PAGANINI
24 Caprices Op. 1
Julia Fischer
Julia Fischer confirms her position as a fore¬most 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.
24 Caprices for Solo Violin, op. 1
1. Andantein E major
2. Moderato in B minor
3. Sostenuto – Presto – Sostenuto in E minor
4. Maestoso in C minor
5. Agitato in A minor
6. Lento in G minor
7. Posato in A minor
8. Maestoso in E flat major
9. Allegretto in E major
10. Vivace in G minor
11. Andante – Presto – Tempo I in C major
12. Allegro in A flat major
13. Allegro in B flat major
14. Moderato in E flat major
15. Posato in E minor
16. Presto in G minor
17. Sostenuto – Andante in E flat major
18. Corrente – Allegro in C major
19. Lento – Allegro assai in E flat major
20. Allegretto in D major
21. Amoroso – Presto in A major
22. Marcato in F major
23. Posato in E flat major
24. Tema. Quasi Presto – Variazioni – Finale in A minor
Decca Classics 4782274