Tchaikovsky, P.I.: Violin Concerto / Paganini, N.: Violin Concerto No. 1

Featuring

Kees Bakels
Ruggiero Ricci
Narodowa Orkiestra Symfoniczna Polskiego Radia NOSPR
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Niccolò Paganini

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Compositional Technique

Paganini's Violin Concerto No. 1 is considered a prototype of virtuoso violin concertos, featuring acrobatic technical demands and operatic-style lyrical passages.

Composition History

Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, completed in 1878, was initially deemed unplayable by the violinist Leopold Auer, to whom it was dedicated, and premiered three years later by Adolf Brodsky.

Performer Biography

Ruggiero Ricci has taught at prestigious institutions like New York's Juilliard School, Indiana University, and the Salzburg Mozarteum.

Performer Biography

Ruggiero Ricci's career spans nearly seventy years, during which he has recorded over sixty CDs.

Instruments

The violinist Ruggiero Ricci currently plays a Guarneri del Gesù violin that previously belonged to Bronislav Huberman, a renowned Polish violinist.

Performer Biography

Ruggiero Ricci was the first to record all 24 Caprices by Paganini in 1947 and later recorded them three more times, once with Paganini's own violin, the 'cannon' by Guarneri del Gesù.