Paganini - Introduction & Variations on 'Nel cor più non mi sento' by Paisiello, MS 44

The Accardo/Paganini cycle remains a secure first choice: the Concertos are brilliantly and imaginatively played and well recorded. Indeed, these accounts do not fall down in any department. — Penguin Guide, 2011 edition More…

Clemens Hagen’s magnificent Stradivari, which can be heard in a glowing performance of the Terzetto. The recoding quality is as mellow, yet focused, as the playing itself. — The Strad, September 2018 More…

No matter how fast the notes are flying or how awkward the composer’s finger-crippling combinations of sustained phrasing and fluttering accompaniment, Pine sustains an extraordinary degree... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…

there are a number of gems here that are so well played that to be introduced to them in such flawless conditions is a real gift...this is the sort of recital disc whose attention to detail... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2015 More…

Ilya Gringolts is an outstanding young Russian violinist; with this Paganini programme he began his recording career at the deep end. He's able to surmount the ferocious technical demands, and... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…