Paganini Ensemble Vienna - Nicol� Paganini: Quartets for Strings and Guitar Nos. 1, 2 & 9

Nicol� Paganini�s Quartets for Strings and Guitar are among his finest chamber compositions. The First Guitar Quartet was a wedding gift from Paganini to his younger sister; and both this and the Second Quartet share neo-classical poise with warmly expressive romantic lyricism. The Ninth Quartet features sweet and melancholy moods containing some of Paganini�s most disarmingly simple melodies, and as the composer himself stated, �a very fanciful minuet and a moving trio�.