Ruggiero Ricci Complete American Decca Recordings (9CD)

CD 1:

ANTONIO VIVALDI
Concertos for Violin, Strings and Continuo, Op. 8 Nos. 1–4 “Le quattro stagioni” (“The Four Seasons”)

ARTISTS:
Ruggiero Ricci, violin / conductor
Stradivarius Chamber Orchestra

CD 2:

NICCOLÒ PAGANINI
Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor, Op. 7

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A major, Op. 20

ARTISTS:
Ruggiero Ricci, violin
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Max Rudolf

CD 3:

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Sonata No. 1 in G minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1001
Partita No. 1 in B minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1002
Sonata No. 2 in A minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1003

ARTISTS:
Ruggiero Ricci, violin

CD 4:

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Partita No. 2 in D minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1004
Sonata No. 3 in C major for Solo Violin, BWV 1005
Partita No. 3 in E major for Solo Violin, BWV 1006

ARTISTS:
Ruggiero Ricci, violin

CD 5:

PABLO DE SARASATE
8 Danzas españolas
Introduction et Tarantelle, Op. 43
Caprice basque, Op. 24
Serenata andaluza, Op. 28

ARTISTS:
Ruggiero Ricci, violin
Brooks Smith, piano

CD 6:

FRITZ KREISLER
Praeludium and Allegro “in the style of Pugnani”
Siciliano and Rigaudon “in the Style of Francoeur”
Chanson Louis XIII and Pavane “in the style of Couperin”
Rondino on a theme by Beethoven
Variations on a theme by Corelli “in the style of Tartini”
Recitativo and Scherzo-Caprice, Op. 6
Caprice viennois
Tambourin chinois
Liebesfreud
Liebesleid
Schön Rosmarin
La Gitana
The Old Refrain
La Chasse “in the style of Cartier”
“Meet The Masters” – Ruggiero Ricci interviewed by Victor Alexander

ARTISTS:
Ruggiero Ricci, violin
Brooks Smith, piano
Victor Alexander, interviewer

CD 7:

THE GLORY OF CREMONA

JEAN-ANTOINE DESPLANES
Intrada

PIETRO NARDINI
Larghetto [Adagio] from Violin Sonata No. 7 in B flat major

ANTONIO VIVALDI
Preludio from Violin Sonata in C minor, Op. 2 No. 7, RV 8

NICCOLÒ PAGANINI
Cantabile e Valser, Op. 19

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Adagio from Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major, KV 282

DIMITRY KABALEVSKY
Improvisation for Violin and Piano, Op. 21 No. 1

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Mélodie in E flat major, Op. 42 No. 3

FRANCESCO MARIA VERACINI
Largo from Violin Sonata in A major, Op. 2 No. 6

MARIA THERESIA VON PARADIS
Sicilienne

JENŐ HUBAY
Violin Solo, Op. 40a from The Violin Maker of Cremona

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Andante from Flute Sonata in B minor, HWV 367b

ROBERT SCHUMANN
Romance in A major, Op. 94 No. 2

JOHANNES BRAHMS
Hungarian Dance No. 20 in E minor, WoO 1
Hungarian Dance No. 17 in F sharp minor, WoO 1

FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Lied ohne Worte, Op. 62 No. 1: Andante espressivo “May Breezes”

MAX BRUCH
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26: excerpt
Played on 15 different violins

ARTISTS:
Ruggiero Ricci, violin
Leon Pommers, piano

CD 8:

BRAVURA!

PIETRO LOCATELLI
Capriccio from The Harmonic Labyrinth, Op. 3 No. 12

NICCOLÒ PAGANINI
Introduction and Variations on “Nel cor più non mi sento” for solo violin

HEINRICH WILHELM ERNST
Airs Hongrois Variés, Op. 22

FRANZ VON VECSEY
Caprice No. 1: Le Vent

HENRYK WIENIAWSKI
Les Arpèges – Variations sur L’Hymne Autrichien

NICCOLÒ PAGANINI
Variations on a theme of Joseph Weigl

HEINRICH WILHELM ERNST
Variations on “The Last Rose Of Summer” for solo violin

NICCOLÒ PAGANINI
Variations on “God Save the King” for solo violin, Op. 9

ARTISTS:
Ruggiero Ricci, violin
Leon Pommers, piano

CD 9:

VIOLIN PLUS 1

ANTONIO VIVALDI
Sonata in A major for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2 No. 2, RV 31

ARTISTS:
Ruggiero Ricci, violin
Kenneth Cooper, harpsichord

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS
Fantaisie for Violin and Harp, Op. 124

ARTISTS:
Ruggiero Ricci, violin
Gloria Agostini, harp

NICCOLÒ PAGANINI
Sonata No. 12 in E minor for Violin and Guitar, Op. 3 No. 6

ARTISTS:
Ruggiero Ricci, violin
Rolando Valdés-Blain, guitar

HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
Suite for Voice and Violin

ARTISTS:
Ruggiero Ricci, violin
Lee Venora, soprano

SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Sonata for Two Violins in C major, Op. 56

ARTISTS:
Ruggiero Ricci, violin I
David Nadien, violin II