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Ruggiero Ricci Complete Decca Recordings (20CD)
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Ruggiero Ricci

    Ruggiero Ricci Complete Decca Recordings (20CD)

    $144.95

    Product Code: 0028948421503

    Praised for his ‘natural elegance’ (Gramophone), ‘finesse and astute interpretative insight’ (American Record Guide), ‘faultlessly brilliant technique’ and ‘astonishingly assured combination of virtuosity and poetic sensibility’ (High Fidelity), RUGGIERO RICCI made recordings for Decca from 1950 to 1974. This tribute to the fiendish fingers and sublime artistry of a true virtuoso collects together his complete recordings for the British label – concertos, solo violin works, encore pieces and sonatas, including a previously unpublished set of the Brahms Violin Sonatas with Julius Katchen recorded in 1954. By way of bonus, the set also includes excerpts from the Fistoulari recording of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake where Ricci plays the violin solos, as well as Ansermet’s complete performances of the composer’s Suites Nos. 3 and 4, both of whose obbligato violin parts are performed by the violinist.

    An Original Jackets Limited Edition.

    Tracklist

    CD 1:

    LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
    Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61

    ARTISTS:
    Ruggiero Ricci, violin
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Sir Adrian Boult

    PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
    Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35, TH.59

    ARTISTS:
    Ruggiero Ricci, violin
    New Symphony Orchestra
    Sir Malcolm Sargent

    CD 2:

    NICCOLÒ PAGANINI
    Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 6
    Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor, Op. 7

    ARTISTS:
    Ruggiero Ricci, violin
    London Symphony Orchestra
    Anthony Collins

    MAURICE RAVEL
    Tzigane – Concert Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra

    ARTISTS:
    Ruggiero Ricci, violin
    L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
    Ernest Ansermet

    CD 3:

    JEAN SIBELIUS
    Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47

    PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
    Sérénade mélancolique
    Scherzo from Souvenir d’un lieu cher

    ARTISTS:
    Ruggiero Ricci, violin
    London Symphony Orchestra
    Øivin Fjeldstad

    ARAM KHACHATURIAN
    Violin Concerto in D minor

    ARTISTS:
    Ruggiero Ricci, violin
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Anatole Fistoulari

    CD 4:

    FELIX MENDELSSOHN
    Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64

    MAX BRUCH
    Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26

    ARTISTS:
    Ruggiero Ricci, violin
    London Symphony Orchestra
    Piero Gamba

    CD 5:

    SERGEI PROKOFIEV
    Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19
    Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63

    ARTISTS:
    Ruggiero Ricci, violin
    L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
    Ernest Ansermet

    CD 6:

    ÉDOUARD LALO
    Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21

    ARTISTS:
    Ruggiero Ricci, violin
    L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
    Ernest Ansermet

    PABLO DE SARASATE
    Carmen – Fantaisie de concert, Op. 25
    Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20 No. 1

    CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS
    Havanaise, Op. 83
    Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28

    ARTISTS:
    Ruggiero Ricci, violin
    London Symphony Orchestra
    Piero Gamba

    CD 7:

    PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
    Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35, TH.59

    ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK
    Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53, B.108

    ARTISTS:
    Ruggiero Ricci, violin
    London Symphony Orchestra
    Sir Malcolm Sargent

    CD 8:

    FELIX MENDELSSOHN
    Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64, MWV O14

    PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
    Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35, TH.59

    ARTISTS:
    Ruggiero Ricci, violin
    Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
    Jean Fournet

    PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
    Swan Lake, Op. 20: excerpts

    ARTISTS:
    Ruggiero Ricci, violin
    Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
    Anatole Fistoulari

    CD 9:

    PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
    Suite No. 3 in G major, Op. 55
    Suite No. 4 in G major, Op. 61 “Mozartiana”

    ARTISTS:
    Ruggiero Ricci, violin
    L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
    Ernest Ansermet

    CD 10:

    NICCOLÒ PAGANINI
    Caprices, Op. 1
    1950 recording

    ARTISTS:
    Ruggiero Ricci, violin

    CD 11:

    NICCOLÒ PAGANINI
    Caprices, Op. 1
    1959 recording

    ARTISTS:
    Ruggiero Ricci, violin

    CD 12:

    BÉLA BARTÓK
    Sonata for Solo Violin, Sz.117

    IGOR STRAVINSKY
    Elégie for Solo Violin

    SERGEI PROKOFIEV
    Sonata in D major for Solo Violin, Op. 115

    PAUL HINDEMITH
    Sonata for Solo Violin, Op. 31 No. 1
    Sonata for Solo Violin, Op. 31 No. 2

    ARTISTS:
    Ruggiero Ricci, violin

    CD 13:

    JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
    Sonata No. 1 in G minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1001
    Partita No. 2 in D minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1004

    ANTON WEBER
    Six Sonates Progressives for Violin and Piano, Op. 10

    ARTISTS:
    Ruggiero Ricci, violin
    Carlo Bussotti, piano

    CD 14:

    RICHARD STRAUSS
    Violin Sonata in E flat major, Op. 18

    SERGEI PROKOFIEV
    Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 94a

    ARTISTS:
    Ruggiero Ricci, violin
    Carlo Bussotti, piano

    CD 15:

    LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
    Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30 No. 2
    Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 96

    ARTISTS:
    Ruggiero Ricci, violin
    Friedrich Gulda, piano

    CD 16:

    JOHANNES BRAHMS
    Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78
    Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100
    Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108

    ARTISTS:
    Ruggiero Ricci, violin
    Julius Katchen, piano

    CD 17:

    JOHANNES BRAHMS
    Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100
    Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108

    ARTISTS:
    Ruggiero Ricci, violin
    Julius Katchen, piano

    CD 18:

    PABLO DE SARASATE
    8 Danzas Españolas
    Caprice Basque, Op. 24
    Introduction et Tarantelle, Op. 43
    Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20

    ARTISTS:
    Ruggiero Ricci, violin
    Louis Persinger, piano

    CD 19:

    NICCOLÒ PAGANINI
    Le Streghe, Op. 8
    Fantasia on the G string after Rossini’s “Mosè in Egitto”
    Moto perpetuo, Op. 11
    Introduction and Variations on “Nel cor più non mi sento” for solo violin
    Variations on “God Save the King”, Op. 9
    La Campanella
    Sonata in E minor, Op. 3 No. 6
    I Palpiti, Op. 13

    ARTISTS:
    Ruggiero Ricci, violin
    Louis Persinger, piano

    CD 20:

    HENRYK WIENIAWSKI
    Scherzo-Tarantelle, Op. 16

    EDWARD ELGAR
    La Capricieuse, Op. 17

    FRANZ VON VECSEY
    Caprice No. 1 for Violin and Piano: Le Vent

    WILLIAM KROLL
    Banjo and Fiddle

    FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN
    Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor, Op. posth.

    BEDŘICH SMETANA
    Andantino from Z domoviny

    JOSEF SUK
    Burleska, Op. 17 No. 4

    JOSEPH ACHRON
    Hebrew Melody

    PABLO DE SARASATE
    Jota aragonesa, Op. 27

    JENŐ HUBAY
    Der Zephir, Op. 30 No. 5

    MORITZ MOSZKOWSKI
    Guitarre, Op. 45 No. 2

    ANTONIO BAZZINI
    La Ronde des Lutins – scherzo fantastique, Op. 25

    ARTISTS:
    Ruggiero Ricci, violin
    Ernest Lush, piano