Augustin Hadelich – Paganini: 24 Caprices, Op. 1 (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Augustin Hadelich – Paganini: 24 Caprices, Op. 1 (2018)
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There comes a moment in the career of any respected violinist (and even some who aren’t), when they dream of playing, and perhaps recording, Paganini’s 24 Caprices. And that is precisely what German star violinist Augustin Hadelich (b. 1984) has done. Hadelich has been a regular fixture in the orchestras of Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, London, Munich and Salzburg, for whom he has given some of the greatest concertos that exist, but he has also performed a repertoire of much rarer, contemporary works, which he has decided to champion. Hadelich tackles these 24 Caprices, which Paganini wrote over about 15 years, from 1802 to 1817, without intending to make them into a cycle in their own right – much less a programme to be played in a single concert; indeed, it seems that he never performed them in concert himself – like many small Italian operas (but French ones as well, in the tradition of grand opéra), each one is concentrated down into a few minutes. They run from grandiose tragedy in the style of Meyerbeer, to lighter shades of Rossini, with a real lyrical and vocal vision which is as far removed as can be from pure and demonstrative virtuosity. At 33 years old, Hadelich shows consistent maturity, but also humility, and a sense of experience which one would expect to see in a much older musician.

Tracklist:
01. Augustin Hadelich – 24 Caprices, Op. 1: No. 1 in E Major (01:55)
02. Augustin Hadelich – 24 Caprices, Op. 1: No. 2 in B Minor (03:01)
03. Augustin Hadelich – 24 Caprices, Op. 1: No. 3 in E Minor (03:32)
04. Augustin Hadelich – 24 Caprices, Op. 1: No. 4 in C Minor (06:46)
05. Augustin Hadelich – 24 Caprices, Op. 1: No. 5 in A Minor (03:09)
06. Augustin Hadelich – 24 Caprices, Op. 1: No. 6 in G Minor (05:10)
07. Augustin Hadelich – 24 Caprices, Op. 1: No. 7 in A Minor (04:25)
08. Augustin Hadelich – 24 Caprices, Op. 1: No. 8 in E-Flat Major (02:57)
09. Augustin Hadelich – 24 Caprices, Op. 1: No. 9 in E Major (03:01)
10. Augustin Hadelich – 24 Caprices, Op. 1: No. 10 in G Minor (02:25)
11. Augustin Hadelich – 24 Caprices, Op. 1: No. 11 in C Major (04:20)
12. Augustin Hadelich – 24 Caprices, Op. 1: No. 12 in A-Flat Major (02:35)
13. Augustin Hadelich – 24 Caprices, Op. 1: No. 13 in B-Flat Major (02:46)
14. Augustin Hadelich – 24 Caprices, Op. 1: No. 14 in E-Flat Major (02:17)
15. Augustin Hadelich – 24 Caprices, Op. 1: No. 15 in E Minor (03:01)
16. Augustin Hadelich – 24 Caprices, Op. 1: No. 16 in G Minor (01:34)
17. Augustin Hadelich – 24 Caprices, Op. 1: No. 17 in E-Flat Major (04:04)
18. Augustin Hadelich – 24 Caprices, Op. 1: No. 18 in C Major (02:36)
19. Augustin Hadelich – 24 Caprices, Op. 1: No. 19 in E-Flat Major (02:59)
20. Augustin Hadelich – 24 Caprices, Op. 1: No. 20 in D Major (03:43)
21. Augustin Hadelich – 24 Caprices, Op. 1: No. 21 in A Major (03:17)
22. Augustin Hadelich – 24 Caprices, Op. 1: No. 22 in F Major (02:45)
23. Augustin Hadelich – 24 Caprices, Op. 1: No. 23 in E-Flat Major (03:51)
24. Augustin Hadelich – 24 Caprices, Op. 1: No. 24 in A Minor (04:45)

Personnel:
Augustin Hadelich (violin)

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