루지에로 리치 – 데카 레코딩 전집

루지에로 리치(바이올린)

위대한 바이올리니스트, 루지에로 리치가 연주자로서 최전성기이자 LP시대로 접어든 1950-74년에 걸쳐 데카 레이블에서 만든 모든 녹음을 담은 전집! 이제까지 어떤 형태로든 한 번도 공개되지 않았던 줄리어스 카첸과의 브람스 바이올린 소나타 녹음(1954년)까지 포함한 완벽한 전집이다. 당대 최고의 비르투오소로 꼽혔던 화려한 테크닉, 매혹적인 음색, 다채로운 리듬 감각, 2차 세계대전을 거치며 무르익은 해석 역량, 그리고 존 컬쇼를 비롯한 데카 레코딩팀의 훌륭한 녹음 기술과 새로운 리마스터링이 빛을 발하는 소중한 기록이다.



A. Khachaturian: Violinkonzert d-moll
+Achron: Hebrew Melody
+Bach: Sonate & Partita für Violine solo BWV 1001 & 1004
+Bartok: Sonate für Violine solo
+Bazzini: La Ronde des lutins op. 25
+Beethoven: Violinkonzert op. 61; Violinsonaten Nr. 7 & 10
+Brahms: Violinsonaten Nr. 1-3 (Nr. 2 & 3 in zwei Einspielungen)
+Bruch: Violinkonzert Nr. 1
+Chopin: Nocturne Nr. 20
+Dvorak: Violinkonzert op. 53
+Elgar: La Capricieuse op. 18
+Hindemith: Sonaten für Violine solo op. 31 Nr. 1 & 2
+Hubay: Der Zephir aus "6 Blumenleben" für Violine & Klavier op. 30
+Kroll: Banjo and Fiddle
+Lalo: Symphonie espagnole op. 21
+Mendelssohn: Violinkonzert op. 64 (2 Einspielungen)
+Moszkowski: Guitarre op. 45 Nr. 2
+Paganini: Violinkonzerte Nr. 1 & 2; Capricen für Violine solo Nr. 1 - 24 (2 Einspielungen); Le Streghe op. 8; Fantasia on the G string (Nach Rossinis "Moses in Ägypten"); Moto perpetuo op. 11; Introduktion & Variationen über "Nel cor piu non mi sento" für Violine solo; La Campanella; Sonate für Violine & Klavier op. 3 Nr. 6; I Palpiti op. 13
+Prokofieff: Violinkonzerte Nr. 1 & 2; Sonate für Violine solo op. 115; Sonate für Violine & Klavier Nr. 2
+Ravel: Tzigane für Violine & Orchester
+Saint-Saens: Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso op. 28; Havanaise op. 83
+Sarasate: Carmen-Fantasie op. 25; Zigeunerweisen op. 20 (2 Einspielungen); Danzas Espanolas; Caprice basque op. 24; Introduction & Tarantelle op. 43; Jota aragonesa op. 27
+Sibelius: Violinkonzert op. 47
+Smetana: Andantino aus "Mein Vaterland"
+Strauss: Sonate für Violine & Klavier op. 18
+Strawinsky: Elegie
+Suk: Burleska aus "4 Stücke für Violine & Klavier op. 17"
+Tschaikowsky: Violinkonzert op. 35 (3 Einspielungen); Serenade melancolique op. 26; Souvenir d'un lieu cher; Schwanensee (Auszüge); Suiten Nr. 3 & 4
+Vecsey: Caprice Nr. 1 für Violine & Klavier
+Weber: Sonaten für Violine & Klavier op. 10 Nr. 1-6
+Wieniawski: Scherzo-Tarantelle op. 16

Label: Decca, ADD, 1950-1974

The most complete tribute ever issued to the fiendish fingers and sublime artistry of a true virtuoso, Ruggiero Ricci: a feast of concerto, solo and recital repertoire recorded by Ricci, collected together for the first time, and including a previously unpublished set of the Brahms Violin Sonatas. Born Roger Rich to an Italian immigrant father on a Californian army base in 1918, he became Ruggiero Ricci when he was introduced to the New York musical public as a child prodigy violinist. By the time of his debut on Decca - the Tchaikovsky Concerto conducted by Sargent in 1950 - he was an experienced performer and recording artist who had already stunned audiences on both sides of the Atlantic with the solo-violin repertoire he would make his own: not only Bach but also Ysaye, Wieniawski and most of all Paganini, whose Caprices he was the first to record complete later in 1950. At the close of the Tchaikovsky sessions, the musicians of the New Symphony Orchestra burst into spontaneous applause. A new and typically illuminating essay by Tully Potter on Ricci's life and recorded legacy draws on previously unpublished correspondence and sheds light on the background to many of these recordings. Notable records of Ricci's famous cantabile in concerto repertoire include a hugely influential Paganini album with Anthony Collins and a gripping account of the Sibelius with Øivin Fjeldstad. There are two recordings of the Mendelssohn (1957 and 1974), the first with another 'prodigy', the conductor Piero Gamba, and the second recorded in Decca's Phase 4 stereo with Jean Fournet. He strikes sparks in partnership with Ernest Ansermet for Ravel's Tzigane and the solos in Tchaikovsky's Orchestral Suites. These (Suites Nos. 3 and 4) as well as sections featuring the solo violin, from the Fistoulari 'Phase 4' recording of Swan Lake, are included in this collection. Decca partnered Ricci with several notable pianists for recital repertoire, starting with his former teacher Louis Persinger and including Friedrich Gulda. Many of these chamber recordings (a Sarasate album, sonatas by Weber, Richard Strauss and Prokofiev) were made not in the Decca studios but in Ricci's home in New Jersey. While he recorded the Second and Third Brahms Sonatas with Julius Katchen in London in 1957, he also taped the cycle of three sonatas at home with Katchen three years earlier. These 1954 performances are issued here for the first time: essential listening for all fans of great violin playing.