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Rochberg, Fisk
Caprice Variations (arranged for guitar)
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (51) - Disc #1
1. Variation 1: Allegro Energico
2. Variation 50: Fantasy
3. Variation 41: Allegro Molto (After Webern Passacaglia Op. 1)
4. Variation 35: Allegro Molto; Fantastico
5. Variation 5: Poco Agitato Ma Con Molto Rubato
6. Variation 20: Quasi Cadenza; Andante Con Molto Espressivo
7. Variation 7: Presto (After Beethoven Op. 74, Scherzo)
8. Variation 10: Vivace (After Brahms Op. 35, Bk. I, No. 3)
9. Variation 16: Andante Amoroso
10. Variation 2: Presto
11. Variation 3: Allegro Molto E Con Fuoco
12. Variation 13: Feroce Energico (After Brahms Op. 35, Bk. II, No. 10)
13. Variation 39: Elegiac; Fantastico
14. Variation 37: Barcarolle; Legatissimo E Dolcissimo
15. Variation 33: Moderato; Con Umore
16. Variation 18: Allegro Fantastico
17. Variation 4: Poco Allegro Ma Quas Recitando
18. Variation 14: Alla Guitarra; Allegretto Con Molto Rubato
19. Variation 6: Poco Allegretto Ma Con Rubato
20. Variation 36: Largo: Sereno
21. Variation 44: Scherzo (After Mahler Symphony No. 5, Scherzo)
22. Variation 21: Allegro Con Brio (After Beethoven Symphony No. 7, Finale)
23. Variation 25: Scherzo
24. Variation 19: Vivace; Exact Rhythm Throughout
25. Variation 11: Andante (After Brahms Op. 35, Bk. I, No. 1)
26. Variation 9: Non Troppo Presto (After Brahms Op. 35, Bk. I, No. 2)
27. Variation 17: Poco Adagio, Molto Rubato
28. Variation 12: Andante Con Moto (After Brahms Op. 35, Bk. I, No. 12)
29. Variation 34: Molto Adagio
30. Variation 24: Allegretto
31. Variation 28: Molto Agitato
32. Variation 32: Allegro Assai; Burlesco
33. Variation 8: Languido (After Schubert Waltz, Op. 9, No. 22)
34. Variation 49: Feroce
35. Var 15: Con Grazia; Un Poco Agitato
36. Variation 29: Lento Ma Non Troppo
37. Variation 46: Bravura; Sempre Recitando; In The 'Grand Manner'
38. Variation 47: Arabesque; Fantastico
39. Variation 22: Molto Espressivo E Cantando
40. Variation 30: Poco Allegretto E Leggiero
41. Variation 48: Moderately Fast; Fantastico
42. Variation 43: Andantino
43. Variation 40: Robust; Do Not Rush
44. Variation 42: Nocturnal; Slow
45. Variation 23: Andante Grazioso E Tranquillo
46. Variation 27: Aria
47. Variation 45: Presto
48. Variation 26: Con Brio
49. Variation 31: Molto Adagio
50. Variation 38: Can-Can Tempo; Presto
51. Variation 51: Quasi Robusto (Paganini's Theme From Caprice XXIV, Bk. II)

CD Details

All Artists: Rochberg, Fisk
Title: Caprice Variations (arranged for guitar)
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Music Masters
Release Date: 3/15/1994
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Instruments, Strings
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 016126713328

CD Reviews

Classic Eliot...

Sor_Fingers | Boulder, CO USA | 02/11/2008

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Eliot Fisk might be the most clinically insane member of the classical guitar community. The task of arranging Rochberg's titanic set of 50 variations for solo violin on Paganini's 24th caprice for solo guitar might be the craziest thing anyone has done for the instrument. The transcription the Eliot has made for this piece is an amazing addition to the repertoire (that statement being made with the provision that anyone besides Fisk can play this piece). Thanks to Fisk, the guitar repertoire now has a work of comparable scale and affect of Rzewski's monumental solo piano piece "The People United Will Never Be Defeated." However, I don't understand why Fisk decided to record the 50 variations out of order. This causes a ***HUGE*** determent to the piece. I personally cannot sit through the entire piece in the order that it has been recorded on this recording. There is a clear path of moving away from tonal constructs as the piece progresses and the order that it is recorded in here makes little to no sense at all. So what is the solution? Rip the CD to your computer and set up a playlist with the pieces in order. Granted, some of the track cuts are a little strange, but it is much better than sitting through a piece that is played in such an illogical order. The thing that really confuses me is that Eliot Fisk's publication of the score of his arrangement is in the correct order... I hope he fired his producer after this disc was made."