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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
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th February 2025
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2025, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Winners, Instrumental
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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The New York Times, Best Classical Music Albums of 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...
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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Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th February 2025
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2025, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Winners, Instrumental
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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The New York Times, Best Classical Music Albums of 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...
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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”.
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María Dueñas on Caprices
The violinist gives us a peek behind the scenes of how her new album centred around Paganini's legendary Caprices came to be.
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Caprices from María Dueñas
The violinist presents a sparkling double album of caprices - a dazzling rendition of Paganini's famous set of twenty-four is complemented by works by Cervelló, Ortiz, Saint-Saëns and others.
Awards and reviews
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Presto Recording of the Week14th February 2025
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Gramophone MagazineMarch 2025Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the YearFinalist 2025
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The New York TimesBest Classical Music Albums of 2025
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.
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.
14th February 2025
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.
The New York Times 18th December 2025
Dueñas’s treatment of Paganini is wondrous for its musicality. Even more of a pleasure, though, is this album’s second half highlighting other composers’ caprices.
