PAGANINI: 24 CAPRICES Composer: Niccol� Paganini Performer: Ara Malikian Two CD discs Length: 1 Hours 40 Mins. Italy The 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, were written in groups (six + six+ twelve) by Niccol� Paganini between 1802 and 1817. They are also designated as M.S. 25 in Maria Rosa Moretti and Anna Sorrento's Catalogo tematico delle musiche di Niccol� Paganini, which was published in 1982. The Caprices are in the form of �tudes, with each number exploring different skills (double stopped trills, extremely fast switching of positions and strings, etc.)