Paganini & Italian Genius/ Various - Paganini & Italian GeniusPaganini's works for solo violin are among the most important and demanding in the repertoire. In addition to his famed Caprices, Op. 1, Paganini wrote a series of characterful solo pieces that reveal his melodic and rhythmic gifts. Those selected here are either World Premiere Recordings or WPR of the critical edition, some such as Alla Spagnola, the five waltzes and the Duetti have only recently been rediscovered. His influence on Italian composers

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Johann Nepomuk Hummel's music generally stands for the end of Viennese Classicism and the transitional period between this epoch and Romanticism

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tapped for major roles at principal opera houses across the country

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This tradition is rich in the magical emotion of music

who wrote his Sonata No

spawning two releases on Bear Family Records