Paganini 24 Caprices 180g Import 2LP (Vinyl)

Audiophile 180g Virgin Vinyl Double LP!
Mastered from the Original Masters of Universal Music!
Pressed at Pallas!

Violinist Ruggiero Ricci performs Paganini's 24 Caprices for this audiophile recording.

"Ricci’s (1959 recording of Paganini Caprices) survives as the basic and essential version. To listen yet again to his impregnable virtuosity, mercurial fire and lyrical intensity is to be reminded of what a revelation it was to hear Ricci play these Caprices on the old BBC Third Programme back in the 1950s, enabling one to understand for the first time many things which hitherto had only been glimpsed dimly from reading the music by oneself. Decca’s recording of Ricci was outstanding for 1960 and still is remarkable for its clarity, dynamic range, sheer immediacy: the music smoulders and icily glitters by turns." - The Grammophone Magazine

Features:
• Audiophile 180g Virgin Vinyl
• Double LP
• Gatefold jacket
• Pressed at Pallas GmbH in Germany
• Audiophile analogue mastering by Rainer Maillard
• Cutting to lacquers at Emil Berliner Studios in Berlin
• Mastered from the Original Masters of Universal Music
• Analogphonic release
• Very first 2-vinyl set release for enhanced sound reproduction

Musicians:
Ruggiero Ricci, violin

Selections:
Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840)
24 Caprices, Op. 1
Side One:
1. No. 1 in E Major "Arpeggios" (Andante)
2. No. 2 in B minor (Moderato)
3. No. 3 in E minor "Octaves" (Sostenuto - Presto - Sostenuto)
4. No. 4 in C minor "Thirds" (Maestoso)
5. No. 5 in A minor (Agitato)
6. No. 6 in G minor "The Trill / Tremolo" (Lento)
Side Two:
7. No. 7 in A minor (Posato)
8. No. 8 in E-flat Major (Maestoso)
9. No. 9 in E Major "The Hunt / 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)
Side Three:
13. No. 13 in B-flat Major "The 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)
Side Four:
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 - Minore - Posato)
24. No. 24 in A minor (Tema. Quasi presto - Variazioni I-XI-Finale)