For his debut solo album, the Leader of the London Symphony Orchestra showcases his virtuosity and innate musicality, navigating the technical and artistic challenges of Paganini’s 24 Caprices for solo violin. Staples of the violinist’s impressive repertoire, as a budding musician Simovic would practice these works daily in place of scales, and has gone on to delight audiences with performances across the globe.

While Paganini’s 24 Caprices were intended to improve and strengthen technique, they are more commonly used to determine the wheat from the chaff, their demanding, high speed passages pushing players to their limits. With its fast scales and arpeggios, double and triple stops, and left-hand pizzicato, the final caprice is widely considered one of the most technically challenging violin pieces ever written, and is the composer’s final published work for solo violin.

Composer Nicolò Paganini
Soloist Roman Simovic

Vol 1
Caprices for Solo Violin, Op 1
1. No 1 in E Major, 'L'Arpeggio': Andante
2. No 2 in B Minor: Moderato
3. No 3 in E Minor: Sostenuto - Presto - Sostenuto
4. No 4 in C Minor: Maestoso
5. No 5 in A Minor: Agitato
6. No 6 in G Minor, 'The Trill': Lento
7. No 7 in A Minor: Posato
8. No 8 in E-Flat Major: Maestoso
9. No 9 in E Major, 'La chasse': Allegretto
10. No 10 in G Minor: Vivace
11. No 11 in C Major: Andante - Presto - Andante
12. No 12 in A-Flat Major: Allegro

Vol 2
Caprices for Solo Violin, Op 1
13. No 13 in B-Flat Major, 'Devil's Laughter': 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
18. No 18 in C Major: Corrente - Allegro
19. No 19 in E-Flat Major: Lento - Allegro Assai
20. No 20 in D Major: Allegretto
21. No 21 in A Major: Amoroso - Presto
22. No 22 in F Major: Marcato
23. No 23 in E-Flat Major: Posato
24. No 24 in A Minor: Tema con Variazioni (Quasi presto)

Release Date 25 May 2018
LSO5083 | 822231508328

Producer & Engineer Slobodan Misailovic
Editing Milan Prokop
Recorded 2007, Studio M, Novi Sad, Serbia

Booklet in English, French & German

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