The extremes of virtuosity explored in Barenboim's second disc

‘Sublimely controlled, Barenboim throws down the expressive gauntlet with playing as subtle as it is high-voltage and apparently – paradoxically – on the edge of reason’

Michael Barenboim

Berio: Sequenza VIII for violin

Paganini: Caprices for solo violin, Op. 1 - No. 1 in E; No. 6 in G minor; No. 9 in E; No. 16 in G minor; No. 17 in E flat; No. 24 in A minor

Sciarrino: 6 Capricci

Tartini: Violin Sonata in G minor (Devil's Trill)

Michael Barenboim (violin)

Accentus Music ACC 30431 73:19 mins

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Freya Parr

Published: March 20, 2018 at 10:00 am

‘Sublimely controlled, Barenboim throws down the expressive gauntlet with playing as subtle as it is high-voltage and apparently – paradoxically – on the edge of reason’

Michael Barenboim

Berio: Sequenza VIII for violin

Paganini: Caprices for solo violin, Op. 1 - No. 1 in E; No. 6 in G minor; No. 9 in E; No. 16 in G minor; No. 17 in E flat; No. 24 in A minor

Sciarrino: 6 Capricci

Tartini: Violin Sonata in G minor (Devil's Trill)

Michael Barenboim (violin)

Accentus Music ACC 30431 73:19 mins

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Freya Parr

Digital Editor and Staff Writer, BBC Music Magazine

Freya Parr is BBC Music Magazine's digital editor and staff writer, editing and writing on all styles of music across both the website and print magazine. She has also written for titles including the Guardian, Circus Journal, Frankie and Suitcase Magazine, and runs The Noiseletter, a fortnightly arts and culture publication. Freya's main areas of interest and research lie in 20th-century and contemporary music. She's a regular sea shanty singer, folk obsessive and occasional flautist, pianist, organist and musical theatre director.

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