Rossini: Un mot à Paganini, Elégie pour violon et piano - Sergio Lamberto & Riccardo Caramella

Gioachino Rossini (1792 -- 1868) Péchés de vieillesse (volume IX) Un mot à Paganini, Elégie pour violon et piano Andante sostenuto Sergio Lamberto, violin Riccardo Caramella, piano Torino, 1995 The taste for portraiture persists in other chamber works, though not always in an explicit manner as in Un mot à Paganini for violin and piano, a caprice to be ascribed to the Caprices, just like the Petit Caprice style Offenbach. The latter piece leads us out of the boudolr of Rossini’s private doldrums into the exciting bustle of the salon in the Chaussée D’Antin, where the virtuoso on duty on a particular evening performs in a number written especially by his host. Il gusto per la ritrattistica persiste nelle pagine cameristiche, anche se non sempre esplicitato come in Un mot à Paganini per violino e pianoforte, capriccio da mettere in conto ai Capricci, né più né meno che il Petit Caprice style Offenbach.