Mitglieder Der Berliner Philharmoniker - Caprice No. 24 (Niccolò Paganini)

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From '' Mitglieder Der Berliner Philharmoniker, Rock & Electronics, Bernhard Jobski – Einstein In Eden ''
Label: Polydor – 2372 117
Format: Vinyl, LP, Stereo
Country: Germany
Released: 1982

Tracklist
A1 Am Anfang ...
A2 Einstein In Eden
A3 Das Lied Der Erde
A4 Walzer Vom Aufrechten Gang
A5 Pu 94
A6 Kein Ende
B1 Caprice No. 24
Composed By – Niccolò Paganini
B2 Aznatam Al
B3 Konkurrierende Klangkörper

Composed By – Bernhard Jobski
Conductor – Bernhard Jobski

Producer – Gerhard Kämpfe

Published By – Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft

℗ 2024 Andromeda Black Hole
© 2024 Andromeda Black Hole

Notes
Digital Master Mixing
Liner notes on inner sleeve by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos

A symphonic rock synthesis performed by an unnamed group of 6 rock musicians and 32 members of the Berliner Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO).
It features a fairly memorable electronic music sequence, an Andrew Lloyd Webber-walks-along-the-Rhine pseudo-rock sequence, and accompaniment by the BPO. No names of people behind the synthesizers, sequencers and other electronics are mentioned. All notes on the inner sleeve are in German and seem to be serious in presenting the work, which was released to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the BPO, with the help and involvement of Herbert von Karajan. Maybe this is the reason why it's often presented as work from "Mitglieder der Berliner Philharmoniker, Rock & Electronics" since this is far more prominent on the back-cover then the real artist's name.

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Caprice No. 24 in A minor is the final caprice of Niccolò Paganini's 24 Caprices, and a famous work for solo violin.
The caprice, in the key of A minor, consists of a theme, 11 variations, and a finale.
His 24 Caprices were probably composed between 1802 and 1817, while he was in the service of the Baciocchi court.

It is widely considered one of the most difficult pieces ever written for the solo violin.
It requires many highly advanced techniques such as parallel octaves and rapid shifting covering many intervals, extremely fast scales and arpeggios including minor scales, left hand pizzicato, high positions, and quick string crossings.
Additionally, there are many double stops, including thirds and tenths.

Variations on the theme

The caprice has provided a rich seam of material for works by subsequent composers. Compositions based on it, and transcriptions of it, include:

In flames - the intro of a song Foregone pt2 from the album of the same name
Angra – Used the main theme for an interlude on electric guitar on the song Angels Cry, from the album of same name
Aria – used as a basis for the main riff in the song Igra's Ognyom (Playing with Fire) from the 1989 album of the same name. The plot of the song concerns a fictional violinist who is based on Paganini
Leopold Auer
Rafał Augustyn
Luc Baiwir
BanYa
Alison Balsom
James Barnes
Boris Blacher
Hans Bottermund
Johannes Brahms
Charles Camilleri
Frédéric Chopin
Eliot Fisk
First Piano Quartet
Ignaz Friedman
David Garrett
Benny Goodman
The Great Kat
Mark Hambourg
Marc-André Hamelin
Helloween – Used in the opening guitar solo of Future World on the High Live album
Toshi Ichiyanagi
Lowell Liebermann
JJ Lin
Franz Liszt – the sixth and last of his Études d'exécution transcendante d'après Paganini for solo piano, S.140 (1838) – revised and republished in 1851 as Six Grandes Études de Paganini, S.141
Andrew Lloyd Webber
David Ludwig
Witold Lutosławski
Yngwie Malmsteen
Nikolai Managazze
Denis Matsuev
Nathan Milstein
Robert Muczynski
Pavel Necheporenko
Jeff Nelsen
Gregor Piatigorsky
Simon Proctor
Frank Proto
Manuel Quiroga
Sergei Rachmaninoff
George Rochberg – 50 Caprice Variations for solo violin (1970)
Alexander Rosenblatt – Variations on Theme of Paganini, for solo piano (1988)
Poul Ruders – Paganini Variations: Guitar Concerto No. 2 (1999–2000), 22 variations for guitar and orchestra
Fazıl Say – Paganini Jazz in Say Plays Say, for solo piano (1988)
Stanisław Skrowaczewski – Concerto Nicolò, for piano left hand and orchestra (2003)
Joe Stump – used the main theme for an interpretation on the song Paganini's Revenge on the album Guitar Dominance. The track also incorporates elements from Paganini's 5th Caprice
Karol Szymanowski – No. 3 from Trzy kaprysy Paganiniego (3 Caprices de Paganini), Op. 40 (1918); transcriptions for violin and piano
George Thalben-Ball – Variations on a Theme of Paganini, theme and 10 variations for Pipe organ. All except the last variation are for solo organ pedals
Philip Wilby – Paganini Variations, for both wind band and brass band
Victor Wooten – Classical Thump, A Show Of Hands
Eugène Ysaÿe – Variations on Paganini's Caprice No. 24, for violin and piano, Op. posthumous

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