Catalogue

Summary:

“Piccinini is the Heifetz of the flute. Her fluency and articulation are quite literally breathtaking … I have rarely heard the solo flute sound quite as beautiful as this … Just five seconds shy of 100 minutes is too much at a single sitting, no matter how beguiling the playing – I suggest a disc at a time – but whatever, do try and hear Marina Piccinini.” – Gramophone

Flautist Marina Piccinini relishes tradition with a twist. Having recorded Bach’s Flute Sonatas with the Brasil Guitar Duo – the first ever recording using this combination of instruments (AV 2196) – she astounds again with astonishing virtuosity in her own arrangements of Paganini’s devilishly difficult 24 Capricci. Piccinini matches Paganini’s vision and independence of spirit, explaining, “I was drawn to transcribe and record all the Caprices as a challenge and stimulus for my own development, a path towards pushing the envelope outside my personal comfort zone. What I discovered and fell in love with was a musical voice that demanded a far greater emotional expression through technical perfection of phrasing, flexibility of embouchure, depth of sound, breath control, digital dexterity and precise articulation.”

Tracklist:

NICCOLÒ PAGANINI (1782–1840)
24 Caprici, Op.1 (arranged for solo flute by Marina Piccinini)

CD 1
1. No. 1 in E: Andante (3:00)
2. No. 2 in B minor: Moderato (5:02)
3. No. 3 in E minor: Sostenuto  (3:44)
4. No. 4 in C minor: Maestoso (9:22)
5, No. 5 in A minor: Agitato (3:08)
6. No. 6 in G minor: Lento (7:34)
7. No. 7 in A minor: Moderato assai (Posato) (5:09)
8. No. 8 in E flat: Maestoso (4:09)
9. No. 9 in E: Allegretto (3:10)
10. No. 10 in G minor: Vivace (3:31)
11. No. 11 in C: Andante (5:15)
12. No. 12 in A flat: Allegro (5:27)

Total duration CD 1: 58:34

CD 2
1. No. 13 in B flat: Allegro (3:15)
2. No. 14 in E flat: Moderato (Marcia) (1:32)
3. No. 15 in E minor: Posato (3:30
4. No. 16 in G minor: Presto (1:55)
5. No. 17 in E flat: Sostenuto (5:08
6. No. 18 in C: Corrente (2:51)
7. No. 19 in E flat: Lento 3:18)
8. No. 20 in D: Allegretto (3:49)
9. No. 21 in A: Amoroso (3:40)
10. No .22 in F: Marcato (3:34)
11. No. 23 in E flat: Posato (3:09)
12. No. 24 in A minor: Quasi presto (5:36)

Total duration CD 2: 41.21

Recorded 10-12 October 2012, Reitstadel, Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Germany
Producer, balance engineer and editing: Markus Heiland