L’Arte della variazione
Niccolo (Nicolò) PAGANINI (1782-1840)
1. CAPRICES pour violon solo (CAPRICCI per violino solo), Op.1 No.24 04:26
in A minor Tema – Quasi presto – Variazioni - Finale
Los Angeles, Capitol Records, 9 September 1958
Franz LISZT (1811-1886)
2. ÉTUDES D’ÉXECUTION TRANSCENDANTE d’après Paganini, S.140 No.6 in A minor 04:53
Quasi presto
London, live recorded, 1954. Previously unpublished
Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897)
VARIATIONS ON A THEME BY PAGANINI, Op.35 22:05
VARIATIONEN ÜBER EIN THEMA VON PAGANINI
VARIATIONS SUR UN THÈME DE PAGANINI
3-17. Book I (Theme & Variations I-XIV) 11:28
18-31. Book II (Variations 1-14) 10:27
London, Studio No.3, Abbey Road, 1953
Karol SZYMANOVSKI (1882-1937)
32. THREE PAGANINI CAPRICES, Op.40 No.3 in A minor 06:53
III Vivace
Birmingham, April 1995 – Broadcasted by Czech Radio, 25 May 2004.‘Spring Festival’
Witold LUTOSŁAWSKI (1913-1996)
33. VARIATIONS ON A THEME BY PAGANINI, for two pianos (1941) 06:19
VARIATIONEN ÜBER EIN THEMA VON PAGANINI, für zwei Klaviere
VARIATIONS SUR UN THÈME DE PAGANINI, pour deux pianos
Prague, live 7 April 2002. Praga Previously unpublished
Sergei RACHMANINOV (1871-1943)
RHAPSODY ON A THEME OF PAGANINI, Op.43 23:03
RHAPSODIE ÜBER EIN THEMA VON PAGANINI
RHAPSODIE SUR UN THÈME DE PAGANINI, op.43
34. Introduction. Allegro vivace 00:07
35. Variation 1 (Precedente) 00:21
36. Tema. L’istesso tempo 00:20
37-59. Variations II to XXIV (37-59) 22:15
Chicago, Symphony Hall, 16 January 1956
Boris BLACHER (1903-1975)
PAGANINI-VARIATIONEN, Op.26 14:06
60. Thema. Quasi presto – Variation I – Variation II 02:08
Variation III Feroce Tempo primo.
61. Variation IV. Andante –Variation V. Più mosso 02:03
Variation VI. L’istesso tempo – Variation VII
62. Variation VIII. Vivace 02:18
63. Variation IX. Tempo primo-Variation X. Andante 03:04
Variation XI. Tempo primo – Variation XII
64. Variation XIII.Un poco meno 04:33
Variation XIV.Tempo primo–Variation XV.Vivace
Variation XVI.Prestissimo
Berlin, Jesus-Christus Kirche, October 1952
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(1) Michael RABIN, violin
(2-31) Geza ANDA, piano
(32) Thomas ZEHETMAIR, violin, Silke AVENHAUS, piano
(33) PRAGUE PIANO DUO (Zdeňka and Martin HRŠEL)
(34-59) Artur RUBINSTEIN, piano, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz REINER
(60-64) RIAS Sinfonie Orchester Berlin, Ferenc FRICSAY
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