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.

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, ...

Paul Dukas intended La Péri for Diaghilev's famed Ballets Russes, and its exotic subject matter allowed him to demonstrate his subtle mastery of orchestral colours. Rachmaninov's thrilling 'Paganini' ...

(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.

In concert at the University of Georgia, in Athens, cellist Alexandre Bouzlov and pianist Noreen Cassidy-Polera perform the Cello Sonata by Claude Debussy. For an encore, the pair offers up the "Moses ...

(6) Consolations, Movements: Lento placido Alexander Gavrylyuk, Piano Franz Liszt, Composer Danse macabre (Saint-Saëns) Alexander Gavrylyuk, Piano Franz Liszt, Composer Tristan und Isolde ...

Yevgeny Sudbin and Scott Yoo explain the premise behind Rachmaninoff’s “Rhapsody on Paganini” and then perform the piece. This is really one of his most famous things. Actually, Rachmaninoff borrowed ...