes (violin) / Nissen, Anneliese (piano)
LP: Impression 65 5688 [German pressing]
LP: Summit SUM 5049
CD: Tuxedo Music (Sonatinas & Capricci) TUXCD 1082
Recorded 1976
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Tarantella in A minor, M.S. 76
Mezzena, Franco (violin) / Orchestra da Camera di Genova / Plotino, Antonio (conductor)
LP [fold out]: Dynamic DS 4027
CD: Dynamic In Primis CDS 27
Recorded May or September 1983 (Genoa, Italy)
Pasquier, Régis (violin) / Ghiglia, Oscar (guitar)
LP: EMI C065 10272
LP: EMI CLP 3511 (m), CSD 3511 (s)
LP: EMI CVB 1849
LP: His Master’s Voice CVA 849
LP: His Master’s Voice FALP 849 (m), ASDF 849 (s)
Recorded c.1965
[Arranged for violin and guitar]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / Cardi, Stefano (guitar)
CD (10): Dynamic (Ruggiero Ricci – A Life for the Violin) CDS 393/1–10
CD (2): Istituto Discografico Italiano (Ruggiero Ricci Plays Paganini) IDIS 6439/40
CD: One-Eleven, Ltd. (A Homage to Paganini) URS 93070
Recorded 1993
[Arranged for violin and guitar]
Schneeberger, Hansheinz (violin) / Wangler, Rudolf (guitar)
LP: Da Camera Song SM 95049
CD: Bayer Records (Niccolo Paganini: Guitare et Violon) BR 100 208
Recorded 20 November 1974 (Tonstudio van Geest, Sandhausen bei Heidelberg, Germany)
[Arranged for violin and guitar. Bayer CD erronously states recording date as 1984]
Terebesi, György (violin) / Prunnbauer, Sonja (guitar)
LP [fold out]: Telefunken (Paganini: Werke Für Violine und Gitarre – Vol. 3) 6.41995 AS
CD (2): Teldec 4509–97974–2
Recorded 1973 or 1974
[Arranged for violin and guitar]
Treiber, Friedemann Amadeus (violin) / Jäckle, Klaus (guitar)
CD: Meta Records 018
Recorded sometime between 5–7 April 2002 (EvenTraum, Germany)
[Arranged for violin and guitar]
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