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	Paganini: 24 Caprices Niccolo Paganini, Itzhak Perlman EMI Classics, 2000 average customer review:based on 25 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Perlman does indeed play with the most musicality of any violinist I have yet heard, and in my mind this is FAR more important than absolute technical perfection. There are a few technical flubs in the disc - mostly intonation. This, however, does not stop me from listening to these tracks - I enjoy them every bit as much as the "flawless caprices" because of Perlman's innate understanding of what music should sound like. He does not treat the first caprice like another etude - in the veritable overload of notes he finds musical meaning, just as he does in the beginning of the seventh.

In the liner notes there is a picture of Perlman playing with an expression of the utmost joy on his face. I think that accurately sums up this disc - both for performer and listener.

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Benchmark

Perlman could play some of these as a teenager. Tell me, you people who think you know a lot, could you? Perlman's recordings are as close to perfect as Paganini's would have been. I am totally convinced that no body has topped this recording to date. When I imput these caprices as MIDI files to practice along with them, I find Perlman's intonation right on. Also, my favorite thing to do with this recording is to listen with the manuscript in front of me. I can hear every note of every chord and arpeggio, with the music in front of me. When I listen to it plainly and I am not looking for it, sometiems those bass notes escape me. However, what is scary is Perlman's ability to hold tempo. Caprice 16 shows this off pefectly. If none of you have ever seen the music, in measure 8 there is a repeat. It takes Perlman 10 seconds to arrive at the repeat, and exactly 10 seconds to return. As for difficult passages, Perlman DOES nail them [ie. Caprice 17-Fingered octaves(kept in tempo!), Caprice 24-Left hand pizz var, Caprice 6-Independent finger movement...the list goes on and on.] Those are my two-cents.

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"A" only, simple Hungarian-Gypsy would say the following;

Let me just began it like this. Mr.Heifetz was "Niccolo" but Mr.Perlman is the biggest violinist of all time. He is because first of that tone of his right hand is impossible to describe.Only Us gypsies have it but His tone is little different Mr.Perlman also play all the technique (from saltato to downword staccato)like if that would be the easiest thing to play on the violin. But above of all of these impossible knowledge that no one ever has and will have, Mr.Perlman is not even standing up when He plays. Just imagine that if He could stand up. But the truth is I don't know why Mr.Perlman doesn't play these caprices in His style how he really should I think.He plays it in Classic style how people would think Niccolo played it but he absolutly didn't play it Classic style because Niccolo was a Romantic violinist.By the way Mr. Perlman is a real genius and nobody's better than him exept for one person on this entire Earth and that would be My Dad.
Im a violinist just you all know and Im 17.

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Brilliant Piece and Stunning Performer

Itzak Perlman's stunning rendition of Paganini's 24 caprices is one of my favorite CDs. Perlman's bow technique is amazing. His accuracy on the double stops is even more impressive. Itzak is definately one of my favorite violinists, because of the whirling speed, yet perfect precision with which he plays. Worth every cent of the money you pay.


impressive

not in reference to the cd as a whole, but the 5th caprice: while other violinists may be more accurate in the arpegio passages in the song, Pearlman's speed in the middle section is so much more impressive than any other recording i have heard. So, while other artists have him beaten in intonation, their recordings of the 5th caprice are not nearly as impressive thus making them not really worth buying a cd.

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