Was Niccolo Paganini — that spectacular violin virtuoso of the early 19th century — the world’s first rock star? The wild hair, the bad-boy mystique, the run-ins with the law, even the rumored devil ...

In an interesting appendage to the main booklet note (an excellent essay on the Caprices by Jeremy Nicholas that has taught me a great deal), recording producer Andrew Keener reminisces about ...

There's more than a little of the devil about Richard Tognetti's playing, so it seems fitting that his celebrated violin was once owned and played by the legendary Paganini himself. Thrilling: Richard ...

For me the litmus test with any recording of Paganini’s mighty ‘24’ is the ‘Trill’ Caprice (No 6), where a mournful melody dominates one line with a tremolo shimmering away on another. Given a ...