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Paganini - Caprice for solo violin, Op. 1 No. 5 in A minor
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Instrumental » Violin Solos
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Paganini: 24 Caprices
Recommendedplus 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
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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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
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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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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
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[Hadelich] manages to unravel Paganini’s nerve-shredding intricacies at speed while sustaining absolute tonal composure. The frankly ludicrous string-darting and hopping of No. 2 is negotiated... —Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2018, Editor's Choice
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Paganini: 24 Caprices
Recommendedplus 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
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... —
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
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The playing is almost always full-on, and I sometimes found myself wanting greater variety of tone, especially in the more delicate passages…The sound is close and warm – despite appearing on... —
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If anyone is ever likely to convince you that there is more to Paganini's music than Rossini-in-technical overdrive melodramatics, it is Tanja Becker-Bender. …Becker-Bender gives the Italian's... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2009, Editor's Choice
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This electrifying music with its dare-devil virtuosity has long remained the pinnacle of violin technique, and the Caprices encapsulate the essence of the composer's style. For a long time it... —
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…Ehnes has returned to these coruscating 'finger-breakers' (as Ricci once described them), playing with the same glowing tonal finesse as before, but with a new lyrical intensity… Beguilingly... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2010, Disc of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Paganini Fantasy
Nemanja Radulović (violin)
Les Trilles du Diable, Orchestre Symphonique de la Raï, Eiji Oue
Not since Menuhin has Paganini's First Concerto sounded so musically compelling, with Nemaja Raudlovic making even the virtuoso-in-meltdown Moses Fantasy sound like minted gold. —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2014, Editor's Choice
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