Ricci; Ruggiero

Ricci Tchaikovsky Pearl C

Jed Distler

The first thing that struck me hearing Ruggiero Ricci’s 1950 Decca recording of the Tchaikovsky Concerto was its unusually rich and vibrant sound. Roger Beardsley’s

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VIRTUOSO VIOLIN–THE ART OF RUGGIERO RICCI

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Born in San Francisco in 1918, Ruggiero Ricci kept on concertizing long after most performers would have laid aside violin and bow. Technique, like everything

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Paganini Caprices/Ricci

Jed Distler

Ruggiero Ricci made the first commercial recording of Paganini’s complete Op. 1 Caprices in 1947, reissued here in a transfer effected, I wager, from an

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Reference Recording: Pellucid Grieg Violin Sonatas from Amoyal and Chiu

David Hurwitz June 29, 2025

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Three Glorious Grieg Concerto Transcriptions

David Hurwitz June 25, 2025

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CD From Hell: Erratic Nielsen from Davis and the LSO

David Hurwitz June 22, 2025

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