The Spirit of Paganini Mario Hossen

• Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840): La primavera, MS 73:
• 1 La primavera, MS 73 (Arr. for Violin & Piano) 15:31
• Perpetula, MS 66 (Arr. for Violin & Piano):
• 2 Perpetula, MS 66 (Arr. for Violin & Piano): I. Andante amoroso 03:27
• 3 Perpetula, MS 66 (Arr. for Violin & Piano): II. Moto perpetuo. Allegro vivace 03:33
• Napoléon, MS 5:
• 4 Napoléon, MS 5 (Arr. for Violin & Guitar) 08:51
• Cantabile in D Major, Op. 17, MS 109:
• 5 Cantabile in D Major, Op. 17, MS 109 03:24
• Introduction & Variations in A Major on Di tanti palpiti from Rossini's Tancredi, Op. 13, MS 77 "I palpiti":
• 6 Introduction & Variations in A Major on Di tanti palpiti from Rossini's Tancredi, Op. 13, MS 77 "I palpiti" (Version for Violin & Piano) 09:29
• 24 Caprices, Op. 1, MS 25: No. 24 in A Minor:
• 7 24 Caprices, Op. 1, MS 25: No. 24 in A Minor (Arr. for Violin & Piano) 04:23
• Maestosa sonata sentimentale, Op. 27, MS 51:
• 8 Maestosa sonata sentimentale, Op. 27, MS 51 14:51
• Violin Concerto No. 3 in E Major, MS 50:
• 9 Violin Concerto No. 3 in E Major, MS 50: I. Andante - Allegro marziale 16:46
• 10 Violin Concerto No. 3 in E Major, MS 50: II. Adagio, cantabile spinato 05:55
• 11 Violin Concerto No. 3 in E Major, MS 50: III. Polacca. Andantino - Vivace 11:05
• Total Runtime 01:37:15

Info for The Spirit of Paganini

This double-album set brings to completion Dynamic’s project to record Nicolò Paganini’s entire output. The programme includes notable rarities such as the Sonata Napoléon MS. 5, the splendid Maestosa Suonata Sentimentale MS. 51, Sonata movimento perpetuo M.S 66 and La Primavera MS. 73, all in performances that faithfully follow Paganini’s original manuscripts. The set also features an exciting interpretation of the rare Concerto No. 3 in E major MS. 50, perhaps one of the least performed of Paganini’s concertos, and the Caprice No. 24 in an interesting version with piano accompaniment. Mario Hossen received his musical education in Sofia, Vienna and Paris. He made his debut as a soloist with orchestra at the age of eight. Hailed for his incredible virtuosity and charismatic stage presence, Hossen’s repertoire covers the full stylistic range, from renaissance to classical, contemporary and jazz. The focus of Hossen’s musicological and artistic endeavours includes source research on Niccolò Paganini. Mario Hossen plays a 1749 violin by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, on loan from the Austrian National Bank collection.

Mario Hossen, violin
Nadja Hoebarth, piano
Ludmil Petkov, guitar
Alexander Swete, guitar
Bulgarian National Radio Orchestra
Nayden Todorov, conductor

Mario Hossen
received his musical education in Sofia, Vienna and Paris. He made his debut as a soloist with an orchestra at the age of eight. His teachers included great pedagogues such as Michael Frischenschlager and Gérard Poulet. Mario Hossen is the artistic director of the Camerata Orphica and founder of the International Music Academy Orpheus in Vienna. Hailed for his incredible virtuosity and charismatic stage presence, Hossen plays a repertoire that ranges all the way from Renaissance music to Classic music to contemporary works and Jazz. As a concert soloist of international acclaim, Mario Hossen has performed with renowned orchestras such as the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, the English Chamber Orchestra, the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, the Bruckner Orchestra Linz, the Orchestra della Scala di Milano, the Royal Philharmonic, the Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México, the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Sofia Philharmonic and the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie. Hossen has performed with outstanding musicians like Bruno Canino, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Philippe Bernold, Nayden Todorov, Borislav Ivanov, Leslie Howard, Adrian Oetiker, Gérard Causse, Roy Goodman, Vladimir Mendelssohn, Boris Mersson, Leon Bosch, Dominique de Williencourt, Georges Pludermacher and Jean-Bernard Pommier - among others. Several contemporary composers have dedicated works to Hossen and Hossen has commissioned works to com posers, such as Tomas Marco, Rainer Bischof, Walter Baer, Gheorghi Arnaoudov, Francois- Oierre Descamps and Alessandro Solbiati. Hossen’s musicological and artistic endeavors are focused among other things on source research on Niccolo Paganini. The complete oeuvre of Paganini for solo violin and for violin and orchestra will be released as a historical-critical edition by Doblinger Music Publisher Vienna. Hossen plays all concerts exclusively with his preferred strings, the Vision Titanium Solo strings manufactured by the Viennese company Thomastik-Infeld. Mario Hossen plays a violin by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, 1749, on loan from the Austrian National Bank collection.

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