One of the recordings that launched Canadian James Ehnes's international career was his dazzling account of the 24 Paganini Caprices, released by Telarc in 1995. These pinnacles of violinistic ...

Two fine Canadian artists collaborated Thursday afternoon in their first-ever appearance on a stage together. A momentous occasion. But what, in effect, we were presented with at Koerner Hall for the ...

Ehnes has recorded the Caprices before, in 1995, at the age of 19. Since then his view of the music hasn’t changed a great deal – the smoother, more subtly phrased chordal passages in No 5 is a ...

Last year, this Jersey-bred punk-rock quartet celebrated its 20th anniversary by releasing a song per month via digital downloads and vinyl singles. This compilation of those songs finds the group ...

Community Arts Music Association (CAMA) of Santa Barbara will conclude its 2022 season in spectacular fashion on Tuesday, May 24, with an appearance by acclaimed Canadian violinist James Ehnes at the ...

>>> In the winter of 1995, Canadian violinist James Ehnes was in a hotel room somewhere — he can’t recall what city exactly — when he got a call from Seattle cellist Toby Saks, asking if he’d like to ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Music Review By Vivien Schweitzer “We prefer our audiences to be intoxicated,” the Canadian violinist James Ehnes said before his recital at the ...

Only a few months after James Ehnes’s second recording of the Caprices, here comes another top-class account. Julia Fischer certainly has the technical equipment for this challenging music: only in ...

To take the full measure of a violin soloist, you have to hear them play the unaccompanied Suites by J.S. Bach and a few of the Caprices by the first violin superstar, Nicolò Paganini.