Paganini’s appearance on the European musical scene was a sensational event, generating a wave of enthusiasm in audiences and musicians. The admiration that he stirred up is witnessed by the great number of compositions based on Paganinian themes that were printed throughout the 19th century, as well as in the 20th. The present CD features some of the piano works dedicated to the Genoese violinist, some of which are rarely performed and almost all decisively virtuosic. Marco Pasini interprets them with the necessary elan and technical brilliancy.