The penultimate work in a collection of 24 caprices, this miniature is a display of vibrant color as well as technical virtuosity. Paganini himself was a child prodigy, widely known for his incredible technical brilliance, and he wrote this set of études/caprices to challenge every aspect of violin technique. Written in the early 19th century, these pieces were dedicated not to a specific person but “to the Artists.” Caprice No. 23 in particular begins and ends with a joyous fanfare of octaves in E flat major, sandwiching a raucously intense g minor middle section.Stella Chen
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Niccolò Paganini
Caprice No. 23 "Posato" Play
Recorded on 07/02/2014, uploaded on 11/25/2014
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The penultimate work in a collection of 24 caprices, this miniature is a display of vibrant color as well as technical virtuosity. Paganini himself was a child prodigy, widely known for his incredible technical brilliance, and he wrote this set of études/caprices to challenge every aspect of violin technique. Written in the early 19th century, these pieces were dedicated not to a specific person but “to the Artists.” Caprice No. 23 in particular begins and ends with a joyous fanfare of octaves in E flat major, sandwiching a raucously intense g minor middle section. Stella Chen
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Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major, M. 8
String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59 No. 1
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String Quintet No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 87
Violin sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100
Chaconne from Partita in d minor, BWM 1004
Violin Sonata No. 22 in A major, K. 305
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