The violinist Nicolo Paganini set the standard for instrumental virtuosity in the early 19th century. Many composers have been inspired by his music to create devilishly hard pieces of their own.

(28) Variations on a Theme by Paganini Nelson Goerner, Piano Johannes Brahms, Composer Given the warm reception accorded his 2009 Brahms B flat Concerto with Tadaaki Otaka and the NHK SO (7/18), it is ...

Paganini via BrahmsA gold medalist from the last Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Olga Kern, plays Book Two of Brahms' Variations on a theme by Paganini. The theme is Paganini's Caprice No ...

(Earl Wild, piano; Vanguard-Cardinal VCS-10006). Some highly musical razzle-dazzle by Wild in the Paganini Variations; the rest of the record seems pianistically tame by comparison.

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 Ural Philharmonic Orchestra Dmitry Liss, Conductor Johannes Brahms, Composer Boris Berezovsky, Piano (28) Variations on a Theme by Paganini Johannes Brahms, ...

The great Russian piano tradition includes the likes of Sergei Rachmaninoff, Vladimir Horowitz and Sviatoslav Richter. Now another is vying to join those illustrious ranks: Daniil Trifonov, 24, star ...