Violin Concerto no. 2 in B minor, op. 7

The Second Concerto was first heard in 1826 at La Scala in Milan and takes its familiar name from the finale, Rondò alla campanella, in which a small bell answers the solo violin at each return of the theme. Liszt transcribed that movement for piano, Kreisler arranged it for violin and piano, and it has since been adapted for guitar, flute, saxophone and various ensembles — the movement now travels far more widely than the concerto that contains it. Paganini himself kept the orchestral parts out of print during his lifetime.