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Paganini: 24 Caprices
Alina Ibragimova (violin)
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th April 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2021, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Winner - Solo Instrument
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Instrumental
Ibragimova imbues each caprice with its own unique musical personality and expressive narrative, with the result that all those thousands of notes emerge with an emotional rather than merely...
Paganini: 24 Caprices
Alina Ibragimova (violin)
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Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th April 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2021, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Winner - Solo Instrument
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Instrumental
Ibragimova imbues each caprice with its own unique musical personality and expressive narrative, with the result that all those thousands of notes emerge with an emotional rather than merely...
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The transcendental heroics of Paganini’s Caprices have presented the ultimate test for generations of violinists; Alina Ibragimova’s accounts of this most exclusive repertoire join a select few of the most celebrated.
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Alina Ibragimova performs Paganini's Caprices
30th Apr 2021
The violinist releases the results of a uniquely ambitious "lockdown project" – a barnstorming new account of Paganini's fiendish Caprices, recorded in the late spring of 2020.
Awards and reviews
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Presto Recording of the Week30th April 2021
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BBC Music MagazineJuly 2021Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the YearFinalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards2022Winner - Solo Instrument
July 2021
Ibragimova imbues each caprice with its own unique musical personality and expressive narrative, with the result that all those thousands of notes emerge with an emotional rather than merely technical imperative...she goes behind the notes to reveal a composer fully in touch with, and in many cases innovating, the spectral extravagances of the era...Inimitable, unforgettable and cherishable.
June 2021
Ibragimova’s principal strength, aside from an all-facilitating technique, is her amazing imagination, an ability to turn each individual piece into a vivid narrative.
30th April 2021
Despite Ibragimova’s precision being consistently faultless, there is absolutely nothing on this album to suggest that expression has been sacrificed to mere accuracy...I think I’m justified in proposing that this is her most impressive achievement to date.
24th April 2021
Her facility, speed and precision, breathtaking throughout, never loses sight of musicality. Listening to these short works in one sitting can feel like an overlong firework display. Not here. Ibragimova infuses them with addictive variety, grace and insouciance.
International Classical Music Awards 2022
Ibragimova is one of the brightest violinists of our time. Her latest album with Paganini’s 24 Caprices sets a new high standard, with the violinist displaying nonchalant virtuosity, amazing imagination if not borderline audacity. Her very personal interpretation offers continuously enriching surprises with each Caprice.
