Benjamin Schmid - Benjamin Schmid - My Favourite Paganini

�My favourite pieces, albeit usually in the versions by the incomparably ingenious arranger Fritz Kreisler, are: Paganini�s greatest hit during his lifetime: Le streghe, coupled to Rossini�s Non pi� mesta, music of acrobatic virtuosity, always linked to filigree sensitivity. Paganini�s bel canto Cantabile must be included, as must his moving Sonata XII or the popular La Campanella. They are side by side with Milstein�s Paganiniana � still one of my most frequent encores � or the classic Devil�s Trill Sonata by Tartini. Alexander M�llenbach�s Capriccio forms a bridge to virtuosity today.�