Solo Violin 2
24 Caprices (recorded incomplete): 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Caprice d'Adieu
Nel cor piu non mi sento Patriotic hymn Sonata M.S. 6* Sonata M.S. 83 Theme & variations Waltz, M.S. 80
*Duet for solo violin / Duo Merveille / Merveille de Paganini
24 Caprices, M.S. 25 (Op. 1): No. 16 in G minor
Barbieri, Renato de (violin)
78 (10"): His Master's Voice DA 11327
Boyd, Bonita (flute)
LP: Spectrum SR 138
Recorded 1981
[Arranged by Jules Herman for flute. Boyd recorded all 24 Caprices for Fleur De Son in 2000]
Gulli, Franco (violin)
LP: Angelicum LPA 5933
LP: Angelicum STA 8933
LP [fold out]: Ars Nova VST 6101
LP: Balkanton BCA 576
LP: Harmonia Mundi HM 30663
LP [fold out]: Harmonia Mundi HMA 30.527
LP: Musical Heritage Society DRM 110
45: Angelicum LPA 7015
45: Storia della Musica (Volume 5, No. 2) SdM 054
CD: Il Canale/Dynamic (Music for Unicef) DCU 030
CD: Sarx Records SX AM 2038–2
Recorded 1963 (Studi Angelicum, Milan, Italy)
Iwanow, Igor (violin)
LP: Muza SXL 1037
Krysa, Oleg (violin)
LP: Melodiya 33C10 08887/8
Recorded 1978
Laureate String Ensemble
CD: Trittico Classics (Caprices in Camera) TC 91001
Recorded sometime between June & July 1991 (Oxford Church/Performance Technology Studio, Guildford, England)
[Arranged by Christopher James for string ensemble]
Perlman, Itzhak (violin)
CD: RCA Victor Red Seal / BMG Classics (Perlman Rediscovered) 82876 62517 2
Recorded on either 15, 16, 18 or 19 March, or 11 November 1965 (Webster Hall, New York, USA)
[Perlman's first RCA recording, previously unissued]
Porta, José (violin) / ? (piano)
78: Parlophone 20079
78 (10"): Polydor 62378
Recorded c.1924
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Rabin, Michael (violin)
LP: Columbia HC 13046 [Mexican pressing]
LP (10"): Columbia Masterworks ML 2168 [Rabin’s debut 10 inch]
LP: Columbia Entre RL 6633
LP (10"): Philips S 06616 R [Dutch pressing]
CD: Sony Classical Masterworks Heritage (Michael Rabin and Ossy Renardy) MHK 60894
Recorded 19 May 1950 (Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, USA)
[Recorded by Rabin at age fourteen]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
CD: Jan Kubelik Society (Ruggiero Ricci in Prague) SUK 005
Recorded 20 May 1969 (Dvorak Hall Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic)
[Recorded live during the Prague Spring Festival]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
CD: Jan Kubelik Society (Ruggiero Ricci Plays Paganini Live) SUK 007
Recorded 18 May 1982 (Smetana Hall, Prague, Czech Republic)
[Live recording]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
CD (2): One-Eleven, Ltd. (A Tribute to Ruggiero Ricci) URS 8901–1/2
CD (2): One-Eleven, Ltd. (Celebrating Six Decades on Stage) URS 92033
CD: One-Eleven, Ltd. URS 92020
Recorded 11 June 1988 (City Hall Concert Hall, Hong Kong)
[Live recording]
Schneeberger, Hansheinz (violin)
LP: Da Camera Song SM 95049
CD: Bayer Records (Niccolo Paganini: Guitare et Violon) BR 100 208
Recorded 20 November 1974 (Tonstudio van Geest, Sandhausen bei Heidelberg, Germany)
[Bayer CD erronously states recording date as 1984]
Shkolnikova, Nelli (violin)
LP (10"): Melodiya D 6615/6
Staryk, Steven (violin)
LP: Discopaedia Masters of the Bow Studio Series (Staryk Plays Paganini) MBS 2003
LP: Musical Heritage Society MHS 1122
LP: Orion 665
LP: Select Collection Classique CC 15.076
Recorded 15 August 1969
Staryk, Steven (violin)
LP: Discopaedia Masters of the Bow MBS 2020
Recorded 1982 (Toronto, Canada)
[Live recording]
24 Caprices, M.S. 25 (Op. 1): No. 17 in E flat major
Agaronyan, Ruben (violin)
LP: Melodiya CM 02093/4
Agoston, Andrei (violin)
LP: Melodiya D 028103/4
Baeva, Alona (violin)
CD: Muza (Finalists of the 2nd Tadeusz Wroński Solo Violin Competition) [Catalogue number ?]
Recorded 2000 (Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw, Poland)
[Live recording. Baeva won 1st prize]
Barbieri, Renato de (violin)
78 (10"): His Master's Voice DA 11328
Bochková, Irina (violin)
LP (10"): Melodiya (II Tchaikovsky Competition) D 11097/8
Recorded 1958
Boyd, Bonita (flute)
LP: Spectrum SR 138
Recorded 1981
[Arranged by Jules Herman for flute. Boyd recorded all 24 Caprices for Fleur De Son in 2000]
David, Lukas (violin)
LP: Opera 3146
45: Opera 4308
Fodor, Eugene (violin)
LP: RCA Victor Red Seal ARL 1–0735
Recorded c.1974
Fodor, Eugene (violin) / Saunders, Dominic (piano)
CD: Newport Classic (Virtuoso Violin) NPD 85551
Recorded 1992
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Francescatti, Zino (violin) / Balsam, Artur (piano)
CD: Bridge Records (Great Performances from the Library of Congress, Vol.17: An Evening of Paganini) 9125
Recorded 1954 (Library of Congress, Washington, USA)
[Live recording. Arranged by Zino Francescatti for violin and piano. First commercial release of this never-before-issued recital piece]
Friedman, Erick (violin)
LP: RCA Victor A 635007 (m), A 645007 (s)
LP: RCA Victor LM 2671 (m), LSC 2671 (s)
LP: RCA Victrola ALK1–4971
LP: RCA Victrola VICS 1647
Gulli, Franco (violin)
LP: Angelicum LPA 5933
LP: Angelicum STA 8933
LP [fold out]: Ars Nova VST 6101
LP: Balkanton BCA 576
LP: Harmonia Mundi HM 30663
LP [fold out]: Harmonia Mundi HMA 30.527
LP (10") [fold out]: I Grandi Musicisti (Niccolò Paganini, Vol. I) iGM–015 [Italian pressing]
LP: Melodiya
LP: Musical Heritage Society DRM 110
45: Angelicum LPA 7015
45: Storia della Musica (Volume 5, No. 2) SdM 054
CD: Il Canale/Dynamic (Music for Unicef) DCU 030
CD: Sarx Records SX AM 2038–2
Recorded 1963 (Studi Angelicum, Milan, Italy)
Heifetz, Jascha (violin) / Sandor, Arpad (piano)
78: His Master's Voice
Recorded 1934
[Arranged by Leopold Auer for violin and piano]
Hellmann, Rainer (violin)
CD: Classica (The Best of Paganini) CD 55139
Hoppstock, Tilman (guitar)
CD: Signum (Werke fur Gitarre) X 41–00
[Transcribed for guitar]
Khitruk, Anastasia (violin)
CD: MP3.com (Passion for Paganini) 18475
Recorded late 1990s
Kremer, Gidon (violin)
LP: Melodiya D 028737/8
Recorded 1970 (Tchaikovsky Competition, Moscow, Russia)
[Live recording]
Krysa, Oleg (violin)
LP: Melodiya (Dedicated to Paganini) C10 21869 001
Recorded 1977
Krysa, Oleg (violin)
LP: Melodiya 33C10 08887/8
Recorded 1978
Laureate String Ensemble
CD: Trittico Classics (Caprices in Camera) TC 91001
Recorded sometime between June & July 1991 (Oxford Church/Performance Technology Studio, Guildford, England)
[Arranged by Christopher James for string ensemble]
Lénert, Pierre (viola)
CD: Syrius SYR 141365
Recorded April 2001 (Grand auditorium de l'Ecole de Musique d'Aulnay-sous-Bois, France)
[Arranged for viola]
Liberman, Viktor (violin)
LP (10"): Melodiya D 4398/9
Los Angeles Brass Quintet
Medium ?: Crystal
[Arranged for brass quintet]
Ma, Yo-Yo (cello)
LP: CBS Masterworks IM 37280
CD: CBS Masterworks MK 37280
Recorded c.1982 (CBS Recording Studios, London, England)
[Arranged by Yo-Yo Ma for cello]
Martin, Michaela (violin)
LP: Melodiya C10 11161
Recorded 1978 (Tchaikovsky Competition, Moscow, Russia)
[Live recording]
Milstein, Nathan (violin)
CD: Danacord (Great Musicians in Copenhagen) DACOCD 303
CD: Doremi DHR 7706d
Recorded 1933
[Broadcast performance]
Nakarjakov, Sergei (trumpet) / Markovich, Alexander (piano)
CD: Teldec 4509–94554–2
Recorded 1994
[Arranged by Sergei Nakarjakov for trumpet and piano]
Oistrakh, David Fedorovich (violin)
78 (10"): CCCP 16258/9
LP: Colosseum CRLP 179
LP: Period SPL 710
Recorded 1948
Oistrakh, Igor Davidovich (violin) / Zertsalova, Nataliya (piano)
LP: ABC Classics (Igor Oistrakh Plays Paganini) AB 67027
LP: Eterna 8 26 744
LP: Eurodisc (Igor Oistrakh Plays Paganini) 87 953 KK
LP: Le Chant du Monde LDX 78716
LP: Melodiya (Igor Oistrakh Plays Paganini) 33C10 04841/2
LP (2): Musical Heritage Society MHS 824311
LP: United Artists Melodiya UACL 10003
Recorded September 1973 (Moscow, Russia)
[Piano accompaniment by Robert Schumann]
Porta, José (violin) / ? (piano)
78: Parlophone 20079
78 (10"): Polydor 62378
Recorded c.1924
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Primrose, William (viola) / Isaacs, Harry (piano)
78 (10"): Columbia DB 1585
CD (2): Biddulph Recordings LAB 131/2
CD: Istituto Discografico Italiano (Omaggio a Paganini) IDIS 291
CD: Pearl GEMM CD 9453
Recorded 17 September 1935 (London, England)
[Arranged by William Primrose for viola and piano]
Rabin, Michael (violin)
LP: Columbia HC 13046 [Mexican pressing]
LP (10"): Columbia Masterworks ML 2168 [Rabin’s debut 10 inch]
LP: Columbia Entre RL 6633
LP (10"): Philips S 06616 R [Dutch pressing]
CD: Sony Classical Masterworks Heritage (Michael Rabin and Ossy Renardy) MHK 60894
Recorded 25 May 1950 (Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, USA)
[Recorded by Rabin at age fourteen]
Rabin, Michael (violin) / Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra / Voorhees, Donald (conductor)
CD: Ars Antiqua AA 200 [Issued to mark US record dealer Ars Antiqua's 20th Anniversary]
CD: Doremi Legendary Treasures (Michael Rabin Collection, Vol. 1) DHR 7715
Recorded 7 August 1950
[Arranged for violin and orchestra. Live recording]
Renardy, Ossy (violin) / Lush, Ernest (piano)
78: London T 5266
LP: Decca LK 4024
LP: London LL 159
CD: Testament SBT 1292
Recorded June 1949 (West Hampstead, London, England)
[Arranged by Joseph Fuchs for violin and piano]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
CD: Jan Kubelik Society (Ruggiero Ricci in Prague) SUK 005
Recorded 20 May 1969 (Dvorak Hall Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic)
[Recorded live during the Prague Spring Festival]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
CD: Jan Kubelik Society (Ruggiero Ricci Plays Paganini Live) SUK 007
Recorded 18 May 1982 (Smetana Hall, Prague, Czech Republic)
[Live recording]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
CD (2): One-Eleven, Ltd. (A Tribute to Ruggiero Ricci) URS 8901–1/2
CD (2): One-Eleven, Ltd. (Celebrating Six Decades on Stage) URS 92033
CD: One-Eleven, Ltd. URS 92020
Recorded 11 June 1988 (City Hall Concert Hall, Hong Kong)
[Live recording]
Schneeberger, Hansheinz (violin)
LP: Da Camera Song SM 95049
CD: Bayer Records (Niccolo Paganini: Guitare et Violon) BR 100 208
Recorded 20 November 1974 (Tonstudio van Geest, Sandhausen bei Heidelberg, Germany)
[Bayer CD erronously states recording date as 1984]
Snitkovsky, Semon (violin) / Iosiovich, Leonora (piano)
LP: Melodiya 33C10 09741/2
[Piano accompaniment by Robert Schumann]
Staryk, Steven (violin)
LP: Musical Heritage Society MHS 1122
LP: Select Collection Classique CC 15.076
Recorded 1969
Tretyakov, Viktor Viktorovich (violin)
LP: Eurodisc 80026 KK
LP: Melodiya 33CM 02221/2
LP: Melodiya D 021491/2
Tretyakov, Viktor Viktorovich (violin)
CD (10): Brilliant Classics (Viktor Tretyakov Edition) 93005
Recorded 30 November 1978
[Different recording to previous entry]
Varga, Ruben George (violin)
LP: Audio Fidelity 1st Component Series FCS 50061
Recorded c.1974
Virtuosi, USA / Vardi, Emanuel
LP: Brunswick AXTL 1093 (m), SXA 4002 (s)
LP: Decca Gold Label DL 10024 (m), DL 710024 (s)
Recorded c.1960
[Arranged by Emanuel Vardi for string orchestra]
Weiner, Stanley (violin)
LP: Decca Ace of Diamonds (The Art of the Virtuoso) SDD 253
Recorded c.1970
Wolf, Endre (violin) / Wolf, Antionette (piano)
78 (10"): Tono A 149
45: Mercury EP1–5040
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Zsigmondy, Denes (violin)
LP: Impression 65 5688 [German pressing]
LP: Summit SUM 5049
CD: Tuxedo Music (Sonatinas & Capricci) TUXCD 1082
Recorded 1976
Zweden, Jaap van (violin)
LP: Globe Records GLO 15015
Recorded c.1983
24 Caprices, M.S. 25 (Op. 1): No. 18 in C major
Barbieri, Renato de (violin)
78 (10"): His Master's Voice DA 11328
Boyd, Bonita (flute)
LP: Spectrum SR 138
Recorded 1981
[Arranged by Jules Herman for flute. Boyd recorded all 24 Caprices for Fleur De Son in 2000]
Krysa, Oleg (violin)
LP: Melodiya C10 18223/4
Recorded 1982
Melnikov, Alexander (violin)
LP: Melodiya
Papavrami, Tedi (violin)
CD: Harmonia Mundi HMC90 5207
Recorded January 1990
Rabin, Michael (violin)
LP: Columbia HC 13046 [Mexican pressing]
LP (10"): Columbia Masterworks ML 2168 [Rabin’s debut 10 inch]
LP: Columbia Entre RL 6633
LP (10"): Philips S 06616 R [Dutch pressing]
CD: Sony Classical Masterworks Heritage (Michael Rabin and Ossy Renardy) MHK 60894
Recorded 19 May 1950 (Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, USA)
[Recorded by Rabin at age fourteen]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
CD: Jan Kubelik Society (Ruggiero Ricci in Prague) SUK 005
Recorded 20 May 1969 (Dvorak Hall Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic)
[Recorded live during the Prague Spring Festival]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
CD: Jan Kubelik Society (Ruggiero Ricci Plays Paganini Live) SUK 007
Recorded 18 May 1982 (Smetana Hall, Prague, Czech Republic)
[Live recording]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
CD (2): One-Eleven, Ltd. (A Tribute to Ruggiero Ricci) URS 8901–1/2
CD (2): One-Eleven, Ltd. (Celebrating Six Decades on Stage) URS 92033
CD: One-Eleven, Ltd. URS 92020
Recorded 11 June 1988 (City Hall Concert Hall, Hong Kong)
[Live recording]
Schneeberger, Hansheinz (violin)
LP: Da Camera Song SM 95049
CD: Bayer Records (Niccolo Paganini: Guitare et Violon) BR 100 208
Recorded 20 November 1974 (Tonstudio van Geest, Sandhausen bei Heidelberg, Germany)
[Bayer CD erronously states recording date as 1984]
24 Caprices, M.S. 25 (Op. 1): No. 19 in E flat major
Barbieri, Renato de (violin)
78 (10"): His Master's Voice DA 11329
Boyd, Bonita (flute)
LP: Spectrum SR 138
Recorded 1981
[Arranged by Jules Herman for flute. Boyd recorded all 24 Caprices for Fleur De Son in 2000]
Gaccetta, Giuseppe (violin)
CD: ORL Edizioni CD–ORL–1–2000
Recorded 1931 (Genoa, Italy)
[Claimed by ORL to be the première recording. Recorded onto wax cylinder]
Krysa, Oleg (violin)
LP: Melodiya C10 18223/4
Recorded 1982
Laureate String Ensemble
CD: Trittico Classics (Caprices in Camera) TC 91001
Recorded sometime between June & July 1991 (Oxford Church/Performance Technology Studio, Guildford, England)
[Arranged by Christopher James for string ensemble]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
CD: Jan Kubelik Society (Ruggiero Ricci in Prague) SUK 005
Recorded 20 May 1969 (Dvorak Hall Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic)
[Recorded live during the Prague Spring Festival]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
CD (2): One-Eleven, Ltd. (A Tribute to Ruggiero Ricci) URS 8901–1/2
CD (2): One-Eleven, Ltd. (Celebrating Six Decades on Stage) URS 92033
CD: One-Eleven, Ltd. URS 92020
Recorded 11 June 1988 (City Hall Concert Hall, Hong Kong)
[Live recording]
Staryk, Steven (violin)
LP: Discopaedia Masters of the Bow Studio Series (Staryk Plays Paganini) MBS 2003
LP: Musical Heritage Society MHS 1122
LP: Orion 665
LP: Select Collection Classique CC 15.076
Recorded 15 August 1969
Vasile, Cornelia (violin)
LP: Deutsche Grammophon Debut 642 106
Recorded 1969
[Vasile’s debut recording for Deutsche Grammophon]
Werthen, Rudolf (violin)
LP: EMI C053 23327
Zhislin, Grigori (violin)
LP: Melodiya D 023973/4
Zsigmondy, Denes (violin)
LP: Impression 65 5688 [German pressing]
LP: Summit SUM 5049
CD: Tuxedo Music (Sonatinas & Capricci) TUXCD 1082
Recorded 1976
24 Caprices, M.S. 25 (Op. 1): No. 20 in D major
Arman, Stepan (violin) / I Musici de Montréal / Turovsky, Yuli (conductor)
CD: Chandos 9891
Recorded 1999
[Arranged by Edison Denisov for violin and string orchestra]
Barbieri, Renato de (violin)
78 (10"): His Master's Voice DA 11329
Barbieri, Renato de (violin) / Guastalla, G. (piano)
78 (10"): His Master's Voice HN 2353
Recorded 1948
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Bleier, Sigmund (violin) / Graef, Otto A. (piano)
78 (10"): Polydor 10979
[Arranged by S. Bleier for violin and piano]
Boyd, Bonita (flute)
LP: Spectrum SR 138
Recorded 1981
[Arranged by Jules Herman for flute. Boyd recorded all 24 Caprices for Fleur De Son in 2000]
Bradley, Mark (violin)
LP: Audio ATP 801102 ['Audio' may not be full name of label]
Recorded 1980
[Live recording]
Campoli, Alfredo (violin) / Malcom, George (piano)
LP (10"): Decca LX 3115
LP (10"): London LS 793
Recorded late 1940s or early 1950s ?
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Campoli, Alfredo (violin) / Wada, Norihiko (piano)
LP: Decca Eclipse (Encores) ECS 639
LP: Decca (Homage to Fritz Kreisler) LXT 5012 [New Zealand pressing]
LP: London Stereo Treasury Series STS 15239
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Concertmasters of New York / Broekman, David (conductor)
LP: Decca Gold Label DL 9955 (m), 79955 (s)
LP: Deutsche Grammophon LPEM 19 150
[Arranged by Michel Gusikov for string ensemble]
Fichtenholtz, Mikhail (violin) / Yampolsky, Vladimir (piano)
78 (10"): CCCP 9597/8
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Flesch, Carl (violin) / Strasfogel, I. (piano)
CD: Biddulph Recordings (J. Hubay & C. Flesch: The Complete HMV Recordings) LAB 045
Recorded 1929
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Fodor, Eugene (violin) / Saunders, Dominic (piano)
CD: Newport Classic (Virtuoso Violin) NPD 85551
Recorded 1992
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Francescatti, Zino (violin) / Balsam, Artur (piano)
78 (10"): Columbia 17573 D
78 (4 x 10"): Columbia MM 818 (disc 17573 D)
LP: Columbia Masterworks ML 4219
LP (10"): Melodiya D 14983/4
45: Philips 409030 AE
45: Philips ABE 10160
CD: Biddulph Recordings (The Art of Zino Francescatti) BID 80169
Recorded 30 December 1947
[Arranged by Mario Pilati for violin and piano]
Francescatti, Zino (violin) / Balsam, Artur (piano)
CD: Bridge Records (Great Performances from the Library of Congress, Vol.17: An Evening of Paganini) 9125
Recorded 1954 (Library of Congress, Washington, USA)
[Live recording. Arranged for violin and piano; arranger not stated. First commercial release of this never-before-issued recital piece]
Garnier, Liliane (violin)
LP: RCA Victor CC 1004 (m), CCS 1004 (s)
LP: RCA Victor LM 2646 (m), LSC 2646 (s) [Canada-only issue]
Gitlis, Ivry (violin) / Janopoulo, Tasso (piano)
LP: Fontana 6549016
LP [fold out]: Philips 835777 LY [French pressing]
LP [fold out]: Philips Tresors Classiques (Le Violon du Diable) 6504 023
CD: Philips 438 630–2
CD: Philips 446 189–2
CD: Philips Les 100 Classiques (Vol. 63: Paganini – le démon du violon) 454 549–2
CD (2): Philips Classics Duo (The Best of Paganini) 462 865–2
Recorded 1966
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Gorokhov, Alexei (violin) / Strzhizhovskaya, V. (piano)
LP (10"): Torch D 6505/6
[Arr by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Gorokhov, Alexei (violin) / Orchestra ? / Limvinenca, Svyamoslava (conductor)
CD: Artwood/CD–Market [Good quality private Russian issue advertised on eBay, 2008; no catalogue number but barcode = 2000023829013]
Recorded 1980
[Arranged for violin & orchestra! Orchestra stated in Russian language on CD back cover but am unable to translate!]
Gulli, Franco (violin)
LP: Angelicum LPA 5952
LP: Audio Fidelity 1st Component Series FCS 50034
LP: Musical Heritage Society MHS 1359
CD: Sarx Records SX AM 2038–2
Harth, Sydney (violin) / ? (piano)
LP (transcription disc; 16"): Armed Forces Program 257
[Arr by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Heifetz, Jascha (violin) / Benoist, André (piano)
78 (10"): His Master’s Voice DA 241
78 (10"): RCA Victor 670
78 (10"): RCA Victor 64833 (s–s)
LP: RCA Victor
CD: Biddulph Recordings (The Early Victor Recordings) LAB 015
CD: Istituto Discografico Italiano (Omaggio a Paganini) IDIS 291
CD (3): RCA Victor Gold Seal (The Heifetz Collection, Vol. 1: The Acoustic Recordings) 09026–61732–2
CD (65): RCA Victor Gold Seal (The Heifetz Collection: Complete) 09026–61778–2
Recorded 4 October 1918 (New York, USA)
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Heifetz, Jascha (violin) / Sándor, Arpad (piano)
78 (10"): His Master’s Voice DA 1375
78 (10"): His Master’s Voice DA 1761
78 (10"): RCA Victor 1697
LP: RCA Victor
CD (2): EMI References CHS 7 64929 2
CD: Pearl (The Virtuoso Jascha Heifetz) GEMM CD 9023
CD (2): RCA Victor Gold Seal (The Heifetz Collection, Vol. 3: 1934–1937) 09026–61734–2
CD (65): RCA Victor Gold Seal (The Heifetz Collection: Complete) 09026–61778–2
Recorded March 1934
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Heifetz, Jascha (violin) / Smith, Brooks (piano)
LP: RCA Victor A 630588
LP: RCA Victor LM 2382
LP: RCA Victor Red Seal (Virtuoso Encores) LM 20052
LP: RCA Victor RB 16243
CD: RCA Victor Gold Seal (The Heifetz Collection, Vol. 24) 09026–61755–2
CD (65): RCA Victor Gold Seal (The Heifetz Collection: Complete) 09026–61778–2
Recorded 1956
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Heifetz, Jascha (violin) / ? (piano)
78 (10"): His Master's Voice 57922 A
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano. Identical to one of previous recordings]
Heifetz, Jascha (violin) / ? (piano)
LP (10"): Melodiya D 17429/30
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano. Identical to one of previous recordings]
Hoelscher, Ulf (violin) / Béroff, Michell (piano)
LP: EMI C069 46599
Recorded 1982
[Arranged by Karol Szymanowski for violin and piano]
Huttenbach (violin) / ? (piano)
78 (10"): Odeon GO 19093
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Ishikawa, Shizuka (violin) / Hála, Josef (piano)
CD: Lotos (Virtuoso Pieces) LT 0028–2 131
Recorded August 1995 (Domovina Studio, Prague, Czech Republic)
[Arranged by Karol Szymanowski for violin and piano]
Jones, Thomas (violin) / Valler, Rachel (piano)
CD: Move Records (Con Sentimento) MD 3173
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Kagan, Oleg (violin) / Skanavi, Vladimir (piano)
CD: Live Classics (Oleg Kagan Edition, Volume XX: Romantic Music & Miniatures) LCL 192
Recorded 1981
[Arranged by Karol Szymanowski for violin and piano. Live recording]
Krysa, Oleg (violin)
LP: Melodiya C10 18223/4
Recorded 1982
Krysa, Oleg (violin) / Chekina, Tatiana (piano)
LP: Melodiya (Dedicated to Paganini) C10 21869 001
Recorded 1983
[Arranged by Karol Szymanowski for violin and piano]
Laureate String Ensemble
CD: Trittico Classics (Caprices in Camera) TC 91001
Recorded sometime between June & July 1991 (Oxford Church/Performance Technology Studio, Guildford, England)
[Arranged by Christopher James for string ensemble]
Menuhin, Yehudi (violin) / Gazelle, Marcel (piano)
78 (10"): His Master's Voice DA 1500
LP: EMI (Unpublished Recordings, Volume 4) 2908731
CD: Biddulph Recordings (Menuhin Plays Paganini) LAB 102
CD: EMI References CDH 5 65959 2
CD (6): EMI References (Y. Menuhin: 80th Birthday Edition) CHS 5 65964 2
CD: Istituto Discografico Italiano (Omaggio a Paganini, Vol. 2) IDIS 6409
Recorded 21 January 1936 (Albert Studio, Paris France)
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Nadien, David (violin) / Barere, Boris (piano)
LP: Kapp (Works by the Virtuoso Violinists) KC 9060 (m), KCL 9060 (s)
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Oistrakh, Igor Davidovich (violin) / Zertsalova, Nataliya (piano)
LP: ABC Classics (Igor Oistrakh Plays Paganini) AB 67027
LP: Eterna 8 26 744
LP: Eurodisc (Igor Oistrakh Plays Paganini) 87 953 KK
LP: Le Chant du Monde LDX 78716
LP: Melodiya (Igor Oistrakh Plays Paganini) 33C10 04841/2
LP (2): Musical Heritage Society MHS 824311
LP: United Artists Melodiya UACL 10003
Recorded September 1973 (Moscow, Russia)
[Piano accompaniment by Robert Schumann]
Oistrakh, Igor Davidovich (violin) / Zertsalova, Nataliya (piano)
LP: Eurodisc 28363
LP: Melodiya C10 7707
[Arranged by Karol Szymanowski for violin and piano]
Quint, Philippe (violin) / Cogan, Dimitriy (piano)
CD: Naxos 8.570703
Recorded sometime between 28–30 June 2008 (Glenn Gould Studio, CBC, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano.This album collects all Kreisler's arrangements of Paganini's works]
Rezler, Magdalena (violin) / Paderewski, M. (piano)
LP: Muza SX 1558
[Arranged by Karol Szymanowski for violin and piano]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / Persinger, Louis (piano)
78 (3): Vox 614 [Disc 615]
45: Vox VIP 45420
CD (3): VoxBox (50 Years of Vox) 3037100265
CD (5): VoxBox (The Art of Ruggiero Ricci) CD5X 3611
Recorded 1951
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
CD: Jan Kubelik Society (Ruggiero Ricci in Prague) SUK 005
Recorded 20 May 1969 (Dvorak Hall Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic)
[Recorded live during the Prague Spring Festival]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
CD: Jan Kubelik Society (Ruggiero Ricci Plays Paganini Live) SUK 007
Recorded 18 May 1982 (Smetana Hall, Prague, Czech Republic)
[Live recording]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
CD (2): One-Eleven, Ltd. (A Tribute to Ruggiero Ricci) URS 8901–1/2
CD (2): One-Eleven, Ltd. (Celebrating Six Decades on Stage) URS 92033
CD: One-Eleven, Ltd. URS 92020
Recorded 11 June 1988 (City Hall Concert Hall, Hong Kong)
[Live recording]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / Smith, Brooks (piano)
LP: Water Lily Acoustics (Paganiniana: The Genoan's Legacy) WLA–WS–06
CD: John Marks Records (Paganini’s Dreams) JMR 11
CD: Water Lily Acoustics (Paganiniana: The Genoan's Legacy) WLA–WS–06–CD
Recorded sometime between 24 & 27 May 1988 (Christ the King Chapel, St. Anthony's Seminary, Santa Barbara, California, USA)
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / Smith, Brooks (piano)
LP: Water Lily Acoustics (Paganiniana: The Genoan's Legacy) WLA–WS–06
CD: John Marks Records (Paganini’s Dreams) JMR 11
CD: Water Lily Acoustics (Paganiniana: The Genoan's Legacy) WLA–WS–06–CD
Recorded sometime between 24 & 27 May 1988 (Christ the King Chapel, St. Anthony's Seminary, Santa Barbara, California, USA)
[Arranged by Karol Szymanowski for violin and piano. Note: Ricci plays Kreilser's version of No. 20 on these discs as well]
Skowronski, Vincent (violin) / Isaak, Donald (piano)
LP: EB–SKO 1006
[Arranged by Karol Szymanowski for violin and piano]
Snitkovsky, Semon (violin) / Iosiovich, Leonora (piano)
LP (10"): Melodiya D 18481
[Arranged by Karol Szymanowski for violin and piano]
Spivakovsky, Tossy (violin) / ? (piano)
78: Decca 20666
78 (10"): Parlpohone B 48203
78: Parlpohone E 10914
Recorded c.1928
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Staryk, Steven (violin)
LP: Discopaedia Masters of the Bow Studio Series (Staryk Plays Paganini) MBS 2003
LP: Musical Heritage Society MHS 1122
LP: Orion 665
LP: Select Collection Classique CC 15.076
Recorded 15 August 1969
Szeryng, Henryk (violin) / Locatelli, R. (piano)
78 (10"): RCA Victor 10–1034
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Tretick, Sidney (violin)
LP: Tretick N80P 7300 [Private issue]
Weiner, Stanley (violin)
LP: Decca Ace of Diamonds (The Art of the Virtuoso) SDD 253
Recorded c.1970
Zehetmair, Thomas (violin) / Avenhaus, Silke (piano)
CD: EMI Classics CDC 5 55607 2
[Arranged by Karol Szymanowski for violin and piano]
Zsigmondy, Denes (violin)
LP: Impression 65 5688 [German pressing]
LP: Summit SUM 5049
CD: Tuxedo Music (Sonatinas & Capricci) TUXCD 1082
Recorded 1976
24 Caprices, M.S. 25 (Op. 1): No. 21 in A major
Arman, Stepan (violin) / I Musici de Montréal / Turovsky, Yuli (conductor)
CD: Chandos 9891
Recorded 1999
[Arranged by Edison Denisov for violin and string orchestra]
Barbieri, Renato de (violin)
78 (10"): His Master's Voice DA 11330
Bolognese, Vincenzo (violin)
CD (2): Centro di Promozione Artistica CDC 008/9 [Italian issue]
CD: P&P Classica (From Baroque to the Present) CDC 009
Recorded 1997 (Trafalgar Recording Studios, Rome, Italy)
Boyd, Bonita (flute)
LP: Spectrum SR 138
Recorded 1981
[Arranged by Jules Herman for flute. Boyd recorded all 24 Caprices for Fleur De Son in 2000]
Fisk, Eliot (guitar)
Medium, label and number ?
[Arranged for guitar]
Francescatti, Zino (violin) / Balsam, Artur (piano)
78 (10"): Columbia 17572 D
78 (10"): Columbia LB 102
78 (10"): Columbia LF 283
78 (4 x 10"): Columbia MM 818 (disc 17572 D)
LP: Columbia Masterworks ML 4219
LP (10"): Melodiya D 14983/4
CD: Biddulph Recordings (The Art of Zino Francescatti) BID 80169
Recorded 30 December 1947
[Arranged by Mario Pilati for violin and piano]
Francescatti, Zino (violin) / Balsam, Artur (piano)
CD: Bridge Records (Great Performances from the Library of Congress, Vol.17: An Evening of Paganini) 9125
Recorded 1954 (Library of Congress, Washington, USA)
[Live recording. Arranged by Mario Pilati for violin and piano. First commercial release of this never-before-issued recital piece]
Friedman, Erick (violin)
LP: RCA Victor A 635753 (m), A 645753 (s)
LP: RCA Victor LM 2671 (m), LSC 2671 (s)
LP: RCA Victrola ALK1–4971
LP: RCA Victrola VICS 1647
Grach, Eduard (violin)
LP (10"): Dolgoigrayoshaya D 2788/9
Hoelscher, Ulf (violin) / Béroff, Michell (piano)
LP: EMI C069 46599
Recorded 1982
[Arranged by Karol Szymanowski for violin and piano]
Ishikawa, Shizuka (violin) / Hála, Josef (piano)
CD: Lotos (Virtuoso Pieces) LT 0028–2 131
Recorded August 1995 (Domovina Studio, Prague, Czech Republic)
[Arranged by Karol Szymanowski for violin and piano]
Jenson, Dylana (violin)
LP: Melodiya (1978 Tchaikovsky Competition) C10 11271
Recorded 1978
Kagan, Oleg (violin) / Skanavi, Vladimir (piano)
CD: Live Classics (Oleg Kagan Edition, Volume XX: Romantic Music & Miniatures) LCL 192
Recorded 1981
[Arranged by Karol Szymanowski for violin and piano. Live recording]
Kogan, Leonid Borisovich (violin)
CD: Arlecchino ARL10
Recorded 1949
Krysa, Oleg (violin) / Chekina, Tatiana (piano)
LP: Melodiya (Dedicated to Paganini) C10 21869 001
Recorded 1983
[Arranged by Karol Szymanowski for violin and piano]
Oistrakh, Igor Davidovich (violin) / Zertsalova, Nataliya (piano)
LP: Eurodisc 28363
LP: Melodiya C10 7707
[Arranged by Karol Szymanowski for violin and piano]
Rabin, Michael (violin)
LP: Columbia HC 13046 [Mexican pressing]
LP (10"): Columbia Masterworks ML 2168 [Rabin’s debut 10 inch]
LP: Columbia Entre RL 6633
LP (10"): Philips S 06616 R [Dutch pressing]
CD: Sony Classical Masterworks Heritage (Michael Rabin and Ossy Renardy) MHK 60894
Recorded 25 May 1950 (Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, USA)
[Recorded by Rabin at age fourteen]
Rezler, Magdalena (violin) / Paderewski, M. (piano)
LP: Muza SX 1558
[Arranged by Karol Szymanowski for violin and piano]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
CD: Jan Kubelik Society (Ruggiero Ricci in Prague) SUK 005
Recorded 20 May 1969 (Dvorak Hall Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic)
[Recorded live during the Prague Spring Festival]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
CD: Jan Kubelik Society (Ruggiero Ricci Plays Paganini Live) SUK 007
Recorded 18 May 1982 (Smetana Hall, Prague, Czech Republic)
[Live recording]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / Smith, Brooks (piano)
LP: Water Lily Acoustics (Paganiniana: The Genoan's Legacy) WLA–WS–06
CD: John Marks Records (Paganini’s Dreams) JMR 11
CD: Water Lily Acoustics (Paganiniana: The Genoan's Legacy) WLA–WS–06–CD
Recorded sometime between 24 & 27 May 1988 (Christ the King Chapel, St. Anthony's Seminary, Santa Barbara, California, USA)
[Arranged by Karol Szymanowski for violin and piano]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
CD (2): One-Eleven, Ltd. (A Tribute to Ruggiero Ricci) URS 8901–1/2
CD (2): One-Eleven, Ltd. (Celebrating Six Decades on Stage) URS 92033
CD: One-Eleven, Ltd. URS 92020
Recorded 11 June 1988 (City Hall Concert Hall, Hong Kong)
[Live recording]
Shikhmurzayeva, Zora (violin)
LP (10"): Melodiya D 3962/3
Skowronski, Vincent (violin) / Isaak, Donald (piano)
LP: EB–SKO 1006
[Arranged by Karol Szymanowski for violin and piano]
Snitkovsky, Semon (violin) / Iosiovich, Leonora (piano)
LP (10"): Melodiya D 18481
[Arranged by Karol Szymanowski for violin and piano]
Staryk, Steven (violin)
LP: Discopaedia Masters of the Bow Studio Series (Staryk Plays Paganini) MBS 2003
LP: Musical Heritage Society MHS 1122
LP: Orion 665
LP: Select Collection Classique CC 15.076
Recorded 15 August 1969
Vinnikov, Zinovi (violin)
LP: Melodiya D 018239/40
Weiner, Stanley (violin)
LP: Decca Ace of Diamonds (The Art of the Virtuoso) SDD 253
Recorded c.1970
Zehetmair, Thomas (violin) / Avenhaus, Silke (piano)
CD: EMI Classics CDC 5 55607 2
[Arranged by Karol Szymanowski for violin and piano]
24 Caprices, M.S. 25 (Op. 1): No. 22 in F major
Barbieri, Renato de (violin)
78 (10"): His Master's Voice DA 11330
Boyd, Bonita (flute)
LP: Spectrum SR 138
Recorded 1981
[Arranged by Jules Herman for flute. Boyd recorded all 24 Caprices for Fleur De Son in 2000]
Francescatti, Zino (violin) / Balsam, Artur (piano)
78 (10"): Columbia 17572 D
78 (10"): Columbia 30000
78 (10"): Columbia LB 89
78 (4 x 10"): Columbia MM 818 (disc 17572 D)
LP: Columbia Masterworks ML 4219
LP (10"): Melodiya D 14983/4
CD: Biddulph Recordings (The Art of Zino Francescatti) BID 80169
Recorded 30 December 1947
[Arranged by Mario Pilati for violin and piano]
Gaccetta, Giuseppe (violin)
CD: ORL Edizioni CD–ORL–1–2000
Recorded 1931 (Genoa, Italy)
[Recorded onto wax cylinder]
Pavlik, Cenek (violin)
LP: Melodiya
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
CD: Jan Kubelik Society (Ruggiero Ricci in Prague) SUK 005
Recorded 20 May 1969 (Dvorak Hall Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic)
[Recorded live during the Prague Spring Festival]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
CD: Jan Kubelik Society (Ruggiero Ricci Plays Paganini Live) SUK 007
Recorded 18 May 1982 (Smetana Hall, Prague, Czech Republic)
[Live recording]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
CD (2): One-Eleven, Ltd. (A Tribute to Ruggiero Ricci) URS 8901–1/2
CD (2): One-Eleven, Ltd. (Celebrating Six Decades on Stage) URS 92033
CD: One-Eleven, Ltd. URS 92020
Recorded 11 June 1988 (City Hall Concert Hall, Hong Kong)
[Live recording]
Vasile, Cornelia (violin)
LP: Deutsche Grammophon Debut 642 106
Recorded 1969
[Vasile’s debut recording for Deutsche Grammophon]
Zenatý, Ivan (violin)
LP: Supraphon 11113650
CD: Panton Classics 71 0532–2
Recorded 1985 (Domovina Studio, Prague, Czech Republic)
24 Caprices, M.S. 25 (Op. 1): No. 23 in E flat major
Barbieri, Renato de (violin)
78 (10"): His Master's Voice DA 11331
Boyd, Bonita (flute)
LP: Spectrum SR 138
Recorded 1981
[Arranged by Jules Herman for flute. Boyd recorded all 24 Caprices for Fleur De Son in 2000]
Brodski, Wadim (violin)
LP: Musical Heritage Society MHS 7345X
LP: Tonpress SX–T48
Recorded sometime between 10–12 November 1984 (P.R.N.S.O. Studio, Katowice, Poland)
Gaccetta, Giuseppe (violin)
CD: ORL Edizioni CD–ORL–1–2000
Recorded 1931 (Genoa, Italy)
[Recorded onto wax cylinder]
Grach, Eduard (violin)
LP (10"): Dolgoigrayoshaya D 2788/9
Kogan, Leonid Borisovich (violin)
LP (8"): Melodiya D 005166/7
LP: Melodiya D 012171/2
LP: Westminster (Virtuoso's Choice) XWN 18629
Korchinsky, Yuri (violin)
LP: Melodiya 33C10 09937/8
Krysa, Oleg (violin)
LP: Melodiya (Dedicated to Paganini) C10 21869 001
Recorded 1977
Krysa, Oleg (violin)
LP: Melodiya 33C10 08887/8
Recorded 1978
Laureate String Ensemble
CD: Trittico Classics (Caprices in Camera) TC 91001
Recorded sometime between June & July 1991 (Oxford Church/Performance Technology Studio, Guildford, England)
[Arranged by Christopher James for string ensemble]
Menuhin, Yehudi (violin)
78: His Master’s Voice DB 2826 [unissued]
LP: EMI (Unpublished Recordings, Volume 4) 2908731
CD: Aura Music (Yehudi Menuhin Plays Paganini) AUR 228–2
CD: Biddulph Recordings (Menuhin Plays Paganini) LAB 102
CD: EMI References CDH 5 65959 2
CD (6): EMI References (Y. Menuhin: 80th Birthday Edition) CHS 5 65964 2
CD: Istituto Discografico Italiano (Omaggio a Paganini) IDIS 291
Recorded 3 February 1936 (Albert Studio, Paris, France)
Milanova, Vanya (violin)
LP: Melodiya (Violin Winners of the Tchaikovsky Competition) C10 05023
Pikaizen, Viktor Alexandrovich (violin)
LP (10"): Dolgoigrayoshaya D 2806/7
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
CD: Jan Kubelik Society (Ruggiero Ricci in Prague) SUK 005
Recorded 20 May 1969 (Dvorak Hall Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic)
[Recorded live during the Prague Spring Festival]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
CD: Jan Kubelik Society (Ruggiero Ricci Plays Paganini Live) SUK 007
Recorded 18 May 1982 (Smetana Hall, Prague, Czech Republic)
[Live recording]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
CD (2): One-Eleven, Ltd. (A Tribute to Ruggiero Ricci) URS 8901–1/2
CD (2): One-Eleven, Ltd. (Celebrating Six Decades on Stage) URS 92033
CD: One-Eleven, Ltd. URS 92020
Recorded 11 June 1988 (City Hall Concert Hall, Hong Kong)
[Live recording]
Vasile, Cornelia (violin)
LP: Deutsche Grammophon Debut 642 106
Recorded 1969
[Vasile’s debut recording for Deutsche Grammophon]
Zsigmondy, Denes (violin)
LP: Impression 65 5688 [German pressing]
LP: Summit SUM 5049
CD: Tuxedo Music (Sonatinas & Capricci) TUXCD 1082
Recorded 1976
24 Caprices, M.S. 25 (Op. 1): No. 24 in A minor
Aitken (flute) / Westenholz, Elizabeth (piano)
LP: BIS 166
[Arranged by Callimanos for flute and piano]
Amoyal, Pierre
LP: Erato ERX 2410
LP [fold out]: Erato STU 71146
Arman, Stepan (violin) / I Musici de Montréal / Turovsky, Yuli (conductor)
CD: Chandos 9891
Recorded 1999
[Arranged by Edison Denisov for violin and string orchestra]
Barbieri, Renato de (violin)
78 (10"): His Master's Voice DA 11331
Barbieri, Renato de (violin)
LP: Cetra LPU 0109
45: Cetra EPO 371
CD: Warner Fonit (l'arte di Renato de Barbieri) 3984 27268–2
Recorded 25 October 1973
[Performed on Paganini's Guarnieri del Gesù violin, 'Il Cannone']
Beaumadier, Jean-Louis (flute)
CD: Calliope (Flute Recital – Beaumadier) CAL 9223
Recorded 1992
[Arranged for flute]
Beilina, Nina (violin)
LP: Melodiya D 018489/90
Bezverkhkny (violin)
LP: Muza XL 433 (m), SXL 433 (s)
Recorded 1967 (Wieniawski Competition)
[Live recording]
Bolshoi Theatre Violinists Ensemble
LP: Melodiya D 9319/20
LP (10"): Torch 33C 227/8
[Arranged for violin orchestra]
Bolshoi Theatre Violinists Ensemble
LP: Melodiya C10 18271 005
Recorded 1981 (Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Moscow, Russia)
[Arranged by A. Roitman for violin orchestra]
Boyd, Bonita (flute)
LP: Spectrum SR 138
Recorded 1981
[Arranged by Jules Herman for flute. Boyd recorded all 24 Caprices for Fleur De Son in 2000]
Bress, Hyman (violin)
LP: Folkways FM 3352
Caroli, Enzo (flute)
CD: Stradivarious (The Flute From 1700–1900) CS 25 C
[Arranged by Petrucci for flute]
Cillario, Carlo Felice (violin) / ? (piano)
78: His Master's Voice DB 5410
[Arranged by M. Pilati for violin and piano]
Ciulei–Atanasiu, Lenuta (violin)
LP: Electrecord ST–ECE 02187
Recorded c.1977
Cologne Philharmonic Cellists / Thomas, Werner (cello)
CD: Bayer Records BR 100 005
[Arranged for six cellos]
Concertmasters of New York / Broekman, David (conductor)
LP: Decca Gold Label DL 9955 (m), 79955 (s)
LP: Deutsche Grammophon LPEM 19 150
[Arranged by Michel Gusikov for string ensemble]
D'Aranyi, Yelli (violin) / Hobday, E. (piano)
78: Aeolian Vocalion D 02103
[Arranged by Leopold Auer for violin and piano]
Elman, Mischa (violin) / Rosé, Wolfgang (piano)
LP: RCA Victor LM 1208
45 (2): RCA Victor WDM 1625
Recorded 1951
[Arranged by Mischa Elman for violin and piano]
Feng, Ning (violin) / Hoppe, Thomas (piano)
SACD (hybrid disc): Channel of China (Hello Mr Paganini) CCS SA 80807
Recorded January 2007 (Frits Philipszaal, Eindhoven, Holland)
[Arranged for violin and piano by Fritz Kreisler]
Fodor, Eugene (violin)
LP: Melodiya
Fodor, Eugene (violin)
LP: RCA Victor Red Seal ARL 1–0735
Recorded c.1974
Fodor, Eugene (violin) / Saunders, Dominic (piano)
CD: Newport Classic (Virtuoso Violin) NPD 85551
Recorded 1992
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Francescatti, Zino (violin) / Balsam, Artur (piano)
78 (10"): Columbia 17574 D
78 (4 x 10"): Columbia MM 818 (disc 17574 D)
LP: Columbia Masterworks ML 4219
LP (10"): Melodiya D 14983/4
45: Philips 409030 AE
45: Philips ABE 10160
CD: Biddulph Recordings (The Art of Zino Francescatti) BID 80169
Recorded 30 December 1947
[Arranged by Mario Pilati for violin and piano]
Francescatti, Zino (violin) / Balsam, Artur (piano)
CD: Bridge Records (Great Performances from the Library of Congress, Vol.17: An Evening of Paganini) 9125
Recorded 1954 (Library of Congress, Washington, USA)
[Live recording. Arranged by Zino Francescatti for violin and piano. First commercial release of this never-before-issued recital piece]
Gaccetta, Giuseppe (violin)
CD: ORL Edizioni CD–ORL–1–2000
Recorded 1931 (Genoa, Italy)
[Recorded onto wax cylinder]
Garcia, Gerald (guitar)
CD: Naxos (Romantic Guitar Favourites) 8.550296
Recorded December 1989 (Tonstudio van Geest, Sandhausen bei Heidelberg, Germany)
[Arranged by Gerald Garcia for guitar]
Gitlis, Ivry (violin) / Janopoulo, Tasso (piano)
LP: Fontana 6549016
LP [fold out]: Philips 835777 LY [French pressing]
LP [fold out]: Philips Tresors Classiques (Le Violon du Diable) 6504 023
CD: Philips 438 630–2
CD: Philips 446 189–2
CD: Philips Les 100 Classiques (Vol. 63: Paganini – le démon du violon) 454 549–2
CD (2): Philips Classics Duo (The Best of Paganini) 462 865–2
Recorded 1966
[Arranged by Leopold Auer for violin and piano]
Haendel, Ida (violin) / Moore, Gerald (piano)
LP: Angel SCBAE 6504
LP: His Master's Voice CLP 1021
45: His Master's Voice 7EP 7013
45: His Master's Voice 7ERL 1113
Recorded c.1953
[Arranged by Leopold Auer for violin and piano]
Hall, Nicola (guitar)
CD: Decca (Virtuoso Guitar Transcriptions) 430 839–2
Recorded c.1991
[Arranged by Nicola Hall for guitar]
Hasson, Maurice (violin)
CD: Pickwick IMP Classics (Violin Favourites) PCD 1027
Recorded 26 or 27 February 1992 (Rosslyn Hill Chapel, London, England)
Heifetz, Jascha (violin) / Sándor, Arpad (piano)
78: CCCP 15377
78: His Master’s Voice DB 2218
78: RCA Victor 8828
LP: RCA Victor
CD (2): EMI References CHS 7 64929 2
CD: Istituto Discografico Italiano (Omaggio a Paganini, Vol. 2) IDIS 6409
CD: Pearl (Greatest Violin Encores) 127
CD: Pearl (The Virtuoso Jascha Heifetz) GEMM CD 9023
CD: Pearl GEMM CD 9125
CD (3): RCA Victor Gold Seal (The Heifetz Collection, Vol. 2: 1925–1934) 09026–61733–2
CD (65): RCA Victor Gold Seal (The Heifetz Collection: Complete) 09026–61778–2
Recorded 21 February 1934
[Arranged by Leopold Auer for violin and piano]
Heifetz, Jascha (violin)
CD: Cembal D'Amour Historic Series (Never-Before Released and Rare Live Recordings, Volume 1) 113
Hellmann, Rainer (violin)
CD: Classica (The Best of Paganini) CD 55139
Herman, Charles (violin) / ? (piano)
78 (10"): Pathé X 9808
[Arranged by Charles Herman for violin and piano]
Hoelscher, Ulf (violin) / Béroff, Michell (piano)
LP: EMI C069 46599
Recorded 1982
[Arranged by Karol Szymanowski for violin and piano]
Hoppstock, Tilman (guitar)
CD: Christophorus Entrée (El Ultimo Tremolo: Guitar Music of the 19th and 20th Century) CHE 0055–2
[Transcribed for guitar]
Ishikawa, Shizuka (violin) / Hála, Josef (piano)
CD: Lotos (Virtuoso Pieces) LT 0028–2 131
Recorded August 1995 (Domovina Studio, Prague, Czech Republic)
[Arranged by Karol Szymanowski for violin and piano]
Jenson, Dylana (violin)
LP: Melodiya (1978 Tchaikovsky Competition) C10 11271
Recorded 1978
Jiang Violin Duo: Jiang, Lun and Jiang, Quan (violins)
CD: Eroica Recordings (The Jiang Violin Duo) JDT 3032
[Arranged for two violins by Stanley Bednar]
Kagan, Oleg (violin) / Skanavi, Vladimir (piano)
CD: Live Classics (Oleg Kagan Edition, Volume XX: Romantic Music & Miniatures) LCL 192
Recorded 1981
[Arranged by Karol Szymanowski for violin and piano. Live recording]
Kogan, Leonid Borisovich (violin)
LP: Melodiya (Leonid Kogan Plays Paganini’s Works) M10 44933 005
CD: Arlecchino ARL10
CD: MVT [Catalogue number ?]
Recorded 1949
Kogan, Leonid Borisovich (violin)
CD: Great Hall CD 050
[N.b. This is a different recording to that released on Melodiya M10 44933 005]
Krylov, Sergej (violin) / Mormone, Stefania (piano)
CD: Agorá Musica AG 198
Recorded sometime between 21–24 September 1998 (Palazzo Pallavicino, Cremona, Italy)
[Arranged by Leopold Auer for violin and piano]
Krysa, Oleg (violin)
LP: Melodiya C10 18223/4
Recorded 1982
Krysa, Oleg (violin) / Chekina, Tatiana (piano)
LP: Melodiya (Dedicated to Paganini) C10 21869 001
Recorded 1983
[Arranged by Karol Szymanowski for violin and piano]
Lakatos, Sandor (violin)
CD (2): Capriccio (Lakatos: King of the Gypsy Violins) 49275
Laureate String Ensemble
CD: Trittico Classics (Caprices in Camera) TC 91001
Recorded sometime between June & July 1991 (Oxford Church/Performance Technology Studio, Guildford, England)
[Arranged by Christopher James for string ensemble]
Lindemann, Hartmut (viola)
CD: Tacet (Hommage à Primrose) 45
Recorded 1996
[Arranged by William Primrose for viola]
Los Angeles Brass Quintet
Medium ?: Crystal
[Arranged for brass quintet]
Ma, Yo-Yo (cello)
LP: CBS Masterworks IM 37280
CD: CBS Masterworks MK 37280
CD: CBS Masterworks (Portrait of Yo-Yo Ma) MK 44796
Recorded c.1982 (CBS Recording Studios, London, England)
[Arranged by Yo-Yo Ma for cello]
Marinkovic, Mateja (violin) / Peake, Tim (piano)
CD: Cirrus Digital Classics (Virtuoso Violin) CRS CD 108
CD: St. Clair Records (Virtuoso Violin) 7369
Recorded 16 or 17 February 1989 (Henry Wood Hall, Southwark, London, England)
[Piano accompaniment by Georg Schunemann]
Menuhin, Yehudi (violin)
78 (10"): His Master's Voice DA 1281
78 (10"): RCA Victor 1650
LP: EMI (Bravissimo) C049 01824
LP (3): EMI C153 52370
LP: EMI The HMV Treasury (Menuhin Encores) HLM 7077
CD: Aura Music (Yehudi Menuhin Plays Paganini) AUR 228–2
CD: Biddulph Recordings (Menuhin Plays Paganini) LAB 102
CD: EMI (Italy) / Famiglia Cristiana I Grandi Concerti 8 26258 2 [Italian issue]
CD: EMI References CDH 5 65959 2
CD (6): EMI References (Y. Menuhin: 80th Birthday Edition) CHS 5 65964 2
CD: Testament (The Young Menuhin Plays Encores) SBT 1003
Recorded either 26 September 1931 [Biddulph CD] or 20 & 23 May 1932 [EMI CDs] (Paris, France)
[With additional variations by Fritz Kreisler and finale by Leopold Auer]
Minella, Aldo (guitar)
LP: Philips 6570 995
[Arranged by Aldo Minella for guitar]
Mourja, Graf (violin) / Gous, Natalia (piano)
CD: Harmonia Mundi HMC 901769
[Arranged by Karol Szymanowski for violin and piano]
Oistrakh, Igor Davidovich (violin) / Zertsalova, Nataliya (piano)
LP: ABC Classics (Igor Oistrakh Plays Paganini) AB 67027
LP: Eterna 8 26 744
LP: Eurodisc (Igor Oistrakh Plays Paganini) 87 953 KK
LP: Le Chant du Monde LDX 78716
LP: Melodiya (Igor Oistrakh Plays Paganini) 33C10 04841/2
LP (2): Musical Heritage Society MHS 824311
LP: United Artists Melodiya UACL 10003
Recorded September 1973 (Moscow, Russia)
[Arranged by Leopold Auer for violin and piano]
Oistrakh, Igor Davidovich (violin) / Zertsalova, Nataliya (piano)
LP: Eurodisc 28363
LP: Melodiya C10 7707
[Arranged by Karol Szymanowski for violin and piano]
Oliveira, Elmar (violin)
LP: Melodiya 33C10 11269/70
Recorded 1978 (Tchaikovsky Competition, Moscow, Russia)
[Live recording]
Perlman, Itzhak (violin)
CD: RCA Victor Red Seal / BMG Classics (Perlman Rediscovered) 82876 62517 2
Recorded on either 15, 16, 18 or 19 March, or 11 November 1965 (Webster Hall, New York, USA)
[Perlman's first RCA recording, previously unissued]
Poulet, Gérard Georges (violin)
LP (10"): Deva M 17 [French pressing]
Primrose, William (viola) / Kahn, Joseph (piano)
78: Victor 15733
CD: Doremi DHR 7722
[Arranged by William Primrose for viola and piano]
Quint, Philippe (violin) / Cogan, Dimitriy (piano)
CD: Naxos 8.570703
Recorded sometime between 28–30 June 2008 (Glenn Gould Studio, CBC, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano.This album collects all Kreisler's arrangements of Paganini's works]
Rabin, Michael (violin)
LP: Columbia HC 13046 [Mexican pressing]
LP (10"): Columbia Masterworks ML 2168 [Rabin’s debut 10 inch]
LP: Columbia Entre RL 6633
LP (10"): Philips S 06616 R [Dutch pressing]
CD: Sony Classical Masterworks Heritage (Michael Rabin and Ossy Renardy) MHK 60894
Recorded 25 May 1950 (Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, USA)
[Recorded by Rabin at age fourteen]
Renardy, Ossy (violin) / Lush, Ernest (piano)
78: London T 5266
LP: Decca LK 4024
LP: London LL 159
CD: Testament SBT 1292
Recorded June 1949 (West Hampstead, London, England)
[Arranged by Carl Flesch for violin and piano]
Repin, Vadim (violin) / Markovich, Alexander (piano)
CD: Erato (Tutta Bravura) 3984–25487–2
Recorded sometime between 1–4 June 1998 (Teldec Classics Recording Studio, Berlin, Germany)
[Arranged by Leopold Auer for violin and piano]
Reuter, Florizel von (violin)
78: Polydor 95184
Rezler, Magdalena (violin) / Paderewski, M. (piano)
LP: Muza SX 1558
[Arranged by Karol Szymanowski for violin and piano]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
CD: Jan Kubelik Society (Ruggiero Ricci in Prague) SUK 005
Recorded 20 May 1969 (Dvorak Hall Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic)
[Recorded live during the Prague Spring Festival]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
CD: Jan Kubelik Society (Ruggiero Ricci Plays Paganini Live) SUK 007
Recorded 18 May 1982 (Smetana Hall, Prague, Czech Republic)
[Live recording]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / Smith, Brooks (piano)
LP: Water Lily Acoustics (Paganiniana: The Genoan's Legacy) WLA–WS–06
CD: John Marks Records (Paganini’s Dreams) JMR 11
CD: Water Lily Acoustics (Paganiniana: The Genoan's Legacy) WLA–WS–06–CD
Recorded sometime between 24 & 27 May 1988 (Christ the King Chapel, St. Anthony's Seminary, Santa Barbara, California, USA)
[Arranged by Karol Szymanowski for violin and piano]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
CD (2): One-Eleven, Ltd. (A Tribute to Ruggiero Ricci) URS 8901–1/2
CD (2): One-Eleven, Ltd. (Celebrating Six Decades on Stage) URS 92033
CD: One-Eleven, Ltd. URS 92020
Recorded 11 June 1988 (City Hall Concert Hall, Hong Kong)
[Live recording]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
VHS-NTSC: One-Eleven, Ltd. (Ricci on Television, Volume 2) URS V 92611
['Live' television performance]
Rosand, Aaron (violin)
CD: Arkor ART 2734
Recorded 11 October 1970 (Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois, USA)
[Live recording]
Schwalbé, Michél (violin) / Rossican, I. (piano)
78: Decca X 10144
LP: Everest
Recorded 1948 (Scheveningen Competition)
[Arranged for violin and piano. Live recording]
Schwalbé, Michél (violin)
LP (10"): Antonius ST AS 1000
[Boxed with accompanying hardbound book]
Semenova, Lena (violin)
CD: Art of the Violin Foundation VF1–003 [Russian issue]
Recorded 2004
[Semenova won first prize at the 1st Moscow Paganini Competition, 2003]
Skowronski, Vincent (violin) / Isaak, Donald (piano)
LP: EB–SKO 1006
[Arranged by Karol Szymanowski for violin and piano]
Snitkovsky, Semon (violin) / Iosiovich, Leonora (piano)
LP (10"): Melodiya D 18481
[Arranged by Karol Szymanowski for violin and piano]
Spivakovsky, Tossy (violin)
LP: Columbia (Violin Favourites) ML 4402
Staryk, Steven (violin)
LP: Discopaedia Masters of the Bow Studio Series (Staryk Plays Paganini) MBS 2003
LP: Musical Heritage Society MHS 1122
LP: Orion 665
LP: Select Collection Classique CC 15.076
Recorded 15 August 1969
Strauss, Lothar (violin)
LP: Muza (Prize Winners of the 9th Wieniawski Competition) SX 2240
Szeryng, Henryk (violin) / Janopoulo, Tasso (piano)
LP: Everest LPBR 6154 (m), SDBR 3154 (s)
LP: Odeon LDC 7504
LP (10"): Odeon OD 1008
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Szigeti, Joseph (violin) / Ruhrseitz, Kurt (piano)
CD (2): Biddulph Recordings (The Art of Joseph Szigeti, Vol. 1) LAB 005/6
Recorded 1926
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Szigeti, Joseph (violin) / Ruhrseitz, Kurt (piano)
CD (2): Biddulph Recordings (The Art of Joseph Szigeti, Vol. 1) LAB 005/6
Recorded 1928
[Arranged for violin and piano. Different recording to previous entry]
Szigeti, Joseph (violin) / Ruhrseitz, Kurt (piano)
78: Columbia 264638
78: Columbia GQX 10557
78: Columbia L 2207
78: Columbia W 242
LP: Rococo 2028
[Arranged for violin and piano. Identical recording to one of previous entries]
Szigeti, Joseph (violin) / Barabeitschik, L. (piano)
78: Muspred
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Szigeti, Joseph (violin)
78 (10"): Columbia 2059 M
78 (10"): Columbia D 1581
78 (10"): Columbia J 5020
[Unaccompanied]
Szydl, Grzegorz (violin)
CD: Muza (Finalists of the 2nd Tadeusz Wroński Solo Violin Competition) [Catalogue number ?]
Recorded 2000 (Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw, Poland)
[Live recording. Szydl won 3rd prize]
Tamayo, Marco (guitar)
CD: Naxos 8.557598
Recorded sometime between 10–13 June 2004 (St John Chrysostom Church, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada)
[Arranged for guitar; arranger/editor not stated]
Taschner, Gerhard (violin) / Altmann, Hans (piano)
CD: Archipel Desert Island Collection ARPCD 0232
Recorded 1954 (Munich, Germany)
[Arranged by Karol Szymanowski for violin and piano]
Taschner, Gerhard (violin) / Krause, Martin (piano)
CD (2): Musikproduction Dabringhaus und Grimm Archive (Encore!) MDG 642 0985–2
CD (2): Tahra (The Art of Gerhard Taschner, Volume II) TAH 352/353
Recorded 1954
[Arranged by Karol Szymanowski for violin and piano. May be identical to previous recording with pianist misnamed]
Thurston Clarinet Quartet
CD: ASV White Line (Clarinet Carnival) CD WHL 2095
[Arranged by Benny Goodman for clarinet quartet]
Tretyakov, Viktor Viktorovich (violin)
LP: Eurodisc 80026 KK
LP: Melodiya 33CM 02221/2
LP: Melodiya D 18239/40
LP: Melodiya D 021491/2
Varga, Ruben George (violin)
LP: Audio Fidelity 1st Component Series FCS 50061
LP: Music Guild (The "Phenomenal" Ruben Varga) MS 861
LP: Westminster XWN 19136 (m), WST 17136 (s)
Recorded c.1974 (Stereo Sound Studios, New York, USA)
Vasile, Cornelia (violin)
LP: Deutsche Grammophon Debut 642 106
Recorded 1969
[Vasile’s debut recording for Deutsche Grammophon]
Weiner, Stanley (violin)
LP: Decca Ace of Diamonds (The Art of the Virtuoso) SDD 253
Recorded c.1970
Wicks, Camilla (violin) / Siem, K. (piano)
78 (10"): Cupol 4054
[Arranged by Leopold Auer for violin and piano]
Williams, John (guitar)
LP: CBS 72728
LP: CBS 73745
LP: CBS 73784
CD: Sony Classical (Greatest Hits: Guitar) MLK 66704
CD: Sony Essential Classics (John Williams: Guitar Recital) SBK 62 425
Recorded 17 November 1965 (30th Street Studios, New York, USA)
[Arranged by John Williams for guitar]
Yameng, Wang (guitar)
CD: Gha 126047
[Arranged for guitar]
Zehetmair, Thomas (violin)
LP: Telefunken 642619
Zehetmair, Thomas (violin) / Avenhaus, Silke (piano)
CD: EMI Classics CDC 5 55607 2
[Arranged by Karol Szymanowski for violin and piano]
Zsigmondy, Denes (violin)
LP: Impression 65 5688 [German pressing]
LP: Summit SUM 5049
CD: Tuxedo Music (Sonatinas & Capricci) TUXCD 1082
Recorded 1976
Caprice d'Adieu (Farewell Caprice), M.S. 68
Fisk, Eliot (guitar)
CD: Music Masters (Sequenza!) 01612–67150–2
Recorded either 2 or 3 May 1994, or sometime between 18 & 20 September 1994 (Parish Church of the Holy Trinity, Weston, Hertfordshire, England)
[Transcribed by Eliot Fisk for guitar]
Jelden, Michael (violin)
mp3 (downloadable): Faro Music [Available for purchase exclusively from http://shop.michaeljelden.com]
Recorded Autumn 2003
Kino, Masayuki (violin)
CD: Sound & Music Creation SMC 1001 [Japanese issue]
Recorded sometime between 21–23 April 2003
Milenkovich, Stefan (violin)
CD (2): Dynamic (Complete Music for Solo Violin) CDS 402/1–2
Recorded October 2002 or June 2003 (Genoa, Italy)
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
CD: Alto ALC 1077
CD: Regis (Paganini: Complete Caprices For Violin) RRC 1033
CD (3): VoxBox CD3X 3020
Recorded 1975
[Première recording]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
LP: Price-Less C–93042
LP (2): UltraFi (Ruggiero Ricci: A Golden Jubilee) ULDD 11 [Limited edition]
LP (2) [fold out]: Umbrella DD 11
CD: Price-Less D12179
Recorded 1978 (Soundstage Recording Studio, Toronto, Canada)
[Direct-to-disc recording]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
CD: One-Eleven, Ltd. URS 92020
Rogliano, Marco (violin)
CD: Tactus TC 781602
Recorded 10–12 October 2000 (Salon di Palazzo Pilitti Poggio di Roio L'Aquila, Italy)
Nel cor piu non mi sento: Introduction and variations on the aria Nel cor piu non mi sento from the opera La bella molinara by Giovanni Paisiello, in G major, M.S. 44
Accardo, Salvatore (violin)
LP: Camden ML 79
LP: Prétoria CL 8011
LP: RCA Victor 430355
LP: RCA Victor GL 32502
LP: RCA Victor GL 32578
LP: RCA Victor Serie Europa ML 20179
Recorded c.1961
[Variations Nos. 1 and 6 omitted]
Accardo, Salvatore (violin)
LP: Saga 5398
Recorded c.1974
[Variations Nos. 1 and 6 omitted]
Accardo, Salvatore (violin)
LP (2) [fold out]: Deutsche Grammophon (Complete Edition) 2707 107
LP (2) [fold out]: Deutsche Grammophon 2721 185
CD (6): Deutsche Grammophon Collectors Edition (Accardo Plays Paganini: Complete Recordings) 463 754–2
Recorded January 1978 (Herkules-Saal, Munich, Germany)
Agaronyan, Ruben (violin)
LP: Melodiya D 021809/10
Barbieri, Renato de (violin)
LP: Cetra LPU 0109
45: Cetra EPO 371
CD: Warner Fonit (l'arte di Renato de Barbieri) 3984 27268–2
Recorded 25 October 1973
[Three minute reduced version consisiting of extracts from the Introduction, Theme, Variations 2, 5 and 6, and Finale; reduction by Renato de Barbieri. Performed on Paganini's Guarnieri del Gesù violin, 'Il Cannone']
Bolognese, Vincenzo (violin)
CD (2): Centro di Promozione Artistica CDC 008/9 [Italian issue]
CD: P&P Classica (From Baroque to the Present) CDC 009
Recorded 1997 (Trafalgar Recording Studios, Rome, Italy)
Bor, Dick (violin)
LP: SMM 12731
Braginsky, Yuri (violin)
CD: Barcarolle (Works for Violin and Piano) 248004
Feng, Ning (violin)
SACD (hybrid disc): Channel of China (Hello Mr Paganini) CCS SA 80807
Recorded January 2007 (Frits Philipszaal, Eindhoven, Holland)
Ferraresi, Aldo (violin)
LP (10") [fold out]: I Grandi Musicisti (Niccolò Paganini, Vol. I) iGM–015 [Italian pressing]
CD: Istituto Discografico Italiano (The Recording History of the Violin, Vol. 5: The Italian School, Vol. 1) IDIS 6366
Recorded 1965
[Order of Variations Nos. 2 and 3 reversed, and Variations Nos. 4–6 omitted. Performed on Paganini's Guarnieri del Gesù violin, 'Il Cannone']
Ferraresi, Aldo (violin)
45: Storia della Musica (Volume 2, No. 2) SdM 015
[Possibly identical to previous recording]
Fidelmann, Samuel (violin)
78 (10"): Anker E 9421
Fisk, Eliot (guitar)
CD: Music Masters (Sequenza!) 01612–67150–2
Recorded either 2 or 3 May 1994, or sometime between 18 & 20 September 1994 (Parish Church of the Holy Trinity, Weston, Hertfordshire, England)
[Transcribed by Eliot Fisk for guitar. In his transcription, Fisk combines Beethoven’s Paisello Variations for piano (WoO. 70) with Paganini’s Paisello variations. The introduction is Paganini (P) and the theme is Beethoven (B). Succeeding variations alternate B, P, B, P, P, B, P and P]
Fodor, Eugene (violin)
LP: RCA Victor Red Seal ARL 1–1172
Recorded c.1974
Fornaciari, Marco (violin)
CD: Fone 93 F 20
CD: Fone (Omaggio a Paganini) 99 F 08
Recorded May 1993 (Villa Antonietta, Crespina, Italy)
Gorokhov, Alexei (violin)
CD: Artwood/CD–Market [Good quality private Russian issue adverstised on eBay in 2008; no catalogue number but barcode = 2000023829013]
Recorded 1973
Goto, Ryu (violin)
CD: Deutsche Grammophon UCCG 1463 [Japanese issue]
Recorded sometime between 12–15 January 2009 (Witold Lutoslawski Studio, Polskie Radio, Warsaw, Poland)
Gringolts, Ilya (violin)
CD: Bis (Ilya Gringolts Plays Paganini) CD 999
Recorded January 1999 (Länna Church, Sweden)
Hellmann, Rainer (violin)
CD: Classica (The Best of Paganini) CD 55139
Hoelscher, Ulf (violin)
LP: EMI C063 28980
Hudecek, Václav (violin)
LP: Victor VIC 2051
Hudecek, Václav (violin)
CD: Supraphon (Hudecek & Brabec Play Paganini) SU 3395–2 131
Recorded 6 or 8 September 1998 (Korunní Studio, Prague, Czech Republic)
[Arranged by Vasa Prihoda]
Jelden, Michael (violin)
mp3 (downloadable): Faro Music [Available for purchase exclusively from http://shop.michaeljelden.com]
Recorded Autumn 2003
Josefowicz, Leila (violin)
CD: Philips Digital Classics 446 700–2
Recorded June 1995 (Théâtre La Musica, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland)
Kogan, Leonid Borisovich (violin)
LP: Acropole APCC 60.045
LP: Bruno (Leonid Kogan Plays Paganini) BR 14022
LP (10"): Melodiya D 5072/3
LP: Melodiya 33D 028067/8
LP: Melodiya (Leonid Kogan Plays Paganini’s Works) M10 44933 005
LP (2) [fold out]: Melodiya (Leonid Kogan Complete Collection, Vol. 8: N. Paganini) M10 49465 004
LP: Westminster XWN 18229
CD: Great Hall CD 050
CD: MVT [Catalogue number ?]
CD: Triton / DML Classics (Leonid Kogan, Volume 22) DMCC 24020 [Japanese issue]
Recorded 1950
[The label on both the Acropole and Bruno LPs reads: ‘Introduction & Variations on a theme of Rossini’ – ‘Rossini’ should be ‘Paisiello’]
Kubelik, Jan (violin)
78 (10"): Gramophone & Typewriter 7961
LP: Melodiya (The World's Leading Interpreters of Music, Part III) M10 45295 004
LP: Rococo (Famous Violinists) 2001
CD (2): Biddulph Recordings (The Acoustic Recordings) LAB 033/4
CD (3): Pearl BVA 1
Recorded 1903
[Theme (Andante) and Variation No. 4 only. Première recording ?]
Kulka, Konstanty Andrzej (violin) / Marchwinski, Jerzy (piano)
LP: Muza (Violin Recital) SXL 1012
CD: Polskie Nagrania PNCD 267
[Arranged by Vasa Prihoda for violin and piano]
Menuhin, Yehudi (violin)
LP: Capitol HBZ 21002 [Extract only]
LP (10"): Electrola E 70469 [Extract only]
LP: Electrola E 91475 [Extract only]
LP (10"): Electrola STE 70469 [Extract only]
LP: Electrola STE 81475 [Extract only]
LP: EMI Gateway to the Classics (Yehudi Menuhin Introduces the Instruments of the Orchestra) SML 235 [Extract only]
LP: His Master’s Voice ASDF 274 [Extract only]
LP: His Master’s Voice CLP 1523 [Extract only]
LP: His Master’s Voice FALP 738 [Extract only]
LP: His Master’s Voice FALP 896 [Extract only]
LP: His Master’s Voice (Yehudi Menuhin at Fifty) HQM 1018 [Theme (Andante) only. Extract preceded by short narration by Menuhin]
45: His Master’s Voice 7EG 8672 [Extract only]
45: His Master’s Voice 7EGY 150 [Extract only]
CD: Biddulph Recordings (Menuhin Plays Paganini) LAB 102 [Complete recording]
Recorded 15 July 1945
[Première recording of complete work. HMV issued excerpts from this recording but never issued it in its entirety. The following excerpts were used in the 1945 film ‘The Magic Bow’: Theme (Andante), Variation No. 7 and Coda. Menuhin screen-tested for the role of Paganini but the part eventually went to Stewart Granger. The Biddulph CD (released in 1996) marked the first issue of the complete recording]
Milenkovich, Stefan (violin)
CD (2): Dynamic (Complete Music for Solo Violin) CDS 402/1–2
Recorded October 2002 or June 2003 (Genoa, Italy)
Mullova, Viktoria (violin)
LP: Philips Digital Classics 420 948–1
CD: Philips Digital Classics 420 948–2
Recorded June 1987 (Utrecht, Netherlands)
Nemteanu, Vladimir (violin)
LP: Electrecord (Tineri Solisti Instrumentisti Laureati ai Concursurilor Internationale) ST–ECE 01408
[Variation No. 6 omitted]
Papavrami, Tedi (violin)
CD: Harmonia Mundi HMC90 5207
Recorded January 1990
Prihoda, Vasa (violin) / Cerné, Charles (piano)
78: Cetra OR 5098
78 (2): Polydor 66482/3
LP [fold out]: Dynamic (Documenti Storici) DS 4020
CD: Biddulph Recordings LAB 135
CD: Dynamic In Primis (Paganini Historical Documents) CDS 01
CD: Istituto Discografico Italiano (Omaggio a Paganini) IDIS 291
Recorded 1926
[Arranged by Vasa Prihoda for violin and piano]
Prihoda, Vasa (violin) / Graef, Otto A. (piano)
78: Polydor 35091
45: Deutsche Grammophon EPL 30549
CD: Deutsche Grammophon (Centenary Collection, 1927–1947: Early Solo & Chamber Recordings) 459 003–2
Recorded 18 March 1938 (Berlin, Germany)
[Arranged by Vasa Prihoda for violin and piano]
Prihoda, Vasa (violin)
CD: Podium Legenda (Meister des Bogens: Vasa Prihoda, Vol. 3) POL–1003–2 [German issue]
Recorded 8 December 1949 (North German Radio, Hamburg, Germany)
[Arranged by Vasa Prihoda]
Prihoda, Vasa (violin)
LP: Cetra LPC 55022
LP: Cetra LPU 0027
CD (3): Warner Fonit (Vasa Prihoda: The Complete Cetra Recordings, 1956–1957) 5050466–3248–2–5 [See note below]
Recorded December 1957 (Auditorio della Rai, Torino, Italy)
[Arrangement by Vasa Prihoda omitting Variations Nos. 4–6. Listed erronously as first track on Warner Fonit CD – should be second track]
Prihoda, Vasa (violin, possibly accompanied on piano)
LP: Discopaedia Masters of the Bow MB 1004
[Identical to one of previous recordings]
Prihoda, Vasa (violin, possibly accompanied on piano)
CD: One-Eleven, Ltd. (The Great Violinists Series: Kreisler & Prihoda) URS 50090
[Identical to one of previous recordings]
Prihoda, Vasa (violin, possibly accompanied on piano)
45: Supraphon 809893
[Identical to one of previous recordings]
Repin, Vadim (violin)
LP: Melodiya C10 24757 009
Recorded 1986
[Variation No. 6 omitted]
Repin, Vadim (violin)
CD: Erato (Tutta Bravura) 3984–25487–2
Recorded sometime between 1–4 June 1998 (Teldec Classics Recording Studio, Berlin, Germany)
[Arranged by Vasa Prihoda]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
LP: Decca 220062
LP: Decca Eclipse (A Paganini Recital) ECS 585
LP: Decca LXT 2808
LP: London (A Paganini Recital) CM 9099
LP: London (A Paganini Recital) LL 1005
CD (2): Double Decca (Virtuoso Violin – The Art of Ruggiero Ricci) 458 191–2
Recorded February 1954 (Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, England)
[Variation No. 6 omitted]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
LP: Decca Gold Label (Bravura!) DL 710172
Recorded c.1970
[Variations Nos. 5 and 6 omitted]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
LP: Columbia Masterworks (Virtuoso Music for Solo Violin) M 35159
Recorded c.1979
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
CD: Jan Kubelik Society (Ruggiero Ricci Plays Paganini Live) SUK 007
Recorded 18 May 1982 (Smetana Hall, Prague, Czech Republic)
[Live recording]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
CD (2): One-Eleven, Ltd. (Celebrating Six Decades on Stage) URS 92033
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
CD: One-Eleven, Ltd. URS 91070
[Possibly the same recording as previous entry]
Stadler, Sergei (violin)
LP (2) [fold out]: Melodiya C10 24019 000 / C10 24021 008
LP: Melodiya C10 24021 008
LP: Russian Disc R10 00179
Recorded 1983
Sviridov, Yevgeny (violin)
CD: Art of the Violin Foundation VFC–003 [Russian issue]
DVD: Art of the Violin Foundation [To be released late 2005; catalogue number ? Russian issue]
Recorded 2 December 2003 (Moscow International Performance Arts Centre, Moscow, Russia)
[Recorded live during the concert of prizewinners and jury members of the 1st Moscow Paganini Competition; Sviridov won third prize. Piece listed on CD cover as 'Fair Maid of the Mill'; variation No. 6 omitted]
Treiber, Friedemann Amadeus (violin)
CD: Meta Records 018
Recorded sometime between 5–7 April 2002 (EvenTraum, Germany)
Turban, Ingolf (violin)
CD: Telos Music Records (Solo Turban) TLS 072
Recorded on either 8 or 9 November, or 1or 2 December 2003 (Telos Music Studios, Mechernich-Floisdorf)
[Arranged by Vasa Prihoda]
Varga, Ruben George (violin)
LP: Audio Fidelity 1st Component Series FCS 50061
LP: Music Guild (The "Phenomenal" Ruben Varga) MS 861
LP: Westminster XWN 19136 (m), WST 17136 (s)
Recorded c.1974 (Stereo Sound Studios, New York, USA)
[Variation No. 6 omitted]
Zhislin, Grigori (violin)
LP: Melodiya D 023973/4
Zhuk, Valentin I. (violin)
LP: Melodiya D 016013/14
Zimmermann, Frank Peter (violin)
CD: EMI Classics (Portrait)
Patriotic hymn (Inno patriottico) in A major, M.S. 81
Mezzena, Franco (violin) / Sebastiani, Adriano (guitar)
LP [fold out]: Dynamic DS 4003
CD: Dynamic In Primis CDS 03
Recorded March 1979 (Santuario della Madonnetta, Genoa, Italy)
[Arranged for violin and guitar. Première recording]
Milenkovich, Stefan (violin)
CD (2): Dynamic (Complete Music for Solo Violin) CDS 402/1–2
Recorded October 2002 or June 2003 (Genoa, Italy)
Sonata for solo violin in C major, M.S. 6 (aka. Duet for solo violin, Duo Merveille, Merveille de Paganini)
Accardo, Salvatore (violin)
LP (2) [fold out]: Deutsche Grammophon (Complete Edition) 2707 107
LP (2) [fold out]: Deutsche Grammophon 2721 185
CD: Aquarius The Best of Classics (Violin Sonatas) AQVR 108–2 [Russian issue]
CD (6): Deutsche Grammophon Collectors Edition (Accardo Plays Paganini: Complete Recordings) 463 754–2
Recorded January 1978 (Herkules-Saal, Munich, Germany)
[Première recording]
Jelden, Michael (violin)
mp3 (downloadable): Faro Music [Available for purchase exclusively from http://shop.michaeljelden.com]
Recorded Autumn 2003
Kremer, Gidon and Grindenko, Tatyana (violins)
LP (2) [fold out]: Eurodisc 25 182 XDK
LP (2) [fold out]: Melodiya C10 12995/8
CD (2): RCA Victor Red Seal / BMG Ariola Classics 74321 96977 2
Recorded December 1977 (Munich, Germany)
[Arranged for two violins]
Milenkovich, Stefan (violin)
CD (2): Dynamic (Complete Music for Solo Violin) CDS 402/1–2
Recorded October 2002 or June 2003 (Genoa, Italy)
Ruggiero Ricci (violin)
CD (2): One-Eleven, Ltd. URS 90033
Recorded 1978 (St. Lawrence Centre, Toronto, Canada)
[Live recording]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin)
LP: Price-Less C–93042
LP (2): UltraFi (Ruggiero Ricci: A Golden Jubilee) ULDD 11 [Limited edition]
LP (2) [fold out]: Umbrella DD 11
CD: Price-Less D12179
Recorded 1978 (Soundstage Recording Studio, Toronto, Canada)
[Direct-to-disc recording]
Sonata for solo violin, M.S. 83
Jelden, Michael (violin)
mp3 (downloadable): Faro Music [Available for purchase exclusively from http://shop.michaeljelden.com]
Recorded Autumn 2003
Milenkovich, Stefan (violin)
CD (2): Dynamic (Complete Music for Solo Violin) CDS 402/1–2
Recorded October 2002 or June 2003 (Genoa, Italy)
[Première recording]
Theme and variations (Tema variato) in A major, M.S. 82
Mezzena, Franco (violin) / Sebastiani, Adriano (guitar)
LP [fold out]: Dynamic DS 4003
CD: Dynamic In Primis CDS 03
Recorded March 1979 (Santuario della Madonnetta, Genoa, Italy)
[Arranged for violin and guitar. Première recording]
Milenkovich, Stefan (violin)
CD (2): Dynamic (Complete Music for Solo Violin) CDS 402/1–2
Recorded October 2002 or June 2003 (Genoa, Italy)
Jelden, Michael (violin)
mp3 (downloadable): Faro Music [Available for purchase exclusively from http://shop.michaeljelden.com]
Recorded Autumn 2003
[Première recording]
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