Soovin Kim - 24 Caprices - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Paganini / Goldstein - Paganini & Goldstein 24 Caprices, 1 [COMPACT DISCS] date 07/07/2017

Four years after their latest offering, the Sulphur Soul EP, Montreal, Quebec's Gevurah strikes back with it's most intense and scalding yet entitled Gehinnom. Somber and vicious black metal, yet authentic and efficient in it's delivery, Gehinnom is a journey through the physical and metaphysical desert, the realm of death and transformation. From the pits of Gehinnom, Gevurah tread deeper into the abyss towards the final resurrection, with eyes opened and spirit liberated. Each track represents a step in this process of negating the flesh, linking microcosm with macrocosm and deepening the fall of Man.

After Paganini and his Caprices (as well as his concerts, obviously for the soloist part), the violin wasn't the same anymore Paganini, besides launching an original new way of performing the violin, operated a synthesis between the Ancient and the Romantic styles, going beyond and anticipating our days as well. He started with the musical instruments he knew, like the mandolin (which he studied in his youth), the guitar (the six-chord one, which he never left), the grand viola (the five-chord instrument he had specially made) and the violin. He chose the mixed form of the Caprice, so that he could be free to use counterpoint, harmony, singability (from his knowledge of the Opera), imitation and, most importantly, rhythmic and tonal variety. From the Caprices we understand Paganini's familiarity with Rossini, his deep knowledge of the Opera and of it's world, and with Berlioz. Many Caprices take inspiration from a range of orchestral sounds (the flute, the horns, the fanfare) or imitate the mandolin. From a melody perspective, the Caprices astonish for their uniqueness and beauty. From the point of view of the harmonics, they mesmerize they are masterpieces and Schumann was among the first ones to recognize them as such.