Utwory na płycie:

• 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1 No. 1 in E Major, 'L'Arpeggio': Andante
• 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1 No. 2 in B Minor: Moderato
• 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1 No. 3 in E Minor: Sostenuto - Presto - Sostenuto
• 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1 No. 4 in C Minor: Maestoso
• 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1 No. 5 in A Minor: Agitato
• 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1 No. 6 in G Minor, 'The Trill': Lento
• 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1 No. 7 in A Minor: Posato
• 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1 No. 8 in E-Flat Major: Maestoso
• 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1 No. 9 in E Major, 'La chasse': Allegretto
• 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1 No. 10 in G Minor: Vivace
• 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1 No. 11 in C Major: Andante - Presto - Andante
• 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1 No. 12 in A-Flat Major: Allegro
• 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No.13 in B-Flat Major, 'Devil's Laughter': Allegro
• 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No.14 in E-Flat Major: Moderato
• 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No.15 in E Minor: Posato
• 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No.16 in G Minor: Presto
• 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No.17 in E-Flat Major: Sonstenuto - Andante
• 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No.18 in C Major: Corrente - Allegro
• 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No.19 in E-Flat Major: Lento - Allegro assai
• 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No.20 in D Major: Allegretto
• 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No.21 in A Major: Amoroso - Presto
• 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No.22 in F Major: Marcato
• 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No.23 in E-Flat Major: Posato
• 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No.24 in A Minor: Tema con Variazioni (Quasi presto)

24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op.1:
Caprice in E major 'L'Arpeggio
Caprice in B minor
Caprice in E minor
Caprice in C minor
Caprice in A minor
Caprice in G minor 'The Trill'
Caprice in A minor
Caprice in E-flat major
Caprice in E major 'La chasse'
Caprice in G minor
Caprice in C major
Caprice in A-flat major
Caprice in B-flat major 'Devil's Laughter'
Caprice in E-flat major
Caprice in E minor
Caprice in G minor
Caprice in E-flat major
Caprice in C major
Caprice in E-flat major
Caprice in D major
Caprice in A major
Caprice in F major
Caprice in E-flat major
Caprice in A minor

24 Kaprysy Nicolo Paganiniego (1782-1840) pewnie już na zawsze będą stanowiły najwyższe wyzwanie dla solowej, wirtuozowskiej prezentacji każdego skrzypka. Zawsze nastawionej na baczną uwagę słuchaczy i krytyków. Na taką odsłonę zdecydował się wielce utytułowany skrzypek Roman Simovic, obecnie lider The London Symphony Orchestra i co dla nas istotne - w 2001 roku zdobywca II nagrody na Międzynarodowym Konkursie Skrzypcowym im. Henryka Wieniawskiego w Poznaniu. To najwyższej klasy dojrzały muzyk, wirtuoz błyskotliwy i muzykalny. I teraz dopiero zdecydował się na nagranie kaprysów i jest to ponadto jego debiutancki solowy album. Kaprysy to nie tylko granicząca z nieludzkimi wręcz wymaganiami technika gry, ale także wyzwanie interpretacyjne ze względu na wzmożoną fragmentami ekspresję, która przeplata się z czystą wirtuozerią. Ta prezentacja i interpretacja na długo pozostanie niezapomnianą. Wybitne.

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For his debut solo album, the Leader of the London Symphony Orchestra showcases his virtuosity and innate musicality, navigating the techincal 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 glo be.

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.

Adding to his growing discography, this new release joins Simovic’s recordings directing the LSO String Ensemble in the music of Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Britten and more, as well as a forthcoming album of Tchaikovsky and Glazunov violin concertos on Valery Gergiev’s Mariinsky Label.

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Recorded at Studio M, Novi Sad, Serbia, 2007