BÉLA FLECK — Perpetual Motion (2001) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck has certainly broken more boundaries than any other picker in recent memory, from his early days performing bluegrass-inspired folk compositions on Rounder in the late '70s to his quirky jazz freak-outs with the Flecktones throughout the '90s. In late 2001, this peculiar innovator released an album of banjo interpretations of classical works by Bach, Chopin, and Scarlatti. Before classical purists roll their eyes, they must remember that the banjo hasn't always been seen as the instrument of choice of backwoods musicians in the Appalachian mountains, but as recently as the 1940s was used as a primary rhythm instrument in all manner of parlor music. That being said, Perpetual Motion is a bright and unique take on several well-known classical pieces (Moonlight Sonata, Bach's Cello Suite No. 1) as well as a number of interpretations of Bach's two-part and three-part inventions. These light and brief inventions act as buffers between the longer, more dramatic pieces, but end up serving as some of the highlights of the album. With Fleck often accompanied by Evelyn Glennie on marimba and Appalachia Waltz musicians Joshua Bell and Edgar Meyer on violin and bass, these short, delicate pieces weave in and out of the album, proving that the banjo can be seen in a different light altogether. Fleck's picking is uniquely unparalleled in that he can so easily dip his feet into so many different genres with an instrument that is so quickly pigeonholed. The album drifts easily into the background, which is not necessarily a detraction but, knowing the fire that Fleck can unleash from his fingertips, it would have been nice to have a few more impassioned numbers on the album. The closest the ensemble comes to really making some noise is the final track, Paganini's Moto Perpetuo (arranged in a bluegrass style), which is not necessarily more forceful, but is certainly faster and louder. Zac Johnson
Tracklist :
1. Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata In C Major K.159
2. Bach: Two-Part Invention No. 13
3. Debussy: ''Dortor Gradus Ad Parnassum'' From Children's Corner
4. Chopin: Mazurka In F-Sharp Minor
5. Bach: ''Prelude'' From Partita No. 3 For Solo Violin
6. Chopin: Etude In C-Sharp Minor
7. Chopin: Mazurka In F-Sharp Minor
8. Bach: Three-Part Invention No. 10
9. Tchaikovsky: Melody In E-Flat
10. Brahms: ''Presto In G Minor I After Bach''
11. Bach: ''Prelude'' From Suite For Unaccompanied Celllo No. 1
12. Bach: Three-Part Invention No. 15
13. Paganini: Moto Perpetuo
14. Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata In D Minor K.213
15. Bach: Two-Part Invention No.6
16. Beethoven: ''Adagio Sostenuto'' From ''Moolight'' Sonata
17. Bach: Two-Part Invention No. 11
18. Beethoven: Seven Variations On ''God Save The King''
19. Bach: Three-Part Invention No. 7
20. Paganini: Moto Perpetuo (Bluegrass Version)
Credits :
Banjo – Béla Fleck
Bass, Piano – Edgar Meyer
Cello – Gary Hoffman
Guitar – John Williams
Mandolin – Chris Thile
Marimba – Evelyn Glennie
Steel Guitar [Steel String Guitar] – Bryan Sutton
Violin – Joshua Bell
Arranged By – Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer

PAGANINI : 24 caprices (Mayuko Kamio) (2009) FLAC (image+.cue) lossless

Of all the virtuoso composers to emerge from the 19th century, the devilish image of Niccolò Paganini may be the most enduring. Not only did he single-handedly change audience perceptions as to the appeal of virtuosity for the sake of virtuosity, but inspired a generation of subsequent composer-performers and pushed forward technical demands of the violin. Of all his compositions, the 24 Caprices, Op. 1, remain as some of the most difficult works in the literature and test the mettle of violinists to this day. Despite their difficulty, there is no shortage of recordings available ranging in quality from the sublime to the completely abysmal. The challenge is not only to produce a technically brilliant performance (which is a must), but to also make real music out of what could be seen as little more than technical exercises. Violinist Mayuko Kamio, with her second album on the RCA/Sony label, seeks to do just that. Her performance of the caprices has all the technical superiority as Midori's youthful attempt. Though not quite as startlingly fast as Midori, Kamio adds something that some violinists fall short on when recording the Caprices: right arm control that matches the left hand. Kamio rarely crunches chords, buzzes strings, or pushes her violin (a Stradivarius once owned by Joseph Joachim) past its limits. This, coupled with her warm, focused sound even in the stratospheric ranges of her instrument, makes this recording one worthy of most any collection. RCA's liner notes are brief but informative, yet curiously lack a biography of their gifted artist. Mike D. Brownell
Tracklist & Credits :

ACCARDO plays PAGANINI — Complete Recordings : Violin Concertos № 1-6 · Sonatas · 24 Caprices · Sonata Napoleone ... (London Philharmonic Orchestra · Charles Dutoit) 6CD BOX-SET (2018) Blu-ray Audio – RM | FLAC (image+.cue) lossless

Nicolo Paganini (1782-1840)

CD1 - Violin Concertos 1 and 2 - [69:00]
CD2 - Violin Concertos 3 and 4 - [72:08]
CD3 - Violin Concerto 5, Primavera - [72:25]
CD4 - Violin Concerto 6, Sonata, etc - [71:44]
CD5 - 24 Caprices - [74:36]
CD6 - Sonata Napoleone, I palpiti, etc - [47:11]

Salvatore Accardo - Violin
London Philharmonic Orchestra - Charles Dutoit

EMMANUEL PAHUD : JACKY TERRASSON — Into The Blue (2002) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Emmanuel Pahud is an award-winning classical flutist who's also Principal Flute for the Berlin Philharmonic. Jacky Terrasson is an award-winning jazz pianist who's a Principal Original on the scene; uniquely playful and inventive, it's always interesting to see what he comes up with next. This time he rearranges 14 classical melodies in a jazz context. More than half are short tracks, colorful samples from jazz's favorite French Impressionists (Ravel, Faure, and Debussy)to Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" (all four) and pieces by Schumann, Mozart, Paganini, Rimsky-Korsakov "Flight of the Bumblebee," Saint-Saëns, and jazz pianist Claude Bolling, who in the 70s teamed up with legendary flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal to record their own crossover tracks. Although he also respects the basic character of the music, Terrasson is more adventurous. For example, the much-beloved "Pavane" (Ravel) is still serene, but with interludes of communal passion and trio jazz, as fine bassist Sean Smith and drummer Ali Jackson provide subtle, quickly reactive support. "Bolero" is an exciting journey which obliterates all memory of the plodding and repetitious original; it features a happy Latin groove that dances under the melody, then segues seamlessly into funk and Fender Rhodes. If Pahud's improvisations are rather basic, his tone is beautiful and he swings, as does the bass/drum section, after which the whole thing goes Jamaican -- before returning to Latin. It sounds like a mishmosh in print, but it works. So does the beautiful "Apres un Reve," which conjures the countryside of southern France where the CD was recorded, and "Jimbo's Lullaby," which originally described a lumbering elephant, but is meditative and nearly Oriental here. On "Marche Turque," Mozart meets reggae and humor. In fact, there's wit throughout this CD, as well as imagination and top-level playing. Both classical and jazz fans will find much to enjoy. Judith Schlesinger   Tracklist & Credits :

PAGANINI : 24 Caprices (Alina Ibragimova) (2021) 2CD / FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

The 24 Caprices, Op. 1, of Paganini are usually recorded as a set, and with the single opus number, it makes sense to approach them that way. Yet Paganini composed them not in a single stretch of creative activity but rather over many years, and when published, they were divided into groups of six, six, and 12. Certainly, they are among the most purely virtuosic violin pieces ever written, a compendium of violin techniques of which some say their first use in these works, and the famous Caprice No. 24 in A minor is in the nature of a finale, summing up the devices that appear in the earlier pieces. One way to approach the Caprices is as individuals, and that's what Alina Ibragimova does here. Given the fiery adventures of some of this violinist's other releases, one might expect a flamboyant Paganini set. Ibragimova does draw attention to her presence at some points where she evokes Paganini's presence in concert (check out the end of the Caprice No. 18, where she seems, as it were, to step to the back of the stage). For the most part, though, it is the personality of the individual Caprices, some of them programmatic, that emerges as the main attraction. Ibragimova's recording was made at an empty Henry Wood Hall during London's coronavirus lockdown in the spring of 2020; Ibragimova said that the solitude gave her the chance to "do some serious work" on the Caprices, and for all the fireworks, it is this inward quality with which the listener comes away. The engineering in this ideal space catches the balance between outward and inward, and the result is an entirely distinctive performance of these famed showpieces. by James Manheim  
All Tracks & Credits

PAGANINI : 24 Caprices, Op. 1 (Transcription Pour Flûte de Patrick Gallois) (1992) Mp3

NICOLÓ PAGANINI - Complete Chamber Music [2008] 10CD

Peformers:
Quartetto Paganini: Bruno Pignata (violin), Lorenzo Lugli (viola), Paola Mosca (cello), Giuseppe Briasco (guitar) (CDs 1-3).
Quartetto Paganini: Bruno Pignata (violin), Ernest Braucher (viola), Riccardo Agosti (cello), Giuseppe Briasco (guitar) (CDs 4 & 5).
Dora Bratchkova (violin), Götz Hartmann (violin), Antonello Farulli (viola), Andrea Noferini (cello), Adriano Sebastiani (guitar) (CD 6).
Quartetto d’archi Paganini: Bruno Pignata (violin), Gian Luca Allocco (violin), Ernest Braucher (viola), Dario De Stefano (cello) (CD 7).
Stefan Milenkovich (violin), Riccardo Agosti (cello), Pier Domenico Sommati (second violin) (CD 8).
Salvatore Accardo (violin), Claudio Gonella (bassoon) (CD 9).
Quartetto d’archi Paganini: Bruno Pignata (violin), Gian Luca Allocco (violin), Ernest Braucher (viola), Dario De Stefano (cello), Dorina Frati (Genoese mandolin), Piera Dadomo (guitar) (CD 10).
Tracklist:
CD 1: Complete Quartets for strings and guitar, Vol. 1 [67:16]
Quartet No. 1 in A minor, Op.4/1, MS28 [21:41]
Quartet No. 9 in D major, MS36 [21:42]
Quartet No. 10 in A major, MS37 [23:53]

CD 2: Complete Quartets for strings and guitar, Vol. 2 [63:47]
Quartet No. 11 in B major, MS38 [20:28]
Quartet No. 12 in A minor, MS39 [23:33]
Quartet No. 13 in F major, MS40 (1819) [19:46]

CD 3: Complete Quartets for strings and guitar, Vol. 3 [68:53]
Quartet No. 3 in A major, Op. 4/3, MS30 [21:21]
Quartet No. 7 in E major, MS34 [26:04]
Quartet No. 14 in A major, MS41 [21:27]

CD 4: Complete Quartets for strings and guitar, Vol. 4 [64:03]
Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 4/2, MS29 [18:56]
Quartet No. 8 in A major, MS35 [23:03]
Quartet No. 15 in A minor, MS42 [22:04]

CD 5: Complete Quartets for strings and guitar, Vol. 5 [74:17]
Quartet No. 4 in D major, Op.5/1, MS31 [24:21]
Quartet No. 5 in D major, Op. 5/2, MS32 [24:20]
Quartet No. 6 in D minor, Op. 5/3, MS33 [25:36]

CD 6: Complete Trios for strings and guitar [65:29]
Serenata in C major for viola, cello and guitar, MS17 [15:10]
Terzetto Concertante in D major for viola, cello and guitar, MS114 [22:55]
Terzetto in D major for viola, cello and guitar, MS69 [20:12]
Terzetto in A minor for 2 violins and guitar, MS116 [03:03]
Serenata in F major for 2 violins and guitar, MS115 [04:09]
CD 7: Complete String Quartets, MS20 [64:55]
String Quartet No. 1 (c.1815) [19:02]
String Quartet No. 2 (c.1815) [23:00]
String Quartet No. 3 (c.1815) [22:53]

CD 8: Works for violin/s and cello [67:00]
In cor più non mi sento, theme and variations for two violins and cello, [08:15]
Three Duets for violin and cello:
Duet No.1 [09:13]
Duet No.2 [09:49]
Duet No.3 [09:21]
21 Divertimenti carnevaleschi for 2 violins and cello, MS4 [30:22]
CD 9: Three Duets for violin and bassoon, MS130 [50:08]
Duet No.1 [16:57]
Duet No.2 [16:52]
Duet No.3 [16:19]

CD 10: Quattro Notturni a quartetto, MS15 and other works [57:07]
Quattro Notturni a quartetto for two violins, viola and cello, MS15:
Notturno No. 1, [06:28]
Notturno No. 2, [07:11]
Notturno No. 3, [04:14]
Notturno No. 4, [03:31]
Quartet No. 7 in E major for two violins, viola and cello, MS34 (transcription from quartet for strings and guitar) [22:49]
Sonata per Rovene per mandolino e chitarra, MS14 [02:56]
Serenata per mandolino e chitarra, MS16 [02:53]
Minuetto per l’amandorlino per mandolino solo, MS106 [07:05]

NICOLÓ PAGANINI [1782-1840]

 Complete Chamber Music 

[2008] Dynamic / 10CD / CBR320 / scans

O Púbis da Rosa

THE HEIFETZ COLLECTION - Vol.3 1934-1937 [RCA Gold Seal] 2CD / 1994

PAGANINI - 24 Caprices, Op. 1 [Ilya Kaler] NAXOS / 1993

 PAGANINI - 24 Caprices, Op. 1 [Ilya Kaler] 

 1993 NAXOS / CBR320 / scans

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zippyshare

O Púbis da Rosa

THE HEIFETZ COLLECTION Vol.1 - The Acoustic Recordings 1917-1924 [RCA Gold Seal] 1994 / 3CD / FLAC

THE HEIFETZ COLLECTION Vol.1 

The Acoustic Recordings 1917-1924

[RCA Gold Seal] 1994 / FLAC

O Púbis da Rosa