Rochberg: Caprice Variations - Eliot Fisk

Name: Rochberg: Caprice Variations - Eliot Fisk
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Transcribed for guitar by Eliot Fisk. This recording can be confidently proposed as one of Fisk’s best, if not the best, to date. The music is noteworthy and Fisk displays more of his strengths than weaknesses in this performance. --MusicWeb International

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Caprice Variations for Unaccompanied Violin
1 Variation 1 - Allegro energico (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 01:17
2 Variation 50 - Fantasy (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 02:17
3 Caprice Variations for Unaccompanied Violin: Variation 41 - Allegro molto (after Webern's Passacaglia) (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 00:32
4 Variation 35 - Allegro molto. Fantastico (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 01:21
5 Variation 5 - Poco Agitato ma con Molto Rubato (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 01:12
6 Variation 20 (Quasi Cadenza) - Andante Con Molto Espressivo (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 02:47
7 Variation 7 - Presto (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 00:59
8 Variation 10 - Vivace (after Brahms Op. 35, Bk. 1, No. 3) (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 00:57
9 Variation 16 - Andante amoroso (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 02:15
10 Variation 2 - Presto (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 00:48
11 Variation 3 - Allegro molto e con fuoco (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 00:45
12 Variation 13 - Feroce energico (after Brahms Op. 35, Bk. II, No. 10) (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 00:59
13 Variation 39 - Elegiac; Fantastico (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 01:58
14 Variation 37 - Barcarolle; legatissimo e dolcissimo (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 01:33
15 Variation 33 - Moderato; con umore (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 01:36
16 Variation 18 - Allegro fantastico (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 02:17
17 Variation 4 - Poco allegro ma quasi recitando (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 00:54
18 Variation 14 - Alla guitarra; allegretto con molto rubato (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 01:43
19 Variation 6 - Poco allegretto ma con rubato (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 01:18
20 Variation 36 - Largo; Sereno (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 02:28
21 Variation 44 - Scherzo (after Mahler Symphony No. 5, Scherzo) (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 00:59
22 Variation 21 - Allegro con brio (after Beethoven Sym. No. 7, Finale) (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 00:47
23 Variation 25 - Scherzo (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 00:27
24 Variation 19, Vivace; exact rhythm throughout (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 01:06
25 Variation 11 - Andante (after Brahms Op. 35, Bk. 1, No. 1) (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 01:51
26 Variation 9 - Non troppo presto (after Brahms Op. 35, Bk. 1, No. 2) (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 00:44
27 Variation 17 - Poco adagio, molto rubato (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 03:16
28 Variation 12 - Andante con moto (after Brahms Op. 35, Bk. 1, No. 12) (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 01:41
29 Variation 34 - Molto adagio (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 01:34
30 Variation 24 - Allegretto (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 00:42
31 Variation 28 - Molto agitato (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 01:15
32 Variation 32 - Allegro assai; burlesco (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 00:56
33 Variation 8 - Languido (after Schubert Waltz, Op. 9, No. 22) (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 01:47
34 Variation 49 - Feroce (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 01:18
35 Variation 15 - Con grazia; un poco agitato (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 01:00
36 Variation 29 - Lento ma non troppo (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 02:03
37 Variation 46 - Bravura; sempre recitando; in the "grand manner" (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 01:37
38 Variation 47 - Arabesque; fantastico (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 01:39
39 Variation 22 - Molto espressivo e cantando (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 01:38
40 Variation 30 - Poco allegretto e leggiero (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 01:39
41 Variation 48 - Moderately fast; fantastico (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 01:59
42 Variation 43 - Andantino (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 01:40
43 Variation 40 - Robust; do not rush (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 00:56
44 Variation 42 - Nocturnal; Slow (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 01:41
45 Variation 23 - Andante grazioso e tranquillo (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 02:48
46 Variation 27 - Aria (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 02:45
47 Variation 45 - Presto (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 00:19
48 Variation 26 - Con brio (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 00:36
49 Variation 31 - Molto adagio (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 02:51
50 Variation 38 - Can-can tempo; presto (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 01:05
51 Variation 51 - Quasi robusto (Paganini's theme from Caprice XXIV, Bk. II) (arr. for solo guitar by Eliot Fisk) 00:30

This recording can be confidently proposed as one of Fisk’s best, if not the best, to date. The music is noteworthy and Fisk displays more of his strengths than weaknesses in this performance. --MusicWeb International

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It must be said that the efforts of Eliot Fisk in adapting the Caprice Variations to guitar are laudable. It is a remarkable piece of music, and to date there appears to be no other recorded version of the definitive work. As it has been composed to facilitate discrete use of the variations, some guitarists have taken that option on recordings. Fisk is renowned for attempting tempi that are beyond his technical capability, and compromising the music. One reviewer referred to him as a ‘scale machine’. That said, this recording can be confidently proposed as one of Fisk’s best, if not the best, to date. The music is noteworthy and Fisk displays more of his strengths than weaknesses in this performance. It is probable than many will already have this disc from the original release. Those who missed it should put it on their purchase list.

MusicWeb International

11/29/2024

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