RH-012 | 4CD | RUGGIERO RICCI - showpieces

CD1 | 63:23
Bach
Violin solo Sonata No.2 in A minor, BWV 1003 : 3. Andante – 4. Allegro
Ysaÿe
Violin solo Sonata No.4 in E minor, Op.27/4 (ded. to F. Kreisler)
Hindemith
Violin solo Sonata (No.3), Op.31/2 “… Es ist so schönes Wetter draußen…” (1924)
Kreisler
Recitativo and Scherzo-Caprice, for solo violin, Op.6 (ded. to E. Ysaÿe)
Paganini
Caprices (24) for solo violin, Op.1 : Nos. 5, 7, 22, 24 
bis/encores:
Bach
Violin solo Partita No.3 in E major, BWV 1006 : 1. Preludio
Wieniawski
«Etudes-Caprices» (8) for violin solo, Op.18 : 4. Tempo di Saltarella 
live | Town Hall, New York | 21.XI.1946
original acetates | first release of remastered audio
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Vittorio Giannini (1903-1966)
Violin solo Sonata No.1 (1940)
recorded: live | Carnegie Hall, New York | 5.X.1947
(w.p. | work dedicated to Ruggiero Ricci)
 
CD2 | 68:12
Stravinsky
Suite italienne, after “Pulcinella” (1933/34) (arr. w. S. Dushkin) 
Jean Hubeau (1917-1992)
Violin Concerto in C major (1939) -piano reduction-
Kabalevsky
Improvisation, from “Night of St. Petersburg”, Op.21/1 (1934) (ed. J. Szigeti)
Kreisler
La Chasse, Caprice “in the Style of Cartier” 
Virgil Thomson
Spinning Song, No.7 from 10 Piano Etudes (1944) (arr. R. Ricci)
Milhaud
- Le printemps, for violin and piano, Op.18 (1914)
- Farandoleurs, for violin and piano, Op.262 (1946)
Abram Chasins
Etude in C-sharp minor, No.3 from 3 Pieces Op.6 (arr. R. Ricci)
Franz von Vecsey
Caprice No.1 in A minor  “Le Vent” (1916) 
Paganini
La Campanella (Rondò from Concerto No.2 Op.7) (arr. P. Kochanski)
Chopin
Nocturne No.20 in C-sharp minor, Op.posth. (arr. N. Milstein)
Wieniawski
«L’École Moderne», (9) Études-Caprices for violin solo, Op.10 : 4. Le Staccato
Bernard Frank, piano
live | Carnegie Hall, New York | 5.X.1947
original acetates | first release of new remastered audio
  
CD3 | 74:21
Sarasate
Romanza Andaluza, Op.22 No.1
Paganini
“I Palpiti” for violin and piano, Op.13
Otto Alfons Graef, piano
recorded: studio | Altes Funkhaus, Frankfurt | 20.IX.1950
Geminiani
Violin solo Sonata in B-flat major, IFG 24 (ed. Mario Corti) 
Ysaÿe
Violin solo Sonata No.4 in E minor, Op.27/4
Paganini
“Nel cor più non mi sento” for solo violin, M.S. 44
studio | SDR, Untertürkheim, Stuttgart | 17.I.1953
Ysaÿe
Violin solo Sonata No.4 in E minor, Op.27/4
studio | Wartburg, Saarbrücken | 7.II.1953
Tartini
Sonata in G minor, B.g5 “The Devil’s Trill” (arr. & Cadenza by F. Kreisler)
Paganini
La Campanella (Rondò from Concerto No.2 Op.7) (arr. P. Kochanski)
Smetana
From the Homeland, (2) Pieces for violin and piano JB 1:118 : 2. Andantino 
Kostas Kidoniatis, piano
studio | Hellenic Radio, Athens | VII.1970
 
CD4 | 74:10
Paganini
Caprices (24) for solo violin, Op.1 (1802/17) -complete unedited performance- 
bis/encores, announced by Ruggiero Ricci:
Wieniawski
«L’École Moderne», (9) Études-Caprices for solo violin, Op.10 (1854): 4. Le Staccato 
Kreisler
Scherzo-Caprice, for solo violin, from Op.6 (1911)
live | Teatro Comunale, Monfalcone, Italy | 21.XI.1986