RH-012 | 4CD | RUGGIERO RICCI ② | Showpieces

CD1 | 63:23
BACH Violin solo Sonata No.2 in A minor, BWV 1003: III. Andante – IV. Allegro
YSAŸE Violin solo Sonata No.4 in E minor, Op.27/4 -to F. Kreisler-
HINDEMITH Violin solo Sonata (No.3), Op.31/2 “… Es ist so schönes Wetter draußen…”
KREISLER Recitativo and Scherzo-Caprice, for solo violin, Op.6 -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 Tempo di Saltarella Op.18/4 (from 8 «Etudes-Caprices»)
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] -to R. Ricci-
recorded: live | Carnegie Hall, New York | 5.X.1947 (w.premiere)

CD2 | 68:12
STRAVINSKY / DUSHKIN Suite italienne, after Pergolesi's “Pulcinella”
Jean HUBEAU (1917-1992) Violin Concerto in C major (1939) -piano reduction-
KABALEVSKY /SZIGETI Improvisation, from “Night of St. Petersburg”, Op.21/1 [1934]
KREISLER La Chasse, Caprice “in the Style of Cartier”
Virgil THOMSON / RICCI Spinning Song, No.7 from 10 Piano Etudes [1944]
MILHAUD Le printemps, for violin and piano, Op.18 [1914]
MILHAUD Farandoleurs, for violin and piano, Op.262 [1946]
Abram CHASINS / RICCI Etude in C-sharp minor Op.6/3 (from 3 Pieces)
Franz von VECSEY Caprice No.1 in A minor “Le Vent” (1916)
PAGANINI / KOCHANSKI La Campanella (Rondò from Concerto No.2 Op.7)
CHOPIN / MILSTEIN Nocturne No.20 in C-sharp minor, Op.posth.
WIENIAWSKI Le Staccato Op.10/4 (from «L’École Moderne», 9 Études-Caprices)
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 (Spanish Dance No.3)
PAGANINI “I Palpiti” for violin/piano, Op.13
Otto Alfons Graef, piano
studio | Altes Funkhaus, Frankfurt | 20.IX.1950
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GEMINIANI / Mario CORTI Violin solo Sonata in B-flat major, IFG 24
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
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YSAŸE Violin solo Sonata No.4 in E minor, Op.27/4
studio | Wartburg, Saarbrücken | 7.II.1953
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TARTINI / KREISLER Sonata in G minor, B.g5 “The Devil’s Trill”
PAGANINI / KOCHANSKI La Campanella (Rondò from Concerto No.2 Op.7)
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 24 Caprices, Op.1 (1802/17) -complete unedited performance-
bis/encores, announced by Ruggiero Ricci:
WIENIAWSKI Le Staccato Op.10/4 (from «L’École Moderne», 9 Études-Caprices)
KREISLER Scherzo-Caprice, (from Recitativo and Scherzo, Op.6)
live | Teatro Comunale, Monfalcone, Italy | 21.XI.1986