If we agree that mastering and then recording the Paganini Caprices is the violinist’s version of climbing Everest, and acknowledge that many before Ilya Gringolts (a BBC New Generation Artist, 2001 ...
The traditional assumption is that the Paganini Caprices are mere tests of technical virtuosity, to be studied as practice pieces or used as encores. But the real trick is to project the music behind ...