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Ilya Kaler is a Russian virtuoso, a pupil of Leonid Kogan. He's a first-rate fiddler and an excellent musician. Paganini's once fiendish pyrotechnics hold no terrors for him, not even the whistling... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Catalogue No: 8550649
Label: Naxos
Length: 66 minutes

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Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 6

Work length36:51

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Ilya Kaler (violin)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Stephen Gunzenhauser
Recorded: 3-6 September 1992
Recording Venue: Concert Hall of Polish Radio, Katowice

I. Allegro maestoso

Track length22:30

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II. Adagio espressivo

Track length4:41

$1.00

$1.30

III. Rondo: Allegro spiritoso

Track length9:40

$2.00

$2.60

Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor, Op. 7 'La Campanella'

Work length29:56

$7.00

$9.05

Ilya Kaler (violin)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Stephen Gunzenhauser
Recorded: 3-6 September 1992
Recording Venue: Concert Hall of Polish Radio, Katowice

I. Allegro maestoso

Track length14:31

$3.00

$3.85

II. Adagio

Track length7:06

$2.00

$2.60

III. Rondo a la clochette, " La campanella"

Track length8:19

$2.00

$2.60

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2010

Ilya Kaler is a Russian virtuoso, a pupil of Leonid Kogan. He's a first-rate fiddler and an excellent musician. Paganini's once fiendish pyrotechnics hold no terrors for him, not even the whistling harmonics, and how nicely he can turn an Italianate lyrical phrase, as in the secondary theme of the first movement of the First Concerto.
Then he can set off with panache into a flying staccato, bouncing his bow neatly on the strings when articulating the delicious spiccato finales of both works. Stephen Gunzenhauser launches into the opening movements with plenty of energy and aplomb and is a sympathetic accompanist throughout. How nicely the violins shape the lyrical ritornello introducing the first movement of the Second, and there's some sensitive horn playing in the Adagio.
Kaler's intonation is above suspicion and he's naturally balanced: there's none of the scratchiness that can ruin your pleasure in Paganinian pyrotechnics. With excellent notes, this is a superior product at super-bargain price. The recordings were made in the Concert Hall of Polish Radio in Katowice. It has an ideal ambience for this music: nicely warm, not clouded.
Great value on all counts.

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