Gilles Colliard - Guillemain: Douze Caprices Op. 18 pour le violon seul (2002)

The world premiere recording of Louis Gabriel Guillemain's (1705-1770) Caprices, op. 18. The Caprices form part of a larger work entitled 'amusement'. Guillemain's last work, the Caprices demonstrate not only technical bravura but an underlying current of manic compulsiveness which may indicate the composer's encroaching personal desperation. Guillemain created the only example of concert caprices as later encountered in Paganini or Wieniawski. Gilles Colliard performs on the baroque violin.