루지에로 리치 – 미국 데카 레코딩 전집
루지에로 리치(바이올린)
위대한 바이올리니스트, 루지에로 리치가 1961-70년에 미국 데카에서 녹음한 모든 연주를 모은 전집! 미국 데카는 영국 데카의 지사로 출발했지만 결별해서 리치가 녹음할 당시에는 브룬스윅 로고로 음반을 냈는데, 현재는 도이체 그라모폰으로 통합되었다. 여기 담긴 음반 중 상당수는 오랫동안 절판되었거나 구하기 힘들었던 것들로, 이번에 CD 최초 발매 및 인터내셔널 최초 발매 음반이 대거 포함되었다. 바흐 무반주 소나타와 파르티타 전곡은 그의 몇 차례 녹음 중 가장 뛰어난 것으로 평가되며, 여러 대의 역사적 악기를 쓴 ‘크레모나의 영광’과 비발디 ‘사계’ 역시 감동적이다.



Bach: Sonaten & Partiten für Violine solo BWV 1001-1006
+Brahms: Ungarische Tänze Nr. 17 & 20
+Bruch: 1. Satz aus dem Violinkonzert Nr. 1
+Desplanes: Intrada
+Ernst: Airs hongrois varies op. 22; Variationen über "The Last Rose of Summer" für Violine solo
+Hubay: The Violin Maker of Cremona
+Händel: 1. Satz aus der Flötensonate h-moll
+Kabalevsky: Improvisation für Violine & Klavier op. 21 Nr. 1
+Kreisler: Präludium & Allegro "In the style of Pugnani"; Siciliano & Rigaudon "in the style of Francoeur"; Chanson Louis XIII & Pavane "in the style of Couperin"; Rondino on a theme by Beethoven; Variations on a theme by Corelli "in the style of Tartini"; Recitativo & Scherzo-Caprice op. 6 für Violine solo; Caprice viennois; Tambourin chinois; Liebesfreud; Liebesleid; Schön Rosmarin; La Gitana; The Old Refrain; La Chasse "in the style of Cartier"
+Locatelli: Capriccio für Violine solo aus L'Arte del violino op. 3
+Mendelssohn: Lied ohne Worte op. 62 Nr. 1
+Mozart: 1. Satz aus der Klaviersonate Nr. 4 (arr. für Violine & Klavier)
+Nardini: 1. Satz aus der Sonate für Violine & Bc Nr. 7
+Paganini: Violinkonzert Nr. 2; Andante-Allegro vivo e spiritoso aus der Sonate für Violine & Gitarre op. 3 Nr. 6; Cantabile e Valser op. 19; Introduction & Variations on "Nel cor piu non mi sento" für Violine solo; Variations on "God Save the King" op. 9 für Violine solo; Variations on a theme of Joseph Weigl
+Paradis: Sicilienne
+Prokofieff: Sonate für 2 Violinen op. 56
+Saint-Saens: Fantaisie für Violine & Harfe op. 124; Violinkonzert Nr. 1
+Sarasate: Danzas espanolas; Introduction & Tarantelle op. 43; Caprice basque op. 24; Serenata andaluza op. 28
+Schumann: Romanze op. 94 Nr. 2
+Tschaikowsky: Souvenir d'un lieu cher op. 42 Nr. 3
+Vecsey: Caprice Nr. 1 für Violine & Klavier
+Veracini: 2. Satz aus der Sonate für Violine & Bc op. 2 Nr. 6
+Villa-Lobos: Suite für Stimme & Violine
+Vivaldi: 1. Satz aus der Sonate für Violine & Bc RV 8; Concerti op. 8 Nr. 1-4 "4 Jahreszeiten"; Sonate für Violine & BC RV 31
+Wieniawski: L'Ecole moderne op. 10 Nr. 9

Label: DGG, ADD, 1961-1970

Several legendary but long-unavailable recordings freshly remastered in a comprehensive 'original covers' set of Ruggiero Ricci's recordings for American Decca during the 1960s. With definitive accounts of the Tchaikovsky Concerto and the Paganini Caprices recorded in 1950, Ruggiero Ricci became established as a Decca artist in the early days of LP. A decade later he began recording for Decca's American division, and between 1960 and 1970 he made nine albums of solo, recital and concerto repertoire which are gathered here in one set for the first time. Ricci had already recorded some of the solo Bach sonatas and partitas, but in 1967 he made his first complete set for American Decca. Tully Potter's illuminating booklet essay explains how a snowstorm forced Ricci to hole up in a hotel for several days prior to the sessions, and his devoted his time to perfecting his interpretations of Bach. Ricci was renowned for the astonishing virtuosity that enabled him to tackle the Caprices and Concertos of Paganini without breaking sweat - he became the first great exponent of the composer in the LP era with his Decca recordings - and he remade the Second Concerto for American Decca in 1964 with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra conducted by Max Rudolf: one of several albums here receiving it's first international release on CD. The American Decca legacy of Ricci also included several 'concept albums' which soon became collector's items. The set opens with the first of them from 1964, on which the violinist plays The Four Seasons of Vivaldi on four different Strads, one for each concerto, with a string ensemble fielding another ten Strads for a uniquely rich string sound. Two years earlier, Ricci had made "The Glory of Cremona", which saw him play fifteen priceless violins in sessions attended by two security guards. Even these two projects pale beside the astonishing virtuosity on display in "Bravura!", which collects some of Ricci's favourite "knuckle-breakers" by Paganini, Wieniawski and Ernst. The set closes with another album new to CD, "Violin Plus 1" from 1970, which paired Ricci with five different musicians for a unique display of his versatility, accompanying soprano Lee Venora in Villa-Lobos, taking the spotlight in a Saint-Saens Fantaisie for violin and harp, and meeting David Nadien as an equal in the Sonata for Two Violins by Prokofiev. As well as one of the last century's most spell-binding technicians on the violin, Ricci was a complete musician, to whom this set pays eloquent tribute.