Composer: Niccolò Paganini
Performer: Sueye Park
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24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1, MS 25
01. No. 1 in E Major: Andante
02. No. 2 in B Minor: Moderato
03. No. 3 in E Minor: Sostenuto – Presto – Sostenuto
04. No. 4 in C Minor: Maestoso
05. No. 5 in A Minor: Prelude – Agitato – Finale
06. No. 6 in G Minor: Lento
07. No. 7 in A Minor: Posato
08. No. 8 in E-Flat Major: Maestoso
09. No. 9 in E Major: Allegretto
10. No. 10 in G Minor: Vivace
11. No. 11 in C Major: Andante – Presto – Primo tempo
12. No. 12 in A-Flat Major: Allegro
13. No. 13 in B-Flat Major: Allegro – Minore – Allegro
14. No. 14 in E-Flat Major: Moderato
15. No. 15 in E Minor: Posato
16. No. 16 in G Minor: Presto
17. No. 17 in E-Flat Major: Sostenuto – Andante – Minore – Andante
18. No. 18 in C Major: Corrente – Allegro – Corrente
19. No. 19 in E-Flat Major: Lento – Allegro assai – Minore – Allegro assai
20. No. 20 in D Major: Allegretto – Minore – Allegretto
21. No. 21 in A Major: Amoroso – Presto
22. No. 22 in F Major: Marcato – Minore – Marcato
23. No. 23 in E-Flat Major: Posato – Minore – Posato
24. No. 24 in A Minor: Tema quasi presto – 11 Variations – Finale
Niccolò Paganini is possibly the only figure in the field of classical music whose name has become a household word, equivalent with an almost supernatural excellence in any kind of human endeavour: from soccer to stock market analysis or haute cuisine. In a similar way, the last of his 24 Caprices has entered popular culture in a way that few other classical pieces have, its theme reused by musicians as diverse as Benny Goodman, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Yngwie Malmsteen.
But there is more to Paganini and his set of Caprices than the one theme, however catchy it may be. Above all, there is of course the virtuosity: throughout the collection, Paganini employs the full palette of violin technique and whereas most volumes of violin studies focus on one aspect of technique at a time, he combines them in ingenious ways. Many of the techniques he uses were of unprecedented difficulty in his own time – ricochet bowing over four strings, octave trills, endless chains of double-stops, left-hand pizzicato and artificial harmonics. But the caprices also display an unusual musical imagination and sensibility – a combination of Rossinian lightness and the sudden mood swings of the early Romantics.
Born in 2000, the young Korean violinist Sueye Park has studied in Berlin since 2009. Her first encounter with Paganini was at the age of 11, when she performed the composer’s First Violin Concerto at the Komische Oper in Berlin, and she now makes her début on disc with this challenging programme.