IDAGIO | Violin Recital: Ricci, Ruggiero - Bach, J.S. / Mattheson / Paganini / Sarasate / Ysaye / Tchaikovsky / Wieniawski (A Life for the Violin) 8007144603939

Featuring

Ruggiero Ricci
Carl Fürstner
Louis Persinger
Malcolm Sargent
Eugenio Bagnoli
Martha Argerich

Stefano Cardi
Graeme McNaught
Marco Vincenzi
The New Symphony Orchestra
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Mattheson
Niccolò Paganini
Pablo de Sarasate
Eugène Ysaÿe
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Henryk Wieniawski
Frédéric Chopin
Ludwig van Beethoven
Claude Debussy
Giuseppe Tartini
César Franck
Sergei Prokofiev
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst
Henri Vieuxtemps

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Interpretation

Ricci was the first to record all twenty-four Paganini Capricci for solo violin at the end of the 1940s, doing justice to a composer whose music had been subject to unjustified manipulations.

Performer Biography

Ricci gave his first public concert in San Francisco at age ten and debuted at Carnegie Hall in New York a year later, causing a sensation.

Instruments

Ricci performs with his trusty 1734 Guarneri del Gesù violin, which previously belonged to Bronislav Huberman.

Performer Biography

Ricci began studying violin at age seven with Louis Persinger, one of the most appreciated American teachers of the time, who also mentored him early in his career.

Performer Biography

Ruggiero Ricci, the violinist on this album, was born in San Francisco in 1918 to a family of Italian origin.

Performer Biography

Ricci served in the Army Air Force during World War II before resuming his concert career, which included a significant tour to all five continents in 1957.

Recording & Production

Ricci began his recording career in 1938 at age twenty with German Electrola, including pieces by Bach, Mattheson, Paganini, Sarasate, Ysaÿe, Rachmaninov, and Suk.