Poor technique ruins the music
Leslie Howard tries really hard to play the early versions of the Paganini etudes on this CD but unfortunately just does not have the technique to pull it off. The playing comes off as slow, clumsy and most of all, unmusical. To get a better idea of what the earlier studies are suppose to sound like under the hands of a great technician, check out Nikolai Petrov's rendition:Nikolai Petrov Plays Works on Themes By Paganini.