Paganini: Caprices for solo violin, Op. 1 Nos. 1-24

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Fischer plays these notorious finger-breakers as though they were amongst the most treasured pieces in the repertoire...she dons the various rhetorical disguises Paganini assumes...with engaging... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 2nd Aug 2010
Catalogue No: 4782274
Label: Decca
Length: 79 minutes

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Paganini: Caprices for solo violin, Op. 1 Nos. 1-24

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Julia Fischer (violin)
Recorded: 2009-04-09
Recording Venue: August-Everding-Saal, Grünwald

No. 1 in E

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No. 2 in B minor

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No. 3 in E minor

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No. 4 in C minor

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No. 5 in A minor

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No. 6 in G minor

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No. 7 in A minor

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No. 8 in E flat

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No. 9 in E

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No. 10 in G minor

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No. 11 in C

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No. 12 in A flat

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No. 13 in B flat

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No. 14 in E flat

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No. 15 in E minor

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No. 16 in G minor

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No. 17 in E flat

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No. 18 in C

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No. 19 in E flat

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No. 20 in D

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No. 21 in A

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No. 22 in F

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No. 23 in E flat

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No. 24 in A minor

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Julia Fischer confirms her position as a foremost virtuoso of the violin with her assured ascent of an Everest of the solo violin repertoire – Paganini’s towering and fiendishly challenging 24 Caprices.

“The Caprices represent twenty-four moods, little musical ideas, each one different, each one appealing.” (Julia Fischer)

As her second Decca album, the Caprices is advantageously positioned to build on the success of her Bach Concertos release in 2009. “… an intuitive Bachian. Her phrasing is elegant and she has an unerring feeling for Bach’s broad architectural melodic contours.” (BBC Music Magazine)

Julia Fischer, one of classical music’s most technically accomplished, poised, and versatile violinists, is an artist of musical integrity. Such is the range of her talent that she could enjoy a career as a concert pianist. Look out for her first DVD (a simultaneous release) in which she performs a stunning Saint-Saëns 3rd Violin Concerto as well as Grieg’s Piano Concerto.

Reviews

November 2010

Fischer plays these notorious finger-breakers as though they were amongst the most treasured pieces in the repertoire...she dons the various rhetorical disguises Paganini assumes...with engaging aplomb...Fischer's ability to impart a convincing emotional narrative to each piece is hard to overlook - it makes for compelling listening.

November 2010

Her spot-on intonation and even tone-production throughout is a marvel...She sees each caprice not as a display vehicle but as representing a different mood...She succeeds admirably.

28th August 2010

She finds a quality of inward communing that is most appealing, so you never get a sense of “display for display’s sake” as one Caprice succeeds another: No 6 has extraordinary spectral beauty, Nos 20 and 22 a poetic mystique.

September 2010

Julia Fischer certainly has the technical equipment for this challenging music...Her technique, however, is not of the showy kind; the particular strength of these performances is the way each piece emerges as an example of romantic tone-painting rather than just a virtuoso showpiece.

29th August 2010

...it is something of a surprise to find [Fischer] recording Paganini’s notoriously showy Caprices. Less surprising is Fischer’s serious treatment of these fiendishly difficult pieces as music of genuine stature, rooted in and inspired by the golden age of violin-playing (and making), the high baroque.

22nd August 2010

German superstar Julia Fischer gives a giddily virtuosic account of the 24 caprices for solo violin, making a strong case for them as proper music rather than mere ear-popping, fiendishly difficult fiddler's sparklers.

6th August 2010

Fischer finds captivating solutions to the conundrum of bringing expression and character to music of hair-raising difficulty...[she] brings to this tricky music a wealth of bravura and imagination.

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