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Ksenia Milas - Nicolò Paganini: 24+ (24 Caprices Op. 1, 4 New Studies) (2021)

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Ksenia Milas - Nicolò Paganini: 24+ (24 Caprices Op. 1, 4 New Studies) (2021)

Ksenia Milas - Nicolò Paganini: 24+ (24 Caprices Op. 1, 4 New Studies) (2021)
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Classical | Label: Da Vinci Classics

It was in 2018 when Ksenia took the decision to record the 24 Capricci by Paganini together with the 4 Studi discovered by Danilo Prefumo and, after investigating their history, philology, compositive pattern, lyric-harmonic and executive features, after having performed all the 24 Capricci in various recitals. Her studies brought her to consider each Capriccio for its own specific compositive and executive characteristics, connecting at the same time one Capriccio to the other: that’s why she performs them in an innovative sequence whose purpose is to emphasize the stylistic and harmonic similarities which reveal the composer’s personality in his research of sonorities linked to the technical virtuosity and the sound effects of the instrument.

The recording took place on September the 21st 2021 in Genoa, in the Paganinian Violins Room of Palazzo Tursi, with Ksenia playing one of Paganini’s violins, the “Sivori”, after long talks with the Local Authority lasted one year – these instruments are part of the artistic Italian heritage subject to protection – at the presence of the luthier Alberto Giordano, the Museum Curator Raffaella Besta and the Local Police. Astonishingly, the recording session took place in one single day, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

With intense attention, Ksenia followed all the steps taken by the luthier in opening the violin’s glass-case, cleaning and tuning it, then he handed the violin over to her and she took it into her hands, with clear and strong emotion while starting to play it. She was calm, serene and very focused, the tension of the previous days seemed to have faded away. She took off her shoes and stepped on the wooden floor of the room with her socks on so as to prevent the classic creaking of antique floors. Her slender body outshined the room while her petite fingers moved with skill on the “Sivori”, as if it had been hers and she had always been playing it.

When we handed the recorded files over to the sound engineer Michael Seberich, he almost couldn’t believe that she had recorded all this huge and hard work in one single day, and he verified the dates and times of the files. Ksenia had, once more, decided to use the first recordings, without cuts, as in a live recital. ‘Good first take’!

This CD, “24+”, is meant as a Russian violinist’s homage to Paganini and his home town Genoa. His op. 1 is considered to be the most brilliant and famous composition in violin history; through his challenge “Alli Artisti”, he succeeded in arousing and exalting the imagination of the most renown composers of the following centuries, but also the strength and the persistence of those few violinists who have tried out these grand and demanding compositions. Ksenia says: “My favourite Capriccio is the No. 4, as, more than all, it conveys the lyric and romantic personality of the composer, beside being the most difficult.”

Two anniversaries should have been celebrated in 2020: the 180 years from Paganini’s death and the 200 years from the publication of his masterpiece, the Capricci op.1. Unfortunately, all of this has been postponed but “I am very happy and proud for managing to honour him with this CD, even if one year late”, Ksenia says.
Tracklist:
Disc 1 (55:38)
1. 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No. 1 in E Major, Andante (02:13)
2. 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No. 2 in B Minor, Moderato (03:29)
3. 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No. 3 in E Minor, Sostenuto, Presto (04:18)
4. 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No. 4 in C Minor, Maestoso (08:00)
5. 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No. 5 in A Minor, Agitato (03:29)
6. 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No. 6 in G Minor, Lento (03:48)
7. 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No. 7 in A Minor, Posato (05:08)
8. 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No. 8 in E-Flat Major, Maestoso (03:33)
9. 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No. 9 in E Major, Allegretto (03:14)
10. 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No. 10 in G Minor, Vivace (03:00)
11. 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No. 11 in C Major, Andante, Presto (04:43)
12. 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No. 12 in A-Flat Major, Allegro (03:15)
13. 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No. 13 in A-Flat Major, Allegro (02:27)
14. 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No. 14 in E-Flat Major, Moderato (01:41)
15. 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No. 15 in E Minor, Posato (03:20)

Disc 2 (44:03)
1. 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No. 16 in G Minor, Presto (01:52)
2. 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No. 17 in E-Flat Major, Sostenuto, Andante (03:49)
3. 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No. 18 in C Major, Corrente, Allegro (03:01)
4. 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No. 19 in E-Flat Major, Lento, Allegro assai (03:12)
5. 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No. 20 in D Major, Allegretto (03:34)
6. 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No. 21 in A Major, Amoroso, Presto (03:52)
7. 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No. 22 in F Major, Marcato (02:57)
8. 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No. 23 in E-Flat Major, Posato (04:27)
9. 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No. 24 in A Minor, Tema con variazioni. Quasi presto (05:24)
10. 4 New Studies: No. 1 in C Major, Sostenuto (01:53)
11. 4 New Studies: No. 2 in A Major, Moderato (03:44)
12. 4 New Studies: No. 3 in C Minor, Moderato assai (02:29)
13. 4 New Studies: No. 4 in G Major, Sostenuto (03:49)

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