Lisa Jacobs

Paganini 24 Caprices Lisa Jacobs

No violinist can escape them: Paganini's Caprices. A beautiful, infamous cycle of 24 works for violin solo with an enormous arsenal of technical delights. With his 24 Caprices Niccolò Paganini set out to fascinate the audience and play the kind of music that people had never experienced before. As a young talent Niccolò had shocked and enraged the public by imitating animals using his violin and in the Caprices he elaborated on that earlier experimentation. Birdsong, hunting horns, laughter, donkeys - they were all brought to life through his instrument. When it comes to special techniques and almost impossible dexterity, his 24 Caprices go a step further

than Locatellis. Above all Paganini's caprices are full of drama. Calm and moving passages interchange without warning with fiery, almost violent passages. For Lisa Jacobs it is not the technical aspects of the music, but exactly that enormous variety in the musical characters, the extraordinary sound landscape, and the fantasy and lyricism that has amazed her all her life and has been an inspiration for this recording.

Tracklisting:

DISC1

1 Caprice No. 1 E major: Andante

2 Caprice No. 2 B minor: Moderato

3 Caprice No. 3 E minor: Sostenuto - Presto

4 Caprice No. 4 C minor: Maestoso

5 Caprice No. 5 A minor: Agitato

6 Caprice No. 6 G minor: Lento

7 Caprice No. 7 A minor: Posato

8 Caprice No. 8 E flat major: Maestoso

9 Caprice No. 9 E major: Allegretto

10 Caprice No. 10 G minor: Vivace

11 Caprice No. 11 C major: Andante - Presto - Primo tempo

12 Caprice No. 12 A flat major: Allegro

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DISC 2

1 Caprice No. 13 B flat major: Allegro

2 Caprice No. 14 E flat major: Moderato

3 Caprice No. 15 E minor: Posato

4 Caprice No. 16 G minor: Presto

5 Caprice No. 17 E flat major: Sostenuto - Andante

6 Caprice No. 18 C major: Corrente - Allegro

7 Caprice No. 19 E flat major: Lento - Allegro assai

8 Caprice No. 20 D major: Allegretto

9 Caprice No. 21 A major: Amoroso - Presto

10 Caprice No. 22 F major: Marcato

11 Caprice No. 23 E flat major: Posato

12 Caprice No. 24 A minor: Tema quasi presto - Variazioni - Finale