Ruggiero Ricci: Decca Recordings 1950-60 (Special price)
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Ruggiero Ricci: Decca Recordings 1950-60 (Special price)
Ruggiero Ricci (violin) with various orchestras and conductors
[ Decca Original Masters / 5 CD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 12 November 2003
In the world of violin playing in the 20th century American-born Ruggiero Ricci was one of the legendary figures. Born in 1918 in San Francisco he was a child prodigy who made early appearances in San Francisco in 1928, New York in 1929, and toured Europe in 1932.
Tracks:
CD 1
Paganini
24 Caprices, op.1 (1950 recording - first international CD release)
CD 2
Paganini
Viiolin Concerto No.1 in D major, op.6 - Violin Concerto No.2 in B minor, op.7 "La campanella"
Ravel
Tzigane* (LSO / Anthony Collins - OSR / Ansermet*) (all first international CD release)
CD 3
Richard Strauss
Violin Sonata in E flat major, op.18 - Weber: 6 Sonatas (Carlo Bussotti piano (all first international CD release)
CD 4
Bizet
Carmen - Fantaisie, op.25
Sarasate
Zigeunerweisen, op.20
Saint-Saëns
Havanaise, op.83; Introduction & Rondo capriccioso, op.28
Lalo
Symphonie espagnole* (LSO / Gamba; OSR / Ansermet*)
CD 5
Hindemith
Sonatas for solo violin, op.31/1 & 2
Prokofiev
Sonata for solo violin, op.115
Khachaturian
Violin Concerto* (LPO / Fistoulari)
(Hindemith & Prokofiev first international CD release)
