Paganini: Introduzione E Variazioni Sul Tema "Nel Cor Più Non Mi Sento" / Violin Concerto No. 1
3/31/2000, 19 Tracks, 1:11:55
Featuring
Ilya Gringolts
Irina Ryumina
Osmo Vänskä
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Niccolò Paganini
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Critical Reception
Paganini's famous 24 Caprices were generally regarded by contemporary violinists as unplayable until he demonstrated how they could be performed.
Composer Biography
Niccolò Paganini, the composer, did not start playing the violin until he was seven years old, having begun his musical education with the mandolin two years earlier.
Recording & Production
The Lahti Symphony Orchestra, featured on this recording, makes all its orchestral recordings in the Church of the Cross.
Performer Biography
Ilya Gringolts, the violinist on this album, is an award-winning composer in addition to being a great violinist.
Compositional Technique
Paganini experimented with the sonorities of the violin by restricting himself first to two strings and ultimately to the G string alone, a technique used in his Moses Fantasy.
Composer Biography
Paganini amassed considerable wealth and widespread fame during his relatively brief European career, but at the cost of his health.
Instruments
Paganini developed the violin itself by flattening the bridge and using thinner strings to facilitate harmonics, creating a new vision for the instrument.
