Ruggiero Ricci: Discovered Tapes - Showpieces | Rhine Classics RH012

Ruggiero Ricci: Discovered Tapes - Showpieces

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Label: Rhine Classics

Cat No: RH012

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 4

Release Date: 2nd August 2019

Contents

Works

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Sonata for solo violin no.2 in A minor, BWV1003
» III Andante
» IV Allegro

Chasins, Abram

Pieces (3), op.6
» no.3 Etude in C sharp minor (arr. Ruggiero Ricci)

Chopin, Frederic

Nocturnes (21)
» no.20 in C sharp minor (without opus number) (arr. Nathan Milstein)

Geminiani, Francesco

Sonata for solo violin in B flat major, IFG 24

Giannini, Vittorio

Sonata no.1 for solo violin

Hindemith, Paul

Sonata for solo violin, op.31 no.2

Hubeau, Jean

Violin Concerto in C

Kabalevsky, Dmitry

Improvisation for piano and violin, op.21 no.1

Kreisler, Fritz

La Chasse (in the style of Cartier)
Rezitativ and Scherzo Caprice, op.6

Milhaud, Darius

Farandoleurs, op.262
Le Printemps, op.18

Paganini, Nicolo

Caprices (24) for solo violin, op.1
Introduction and Variations on 'Nel cor piu non mi sento' by Paisiello, op.38 MS44
I palpiti, op.13 MS77
Violin Concerto no.2 in B minor, op.7
» III Rondo 'La Campanella' (arr. Paul Kochanski)

Sarasate, Pablo de

Spanish Dances (2), op.22
» no.1 Romanza andaluza

Smetana, Bedrich

From the Homeland
» Andantino 'Bohemian Fantasie'

Stravinsky, Igor

Suite italienne 'Pulcinella' (version for violin and piano)

Tartini, Giuseppe

Violin Sonata in G minor 'Devil's Trill' (arr. Fritz Kreisler)

Thomson, Virgil

Etudes (10)
» no.7 Spinning Song (arr. Ruggiero Ricci)

Vecsey, Franz von

Le Vent (Caprice no.1 in A minor)

Wieniawski, Henryk

Etudes-caprices (8), op.18
» no.4 in A minor
L'Ecole moderne, op.10
» no.4 Le Staccato

Ysaye, Eugene

Sonatas (6) for solo violin, op.27
» no.4 in E minor

Artists

Ruggiero Ricci (violin)
Bernard Frank (piano)
Otto Alfons Graf (piano)
Kostas Kidoniatis (piano)

Works

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Sonata for solo violin no.2 in A minor, BWV1003
» III Andante
» IV Allegro

Chasins, Abram

Pieces (3), op.6
» no.3 Etude in C sharp minor (arr. Ruggiero Ricci)

Chopin, Frederic

Nocturnes (21)
» no.20 in C sharp minor (without opus number) (arr. Nathan Milstein)

Geminiani, Francesco

Sonata for solo violin in B flat major, IFG 24

Giannini, Vittorio

Sonata no.1 for solo violin

Hindemith, Paul

Sonata for solo violin, op.31 no.2

Hubeau, Jean

Violin Concerto in C

Kabalevsky, Dmitry

Improvisation for piano and violin, op.21 no.1

Kreisler, Fritz

La Chasse (in the style of Cartier)
Rezitativ and Scherzo Caprice, op.6

Milhaud, Darius

Farandoleurs, op.262
Le Printemps, op.18

Paganini, Nicolo

Caprices (24) for solo violin, op.1
Introduction and Variations on 'Nel cor piu non mi sento' by Paisiello, op.38 MS44
I palpiti, op.13 MS77
Violin Concerto no.2 in B minor, op.7
» III Rondo 'La Campanella' (arr. Paul Kochanski)

Sarasate, Pablo de

Spanish Dances (2), op.22
» no.1 Romanza andaluza

Smetana, Bedrich

From the Homeland
» Andantino 'Bohemian Fantasie'

Stravinsky, Igor

Suite italienne 'Pulcinella' (version for violin and piano)

Tartini, Giuseppe

Violin Sonata in G minor 'Devil's Trill' (arr. Fritz Kreisler)

Thomson, Virgil

Etudes (10)
» no.7 Spinning Song (arr. Ruggiero Ricci)

Vecsey, Franz von

Le Vent (Caprice no.1 in A minor)

Wieniawski, Henryk

Etudes-caprices (8), op.18
» no.4 in A minor
L'Ecole moderne, op.10
» no.4 Le Staccato

Ysaye, Eugene

Sonatas (6) for solo violin, op.27
» no.4 in E minor

Artists

Ruggiero Ricci (violin)
Bernard Frank (piano)
Otto Alfons Graf (piano)
Kostas Kidoniatis (piano)

About

The second of three boxes focused on one of the greatest virtuoso violinists of the 20th century, Ruggiero Ricci. This 4-CD set contains showpieces, including works by Bach, Ysa˙e, Paganini, Stravinsky and many more. This project is realised under the auspices of Mme Julia Ricci, Ruggiero’s wife.

Ricci followed the tradition of Váša Příhoda, the Czech virtuoso, who performed Paganini as a central part of his repertory (Ricci gave the US premieres of both the 4th and 6th Violin Concertos). Giving so much attention to the works of the Genoese composer, as he later said, he learned much of the violin-technique from Paganini’s works. Mainly for this reason, Ricci was often associated with Paganini, but during his life he was firmly opposed to any categorization, and indeed he was used to say: “A specialist is somebody who plays all the other types of music worse”. This 4-CD set presents live and studio recordings, ranging from 1946 to 1970, including some rarities, never recorded commercially.

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