{"product_id":"ruggiero-ricci-complete-american-decca-recordings-import","title":"Ruggiero Ricci: Complete American Decca Recordings (9 CDs)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/about_this_recording_transparent_black_shadow_2_5dd0df7b-e128-46a2-bb76-f6754949b44c_480x480.png?v=1639076762\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe most complete tribute ever issued to the fiendish fingers and sublime artistry of a true virtuoso, Ruggiero Ricci: a feast of concerto, solo and recital repertoire recorded by Ricci, collected together for the first time, and including a previously unpublished set of the Brahms Violin Sonatas.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBorn Roger Rich to an Italian immigrant father on a Californian army base in 1918, he became Ruggiero Ricci when he was introduced to the New York musical public as a child prodigy violinist. By the time of his debut on Decca – the Tchaikovsky Concerto conducted by Sargent in 1950 – he was an experienced performer and recording artist who had already stunned audiences on both sides of the Atlantic with the solo-violin repertoire he would make his own: not only Bach but also Ysaÿe, Wieniawski and most of all Paganini, whose Caprices he was the first to record complete later in 1950. At the close of the Tchaikovsky sessions, the musicians of the New Symphony Orchestra burst into spontaneous applause.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA new and typically illuminating essay by Tully Potter on Ricci’s life and recorded legacy draws on previously unpublished correspondence and sheds light on the background to many of these recordings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNotable records of Ricci’s famous cantabile in concerto repertoire include a hugely influential Paganini album with Anthony Collins and a gripping account of the Sibelius with Øivin Fjeldstad. There are two recordings of the Mendelssohn (1957 and 1974), the first with another ‘prodigy’, the conductor Piero Gamba, and the second recorded in Decca’s Phase 4 stereo with Jean Fournet. He strikes sparks in partnership with Ernest Ansermet for Ravel’s\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTzigane\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand the solos in Tchaikovsky’s Orchestral Suites. These (Suites Nos. 3 and 4) as well as sections featuring the solo violin, from the Fistoulari ‘Phase 4’ recording of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSwan Lake\u003c\/em\u003e, are included in this collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDecca partnered Ricci with several notable pianists for recital repertoire, starting with his former teacher Louis Persinger and including Friedrich Gulda. Many of these chamber recordings (a Sarasate album, sonatas by Weber, Richard Strauss and Prokofiev) were made not in the Decca studios but in Ricci’s home in New Jersey. While he recorded the Second and Third Brahms Sonatas with Julius Katchen in London in 1957, he also taped the cycle of three sonatas at home with Katchen three years earlier. These 1954 performances are issued here for the first time: essential listening for all fans of great violin playing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/TRACK_LISTING_WITH_WORLD_transparent_blue_background_correct_version_61b51729-71bb-43af-9967-79b27e53512c_480x480.png?v=1639076817\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eANTONIO VIVALDI\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e(1678–1741)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConcertos for Violin, Strings and Continuo, Op. 8 Nos. 1–4 ‘Le quattro stagioni’ (The Four Seasons)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eRuggiero Ricci, violin \/ conductor; Stradivarius Chamber Orchestra\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD 2\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNICCOLÒ PAGANINI\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1782–1840)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eViolin Concerto No. 2 in B minor, Op. 7\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1835–1921)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eViolin Concerto No. 1 in A major, Op. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eRuggiero Ricci, violin; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra \/ Max Rudolf\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e(1685–1750)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSonata No. 1 in G minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1001*\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePartita No. 1 in B minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1002*\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSonata No. 2 in A minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1003*\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eRuggiero Ricci, violin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e(1685–1750)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePartita\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNo. 2 in D minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1004*\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSonata No. 3 in C major for Solo Violin, BWV 1005*\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePartita No. 3 in E major for Solo Violin, BWV 1006*\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eRuggiero Ricci, violin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePABLO DE SARASATE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1844–1908)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e8 Danzas españolas\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction et Tarantelle, Op. 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCaprice basque, Op. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSerenata andaluza, Op. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eRuggiero Ricci, violin; Brooks Smith, piano\u003cbr\u003eFIRST RELEASE ON CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD 6\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFRITZ KREISLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1875–1962)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraeludium and Allegro ‘in the style of Pugnani’\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSiciliano and Rigaudon ‘in the Style of Francoeur’\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChanson Louis XIII and Pavane ‘in the style of Couperin’\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRondino on a theme by Beethoven\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVariations on a theme by Corelli ‘in the style of Tartini’\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRecitativo and Scherzo-Caprice, Op. 6\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e(for solo violin)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCaprice viennois\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTambourin chinois\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiebesfreud\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiebesleid\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSchön Rosmarin\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLa Gitana\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Old Refrain\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLa Chasse ‘in the style of Cartier’\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Meet The Masters’ – Ruggiero Ricci interviewed by Victor Alexander\u003c\/strong\u003e*\u003cbr\u003eRuggiero Ricci, violin; Brooks Smith, piano\u003cbr\u003e*FIRST RELEASE ON CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD 7\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE GLORY OF CREMONA\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJEAN-ANTOINE DESPLANES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1678–1760)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntrada\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePIETRO NARDINI\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1722–1793)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLarghetto [Adagio]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(from Violin Sonata No. 7 in B flat major, arr. David)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eANTONIO VIVALDI\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1678–1741)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePreludio\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(from Violin Sonata in C minor, Op. 2 No. 7, RV 8)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNICCOLÒ PAGANINI\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1782–1840)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCantabile e Valser, Op. 19\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e(1756–1791)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdagio\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(from Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major, KV 282, arr. Friedberg)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDIMITRY KABALEVSKY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1904–1987)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImprovisation for Violin and Piano, Op. 21 No. 1\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e(1840–1893)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMélodie in E flat major, Op. 42 No. 3\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(from Souvenir d’un lieu cher)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFRANCESCO MARIA VERACINI\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e(1690–1768)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLargo\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(from Violin Sonata in A major, Op. 2 No. 6)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMARIA THERESIA VON PARADIS\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e(1759–1824)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSicilienne\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJENŐ HUBAY\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e(1858–1937)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eViolin Solo, Op. 40a\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(from The Violin Maker of Cremona)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e(1685–1759)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndante\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(from Flute Sonata in B minor, HWV 367b. arr. as ‘Larghetto’ by Hubay)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eROBERT SCHUMANN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1810–1856)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRomance in A major, Op. 94 No. 2\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e(arr. 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