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Special offer. Paganini: 24 Caprices

plus Caprices by Berlioz, Cervelló, Kreisler, Ortiz, Saint-Saëns, Sarasate, Wieniawski

María Dueñas (violin), Itamar Golan (piano), Boris Kuschnir (violin), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Mihhail Gerts

Paganini: 24 Caprices

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The Paganini Caprices have energy in the bowing from the outset, confident octaves and portamento, and impeccable double stops...You could listen straight through, but I’d recommend random shuffling...

BBC Music Magazine, April 20254 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording)

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Special offer. Paganini: 24 Caprices

plus Caprices by Berlioz, Cervelló, Kreisler, Ortiz, Saint-Saëns, Sarasate, Wieniawski

María Dueñas (violin), Itamar Golan (piano), Boris Kuschnir (violin), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Mihhail Gerts

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The Paganini Caprices have energy in the bowing from the outset, confident octaves and portamento, and impeccable double stops...You could listen straight through, but I’d recommend random shuffling...

BBC Music Magazine, April 20254 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording)

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Following her acclaimed DG debut María Dueñas has chosen Nicolò Paganini’s iconic solo Caprices for her upcoming album. These 24 dazzling gems have accompanied the Spanish rising star since she began playing. Noting that Paganini lived in the age of Italian bel canto, María seeks “to bring out the vocal quality in the Caprices – to reveal the music behind the technique”

Contents and tracklist

Paganini: Caprices for solo violin, Op. 1 Nos. 1-24
Work length1:40:40
No. 1 in E Major "L'arpeggio". Andante
Track length2:33
No. 2 in B Minor. Moderato
Track length3:36
No. 3 in E Minor. Sostenuto – Presto
Track length4:11
No. 4 in C Minor. Maestoso
Track length8:33
No. 5 in A Minor. Agitato
Track length3:18
No. 6 in G Minor "The Trill'. [Adagio]
Track length5:54
No. 7 in A Minor. Posato
Track length5:15
No. 8 in E-Flat Major. Maestoso
Track length3:52
No. 9 in E Major "La chasse". Allegretto
Track length3:44
No. 10 in G Minor. Vivace
Track length2:55
No. 11 in C Major. Andante – Presto
Track length5:13
No. 12 in A-Flat Major. Allegro
Track length4:18
No. 13 in B-Flat Major "The Devil's Laughter". Allegro
Track length3:26
No. 14 in E-Flat Major. Moderato
Track length2:42
No. 15 in E Minor. Posato
Track length3:55
No. 16 in G Minor. Presto
Track length2:32
No. 17 in E-Flat Major. Sostenuto – Andante
Track length4:31
No. 18 in C Major. Corrente. Allegro
Track length3:11
No. 19 in E-Flat Major. Lento – Allegro assai
Track length3:36
No. 20 in D Major. Allegretto
Track length4:02
No. 21 in A Major. Amoroso
Track length3:39
No. 22 in F Major. Marcato
Track length3:58
No. 23 in E-Flat Major. Posato
Track length4:35
No. 24 in A Minor. Tema con variazioni. Quasi presto
Track length7:11
Sarasate: Caprice Basque, Op. 24
Work length7:28
Kreisler: Recitative & Scherzo Caprice, Op. 6
Work length6:19
Kreisler: Caprice viennois, Op. 2 (Arr. Fougeray for Violin and Guitar)
Work length4:46
I. Allegro molto moderato
Track length1:12
II. Andante con moto
Track length1:40
III. Presto
Track length1:54
Cervello: Milstein Caprice
Work length5:22
Wieniawski: Études-Caprices for 2 Violins, Op. 18
Work length6:13
No. 2 in E-Flat Major
Track length6:13
Ortíz, G: De cuerda y madera
Work length11:27
Saint-Saëns: Caprice andalou, Op. 122
Work length11:12
Berlioz: Rêverie et caprice, H. 88
Work length8:29
Saint-Saëns: Introduction & Rondo capriccioso, Op. 28
Work length9:55

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Awards and reviews

April 2025

The Paganini Caprices have energy in the bowing from the outset, confident octaves and portamento, and impeccable double stops...You could listen straight through, but I’d recommend random shuffling of the Paganini with the other composers, to give even more variety and surprise.
4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording)

March 2025

I’d be hard-pushed to name another modern recording offering anything close to the multicoloured lyrical imagination produced by this 22-year-old.

This feels like a very personal album - a real statement of self-identity, loosely disguised as merely a collection of showstopping fireworks. That’s not to disparage Dueñas’s recording of Beethoven’s violin concerto by any means - here, though, I think we encounter something about her not just as an accomplished performer, but as a creative and innovative thinker.
David Smith
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