24 Caprices for Solo Violin

24 Caprices for Solo Violin

The first German artist to win the international Naumburg Violin Award in New York, Axel<br>Strauss was acclaimed for his recording of Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words (8.570213) as<br>'an excellent violinist who plays these with wit and verve'. On this disc he revels in the virtuosic<br>and expressive opportunities offered by Pierre Rode's 24 Caprices, which preceded those of<br>Paganini by several years. Rode's Violin Concertos Nos. 7, 10 and 13, performed by Friedemann<br>Eichhorn, are also available in the 19th Century Violinist Composers series (8.570469).