Violin 42 Etudes

Ginastera was Argentina's most famous composer. In the early part of his career he composed music with strong reflections of the folk music of the country. Later, by the time he wrote this 1969 violin concerto, he had adopted a more international, often atonal, style. The form of the concertoo is strikingly original, as is the music itself. The concerto begins with a cadenza. Then there are six variations on music from the cadenza, in the form of ……

Vingt-Quatre Caprices en Forme d’Etudes pour le Violon seul dans les Vingt-Quatre Tons de la Gamme, i.e. 24 Caprices for Solo Violin by Pierre Rode, next to an analogous cycle by Niccolò Paganini, should be considered one of the most important violin works of early Romanticism. Rode’s compositions are advanced and innovative, and their contribution to the development of the 19th-century cycle of instrumental miniatures is undeniable.

Cihat Askin is a violinist with an unusually rich and varied background. His beautiful sound, agile technique and persuasive musicality, which communicates spontaneously with every audience, have won him the highest critical acclaim. He is in demand both as a concerto soloist and as a recitalist and performs repertoire as diverse as Bach. Mozart, Paganini. Tchaikovski and Bartok.