Here, for the first time on CD, are the complete 24 capricci for solo violin by Locatelli. This release might be considered a followup to the complete Locatelli Edition on Brilliant Classics. The capricci are through-composed cadenzas, as featured in the violin concertos, Op. 3 "L'arte del violino". They are highly virtuosic, demanding the greatest technical skills from the performer. The cparicci are so substantial that they can stand on their own. Eighty years later, Nicolo Paganini would write capricci as well, thus establishing a new musical form.
Russian violinist Igor Ruhadze received his musical training in Moscow before specializing in historically informed performance practice, and he is fully equipped to tackle these dazzling works, "breathtakingly performed" as Gramophone writes.
