capriccio

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Yoshika Masuda made the intricacies and the sudden avant-garde changes of style in Krzysztof Penderecki's classic "Capriccio per Siegfried Palm," a piece once thought nearly unplayable, seem unusually good natured.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2015

Capriccio, Strauss's last completed and the work he considered his "testament," hasn't been heard at Covent Garden since 1991.

From The Guardian • Jul. 22, 2013

The opening of the Capriccio is couched in decidedly Beethovenian gestures, but that connection is brief.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2012

Also on the program: Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor and Stravinsky's "Capriccio" for Piano and Orchestra.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2011

The Capriccio, No. 1 must not be taken too fast.

From Piano Mastery Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers by Brower, Harriette