Ruggiero Ricci - Complete Decca Recordings [20 CD Box Set] (2021)

The 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solo and recital repertoire recorded by Ricci, collected together for the first time, and including a previously unpublished set of the Brahms Violin Sonatas.

Contains CDs:

CD 1
VIVALDI The Four Seasons
Stradivarius Chamber Orchestra

CD 2
PAGANINI Violin Concerto No. 2
SAINT-SA?NS Violin Concerto No. 1
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra / Max Rudolf

CDs 3–4
J.S. BACH Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin

CD 5
SARASATE Spanish Dances; Introduction et Tarantelle; Caprice Basque; Serenata andaluza
Brooks Smith

CD 6
A TRIBUTE TO KREISLER
Meet the Music – interview with Victor Alexander
Brooks Smith

CD 7
THE GLORY OF CREMONA
Including Bruch, demonstrated on 15 different violins
Leon Pommers

CD 8
BRAVURA!
Locatelli · Paganini · Ernst · Vecsey · Wieniawski
Leon Pommers

CD 9
VIOLIN PLUS 1
Vivaldi · Saint-Sa?ns · Paganini · Villa-Lobos · Prokofiev
Kenneth Cooper · Gloria Agostini · Rolando Vald?s-Blain · Lee Venora · David Nadien

Full Tracklist:

CD 1
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
Ruggiero Ricci, violin; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840–1893)
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35, TH.59
Ruggiero Ricci, violin; New Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent
MONO RECORDINGS

CD 2
NICCOL? PAGANINI (1782–1840)
Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 6
Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor, Op. 7
Ruggiero Ricci, violin; London Symphony Orchestra, Anthony Collins

MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937)
Tzigane – Concert Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra
Ruggiero Ricci, violin; L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet

CD 3
JEAN SIBELIUS (1865–1957)
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840–1893)
S?r?nade m?lancolique; Scherzo (from Souvenir d’un lieu cher)
Ruggiero Ricci, violin; London Symphony Orchestra, ?ivin Fjeldstad

ARAM KHACHATURIAN (1903–1978)
Violin Concerto in D minor
Ruggiero Ricci, violin; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari

CD 4
FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847)
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64

MAX BRUCH (1838–1920)
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Ruggiero Ricci, violin; London Symphony Orchestra, Piero Gamba

CD 5
SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891–1953)
Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19
Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63
Ruggiero Ricci, violin; L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet

CD 6
?DOUARD LALO (1823–1892)
Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21
Ruggiero Ricci, violin; L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet

PABLO DE SARASATE (1844–1908)
Carmen – Fantaisie de concert, Op. 25
Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20 No. 1

CAMILLE SAINT-SA?NS (1835–1921)
Havanaise, Op. 83
Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28
Ruggiero Ricci, violin; London Symphony Orchestra, Piero Gamba

CD 7
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840–1893)
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35, TH.59

ANTON?N DVO??K (1841–1904)
Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53, B.108
Ruggiero Ricci, violin; London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent

CD 8
FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847)
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64, MWV O14

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840–1893)
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35, TH.59
Swan Lake, Op. 20 (excerpts)
Ruggiero Ricci, violin; Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Jean Fournet (Concertos); Anatole Fistoulari (Swan Lake)

CD 9
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840–1893)
Suite No. 3 in G major, Op. 55
Suite No. 4 in G major, Op. 61 ‘Mozartiana’
Ruggiero Ricci, violin; L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet

CD 10
NICCOL? PAGANINI (1782–1840)
Caprices, Op. 1 (1950 Recording)
MONO RECORDINGS

CD 11
NICCOL? PAGANINI (1782–1840)
Caprices, Op. 1 (1959 Recording)
STEREO RECORDINGS

CD 12
B?LA BART?K (1881–1945)
Sonata for Solo Violin, Sz.117

IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882–1971)
El?gie for Solo Violin

SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891–1953)
Sonata in D major for Solo Violin, Op. 115

PAUL HINDEMITH (1895–1963)
Sonata for Solo Violin, Op. 31 No. 1
Sonata for Solo Violin, Op. 31 No. 2

CD 13
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685–1750)
Sonata No. 1 in G minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1001
Partita No. 2 in D minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1004

ANTON WEBER (1883–1945)
Six Sonates Progressives for Violin and Piano, Op. 10
Carlo Bussotti, piano

CD 14
RICHARD STRAUSS (1864–1949)
Violin Sonata in E flat major, Op. 18

SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891–1953)
Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 94a
Carlo Bussotti, piano

CD 15
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30 No. 2
Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 96
Friedrich Gulda, piano

CD 16
JOHANNES BRAHMS (1883–1897)
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
Julius Katchen, piano

CD 17
JOHANNES BRAHMS (1883–1897)
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100
Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
Julius Katchen, piano

CD 18
PABLO DE SARASATE (1844–1908)
8 Danzas Espa?olas
Caprice Basque, Op. 24
Introduction et Tarantelle, Op. 43
Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20
Louis Persinger, piano

CD 19
NICCOL? PAGANINI (1782–1840)
Le Streghe, Op. 8 (arr. Kreisler)
Fantasia on the G string (after Rossini’s ‘Mos? in Egitto’)
Moto perpetuo, Op. 11
Introduction and Variations on ‘Nel cor pi? non mi sento’ for solo violin
Variations on ‘God Save the King’, Op. 9
La Campanella (arr. Kochanski)
Sonata in E minor, Op. 3 No. 6
I Palpiti, Op. 13 (arr. Kreisler)
Louis Persinger, piano

CD 20
HENRYK WIENIAWSKI (1835–1880)
Scherzo-Tarantelle, Op. 16

EDWARD ELGAR (1857–1934)
La Capricieuse, Op. 17

FRANZ VON VECSEY (1893–1935)
Caprice No. 1 for Violin and Piano: Le Vent

WILLIAM KROLL (1901–1980)
Banjo and Fiddle

FR?D?RIC CHOPIN (1810–1849)
Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor, Op. posth. (Trans. Milstein)

BED?ICH SMETANA (1824–1884)
Andantino (Z domoviny)

JOSEF SUK (1874–1935)
Burleska (Four Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 17 No. 4)

JOSEPH ACHRON (1886–1943)
Hebrew Melody

PABLO DE SARASATE (1844–1908)
Jota aragonesa, Op. 27

JEN? HUBAY (1858–1937)
Der Zephir (from 6 Blumenleben for Violin and Piano, Op. 30 No. 5)

MORITZ MOSZKOWSKI (1854–1925)
Guitarre, Op. 45 No. 2 (arr. Sarasate)

ANTONIO BAZZINI (1818–1897)
La Ronde des Lutins – scherzo fantastique, Op. 25
Ernest Lush, piano