Ruggiero Ricci - The Glory of Cremona / Analogphonic

The American violinist Ruggiero Ricci was considered a child prodigy. In 1928, at the age of ten, he gave his first public performance in San Francisco and only a year later played

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's Violin Concerto at New York's Carnegie Hall. Ricci became famous especially for his Paganini interpretations."The Glory of Cremona" is a journey

through music history. Ricci plays fifteen different historical violins by Amati, Stradivari, Guarneri de Gesù and other famous instrument makers. He is accompanied by Leon Pommers

on the piano.

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Title

Side 1

1. Desplanes: Intrada (Andrea Amati)

2. Nardini: Larghetto (Antonio Stradivari)

3. Vivaldi: Praeludium (Nicolo Amati)

4. Paganini: Cantabile and Waltz (Antonio Stradivari)

5. Mozart-Friedberg: Adagio (Joseph Guarneri del Gesù)

6. Kabalevsky: Improvisation, op. 21, No. 1 (Antonio Stradivari)

7. Tchaikovsky: Melodie, op. 42, No. 3

Side 2

1. Veracini: Largo (Gasparo da Salo)

2. Paradis-Dushkin: Sicilienne (Carlo Bergonzi)

3. Hubay: The Violin Maker of Cremona (Joseph Guarneri del Gesú)

4. Händel: Larghetto (Antonio Stradivari)

5. Schumann-Kreisler: Romance in A Major (Joseph Guarneri del Gesù)

6. Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 20 (Antoniio Stradivari)

7. Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 17 (Joseph Guarneri del Gesù)

8. Menselssohn-Kreisler: May Breeze (Song Without Words, op. 62, No. 1) (Antonio Stradivari)