The leading violin prodigy of the 1950s and ‘60s, the New York-born Michael Rabin recorded Niccolo’ Paganini’s virtuosic and daunting 24 Caprices in 1958, when he was 22. This document captures ...

To take the full measure of a violin soloist, you have to hear them play the unaccompanied Suites by J.S. Bach and a few of the Caprices by the first violin superstar, Nicolò Paganini.

Before we hear Barnabas Kelemen perform two Paganini Caprices for Violin in the NPR studios, we get a taste of a Paganini arrangement for violin and piano. Violinist Ingolf Turban and pianist Jascha ...

American violinist Rachel Barton Pine (born 1974) studied her first Paganini Caprice for solo violin at the age of 10, and she is brave enough to perform all 24 as a set in concert. She also plays all ...