Paganini: Ghiribizzi

The ultimate violin virtuoso, Niccol� Paganini also wrote more than 100 pieces for guitar, including these Ghiribizzi (�whims�). Composed for �a little girl in Naples� who must have been both talented and eager to develop her technique, these whimsical works explore a wide range of musical styles idiomatic to the guitar. Many of the 43 short movements draw on themes by Rossini, Paisiello, S�ssmayr, Mozart, Giuliani and, of course, Paganini himself. Praised by Les cahiers de la guitare as �inspired� and Koelner Stadt Anzeiger as a �genius�, Denis Sungho Janssens made his 2005 Carnegie Hall d�but as a Rising Star of the European Concert Hall Organization.