(1994) Niccolò Paganini: 24 Caprices, Op. 1 John Stanley The young virtuoso presents here

The young virtuoso presents here his first solo recording featuring transcriptions for harp of classical masterpieces

Lera Auerbach

arrangeur et compositeur

one can only dream of what this list of recordings might have included

Neither utilized a modern compositional system or founded a school of composition

(1994) Niccolò Paganini: 24 Caprices, Op. 1 John Stanley The young virtuoso presents hereRobert Schumann was one of the first to recognize Niccol Paganini not only as a demonic virtuoso but also as a poetic composer. After having heard Paganini in Frankfurt in 1830 he immediately set out to write a piano fantasy on a theme by the composer virtuoso the spell that Paganini had cast on Schumann would remain throughout his life. In his last years Schumann wrote a piano accompaniment to Paganinis masterpiece for solo violin, the 24 Caprices,