Description
Title: Violin Sonata / Caprice Variations
Artist: Peter Sheppard Sk rved
Label: Metier
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 809730852121
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2011-06-14
Number of Discs: 2
An immense and magnificent set of variations by American composer George Rochberg, not just, as the title may suggest, on Paganini”s famous 24th Caprice, but incorporating styles and forms “”borrowed”” from many other composers, such as Mahler, Brahms, Busoni, Schubert and Beethoven! The work is played on the renowned “”Habeneck”” Stradivarius violin of 1734. Violinist Peter Sheppard Skærved is a virtuoso of the first order and a regular Metier recording artist. Aaron Shorr joins in for the world premiere recording of Rochberg”s Violin Sonata in a stunning live performance.
Tracks:
1.1 Violin Sonata
1.2 Caprice Variations 1-23
2.1 Caprice Variations 24-51
