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| Duos for Violin & Guitar | 
 enlarge | Creators: Mauro Giuliani, Niccolo Paganini, John Williams, Itzhak Perlman
Label: Sony
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (4 reviews)
Sales Rank: 66061
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 34508
UPC: 074643450829
EAN: 0074643450829
ASIN: B00000258U
Release Date: October 25, 1990
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| Tracks:
| • | Centone Di Sonate, Op. 64, No. 1: Introduzione | | • | Centone Di Sonate, Op. 64, No. 1: Allegro maestoso | | • | Centone Di Sonate, Op. 64, No. 1: Rondoncino | | • | Sonata No. 6 In E Minor, Op. 3 | | • | Sonata Concertata In A Major: I. Allegro spiritoso | | • | Sonata Concertata In A Major: II. Adagio assai espressivo | | • | Sonata Concertata In A Major: III. Rondeau | | • | Sonata For Violin And Guitar: I. Maestoso | | • | Sonata For Violin And Guitar: II. Theme & Variations - Theme | | • | Sonata For Violin And Guitar: II. Theme & Variations - Variation 1 | | • | Sonata For Violin And Guitar: II. Theme & Variations - Variation 2 | | • | Sonata For Violin And Guitar: II. Theme & Variations - Variation 3 | | • | Sonata For Violin And Guitar: II. Theme & Variations - Variation 4 | | • | Sonata For Violin And Guitar: III. Menuetto: Allegretto | | • | Sonata For Violin And Guitar: IV. Rondo: Allegretto | | • | Cantabile For Violin And Guitar |
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| Customer Reviews:
 Duos these are not! February 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This CD flies under false pretenses. These are not duos which imply two equal instruments. They are violin pieces with a guitar accompaniment in the background. It is fine music, but I have heard prefomances in person in which the guitar had a bigger role.
Beautiful, wanton butchery July 10, 2001
20 out of 29 found this review helpful
The sound of these instruments in duo is exquisite. The performances here are stunning. Itzhak's violin sings in the hands of its master. Mr. Williams' mastery of the guitar is no less great in its power to move. It's not what is performed, but what isn't, that caused this recording by venerable masters to ruffle my feathers. All but one of the variations where the guitar assumes a lead role are edited out of the second movement of Giuliani's op. 25, perhaps Giuliani's finest chamber work. What Giuliani intended as an interesting dialog between instrumental peers has been reduced to Guitar as dog in service to master Violin with the toss of only one bone for its efforts. Simply wrong.
 A Sublime Serenade July 25, 2000
6 out of 11 found this review helpful
The DUOS CD by Perlman & Williams provides the most sublime music this side of Mozart. Their presentation of the Paganini Sonata Concertata in A is particularly "otherworldly"
A Perfect Combination May 5, 2000
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
Superlatives are inadequate for describing this ineffable listening experience!I first heard John Williams interpreting Paganini about thirty-five years ago and was excited to learn that he had teamed with Itzhak Perlman in this marvelous production. Strangely, I find myself as attracted to their collaboration with Mauro Giuliani as with Paganini. Occasionally you find the rare classical piece, such as Corelli's La Folia, that can rapture you into a remote dimension of complete peace and unanimity. This entire album is of that genre. It would be insipid to attempt to explain the effects of this music in terms of tonality, virtuosity, etc.--sometimes when technique is perfect, the magic is missing. Call it magic, soul, genius, whatever--this is it. Williams does some things with the Sonata in A Major that must be heard to be believed and Perlman's sweet song is the perfect compliment. Try it in the dark with earphones.
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